LONDON-- Five-time champion Venus Williams returned to Wimbledon a quarter of a century after her first win on the All England Club lawns but was unable to summon the old magic in a painful first-round defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Monday.
AUSTRIAN--Red Bull's Formula One leader Max Verstappen took his fifth win in a row on Sunday in an extraordinary Austrian Grand Prix that ended up with nearly half the 20-car field punished for failing to stay on track.
ATLANTA --Matt Olson homered and five Atlanta pitchers combined for a 3-0 shutout win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, securing the Braves' three-game series sweep and extending their winning streak to five.
PITTSBURGH --Rookie Henry Davis' second RBI single produced the go-ahead run in the seventh Thursday as the Pittsburgh Pirates erased a four-run deficit to top the visiting San Diego Padres 5-4 for a three-game series sweep.
BOSTON--The Miami Marlins matched their season high with 19 hits and Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings of one-run ball on the way to a 10-1 win over the host Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. Bryan De La Cruz (2-for-5) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (3-for-4) combined for five RBI and three runs in the middle of the Miami lineup. De La Cruz and Jean Segura each homered to help the Marlins to their third straight win. Garrett Cooper added three hits and two RBIs while Joey Wendle went 4-for-4 with two runs for Miami in the opener of a three-game series. Major league batting leader Luis Arraez went 2-for-5, leaving his average at .399.
