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Women’s World Cup
Rapinoe scores twice, U.S. breezes to opening win
United States’
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against Austra-
lia with Lauren
Holiday (12) during
a FIFA Women’s
World Cup soccer
match in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Monday,
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Pharoah (5) to win the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at
Belmont Park, Saturday, June 6, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. American Pharoah
is the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed won it in 1978.
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SCOREBOARD
Basketball
NBA
FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Golden State 1, Cleveland 1
Thursday, June 4: Golden State 108,
Cleveland 100, OT
Sunday, June 7: Cleveland 95, Golden
State 93, OT
Tuesday, June 9: Golden State at Cleve-
land, 6 p.m.
Thursday, June 11: Golden State at
Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 14: Cleveland at Golden
State, 5 p.m.
x-Tuesday, June 16: Golden State at
Cleveland, 6 p.m.
x-Friday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden
State, 6 p.m.
Baseball
MLB
American League
East Division
W
L
New York
32 25
Tampa Bay
31 27
Toronto
29 30
Boston
27 31
Baltimore
26 30
Central Division
W
L
Kansas City
32 23
Minnesota
33 24
Detroit
30 28
Cleveland
27 29
Chicago
26 30
West Division
W
L
Houston
34 25
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Texas
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland
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30
28
25
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27
29
32
36
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3
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11
Monday’s Games
Toronto 11, Miami 3
Chicago White Sox 3, Houston 1
Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1
Tuesday’s Games
Boston (E.Rodriguez 2-0) at Baltimore
(Mi.Gonzalez 5-4), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at N.Y. Yan-
kees (Tanaka 3-1), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Haren 6-2) at Toronto (Buehrle
7-4), 4:07 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-4) at Detroit (An.
Sanchez 3-7), 4:08 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-4) at Tampa
Bay (Karns 3-2), 4:10 p.m.
Seattle (Elias 2-3) at Cleveland (Kluber
3-6), 4:10 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 7-1) at Chicago White
Sox (Rodon 1-0), 5:10 p.m.
Kansas City (C.Young 4-2) at Minnesota
(May 4-3), 5:10 p.m.
Texas (N.Martinez 4-2) at Oakland (Gray
7-2), 7:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Philadelphia
Central Division
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
W
31
30
27
24
22
L
27
27
30
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38
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Cincinnati
Milwaukee
West Division
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Arizona
Colorado
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33
32
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27
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26
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Monday’s Games
Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 0
Toronto 11, Miami 3
Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 4
San Diego 5, Atlanta 3, 11 innings
Colorado 11, St. Louis 3
L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3
Tuesday’s Games
Milwaukee (Jungmann 0-0) at Pittsburgh
(Liriano 3-4), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at N.Y. Yan-
kees (Tanaka 3-1), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Haren 6-2) at Toronto (Buehrle
7-4), 4:07 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-4) at Detroit (An.
Sanchez 3-7), 4:08 p.m.
Philadelphia (Harang 4-6) at Cincinnati
(DeSclafani 4-4), 4:10 p.m.
San Diego (Shields 7-0) at Atlanta (Fol-
tynewicz 3-2), 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Heston 5-4) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 2-3), 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wacha 8-1) at Colorado (J.De
La Rosa 2-2), 5:40 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Frias
4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
STANLEY CUP
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 1
Wednesday, June 3: Chicago 2, Tampa
Bay 1
Saturday, June 6: Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3
Monday, June 8: Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2
Wednesday, June 10: Tampa Bay at
Chicago, 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 13: Chicago at Tampa
Bay, 5 p.m.
x-Monday, June 15: Tampa Bay at Chica-
go, 5 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 17: Chicago at Tampa
Bay, 5 p.m.
Soccer
Women’s World Cup
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
Saturday
Canada 1, China 0
Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0
GROUP B
Sunday, June 7
Norway 4, Thailand 0
Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0
GROUP C
Monday, June 8
Cameroon 6, Equador 0
GROUP D
Sweden 3, Nigeria 3, tie
United States 3, Australia 1
GROUP E
Tuesday, June 9
Spain vs. Costa Rica, 1 p.m.
Brazil vs. South Korea, 4 p.m.
GROUP F
Tuesday, June 9
France vs. England, 10 a.m.
Colombia vs. Mexico, 1 p.m.
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