A6 The BulleTin • Monday, July 5, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
MONDAY
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Corona Open Mexico
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
TENNIS
Wimbledon
WTA, Hamburg European Open
BASEBALL
MLB, Chicago White Sox at Minnesota
MLB, Boston at L.A. Angels
SOCCER
Copa America semifinal, Brazil vs. Peru
HOCKEY
Stanley Cup Final, Tampa Bay at Montreal
CYCLING
Tour de France, Stage 10
Time
6 a.m.
TV
FS2
BASKETBALL
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
4 a.m. (Tue)
FS2
ESPN2
Tennis
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
ESPN
ESPN
4 p.m.
FS1
5 p.m.
NBC
4:30 a.m. (Tue) NBCSN
TUESDAY
TENNIS
Wimbledon, Ladies’ Quarterfinals
WTA, Hamburg European Open
WTA, Hamburg European Open
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Corona Open Mexico
SOCCER
CONCACAF Gold Cup, Second Round
CONCACAF Gold Cup, Second Round
Copa America semifinal, Colombia vs. Argentina
CONCACAF Gold Cup, Second Round
BASKETBALL
NBA Finals, Milwaukee at Phoenix
BASEBALL
MLB, N.Y. Yankees at Seattle
CYCLING
Tour de France, Stage 11
5 a.m. ESPN, ESPN2
2 a.m. (Wed) Tennis
3 a.m. (Wed) Tennis
6 a.m.
FS2
1:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
FS2
FS2
FS1
FS2
6 p.m.
ABC
7 p.m.
ESPN, Root
3:30 a.m. (Wed) NBCSN
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
MLB
Mariners continue surge, beat Rangers 4-1 — While
it’s Yusei Kikuchi heading to the All-Star Game, no member
of the Seattle Mariners’ starting rotation has provided a big-
ger boost this season than Chris Flexen. And when Flexen is
pitching in his home park, good luck solving the tall right-
hander. “You know he’s going to give you a chance to win the
game, is going to keep you in the ballgame,” Seattle manager
Scott Servais said. “I’m really impressed with how he contin-
ues to develop.” Flexen added to his impressive first season in
Seattle by allowing one run in six innings, Luis Torrens hom-
ered for the seventh time in his past 13 games and the Mari-
ners beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Sunday. Seattle extended
its recent surge, winning its fifth straight series of longer than
two games, and has won 11 of 15 overall. Seattle begins a
three-game series Tuesday with the New York Yankees.
BASKETBALL
Luka Doncic rallies Slovenia into Olympics — Olympic
qualifying is underway, and if you’re wondering why Team
USA hasn’t been in the headlines, it’s because they’ve already
handled business. But Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic and
Slovenia are headed to the Olympics for the first time, after
winning 96-85 at Lithuania on Sunday. Doncic — the MVP of
the tournament in Lithuania — was simply brilliant: 31 points,
11 rebounds and 13 assists, the first triple-double by any player
in any of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments that were
played in the past week to determine the last four teams in the
Olympic field. “I don’t care about the MVP,” Doncic said. “We
won here. We’re going to the Olympics, the first time in our
country. It’s amazing.” Also Sunday: Canada’s national team,
with a roster coached by the Toronto Raptors’ Nick Nurse and
headlined by 10 NBA players, dug themselves a 13-point hole
and ultimately lost in the semifinals, 103-101, to a Czech Re-
public national team with only one NBA player, Tomas Sato-
ransky. Team USA already solidified their spot in Tokyo.
— Bulletin wire reports
Tour
Continued from A5
“Just to be taking part on
the Tour de France in the
first place is a dream. Then to
achieve a victory like this one
is excellent, a great reward to
everyone who has supported
me over the years,” O’Connor
said. “It’s been a wild ride.”
O’Connor finished more
than five minutes ahead of
Mattia Cattaneo and Sonny
Colbrelli. Pogacar responded
to a late attack by Richard Car-
apaz to defend his overall lead
by finishing sixth, just over six
minutes behind O’Connor.
Roglic crashed badly
during Monday’s third stage
in the western Brittany re-
gion and had been struggling
since. The Jumbo-Visma
team said the Slovenian rider
would focus on new goals.
“It’s just too much for my
body at the moment and
yeah, I cannot race,” the
31-year-old said.
Blazers
Continued from A5
Forward Robert Covington,
brought in during a November trade
to help elevate the defense, talked nu-
merous times during the season about
the team’s issues with communication,
playing with maximum effort and at-
tention to detail.
Early in the season, Damian Lillard
discussed the team’s overall lack of ac-
countability when it came to playing
defense.
Billups, who spent this season as an
assistant with the Los Angeles Clip-
pers, said he wants the Blazers to treat
defense with as much attention to de-
tail as they do offense.
“Just having a defensive mindset,
defensive mentality, just to compete
every single day and to be physical
and to communicate and things like
that,” he said.
NBA playoffs
NBA FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Tuesday: Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Thursday: Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 11: Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 14: Phoenix at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
x-Saturday, July 17: Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
x-Tuesday, July 20: Phoenix at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
x-Thursday, July 22: Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Connecticut
12
6
Chicago
10
9
new york
9
9
Washington
7
10
atlanta
6
10
indiana
2
16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
las Vegas
13
4
Seattle
13
4
Minnesota
8
7
dallas
9
9
Phoenix
7
8
los angeles
6
10
Saturday’s Late Games
Minnesota at Phoenix, late
Sunday’s Games
atlanta at las Vegas, 3 p.m.
Seattle at los angeles, 6 p.m.
Monday’s Games
dallas at new york, 4 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
no games scheduled.
Pct
.667
.526
.500
.412
.375
.111
GB
—
2½
3
4½
5
10
Pct
.765
.765
.533
.500
.467
.375
GB
—
—
4
4½
5
6½
MLB
Pct
.538
.494
.488
.481
.427
GB
—
3½
4
4½
9
Pct
.600
.518
.500
.482
.361
GB
—
7
8½
10
20
Pct
.634
.631
.581
.435
.271
GB
—
—
4
16½
30½
Softball
Continued from A5
The technological revolution
that has altered Major League
Baseball also has impacted
Olympic softball. Eriksen sees
that both with South Florida,
where he has been coach since
1996, and the U.S.
“We play Australia and we
play Japan and we play Can-
ada and Mexico — a lot. So
we have pretty good data and
the analytics on teams that we
play,” Eriksen said.
Holdovers
The 15-woman U.S. ros-
ter includes 38-year-old left-
hander Cat Osterman, the last
holdover from the 2004 gold
Powell, Covington and center Jusuf
Nurkic have the reputation of being
good defenders. Lillard and fellow
guard C.J. McCollum, not so much.
Billups, twice named to the NBA’s
all-defensive team as a player, will be
expected to get Lillard and McCol-
lum to elevate their play on defense.
Billups, a former All-Star point guard,
played for a defensive-minded Detroit
team that won the championship in
2004 with the second-highest-rated
defense in the league. Olshey is con-
fident Billups’ resume will help him
make an impact on Lillard and Mc-
Collum.
Strengthening a strong offense
Billups spent a lot of time working
with the Clippers’ defense this season
so he became familiar with the Blaz-
ers’ offense having faced them three
times.
The Blazers put up big numbers,
PGA Tour
NHL playoffs
FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 0
Monday: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m.
x-Wednesday,: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
x-Friday: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m.
x-Sunday, July 11: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
MLS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
53
32
.624
—
Tampa Bay
48
36
.571
4½
Toronto
43
39
.524
8½
new york
42
41
.506
10
Baltimore
27
57
.321
25½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
49
34
.590
—
Cleveland
42
39
.519
6
detroit
38
46
.452
11½
Kansas City
35
48
.422
14
Minnesota
34
48
.415
14½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
houston
52
33
.612
—
oakland
49
37
.570
3½
Seattle
45
40
.529
7
los angeles
42
41
.506
9
Texas
33
51
.393
18½
Saturday’s Late Games
oakland 7, Boston 6, 12 innings
l.a. angels 4, Baltimore 1
Texas 7, Seattle 3
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 1
houston 4, Cleveland 3, 10 innings
detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Minnesota 6, Kansas City 2
n.y. Mets 10, n.y. yankees 5, 7 innings, 1st game
Seattle 4, Texas 1
Boston 1, oakland 0
l.a. angels 6, Baltimore 5
n.y. yankees 4, n.y. Mets 2, 7 innings, 2nd game
Monday’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Cease 7-3) at Minnesota (ober 0-1),
4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (allen 1-5) at Tampa Bay (hill 6-3), 4:10 p.m.
detroit (Peralta 1-1) at Texas (allard 2-4), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gutierrez 3-3) at Kansas City (Minor 6-6),
5:10 p.m.
Boston (Pérez 6-4) at l.a. angels (Suarez 3-1), 6:38 p.m.
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
new england
7 2 3 24 20 15
orlando City
6 2 3 21 19
9
Phila.
5 3 4 19 15 11
nashville
4 1 6 18 14 11
ny City FC
5 3 2 17 18 11
d.C. united
5 6 1 16 17 14
new york
5 5 1 16 16 14
CF Montréal
4 3 4 16 12 10
Columbus
4 3 4 16 11
9
atlanta
2 3 6 12 11 13
Cincinnati
3 5 2 11 10 18
Chicago
2 7 2
8 10 17
inter Miami CF
2 7 2
8
9 17
Toronto FC
1 8 2
5 13 27
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle
7 0 5 26 21
8
Sporting KC
7 3 2 23 22 15
la Galaxy
7 3 0 21 17 15
Colorado
5 3 2 17 16 12
la FC
4 4 3 15 13 12
Minnesota united 4 4 3 15 12 14
houston
3 3 6 15 16 17
Portland
4 6 1 13 14 19
Real Sl
3 3 4 13 14 12
austin FC
3 5 4 13 10 12
San Jose
3 7 2 11 14 22
FC dallas
2 4 5 11 13 17
Vancouver
2 6 3
9 12 18
noTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Late Games
la FC 1, Real Sl 0
Sunday’s Games
Vancouver 2, FC dallas 2, tie
Seattle 1, Colorado 1, tie
Sporting KC at la Galaxy, 7:30 p.m.
NWSL
W L T Pts GF
north Carolina
5 2 1
16 14
orlando
4 2 3
15 12
Portland
5 3 0
15 14
houston
4 3 1
13 10
Gotham FC
3 1 3
12
7
Washington
3 2 3
12
8
Chicago
3 4 2
11
6
louisville
3 4 1
10
6
Reign FC
2 5 1
7
5
Kansas City
0 6 3
3
5
noTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s Game
north Carolina 2, orlando 0
GA
4
10
6
8
3
8
13
12
10
13
TENNIS
Wimbledon
Men’s Singles
Third Round
hubert hurkacz (14), Poland, def. alexander Bublik,
Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Matteo Berrettini (7), italy, def. aljaz Bedene, Slovenia,
6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
lorenzo Sonego (23), italy, def. James duckworth, aus-
tralia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
ilya ivashka, Belarus, def. Jordan Thompson, australia,
6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Felix auger-aliassime (16), Canada, def. nick Kyrgios,
australia, 2-6, 6-1, 0-0, ret.
medal-winning team, and
35-year-old left-hander Mon-
ica Abbott, who joined Oster-
man on the 2008 team.
Osterman started and Ab-
bott relieved her in the sixth
inning of the 2008 gold medal
game, a 3-1 loss to Japan that
ended the Americans’ 22-
game, eight-year Olympic win-
ning streak.
Eriksen said part of their
jobs is to steady the rest of the
team, to tell them: “Try not to
get stars in your eyes of what’s
going on around you, and at
the same time, understand that
it’s just another tournament,
just happens to have five rings
on it, but it’s still another tour-
nament and you’re going to
play softball and try to win the
but one ongoing criticism revolved
around a lack of ball movement.
One reason was that the team relied
heavily on 3-point shooting (40.8
attempts per game, second in the
NBA) .
Later in the season, after the acqui-
sition of Powell, the Blazers began us-
ing more player movement and the
offense improved. The Blazers aver-
aged 124.9 points per game over the
final 12 games while going 10-2. That
scoring output ranked second in the
NBA. On the season, Portland aver-
aged 116.1 points per game.
Billups has no issue with shooting
3s, but he wants to get the best shot
possible, not simply an open shot.
“Offensively, this team was unbe-
lievable,” Billups said. “I think we can
even be better offensively with more
ball movement, different schemes,
different plays, executing a little bit
better.”
alexander Zverev (4), Germany, def. Taylor Fritz (31),
united States, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, def. Cameron norrie
(29), Britain, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
daniil Medvedev (2), Russia, def. Marin Cilic (32), Croa-
tia, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s Singles
Third Round
angelique Kerber (25), Germany, def. aliaksandra Sas-
novich, Belarus, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Karolina Muchova (19), Czech Republic, def. anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova (16), Russia, 7-5, 6-3.
ajla Tomljanovic, australia, def. Jelena ostapenko, lat-
via, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
emma Raducanu, Britain, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania,
6-3, 7-5.
Coco Gauff (20), united States, def. Kaja Juvan, Slovenia,
6-3, 6-3.
Paula Badosa (30), Spain, def. Magda linette, Poland,
5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Barbora Krejcikova (14), Czech Republic, def. anastasija
Sevastova, latvia, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5.
ashleigh Barty (1), australia, def. Katerina Siniakova,
Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5.
GOLF
HOCKEY
SOCCER
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
new york
43
37
atlanta
41
42
Washington
40
42
Philadelphia
39
42
Miami
35
47
Central Division
W
L
Milwaukee
51
34
Cincinnati
43
40
Chicago
42
42
St. louis
41
44
Pittsburgh
30
53
West Division
W
L
San Francisco
52
30
los angeles
53
31
San diego
50
36
Colorado
37
48
arizona
23
62
Saturday’s Late Games
l.a. dodgers 5, Washington 3
Colorado 3, St. louis 2
San Francisco 6, arizona 5
Sunday’s Games
l.a. dodgers 5, Washington 1
Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 0
Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 2
San diego 11, Philadelphia 1
n.y. Mets 10, n.y. yankees 5, 7 innings, 1st game
atlanta 8, Miami 7, 10 innings
Colorado 3, St. louis 2
n.y. yankees 4, n.y. Mets 2, 7 innings, 2nd game
San Francisco at arizona, 6:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
St. louis (Kim 2-5) at San Francisco (Gausman 8-2),
3:05 p.m.
l.a. dodgers (Buehler 8-1) at Miami (Rogers 7-5),
3:40 p.m.
atlanta (Fried 5-4) at Pittsburgh (de Jong 0-3), 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Woodruff 7-3) at n.y. Mets (Megill 0-0),
4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moore 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (davies 5-5),
5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gutierrez 3-3) at Kansas City (Minor 6-6),
5:10 p.m.
Washington (lester 2-3) at San diego (Musgrove 5-6),
7:10 p.m.
Rocket Mortgage Classic Scores
Sunday
x-Cam davis (500), $1,350,000 68-68-67-67—270
Troy Merritt (245), $667,500 67-68-67-68—270
Joaquin niemann (245), $667,500 65-69-68-68—270
alex noren (123), $337,500 70-70-67-64—271
hank lebioda (123), $337,500 67-70-66-68—271
Bubba Watson (95), $262,500 68-73-67-64—272
Brandon hagy (95), $262,500 65-71-68-68—272
Mark anderson (78), $211,875 70-70-67-66—273
Sungjae im (78), $211,875 69-68-69-67—273
Seamus Power (78), $211,875 66-71-69-67—273
Kevin Kisner (78), $211,875 67-69-69-68—273
Chris Kirk (63), $166,875 67-68-70-69—274
Jason Kokrak (63), $166,875 69-69-67-69—274
Jason day (51), $121,875 67-73-69-66—275
Cameron Tringale (51), $121,875 71-70-68-66—275
Fabián Gómez (51), $121,875 67-71-70-67—275
Keegan Bradley (51), $121,875 71-68-68-68—275
Mackenzie hughes (51), $121,875 71-69-67-68—275
Kevin Tway (51), $121,875 71-68-67-69—275
Pat Perez (51), $121,875 67-69-69-70—275
Maverick Mcnealy (40), $81,750 68-69-72-67—276
Joel dahmen (40), $81,750 70-70-69-67—276
Roger Sloan (40), $81,750 65-75-68-68—276
Curtis Thompson (0), $81,750 69-72-67-68—276
Patton Kizzire (31), $56,411 68-72-73-64—277
Beau hossler (31), $56,411 68-69-72-68—277
Max homa (31), $56,411 70-65-74-68—277
lanto Griffin (31), $56,411 68-70-69-70—277
Scott Stallings (31), $56,411 68-73-66-70—277
Tom lewis (31), $56,411 65-69-71-72—277
Richy Werenski (31), $56,411 68-68-69-72—277
Patrick Reed (22), $41,875 69-72-70-67—278
Bo hoag (22), $41,875 70-68-71-69—278
doug Ghim (22), $41,875 70-68-71-69—278
Sean o’hair (22), $41,875 70-66-71-71—278
J.J. Spaun (22), $41,875 66-73-68-71—278
Rickie Fowler (22), $41,875 70-69-68-71—278
Robert Streb (17), $34,125 67-71-74-67—279
Brandt Snedeker (17), $34,125 70-71-71-67—279
henrik norlander (17), $34,125 68-72-70-69—279
lucas Glover (11), $24,116 68-72-73-67—280
Cameron Percy (11), $24,116 71-70-71-68—280
Patrick Rodgers (11), $24,116 70-70-72-68—280
nelson ledesma (11), $24,116 72-68-71-69—280
Michael Gellerman (11), $24,116 70-68-72-70—280
adam Schenk (11), $24,116 72-66-72-70—280
Michael Gligic (11), $24,116 67-73-70-70—280
Garrick higgo (11), $24,116 68-71-70-71—280
Russell Knox (11), $24,116 71-65-72-72—280
aaron Baddeley (11), $24,116 69-70-69-72—280
Kyle Stanley (11), $24,116 70-69-69-72—280
Scott Brown (6), $17,775 70-71-74-66—281
anirban lahiri (6), $17,775 71-69-73-68—281
Chesson hadley (6), $17,775 69-70-72-70—281
Tyler duncan (6), $17,775 70-67-73-71—281
Matt Jones (6), $17,775 70-69-71-71—281
nick Taylor (6), $17,775 72-68-70-71—281
Jonas Blixt (5), $16,575 68-71-72-71—282
Kramer hickok (5), $16,575 69-69-72-72—282
Matthew Wolff (5), $16,575 67-70-73-72—282
Josh Teater (5), $16,575 70-71-69-72—282
Vincent Whaley (5), $16,575 71-68-70-73—282
Matthew neSmith (5), $16,575 71-69-69-73—282
davis Thompson (0), $16,575 63-73-72-74—282
Si Woo Kim (5), $16,575 67-72-69-74—282
Chris Baker (5), $16,575 70-70-68-74—282
Camilo Villegas (3), $15,600 70-70-72-71—283
Ryan Brehm (3), $15,600 71-67-73-72—283
danny Willett (3), $15,600 68-70-71-74—283
Sebastián Muñoz (3), $15,600 69-69-69-76—283
Jimmy Walker (3), $15,075 69-72-73-70—284
Willie Mack iii (0), $15,075 68-73-72-71—284
Bo Van Pelt (3), $15,075 68-73-71-72—284
Sung Kang (3), $14,700 69-72-74-70—285
Phil Mickelson (3), $14,700 69-72-72-72—285
Byeong hun an (2), $14,475 71-70-69-76—286
Will Zalatoris (0), $14,325 70-68-74-76—288
CYCLING
Tour de France
Sunday’s 9th Stage
A 144.9-kilometer (90-mile) ride from Cluses to
moments instead of trying to
win the medals.”
Newcomers
Among the younger Amer-
icans are Rachel Garcia, a
24-year-old right-hander
pitcher and infielder; De-
jah Mulipola, a 23-year-old
catcher; and Bubba Nickles, a
23-year-old utility player.
Getting underway
The U.S. opens the six-na-
tion group stage on July 21
against Italy in Fukushima,
where the Americans play
Canada the next day. After a
day off for the opening cere-
mony, action shifts to Yoko-
hama, where the Americans
play Mexico on July 24, fol-
Creating good shots for the likes of
Powell, who is set to become an un-
restricted free agent, Covington and
Anfernee Simons would take pressure
off Lillard and McCollum and also
work to keep those players involved
on offense.
Billups said he envisions creating
better movement by taking advantage
of Nurkic’s passing skills and using
him as a facilitator, allowing Lillard
and McCollum to play off the ball.
Recruiting talent
Billups said he likes the roster as
is but expects Olshey to do whatever
he can to make improvements as he
sees fit.
“We have some versatile guys on
our team,” Billups said. “I think highly
of the roster. … I’m excited as heck
about what we have right now.”
Olshey has been able to make solid
moves here and there that certainly
Tignes
1. Ben o’Connor, australia, aG2R Citroen Team, 4h 26m
43s
2. Mattia Cattaneo, italy, deceuninck-QuickStep 5m 7s
behind.
3. Sonny Colbrelli, italy, Bahrain Victorious, 5m 34s be-
hind.
4. Guillaume Martin, France, Cofidis 5m 36s behind.
5. Franck Bonnamour, France, B&B hotels p/b KTM 6m
2s behind.
6. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, uae Team emirates, same time.
7. Richard Carapaz, ecuador, ineos Grenadiers, 6m 34s
behind.
8. Jonas Vingegaard, denmark, Jumbo-Visma, same time.
9. enric Mas nicolau, Spain, Movistar Team, same time.
10. Rigoberto uran, Colombia, eF education-nippo,
same time.
Also
60. Sepp Kuss, united States, Jumbo-Visma, 30m 27s
behind.
119. neilson Powless, united States, eF education-nippo,
31m 37s behind.
133. Brandon Mcnulty, united States, uae Team emirates,
32m 21s behind.
137. Sean Bennett, united States, Qhubeka-nexthash,
same time.
Overall Standings
1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, uae Team emirates, 34h
11m 10s.
2. Ben o’Connor, australia, aG2R Citroën Team 2m 1s
behind.
3. Rigoberto uran, Colombia, eF education-nippo, 5m
18s behind.
4. Jonas Vingegaard, denmark, Jumbo-Visma, 5m 32s
behind.
5. Richard Carapaz, ecuador, ineos Grenadiers, 5m 33s
behind.
6. enric Mas nicolau, Spaind, Movistar Team, 5m 47s
behind.
7. Wilco Kelderman, netherlands, Bora-hansgrohe, 5m
58s behind.
8. alexey lutsenko, Kazakhstan, astana-Premier Tech,
6m 12s behind.
9. Guillaume Martin, France, Cofidis, 7m 2s behind.
10. david Gaudu, France, Groupama-FdJ, 7m 22s behind.
Also
72. neilson Powless, united States, eF education-nippo,
1h 10m 43s behind.
93. Sepp Kuss, united States, Jumbo-Visma, 1h 21m
46s behind.
116. Brandon Mcnulty, united States, uae Team emirates,
1h 31m 23s behind.
133. Sean Bennett, united States, Qhubeka-nexthash,
1h 37m 56s behind.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BalTiMoRe oRioleS — Reinstated RhP Cesar Valdez
from the 10-day il. optioned RhP isaac Mattson to nor-
folk (Triple-a east). Sent lhP John Means to aberdeen
(high-a east) on a rehab assignment.
houSTon aSTRoS — Sent RhP Francis Martes outright
to Sugar land (Triple-a West).
KanSaS CiTy RoyalS — optioned CF edward olivares
to omaha (Triple-a West).
loS anGeleS anGelS — Recalled inF Jose Rojas from
Salt lake (Triple-a West).
neW yoRK yanKeeS — Reinstated lhP Wandy Peralta
from the 10-day il. optioned inF Tyler Wade to Scran-
ton-Wilkes-Barre (Triple-a east).
oaKland aThleTiCS — Placed dh Mitch Moreland
on the 10-day il. Reinstated oF Stephen Piscotty from
the 10-day il.
ToRonTo Blue JayS — Reinstated RhP Rafael dolis from
the 10-day il. optioned lhP nick allgeyer to Buffalo
(Triple-a east). Sent RhP Jeremy Beasley and lhP Travis
Bergen outright to Buffalo.
National League
aTlanTa BRaVeS — optioned lhP Kyle Muller to
Gwinnett (Triple-a east). Recalled SS orlando arcia
from Gwinnett.
ChiCaGo CuBS — Reinstated inF nico hoerner from
the 10-day il. optioned inF Sergio alcantara to iowa
(Triple-a east).
loS anGeleS dodGeRS — Recalled RhP edwin uceta
from oklahoma City (Triple-a West). optioned RhP Bru-
sader Graterol for oklahoma City.
MiaMi MaRlinS — Placed RhP John Curtiss on the 10-
day il. Recalled RhP Jordan holloway from Jacksonville
(Triple-a east).
MilWauKee BReWeRS — acquired inF Kevin Kramer
from Pittsburgh in exchange for lhP nathan Kirby.
neW yoRK MeTS — Recalled RhPs nick Tropeano and
yennsy diaz from Syracuse (Triple-a east). Placed RhP
Sean Reid-Foley on the 10-day il, retroactive to July 1.
Reinstated 3B Jonathan Villar from the 10-day il.
PhiladelPhia PhillieS — agreed to terms with lhP
Tyler alexander on a minor league contract.
PiTTSBuRGh PiRaTeS — Recalled RhP nick Means from
indianapolis (Triple-a east). optioned RhP Cody Ponce
to indianapolis. Sent RhP luis oviedo to indianapolis on
a rehab assignment.
San dieGo PadReS — activated lhP Blake Snell from
the 10-day il. optioned RhP Mason Thompson to el
Paso (Triple-a West).
WaShinGTon naTionalS — Signed RhP diego Moreno
to a minor league contract. Sent lF andrew Stevenson on
a rehab assingment to Rochester (Triple-a east).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
ToRonTo FC — Released head coach Chris armas.
lowed by Australia and Japan.
First and second place play
for gold medal on July 27,
when third and fourth meet for
the bronze.
U.S. dominance … until
The Americans outscored
opponents 122-4 and won
two goals medals during their
22-game Olympic winning
streak that started in 2000, in-
cluding 51-1 in 2004 and 57-2
in 2008 before the loss in the
final.
Come and gone
Softball and baseball are be-
ing dropped again from the
2024 Paris Olympics but ap-
pear likely to return for the
2028 Los Angeles Games.
helped the roster. But he has yet to
land a second All-Star since losing
LaMarcus Aldridge to free agency fol-
lowing the 2014-15 season.
The team hopes someone with Bil-
lups’ background as a champion and
leader will help the Blazers land free
agents or persuade players acquired
via trade to sign long-term deals.
Although Olshey said he is con-
fident that the Blazers will improve
next season, he didn’t close the door
on making additions.
“I willingly accept the responsibil-
ity to make sure we’re as prepared as
possible from a roster standpoint,” Ol-
shey said.
“I’m really excited,” Billups said.
“Portland is a special place. It’s a
unique franchise. Played against them
for so long. I’m happy to be on the
other side with these great fans and
also happy to be a part of Rip City and
the sponsors.”