National Sports

NINGBO, China — Canada suffered its first defeat in an Olympic women's qualification volleyball tournament, falling in five sets to the Dominican Republic on Sunday.

TORONTO — It may not have been the most emphatic walk-off hit of Whit Merrifield's career, but his RBI single in the 13th inning on Saturday may have been the biggest. Merrifield's self-described swinging bunt scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West title for the 10th time in 11 seasons with a 6-2 win in 11 innings over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson, who won just one of his first six UFC outings, made it two victories in a row Saturday when he earned a unanimous decision over Mexico's Fernando Padilla.

Saturday's Scoreboard CFL Hamilton 29 Winnipeg 23 B.C. 41 Ottawa 37 --- BASEBALL American League Toronto 4 Boston 3 (13 innings) Cleveland 2 Texas 1 Baltimore 8 Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 10 Houston 8 Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota 6 Detroit 5 L.A.

TORONTO — The Vancouver Whitecaps are racking up the frequent flyer miles. And climbing the MLS standings.

VANCOUVER — Lucky Whitehead jumped into the stands, waved to a few young fans and passed the game-winning ball to his mother, who had been watching her son's magical comeback.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal and the Chicago Fire couldn't generate any goals on Saturday evening at Stade Saputo. Montreal (11-14-3) had several chances throughout the Major League Soccer match but could not solve Chicago (8-11-9) goalkeeper Chris Brady.

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas continued up the leaderboard Saturday at the Fortinet Championship with a 7-under 65 that matched the best score of the day and moved the former No. 1 player within two shots of leader Sahith Theegala.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats received contributions from their offence, defence and special teams in their upset win against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.