National Sports

Thursday's Scoreboard MLB American League Texas 9 Toronto 2 Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 8 Boston 5, 2nd game Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3 Minnesota 10 Chicago White Sox 2 National League Pittsburgh 2 Washington 0 Milwaukee 4 Miami 2 N.

TORONTO — A disastrous four-game sweep at Rogers Centre has endangered the Toronto Blue Jays' post-season hopes and ace Kevin Gausman is taking the blame for his role in it.

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas scuffled through an uneven afternoon with a 3-under 69 in his return to the PGA Tour following a lengthy layoff, leaving him six shots off the lead Thursday in the first round of the Fortinet Championship.

REGINA — Tre Ford believes there might be an element of surprise when he leads the Edmonton Elks onto the field Friday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

BOLOGNA, Italy — Canada extended its undefeated run in the group stage of Davis Cup finals with a second win in as many days Thursday.

TORONTO — Matt Chapman is back in the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup. Chapman was activated from Toronto's 10-day injured list and was sixth in the Blue Jays lineup when they hosted the Texas Rangers on Thursday. Chapman went on the injured list Aug.

VANCOUVER — For the third time this season, the Vancouver Whitecaps have signed a Canadian national team player to boost their roster. Attacking midfielder Junior Hoilett is the latest addition, with the Brampton, Ont.

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Europe’s 12 Ryder Cup players delivered a mixed bag of scores in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship. None of them were better than Marcus Helligkilde. The No.

MONTREAL — Major League Soccer is investigating the conduct of CF Montreal attacking midfielder Matko Miljevic after he was banned for life from a Quebec amateur soccer league.

MONTREAL — The Toronto Argonauts can clinch top spot in the Canadian Football League’s East Division with a win Friday over the host Montreal Alouettes.