National Sports

OTTAWA — With three crucial games in the next 10 days between the Ottawa Senators and Columbus Blue Jackets — both fighting for a playoff spot — Saturday's matchup set the tone for the battles ahead.

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Lilia Vu finally made a bogey and then lost her lead Saturday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Min Woo Lee chipped in for birdie to take the lead and then left Scottie Scheffler and everyone else in his wake Saturday with a 7-under 63, giving him a four-shot lead in the Houston Open as the Australian closes in on his first PGA T

TORONTO — Six games into the Toronto FC season and Robin Fraser's team finally has something to build on, if not a win yet.

TORONTO — Max Scherzer is, well, mad. The 40-year-old surefire Hall of Famer hoped to be a contributor for the Blue Jays when he signed a one-year, US$15.5 million contract with Toronto on Feb. 4.

TORONTO — Jordan Westburg had two home runs for the first multihomer game of his career as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Saturday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tereza Vanišová scored a pair of goals in a 32-second span with just 3 1/2 minutes left and the Ottawa Charge stunned the Boston Fleet 2-1 on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge combined with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to go deep on the first three pitches from Nestor Cortes, then hit two more homers as the New York Yankees set a team record with nine home runs in a 20-7 rout of the Milwa

IDRE FJÄLL — Reece Howden sped to a gold medal on Saturday in the second last men's World Cup ski cross race of the season, while fellow Canadian Courtney Hoffos took silver in the women's race. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C.

HONG KONG — Carissa Norsten scored two tries to help Canada defeat Fiji 26-17 in Cup quarterfinal play Saturday at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.