National Sports

CHICAGO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stepped to the plate looking for a pitch up in the zone that he could drive. He got a high slider and parked it in a party deck.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — César Araújo and Dagur Thórhallsson each scored their first Major League Soccer goal and Orlando routed Toronto FC 4-0 on Tuesday night.

HOUSTON — Canada got exactly what it wanted advancing to the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.

KELOWNA, B.C. — The senior vice-president of Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, B.C., says a mountain biker is dead after a crash during the B.C. Cup downhill racing event held there over the weekend.

CALGARY — A bull rider heralded as a promising star on the Indigenous rodeo circuit has died during a competition in southern Alberta.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers padded their goaltending ranks by signing 22-year-old Olivier Rodrigue on Tuesday to a one-year, two-way NHL contract with an average annual value of US$775,000.

CHICAGO — Toronto pitcher Alek Manoah is set to return from a conditioning stint and start for the Blue Jays on Friday.

Katherine Henderson will move from one winter sport to another later this summer, ending her seven-year run as Curling Canada chief executive officer for a new role as president and CEO of Hockey Canada.

BROSSARD, Que. — Canadiens fifth-overall draft pick David Reinbacher had some high praise for talented defence partner Lane Hutson at Montreal’s development camp on Tuesday.

A woman destined to be a star player in the new North American women's professional hockey league can't wait to get started.