National Sports

TOKYO — Canada's Denis Shapovalov was ousted from the Japan Open on Saturday with a semifinal loss to Daniil Medvedev, holding off the teenager's latest attempt to make his first tour-level final.

LOS ANGELES — With Sandy Koufax sitting in the front row, Clayton Kershaw pitched the best post-season game of his career, motivated partly by being passed over as the Dodgers' Game 1 starter.

Friday's Games MLB Post-season AL Division Series Boston 5 New York 4 (Red Sox lead best-of-five series 1-0) Houston 7 Cleveland 2 (Astros lead best-of-five series 1-0) NL Division Series Milwaukee 4 Colorado 0 (Brewers lead best-of-five series 2-0)

BOSTON — Chris Sale left the mound to a standing ovation and then waited along with anxious Red Sox fans while the Boston bullpen frittered away most of a five-run lead. Bases loaded in the sixth inning. Two runs.

EDINBURG, Texas — Nichelle Prince scored twice to help Canada beat Jamaica 2-0 on Friday night in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament.

OTTAWA — Jovan Santos-Knox recovered a fumble in overtime and held on to it as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers avoided a disastrous loss to the Ottawa Redblacks.

HAMILTON — Jordan Lyons rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown as the McMaster Marauders held on for a 27-24 win over the Queen's Gaels on Friday in Canadian university football action.

TORONTO — Deng Adel couldn't miss. Delon Wright was shooting threes. And Norm Powell was playing with more force than he has in awhile.

HOUSTON — George Springer and the Houston Astros picked up right where they left off last post-season , hitting four home runs to power past the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Friday in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.

SURREY, B.C. — When DeVier Posey hits the field Saturday night, he's going to be focused on keeping his emotions in check and playing football. The B.C.