ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) - Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST'-hy-zen)was the runaway winner of the British Open, finishing seven shotsahead of Lee Westwood. Oosthuizen closed with a 1-under 71 andfinished 16-under while becoming the first player in 46 years toearn his first major championship at St. Andrews. Paul Caseyfinished in a three-way tie for third with first-round leader RoryMcIlroy and Henrik Stenson, eight shots off the pace.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez iswithin two homers of becoming the seventh player in major leaguehistory to hit 600 in his career. Rodriguez smacked his 598thround-tripper in yesterday's 9-5 win over Tampa Bay, leaving him 11behind Sammy Sosa for sixth on the all-time list. The victory gavethe Yankees a three-game lead over the Rays in the American LeagueEast.
UNDATED (AP) - Texas has a 4 1/2-game lead in the AmericanLeague West following the Rangers' 4-2 win at Boston and the LosAngeles Angels 2-1 loss to Seattle. C.J. Wilson struck out acareer-high 10 over 6 2/3 innings to lead the Rangers. And theChicago White Sox top the AL Central by 1 1/2 games over Detroitand Minnesota after the Twins beat the Chisox 7-6.
UNDATED (AP) - St. Louis has taken a half-game lead in theNational League Central with a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgersand Cincinnati's 1-0 loss to Colorado. The Rockies remain fourgames behind the NL West-leading San Diego Padres, who knocked offArizona 6-4. And Atlanta's 11-6 win over Milwaukee leaves theBraves five games ahead of the second-place New York Mets in the NLEast.
TORONTO (AP) - Will Power picked up his second straight victoryand fourth of the year by taking the checkered flag in the HondaIndyCar Toronto race. Power held off Indianapolis 500 championDario Franchitti (DA'-ree-oh fran-KEE'-tee) after taking the leadfrom pole-sitter Justin Wilson off a restart with 14 laps left.
