CLEVELAND -- Pete Alonso had a pretty good night. A fun evening in the middle of what he called a fantasy season so far. After all, the rookie first baseman for the New York Mets hit three walk-off homers to win the 2019 Home Run Derby.

In the first round, matched up against hometown hero Carlos Santana of the Indians, Alonso hit his 14th home run with one second left on the clock, eliminating Santana, earning a chest-bump from his cousin Derek Morgan, his pitcher for the evening, and receiving a chorus of boos from Cleveland fans who were disappointed in Santana's early exit.

"I didn't think I'd ever be booed at a Home Run Derby, to be honest with you," Alonso said. "But I guess that's the hometown home cooking. Dealt with some adversity but we overcame, and pretty much just survive and advance. That was it."

Alonso's task in the second round was a little more difficult. His opponent, Atlanta Braves sophomore sensation Ronald Acuna Jr., blasted 19 home runs, a total that would have won all but one matchup in last season's Home Run Derby. More than halfway through the four-minute round, Alonso had just seven home runs. He called a timeout at the 1:49 mark. Then he heated up. With 30 seconds remaining, Alonso was up to 15 home runs. And as the clock dwindled down to zero, he homered on his final two swings, with No. 20 a towering 453-foot blast that landed in the trees beyond the center-field fence.

Alonso celebrated with what could be best described as a double-shoulder downward fist-bump and a couple of "Yeah!" shouts that might have been heard all the way back in Queens. He was into the finals, facing Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who had prevailed over Joc Pederson in the most epic single-round showdown in Home Run Derby history, a battle that required three tie-breaker rounds before Guerrero held on to win 40 to 39 when Pederson hit a ground ball on his final swing.

Yes, everyone will remember the Guerrero-Pederson matchup for the ages. But like Justin Morneau in 2008, when he beat Josh Hamilton after Hamilton's then-record 28-homer round at Yankee Stadium, it was Alonso who walked away with the double-bat silver trophy -- and the new $1 million award for the champion.

It took Alonso's third walk-off home run of the competition to do it, after Guerrero had slammed an impressive 22 home runs. Alonso started the final round off better than his first two rounds, with seven home runs at the 2:47 mark, when he used his first timeout. (Players get two in the final round.) Morgan would say that they found their groove as the contest went on. He had practiced three times recently with Alonso, the latest last week during the Subway Series at Citi Field.

That session earned Morgan final approval from Alonso's Mets teammates.

"We put on a show for early work. And he really got the stamp of approval, because you've got veterans like Robbie Cano, Todd Frazier and Wilson Ramos making sure he's throwing money BP, and he was putting it right there for me," Alonso said. "He impressed a lot of the guys, and especially all the coaching staff too. They were really impressed and everyone thought, 'Look, y'all are going to win this thing,' and they're right."

At the timeout, All-Star teammate Jeff McNeil -- Alonso's designated water man during timeouts -- gave the big slugger a little advice.

"I told him that he didn't need to try to pull the ball. Just stay middle," McNeil said. "We kind of talked about that before the semifinal round. Those balls are going out. He got a little pull-happy maybe, so stay up the middle of the field and hit some bombs."

Indeed, the ability to spray home runs -- and drive the ball to center field -- is Alonso's strength during real games, and it proved beneficial during the Derby, as well:

Here's @mets Pete Alonso's final home run spray chart. Absolutely beautiful ??? pic.twitter.com/qpkAB00Rq8

— Daren Willman (@darenw) July 9, 2019

With 1:30 left in the final round, he was up to 14 home runs. His 16th homer was a low screamer that just cleared the fence in left field. He used his second timeout with 1:02 remaining, sitting on 18 home runs. While Guerrero had burned up a month's worth of calories in twice breaking Hamilton's record, Alonso was more rested. He admitted this played to his advantage.

"I'm just happy that I didn't need the extra time [in the earlier rounds], because that's extra swings," Alonso said. "That could have possibly carried over into the next round. So I'm happy that I was able to conserve as much energy throughout the event, and that was huge. Without being where I was in the seeding, I put myself in a good position with the regular season. Without that, it may have been a different story. I'm really fortunate with how the brackets worked out. But survive and advance."

Because he was the higher seed and hit after Guerrero in the finals, Alonso knew the number he had to beat. He had a minute left -- plus the bonus time earned for hitting two 440-foot home runs -- to hit five home runs. No. 19 was a low liner to straightaway center, but Alonso is so strong it kept carrying, just inching over the wall by a few feet.

Then came walk-off No. 3. With 18 seconds left, Alonso hit a patented high-arcing fly ball into left-center, four or five rows, a shot measured at 429 feet. Not his longest blast of the night -- that one went 467 feet -- but it made him the 2019 Home Run Derby champion. He raised his arms in triumph, and Morgan leapt into his arms:

TAKE. IT. HOME. #HomeRunDerby ? pic.twitter.com/Sr5WenLWG7

— New York Mets (@Mets) July 9, 2019

Alonso received hugs from McNeil and Guerrero. He said he would donate 5% of his winner's check to the Wounded Warrior Project -- both his grandfathers served in the military -- and 5% to Tunnel to Towers, a foundation that benefits first responders. Maybe he'll give a little tip to his cousin. The musician Daddy Yankee gave Alonso a big silver medallion that he wore around his neck.

"It's sweet. It even spins," Alonso said. "This is cool. I think I might play the game tomorrow with this on."

Australia A 203 for 0 (Harris 100*, Burns 88) trail Sussex 263 (Rawlins 69, Pattinson 4-60) by 60 runs

Marcus Harris and Joe Burns, who could be playing off for one spot in the Ashes squad, dominated the second day of Australia A's match against Sussex with an unbroken double-century opening stand.

Harris finished unbeaten on 100 with Burns on 88 as they added 203 in 49 overs in reply to Sussex's 263 all out in which James Pattinson finished with 4 for 60 and Jon Holland 3 for 49.

Against a Sussex attack missing a number of first-team regulars, Harris and Burns made largely serene progress with Harris bringing up his century from 142 balls in the penultimate over of the day.

Before the tour, Harris had spoken about hoping to be able to pick up his form from the Australian domestic season when he scored more than 1000 Sheffield Shield runs in a summer where he made his Test debut and produced some promising performances. He looked in good touch throughout his stay to enhance his claims to be David Warner's opening partner for the first Test at Edgbaston.

However, for Burns this was also a very significant day as he aims to restate his Ashes credentials. It was his first innings since withdrawing from his Lancashire deal due to chronic fatigue syndrome. He was only cleared to return to action last week then immediately drafted into the Australia A squad and his game looked in good order as he struck 13 boundaries. Along with Harris he is an incumbent Test player and scored 180 in his last outing against Sri Lanka in February.

Earlier in the day Sussex had put up some stubborn resistance to extend their first innings from the overnight 118 for 5. Abi Sakande fell early to Michael Neser but Delray Rawlins and Adam Rouse added 58 for the seventh wicket. Rawlins struck ten fours and a six in his 69 off 103 balls before being trapped lbw for Holland's first wicket.

The Sussex lower order continued to chip in before Holland wrapped the innings up with a brace of wickets. Josh Hazlewood finished wicketless from 19 overs in his first red-ball bowl since the stress fracture of his back in early January which has kept him out of action until this tour.

LOS ANGELES -- Fresh off their victory at the Women's World Cup, members of the U.S. national team, along with top NBA draft pick Zion Williamson and world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka, will be among the attendees at The ESPYS on Wednesday.

The show honoring the past year's top athletes and achievements airs live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Comedian Tracy Morgan hosts the 27th edition.

The appearance by the U.S. team will be part of a day on which they are celebrated on both coasts. The players will fly to Los Angeles for The ESPYS after a ticker-tape parade in New York on Wednesday morning.

Among the presenters for the awards show are Billie Jean King; actresses Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks and Lilly Singh; former ESPYS host Joel McHale; and Usher.

Nominees set to attend include Saquon Barkley, Drew Brees, Todd Gurley, Oregon basketball player Sabrina Ionescu, Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim, Patrick Mahomes, Mikaela Shiffrin, Breanna Stewart and Trae Young.

Other attendees include Odell Beckham Jr., Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara, Jared Goff, Rob Gronkowski, Caitlyn Jenner, Kyle Kuzma, Sugar Ray Leonard, Brandon Marshall, Von Miller, Lindsey Vonn and Dwyane Wade.

NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Tori Kelly performing "In Times Like These" to honor him.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are among the teams that have been in contact with the New York Mets about a possible trade for right-handed starter Zack Wheeler, SNY reported Monday.

Although no trade is thought to be close, the Mets are shopping Wheeler aggressively, according to SNY.

Wheeler, 29, is 6-6 with a 4.69 ERA through 19 starts for the Mets, whose 40-50 record is the second-worst in the National League.

Wheeler has respectable numbers in other categories, with a 3.65 FIP, a 44.5 percent ground ball rate, 9.83 K/9, 2.57 BB/9 and 1.21 HR/9 over 19 starts.

The Mets talked to teams about trading Wheeler last year, too, but didn't get an offer they thought was good enough for the right-hander. Wheeler finished last season 12-7 with a 3.31 ERA.

The major league trading deadline is July 31.

Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 (£7,988) for damaging one of the Wimbledon courts with her racquet.

The incident occurred during a practice session before this year's tournament at the All England Club.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion, 37, is playing just her sixth tournament of 2019 but beat Carla Suarez Navarro on Monday to reach the quarter-finals.

Italy's Fabio Fognini has been fined $3,000 (£2,396) after he said that Wimbledon should be bombed.

The 32-year-old made the outburst in his native tongue during his third-round loss to Tennys Sandgren on Saturday.

American Williams, seeded 11th, has been suffering from a knee injury this year.

She faces compatriot Alison Riske in the last eight after she upset world number one Ashleigh Barty.

Williams and partner Andy Murray are in the second round of the mixed doubles and are due to meet Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo on Tuesday.

SPEED SPORT has been reporting on and covering motorsports happenings from all over the world for 85 years, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in the archives to see what happened 10, 25 and 50 years ago each week.

So check out what SPEED SPORT was covering 10, 25 and 50 years ago this week in Looking Back!

10 Years Ago (July 8, 2009): Justin Wilson delivered veteran IRL IndyCar Series team owner Dale Coyne his first series victory during the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen. The victory was Coyne’s first as a team owner in 558 starts in Indy car competition. It was the first race that year that a Team Penske or Chip Ganassi Racing entry didn’t visit victory lane.

Other Happenings: Tony Stewart won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Int’l Speedway after being involved in a last-lap crash with Kyle Busch; Tony George was ousted from his roles with Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IRL IndyCar Series; Bernie Ecclestone drew heavy criticism following ill-considered remarks about Adolf Hitler and democracy; Greg Hodnett claimed the Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek title.

25 Years Ago (July 6, 1994): The Orlando Sentinel published a four-month study in a three-part front-page story that bashed NASCAR following eight fatal crashes during a 20-year period. The story indicated that NASCAR’s investigations into fatal accidents, including those of Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr earlier that year at Daytona Int’l Speedway, were inconsistent and cursory at best.

Other Happenings: Jimmy Spencer edged Ernie Irvan in a photo finish to win the Pepsi 400 at Daytona Int’l Speedway; Scott Lagasse won the ARCA Supercar Series event in Des Moines, Iowa; Steve Holzhausen used pit strategy to win the ASA race at Iowa’s Hawkeye Downs Speedway; Mike Wallace scored his second NASCAR Busch Grand National win of the year at The Milwaukee Mile; Rod Millen set a new Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb record en route to victory.

50 Years Ago (July 9, 1969): LeeRoy Yarbrough continued his winning ways at Daytona Int’l Speedway, winning the Medal of Honor Firecracker 400. Yarbrough nosed his No. 98 Ford Torino Talladega ahead of Buddy Baker’s No. 6 Cotton Owens Dodge less than 50 miles from the checkered flag and beat Baker to the checkers by four car lengths.

Other Happenings: Gordon Johncock bested a 19-car field to win the Rocky Mountain 150 for USAC championship cars at Continental Divide Raceway in Colorado; Richard Petty won the inaugural NASCAR Grand National event at Dover Downs Int’l Speedway after a heated duel with LeeRoy Yarbrough; Roger McCluskey outran A.J. Foyt to win the Mid-America 200 at Mid-America Raceway for USAC late models; Cale Yarbrough reset the world’s closed course speed record with his 190.706 mph lap in qualifying at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

The Golden State Warriors acquired big man Omari Spellman from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for center Damian Jones and a 2026 second-round draft pick.

Spellman, the 30th pick in the 2018 draft, appeared in only 46 games for the Hawks last season, averaging 5.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in 17.5 minutes per game before his season ended with an injury.

Spellman plays center, where he will join a rotation that includes Kevon Looney, Willie Cauley-Stein and Alen Smailagic, and power forward, where he would be paired with former Villanova teammate Eric Paschall behind Draymond Green.

The trade also represents a payroll savings for the Warriors, as Jones is scheduled to make $2.3 million next season and Spellman $1.9 million.

Spellman acknowledged in January that one reason he did not see much time for the Hawks early on was his weight.

"Pretty much, I was fat," Spellman said. "I had to lose weight. That's what allowed me to get back."

Spellman spent some time in the G League and returned slimmer, but his season ended on March 1 when he suffered a high left ankle sprain.

Jones appeared in only 25 games for the Warriors over his first two years. Last season, he was promoted and started 22 games at center before suffering a torn pectoral muscle. He briefly returned at the end of the playoffs.

Over three seasons, Jones averaged 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and won two rings.

In the aftermath of co-star Paul George's departure, Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook welcomes the idea of general manager Sam Presti engineering a trade that would bring an end to his illustrious, 11-year career with the franchise, league sources told ESPN.

The Miami Heat have expressed interest, a potential destination that also appeals to Westbrook, league sources said.

Westbrook and his agent, Thad Foucher, have been discussing trade possibilities and scenarios with Presti, and the sides are both motivated to find a resolution sooner rather than later, league sources told ESPN.

Westbrook wants to play for a team pursuing contention, which is no longer the case with the Thunder after George forced a trade to the LA Clippers to partner with Kawhi Leonard.

Westbrook's affinity for Oklahoma City, the region and fan base has never wavered, but the Thunder's falling out of contention -- sped up by the George trade -- makes the idea of playing elsewhere in his 30s feel as though it could be the proper competitive decision, sources said.

The Thunder have been eliminated in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs three straight years.

Westbrook, 30, has four years and $170 million left on his contract. The Thunder have accumulated six future first-round picks in the past three days in trades with the Clippers (George) and Denver Nuggets (Jerami Grant), including two first-round picks (2021, unprotected; 2023, protected) via the Miami Heat.

Miami acquired All-Star guard Jimmy Butler in a four-way sign-and-trade at the start of free agency. Team president Pat Riley and head coach Erik Spoelstra continue to be aggressive in pursuing star-level veteran talent without the benefit of salary-cap space or many coveted future assets to peddle in deals.

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