The Los Angeles Angels designated pitcher Matt Harvey for assignment Friday after the right-hander's struggles in 12 starts with the club.

Harvey, who signed a one-year, $11 million contract with the Angels in the offseason, was 3-5 with a 7.09 ERA.

In Thursday night's start against the Houston Astros, Harvey gave up six earned runs, seven hits and five walks, and had one strikeout. It was the sixth time in his 12 starts that Harvey surrendered five runs or more.

Thursday also was his first start since being activated from the 10-day injured list Saturday after an upper-back strain. Before then, he hadn't pitched since May 23.

Spanish heptathlete secures success in Borås, while Italy gains 100m double and GB’s Chad Miller claims bronze

Spain’s Maria Vicente secured a third successive major age-group heptathlon title in Sweden, adding victory at the European Under-20 Championships to her under-18 wins at world and European level.

With a national record score of 6115 points, Vicente won ahead of Ireland’s Kate O’Connor and Switzerland’s Annik Kälin, with British team co-captain Holly Mills finishing fourth after her own PB performance.

Just 46 points separated the top three, with O’Connor improving her Irish record to 6093 points and Kälin setting a PB of 6069 points.

Mills improved her PB to 5802 points, while GB team-mates Amaya Scott-Rule and Olivia Dobson placed 7th and 16th with a PB of 5486 points and a tally of 5209 points respectively.

There had been just 15 points between Kälin, Vicente and O’Connor ahead of the final event, the 800m, and Vicente produced a PB of more than six seconds with 2:16.29 to get the gold, as O’Connor ran 2:16.98 and Kälin 2:19.81.

Earlier on, an exciting javelin contest had seen O’Connor, Kälin and Vicente throw respective PBs of 52.92m for an Irish under-20 and under-23 record, 48.84m and 44.19m.

Vicente had led the competition ahead of Mills at the end of the first day but a 6.30m leap saw the Briton regain the lead after the long jump before moving to fourth after a 32.73m throw in the javelin.

“I’m extremely happy. It’s been a really tough competition,” said Vicente. “I’m glad I finished strong, even broke my PB, because I just came back from an injury in the last few weeks. Now I can really enjoy this moment.”

After her 2:24.17 800m, Mills said: “I went through in the time I needed to (at 400m) but I went to kick, and it just wasn’t there. It’s the first time it has ever happened that I haven’t been able to kick. I took a risk and it didn’t pay off, but I wouldn’t change it because I wouldn’t have wanted to run the first lap any slower.

“This is my second ever heptathlon so to come here among Europe’s best athletes has been a great two days. It’s been a competition of highs and lows, but I’ve enjoyed it. There’s room for so much more improvement but on my second heptathlon I’m so much closer to 6000 points, so I can’t complain too much.”

What an INCREDIBLE conclusion to the heptathlon in #Boras2019! ?@MVicentePodium runs the 800m of her life in the pouring rain to win the European U20 title in a Spanish record of 6115 points. ? pic.twitter.com/nJjUCxQRu1

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 19, 2019

There was double sprint success for Italy as the nation claimed a 100m double through Lorenzo Paissan and Vittoria Fontana.

First, Paissan won the men’s title in 10.44 (0.0m/sec) from Poland’s Antoni Plichta with 10.52 as Chad Miller claimed Britain’s first medal of the championships, clocking 10.53 for bronze.

His fellow Briton Jeremiah Azu – the pre-race favourite – pulled up with a hamstring injury.

“I am really, really happy,” said Miller. “It is a battle. At championships you don’t look for times, you look to fight, it’s war.

“I got out well, didn’t have the best transition but as I said, it’s war. I can’t even remember it. I was fighting to get back and then I just went in for the dip. I didn’t know where I came – but third I’ll take.

“Bronze is very special, it is my first Great Britain medal. I wanted gold but I thank God for everything – first or last. I wasn’t healthy a few weeks back so I just have to take things as they come and keep rolling with it.”

Drama in the men's 100m final.

Pre-race favourite Jeremiah Azu pulls up injured with a hamstring injury and Lorenzo Paissan comes through to win gold for Italy.#Boras2019 pic.twitter.com/pgIpIVAeUk

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 19, 2019

Then, Fontana also secured success in the women’s event, setting a national under-20 record of 11.40 (+0.8m/sec), the same time as N’ketia Seedo ran in second.

The previous day had seen 16-year-old Seedo run a Dutch under-18 record time of 11.37 in the heats.

Spain’s Jael Bestue was third in 11.59, just ahead of GB’s Immanuela Aliu in fourth with 11.60.

Ukraine’s Myhaylo Kokhan improved the previous European under-20 record with four of his throws in the hammer final, recording a best of 84.73m in the third round to win ahead of Hristos Frantzeskakis as he improved his Greek under-20 record to 84.22m for a mark also further than the previous European under-20 record of 82.97m.

Italy’s Giorgio Olivieri claimed bronze with 78.75m, while the competition of Britain’s Bayley Campbell came to an early end following three fouls.

Aleh Tamashevich of Belarus won the men’s shot put with 21.32m as GB’s Lewis Byng placed eighth with 18.70m, while Alida van Daalen of the Netherlands won the women’s discus with 55.92m, 30 years after her mother Jacqueline Goormachtigh won bronze at the 1989 European Junior Championships.

Jules Pommery of France claimed the men’s long jump title with 7.83m (-2.7m/sec) as Britain’s Stephen Mackenzie (7.07m) and Alessandro Shennini (6.92m) placed 10th and 11th.

In qualifying action, Britain’s world under-18 record-holder Amy Hunt led the women’s 200m qualifiers with 23.23 as her GB team-mates Georgina Adam (23.66) and Hannah Kelly (24.16) also progressed to the semi-finals as did Joe Ferguson (21.15) and Praise Olatoke (21.25) in the men’s event.

READ MORE: Amy Hunt reflects on blistering sprint record

?@AmyHunt02 sets the fastest time in the 200m heats in #Boras2019 with 23.23! pic.twitter.com/HgUDXJs9cl

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 19, 2019

Lucy-Jane Matthews came close to her UK under-18 best with 13.52 (-1.5m/sec) to win her 100m hurdles heat, while Joshua Zeller with 13.41 led the men’s 110m hurdles qualifiers.

Ethan Brown was among the men’s 400m qualifiers for the final with 46.92 as Bernat Erta of Spain went fastest with 46.28, while Ireland’s Davicia Patterson led the women’s 400m qualifiers in the semis with 52.81. GB’s Amber Anning (52.97) and Louise Evans (54.02) also booked their places in the final.

Seamus Derbyshire (52.20) and Alastair Chalmers (52.69) also safely made it through to the 400m hurdles semi-finals, together with Marcey Winter in the women’s event after clocking 59.19 for second in her heat.

There was a GB one-two in the second women’s 800m heat as Isabelle Boffey ran 2:05.22 to lead team-mate Keely Hodgkinson home. There will be three Brits in the final as Sarah Calvert qualified as a fast loser.

Remi Adebiyi (9:04.46) and Kristian Imroth (9:05.96) both made the men’s 3000m steeplechase final, while Saskia Millard (9:27.12) and Eloise Walker (9:30.41) booked places in the women’s 3000m final.

Finley McLear (1:48.82), Oliver Dustin (1:51.85) and Ben Pattison (1:52.07) all qualified in the 800m heats.

British co-captain James Tomlinson made the discus final with a throw of 58.14m, while Charlotte Williams auto-qualified for the final of the women’s hammer with a mark of 61.01m and she will be joined by team-mate Charlotte Payne who threw 58.92m.

Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer leads the decathlon at the end of the first day thanks to his 4317 points ahead of Germany’s Leo Neugebauer (4061) and Maximilian Kluth (4033).

Britain’s Joel McFarlane and Jack Turner are 11th and 20th respectively after the first five events.

Results can be found here, while a day one round-up is here.

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Black Hills Harley-Davidson has signed current Roof Systems AFT Singles points leader Dalton Gauthier to ride a Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R in the AFT Production Twins class for the remainder of the season.

Gauthier, who will continue to contest the Roof Systems AFT Singles championship aboard a Rob McLendon-tuned Husqvarna FC450, will join teammate James Rispoli on the Black Hills AFT Production Twins squad when the two-man team debuts at the upcoming Black Hills Half-Mile presented by Law Tigers on Aug. 6 at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D., during the annual Sturgis Rally.

“I’m extremely excited to get this opportunity with Harley-Davidson and the Black Hills team,” Gauthier says. “I’ve seen what the bike can do and I feel I can win races on the thing. My goal is to ride the AFT Twins series next year, and I want to show everyone that I can ride a twin as well as a Single. Just have to stay consistent and put in some good rides. I’ve raced the Production Twins class twice this year and did pretty well, so I know what to expect and am quite confident.”

“Our entire Black Hills Harley-Davidson ProBEAM race team is psyched to have Dalton joining James [Rispoli] on our Production Twins squad,” said Terry Rymer, Co-Owner and General Manager of Black Hills Harley-Davidson. “Dalton’s a special talent, for sure, and having two riders of this caliber in James and Dalton is a unique opportunity for us and for them. There’s a lot of racing left in this championship, and we’re looking forward to making a serious dent in the series standings.”

Seven races remain in the 2019 AFT Production Twins season, including Half Miles at Black Hills and Williams Grove, and Miles at Sacramento, Springfield, Minnesota and the Meadowlands.

Cory Texter leads the series standings, with Rispoli and Gauthier currently ninth and 11th, respectively.

LOUDON, N.H. — Three-wide racing to the finish on the biggest stage of modified racing.

Patrick Emerling edged two other NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour veterans in a three-wide finish to win the sixth annual All-Star Shootout on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Emerling became the sixth different winner of the non-points event in its six-year history, and scored his first win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The 26-year-old had come close to winning in the Granite State before, but nothing compares to holding the checkered flag at NHMS. His margin of victory was a mere .022 seconds.

“We have been working on just getting faster here. We’ve always raced well, but we just wanted to come back with a car that was just a little bit better,” Emerling said. “I’m proud of our team. It was definitely a good day for us.”

Into turn three on the final lap, Emerling shot to the bottom of Santos with his No. 07 Sahlen’s Chevrolet and pulled ahead, but Santos wasn’t about to give up. He crossed under Emerling, and drag-raced him down the front stretch, while defending series champion Justin Bonsignore cut to the bottom of both of them and made it three-wide coming down the frontstretch

Emerling led just four of the 35 laps, but, he led the most important one.

“We unloaded today with a new car and a whole new setup, and we weren’t sure what to do for pre-race adjustments,” Emerling said. “There was one point in the race where I was hanging on for dear life. We were lucky to get the right invert and get some clean air.

Santos, who was competing in his first race filling-in for Dave Sapienza, was nearly hoisting the trophy at NHMS once again. The Franklin, Massachusetts, driver has won three of the last four Whelen Modified Tour points races at the 1.058-mile oval.

“I’ve been in that situation multiple times and been lucky enough to be the winner, but this time I wasn’t, which is a bummer,” the 2010 Whelen Modified Tour champion said. “Patrick made the right move going to the bottom, and I had a couple of different options, but I guess I made the wrong decision.”
Bonsignore was third, followed by Jon McKennedy and Ron Silk.

Craig Lutz, who started from the pole and led 15 laps, finished sixth. Ryan Newman, Timmy Solomito, Jimmy Blewett and Tommy Catalano completed the top 10.

The finish:

Patrick Emerling, Bobby Santos III, Justin Bonsignore, Jon McKennedy, Ron Silk, Craig Lutz, Ryan Newman, Timmy Solomito, Jimmy Blewett, Tommy Catalano, Eric Goodale, Doug Coby, Ryan Preece, Calvin Carroll, Andy Seuss, Matt Swanson, Woody Pitkat, Chase Dowling, Bryan Dauzat, Wade Cole.

NEWTON, Iowa – Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud is on a drive to win his second NTT IndyCar Series championship, and he is doing so with excellence at various types of tracks.

A week after winning the Toronto street race from the pole, the winner of the large-oval Indianapolis 500 captured Friday’s NTT P1 Award at Iowa Speedway, the season’s smallest track. Pagenaud will lead a field of 22 cars to the green flag of Saturday’s Iowa 300.

The number of laps in Friday’s qualifying is half of what is required at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but it’s no less intense. The laps are quick and busy, a 17-second blur over 7/8th of a mile. Only Pagenaud completed the two laps at an average speed in excess of 180 mph.

The ability to excel in different disciplines is what Pagenaud is most proud of.

“We do superspeedways, one-and-a-half-mile speedways, short ovals, street courses, road courses,” he said. “To win a championship here, you need to be really complete. It takes a lifetime to be a complete driver, let me tell you.

“But that’s what I enjoy about IndyCar – the diversity in skills, in tracks. I think for the fans, they get everything they want to see throughout the season.”

Pagenaud’s 180.073 mph run produced his third pole of the season and second in four years at this venue. He will receive a bonus point for the effort, drawing him to 38 points of the series lead with six remaining races. As competitive as the series is, each point matters.

Pagenaud still trails teammate Josef Newgarden, the series points leader, and Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, who is four points behind Newgarden. Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing is 86 points out of the top spot.

Team Penske drivers swept the top three qualifying positions with Will Power second (179.589 mph) and Newgarden third (179.449). It is the fifth consecutive year one of Roger Penske’s drivers have won the pole, with Power securing the previous two. But nothing will be a given during Saturday’s race, especially with the traffic typically created by short-oval racing. Last year there were 234 passes for position and 955 overall.

Team Penske’s only race win at Iowa came in 2017 with Helio Castroneves. Last year, Newgarden led 229 of the 300 laps, but was forced to settle for a fourth-place finish when three other drivers passed on a late chance to pit for new tires. No pole winner has won the Iowa race.

“You make one mistake (and) you can find yourself a lap behind (the leader),” Pagenaud said. “It’s important to stay on top of your game the whole time. It’s also important not to freak out. When the (car’s) balance goes away, sometimes you tend to get stressed out and gain a sense of urgency. That’s when you make more mistakes.

“Very important to keep your emotions in check, but also you have to be aggressive. You can’t go through traffic without being aggressive. It’s a very fine line. It’s very difficult to find that (proper) rhythm.”

Friday’s qualifying was held amid searing heat, with track temperatures pushing 135 degrees. Conditions figure to be better for the race, which should end a half-hour after official sunset. How competitors manage tires will help determine the outcome.

Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing qualified fourth (177.646 mph) with James Hinchcliffe of Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports fifth (176.200 mph) and Rossi sixth (176.057 mph). Dixon of qualified eighth at 175.725 mph.

NEWTON, Iowa – Chandler Smith backed up his performance in practice by taking his forth General Tire Pole Award of the season for Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Fans with Benefits 150 at Iowa Speedway.

Smith turned a fast lap at 24.182 seconds/130.262 mph to edge his Venturini Motorsports teammate Michael Self by one one-thousanth of a second. In addition to being Smith’s fourth pole of the season, it is Venturini Motorsport’s 13th pole in 14 races so far.

“To say it’s hot is an understatement,” Smith said of the ambient and track conditions at Iowa Speedway. “It’s not in the car and we’re are just slipping and sliding out there on the track. The sun will go down and the track conditions will be totally different for the race, though.”

Current series championship leader Self qualified with a lap of 24.183 seconds/130.257 mph. Combined with Christian Eckes’ lap of 24.325 seconds/129.496 mph, it gives Venturini Motorsports a sweep of the top three qualifers. Corey Heim, who qualified at 24.329 seconds/129.475 mph, and Ty Gibbs, who qualified at 24.403 seconds/129.082 mph, rounded out the top five.

LOUDON, N.H. – Brad Keselowski notched his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season on Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Driving Roger Penske’s No. 2 Ford Mustang, Keselowski secured the 14th pole of his career with a 27.927-second lap at 136.384 mph. He edged Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch by .015 of a second to earn the top spot for Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301.

“It’s been awhile since we’ve had a pole,” Keselowski said after his first pole since 2017 at Michigan Int’l Speedway. “We’ve had really good cars, but haven’t always been able to make the most it with the driver in qualifying, so it’s nice to get one here in Loudon with the Alliance Truck Parts group.”

Kurt Busch, fresh off his first victory with Chip Ganassi Racing last week at Kentucky Speedway, qualified third in the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Erik Jones will line up fourth, followed by Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in fifth.

Martin Truex Jr., Matt DiBenedetto, Joey Logano, Aric Almirola and Jimmie Johnson completed the top-10 in qualifying. The top-seven drivers were separated by .081 of a second.

Alex Bowman will start last in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 after breaking a driveshaft during his qualifying attempt. His team has chosen to switch to a backup car.

Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 Starting Lineup

1. Brad Keselowski
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Erik Jones
5. Ryan Blaney
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Matt DiBenedetto
8. Joey Logano
9. Aric Almirola
10. Jimmie Johnson
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12. Chase Elliott
13. Daniel Suarez
14. Kevin Harvick
15. Kyle Larson
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Paul Menard
18. Ty Dillon
19. Daniel Hemric
20. David Ragan
21. Austin Dillon
22. William Byron
23. Denny Hamlin
24. Michael McDowell
25. Chris Buescher
26. Ryan Newman
27. Bubba Wallace
28. Ryan Preece
29. Corey LaJoie
30. Matt Tifft
31. Landon Cassill
32. Ross Chastain
33. Reed Sorenson
34. Quin Houff
35. Andy Seuss
36. Austin Theriault
37. Alex Bowman

NEW YORK -- The Rangers have agreed to terms with restricted free-agent defenseman Jacob Trouba, whom they acquired from the Winnipeg Jets in a major offseason trade.

The deal reached Friday with Trouba, 25, is for seven years and $56 million, with an $8 million salary cap hit for the upcoming season. He is expected to anchor the team's defense.

A 2012 first-round draft pick by the Jets, Trouba set career highs in points (50) and assists (42) last season. The Rangers acquired Trouba from the Jets for Neal Pionk and the 20th overall pick in this year's draft.

Welcome to #NYR, @JacobTrouba! #LGR pic.twitter.com/QKGBzJdDwx

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 19, 2019

Trouba never could get together with the Jets on a new deal. In 2016, he asked for a trade but eventually backed down. He received a one-year, $5.5 million deal in arbitration last summer, and with the Jets in a salary-cap crunch, they shipped him out.

A 6-foot-3, 202 pounds, Trouba is a workhorse defenseman especially adept at blocking shots. But the Rangers believe he has plenty of upside offensively.

For his six-year career, Trouba has 42 goals, 179 points and a plus-37 rating.

Information from ESPN's Emily Kaplan and The Associated Press was used in this report.