CLEVELAND -- Angels star Mike Trout's streak of consecutive games hitting a home run ended at seven, one shy of the major league record, at Los Angeles' 3-1 loss Tuesday night against the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians.

Trout went 0-for-3 with three routine flyballs and a walk. The three-time AL MVP was chasing the mark of eight straight games with a home run, set by Pittsburgh's Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly of the Yankees in 1987 and Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993.

Trout saw 17 pitches in the game, and only four of them (24%) were in the strike zone, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. That's the second-lowest percentage of strikes he's seen in a game this season.

Oscar Gonzalez's two-run homer in the sixth broke a 1-all tie and gave Cleveland its fifth straight win. José Ramirez started the inning with a double and Gonzalez lined an 0-2 pitch from José Suarez (6-7) off the railing atop the wall in left field.

Gonzalez, one of several rookies who have made a major contribution in Cleveland's surprising season, has eight home runs. Rookie Kirk McCarty (3-2) held Los Angeles to one hit in 3⅔ innings for Cleveland, which has won seven of eight.

Emmanuel Clase gave up a two-out single in the ninth, but struck out Matt Duffy and converted his 35th save in 38 chances.

Trout faced rookie Cody Morris in his first two at-bats. He flied out to center in the first and drew a four-pitch walk in the third with a runner on second.

Trout batted against McCarty, another rookie, in the fifth and flied out to center on a 3-2 pitch after the first three pitches were balls. Trout flied out to right against James Karinchak on a 2-1 pitch in the eighth.

Trout was the first AL player with a seven-game home run streak since Kendrys Morales of Toronto in 2018. Cincinnati's Joey Votto homered in seven straight last season from July 24-30.

Matt Thaiss hit a leadoff homer in the second off Morris. Luke Maile's sacrifice fly tied the game in the fifth.

Angels third baseman Matt Duffy fielded Myles Straw's grounder in the fifth, but couldn't get the ball out of his glove after two attempts and the play went for a hit.

Steven Kwan followed with a slow roller that came to a stop halfway up the third base line for another infield hit. Plate umpire John Tumpane, bending over to get a closer look, gave the fair signal as Thaiss, whose only hope was for the ball to roll foul, looked on.

Suarez struck out Amed Rosario to end the inning.

Morris, making his third major league start, allowed one run, walked five and struck out four in 2⅔ innings.

Angels infielder David Fletcher didn't start for the third day in a row because of a bruised right hand. Fletcher batted for Andrew Velazquez and bunted for a hit in the fifth. He also bunted for an out in the seventh.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins came two outs shy of no-hitting the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, as reliever Jovani Moran allowed a line-drive double by Bobby Witt Jr. to break up the bid in the team's 6-3 win.

Joe Ryan started for Minnesota and pitched a gem, throwing seven hitless innings whike striking out nine and walking two.

But Ryan has never gone past seven innings in his career, and manager Rocco Baldelli removed him to start the eighth, a move that drew boos from fans at Target Field.

Moran came on and pitched a perfect eighth, then retired the first batter of the ninth. But back-to-back walks were followed by three straight hits and three runs before he escaped any further damage.

Including their history as the original Washington Senators, the Twins have had seven no-hitters, the most recent by Francisco Liriano in 2011. The Royals have been no-hit two times, with Nolan Ryan doing it for the Angels in 1973, and Jon Lester doing it for the Red Sox in 2008.

There have been three no-hitters in the majors this season; two have been combined.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

BOSTON -- New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 56th and 57th home runs of the season on Tuesday night against the Boston Red Sox.

Judge, playing in New York's 142nd game, is four from tying the American League record Roger Maris set with the Yankees in 1961.

Judge's opposite-field solo drive to right field off Nick Pivetta in the sixth inning tied the score at 3-3. Xander Bogaerts answered on Boston's next at-bat with his own solo shot to put the Red Sox back on top.

But Judge tied it again in the eighth, crushing a hanging slider from Garrett Whitlock over the Green Monster in left field.

Judge's homers were his first in six games. It also marked the 10th multi-homer game of the season, one shy of the AL record Hank Greenberg set in 1938, and 26th of Judge's career.

He is hitting .310 with a 1.105 OPS. He has 32 RBIs in his last 37 games.

New York opened the two-game series with a 5½-game lead in the AL East.

When Andy Murray was watching Great Britain playing in last year's Davis Cup, he knew immediately he had made a mistake.

At the time he said he was "not sure he deserves to play" in Leon Smith's team when other British players were enjoying fine form.

This year, there was no way he was just going to watch on TV - even if he does not end up playing.

Murray is in the five-man team alongside Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski for Great Britain's three group-stage matches in Glasgow this week.

"I regretted not being involved last year," Murray, 35, told a news conference before Great Britain open their campaign against the United States on Wednesday.

"I was tired and I wasn't sure if it was something I necessarily still wanted to be involved with because all of these guys deserve to compete in the team and whether it was necessary for me to be there.

"As soon as I turned the matches on [last year] to start watching I was like 'What am I doing? Like, it's a mistake'. I wanted to be there and be there for the team and try and help.

"Obviously, I spoke to Leon about that and if I was in a position to be selected I wanted to be part of the team again."

Murray, whose career was nearly ended when he needed a hip resurfacing operation in 2019, says he does not necessarily expect to play although is feeling physically "really good".

With British number one Norrie, number two Evans and Murray all ranked inside the world's top 50 singles players, and Salisbury and Skuski the world's top and third-ranked doubles players, the consensus among the team is that it is the best they have ever had in terms of depth.

"All of us are playing close to some of our best tennis and obviously we're all in-form players," said Norrie, who is ranked eighth in the world and reached the fourth round of the US Open this month.

Salisbury and Skupski arrive in Glasgow a few days after meeting in the US Open men's doubles final, where Salisbury retained the title alongside his American partner Rajeev Ram.

Whether in singles or doubles, if he is called upon for the ties against the US, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands, Murray is ready to perform.

"It's a slightly different situation than five or 10 years ago when I was playing Davis Cup but the job remains the same," said the former world number one, who contributed 11 of the 12 points Great Britain needed to win the Davis Cup seven years ago.

"I don't expect to play - everyone that is sitting up here deserves the opportunity to compete and if I don't play at all then I trust the players who go out there will go and do a great job and win matches for us.

"All of us want the same thing - the goal is the same for everyone. Just try and be the best team-mate that you can and support everyone. If you get called upon go out there and give it your best and try and get some wins."

Smith says it is a "huge privilege" to have Murray in the team.

"With Andy he's got not just experience of Davis Cup but everything he has achieved in the game, the way he is on and off the court, he's a good friend to all of us as well, to spend time with him is good fun, we see that side a lot," he said.

"He brings a lot. He's someone all of these guys will have watched for years growing up and looking up as a role model, it's still the case, he's given an awful lot to British tennis and world tennis - and he continues to do so."

The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Jordan Kyrou to an eight-year contract extension worth $65 million, the organization's latest move to keep its top young players in the fold long term.

General manager Doug Armstrong announced the deal Tuesday, two months to the day since the Blues extended forward Robert Thomas for the identical contract terms. Each player counts $8.125 million against the salary cap from the start of the deal in 2023 through 2031.

Kyrou set career highs with 27 goals, 48 assists and 75 points in 74 games last season. He had 47 points in his first 99 NHL regular-season games.

Thomas is 23, while Kyrou is 24. St. Louis also has top four defensemen Colton Parayko, Torey Krug, Justin Faulk and Nicky Leddy signed for at least the next four seasons and center Brayden Schenn is under contract for six more years.

Armstrong has reshaped the Blues since they won the Stanley Cup in 2019, the first championship in franchise history. Cup-winning goaltender Jordan Binnington signed long term, while then-captain Alex Pietrangelo left in free agency in 2020.

Two big questions still face the front office with key members of that title-winning team: Top center Ryan O'Reilly and winger Vladimir Tarasenko are set to be free agents after this upcoming season. O'Reilly figures to be part of the long-term core, something that's far less certain with Tarasenko, who requested a trade in the summer of 2021 but remains with St. Louis.

It can't be emphasized enough: In just about any fantasy league where goaltending statistics carry reasonable weight, the position isn't to be negotiated too breezily. For instance, ESPN's standard game - one that rewards wins, saves, shutouts, and penalizes goals-allowed - honors quality netminding like never before. To fall back on my tried-and-true illustration, a goalie who stops 28 of 30 shots in a 4-2 win earns you as manager a valuable haul of 5.6 fantasy points. Conversely, allowing five goals on 31 shots in a 5-4 loss results in a fantasy net of -4.8 points. A whopper of a pendulous swing, no?

So in usual summary, ESPN's ideal fantasy goalie plays/wins most games, while allowing few goals on a good number of shots. The odd shutout is a much appreciated bonus. If you manage to draft those top-tier characters to start and/or diligently make proper adjustments throughout the season, you should remain in contention until campaign's end. While icing a lineup sporting weakness between the pipes, however strong otherwise, almost guarantees an unsuccessful run.

Strategy

This year, as usual, I'm selecting my No. 1 fantasy netminder early in standard ESPN leagues. Depending on how the draft initially unfolds, perhaps Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy or New York's Igor Shesterkin, if either isn't spoken for by later in the first round, (otherwise, see figures below), then securing my No. 2 not long after.

Beyond nailing down my one-two goalie punch, I'm more willing to gamble in padding my netminding outfit with an underrated mid-tier asset and/or high-ceilinged sleeper, perhaps a strong member of a recognized tandem. These candidates can (I mean, preferably not, but ...) fall flat without devastating a fantasy squad knowing a handful of under-radar candidates usually emerge mid-season as valued plug-in commodities. But locking in my G1 and G2 early in drafts remains a priority.

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Top-tier goalies I like

Jacob Markstrom, Calgary Flames (No. 4 goaltender)

Only Shesterkin amassed more fantasy points over he course of 2021-22 in ESPN's standard game, and he ended up skating away with the Vezina. Remember, the league's shutout leader in Calgary was also in official, if quieter, contention for being named best between the pipes. For all the drama and shuffling GM Brad Treliving negotiated over the summer, including the gaining of two-way center Nazem Kadri, assists machine Jonathan Huberdeau, and defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, the Flames appear in as good a shape than they did when Markstrom ripped off his best career season yet.

Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators (No. 5 goaltender)

No one started more contests in 2021-22 than the Predators' No. 1, who finished fourth in total fantasy points with 207.8. Not too shabby, considering this was Pekka Rinne's former understudy's first run through of more than 40 regular-season games. He's clearly durable enough. Saros may have even won the Vezina, if it wasn't for that emerging buck in the Big Apple. Plus, Nashville's blue line is even better now - stauncher - with having ex-Lightning Ryan McDonagh aboard.

See also: Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes (No. 11 overall)

Mid-tier goalies to target

Marc-Andre Fleury, Minnesota Wild (No. 25 goaltender)

I'm a bit boggled by this ranking, seeing that the two-years-removed Vezina winner stands as the undisputed No. 1 for a better-than-adequate Wild team, for whom he lost only two of 11 regular-season games last spring. Particularly after he gave a not-so-good Blackhawks squad a fighting chance more nights than not, ahead of the pre-deadline deal sending him to Minnesota. General manager Bill Guerin and Co. wouldn't have signed Fleury to a two-year extension, and sent a very competent Cam Talbot to Ottawa, without believing the 37-year-old could Clydesdale his way through this regular campaign and beyond. So why should we feel so skeptical? The multi-ringed Stanley Cup Champ is easily a top-15 fantasy netminder in my books.

Cam Talbot, Ottawa Senators (No. 19 goaltender)

On the subject of Minnesota's fresh goaltending blueprint, after offering Fleury it's final rose over the summer, the Wild quickly heel-turned on their pledge to not deal Talbot to absolutely trading him to the Senators. Don't know about you, but I would feel extra inspired to stick it to my ex under such circumstances, wrath/scorned and all that vengeful jazz. Experiencing a peaks-and-valleys career (2018-19 in Edmonton/Philadlephia was not good) since making his Rangers debut nine years ago, the 35-year-old has been hearteningly reliable enough these past three campaigns, averaging .914 SV% and 2.69 GAA split between Calgary and Minny. The veteran's winning record of 63-30-10 over that stretch is impressive in it's own right. Knowing the feisty Senators are holistically more competitive with the likes Alex DeBrincat and Claude Giroux on board, I'm keen on Talbot as a No. 2 fantasy netminder in deeper leagues.

See also: Elvis Merzlikins, Columbus Blue Jackets (No. 20 goaltender)

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Key sleepers

Alexandar Georgiev, Colorado Avalanche (No. 26 goaltender)

If Georgiev can't make a solid go of it with the cream of the Western Conference crop, like Darcy Kuemper and Philipp Grubauer before him, then that's on the former Rangers' netminder. Goaltending for the reigning Stanley Cup Champs is a dream gig. After dabbling part-time through five seasons in New York, and having shown glimpses of elite play in the past, it's now up the 26-year-old to elbow his way into the starter's crease over Pavel Francouz as Colorado's consistent top choice. The baton is his to run with, at green flag's flutter. Worth considering as a No. 2 in deeper leagues, I adore Georgiev as a No. 3 fantasy netminder in shallower competition.

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Logan Thompson, Vegas Golden Knights (No. 31 goaltender)

If anyone gets the opportunity to race away with the Vegas starting job, now that Robin Lehner is out for the season, I most like Thompson's chances of nailing down that assignment. The rookie performed admirably when called upon in injured relief of both Lehner and Laurent Brossoit in 2021-22, posting a 10-5-3 record, 2.68 GAA and .914 SV%. It merits noting that the 25-year-old's numbers were noticeably better than those of Brossoit, who underwent offseason surgery. (Filling the third depth slot via trade, Adin Hill prematurely appears to serve as insurance policy if it all spirals horribly.) Also heartening is new coach Bruce Cassidy's loud commitment to retooling Vegas into a defensive juggernaut, a club that's more than wealthy enough in blue-line talent. If the biggest knock, fantasy and otherwise, on Thompson is his lack of experience, remember, we all gotta start somewhere.

Late-round picks to consider

Carter Hart, Philadelphia Flyers (No. 39 goaltender)

The 24-year-old is a good, young goaltender who happens to play for a not very good team. But perchance, shaking off some key injuries, the Flyers outperform our premature, fairly low expectations. Maybe former Hurricane Tony DeAngelo helps rescue the team's league-worst power play (12.6%), which could translate into a few more wins. Perhaps new coach John Tortorella discovers the magical formula in making Philadelphia good enough again. We'll see. The fact that Hart still finished in the fantasy black (not a season-long liability) with a team that won all of 25 games suggests he's worth a roll of the dice in later rounds, when/where there's little to lose.

See also: Alex Nedeljkovic, Detroit Red Wings (No. 44 goaltender); Jake Allen, Montreal Canadiens (No. 52 goaltender)

Avoid in drafts at current value

Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues (No. 12 goaltender)

The Blues starting netminder was indubitably solid last October. He then won a sequence of games in April, ahead of an admittedly striking, if short, six-contest postseason run. But the more substantial sandwich filling of 2021-22 was much less impressive. Binnington wasn't great the previous campaign either, or even better than mediocre altogether, since helping the Blues hoist the Cup in 2019. I don't trust him. In fact, it may instead be worth keeping an eye on how Thomas Greiss - on a one-year deal - manages as St. Louis' new backup after a particularly challenging season in Detroit.

See also: John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks (No. 14 goaltender), Matt Murray, Toronto Maple Leafs (No. 16 goaltender)

Annika Sorenstam hosts several junior tournaments around the world, including Europe, Australia and Latin America, as well as one of the season’s top women’s college events, which is held each fall in Minnesota.

Now, the Hall of Famer is getting her own LPGA event.

Sorenstam was announced as the tournament host for the LPGA season’s penultimate event, the Pelican Women’s Championship, which starting next November will be called The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.

“It is an incredible honor to host one of the premier events on the LPGA Tour schedule at Pelican Golf Club, a world-class facility, alongside my good friends at Gainbridge,” Sorenstam said. “Giving back to the game I love and mentoring the game’s next generation of players have always been at the forefront of everything we do. I’m excited to kick off this great new partnership and elevate this tournament to new heights on the LPGA Tour.”

This year’s third edition of the Pelican Women’s Championship will take place Nov. 7-13 at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, and will feature 120 players competing for a $2 million purse. A purse increase for 2023 will be announced during this year’s event.

Teaming up with Sorenstam at Pelican is Gainbridge, an online annuity agency, which has sponsored an LPGA event since 2017. Gainbridge served as title sponsor for the Indy Women in Tech Championship from 2017 to 2019 before launching the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in 2020. That event was moved to Lake Nona in 2021 before returning to Boca Raton, Florida, this year.

Sorenstam, a 72-time winner on the LPGA, made her LPGA competitive return after 13 years in retirement at the 2021 Gainbridge.

“Teamwork and partnership are at the core of the LPGA’s mission. Annika, Gainbridge and Pelican Golf Club have all played important roles in the history of the LPGA. Together, these three gamechangers will undoubtedly create a championship that is representative of the world-class talent of our players and will serve as a great example of the power of collective commitment and excellence,” said Mollie Marcoux Samaan, the LPGA’s commissioner. “We look forward to this championship continuing to raise the bar and elevate the LPGA to new heights.”

If you’ve ever played more golf on vacation than your wife was anticipating, you’ve got something in common with Seung-Yul Noh.

Noh and his wife – who have only been married for a few months – headed to Napa this week for vacation, but figured they might as well stop by the Monday qualifier for the Fortinet Championship and see if Noh could put a good round together.

Instead of winding up at a famous Napa vineyard, Noh found himself in a 6-for-2 playoff with a spot into the PGA Tour’s first event of the 2022-23 season on the line.

Five-time Tour winner Aaron Baddeley was the first man to advance through the playoff, leaving Noh battling Grayson Murray, Jim Knous, James Driscoll and Jason Allred for the final spot in this week’s field.

Noh wound up emerging from the five-man logjam, earning himself a tee time on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa Thursday.

Qualifying for a Tour event is special in its own right, but this round was particularly special for Noh, who had his wife on the bag for the first time.

Noh was clearly comfortable with his wife caddying for him, saying afterward that it was “really fun,” but that his wife was a little worried about how a vacation to Napa turned in to a golf trip.

“She was scared when I made the birdie about playing the tournament,” Noh said with a laugh, “Because she wants to play vacation, not play golf.”

It looks as if Noh will be doing some multitasking this week in Napa.

Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has suggested that the Premier League should borrow from American sports by holding a north versus south all-star game in order to help fund lower-division clubs in England.

Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, completed a takeover of Chelsea this year as head of a consortium alongside investment firm Clearlake Capital.

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Speaking Tuesday in New York at the SALT Conference, a global thought leadership and networking forum, Boehly said that English football could benefit from adapting some ideas from U.S. sports, including a tournament to decide relegation to the championship.

"Ultimately I hope that the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports and really starts to figure out why wouldn't we do a tournament with the bottom four teams, why isn't there an all-star game?" he said.

"People are talking about more money for the pyramid -- MLB [Major League Baseball] did their All-Star Game in L.A. this year, we made $200 million from a Monday and a Tuesday. You could do a north versus south all-star game for the Premier League to fund whatever the pyramid needed very easily."

There has never been an all-star game in the Premier League and Boehly admitted that "there's a cultural aspect that's real," though predicted "there's going to be an evolution."

Speaking on Chelsea specifically, Boehly revealed that his hope is for Chelsea to follow the examples of Manchester City's owners, City Football Group, and Red Bull by adopting a global multiclub model in order to aid the development of players.

"We've talked about having a multiclub model," he said. "I would love to continue to build out the footprint. There's different countries where there's advantages to having a club.

"Our goal is to make sure we can show pathways for our young superstars to get onto the Chelsea pitch while getting them real game time. For me, the way to do that is through another club in a really competitive league in Europe."

- Blame us for Tuchel sacking - Chelsea's Jorginho

Chelsea's new owners have already made their first big decision since taking charge, firing Thomas Tuchel as manager last week and appointing former Brighton boss Graham Potter.

And Boehly said the decision was ultimately about his holistic vision for the club.

"When you take over any business you just have to make sure that you're aligned with the people that are operating the business," he said.

"I think Tuchel is obviously extremely talented and somebody who had great success at Chelsea. Our vision for the club was finding a manager who really wanted to collaborate -- a coach who really wanted to collaborate.

"Our goal is to really bring a team together, with the academy, with the first team, with the incremental clubs that we want to acquire and develop.

"All of that needs to be a well-oiled machine. And the reality of our decision is that we just weren't sure that Thomas saw it the same way we saw it. No one's right or wrong, we just didn't have a shared vision for the future."

Bayern Munich fans protested against football supporters being impacted by the death of Queen Elizabeth II, unfurling a banner during the Bundesliga side's 2-0 Champions League win over Barcelona calling for the game's authorities to "Respect Fans."

All games in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were postponed at the weekend following the death of the British monarch at the age of 96 last Thursday. Although fixtures are taking place this coming weekend, Sunday's games between Chelsea and Liverpool and Manchester United and Leeds United have been postponed due to police being diverted to provide for the queen's funeral on Monday.

Arsenal's Europa League fixture at home to PSV Eindhoven on Thursday has also been postponed because over a million people are expected to travel to London in the coming days to pay their respects to the queen.

The Bayern fans unfurled a banner in the 26th minute of the group game against Barcelona at the Allianz Arena that read, "Last Minute Match Delays And Bans Because Of A Royal's Death - Respect Fans."

With the Champions League Group A fixture between Rangers and Napoli in Glasgow being delayed by 24 hours and rescheduled for Wednesday and traveling fans banned from attending the game at Ibrox, it is possible that the Bayern protest was specifically referencing that decision.

When announcing the 24-hour delay to the game at Ibrox, UEFA also confirmed that Rangers fans would not be allowed to travel to Italy for the return fixture against Napoli in order to ensure that both sets of supporters receive the same treatment.

Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane scored for Bayern as they made it two wins from two games in Group C, while Barcelona are in second place on three points -- level with third-placed Inter Milan but ahead on goal difference.