National Sports

UDINE, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo asked his Juventus teammates to leave him alone.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Canada 'A' dropped its opening game at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge on Saturday, losing 35-21 to Uruguay 'A.' The six-team tournament, which runs through Oct. 14, also features Samoa A and the USA Selects.

MONTREAL — Downhill skiers could be whizzing down the slopes of Montreal's beloved Mount Royal in a few years if a Quebec promoter gets its way.

ESPOO, Finland — Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., won Saturday's free skate to earn the silver medal in pairs on Saturday at the Filandia Open figure skating competition.

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.