A Sports Filled Weekend
Chile won the Copa America Centario on Sunday night, downing Argentina 4-2 on penalty kicks after the sides played a scoreless draw through regulation time in East Rutherford, N.J.
It is a particularly bitter defeat for Argentina, which lost a major final for the third consecutive year. Chile becomes the tournament’s first back-to-back winner since (you guessed it) Argentina in 1946-47.
The United States, which focused on making the final four, accomplished the and nothing more. The U.S. finished fourth after losing 1-0 to Colombia on Saturday night.
Golf
Billy Hurley III picked up his first PGA Tour win on Sunday, defeating Vijay Singh by one stroke in the Quicken Loans National in Bethesda, Maryland. Hurley, 34, is from nearby Leesburg, Virginia, lives in Annapolis, and is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He served five years in the Navy.
Baseball
Baltimore’s Chris Davis hit a grand slam in the first inning on Sunday to carry the Orioles to a 12-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost their 11th straight game, tying their longest losing streak in seven years. … The Cleveland Indians won their ninth straight, beating the Detroit Tigers 9-3. It’s their ninth straight win over the Tigers. … The Pittsburgh Pirates handed the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 loss, giving Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw just his second loss of the season. … The Chicago Cubs absorbed their sixth loss in seven games, falling 6-1 to the Miami Marlins as Jose Fernandez struck out 13 over seven innings.
Auto Racing
Pole-sitter Will Power picked up his second IndyCar series victory of the year, winning by 0.74 seconds Sunday after holding off Tony Kanaan’s last-lap surge at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. … Tony Stewart snapped an 84-race losing streak dating as he won NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race at California’s Sonoma Raceway. Stewart has won three times at Sonoma.
Post By: Larry Weisman, a longtime sportswriter for USA TODAY, blogs for Twistity.com. Follow him on Twitter @MrLarryWeisman
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