National Sports

OTTAWA — Team Kelsey Rocque defeated Team Corryn Brown 8-5 on Saturday evening to earn a berth at the Tim Hortons Curling Trials later this fall in Saskatoon.

VANCOUVER — Maxime Crepeau thought it was about time he saved a penalty kick.

Saturday's Games NHL Pre-Season Toronto 4 Montreal 1 St. Louis 6 Minnesota 2 --- MLB American League Oakland 2 Houston 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Boston 3 Detroit 5 Kansas City 1 Cleveland 6 Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 3 Texas 2 Toronto 6 Minnesota 1 L.A.

CAMPBELLVILLE, ONTARIO — Venerable made yet another emphatic case Saturday night that she should be considered North America's top two-year-old trotter.

EDMONTON — Canada will play Ireland in the Cup quarterfinals Sunday after winning two of three on Day 1 of the HSBC Canada Sevens.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored twice and the Columbus Crew kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Montreal 2-1 on Saturday night.

HAMILTON — Forge FC kept the pressure on Pacific FC atop the Canadian Premier League standings by beating the league leaders 2-1 on Saturday night. Third-place Forge (10-7-1) are five points behind first-place Pacific (10-4-6) with two games in hand.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teoscar Hernández, Marcus Semien and George Springer homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays held their position in the playoff chase by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Saturday night.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — As one might expect from the 26-point chasm separating the teams in the standings, Toronto FC and the Colorado Rapids had different reactions to their 0-0 draw Saturday.

TORONTO — Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe joked his focus early Saturday wasn’t on the ice. It's easy to understand why.