National Sports

MONTREAL — Reinforcements could not have come at a better time for the Montreal Impact.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are one of just two teams to have beaten the top squad in Major League Soccer this season, and they know repeating the feat won't be easy.

Thursday's Games MLB Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4 Detroit 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland 7, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Boston 8, Toronto 7 Texas 9, L.A.

STATIONS: The following subs for the previous scoreboard that moved at 01:26 ET. (Fixes score in New England\Colorado MLS game) Thursday's Games MLB Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4 Detroit 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland 7, Minnesota 2 N.Y.

Thursday's Games MLB Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4 Detroit 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland 7, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Boston 8, Toronto 7 Texas 9, L.A.

CARSON, Calif. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice, Efrain Álvarez had an assist in his first MLS start and the LA Galaxy beat Toronto FC 2-0 on Thursday night. The 17-year-old Álvarez curled in a wide cross that looped over the Toronto FC defence .

TORONTO — It's not just that Danny Jansen's hitting home runs, he's barely missing the ball. Jansen hit two solo blasts and added a ground-rule double but the Toronto Blue Jays still lost to the Boston Red Sox 8-7 on Thursday night.

MONTREAL — Following a dominant performance on the ground, Alouettes running back William Stanback delivered a warning for the rest of the Canadian Football League.

BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy went on a late birdie binge en route to a 9-under 62 and the first-round lead at the inaugural 3M Open on Thursday. Adam Hadwin and Hideki Matsuyama are each two shots back after a 7-under 64 at the TPC Twin Cities.

MONTREAL — Former goalkeeper Greg Sutton will be the third Montreal Impact alumnus to be inducted into the club’s Wall of Fame.