MLB roundup: Yankees hit 3 HRs off Kershaw in win

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. MLB roundup: Yankees hit 3 HRs off Kershaw in win

Domingo German pitched six strong innings, and the New York Yankees hit three home runs off Clayton Kershaw in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that gave them two of the three victories in an interleague series between two of the best teams in baseball. DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Mike Ford each hit home runs against Kershaw (13-3), as the Yankees went deep nine times in the series. Judge hit a home run in all three games as New York set a major league record for homers in any month, now sitting at 61 with five games left in August. Raonic withdraws from U.S. Open with a glute injury

Canadian world number 22 Milos Raonic has pulled out of the U.S. Open with a glute injury, tournament organizers said on Sunday. Raonic, whose 2019 season has been hit by injuries, has not competed since he retired from a second-round match in Montreal during a U.S. Open tune-up in early August. Serena versus Sharapova to headline Day One at U.S. Open

There will be no shortage of big-name players in action when the U.S. Open begins on Monday but the talk around New York for days has centered around the marquee matchup between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Williams and Sharapova - for years the two most recognizable names in women's tennis - will open the evening session at Arthur Ashe Stadium with their first-ever New York meeting in a match that may just have the feel of a championship final. Badminton: 'Silver girl' no more, India's Sindhu aims higher

Dubbed "silver girl" for a string of near-misses on the international stage, India's Pusarla Sindhu hopes to have finally shed that unwanted moniker after capturing her first world badminton championships title at the weekend. Sindhu became India's first badminton world champion when she beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 to win the women's singles in Basel on Sunday, a victory that also boosted the nation's hopes of an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo next year. MLB notebook: Indians lose 3B Ramirez with a broken bone

Indians' third baseman Jose Ramirez was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a broken hamate bone in his right hand. Ramirez will be replaced on the roster by Yu Chang, who was pulled from the Triple-A Columbus Clippers roster Saturday night as a provisional big-league replacement. Golf: South African Van Rooyen clinches the breakthrough win in Sweden

South African Erik van Rooyen holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the final green to pip England's Matthew Fitzpatrick and win his maiden European Tour title at the Scandinavian Invitation on Sunday. Van Rooyen, 29, who finished runner-up in Qatar and Morocco this season, stretched the lead to three strokes on the back nine at Hills Golf & Sports Club in Gothenburg. Golf: Ko gets fourth win of the year with the five-shot runaway in Canada

World number one Ko Jin-young picked up her fourth win of the year when she blew away the field for a five-stroke victory at the CP Women's Open in Ontario on Sunday. The South Korean capped a flawless performance with eight birdies in an eight-under-par 64 that gave her rivals no chance at Magna Golf Club. McIlroy wins Tour Championship and FedEx Cup gets $15 million

Rory McIlroy won the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup in Atlanta on Sunday, collecting the biggest first prize in the sport, $15 million. Northern Irishman McIlroy emphatically outduelled Americans Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele with a four-under-par 66 in the final round at East Lake. Retired baseball star David Ortiz hires private investigators after shooting: media

Retired Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz has hired a private detective agency to find out why someone shot him in the back as he sat in a bar in his native Dominican Republic in June, the Boston Globe reported late Sunday. "He's damn interested in finding out what really happened," Ortiz' spokesman Joe Baerlein told the newspaper. NFL notebook: Dolphins' QB battle 'could go either way'

Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores isn't prepared to name his starting quarterback for the team's season opener. Veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick started Thursday's 22-7 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars and played into the second half before fellow offseason acquisition Josh Rosen flourished in limited time.