
Mahmud's 6 for 55 gives Bangladesh dream start
Steven Smith waged a lone battle for Australia with 71 in 109 balls, but it was largely a sorry batting effort.
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Steven Smith waged a lone battle for Australia with 71 in 109 balls, but it was largely a sorry batting effort.

Ernie Clement and Myles Straw, with two each, and George Springer also had RBIs for Toronto (59-63), which started play 2 1/2 games back of the Texas Rangers in the race for the final American League wild-card spot. For the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning before the floodgates opened as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Boston Red Sox 6-4 for their third straight victory Wednesday. Acquired from the Los Angeles Angels ahead of last week’s trade deadline, Jose Soriano struck out four and allowed one run on four hits with two walks across six innings to take a second consecutive.

The 19-year-old Jodar, seeded 20th, landed 59 per cent of his first serves and won just 51 per cent of his second-serve points against Nakashima’s aggressive returns, losing the match in two hours two minutes. The 25-year-old won 68 per cent of his first-service points while putting 85 per cent of his first serves in play on centre court at IGA Stadium. Brandon Nakashima of the United States celebrates a point during his semi-final match against Rafael Jodar of Spain at the National Bank Open in Montreal on Wednesday.

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Bangladesh were convinced Smith had edged behind early in his innings and the batter himself thought so too.