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WINNIPEG – Rasheed Bailey’s nine-yard touchdown catch after a Calgary Stampeders’ turnover broke a third-quarter tie and helped boost the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 24-11 victory on Friday.

With the game tied 11-11 late in the third quarter, Winnipeg defensive back Demerio Houston intercepted Calgary quarterback Jake Maier to register his third pick of the season.

Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros then engineered a seven-play, 54-yard drive capped by Bailey’s touchdown with 1:37 remaining in the third to give the team its first lead of the game.

Winnipeg then capitalized on Calgary kicker Rene Paredes’s missed 47-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth. Bombers receiver Janarion Grant returned the ball 102 yards, leading to Sergio Castillo’s 17-yard field goal and a 21-11 lead.

The victory in front of 30,561 fans at IG Field bumped up Winnipeg’s record to 4-1. Calgary fell to 1-3.

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The Bombers travel to Ottawa to take on the Redblacks in a July 15 afternoon game. The Stampeders are in Saskatchewan to face the Roughriders the same night.

Alek Manoah had a successful return to the big leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays. Starting the same day he got recalled from the minors, Manoah struck out eight batters and surrendered one run and five hits in six innings. Toronto defeated the Detroit Tigers 12-2 in its series opener.

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Lourdes Gurriel Junior hit a three-run homer and fellow all-star Zac Gallen pitched seven strong innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3. National League West-leading Arizona snapped a four-game losing streak. Gurriel also had two doubles and drove in four runs, three of them on his 15th homer in the third inning off Rich Hill.

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All-star Luis Robert Junior tied the game with his 26th homer of the season, and the Chicago White Sox rallied past St. Louis 8-7 after Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery left with a right hamstring injury. Nolan Arenado hit a pair of two-run homers for St. Louis, which took a 5-0 edge in the third and led 5-1 in the fifth when Montgomery departed abruptly.

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Mookie Betts hit a pair of solo homers and drove in four runs and fellow all-star Freddie Freeman went deep to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Angels 11-4. Angels all-star Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-3 with a run scored as the designated hitter. The Angels lost their ninth in a row in the Freeway Series, their longest skid in the rivalry.

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Canada has advanced to the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup semifinals. Nirra Fields scored a game-high 22 points, Aaliyah Edwards added 13 points and a game-high 16 rebounds and Canada defeated Argentina 68-60 in quarterfinal action in Mexico. The undefeated Canadians next face the U-S for a shot at Sunday’s final.

(CP)