Sports Briefs September 12, 2011

Tennis

Sam Stosur captured her first U.S. Open title Sunday after opponent Serena Williams lost a game for yelling during a point.

Early in the second set, Williams argued a call with the chair umpire, in a scene less ugly than - but reminiscent of - the American's tirade two years ago at the same tournament in New York. In the end, Stosur beat Williams, pulling off a 6-2, 6-3 upset for her first Grand Slam title.

Stosur became the first Australian woman to win a major championship since Evonne Goolagong Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980.

Baseball

• AMERICAN LEAGUE

Alex Gordon hit a pair of RBI doubles and four Kansas City pitchers combined to hold the Seattle Mariners to six hits in the visiting Royals' 2-1 victory.

Rookie left-hander Everett Teaford pitched five scoreless innings, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out five to pick up his first big league victory in his first career start after 23 relief appearances.

Blake Wood took over in the seventh and tossed two hitless innings, retiring six straight, four on strikeouts.

Greg Holland gave up a two-out RBI double to Ichiro Suzuki in the eighth.

Joakim Soria pitched the ninth to pick up his 28th save in 35 opportunities.

For Mariners box, see Scoreboard.

Rangers 8, Athletics 1: At Arlington, Texas, C.J. Wilson scattered five hits over eight shutout innings to lead Texas past Oakland.

Yankees 6, Angels 5: At Anaheim, Calif., Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson homered to help New York edge Los Angeles.

Indians 7, White Sox 3: Ubaldo Jimenez threw six effective innings to help Cleveland at Chicago.

Rays 9, Red Sox 1: At St. Petersburg, Fla., B.J. Upton hit his first grand slam and Tampa Bay routed Boston.

Tigers 2, Twins 1: Former Seattle Mariner Doug Fister pitched seven scoreless innings and host Detroit beat Minnesota.

Blue Jays 6, Orioles 5: Adam Loewen hit his first major league home run against his original team to help host Toronto over Baltimore.

• NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brewers 3, Phillies 2: Ryan Braun singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh and host Milwaukee beat Philadelphia.

Cardinals 6, Braves 3: Yadier Molina had three hits, including a three-run double, and host St. Louis beat Atlanta.

Padres 7, Diamondbacks 6: At Phoenix, Nick Hundley homered and San Diego edged Arizona.

Giants 8, Dodgers 1: Madison Bumgarner won his fourth straight start and host San Francisco routed Los Angeles.

Nationals 8, Astros 2: Stephen Strasburg allowed one run over three innings and host Washington beat Houston.

Rockies 4, Reds 1: At Denver, Drew Pomeranz threw five shutout innings in his major league debut and Colorado beat Cincinnati.

Marlins 4, Pirates 1: Javier Vazquez pitched six scoreless innings, helping visiting Florida over Pittsburgh.

Cubs 10, Mets 6, 11 inn.: Carlos Pena hit a go-ahead single in Chicago's six-run 11th to lift the Cubs at New York.

Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her title in the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark., beating Amy Yang with a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.

• Britain and Ireland won the Walker Cup for the first time since 2003, holding off the United States in the afternoon singles for a 14-12 victory in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Football

For the 100th time, Oklahoma is No. 1.

The Sooners reached a milestone in the history of The Associated Press college football poll without even playing. Oklahoma became the first team to hold the top ranking 100 times since the poll began 1936.

Alabama reclaimed the No. 2 spot after a 27-11 victory at Penn State, flip-flopping with No. 3 LSU. Last week, the Tigers jumped the Tide. Boise State is No. 4.

Auto racing

Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix from pole position in Monza, Italy, fighting off defending champion Fernando Alonso.

- The Associated Press