SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The other Bird did it again, this time in the $1 million Travers Stakes.
Summer Bird splashed his way to a 3 1/2-length victory over 17-1 longshot Hold Me Back in the 1 1/4-mile Travers on Saturday, adding to his Belmont Stakes win over Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird two months ago.
After the Belmont, Summer Bird finished second to superstar filly Rachel Alexandra in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2. Trainer Tim Ice said all week his colt was ready for a big race at Saratoga Race Course. And even though it rained all day, Summer Bird delivered under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux.
Quality Road, the 3-2 favorite, bucked his rider off before entering the starting gate, had a poor start and finished third in the seven- horse field.
Hammon heats up
SAN ANTONIO — Becky Hammon scored 12 of her 32 points in overtime as the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the Detroit Shock 100-88.
Hammon, a former Colorado State star, became the second WNBA player to score 4,000 points and dish out 1,000 assists, joining teammate Vicki Johnson.
• Rebekkah Brunson scored the winning layup with 36 seconds left to help the Sacramento Monarchs beat the host Indiana Fever 79-78.
• Tanisha Wright scored 25 points to lead the Seattle Storm to a 91-84, double-overtime win over the visiting Atlanta Dream.
• Diana Taurasi had 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead the host Phoenix Mercury to a 95-84 win over the Connecticut Sun.
Beckham gets game-winner
CARSON, Calif. — David Beckham scored his first MLS goal of the season in the 80th minute as the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated Chivas USA 1-0.
• Backup goalkeeper Chris Seitz recorded his first career victory as Real Salt Lake earned a rare road win with a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards.
• Bryan Namoff‘s header in the 11th minute was the match’s lone goal as D.C. United ended a four- game winless streak with a 1-0 victory over the host Chicago Fire.
• Steve Ralston and Wells Thompson each scored in the second half as the New England Revolution beat the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 2-1.
• The Seattle Sounders, who have gone three consecutive games without scoring at home, played to a 0-0 tie with Toronto FC.
Footnotes.
David Laut, who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics, was shot to death after confronting intruders outside his Oxnard, Calif., home. Laut was gunned down early Friday when he went outside to check on a noise in the yard, said police, who identified no suspects.
• Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, a 3-mile time trial in Assen, Netherlands. After three stages in Belgium, the race heads to Spain.
• Caroline Wozniacki won her second consecutive Pilot Pen tennis championship, beating Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-4 in New Haven, Conn.
The Associated Press
