Harrison’s 12th win kept him even with Tampa Bay’s David Price for the most in the American League and continued his streak against the Mariners. Harrison (12-4) has won eight straight starts against Seattle and is 5-0 all-time at Safeco Field. The eight straight wins over one team is the third longest streak in Rangers’ history. Charlie Hough won...

Cameron Maybin and Everth Cabrera scored the tying and go-ahead runs on third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr.’s second throwing error of the seventh inning. The Padres were trailing 2-1 with nobody on and two outs in the seventh when Hairston gave them life with his first error on a grounder by Maybin. Cabrera followed with a single, and a walk to John...

Capuano had six days off between outings because of the All-Star break, so fatigue wasn’t a factor in his 7-2 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday. The left-hander just kept pitching to contact the way he normally does and let his infielders make the plays. But this time they didn’t — committing four errors that were converted into four unearned runs...

Ray Stubblebine/ReutersThe Cubs are hoping Ryan Dempster brings a windfall at the trade deadline. The sweepstakes to land coveted Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster appears to be heating up, with 10 teams, including the Yankees, Tigers and Braves making inquiries, according to ESPN.com. The trade deadline is July 31, with prospective teams racing to be final...

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Benoit Paire beat Bernard Tomic 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Open on Monday. The 47th-ranked Paire swept the first set despite landing only three first serves against the 45th-ranked Tomic, who was seeded eighth after getting a wild-card entry to the clay-court tournament. Paul-Henri Mathieu was another...

ATLANTA (AP) — Organizers had good reason to worry the field for the Atlanta Open would suffer if top players took this week off to prepare for the Olympics. Instead, Atlanta has attracted all four Americans who will play singles in London: Ryan Harrison, John Isner, Andy Roddick and Donald Young. Roddick and Isner also will play doubles in the Olympics. ...

Andy Rain/European Pressphoto AgencyThe Olympics may consider an official umbrella relay. It is a stereotype that London’s weather is relentlessly dour, but this summer, the stereotype is showing its roots in reality. London, in effect, has had no summer. And the bad news for the global sports crowd is, there doesn’t appear to be one in the forecast for the...

Diana LopezZagreb, from Diana Lopez’s hotel. Diana Lopez won a bronze medal in tae kwon do in Beijing in 2008 and will be competing again in London this year. Her reports will appear regularly on the 2012 London Olympics blog. This is her third post. We arrived in Zagreb, Croatia, and l am fighting jet lag. We had our first two workouts Monday, and I just want to...