Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Soroka was lifted from his start Sunday against the Washington Nationals after he was hit in the right arm by a pitch in the top of the third inning.

He stayed in the game to run the bases but was removed in the bottom of the third inning for pitcher Josh Tomlin.

The Braves said Soroka was removed for precautionary reasons.

Soroka allowed one hit and struck out a batter in the first two innings of the game.

He is 8-1 with a 2.12 ERA in 12 starts this season.

ESPN's Eddie Matz contributed to this report.

A field of 6000 runners take on the half-marathon in windy conditions

Tracy Barlow and Matt Clowes retained their JCP Swansea Half Marathon titles in windy conditions on Sunday.

Clowes was an impressive winner of the men’s race, claiming his seventh victory of 2019 in Wales’ second city.

His victory came ahead of over 6000 runners at Wales’ largest summertime road race.

The Cardiff man stopped the clock on 65:49, just over a minute shy of his 64:44 course record from last year but still nearly a minute clear of repeat runner-up Josh Griffiths of Swansea Harriers with 66:37.

The pair had shared the lead in the early stages with 10km passed in 30:40 but with Clowes making a decisive move soon after at the seven mile point.

He didn’t look back as the advantage grew in the final stages, scoring an impressive victory over 2017 British marathon champion Griffiths.

Peter Huck of Barrow & Furness AC was the third man home in 68:12, with Cardiff AC’s James Hunt also sub-70 minutes with 68:58.

“It was a good race today,” said Clowes. “Me and Josh ran together in the early stages and it felt very easy early on.

“As soon as the turn came it got really tough at about seven miles because the wind was really strong.

“I wanted to push for a course record but it just wasn’t the day to be honest.”

Commenting on forthcoming races, he added: “I’ve got Highgate in two weeks. I’m not really a track boy anymore but I’ll go there and try to run low 29 minutes.”

Barlow was just as emphatic in the women’s race, some way short of her 73:51 course record from 12 months ago with 75:39.

Since last year’s race Barlow has lowered her own best for the distance to an impressive 72:13 when finishing fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships and as a member of the bronze medal-winning team, running for England.

Charlotte Taylor-Green of Bristol & West AC was the next fastest athlete on paper and lived up to her billing as a podium favourite by finishing second in 66:58. Naomi Mitchell of Reading AC was next home in third.

“I’m pleased to take the win,” said Barlow. “I’m disappointed with my time but seeing how everybody else faired with it, it was quite a tough race, quite a tough day in the office.

“I’ve got some shorter races coming up with my club Thames Valley Harriers so that will be the aim for the summer, to get some speed into my legs.”

Richie Powell stormed to his title defence in the wheelchair race with 65:03.

The Ebbw Vale based athlete who competes for DSW Sport Wales was pleased with his performance despite the wind, following a break from the sport with pneumonia.

The 17-year-old’s 1:45.36 improves a 33-year-old UK mark

Max Burgin’s British under-20 record of 1:45.36 in the 800m highlighted a superb weekend of action at the England Athletics Under-23 and Under-20 Championships in Bedford.

With an incredible display of front-running, the 17-year-old went through the bell in 52.02 and went on to break the 33-year-old UK junior record of 1:45.64 held by David Sharpe.

WATCH: U20M 800m final on runjumpthrow.com

After clocking a UK under-18 best of 1:46.80 in Loughborough last weekend, Burgin’s improvement was nothing short of sensational as he went to seventh on the world under-18 all-time rankings.

The European youth champion, who goes top of the UK 800m list overall for 2019, was one of several athletes to book their places on the team for either the European Athletics Under-20 Championships in Boras or European Under-23 Championships in Gavle, both taking place in Sweden next month.

Burgin, who will surely go to Boras as favourite, said: “I thought last week’s time was great and I just smashed that, so I’m very happy. I wasn’t expecting to run that fast – I did want a PB and that was my target going into the race.”

Morgan Lake retained her under-23 high jump title, happy to improve on her recent season’s debut performance with a 1.92m clearance. The former world junior champion had three failures at a would-be championship record height of 1.95m.

“I’m really happy,” Lake told the BBC. “I’m happy with the title. Not too happy with the height but still a progression from how I jumped last week… I think the big jumps are there.”

Adam Hague set a season’s best and meeting record of 5.55m as he secured his berth for Gavle with a win in the pole vault.

UK senior No.1 Harry Hughes duly secured the javelin title and his place in Gavle, although he was unhappy with his winning distance of 74.57m.

Callum Wilkinson opened up day two in Bedford with a championship best and PB of 40:29.32 in the 10,000m walk. Tom Gale’s 2.25m to win the high jump equalled the championship best.

Another championship record went to Amber Anning, who clocked 52.54 in winning the under-400m, going to fifth on the UK all-time junior rankings. Jacob Fincham-Dukes, who already has the Gavle standard with 8.00m, equalled the champion best in the long jump with 7.75.

Almost unnoticed just after Burgin’s exploits, Spencer Thomas used the same lead-from-the-gun tactics to clock a meeting record of 1:47.31 in the under-23 800m.

Shemar Boldizsar went to second on the European under-23 rankings for 200m with his PB-setting win of 20.65.

Naomi Ogbeta, currently ranked fourth under-23 in Europe, took her sixth consecutive England Athletics age-group title with 13.67m.

European age-group No.1 Alastair Chalmers, who last weekend improved his UK under-20 best to 50.07, clocked 50.58 to gain selection for Boras.

Another of those securing places for the Under-23s was Kristal Awuah, who completed a sprint double in winning the 100m in 11.61 into a headwind of 2.5m/sec, and the 200m in a PB of 23.24.

Thrower Divine Oladipo also successfully doubled, her 15.92m in the shot proving enough for Boras selection, while she also threw 51.28m in the discus.

Temi Ojorah, with a windy 13.08m in the triple jump and a high jump PB of 1.80m, also took home two golds.

British trio Heather Watson, Harriet Dart and Katie Swan have all lost their Eastbourne first-round matches.

Watson, 27, who is British number two, was defeated by France's Alize Cornet 7-5 6-2.

While 22-year-old Dart lost 3-6 6-4 6-2 to 16th-seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia and Swan, 20, fell 7-6 4-6 6-4 to China's Zhang Shuai.

British number one Johanna Konta starts at the Nature Valley International against Donna Vekic later on Sunday.

Roger Federer got his Wimbledon preparations off to the perfect start by claiming a record-extending 10th title at the Halle grass-court event.

The Swiss 20-time Grand Slam champion beat Belgium's David Goffin 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 to win a 102nd career title.

Federer, chasing a ninth Wimbledon title next month, was made to work in earlier rounds but dominated the final.

"It's unbelievable. I never thought when I first played here that I would win 10 titles," the 37-year-old said.

It is the first time Federer has reached double figures at one tournament, with eight at the Dubai Open and Wimbledon and nine at his home event in Basel.

Federer had been taken to three sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the last 16 and Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarter-finals.

But after a tight first set, he was handed a break in the first game of the second set when Goffin double-faulted on break point.

Australian Ashleigh Barty will become the new world number one after beating Julia Gorges 6-3 7-5 to win the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham.

The French Open champion will replace Japan's Naomi Osaka at the top when the rankings are released on Monday.

Barty, 23, will become the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong in 1976 to be world number one.

"I'm a little bit speechless at the moment," Barty said during the on-court trophy presentation.

Barty gave up tennis in late 2014 to play cricket before returning to the sport in 2016, winning her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros earlier this month.

"It's been a whirlwind few weeks for me, a whirlwind year, but to be able to follow in the footsteps of Evonne, even to be mentioned in the same sentence as her, is incredible," she added.

"You always dream of it [being world number one] as a little kid but for it to become a reality is incredible.

"It's not something that was even in my realm, this year we were aiming for top 10 and now to be where we are is a testament to all of the people around me.

"We started from scratch three and a half years ago without a ranking and now to be where we are is not only for me, but a massive, massive achievement for them [the rest of her team]."

The victory over Gorges, with whom she plays doubles and who she described as "one of my best friends on tour", was sealed in just under an hour and a half.

German world number 19 Gorges said it had been a privilege to share the court with her.

"She served an ace when I had set point so I think that says it all," she said. "It was a high-quality match and she deserved to win. I did everything I could today but she was better."

Gregor Townsend would be making "a mistake" by leaving Richie Gray out of Scotland's Rugby World Cup training camps, former prop Ryan Grant says.

The 29-year-old Toulouse lock has missed out on selection for Townsend's 44-man squad after recovering from hip surgery to help his club win the French Top 14 title this month.

But Grant, a former British and Irish Lion, says Gray's qualities are unique.

"I think we'll see Richie in and around the World Cup squad," Grant said.

"He's a specimen. As good as the other second rows are, no-one's a 6ft 10in out-and-out athlete like Richie.

"He's finding his old form again, especially watching the last 30 minutes of the Top 14 final. I think it would be a mistake not to at least bring him in."

Townsend is likely to take four locks to the World Cup in Japan this year. Gray's younger brother Jonny is vying for one of those slots, as are Glasgow Warriors colleague Scott Cummings, Edinburgh duo Ben Toolis and Grant Gilchrist, and Exeter Chiefs' Sam Skinner, who can also play on the blind-side flank.

The elder Gray, capped 65 times and a Lion with Grant in 2013, has been hampered by injuries in recent seasons, playing only one Test in over two years.

He made his comeback from a hip operation in late January and has since played 13 club matches, six as substitute.

Gray came off the bench as Toulouse beat La Rochelle in the Top 14 semi-final and Clermont in the showpiece.

"The way the game's going now, you pick guys especially for that reason, guys that can bring a huge amount of energy off the bench," Grant told BBC Radio Scotland.

"That might be the position Richie finds himself in. His brother Jonny's more of a grafter, the type of guy that does all the unseen work, you want him in for 80 minutes.

"Richie's got a bit of flair, he's got pace, he can handle the ball well, he's got good off-loads, so he might fill that position."

ALGER, Wash. — There were three leaders, six lead changes and a list of firsts for Robbie Price in Saturday’s 48th annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by the Skagit Casino Resort at Skagit Speedway.

The driver of the Millstone Heating and Sheetmetal No. 21p landed his first $15,000 Dirt Cup paycheck and his first Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network victory to become the first Canadian to win the event.

“It’s always good to come home, and it gives me some peace of mind. I like it a lot, and I’ll be honest, we’ve sucked a lot this year so to come out here and win, it’s such a great feeling and a great accomplishment. I’m just excited,” the 21-year-old driver said.

Taking the green from the fourth spot, Price chased Jason Solwold for third as Blake Hahn took off with the top spot after an opening lap drag race with Matt Covington.

Trying to swing low on a slower car on lap 13, Hahn made contact and spun. Never coming to a stop, and inadvertent caution was thrown to bring the field single file with Hahn in lining up in fifth.

Covington gained the lead and pulled away in clean air with Price under fire from Solwold as the pair went slide for slide over the next few laps. Keeping pace at the line over the No. 18, Price began running down Covington who had started to work back into slower traffic.

Taking advantage of slower cars, Price took a shot at the lead with Covington answering the challenge. Back and forth through traffic, Covington and Price used the slower cars as picks as Jason Solwold closed with BHahn and Colton Heath in tow.

With the top five nearly under a blanket, Robbie Price took over the top spot on lap 22. Stalked by Covington, the No. 95 reclaimed the lead on lap 27, but Covington’s night would fall 10 laps shy of the $15,000 payday as the engine expired on lap 30.

Price led on the restart, but another yellow flag came when Justyn Cox spun on lap 33.

Price held off Hahn’s late-race charge to win by .364 seconds.

Fighting from seventh, 2018 Dirt Cup winner Seth Bergman, ran to third in the closing laps with Jason Solwold settling for fourth. Scott Bogucki finished fifth.

The finish:

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 21P-Robbie Price, [4]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, [2]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman, [7]; 4. 18-Jason Solwold, [3]; 5. 28-Scott Bogucki, [13]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [9]; 7. 33-Colton Heath, [6]; 8. 22X-Travis Jacobson, [14]; 9. J2-John Carney II, [5]; 10. 8-Devon Borden, [10]; 11. 8R-Justin Sanders, [18]; 12. 11-Roger Crockett, [8]; 13. 9R-Reece Goetz, [21]; 14. 96-Greg Hamilton, [17]; 15. 44W-Austen Wheatley, [12]; 16. 8C-Justyn Cox, [15]; 17. 56-Justin Youngquist, [19]; 18. 57C-Chris Schmelzle, [16]; 19. 33S-Lance Sargent, [11]; 20. (DNF) 95-Matt Covington, [1]; 21. (DNF) 77X-Alex Hill, [20]; 22. (DNF) 2X-Tucker Doughty, [22]

ORRVILLE, Ohio — Buddy Kofoid etched his name in Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 history books on Saturday night at Wayne County Speedway.

Kofoid’s first series victory came on the final night of the 37th annual Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Indy Metal Finishing.

The victory scored Kofoid a $10,000 payday.

The 17-year-old was forced to outduel Parker Price-Miller and six-time All Star champion Dale Blaney during the closing circuits of the 35-lap event. In fact, Kofoid was third when the field received the five-to-go signal from the flagstand, eventually getting by Blaney with two laps remaining, followed by a slick move to drive under Price-Miller on the final circuit.

Price-Miller, who led the first 34 laps from the pole, held on to finish second at Wayne County Speedway, followed by Blaney, Broc Martin and Rico Abreu.

“I really don’t know what to say. This was one of my goals when I moved out here,” said Buddy Kofoid, driver of the Ed Neumeister Racing/Gill Construction/CK Plumbing/Linder’s Speed Equipment/No. 11n sprint car. “Getting that first All Star win is just unbelievable. Now I want to get an Outlaw win. I really can’t thank this team enough. Mike [Linder] and the guys gave me a great car. I’m having a lot of fun doing this.”

Although never in command until the final circuit, it was obvious that Kofoid was going to be a factor. In fact, Kofoid took command for the first time, unofficially, on lap nine with a slider over Price-Miller through turns one and two. Unfortunately, a caution, the main event’s first and only caution, halted action just as Kofoid took command, ultimately negating his move.

Racing one-two after the restart, Price-Miller and Kofoid did not encounter traffic for the first time until lap 17, causing the front-runners to bunch that now included a fast-paced Dale Blaney, who battled his way to third from fifth by the completion of lap 23. From that point forward, it was a shootout.

By lap 26, the lead trio were trapped behind a wall of slower cars. Using traffic as a pick, Blaney pounced on Kofoid for second on lap 27, actually diving below the familiar No. 11N with a move between turns three and four. Despite losing a position, Kofoid kept pace with Blaney and Price-Miller, eventually returning the favor and advancing back into second on lap 33.

Keeping Price-Miller within striking distance, Kofoid drove to the tail tank of the Indy Race Parts No. 71P as the duo were entering turn one on the final circuit. In an attempt to protect the bottom, Price-Miller dived into one, but slid too high, actually opening the door for Kofoid who was able to sneak past.

“I was running harder and harder and harder. I actually blew off the track a little bit and that let Dale [Blaney] by,” Kofoid continued. “I was still running hard, but smoother. I ended up getting a run on Dale which allowed us to get back by him. I kept doing the same thing and that allowed us to reel Parker [Price-Miller] in. I felt like I could probably do a wheelie down the backstretch, that’s how much driver I was getting off of turn two.”

Kofoid won the battle on Saturday night, but it was Blaney who won the war, using his podium run to clinch a sixth Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek title, worth $4,000.

The finish:

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [4]; 2. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 3. 11-Dale Blaney [5]; 4. 83M-Broc Martin [2]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [8]; 6. 16-DJ Foos [3]; 7. G1-Justin Peck [6]; 8. 71-Gio Scelzi [14]; 9. O7-Gerard McIntyre [7]; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker [22]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [11]; 12. 3-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 13. 3C-Cale Conley [12]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson [16]; 15. 87-Aaron Reutzel [25]; 16. 26-Cory Eliason [26]; 17. 13-Paul McMahan [20]; 18. K4-Chad Kemenah [17]; 19. 9-Dean Jacobs [19]; 20. 8M-TJ Michael [24]; 21. 45-Trevor Baker [15]; 22. A79-Brandon Wimmer [10]; 23. 8J-Jess Stiger [23]; 24. 22B-Ryan Broughton [13]; 25. 5H-Jordan Harble [18]; 26. 19-Mitch Harble [21] Lap Leaders: Parker Price-Miller (1-34), Buddy Kofoid (35)