CARSON, Calif. -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic backed up his pre-match talk with a hat trick as the LA Galaxy beat LAFC 3-2 in a riveting end-to-end El Trafico derby here on Friday night.

Prior to the game, Ibrahimovic said he still believed he was the best player in MLS by far over LAFC's Carlos Vela -- even though the latter leads the league in goals scored.

Following the match, Ibrahimovic said: "I think the [best player talk] motivated them more, because I'm always motivated. I always go in to [every game] to do my best and to help my teammates. Today the outcome was good and we won the game."

It didn't take long for the fireworks to start, as a poor giveaway from the Galaxy's Favio Alvarez allowed Adama Diomande to play Vela into the area and he was hauled down by David Bingham with the referee pointing right to the spot.

Vela sent Bingham the wrong way with his penalty kick, but the hosts were level soon after thanks to an incredible individual effort from Ibrahimovic, who beat his defender with his first touch and smashed home a volley from 18 yards out.

LAFC's Tyler Miller kept the score level at the 30-minute mark with an impressive fingertip save from Rolf Feltscher's bullet header after some neat build-up play from the Galaxy and the teams went into the break locked in a 1-1 draw after a thrilling first half.

"When you play against a rival like that, with a full stadium, the atmosphere is nice," Ibrahimovic said. "I get pumped, I get adrenaline. This is considered to be the biggest game in the league, so the biggest job is to show up in the biggest game."

And show up he did in the second half, as Ibra struck again 11 minutes after the restart, out-jumping Jordan Harvey and heading in the go-ahead goal from Diego Polenta's perfectly placed back-post cross.

The former Sweden international produced another moment of brilliance in the 70th minute, picking up a nice flicked-on heel pass from Alvarez, cutting to his left and blasting a shot past Miller to complete his hat trick and put the game away for the Galaxy.

"I mean in the U.S. the regular season is not important, according to everybody, only the playoffs," he said. "And then when the playoffs come I have to put in playoff mode, but the difference with me and them is that I have playoff mode every day."

Vela added another goal in second-half stoppage time to take his league-leading goals total to 21. However, it was too little too late for the visiting side as the Galaxy saw out the result to go back into second place ahead of the Seattle Sounders, but still nine points behind Western Conference leading LAFC.

West Indies A 298 for 9 (Chase 84, Thomas 70, Khaleel 4-67, Avesh 3-62) beat India A (Axar 81*, Washington 45, Powell 2-47) by five runs

After losing the first three games and conceding the series to India A, West Indies A pulled one back, overcoming a late assault from Axar Patel to edge the visitors in the fourth one-dayer in Coolidge.

India A were 160 for 6 in pursuit of 299, when Axar joined fellow fingerspin-bowling allrounder Washington Sundar. After putting on a 60-run partnership with Washington, Axar marshalled the tail, pushing his case for selection in India's senior side. However, Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep Saini fell in a space of three balls towards the close as West Indies snuck in a five-run victory. Axar remained unbeaten on 81 off 63 balls, including eight fours and a six.

It was Roston Chase who had made the highest score of the game, 84 off 100 balls, setting the platform for West Indies' tall total after they had been asked to bat. Wicketkeeper-batsman Devon Thomas and No.5 Jonathan Carter supported him with half-centuries of their own. Sunil Ambris, who was a late addition to West Indies' World Cup squad, got another start, but fell four short of a fifty. At 254 for 3, West Indies were eyeing a taller total, but they lost 6 for 44 to be restricted to 298 for 9. Left-arm quick Khaleel continued his fine form, returning 4 for 67 while Avesh Khan took 3 for 62.

India A then lost their openers Anmolpreet Singh and Ruturaj Gaikwad within seven overs in the chase, and the slide seeped into the middle order as well. Left-arm spinner Khary Pierre and offspinner Chase claimed combined figures of 10-0-83-2 to shackle India A's middle order. Axar and Washington then launched a late fightback with the lower order, but they fell just short. Seam-bowling allrounders Keemo Paul and Rovman Powell claimed two wickets each for the hosts.

The fifth and final one-dayer will be played at the same venue on July 21.

SEATTLE -- Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners lost his bid for a perfect game on a leadoff single in the ninth inning by rookie Luis Rengifo, then finished off the Los Angeles Angels for a 10-0 win Friday night.

A week after the worst start of his career, Leake almost achieved baseball immortality.

The Angels hadn't come close to a hit and Leake hadn't gone to a three-ball count before Rengifo grounded a clean hit to right field on Leake's 79th pitch.

The fans gave Leake a standing ovation and he quickly waved to acknowledge their cheers.

After a walk, Leake (8-8) retired the next three batters for a one-hitter, striking out Mike Trout on a full-count pitch to end it. Leake fanned six overall and walked one.

Between innings, especially as the game went later and later, the bearded, 31-year-old righty sat alone on the Mariners' bench.

"The sixth, seventh, I started to feel it a little bit," he said. "It was a cool experience -- too bad we didn't get it."

Leake's second career shutout came exactly a week after he was tagged by the Angels in his previous start, giving up seven runs on eight hits and a walk while getting just two outs. The Angels pitched a combined no-hitter that night in Anaheim while the entire club wore jerseys honoring late teammate Tyler Skaggs.

Leake improved to 101-95 in 10 seasons. This was his sixth career complete game, and second this year, in 284 starts.

There have been 23 perfect games in major league history, the most recent by Felix Hernandez of the Mariners in 2012.

Daniel Vogelbach hit two homers and drove in six runs as Seattle stopped a six-game losing streak.

Jaime Barria (3-3) lost in relief.

Leake kept the Angels off the bases with a fastball that was right around 88 mph, along with a cutter, changeup and curve.

"I was going after guys. I wasn't going to walk a guy. I was throwing it on the plate and letting them hit it to one of our fielders or late in the count trying to put them away," he said.

Leake was flawless until Rengifo hit a bouncer that split the first baseman and second baseman. Leake then walked Kevan Smith.

Leake was in complete control from the start and overcame a delay of a few minutes in the top of the fifth when a malfunctioning scoreboard stopped play with a strikeout of Andrelton Simmons.

Seattle's previous no-hitter was thrown by James Paxton against Toronto last September.

The Mariners hadn't won since before the All-Star break, a stretch that included their no-hitter loss in L.A., and had lost 13 of their past 15.

Vogelbach made it 3-0 with a homer in the fourth. He hit his 23rd home run in the fifth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: Albert Pujols sat out Friday's game as a precaution. The first baseman came out of Thursday night's game against the Astros with left hamstring tightness. Manager Brad Ausmus said the hope is Pujols will be ready for Saturday's game against the Mariners. ... Reliever Keynan Middleton's rehab assignment at Triple-A Salt Lake City has been shut down due to numbness and tingling in his pitching arm. Ausmus said a test showed that Middleton's grafted ulnar collateral ligament remains attached. There's no timetable for his return.

Mariners: Closer Hunter Strickland will begin a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday in his return from a right lat strain that has kept him out since March. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Strickland will need to make three or four appearances in Tacoma to regain his endurance before returning to the major league roster. But he can't get into the lineup soon enough with Seattle's struggles in the bullpen. ... Center fielder Mallex Smith left the game after the fifth inning with a sore right thumb that he injured in the game.

UP NEXT

Angels: RHP Griffin Canning (3-5, 4.74 ERA) will make his first career start against the Mariners.

Mariners: Seattle will send someone to the mound for an inning before turning it over to LHP Wade LeBlanc (5-3, 5.15 ERA).

OXON HILL, Md. -- Previously undefeated Maxim Dadashev was taken to a hospital following his 11th-round loss to Subriel Matias on Friday night and was undergoing surgery because of brain swelling, a source told ESPN's Bernardo Osuna.

After trainer Buddy McGirt threw in the towel after Round 11 of the IBF 140-pound eliminator, Dadashev needed assistance leaving the ring and vomited.

He left the arena on a stretcher and was taken to UM Prince George's Hospital Center.

"I think right now he's dehydrated -- I think he really needs some IVs in him,'' McGirt said after the fight. "He didn't want to drink much water in the corner -- he kept spitting it out. He had one hell of a fight, tough fight. He took a lot of shots. I think it was time to stop it."

Throughout the bout, Matias, 27, of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, steadily came forward, throwing hard shots with both hands.

Dadashev, 28, of Saint Petersburg, Russia, spent much of this fight on his back foot, circling the ring. And while Matias was the constant aggressor and able to control the tempo and pace of the bout, Dadashev was never willing to stand and trade with him.

According to Compubox, Matias outlanded Dadashev 319-157; 112 of Matias' punches were body shots.

As the rounds mounted, Matias steadily piled them up in his favor, outworking Dadashev and pounding the body consistently. In the later rounds, either because of exhaustion or desperation, Dadashev began to sit inside the pocket and fight with Matias. But while he had some success, he was overwhelmed by Matias, whose punches had more effect.

The scores at the time of the stoppage in favor of Matias were 109-100, 108-101 and 107-102.

"First of all, I'm very grateful for this opportunity. I showed that I am not just a power puncher. I also can box. I was dominating the fight. I focused my offense on going to the body, and that's how I stopped him from running,'' Matias said.

But his fallen foe also was on his mind.

"I hope that Maxim is all right. He is a great fighter and a warrior."

NEW YORK -- Maybe it's something in the low-altitude Bronx air. On the night the Colorado Rockies visited Yankee Stadium for the first time in four seasons, a trio of former Rockies showed up, showed out and proved why the New York Yankees felt it was smart to acquire all three of them earlier this year.

"It felt really good," current Yankees reliever and former Rockie Adam Ottavino said following New York's 8-2 win Friday night. "Everybody wants to perform well against familiar people."

These weren't just "familiar people" to Ottavino and fellow Yankees DJ LeMahieu and Mike Tauchman, though. These were the folks who believed they could continue fielding a competitive team this season without each of their services.

So that's why Tauchman had to flash a smile when asked about going 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, a stolen base and a pivotal outfield assist in the victory. It's also why Ottavino wasn't shy about saying his three side-retiring (in order) strikeouts are helping him move in a more positive direction on the mound.

"While it was a cool thing to play against those guys, I had expectations of getting the job done, and going out and performing as if it was any other game," Tauchman said.

Collective performances such as these are making members of the Yankees' front office look so much more like geniuses than many of their league counterparts.

In LeMahieu's case, the story of the game was setting a career high in RBIs, and doing it against the team with which he notched his previous career-best mark. It's a mark he toppled with more than two months of this season left to play. He has 67 RBIs in 88 games this season

"DJ's done well against just about every team this year, and 'Otto' has, too," Tauchman said. "But it was great for them. I'm sure they were looking forward to playing the Rockies ... they were there a lot longer than I was."

When it came to letting Ottavino and LeMahieu leave, the Rockies' desire to go cheaper and younger outweighed retaining them. So in January, the former batting champion and multiple Gold Glove Award winner LeMahieu signed with the Yankees. Three days later, Ottavino, the right-hander whose pitches practically dance every bit of the 60 feet and 6 inches they travel, signed with them, too.

Two months later, as the Bronx Bombers broke camp and wrapped up spring training, Tauchman joined them. Traded for 25-year-old lefty Phillip Diehl, a former 27th-round Yankees draft pick who had been rocketing to relevance within the organization throughout the spring, Tauchman arrived in a move that confused more than a few fans. That's because trading Diehl wasn't the only surprise; the Yankees had been grooming super-utilityman Tyler Wade into a rather dependable outfielder, but suddenly another outfielder was being added to the fold.

Nights like Friday's are proof Brian Cashman and the men and women in the departments under him knew exactly what they were doing.

"Kudos goes to the office for going out and finding us another diamond in the rough," said Yankees bench coach Josh Bard, who managed Friday's game while Aaron Boone served a one-game suspension.

About Tauchman, Bard added: "He just creates a lot of run value."

Specifically, Bard was referencing Tauchman's ability to not only create runs -- scoring twice in the series opener -- but also his knack for saving runs in the field. Often platooned, Tauchman nevertheless entered the game with six defensive runs saved this season, according to FanGraphs. So despite just part-time play, that figure puts him among the 20 best outfielders in the big leagues within that metric, on par with the likes of Michael Brantley, Christian Yelich and Kevin Pillar.

In the second inning Friday, Tauchman had one of the most special defensive plays of the night, delivering a one-hop strike home from left field to nab speedy Garrett Hampson, who had tagged up at third, trying to score on a sacrifice fly.

According to Statcast, Tauchman's throw clocked 91.3 mph. Hampson, who is credited with having the seventh-fastest sprint speed in all of baseball, was tagged out just as he slid into the plate. Statcast also notes that Hampson averages a sprint speed of 30.0 feet per second, a measured speed that is considered "elite."

"That's a big, big play early that shifts the game," Bard said.

The outfield assist got Yankees starter J.A. Happ out of early trouble, as he escaped the inning down 2-0, when at least one more run could have scored. Happ, who finished after five innings, allowed only those two runs.

The 36-year-old pitcher, who himself has played for five teams, understands exactly what it's like for a player to want to play well when they face a former team.

"You try not to overthink it," Happ said. "You can get into a situation where sort of as a pitcher, you're maybe like, 'Oh, these guys know me so well from playing with them for so long.' But you sort of hope that once the game starts, you just kind of fall into the rhythm of the game.

"But yeah, there's a little something there, where, if you were somewhere for a while, sort of wanting to be like a 'Maybe you should've held on to me' kind of thing. Or whatever motivation works."

Tauchman wouldn't venture to say if he was motivated in this game by the trade, but Ottavino certainly went down that path for him.

"[Mike] played an unbelievable all-around game, against a team that didn't really give him a lot of chances, honestly," Ottavino said. "To come here and to put his best foot forward, I know meant a lot to him."

Along with Tauchman's success both at the plate and in the field, Ottavino's three-strikeout sixth inning, and LeMahieu's 2-for-5 line that included two RBIs -- one of which came when Tauchman scored from third, beating out a chopper in the infield -- a fourth former Rockie was in Yankees pinstripes Friday.

Reliever Tommy Kahnle warmed up late in the game, but he never entered. Unlike the other three, Kahnle didn't arrive to New York directly from Colorado. Prior to being traded to the Yankees in 2017 from the White Sox, Kahnle had been traded to Chicago from the Rockies in 2015. The player he was traded for, Yency Almonte, gave up four hits and three runs in two innings against the Yankees in Friday's opener. Tauchman's scamper home was the first of the three runs Almonte gave up. A batter later, LeMahieu scored when Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run to right.

As good as it might have felt for them to play against the Rockies, the Yankees' former mountain men contend they harbor no ill will toward their former employer.

"Obviously the Rockies drafted me, and I was able to make my debut there," Tauchman said. "So I have a lot of good memories there, but I'm really excited to be where I am right now, and with the group that we have and the goals that we have as a team.

"That's the stuff I'm really excited about."

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain provided the sharpness and dynamism Jurgen Klopp will have been delighted to see despite Liverpool suffering a 3-2 preseason defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

The England international, who was involved in just four matchday squads last season as he recovered from multiple ligament damage, was the standout star for the European champions at Notre Dame Stadium.

His explosive runs from midfield were on show and he provided the impetus in attack for the Reds during the first outing of their US tour.

Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross from the right, which Ryan Kent connected with nearly had Liverpool level after Paco Alcacer converted from close range following poor defending three minutes in, but Marwin Hitz pulled off a superb save.

Klopp's side did equalise after Fabinho supplied a lovely pass, which was met by a clever Kent dummy before Harry Wilson applied the finish to a well-worked goal.

Dortmund responded with a quick double in the second half after making nine changes with Thomas Delaney scoring after Liverpool switched off at a corner.

Bruun Larsen then profited after Yasser Larouci, who had impressively kept Jadon Sancho quiet in the first 45, tried to dribble out of the box and lost the ball to Marius Wolf who pulled it back for the winger.

Klopp refreshed the entire outfield on 59 minutes, with Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Georginio Wijnaldum and Andy Robertson getting their first runout of preseason.

Rhian Brewster reduced the deficit from the penalty spot with a supremely confident take for his fourth goal in three games after Ben Woodburn was impeded by Mateu Morey.

Bruun Larsen was then flagged offside after beating Simon Mignolet. Liverpool's goalkeeper produced a brilliant late save to deny Immanuel Pherai.

The Reds will face Sevilla at Fenway Park on Sunday, before closing off their U.S. commitments with a test against Sporting at Yankee Stadium next Wednesday.

CHICAGO -- Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh supports players being able to transfer once without sitting out a year but wants those seeking immediate eligibility to be truthful about their reasons in seeking waivers from the NCAA, especially regarding mental health.

Speaking Friday at Big Ten media days, Harbaugh said he would keep immediate eligibility for graduate transfers, allow undergraduates to transfer once without penalty but require a year of no competition for undergraduates transferring for a second time. Football is among five NCAA Division I sports without a one-time transfer exemption.

"It would be good to just have a clear, concise [policy], where everybody understands what the ramifications are," Harbaugh said. "I think that would be a fair way to proceed."

Harbaugh also told ESPNU Big Ten radio on Friday that he was concerned some players seeking immediate eligibility cite mental health issues that don't exist but improve their chances of receiving waivers from the NCAA. Harbaugh noted that he cares about mental health, but he said he thinks it has become an effective way for players to get waivers approved.

"Down the road, I don't see that helping them if that's not a legitimate thing," he said. "But nobody would know. But what are you going to say? Ten years down the road, 'I just had to say what I had to say?' You're putting them in a position that's unfair, not right. You're saying it just to say it. ... That's not something we should be promoting at the college level. Telling the truth matters, especially at a college."

Harbaugh did not reference any specific players and said he had no involvement in ongoing cases such as those of former Michigan players James Hudson and Oliver Martin, who are requesting immediate-eligibility waivers at Cincinnati and Iowa, respectively. Hudson cited mental health issues he experienced at Michigan in his waiver request, which was denied.

Hudson, who is appealing the NCAA's decision, responded to a tweet about Harbaugh's mental health comments Friday, tweeting, "You cannot be serious."

Harbaugh said his main point in raising the mental health issue, however, was that student-athletes shouldn't have to specify the reason they want to transfer.

"I care very deeply about mental health, I'm not saying everybody's lying about that," Harbaugh said. "... Just saying, 'OK, this is America. You started at this school, you didn't like it and for whatever the reason is, you're freely allowed to transfer to any other school like any other human being would have a right to do.' That's really the bottom line."

CHICAGO -- Before Friday's game against San Diego, 9-year-old Matteo Lambert of Vienna, Virginia, met Anthony Rizzo in the Chicago Cubs' dugout and gave him a note asking for a "moonshot" on behalf of group running a 5K in Grant Park this weekend to raise money for kids with cancer.

Rizzo followed with a go-ahead grand slam, his first home run since June 15.

"That was for him," Rizzo, a Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor, said after the Cubs overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Padres 6-5. "That's really special for him to come and hang out there."

Javier Baez also homered for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who have won six of seven since the All-Star break. Chicago overcame an early home run by Manny Machado that built a 3-0 lead.

Josh Naylor tied the score 5-5 in the eighth inning against Pedro Strop (2-3) with his first career pinch homer, but the Cubs went back ahead in the bottom half.

Rizzo singled off Craig Stammen (6-5), rookie shortstop Fernandez Tatis Jr. threw Addison Russell's grounder into center field for an error, Jason Heyward was intentionally walked and David Bote hit a grounder to third. Machado threw home for a forceout and catcher Francisco Mejia threw to first, even though he didn't have a play on Bote. The ball hit off the glove of first baseman Eric Hosmer and bounced into short right field as Rizzo scored on Hosmer's error.

"A couple young guys playing really fast, trying to do special things, and sometimes those plays just aren't there," Padres manager Andy Green said. "If you're going to make mistakes in the field, mistakes of aggression are the better kind of mistakes."

Craig Kimbrel struck out three around a four-pitch walk in the ninth for his fifth save in six chances. San Diego has lost five of six and 11 of 15.

Jon Lester made his 400th big league appearance and matched his career high by allowing 12 hits, giving up four runs in six innings. He needed 26 pitches to get through the first on an afternoon with a 93-degree temperature at game time.

"Yeah, it was miserable," Lester said.

Padres left-hander Eric Lauer gave up four runs, five hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings in his first appearance since July 5. Lauer had gone on bereavement leave following the death of his father. He remained in the game after he was hit on the back by Albert Almora Jr.'s single in the third.

"We've got to hit lefties, man," Maddon said. "We got to figure that part of it out. That's a big part of moving down the road."

Hunter Renfroe hit a sacrifice fly in the first and Machado made it 3-0 in the third with his 24th homer, a two-run drive.

Rizzo's fourth career slam put Chicago ahead in the bottom half.

Mejia tied the score with an RBI double in the fifth, and Baez hit an opposite-field homer to right-center in the bottom half.

HELP WANTED

Chcago figures to be in the market for a left-handed reliever before the trade deadline. The return of Carl Edwards Jr. (strained left thoracic) from the IL left seven righties among eight relievers. LHP Randy Rosario was optioned to Triple-A Iowa. "It's always nice to have more than one," manager Joe Maddon said.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Manager Andy Green was optimistic RHP Garrett Richards (Tommy John surgery last July) will be available in late August. "He's on a relatively quick path, all things considered," Green said. "I think we're all excited about that possibility."

Cubs: LHP Cole Hamels (strained left oblique) took part in light throwing and was scheduled for another bullpen session this weekend. ... C Willson Contreras (sprained right arch) remained on pace to return from the IL when eligible Wednesday.

UP NEXT

LHP Joey Lucchesi (7-4) is scheduled to start Saturday for San Diego. LHP Jose Quintana (7-7) has won three straight starts for the Cubs.