LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has sided with Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer and denied a restraining order to a woman who said he choked her into unconsciousness and punched her repeatedly during two sexual encounters. Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman says that according to the 27-year-old San Diego woman’s testimony, Bauer followed the woman’s boundaries when she set them. It was a major victory for Bauer, but police and Major League Baseball are still investigating the incidents.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his career-high 29th homer, Shane McClanahan won his fourth straight start, and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2. The Orioles have lost 15 straight. Baltimore dropped 14 in a row from May 18-31. The team record losing streak is 21 games, set at the beginning of the 1988 season. Lowe connected on a two-out, two-run drive that made it 4-0 in the second. McClanahan gave up one run and five hits in five innings. Jorge López became the major’s first 14-game loser, allowing four runs over two innings.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have placed All-Star right-hander Freddy Peralta on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. Peralta’s shoulder trouble caused him to leave his start Wednesday at St. Louis after only two innings. The Brewers recalled left-hander Hoby Milner from Triple-A Nashville and also sent first baseman Daniel Vogelbach to Nashville on a rehabilitation assignment. Peralta is 9-3 with a 2.45 ERA and 164 strikeouts in a career-high 121 1/3 innings.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have signed restricted free agent Josh Hart to a three-year extension worth up to $38 million with $12 million guaranteed. The 6-foot-5 Hart has played primarily shooting guard and small forward. He averaged 9.2 points, eight rebounds and 2.3 assists last season before a hand injury sidelined him for the final 25 games.

MIAMI (AP)— A former University of Miami football player has been arrested in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata. Miami-Dade police say 35-year-old Rashaun Jones was arrested Thursday on a first-degree murder warrant by Miami-Dade police and the U.S. Marshals Service. Jones played three seasons for the Hurricanes and was a teammate of Pata’s. Pata was a 22-year-old defensive lineman who was shot several times outside of his Kendall apartment the night of Nov. 7, 2006. Jones was being held in Marion County, awaiting extradition to Miami-Dade.

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