Weekday Morning Sports Update with Dave Wolf

Midwest Family Radio Sports      Twitter: @wsjmsports      Monday, June 17, 2013

Golf – US Open – Rose breaks 43-year England drought, wins US Open
Justin Rose is the first Englishman to win the U.S. Open in 43 years. Rose shot a closing 70 Sunday at Merion Golf Club for a 1-over 281 total and his first major championship. He finished two shots ahead of Phil Mickelson and Jason Day. The 32-year-old Rose overcame his share of misadventures on a challenging course. He took the solo lead for good when Mickelson and Mahan both dropped shots at No. 15. He finished with a tap-in for par at the 18th, a hole that didn't yield a birdie over the final two rounds.  It's been a long wait for England since Tony Jacklin won the trophy in 1970. Rose has been in contention before. He tied for fifth in 2003 and tied for 10th in 2007.  Tiger Woods completed a forgettable US Open with a 4-over 74 to finish 13-over par.

NASCAR – Michigan – Biffle wins
Greg Biffle captures the Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway for his second straight victory at the two-mile oval. He finished nearly three seconds in front of Kevin Harvick, with Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart rounding out the top five. Points-leader Jimmie Johnson was only about a second back of Biffle with three laps to go when a tire went flat. He finished 28th.

MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Houston Astros 5, Chicago White Sox 4
New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Tigers 5, Twins 2 – Fister, Hunter lead Tigers over Twins 5-2
Doug Fister held Minnesota hitless until the sixth inning and Torii Hunter connected for his 300th career home run, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Twins 5-2 Sunday. Fister (6-4) didn't allow a baserunner until walking Ryan Doumit with two outs in the fourth inning, then lost his no-hit bid when Brian Dozier led off the sixth with a homer. Fister allowed two runs and two hits _ both to Dozier _ in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out seven, walked two and won for the first time in his last six starts. Joaquin Benoit pitched the final 1 1-3 innings, earning his fourth save.  Hunter and Austin Jackson both hit two-run homers for Detroit. P.J. Walters (2-2) gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks in 5 1-3 innings.

Astros 5, White Sox 4 – Astros win 4th straight, 5-4 over White Sox
Jason Castro homered for the second straight game and Matt Dominguez hit a three-run double to help the Houston Astros to their fourth straight win, 5-4, over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Dominguez put Houston on top 3-0 with a double in the second inning, and Castro hit a two-run shot to make it 5-2 in the seventh.  The left-handed Castro hit his first career home run off a left-hander on Saturday night when he connected off John Danks, and made it two when he hit a slider from Matt Thornton on Sunday. Alejandro De Aza tripled and scored in the sixth and Dayan Viciedo tripled and scored in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2. De Aza added a two-out, two-run homer off Jose Veras to make it 5-4 in the ninth before Alexei Ramirez grounded out to give Veras his 14th save.

Mets 4, Cubs 3 – Nieuwenhuis' HR caps 4-run 9th, Mets startle Cubs
Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a three-run homer that capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the New York Mets salvaged what had been shaping up as another sorry afternoon, startling the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday. Matt Garza pitched seven scoreless innings and the Cubs scored twice on a madcap play that featured three bad throws by Mets infielders, giving Chicago a 3-0 lead. But New York came back against Carlos Marmol (2-4)in the ninth, starting with Marlon Byrd's leadoff home run. Nieuwenhuis connected with one out.  Bobby Parnell (5-3) pitched the top of the ninth.

Tonight
Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 5-5) at St. Louis (S.Miller 7-4), 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Arrieta 1-1) at Detroit (Scherzer 9-0), 7:08 p.m.       WSJM-AM/WCSY-FM 7:45
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-2) at Houston (B.Norris 5-6), 8:10 p.m.

NBA - 2013 NBA Finals
Last Night
San Antonio Spurs 114, Miami Heat 104                                      (San Antonio leads series 3-2)

Spurs 114, Heat 104 – Spurs head to Miami with control of series
Manu Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists in a surprise start to spark the San Antonio Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, pushing the Spurs one victory away from their fifth championship.  Danny Green scored 24 points and broke Ray Allen's finals record for 3s in a series with 25. Tony Parker had 26 points for San Antonio. LeBron James scored 25 points on 8-for-22 shooting for the Heat and Dwyane Wade had 25 points and 10 assists. But the Heat missed 21 of their first 29 shots to fall behind by 17 points in the second quarter of another uninspired performance.  Game 6 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Miami.

NHL - 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Finals
Tonight
Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins, 8:00 p.m.                         (Series tied 1-1)

NHL – After 10 periods, time for Stanley Cup Game 3
Is it really only Game 3?  After 10 periods in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals, the Bruins and Blackhawks are in Boston on Sunday to prepare for Game 3. The best-of-seven series is tied at a game apiece. The Bruins evened it up Saturday night on Daniel Paille's goal at 13:48 of the first overtime. That's after the teams played 52:08 over three OTs on Wednesday in the series opener. Both teams are hoping to rest before getting back on the ice Monday night. Bruins coach Claude Julien says the hometown fans will help, but the team still has to play the game.

NHL – Blackhawks try to regain momentum in Boston
The Chicago Blackhawks are in Boston hoping to find the momentum they lost in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. They outshot the Bruins 19-4 and outscored them 1-0 in the first period in Chicago on Saturday night. But Boston won 2-1 in overtime to even the best-of-seven series at one game apiece. The next two games are in Boston on Monday and Wednesday nights before the series returns to Chicago for Game 5 next Saturday. The team that scored first also lost the opener. Boston led 2-0 and 3-1 then allowed two goals in the last 12 minutes of regulation. Chicago went on to win 4-3 in three overtimes. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville says that might be unusual, but there's nothing wrong with scoring first.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Atlanta Dream 88, Chicago Sky 74

Dream 88, Sky 74 – Dream beat Sky 88-74 to improve to 5-1
Angel McCoughtry scored 23 points, and Erika de Souza had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 88-74 yesterday. Tiffany Hayes also had 16 points for Atlanta (5-1), and Jasmine Thomas added 13. Elena Delle Donne led Chicago (4-2) with 25 points, Allie Quigley had 14, and Sylvia Fowles finished with 10 rebounds. The Dream led by 18 points in the first quarter, but didn't pull away until going on a 20-10 run in the fourth quarter that included nine straight points after the Sky cut it to six.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball

Last Night
Dayton 2, South Bend 0
Fort Wayne 10, West Michigan 5
Great Lakes 6, Lake County 2
Bowling Green 8, Lansing 0

End of the first half of the season
All Star Game is Tuesday at Dayton