95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Tuesday, September 06, 2016
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 3 (11 Innings)
Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Tigers 5, White Sox 3 (11 Innings) – Cabrera has 2 HRs, Upton homers in 11th to lift Tigers
Miguel Cabrera reached 300 home runs with the Tigers, Justin Verlander eclipsed 200 strikeouts on the season and Francisco Rodriguez moved into fourth place on the career saves list. Yet it took Justin Upton coming through in the clutch for a second straight day to keep Detroit tied for the final AL playoff spot. Upton hit a three-run home run in the 11th inning and the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday for their 11th win in 14 games. Chris Beck (1-1) issued consecutive two-out walks to Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez before Upton crushed a 1-2 fastball to right for his 21st home run. It was his second game-winning homer in two days after connecting in the eighth inning Sunday against Kansas City. Detroit’s hot streak has coincided with Upton’s tear. He has eight home runs in 14 games. Cabrera homered twice and had four hits off Chris Sale, and Verlander struck out 11 in seven innings as the Tigers stayed tied with Baltimore for the second AL wild card.
Cubs 7, Brewers 2 – Hendricks, late hits lift Cubs over Brewers 7-2
Major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks threw six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs broke away late to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 Monday. Pinch hitter Chris Coghlan delivered a go-ahead single in a two-run seventh. He stayed in the game and got a two-run single in a four-run eighth for the NL Central leaders. Hendricks (14-7) gave up one run _ on Chris Carter’s 33rd homer _ and five hits in six innings, and left with a 2.07 ERA. He is 5-0 with a 1.30 ERA over his last seven starts. It was 1-all in the seventh when Zach Davies (10-7) retired the first two batters. Miguel Montero then doubled, setting up singles by Coghlan and Tommy La Stella that scored runs. Ryan Braun hit his 25th homer in the Milwaukee ninth.
Tonight
Detroit (Boyd 5-2) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 2-6), 8:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/WCSY-FM 7:45
Chicago Cubs (Hammel 14-7) at Milwaukee (Peralta 5-9), 8:10 p.m.
MLB – Angels Shoemaker has surgery for brain bleed
Angels’ pitcher Matt Shoemaker has undergone surgery to stop bleeding on his brain after he was struck in the head by a line drive against the Seattle Mariners Sunday. Angels general manager Billy Eppler says Shoemaker had been receiving CT scans every 2-3 hours when the third image showed increased bleeding, prompting the surgery. The Angels expect Shoemaker to be cleared to travel home sometime this week.
NCAA Football
Last Night
(4) Florida State 45, (11) Ole Miss 34
(4) Florida State 45, (11) Ole Miss 34 – Francois, No. 4 Florida St rally past No. 11 Ole Miss 45-34
Freshman Deondre Francois threw for 419 yards and fourth-ranked Florida State scored 23 unanswered points in the third quarter to turn a 28-13 halftime deficit into a 45-34 win against No. 11 Mississippi. Freddie Stevenson and Kermit Whitefield scored on short runs 2:05 apart to put FSU ahead 29-28 midway through the third period before Francois added his second TD pass of the night later in the quarter. Freshman Ricky Aguayo converted an FSU-record six field goals on six attempts, breaking a mark shared by his brother Roberto.
NCAA Football – LSU suspends Boutte
LSU has suspended offensive lineman Josh Boutte for one game after his late hit Saturday in the final minutes of the Tigers’ loss to Wisconsin. Boutte leveled D’Cota Dixon while the Wisconsin defensive back celebrated his victory-clinching celebration.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
Indiana Fever at San Antonio Silver Stars, 8:00 p.m.
Golf – PGA – McIlroy rallies to win Deutsche Bank Championship
Rory McIlroy roared from six shots off the pace in the final round to win the Deutsche (DOY’-chuh) Bank Championship. McIlroy shot a 6-under 65 to earn his first victory of the year in the second of four FedEx Cup playoff events. Paul Casey started the final round with a three-shot lead but could only manage a 2-over 73 that left him in second place, two shots back. Casey was looking for his first PGA Tour win in seven years.
Tennis – US Open – Women – Serena in, Venus out
Top-ranked Serena Williams has advanced to the U.S. Open women’s quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph against Yaroslava Shvedova. It was the 308th Grand Slam singles victory for Williams, passing Roger Federer for the most in tennis’ Open era. Joining Williams in the quarters are fifth seed Simona Halep and No. 10 Karolina Pliskova, who knocked out Venus Williams in three sets.
Tennis – US Open – Men – Del Potro advances
Juan Martin del Potro has continued his surprising run at the U.S. Open by reaching the quarterfinals when eighth seed Dominic Thiem had to retire because of a knee injury. At No. 142, del Potro is the lowest-ranked U.S. Open quarterfinalist since Jimmy Connors in 1991. Third seed Stan Wawrinka moved into the quarters with a four-sets victory against Illya Marchenko, and No. 6 Kei Nishikori rolled to a straight-sets win over No. 21 Ivo Karlovic to advance to the quarters.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Tonight
Lake County 4, Lansing 3
South Bend 3, Dayton 0
Great Lakes 5, West Michigan 1
End of regular season Playoffs begin Wednesday – South Bend at West Michigan, game 1
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Boys Soccer
Mattawan at St. Joseph, 6:45 p.m.
Lakeshore at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:45 p.m.
Gull Lake at Niles, 5:30 p.m.
Dowagiac at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.
Howardsville Christian at Schoolcraft, 6:00 p.m.
Covert at Watervliet Grace Christian, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball
Michigan Lutheran at Watervliet Grace Christian, 7:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Christian at Allegan, 5:00 p.m.
