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MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Tampa Bay Rays 9, Detroit Tigers 1
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Chicago White Sox 3
Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Rays 9, Tigers 1 – Morrison homers twice as Rays beat Tigers 9-1
Logan Morrison homered twice and Steven Souza Jr. hit his first career grand slam as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1 Sunday to split a four-game series. Derek Norris and Evan Longoria also homered for the Rays, who won five of seven in the season series with Detroit. Jake Faria (3-0) allowed one run, six hits and a walk in seven innings. He struck out a career-high nine. Faria is the second starting pitcher in Rays history to win his first three career games, joining Jeremy Hellickson. Buck Farmer (2-1) allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings, and has now allowed 13 runs in 4 2/3 innings over his last two starts. Farmer gave up five hits, including three homers, walked one batter and hit another.
Blue Jays 7, White Sox 3 – Morales, Martin help Blue Jays beat White Sox to snap skid
Kendrys Morales and Russell Martin both homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Sunday. The victory snapped Chicago’s three-game winning streak and stopped the White Sox from tying a club record with a seventh consecutive win in Toronto. The White Sox have won nine of the last 11 games against the Blue Jays and beaten them the last four series. Morales’ two-run shot in the seventh inning, his 15th homer of the season, reached the fourth level of Rogers Centre, a drive estimated at 460 feet. Ryan Goins tripled home Steve Pearce off Anthony Swarzak (3-2) for the tiebreaking run two batters later. J.A. Happ (2-4) picked up his first home win of the season, giving up three runs and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings.
Cubs 7, Pirates 1 – Lackey deals, Rizzo leads offense as Cubs beat Pirates 7-1
John Lackey and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, and Anthony Rizzo homered among his three hits to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 on Sunday. The defending World Series champions took two of three in Pittsburgh and improved to 34-34 this season. Lackey (5-7) allowed two hits and struck out four over six innings. Carl Edwards Jr., Hector Rondon and Brian Duensing finished up for the Cubs. Batting leadoff, Rizzo doubled and scored in the first, singled and scored in the third and hit a two-run homer in the seventh. The home run was Rizzo’s 16th of the year, surpassing Kris Bryant for the team lead. Willson Contreras drove in three runs with a pair of doubles. John Jay had three hits with an RBI and scored twice.
Tonight
San Diego (Richard 5-7) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-4), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Sanchez 0-0) at Seattle (Gaviglio 3-1), 10:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 9:45
White Sox are off
NASCAR – Firekeepers 400 at M.I.S. – Larson outlasts Elliott at Michigan again
Kyle Larson took control on a restart with five laps remaining and raced to his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, holding off Chase Elliott on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. It was the third Cup win of Larson’s career _ and second in a row at Michigan. Larson and Elliott also finished 1-2 at MIS in August. Elliott was second in both Michigan races last year, and again this time. Joey Logano finished third. Martin Truex Jr. won the first two stages of the race but finished sixth, ceding the points lead to Larson. Truex has 10 stage victories this year. Larson also was first in qualifying in his No. 42 Chevrolet.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Indiana Fever 91, Chicago Sky 79
Fever 91, Sky 79 – Mitchell, Fever rally for road win of season, 91-79 over Sky
Tiffany Mitchell scored a season-high 19 points and the Indiana Fever overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Chicago Sky 91-79 Sunday night. Allie Quigley led Chicago with 18 points. Tamera Young added 16 points, and Jessica Breland had 12 points and 11 rebounds in Rosemont.
Golf – PGA – Koepka claims first major title by taming Erin Hills
The scores were low at Erin Hills this weekend, and no one had a lower total than Brooks Koepka. The 27-year-old Koepka earned his first major victory by closing with a 5-under 67 to win the U.S. Open by four strokes over Brian Harman and Hidei Matsuyama. Koepka grabbed control with three straight birdies on the back nine and matched Rory McIlroy’s U.S. Open record by finishing at 16 under. Koepka earned $2.16 million, the largest single-day earnings in golf. He’s also the seventh straight first-time major champion in men’s golf.
Golf – LPGA – Canada’s Brooke Henderson wins Meijer LPGA Classic
Brooke Henderson claimed her fourth LPGA Tour title by taking the Meijer Classic in Michigan by two strokes over Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson. The 19-year-old Henderson closed with a 66 for a 17-under total and a $300,000 first-prize check. The Canadian led after each of the first two rounds before falling one shot behind Thompson on Saturday.
NHL – Fleury among players exposed for Vegas NHL expansion draft
Three-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is among the high-profile players available for the Vegas Golden Knights to select in the NHL expansion draft. Others include Nashville forward James Neal and Anaheim defenseman Sami Vatanen. Golden Knights general manager George McPhee has three days to look over the list of available players and select one from each of the NHL’s 30 teams.
NHL – Protected/Available lists
Detroit Red Wings
Protected
Justin Abdelkader (F), Andreas Athanasiou (F), Anthony Mantha (F), Frans Nielsen (F), Gustav Nyquist (F), Tomas Tatar (F), Henrik Zetterberg (F), Danny DeKeyser (D), Mike Green (D), Nick Jensen (D), Jimmy Howard (G)
Available
Louis-Marc Aubry (F), Mitch Callahan (F), Colin Campbell (F), Martin Frk (F), Luke Glendening (F), Darren Helm (F), Drew Miller (F), Tomas Nosek (F), Riley Sheahan (F), Ben Street (F), Eric Tangradi (F), Adam Almquist (D), Jonathan Ericsson (D), Niklas Kronwall (D), Brian Lashoff (D), Dylan McIlrath (D), Xavier Ouellet (D), Ryan Sproul (D), Jared Coreau (G), Petr Mrazek (G), Edward Pasquale (G), Jake Paterson (G)
Chicago Blackhawks
Protected
Artem Anisimov (F), Ryan Hartman (F), Marian Hossa (F), Tomas Jurco (F), Patrick Kane (F), Richard Panik (F), Jonathan Toews (F), Niklas Hjalmarsson (D), Duncan Keith (D), Brent Seabrook (D), Corey Crawford (G)
Available
Kyle Baun (F), Andrew Desjardins (F), Marcus Kruger (F), Pierre-Cedric Labrie (F), Michael Latta (F), Brandon Mashinter (F), Dennis Rasmussen (F), Jordin Tootoo (F), Brian Campbell (D), Dillon Fournier (D), Shawn Lalonde (D), Johnny Oduya (D), Ville Pokka (D), Michal Rozsival (D), Viktor Svedberg (D), Trevor van Riemsdyk (D), Mac Carruth (G), Jeff Glass (G)
NHL – NHL salary cap set at $75 million for 2017-18 season
The NHL salary cap has been set at $75 million for this season, a slight increase over last year. The league and NHL Players’ Association announced the cap and the salary floor of $55.4 million in a joint statement. The figures are set by the league’s hockey-related revenue.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Great Lakes at Bowling Green, cancelled
South Bend 9, Lake County 3
West Michigan 10, Lansing 1
Today
No games today, All Star Break
Tuesday
All Star Game at Great Lakes (Midland)7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Saturday
Baseball – State Championship
Division 2 at Michigan State University
Lakeshore 1, Bay City John Glenn 0
Lakeshore wins first State Championship in baseball since winning the Class B title in 1990.
