Weekday Morning Sports – Monday 7/17/17

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95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports     @wsjmsports     wsjmsports.com     Monday, July 17, 2017

MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 – 11 Innings
Seattle Mariners 7, Chicago White Sox 6 – 10 Innings
Chicago Cubs 8, Baltimore Orioles 0

Tigers 6, Blue Jays 5 – F/11 – Cabrera’s walk in 11th gives Tigers 6-5 win over Blue Jays
Miguel Cabrera walked with the bases loaded in the 11th inning Sunday, giving the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. With the score 5-all, Alex Avila was walked by Jeff Beliveau (1-1) leading off the 11th and advanced on Jose Iglesias’ sacrifice. Lucas Harrell relieved, Ian Kinsler lined out and third baseman Josh Donaldson fielded Nicholas Castellanos’ grounder down the line and then bobbled the ball while pulling it out of his glove for an error that put runners at the corners.  Justin Upton walked on a 3-1 pitch, loading the bases, and Harrell fell behind Cabrera 3-1. The two-time AL MVP took a called strike, fouled off a pitch, then took a fastball outside for ball four, giving Detroit two victories in three games following the All-Star break.  Warwick Saupold (2-1) got the win with a scoreless 11th.

Mariners 7, White Sox 6 – F/10 – Cruz homers in 10th, sends Mariners over White Sox 7-6
Nelson Cruz homered on a 3-0 pitch to lead off the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Danny Valencia and Kyle Seager also homered for the Mariners, who are one game below .500 and trying to stay in the AL wild-card race. Seattle has won four in a row while the White Sox lost their fourth straight. Cruz connected off Chris Beck (1-1) for his 19th home run of the season. On Saturday night, he hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning. Edwin Diaz struck out Jose Abreu, Todd Frazier and Avisail Garcia _ all swinging _ for his 16th save in 19 chances. Nick Vincent (3-1) earned the win.

Cubs 8, Orioles 0 – Quintana dazzles in Cubs debut, fans 12 to beat Orioles 8-0
Jose Quintana dazzled in his debut for the Chicago Cubs, striking out a season-high 12 in seven sharp innings to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Acquired by the World Series champions during the All-Star break from the Chicago White Sox for a playoff push, Quintana gave the Cubs exactly the kind of boost they hoped to get. The lefty ace allowed three hits, walked none and joined Matt Garza as the only pitchers in Cubs history to fan 12 in their debut. Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo homered to help the Cubs move over .500 for the first time since June 29. The Cub hit 10 home runs during the sweep at Camden Yards. Chicago took advantage of another wild start by Ubaldo Jimenez (4-5) and opened a 4-0 lead in the second. Willson Contreras added a career-high four hits.

Tonight
Chicago Cubs (Lester 5-6) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-6), 7:35 p.m.
Detroit (Zimmermann 5-7) at Kansas City (Vargas 12-3), 8:15 p.m.          WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 7:50
White Sox are off

Tennis – Federer beats Cilic for record 8th Wimbledon title
Roger Federer set a couple of records while overwhelming Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon men’s final. The third-seeded Federer needed just 101 minutes to complete a 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 victory and become the first men’s player to win eight Wimbledon titles. The Swiss native had been tied with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw at seven championships.  Federer also is the tournament’s oldest men’s champion of the Open era, about one month shy of his 36th birthday. It’s the 19th Grand Slam crown for Federer, whose first major title came at Wimbledon in 2003. He ended a five-year drought at All England Club, losing the 2014 and ’15 finals to Novak Djokovic before prevailing on Sunday.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Dallas Wings 112, Chicago Sky 106 – 2 OT

Tonight
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks, 10:30 p.m.

Golf – LPGA – Sung Hyun Park takes major for first victory
Sung Hyun Park picked a big stage to capture her first LPGA Tour victory. The 23-year-old South Korean shot her second straight 5-under 67 to take the U.S. Women’s Open in New Jersey. She was immersed in a day-long battle with front-running Shanshan Feng and teenage amateur Hye-Jin Choi before moving in front with birdies on the 15th and 17th holes. Park’s 11-under total was two strokes better than Choi, who double-bogeyed 17 to lose her share of the lead.  Top-ranked So Yeon Ryu and fellow South Korean Mi Jung Hur tied for third at 7 under.
 
Golf – Champions – McCarron stuns Langer to win Senior Players Championship
Scott McCarron is the winner of the Senior Players Championship, finishing one shot better than third-round leader Bernhard Langer and Brandt Jobe. McCarron fired a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Sunday and took advantage of an uncharacteristic meltdown by Langer, who was the three-time defending champion. The 51-year-old McCarron made up a six-shot deficit in the final round to capture his first major on the PGA Champions Tour. The 59-year-old Langer had a one-shot edge before dropping his tee shot in the water on No. 17. After taking the one-shot penalty, he missed a 4-footer and made a double bogey.
 
Golf – PGA – DeChabeau rallies to win John Deere Classic by 1 shot
Bryson DeChambeau stormed back from four shots down to win the PGA’s John Deere Classic and earn a spot in this week’s British Open. The 23-year-old DeChambeau birdied four of the final six holes for a 6-under 65 and an 18-under total. He birdied the final hole for his first career victory, one shot ahead of third-round leader Patrick Rodgers.
 
NASCAR – Hamlin ends JGR drought
Joe Gibbs Racing has capped a tumultuous seven days by picking up its first NASCAR Cup victory of the season. Denny Hamlin held off pole-sitter Kyle Larson on the final laps to win at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway. Hamlin took the lead with 33 laps left and held off the hard-charging Larson. Martin Truex Jr. was third, followed by Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick. Kenseth’s fourth-place finish comes days after JGR announced that he would be replaced by Erik Jones in the No. 20 next season. Hamlin crashed the No. 11 Toyota in practice and was forced to race in a backup car. That didn’t stop him from earning his 30th career victory and first since last September.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
West Michigan 7, Quad Cities 0
Cedar Rapids 8, South Bend 4
Beloit 7, Great Lakes 1
Lansing 14, Wisconsin 2

Tonight
Wisconsin at Lansing, 12:05 p.m.
Cedar Rapids at South Bend, 1:05 p.m.
Beloit at Great Lakes, 2:05 p.m.
Quad Cities at West Michigan, 7 p.m.