95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Thursday, August 03, 2017
MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 2
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Chicago Cubs 0
Tigers 2, Yankees 0 – Tigers blank Yankees
The New York Yankees had to sit through a pair of lengthy rain delays before dropping one game behind the first-place Boston Red Sox in the AL East. Jordan Zimmermann combined with two relievers on a seven-hitter as the Tigers downed the Yankees, 2-0 in a game delayed more than 4 1/2 hours by showers. Zimmerman entered the game with a 5.69 ERA before scattering six hits over seven innings. Justin Upton’s RBI double put the Tigers ahead to stay just three batters into the game. Brian McCann added an RBI single in the fourth to help Detroit beat the Yankees for the second straight day. The game began 86 minutes late and was held by more than three hours by rain in the bottom of the seventh.
Blue Jays 5, White Sox 1 – Happ strikes out 10, Blue Jays top White Sox 5-1
J.A. Happ had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings, matching his longest start of the season, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Wednesday. Happ (4-8) gave up a run and six hits while walking one to get his first win since July 4. He last got through seven innings in his first start of the season on April 5. Justin Smoak extended his hitting streak to nine games and reached base three times for the Blue Jays, who won two of three in a matchup of last-place teams. Steve Pearce and Josh Donaldson added solo home runs. Roberto Osuna entered with two on and nobody out in the ninth inning, and set down three straight batters to earn his 27th save. Derek Holland (5-11) gave up two runs and five hits with four walks in six innings.
Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 0 – Godley dominates over 6 innings, Diamondbacks beat Cubs 3-0
Zach Godley pitched three-hit ball over six innings, Jake Lamb drove in all the runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the surging Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Wednesday night. The loss was just the fourth in 18 games since the All-Star break for the NL Central-leading Cubs. The defending champions got shut down by Godley after pouring on a season-high 16 runs in Tuesday’s romp. Lamb hit a two-run double against Jake Arrieta in the sixth and an RBI double off Justin Wilson in the eighth. Godley (5-4) was every bit as stingy after tossing seven scoreless innings in a win at St. Louis last week. Godley struck out five and walked two. In his past two starts, the right-hander has allowed seven hits while striking out 12 and walking four. Jake Arrieta (10-8) allowed two runs (one earned) and three hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked two. To Maddon, it might have been 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner’s best start of the season.
Today
Arizona (Greinke 13-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 6-9), 2:20 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 1-6), 7:05 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 6:40
Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 5-9) at Boston (Porcello 4-14), 7:10 p.m.
MLB – Indians place All-Star Andrew Miller on disabled list
The Indians have placed All-Star left reliever Andrew Miller on the disabled list with right knee tendinitis and announced that pitcher Josh Tomlin is out at least six weeks with a hamstring injury. Miller has walked 10 batters in his last 21 innings after issuing just nine batters in 74 1/3 innings last season. Tomlin’s season could be in jeopardy after an MRI confirmed a “mild-to-moderate” left hamstring tendon strain.
MLB – Philadelphia Phillies scrap plans to honor Pete Rose
The Phillies have canceled plans to honor Pete Rose next week because of a woman’s claim she had a sexual relationship with baseball’s hit king when she was a minor. Rose’s lawyer says the woman’s claims are unverified. The Phillies were going to induct Rose into their Wall of Fame in an on-field ceremony on Aug. 12. Rose bobbleheads were going to be distributed on Aug. 11.
NFL – National Football League Preseason – Hall of Fame Game
Tonight
Dallas Cowboys vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8:00 p.m. (Fawcett Stadium – Canton, OH)
NCAA Football – Ara Parseghian, won 2 titles at Notre Dame, has died at 94
Ara Parseghian, who took over a foundering Notre Dame football program and restored it to glory with two national championships in 11 seasons, has died. He was 94. University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins announced in a statement that Parseghian died at home at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Parseghian had recently returned to his home in Granger, Indiana, after spending more than a week in a nursing care facility in South Bend, Indiana. He was treated for an infection in his surgically repaired hip. Parseghian and the Irish won titles in 1966 and 1973, but he abruptly retired after the 1974 season at age 51 with a record of 95-17-4.
NHL – AP source: Sabres, Eichel in negotiations
The Buffalo Sabres appear ready to give Jack Eichel a lengthy contract. A person familiar with negotiations tells The Associated Press the Sabres and their top player are discussing a contract extension that could run the NHL maximum eight years. Sabres owner Terry Pegula declined to assess the status of negotiations except to say no deadline has been set and that both sides are committed to reaching a deal. Eichel had 24 goals and 57 points in 61 games last season. He has one year left on the entry level deal he signed after being taken second overall in the 2015 draft.
Golf – Kaymer withdraws from PGA Championship
Martin Kaymer has withdrawn from the PGA Championship next week because of a left shoulder injury. His brother, Phillip, says the 2010 PGA Championship winner has inflammation in the tendon of his upper biceps and has been advised by doctors to step away from golf for 10 days.
Golf – PGA – McIlroy announces caddie swap
Rory McIlroy has formally announced that he has parted ways with caddie J.P. Fitzgerald and will use his best friend, Harry Diamond, as his caddie in the Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship next week. Still to be determined is how long he uses Diamond, and what McIlroy does after the PGA Championship. McIlroy says there wasn’t one incident that led to him switching caddies after nine years. McIlroy says they remain friends and he didn’t want their roles as player and caddie to change that.
NASCAR – NASCAR makes start/finish line new overtime race marker
NASCAR has standardized the location of the overtime line, starting with this weekend’s races at Watkins Glen. NASCAR says the start/finish line will serve as the OT marker at every race the rest of this season. The overtime line is the line drivers must reach under green flag conditions following a restart for the race to become official. The line had usually been marked on the backstretch. Drivers must complete a full lap when a race goes into overtime for it to be considered complete. If the race leader does not reach the start/finish line under green, that race will have another restart.
Sexual assault cases against gymnastics doctor in mediation
Federal lawsuits against Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and others related to a doctor accused of molesting dozens of athletes are moving into a mediation phase that could lead to a settlement. The Lansing State Journal reports the 90-day mediation period was agreed to Wednesday by 18 attorneys attending a hearing in Grand Rapids. Nine represent the more than 115 women and girls who allege Dr. Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Great Lakes 8, Dayton 2
South Bend 7, Lake County 6
West Michigan 8, Fort Wayne 0
Lansing 8, Bowling Green 0
Tonight
Great Lakes at Dayton, 7 p.m.
South Bend at Lake County, 7 p.m.
West Michigan at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.
Lansing at Bowling Green, 7:35 p.m.
