MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Cleveland Indians 12, Detroit Tigers 2
Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland A’s 3
Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 6
Indians 12, Tigers 2 – Encarnacion hits grand slam as Indians pound Tigers 12-2
Edwin Encarnacion hit an eighth-inning grand slam, helping the Cleveland Indians rout the Detroit Tigers 12-2 on Sunday for their season-high seventh straight win. Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez and Jason Kipnis also connected for Cleveland, which outscored Detroit 26-3 in the three-game sweep. Ramirez finished with three hits, extending his streak of reaching base to 31 consecutive games. Adam Plutko (4-1) pitched six innings of two-run ball, becoming the second rookie starter to beat the Tigers in the series. Shane Bieber pitched seven innings in Friday night’s 12-0 win. Tigers starter Matthew Boyd (4-6) allowed a season-high six runs in three-plus innings in his shortest outing of the season. Niko Goodrum and James McCann had RBI singles for Detroit in the fourth. Detroit has lost five straight overall and is 3-10 against Cleveland this season.
White Sox 10, Athletics 3 – Moncada powers White Sox past Athletics 10-3
Yoan Moncada broke out of a slump with a three-run homer and six RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 10-3 on Sunday for a split of their four-game series. Daniel Palka and Yolmer Sanchez also connected for the White Sox, who had lost nine of 10. Carlos Rodon (1-2) pitched a season-high eight innings in his fourth start after missing the beginning of the year while recovering from shoulder surgery last September. Moncada, who hit .183 over the previous 35 games, gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead with a three-run double in the fifth. Moncada then scored on Avisail Garcia’s single, and Jose Abreu added another RBI single. Palka, Sanchez and Moncada all went deep in the sixth. Moncada belted a three-run drive for his 10th homer, making it 10-2 Chicago.
Reds 8, Cubs 6 – Winker, Votto lead Reds from five down to 8-6 win over Cubs
Pitcher Mike Lorenzen connected for a pinch-hit homer to begin Cincinnati’s comeback and Jesse Winker added a pinch-hit three-run homer in a big seventh that sent the Reds over the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Sunday. Lorenzen’s homer was the third of his career and second in two games by a Reds pitcher. Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam on Saturday _ the first by a Reds pitcher since 1959. The Reds, who have won seven straight and 11 of their past 13 games, completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs for the first time since April 8-11, 1983, at Riverfront Stadium. Trailing 6-1 in the seventh Winker went opposite field with relief pitcher Pedro Strop’s first pitch after relieving emergency starter Mike Montgomery, driving it into the left field seats to cut Chicago’s lead to 6-5. Joey Votto delivered the go-ahead double as the next four batters reached against Strop (3-1), who retired just two of the nine batters he faced. The Reds overcame a fifth-inning two-run homer by slumping Anthony Rizzo, who went 1-for-14 in the series, and a solo shot by Albert Almora Jr. off Jackson Stephens (1-0), which gave Chicago a 6-1 lead in the seventh.
Today
Oakland (Montas 4-1) at Detroit (Zimmermann 2-0), 3:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 2:45
Chicago Cubs (Underwood 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 4-4), 10:10 p.m.
White Sox are off
MLB – Cubs’ Bryant sits 2nd straight day with sore shoulder
Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is day to day with a sore left shoulder. Bryant was out of Chicago’s starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Reds, the second straight start he’s missed. The Cubs are also missing right-hander Tyler Chatwood, the scheduled starter. He left the club this morning when his wife went into labor. Left-hander Mike Montgomery got the start instead. The Cubs optioned righty Luke Farrell to Triple-A Iowa and placed lefty Rob Zastryzny on the 10-day disabled list. Righties Cory Mazzoni and Justin Hancock were recalled from Iowa.
FIFA – World Cup 2018
Yesterday
England 6, Panama 1
Japan 2, Senegal 2 – TIE
Columbia 3, Poland 0
Sunday’s World Cup Roundup
Radamel Falcao’s first World Cup goal led Colombia to a 3-0 victory over Poland and kept the team in the running for a spot in the knockout round. Poland was eliminated. Falcao’s goal was sandwiched by tallies by Yerry Mina and Juan Cuadrado between the 40th and 75th minutes. Both teams lost Group H openers and knew another loss would end their hopes of advancing. Also Sunday, Harry Kane scored a hat trick and England secured a place in the last 16 at the World Cup with a 6-1 rout of Panama. England goes into the Group G finale against Belgium level on points and with the same goal difference after conceding a late goal against Panama, which was eliminated after two matches in its World Cup debut. Senegal and Japan drew 2-2 in Sunday’s other match.
Today
Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt, 10:00 a.m.
Uruguay vs. Russia, 10:00 a.m.
Iran vs. Portugal, 2:00 p.m.
Spain vs. Morocco, 2:00 p.m.
NHL – Coyotes acquire defenseman Robbie Russo from Red Wings
The Arizona Coyotes acquired defenseman Robbie Russo from the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday for a conditional seventh-round pick next year. The 25-year-old former Notre Dame player had nine goals, 23 assists and 81 penalty minutes in 75 games last season for Grand Rapids in the American Hockey League. He had two penalty minutes in 19 games for Detroit in 2016-17. The 6-foot, 192-pound defenseman was drafted by the New York Islanders in the fourth round in 2011 and signed with the Red Wings as free agent in August 2015. He’s from Westmont, Illinois.
NHL – Canucks acquire Kero for Chaput in trade with Blackhawks
The Vancouver Canucks have acquired center Tanner Kero from the Chicago Blackhawks for center Michael Chaput. The 25-year-old Kero split last season between the Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. He had a goal and two assists in eight games with Chicago and eight goals and 12 assists in 36 games with Rockford. The 6-foot, 185-pound center from Michigan has appeared in 72 career NHL games. Kero previously played for the Michigan Tech Huskies, where he played in 153 games and had 55 goals with 56 assists. The 26-year-old Chaput was scoreless in nine games with Vancouver last season. He played 55 games with the Canucks’ AHL affiliate in Utica, New York, putting up 17 goals and 25 assists. The Montreal native has six goals and 11 assists through 135 career NHL games between Columbus and Vancouver.
NHL – Caps hang onto Carlson
The NHL’s free agent market won’t include one of the league’s highly-coveted blueliners. The Washington Capitals have re-signed John Carlson to an eight-year, $64 million contract that allows the Stanley Cup champions to keep the do-it-all defenseman. Carlson led all defensemen with 68 points in the regular season and 20 in the playoffs to help Washington win the Metropolitan Division and then the Stanley Cup. The contract makes Carlson the second-highest-paid player on the Capitals behind Alex Ovechkin.
NHL – Kings acquire Kovalchuk
Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk has agreed to a three-year, $18.75 million deal to return to the NHL with the Kings. The 35-year-old Kovalchuk spent eight seasons in Atlanta and four more with the New Jersey Devils before leaving the NHL in 2013 for a five-year stint at the Kontinental Hockey League’s SKA St. Petersburg. He has scored 417 goals and 816 points in 816 NHL games
NASCAR – Road warrior: Martin Truex Jr. conquers Sonoma’s road course
Martin Truex Jr. has won at Sonoma for the second time in his career, taming the challenging road course for an easy win over Kevin Harvick. The defending Cup Series champion waited to pit until the 81st lap, a full eight laps later than Harvick. The decision left fresher tires on Truex’s car down the stretch and allowed him to pass Harvick for the lead around the final hairpin turn with 20 laps to go. Clint Bowyer finished third and Chase Elliott was fourth.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Chicago Sky 97, Phoenix Mercury 88
Connecticut Sun 87, Indiana Fever 78
Sky 97, Mercury 88 – Quigley scores 20; Sky snap 6-game skid, 97-88 over Mercury
Allie Quigley scored 20 points and hit a key basket late to help the Chicago Sky put away the Phoenix Mercury 97-88 on Sunday night. Courtney Vandersloot grabbed the rebound off her own missed runner and passed out to Quigley, whose 3-pointer made it 94-82 with 52.3 seconds left. Vandersloot finished with 14 points and 12 assists for Chicago (4-9), which ended a six-game slide. Brittney Griner was ejected for a flagrant 2 with 2:50 left in the third quarter. The play was reviewed after Griner struck Stefanie Dolson with a left hand to the face and Dolson fell to the ground. The ejection came during the middle of an 11-2 Chicago run that ended with a 69-60 lead late in the third. Phoenix cut the deficit to 71-67, but got no closer. Griner managed 19 points and 10 boards before leaving the game and Diana Taurasi added 18.
Sun 87, Fever 78 – Sun snap 4-game skid, beat Fever 87-78
Rachel Banham scored 20 points and the Connecticut Sun snapped a four-game losing streak with an 87-78 win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday. Brionna Jones added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Sun (8-5), whose four-game skid came after a 7-1 start to the season. Courtney Williams had 14 points and Chiney Ogwumike scored 13, each with nine rebounds. Connecticut scored 10 straight to pull away to a 75-62 lead on Alex Bentley’s layup with 6:58 left. The Sun kept the lead in double digits until the Fever cut it to nine on Kelsey Mitchell’s 3-pointer in the final seconds. Natalie Achonwa scored 16 to lead the Fever (1-13), who lost their third in a row. The Sun led most of the way, but the Fever pushed in front at the end of the second quarter for a 45-43 lead at halftime.
Golf – PGA – Watson wins 3rd Travelers title
Bubba Watson overcame a six-stroke deficit to win his third Travelers Championship title. Watson closed with a 7-under 63 for a 17-under total and a three-shot win over Paul Casey, Stewart Cink (sink), Beau Hossler and J.B. Holmes. Watson became the first three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, and pulled within one of Billy Casper’s tournament record of four victories. Casey surged up the leaderboard with a 62.
Golf – Champions – Scott McCarron wins Champions event in Wisconsin
Scott McCarron came away with the American Family Insurance Championship with an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over hometown player Jerry Kelly. The 52-year-old McCarron birdied Nos. 14-16 and parred the final two to hold on for his first victory of the season and seventh in three years on the PGA Tour Champions. He finished at 15-under 201 at University Ridge. Kelly shot 65, also parring the final two holes.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Lansing 4, Great Lakes 3
Fort Wayne 8, West Michigan 3 – Game 1
Fort Wayne 6, West Michigan 3 – Game 2
South Bend 10, Dayton 4
Tonight
Great Lakes at Dayton, 7 p.m.
Lake County at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.
West Michigan at South Bend, 7:05 p.m.– Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish will make a rehab start for the South Bend Cubs tonight vs. West Michigan
