MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Houston Astros 17, Detroit Tigers 4
Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland A’s 1
Chicago Cubs 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Astros 17, Tigers 4 – Justin Verlander faces former teammate Miguel Cabrera one more time as Astros rout Tigers
Justin Verlander struck out seven over five scoreless innings and Kyle Tucker hit his 26th homer in the third inning, helping the Houston Astros rout the Detroit Tigers 17-4 on Sunday. Verlander gave up just two hits, walked two and hit three batters for career victory No. 254, pulling him into a tie for 43rd on the all-time list with Hall of Famers Jack Morris and Red Faber. The 40-year-old, three-time Cy Young award winner pitched against one of his former teams in a ballpark where he’s still adored for the second time this season. Verlander struck out his former Tigers teammated Miguel Cabrera, the two then tipped their caps to each other after the at bat. The 40-year-old Cabrera, who plans to retire after the season, grounded out in the third inning against Verlander.
Cabrera prevented the shutout, hitting a three-run homer to make it 14-3 in the eighth off Phil Maton. His 510th career home run breaks a tie for 26th all time with Gary Sheffield.
White Sox 6, Athletics 1 – Mike Clevinger strikes out 10 as Chicago White Sox beat Oakland Athletics 6-1
Mike Clevinger struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 for a split of the four-game series between two of the worst teams in the majors. Yoán Moncada went 4 for 4 for Chicago, and Tim Anderson, Andrew Benintendi and Andrew Vaughn each had two hits. The White Sox improved to 9-15 in August. Moncada doubled twice and drove in two runs as the 52-79 While Sox ended a difficult homestand on a high note.
Cubs 10, Pirates 1 – Cody Bellinger collects 5 more RBIs as Chicago Cubs pound Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1
Cody Bellinger had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits and scored three times, helping Chicago close out a 5-2 road trip. Jeimer Candelario homered and drove in three runs. The 69-61 Cubs took three of four in Pittsburgh. Next up is a big three-game series against NL Central-leading Milwaukee at Wrigley Field beginning on Monday night. Joshua Palacios had two of Pittsburgh’s four hits. Bailey Falter was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Tonight
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 3-8) at Detroit (Olson 2-5), 6:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15
Chicago White Sox (Kopech 5-11) at Baltimore (Rodriguez 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Miley 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Taillon 7-8), 8:05 p.m.
MLB – Police are investigating a shooting at White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field
The Chicago White Sox say they were not aware at first that a woman injured during Friday’s game at Guaranteed Rate Field was shot and that the Chicago Police Department would have stopped play if officers thought it was unsafe to continue. Team spokesman Scott Reifert says police determined there was “no active threat and that the ballgame could continue.” The team was also in contact with Major League Baseball. Reifert says police had the authority to stop the game. The White Sox were still unsure if a gun was fired from inside or outside the ballpark. The team also defended the security procedures in place and would not say if extra measures were being implemented a day after an incident that raised questions about ballpark safety in general. A 42-year old women was hit in the leg and a 26 year old woman suffered a graze wound.
NCAAFB – College Football – Week 0
Saturday
(13) Notre Dame 42, Navy 3
NCAAFB – Hartman’s impressive debut has Notre Dame thinking big after win over Navy
Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman took his record-breaking show to Ireland. The 13th-ranked Fighting Irish couldn’t be more excited after Saturday’s rout of rival Navy in Dublin. Hartman went 19 of 23 with 251 yards and tied a school record for a debut by throwing four TD passes to lead Notre Dame to a 42-3 victory. Hartman is a grad transfer who set ACC records while at Wake Forest. But his presence can’t be measured in mere numbers. Even former Notre Dame star Joe Montana said he enjoyed seeing the jolt of energy Hartman added to an offense that has been looking for a new dynamic quarterback.
NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 3
Friday
Detroit Lions 26, Carolina Panthers 17
Lions 26, Panthers 17 – No. 1 pick Bryce Young looks sharp in final tuneup for regular season
Bryce Young completed 7 of 12 passes for 73 yards and a touchdown in his final tuneup before the regular season, and the Carolina Panthers lost 26-17 to the Detroit Lions. The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft looked sharp leading scoring drives on his only two possessions, the second culminating in his first TD pass — a 16-yard strike to veteran wide receiver Adam Thielen for a 10-0 lead. The heady 22-year-old rookie from Alabama also showed outstanding pocket awareness, scrambling three times for 21 yards and two first downs. Teddy Bridgewater played the entire first half and led four first half scoring drives for Detroit, finishing 13 of 22 for 178 yards, including a 70-yard catch-and-run touchdown pass to rookie Antoine Green in the closing seconds of the first half.
Saturday
Buffalo Bills 24, Chicago Bears 21
Bills 24, Bears 21 – QBs Josh Allen, Kyle Allen spark Bills to 24-21 win over Bears in preseason finale
Josh Allen led a scoring drive to start the game and backup quarterback Kyle Allen took over to finish the Buffalo Bills’ 24-21 victory over the Chicago Bears to close the preseason. Buffalo’s starter went 5 of 7 for 49 yards on a 72-yard touchdown drive to start the game, then Kyle Allen took over at quarterback and was 18 of 34 for 162 yards with a touchdown in pursuit of the backup quarterback job. The Bears had quarterback Justin Fields in the lineup for three drives but he left after moving the ball to the 9-yard line on the third possession so rookie Tyson Bagent could finish the drive in his bid to win the Bears backup quarterback job.
NFL – Bears waive QB Walker, clearing way for rookie Bagent to back up Fields
The Chicago Bears released quarterback P.J. Walker, clearing the way for rookie Tyson Bagent to back up Justin Fields. The Bears agreed to a two-year deal with Walker in March, only to see him struggle in camp. Bagent is now in line for the No. 2 spot, unless the Bears bring in another quarterback, after going undrafted following a record-setting career at Division II Shepherd University. The Bears also waived offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood while waiving offensive lineman Gabe Houy with an injury designation.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Indiana Fever 83, Atlanta Dream 80
Chicago Sky 90, Seattle Storm 85
Fever 83, Dream 80 – Wallace scores career-high 20, leads Fever over Dream 83-80
Kristy Wallace scored a career-high 20 points and buried three 3-pointers in the final 70 seconds as the Indiana Fever kept their playoff hopes alive with an 83-80 victory over the Atlanta Dream. Wallace, who came in averaging 6.1 points per game this season, sank 7 of 10 shots from the floor for Indiana (11-24), including 6 of 8 from beyond the arc. Kelsey Mitchell added 14 points and six assists, while Grace Berger scored 12 off the bench. NaLyssa Smith had a game-high 13 rebounds to go with eight points. Cheyenne Parker scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to notch her seventh double-double of the season for Atlanta (16-19). Rhyne Howard contributed 17 points and six boards. Allisha Gray scored 13 points after missing the previous two games with an ankle sprain.
Sky 90, Storm 85 – Williams, Copper rally Sky to 90-85 victory, eliminate Storm from playoff contention
Elizabeth Williams scored 23 points, Kahleah Copper added a double-double and the Chicago Sky rallied in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 90-85. Chicago (14-21) stayed in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs with the victory. The Sky trail the Los Angeles Sparks by 1.5 games for the eighth and final berth. Chicago is two games behind seventh-place Atlanta with five games left to play. Seattle (10-25) lost its third straight game and was eliminated from the playoffs.
Gymnastics – Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a decade after her first
A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star has won her record eighth U.S. Championship, a full 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, well clear of Shilese Jones in second and Leanne Wong in third. Biles will next compete at the world championships in Belgium this fall, where she will look to add to her record total of 25 medals at the meet.
Golf – PGA – Viktor Hovland wins FedEx Cup with the best 2 weeks of his career
Viktor Hovland is the FedEx Cup champion and it really wasn’t close. Hovland played the best golf of his career in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season. He capped it off at East Lake by winning the Tour Championship. Hovland started the final round with a six-shot lead and shot a 63. Xander Schauffele made him earn it. He shot a 62. Hovland played the final two weeks in 36-under par to win the last two FedEx Cup playoff events. Now it’s a question whether he gets consideration as the PGA Tour player of the year.
Golf – Champions – Singh wins PGA Tour Champions thanks to Paul Goydos’s triple bogey
Vijay Singh is a winner again on the PGA Tour Champions when he least expected it. Singh was one shot behind Paul Goydos in The Ally Challenge. Goydos was in the group behind him and took five putts from 18 feet for a triple bogey on the par-3 17th hole. Goydos went from leading by one shot to trailing by two. He wound up in a tie for third. Singh closed with a 68 and won by one shot over Jeff Maggert. It’s his fifth PGA Tour Champions title, but his first since he won at the end of 2018.
LLWS – California wins Little League World Series 6-5 over Curacao on walk-off homer
Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead. Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around the bases, leaping onto home plate before he was greeted by his teammates surrounding the batter’s box. The leadoff hitter in the sixth inning, Louis lofted the second pitch he saw just beyond the left field fence. Curacao tied the game in the fifth on Nasir El-Ossais’s grand slam to center. Nasir also drove in a run in the third. Jaxon Kalish and Lucas Keldorf drove in two runs each for California.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Lansing Lugnuts 4, Dayton Dragons 0
Cedar Rapids Kernels 7, South Bend Cubs 1
Great Lakes Loons 6, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 1
Peoria Chiefs 5, West Michigan Whitecaps 4 – 10 Innings
Tonight
No games tonight
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Association
Yesterday
Volleyball
Lake Michigan College 3, Southwestern Illinois College 0
Rock Valley College 3, Lake Michigan College 0
MHSAA – High School Football – Week 1
Saturday
Football
Union City 18, Centreville 16
Allegan 63, Cassopolis 33
Decatur 14, Galesburg-Augusta 6
8-Man Football
Twin Cities Sharks 36, Fennville 14
Gobles 67, Lawrence 0
Today
Boys Soccer
Lakeshore at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m.
Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.
Covert at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.
Niles at Berrien Springs, 6:00 p.m.
Watervliet at Constantine, 5:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Hackett at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Christian at Parchment, 6:00 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.
Buchanan at Paw Paw, 6:30 p.m.
Holland Black River at South Haven, 6:30 p.m.
Brandywine at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 5:00 p.m.
Bangor at Comstock, 6:00 p.m.
Otsego at Coldwater, 6:30 p.m.
Harper Creek at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.
Fennville at Allegan, 6:00 p.m.
Saugatuck at Fruitport Calvary Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Delton-Kellogg at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.
Marshall at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.
Byron Center at Kalamazoo Central
Volleyball
Paw Paw at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m.
Bangor at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m.
New Buffalo at Lawrence, 5:00 p.m.
Watervliet Grace Christian at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Fennville, 5:00 p.m.
Boys Tennis
Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m.
