Monday Sports – Tigers salvage series finale in Cincinnati

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MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 8, Cincinnati Reds 3
Washington Nationals 2, Chicago White Sox 1 – 10 Innings
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 0

Tigers 8, Reds 3 – Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee’s first MLB homer helps Tigers to an 8-3 win over the Reds
Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee hit his first MLB home run and Spencer Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game as the Detroit Tigers avoided a series sweep with an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Torkelson tied a Tigers record by homering in five consecutive games, joining Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames. JJ Bleday, making his Reds debut after being recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday, tied the score 2-all in the fourth with a 403-foot homer to center. Brant Hurter (3-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning to earn the victory for Detroit.

Nationals 2, White Sox 1 – F/10 – Abrams’ sacrifice fly, Tena’s pinch-hit HR in the 10th lift Nationals over Sox
CJ Abrams’ sacrifice fly scored automatic runner Daylen Lile from third in the 10th inning, pinch-hitter José Tena followed with a solo homer and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 for their second straight extra-innings win. After the teams played nine scoreless innings, Lile advanced to third on Jorbit Vivas’ groundout and scored when left fielder Tanner Murray injured himself making a diving catch on Abrams’ sinking liner. Tena followed with his first homer of the season off Chicago closer Seranthony Dominguez. The White Sox closed within 2-1 in the bottom half of the 10th when Tristan Peters singled in automatic runner Derek Hill from second with one out.

Dodgers 6, Cubs 0 – Wrobleski dazzles with 6 scoreless innings, wins 4th straight start as Dodgers beat Cubs, 6-0
Justin Wrobleski tossed six scoreless innings, becoming the first Dodgers pitcher since 2009 to win his first four starts. Los Angeles defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-0 in the series finale. Wrobleski allowed four hits, struck out six, and walked four. Shohei Ohtani hit an opposite-field home in the seventh, extending the Dodgers’ lead to 6-0. The Dodgers lead 5-0 in the sixth, with Dalton Rushing contributing an RBI single. The Cubs struggled to capitalize on opportunities, going 0-for-20 with runners on base. Cubs starter Shota Imanaga gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings in the loss.

Tonight
L.A. Angels (Kochanowicz 2-0) at Chicago White Sox (Kay 1-1), 7:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Boyd 1-1) at San Diego (Vásquez 2-0), 9:40 p.m.
Tigers are off.

NBA – 2026 National Basketball Association Playoffs – First Round (best of seven)
Yesterday
Toronto Raptors 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 89                           Series tied 2-2
San Antonio Spurs 114, Portland Trailblazers 93                     SAS leads 3-1
Boston Celtics 128, Philadelphia 76ers 96                              BOS wins 3-1
Houston Rockets 115, Los Angeles Lakers 96                           LAL leads 3-1

Tonight
Detroit Pistons at Orland Magic, 8:00 p.m.                             ORL leads 2-1
Oklahoma City Thunder at Phoenix Suns, 9:30 p.m.                    OKC leads 3-0
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets, 10:30 p.m.             MIN leads 3-1

NBA – Wemby returns, says he’s disappointed with the way his concussion was handled
After San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama returned from a concussion to play in Game 4 of the team’s first round series against the Portland Trail Blazers, he said he was disappointed with how the process was handled. The Spurs announced about an hour before tipoff that Wembanyama could play after clearing the league’s concussion protocol. He went on to score 27 points with 11 rebounds and seven blocks in a 114-93 San Antonio win. Wembanyama, the league’s first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, was ruled out of Game 3 on Friday in Portland because of the concussion.

NHL – 2026 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs – First Round (best of seven)
Last Night
Buffalo Sabres 6, Boston Bruins 1                                        BUF leads 3-1
Colorado Avalanche 5, Los Angeles Kings 1                             COL wins 4-0
Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Montreal Canadiens 2                           Series tied 2-2
Anaheim Ducks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 – OT                                ANA leads 3-1

Tonight
Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 p.m.                PHI leads 3-1
Vegas Golden Knights at Utah Mammoth, 9:30 p.m.                    UTA leads 2-1

NASCAR – Hocevar earns 1st Cup victory with last-lap pass at Talladega Superspeedway
Carson Hocevar has earned the first victory of his NASCAR Cup Series career, outdueling Chris Buescher with a last-lap pass at Talladega Superspeedway. Hocevar, who drives the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, joined Ty Gibbs on Sunday as the second first-time winner this season. Hocevar has made headlines for angering veterans with aggressive moves. He won in his 91st start in NASCAR’s premier series. The 23-year-old from Portage, Michigan, used a drafting push from Alex Bowman to edge past Buescher.

Golf – Nelly Korda wins Chevron Championship for 3rd major and returns to No. 1
Nelly Korda is a major champion for the third time and back to No. 1 in women’s golf. Korda put on a masterclass at The Chevron Championship. She polished off her wire-to-wire win at Memorial Park with a five-shot victory. The victory was enough for her to return to the top of the women’s world ranking for the first time since August. Korda started with a five-shot lead and no one got closer than four shots all day. She played conservatively down the stretch and missed out on a chance to set the tournament’s 72-hole scoring record.

Golf – A dramatic Zurich Classic win by the Fitzpatricks puts Alex on the PGA Tour
Matt Fitzpatrick and younger brother Alex combined for a 1-under 71 in alternate-shot play Sunday to pull out a dramatic, single-stroke victory in the Zurich Classic and usher the younger Fitzpatrick onto the PGA Tour through 2028. After the Englishmen had lost a four-stroke lead on the back nine, Matt Fitzpatrick, the third-ranked player in the world, stuck a bunker shot on the par-5 18th a foot from the hole to set up his brother’s winning putt for a tournament-record 31-under 257 total. Until then, the teams of Alex Smalley-Hayden Springer and Kristoffer Reitan-Kris Ventura had been tied for the lead at 258. Matt Fitzpatrick has three wins since March, including last weekend at Harbour Town.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Beloit Sky Carp 7, Great Lakes Loons 6
Lake County Captains 5, West Michigan Whitecaps 3
Quad Cities River Bandits 9, Lansing Lugnuts 5
Dayton Dragons 3, South Bend Cubs 0

MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Yesterday
Girls Flag Football
St. Joseph 75, Delton-Kellogg 0
Niles 20, Delton-Kellogg 0

Tonight
Girls Soccer
Battle Creek Lakeview at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.
Eau Claire at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m.
Michigan Lutheran at Watervliet, 6:00 p.m.
Mattawan at Kalamazoo Central, 6:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m.
Plainwell at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Paw Paw at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.
Niles at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.
Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m.
New Buffalo at Covert, 5:30 p.m.
Brandywine at Bangor, 5:30 p.m.
Coldwater at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m.
Holland Black River at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.
South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Saugatuck at Fennville, 5:00 p.m.
Constantine at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Allegan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Parchment at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.
Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 5:00 p.m.
Hartford at Comstock, 6:30 p.m.

Girls Tennis
St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m.
Gull Lake at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m.
Vicksburg at Niles, 4:00 p.m.
Paw Paw at Otsego, 4:00 p.m.
Sturgis at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m.
Buchanan at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Track and Field
Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m.

Boys Volleyball
St. Joseph at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.
Mattawan at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Central at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.

Baseball
River Valley at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Hartford at Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Heritage at Lawrence, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Bangor at White Pigeon, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

Softball
River Valley at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Harper Creek at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Howardsville Christian at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawton at Battle Creek Pennfield, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Hartford at Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Bangor at White Pigeon, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

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