Shelley Doucet of Quispamsis, who did well running in the Boston Marathon, won marathon gold at Francophone Games.
In the Majors, Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning for the Los Angeles Angels in a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox to take two out of three in the weekend series. Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons also homered for the Halos……The New York Yankees are 2 and a half games back of Boston in the American League East after a 6-4 win over Seattle. Didi Gregorius hit two solo homers for New York…..Tampa Bay lost to Texas 6-5 to remain 3 and a half games back of the Red Sox…..Corey Kluber struck out 14 Blue Jays in Cleveland’s 8-1 win over Toronto.
In the National League, Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw left the game with tightness in his back and is headed for the 10 day disabled list…..The Dodgers won over Atlanta 5-4 in 10 innings and lead the West by 10 and a half games over Colorado…..The Chicago Cubs are tied for first in the Central Division with Milwaukee after a 5-3 win over St. Louis with Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber hitting home runs for Chicago. In other play, it was Oakland 3 NY Mets 2….Cincinnati 6 Miami 3…..Baltimore 9 Houston 7…..Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 3…..Detroit 9 Minnesota 6…..Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 4….Colorado 13 Pittsburgh 3….San Diego 5 San Francisco 2 and Washington 6 Arizona 2.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball over the weekend, the Saint John Alpines split two with Charlottetown, losing the first 3-0 but winning the second game, 3-1.
In Junior play, the Alpines lost twice to Chatham, 5-3 and 8-0.
Jordan Speith rallied from being one shot down with five holes left to win the British Open by three shots.
The Saint John Wanderers and Moncton Mustangs will face eachother next Saturday afternoon at Shamrock Park for the Maritime Football League title. Saint John advanced with a 35-0 win over the Prince Edward Island Mariners while Moncton defeated the Nova Scotia Buccaneers 35-12.
