In the Majors, another big outing for Chris Sale who strikes out 11 in Boston’s 4-0 win over Seattle, allowing just three hits over seven innings. Sale now has a record of 13 and 4…..The New York Yankees remained one game back of the Red Sox after a 9-5 win over Cincinnati. Didi Gregorius hit his fourth homer in 3 games for the Yankees…..Tampa Bay kept pace with a 5-1 win over Baltimore….Justin Smoak hit a game tying two run homer and Kendrys Morales followed that with a game winning home run as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Oakland A’s 3-2.
In other play, it was Arizona 10 Atlanta 3….San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 1….Philadelphia 9 Houston 0….Washington 9 Milwaukee 5…..Chicago Cubs 8 Chicago White Sox 3…..Cleveland 10 Los Angeles Angels 4….Kansas City 16 Detroit 2….Miami 22 Texas 10…..St. Louis 10 Colorado 5……San Diego 6 NY Mets 3 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Minnesota 5.
The Saint John Alpines are at home tonight in New Brunswick Senior Baseball hosting the Moncton Fisher Cats at Memorial Field starting at 7:30.
Washington Nationals All-Star pitcher Stephen Strasburg is heading to the 10-day disabled list because of a nerve problem in his right forearm.
Wilfred Pilgrim of Fredericton won the New Brunswick Senior Men’s Golf Championship in a three hole playoff.
Ryan Spooner has agreed to a one year contract with the Boston Bruins to avoid going to arbitration. Last season, Spooner scored 11 goals with 28 assists in 78 games.
The NFL Network is reporting Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco could be out of the lineup for three to six weeks because of a disc issue in his back.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports brain damage was diagnosed in 87 percent of the donated brains of former football players, including all but one of 111 brains of former NFL’ers.
