In the Majors, Gary Sanchez homered and drove in 5 runs as the New York Yankees swept the crosstown Mets 7-5. The Yankees are four games behind first place Boston in the American League East and the two teams begin a three game series tonight at Fenway Park……Justin Smoak hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning with Josh Donaldson adding two solo homers as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 5-3. Donaldson has 11 home runs over his past 19 games and is batting .400 with 21 R-B-I’s so far in August. In other play, it was Cleveland and Minnesota splitting a doubleheader. Cleveland took the first game 9-3 and the Twins won the nightcap 4-2……Arizona 4 Houston 0…..Cincinnati 13 Chicago Cubs 10….AQtlanta 10 Colorado 4….St. Louis 11 Pittsburgh 7…..Texas 9 Chicago White Sox 8….Washington 2 San Diego 1 and San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 4.
The Chatham Ironmen clinched first place in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League with a 5-4 win over the Fredericton Royals. Tonight, the Royals host the Saint John Alpines to determine second and third place.
In the Canadian Football League, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their fourth straight game and handed the Edmonton Eskimos their first loss of the season 33-26.
Red Sox owner John Henry wants the city of Boston to change the name of Yawkey Way. Henry told the Boston Herald he’s haunted by the racist legacy of Tom Yawkey who owned the team from 1933 to 1976. The Red Sox were the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate, 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier.
NBA star Kevin Durant says he will not visit President Donald Trump at the White House if the champion Golden State Warriors are invited. Durant says he doesn’t respect Trump and doesn’t agree with what the President agrees with.
