Hanley Ramirez hit an R-B-I single in the 19th inning as the Boston Red Sox broke a 3 game losing streak and outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 in a game that lasted 6 hours and ended earlier this morning……Baltimore edged the New York Yankees 7-6 on a two run homer by Manny Machado in the bottom of the 9th……Cleveland won its 13th in a row, 9-4 over the Chicago White Sox……Justin Verlander made his first start for Houston since being traded by Detroit and pitched six strong innings as the Astros downed Seattle 3-1. Elsewhere, it was Pittsburgh 4 Chicago Cubs 3…..Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 3…..St. Louis 8 San Diego 4….Washington 2 Miami 1….Philadelphia 9 NY Mets 1…..Detroit 13 Kansas City 2…..Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 1….Los Angeles Angels 8 Oakland 7 (10 innings)….Colorado 9 San Francisco 6 and Arizona 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (10 innings).
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has confirmed the Boston Red Sox used electronic communication from the dugout to steal opponents’ signs and relay them to Boston players. The New York Yankees filed a formal complaint against the Red Sox on July 18th. The Red Sox have filed their own complaint, accusing the Yankees of using a camera from their TV Network to steal signs.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Saint John Alpines begin their playoffs tonight. The Alpines and Fredericton Royals will play a best of 7 league semi final with game one in Fredericton. Game 2 is scheduled for Memorial Field tomorrow night at 7:30.
Retired NFLer Ray Lewis says the Baltimore Ravens chose not to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick after his girlfriend posted what Lewis calls a “racist” tweet featuring the former All-Pro linebacker and Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti.
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is eligible to play in Sunday’s season opener against the New York Giants despite an arbitrator upholding Elliott’s six game suspension stemming from a case of domestic violence.
