In the Majors, Cleveland won its 18th in a row, 3-2 over Baltimore and now has the best record in the American League, just three wins short of the best mark for consecutive wins that was set by the Chicago Cubs back in 1935…….The Boston Red Sox lost to Tampa Bay 4-1 as Rick Porcello, who won the Cy Young Award last year, lost his 17th of the season……The New York Yankees are now 3 and a half games back of the Red Sox after a 16-7 win over Texas with Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez each hitting two homers.
In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost their 10th straight, 8-1 to Colorado……Milwaukee swept the Cubs, 3-1 to move just two games back in the Central Division. St. Louis is also just two back after a 7-0 win over Pittsburgh…….Washington clinched the National League East with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia.
Elsewhere, it was Toronto 8 Detroit 2….Cincinnati 10 NY Mets 5……Atlanta 10 Miami 8 (11 innings)…..Chicago White Sox 8 San Francisco 1…..Kansas City 11 Minnesota 3…..Oakland 10 Houston 2…..Los Angeles Angels 5 Seattle 3 and Arizona 3 San Diego 2.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the semi final between the Saint John Alpines and Fredericton is tied at one game each after the Alpines won the second game in extra innings, 5-4. Game three will be played tonight in Fredericton with game four tomorrow night at Memorial Field with a 7:30 start.
In the NFL last night, it was Dallas over the New York Giants 19-3 as Jason Whitten set a Cowboy record for yards receiving……Earlier, Green Bay downed Seattle 17-9……Pittsburgh over Cleveland 21-18 as Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes. Steeler rookie T.J. Watt made history by becoming the first rookie in three decades to record two sacks and one interception in his first game. In other play, it was Detroit 35 Arizona 23….Philadelphia 30 Washington 17…..Atlanta 23 Chicago 17….Jacksonville 29 Houston 7…Buffalo 21 NY Jets 12……Oakland 26 Tennessee 16…..Baltimore 20 Cincinnati 0….LA Rams 46 Indianapolis 9 and Carolina 23 San Francisco 3.
Former Chicago Blackhawk defenseman Pierre Pilote has died at the age of 85. He won the Norris Trophy as the best defenseman in the NHL three times in the 1960’s.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his third U.S. Open championship by defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa in straight sets.
