Pittsburgh won the opener of the Stanley Cup final 5-3 over Nashville. The Penguins squandered a 3 goal lead but rookie Jake Guentzel fired the winner with 3:17 left in regulation time. The second game will be played Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.
In the Majors, Red Sox pitcher David Price made his first start since suffering elbow trouble and went five innings but Boston lost to the Chicago White Sox 5-4. Former Blue Jay Melky Cabrera homered and drove in four runs for the White Sox. Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia suffered a sprained wrist after falling over White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu……Troy Tulowitzki hit his fourth career grand slam, Justin Smoak had a three run homer and Russell Martin, a two run shot as the Toronto Blue Jays beat up on Cincinnati 17-2. Blue Jay starter Marcus Stroman won his fifth straight decision……Baltimore ended its 7 game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees, capitalising on an error by second baseman Starlin Castro. In other play, it was Houston 16 Minnesota 8 with the Astros scoring 11 runs in the 8th inning and overcoming an 8-2 deficit…..Los Angeles Dodgers 5 St. Louis 1….Seattle 6 Colorado 5….Washington 3 San Francisco 0 with Bryce Harper charging the mound and exchanging punches with pitcher Hunter Strickland after being hit by a pitch…..Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 3 on a walkoff homer by Andrew McCutcheon…..Cleveland 5 Oakland 3…..NY Mets 4 Milwaukee 2…..San Diego 5 Chicago Cubs 2……Detroit 10 Kansas City 7…..Miami 4 Philadelphia 1….Tampa Bay 10 Texas 8 and Atlanta 6 Los Angeles Angels 3.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels will be out of action for 6 to 8 weeks after spraining his thumb while sliding head first into second base Sunday in Miami.
It’s estimated the swim meet that was held last weekend at the Aquatic Centre with swimmers from the Maritimes and Quebec generated $70 thousand in economic spinoffs for the city.
Tiger Woods is claiming it was pain medication that caused him to drive erratically and not alcohol consumption when he was arrested for driving under the influence.
