In the Majors, Mitch Moreland and Hanley Ramirez hit back to back home runs and Andrew Benintendi later connected off Masahiro Tanaka as the Boston Red Sox got by the New York Yankees 5-4….Oakland downed the Toronto Blue Jays for the second night in a row, 4-1……Max Scherzer struck out 14 in Washington’s 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers…..Houston’s 11 game winning streak came to an end as the Astros lost to Kansas City 9-7……The Chicago Cubs won their fifth in a row, 10-2 over Miami. Elsewhere, it was Baltimore 6 Pittsburgh 5 (10 innings)…..Los Angeles Angels 5 Detroit 3……Cincinnati 13 St. Louis 1…..Chicago White Sox 4 Tampa Bay 2…..Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 1…..Milwaukee 5 San Francisco 2…..Texas 10 NY Mets 8…..Colorado 11 Cleveland 3…..Arisona 10 San Diego 2 and Seattle 12 Minnesota 3.
The 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers have been voted as the Greatest NHL team of all time in an on-line vote by hockey fans. The 1992 Pittsburgh Penguins, 1977 Montreal Canadians, 1988 Oilers and ’87 Oilers round out the top five.
