At the Canadian Junior Baseball Championship in Dartmouth, the Port City Pirates won their opener 8-2 over B-C with Shawn Reid getting the win. Devin Thomas had a homer and Adam Clark drove in three runs. The Pirates take on Manitoba this morning and Nova Scotia this afternoon.
In the Majors, the Jays, Orioles and Yankees had the night off……Dustin Pedroia’s two-run double capped a seven-run sixth inning sending the Red Sox to their fourth straight win, 9-4 over the Houston Astros.
It looks like Edwin Encarnacion will be rejoining the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend for their series in Chicago against the White Sox.
Rob Manfred has been elected baseball’s 10th commissioner to succeed Bud Selig and given a mandateto recapture young fans and speed up play in an era that has seen competition increase and attention spans decrease.
After a fifth place finish in the shot put, 22-year-old Christel Robichaud of Moncton won a silver medal in the discus at the Junior World Games of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports being held in Britain.
Tony Stewart will not race Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, skipping a second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup race since striking and killing a driver in a dirt track race at a small New York track.
The Sea Dogs’ first preseason game is tonight against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at 7:00 at Harbour Station and there’s no charge to get in. 3 players chose to leave training camp on their own to maintain their U.S. college eligibility. They are forwards Alex Kealey, Troy MacTavish and Reid Murphy.
The Detroit Red Wings announcing they have signed Executive Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland to a four year contract that will keep him with the Red Wings organization through the 2017-18 season.
