In the Majors, the Boston Red Sox avoided a 4 game sweep with an 8-7 win over the Chicago White Sox in ten innings…..Xander Bogaerts drove in Mookie Betts from second with the winning run. The White Sox loaded the bases in the top of the 10th with no one out but reliever Craig Kimbrel shut them down. In other play, iot was San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 3…..Detroit 5 Seattle 4 (10 innings)…….Philadelphia 7 Minnesota 3….Atlanta 4 NY Mets 3…..San Diego 7 Cincinnati 4…..Miami 4 Chicago Cubs 2….Arizona 7 Colorado 6 and Oakland 5 Los Angeles Angels 4.
LeBron James has decided not to play in the Rio Summer Olympics for the U.S. basketball team.
The East Coast Games will get underway this afternoon with 16 hundred athletes in Saint John to take part in various sporting events into Sunday at different venues in the city.
