In the Majors, Albert Pujols lined a go ahead single during a four run rally in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels downed the New York Yankees 10-5. Aaron Judge his his major league leading 25th homer of the season…….Carlos Gomez hit two homers and drove in 5 runs as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 to split the four game series.
In the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers hit three more homers to sweep the New York Mets in a four game series, 6-3…..Arizona beat Colorado 10-3 with Paul Goldschmidt of the D-backs driving four runs to give his 64 R-B-I’s, to lead the Majors. The Dodgers lead the division by one and a half games over Arizona and Colorado. In other play, it was Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 1……Chicago Cubs 11 Miami 1 and Hoston 12 Oakland 9.
The East Coast Games begin this afternoon at 1:00 with baseball and basketball. The competition continues through the weekend with more than 2 thousand athletes, their friends an families. It’s estimated the economic impact for the Saint John economy could be as high as half a million dollars.
The Canadian Football League’s regular season opened with Montreal getting by Saskatchewan 17-16.
