In the Majors, Dallas Keuchel pitched a six hitter and struck out 12 in his second shutout in less than a month as the Houston Astros shut out the Yankees 4-0…..Matt Wieters hit a two run homer in Baltimore’s 8-6 win over the Red Sox…..The Orioles and idle Blue Jays are two games back of the A-L East leading Tampa Bay Rays with the Yankees a game and a half back.
In the National League, the Washington Nationals setting a team record with 41 and a third consecutive scoreless innings after a 7-0 win over Atlanta…..The Los Angeles Dodgers stayed one game ahead of San Francisco in the N-L West with a 4-0 win over the Cubs while the Giants also won, 13-8 over San Diego. The Central Division leading St. Louis Cardinals swept Miami 5-1.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Moncton Fisher Cats shut out the Saint John Alpines 6-0.
Boston Bruins have traded forward Carl Soderberg to the Colorado Avalanche for a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft.
The East Coast Games getting underway today……The actual competition starts at 5 this afternoon with basketball at U-N-B Saint John. There’s softball at Memorial Field at 6:30 and then at 8, there’s track and field at the Canada Games Stadium, more softball at Memorial Field and lacrosse at the L-B-R.
At the Women’s World Cup, the quarterfinals get underway with Germany facing France and the U.S. takes on China.
