In the Majors, Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was taken to a nearby hospital in Houston for X-rays after being hit by a pitch in his rib area. The Red Sox edged the Astros 6-5 with Xander Bogaerts hitting two homers and driving in four runs……The Oakland A’s swept the New York Yankees, winning 4-3. The Yankees are back home after going 1 and 6 on their road trip out west. The Yankees and Red Sox are tied for first in the A-L East….Russell Martin hit a game tying homer in the sixth inning to help rally the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Kendrys Morales also hit a homer into the fourth deck of the Rogers Centre. Elsewhere, it was the Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Cincinnati 7…..NY Mets 5 Washington 1……Tampa Bay 9 Detroit 1…..Baltimore 8 St. Louis 5…..Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 1….Arizona 5 Philadelphia 4 (10 innings)…..Atlanta 5 Miami 4….Cleveland 5 Minnesota 2…..Milwaukee 2 San Diego 1….Seattle 7 Texas 3….Colorado 7 San Francisco 5 and Kansas City 7 Los Angeles Angels 3.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Moncton Fisher Cats shut out the Saint John Alpines 5-0 as Sam Lund threw a three hitter.
Former Saint John Sea Dog defenseman Nathan Beaulieu has been traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Buffalo Sabres for a third round draft pick.
In the New Brunswick Track and Field Championships, Craig Thorne of the Saint John Track Club broke the 15 second mark in the 110 meter hurdles. Adrian Kinney ran the province’s best time in the 100 meters of the season with a time of just under 11 seconds in the final.
Former UFC heavyweight Tim Hague of Alberta died at the age of 34 after getting knocked out in a boxing match Friday.
Bob Keopka won the U.S. Open by four shots with a 5 under par 67 in the final round.
Sky Sports in Britain has tweeted Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid is interested in the possibility of returning to Manchester United.
