The Fredericton Royals blanked the Saint John Alpines 5-0 in the 7th and deciding game of their New Brunswick Senior Baseball League semifinal with Shane Kraemer picking up the shutout. The Royals now face Moncton in the championship final.
In the Majors, the Boston Red Sox maintain a 3 game lead over the New York Yankees with 13 games left to play. The Red Sox lost to Tampa Bay 3-2 and the Yankees lost to Baltimore 6-4….The Houston Astros clinched the American League West with a 7-1 win over Seattle. Detroit shut out the Chicago White Sox 12-0 as Matthew Boyd of the Detroit Tigers lost a no hitter with two out in the 9th when Tim Anderson hit a double….. In the National League, the Central Division leading Chicago Cubs won their 6th in a row, 4-3 over St. Louis. Elsewhere, it was Minnesota 13 Toronto 7…..Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2…..Cleveland 3 kansas City 2…..Oakland 6 Philadelphia 3….NY Mets 5 Atlanta 1…..Milwaukee 10 Miami 3…..San Diego 4 Colorado 3…..Texas 4 Los Angeles Angels 2…..San Francisco 7 Arizona 2 and Washington 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 1.
In the NFL, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 36-20 win over New Orleans…….Denver blew out Dallas 42-17……Pittsburgh and Oakland both improved to 2 and 0 with the Steelers winning over Minnesota 26-9 with Ben Roethlisberger throwing two touchdown passes and the Raiders downing the Jets 45-20 as Derek Carr threw three touchdown passes to wide receiver Micheal Crabtree. Atlanta outscored Green Bay 34-23 in spite of Aaaron Rodgers throwing for 343 yards and 2 touchdowns. In other play, it was Tampa Bay 29 Chicago 7……Carolina 9 Buffalo 3…..Baltimore 24 Cleveland 10…..Arizona 16 Indianapolis 13 (OT)…..Kansas City 27 Philadelphia 20…..Tennessee 34 Jacksonville 16…..Miami 19 Los Angeles Chargers 17…..Seattle 12 San Francisco 9 and Washington 27 Los Angeles Rams 20.
In the CFL, the Ottawa Redblacks over the Montreal Alouettes 29-11 to take top spot in the East.
In high school field hockey from the weekend, Harbour View High over Saint John High 6-0.
