In the Majors, Drew Pomeranz pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and Dustin Pedroia drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1. Pomeranz is now 10 and 4……The New York Yankees lost to Minnesota 6-1 to fall 4 and a half games back of Boston in the American League East…..Tampa Bay fell 3 games back after losing to Oakland 7-2…….The Los Angeles Dodgers won their 11th straight, 9-1 over the Chicago White Sox…..The Chicago Cubs won their sixth in a row, 8-2 over Atlanta….Kris Bryant of the Cubs had to leave the game and is now day to day after spraining a finger while sliding headfirst….Nolan Arenado hit three homers and drove in 7 runs for Colorado in an 18-4 win over San Diego.
In other play, it was Seattle 4 Houston 1….NY Mets 7 St. Louis 3….Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee 2 (10 innings)…..Baltimore 10 Texas 2…..Cincinnati 4 Arizona 3 (11 innings)…..Kansas City 4 Detroit 3 and the Los Angeles Angels 7 Washington 0.
Third baseman Pablo Sandoval, recently released by the Red Sox, might be returning to the San Francisco Giants who are last in the National League West.
In the Canadian Football League, the Ottawa Redblacks won their first game of the season, 24-19 over the Montreal Alouettes.
Sidney Crosby will bring the Stanley Cup back to Nova Scotia on his 30th birthday at the Halifax-Dartmouth Natal Day parade on August 7th.
