he Saint John Sea Dogs kick off the regular season tonight at 7:00 against Halifax at Harbour Station. Last year’s championship season will be recognised with the raising of the 2017 President Cup banner.
The Saint John Riptide have announced guards Darin Mency and Jabs Newby will be back for the upcoming National Basketball season.
In the Majors, Boston Red Sox lefthander Chris Sale struck out 13 to reach the 300 strikeout mark for the season in a 9-0 win over Baltimore to clinch a playoff berth…….Aaron Judge hit his 45th home run of the season, best in the American League and passed 100 runs batted in while Didi Gregorius surpassed Derek Jeter for the most home runs by a Yankees shortstop in an 11-3 win over Minnesota. A young girl at Yankee Stadium was struck in the face by a 105 mile per hour line drive and was taken to hospital…..The Toronto Blue Jays lost to Kansas City 15-5. In other play, it was Philadelphia 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 5….Tampa Bay 8 Chicago Cubs 1…..Washington 7 Atlanta 3….Houston 4 Chicago White Sox 3….Oakland 3 Detroit 2…..Miami 9 NY Mets 2…..San Francisco 4 Colorado 0….Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 4…..St. Louis 9 Cincinnati 2……Arizona 13 San Diego 7…..Cleveland 6 Los Angeles Angels 5 and Texas 8 Seattle 6.
Former major league outfielder Raul Mondesi has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the Dominican Republic for corruption and the mishandling of public funds while mayor of San Cristobal. Mondesi was the 1994 National League Rookie of the Year. He was convicted of defrauding more than $6 million during his time as mayor from 2010 to 2016.
