In the Majors, James Paxton allowed just four singles over seven innings to win his fifth consecutive start in July and Kyle Seager homered to give the Seattle Mariners a 4-0 win over the Boston Red Sox…..Tampa Bay failed to take advantage, losing 5-0 to Baltimore. The Rays have lost five in a row….Francisco Liriano pitched five innings to win for the first time in three starts for the Blue Jays and Russell Martin homered as Toronto downed the Oakland A’s 4-2 to break a three game losing streak. In other play, it was the Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 1…..Houston 13 Philadelphia 4….Cleveland 6 Cincinnati 2…..Kansas City 5 Detroit 3 (12 innings)…..St. Louis 8 Colorado 2…..Miami 4 Texas 0…..Arizona 10 Atlanta 2….NY Mets 5 San Diego 3…..Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Minnesota 4 and Puittsburgh 10 San Francisco 3.
Pitcher Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers is expected to miss from 4 to 6 weeks because of an injured back.
In the Canadian Football League, the Toronto Argonauts got a field goal on the final play of the game for a 27-24 win over the Ottawa Redblacks.
Ed Reevey of Riverside has a four shot lead at the Mid-Master Golf Championship in Bathurst.
