At the Olympics, Canada’s Derek Drouin won a gold medal in the high jump…..Canada lost 2-0 to Germany in women’s soccer and will now face Brazil in the bronze medal match on Friday…..In women’s basketball, Canada lost in the quarter finals to France 68-63. Canada has won 14 medals including 3 gold….Sprinter Andre De Grasse qualified in his heat for the Men’s 200 metre. The semi-final goes today with the final tomorrow.
In the Majors, the Toronto Blue Jays are all alone at the top of the American League East after homering their way to a 12-6 win over the New York Yankees….The Jays scored 8 runs in the 8th inning…..The Boston Red Sox got two homers and 5 runs batted in from Mookie Betts en route to a 5-3 win over Baltimore. The Jays lead the Orioles and Red Sox by one game. Elsewhere, it was the Chicago Cubs winning a doubleheader from Milwaukee, 4-0 and 4-1….Los Angeles Dodgers 15 Philadelphia 5 with former Phillie Chase Utley hitting two homers in his first appearance in Philadelphia since being traded last season……Kansas City 6 Detroit 1….Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 1….Minnesota 4 Atlanta 2….Cincinnati 6 Miami 3…..Tampaq Bay 15 San Diego 1….Texas 5 Oakland 4 (10 innings)…..St. Louis 8 Houston 5….Colorado 6 Washington 2….NY Mets 7 Arizona 5….Los Angeles Angels 7 Seattle 6 and Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 3.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Saint John Alpines lost to the Fredericton Royals 6-2 and are scheduled to play in Moncton tonight, weather permitting.
Kristen McKinley of Quispamsis has been chosen to play for Canada’s under 18 women’s hockey team in a three game series against the U.S. which begins tomorrow night in Calgary.
