In the Majors, Edwin Encarnacion hit a three run homer and Aaron Sanchez improved to 10 and 1 in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 win over Arizona……David Ortiz hit a three run homer and Rick Porcello improved to 12 and 2 as the Boston Red Sox shut out San Francisco and former Red Sox starter Jake Peavy, 4-0…..Starlin Castro drove in 4 runs for the New York Yankees in a 7-1 win over Baltimore. The Red Sox trail the Orioles in the A-L East by just half a game….The Jays are one and a half games back. In other play, it was the NY Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 1…Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Washington 4….Miami 2 Philadelphia 1 (10 innings)….Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee 2…Minnesota 6 Detroit 2….Cleveland 7 Kansas City 3…..Atlanta 5 Cincinnati 4 (11 innings)….Tampa Bay 10 Colorado 1….Los Angeles Angels 8 Texas 6 and Oakland 4 Houston 3…..The game between St. Louis and San Diego was rained out.
Pitcher Clayton Kershaw had a setback as he recovers from a lower back injury and his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers is now uncertain. He had been scheduled to pitch tomorrow against Washington. Outfielder Jose Bautista could be back with the Blue Jays on Monday. He has been sidelined since mid June with turf toe.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Saint John Alpines lost to the Fredericton Royals 6-5. They face eachother again tomorrow night at Memorial Field.
The world’s leading antidoping officials are calling for Russia to be excluded from this summer’s Rio Olympics after a report confirmed claims of government ordered cheating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
