In the Majors, the Arizona Diamondbacks downed the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 for their fifth straight win. Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada had only allowed two hits when he had to leave the game in the 6th inning because of tightness in his back….Chris Sale improved to 12 and 2 while striking out 9 as the Chicago White Sox took their second straight from the Boston Red Sox 3-1…..The Yankees lost to Colorado 8-4. A-L East leading Baltimore also lost 10-7 to San Diego. In other play, it was San Francisco 15 Pittsburgh 4….Cleveland 6 Tampa Bay 0…..Detroit 4 Seattle 2…..NY Mets 2 Kansas City 1….AZtlanta 3 Miami 2 (10 innings)….St. Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 3….Cincinnati 8 Texas 2….Minnesota 14 Philadelphia 10…Houston 3 Los Angeles Angels 2….Oakland 5 Milwaukee 3 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Washington 2.
Mario Gomez scored and Germany won Group C at Euro 2016 by winning 1-0 over Northern Ireland who secured their own place in the knockout stage after Turkey defeated the Czech Republic 2-0…..Croatia upended Spain 2-1 with a late winner and penalty save…..Poland advanced to the knockout stage with a 1-0 win over Ukraine.
Forward Vincent Lecavalier is retiring from the NHL after 17 seasons.
In the NBA, centre Dirk Nowitski of the Dallas Mavericks has opted for free agency.
