In the Majors, The Red Sox broke their three game losing streak behind Rick Porcello, who’s 9 and 2, with an 8-2 win over Tampa Bay. Travis Shaw homered and drove in five runs for Boston…..Baltimore remained 4 and a half games ahead of the Red Sox after an 11-7 win over San Diego…..The Blue Jays got 18 hits in a 14-9 win over Colorado with Josh Donaldson driving in 3 runs and Troy Tulowitski hitting a homer…..The Yankees lost to Texas 7-1…….Cleveland has now won 11 in a row, its longest winning streak in 34 years, after downing Atlanta 5-3…… Baseball’s top pitching prospect Lucas Giolito allowed just one hit in four innings as Washington blanked the New York Mets 5-0. In other play, it was Detroit 7 Miami 5…..Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Milwaukee 5…..Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 0….St. Louis 8 Kansas City 4…..Philadelphia 4 Arizona 3….Houston 7 Los Angeles Angels 1….Seattle 5 Pittsburgh 2 and Oakland 13 San Francisco 11.
LeBron James has turned down his player option that would have paid him 24 million dollars next season and will become a free agent on Friday but says he has no intention of leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Montreal Canadiens have signed newly acquired Andrew Shaw to a six year contract and former Bruin forward Milan Lucic, who’s a free agent, is talking with the Edmonton Oilers.
The Saint John Sea Dogs have selected a 17 year old forward from Moscow, Alexander Vdovenko, who’s 6 foot four and weighs 200 pounds, at the import draft. He scored 9 goals and 24 points in 34 games with an under 17 team this past season in Russia.
The National Basketball League has added a team in Kitchener-Waterloo.
