MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 2

Cubs were off

Tigers 4, Royals 3 – Tigers beat Royals 4-3, KC's skid reaches 11 games

Michael Fulmer shut down Kansas City’s ninth-inning rally for his second save, and the Detroit Tigers’ won 4-3 to extend the Royals’ losing streak to 11 games. Detroit led 4-1 entering the ninth, but Kansas City scored twice of Gregory Soto on a groundout by Carlos Santana and an RBI single from Salvador Perez. Fulmer relieved Soto and got a popout from Jorge Soler and struck out Andrew Benintendi swinging to end it. The Royals led the AL Central at the start of this skid but are now 16-20.

White Sox 4, Twins 2 – White Sox beat Twins 4-2, stretch winning streak to 6

Tim Anderson and Jake Lamb homered, Billy Hamilton made a leaping catch at the wall to end a bases-loaded threat and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 for their sixth straight win. Lance Lynn struck out nine in five innings for Chicago, which has won seven of eight while sweeping two straight series. Liam Hendriks retired the last five Minnesota batters for his seventh save in nine chances. Max Kepler homered for the Twins, who have lost four straight and eight of nine to fall 10 games behind the AL Central leaders.

Today

Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. – Game 1

Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. – Game 2

Chicago Cubs at Detroit Tigers, 7:10 p.m.               94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 6:50

MLB – ESPN, MLB agree to 7-year rights extension through 2028

ESPN could be rewarded with additional playoff games under its new deal with Major League Baseball. Walt Disney Company and MLB announced a seven-year extension of their rights agreement Thursday. ESPN has aired games since 1990 and the new deal means that will continue until at least 2028. ESPN will exclusively air 30 regular-season games, with 25 taking place on Sunday nights. The other five will include a broadcast on opening day. ESPN also retains the rights to the Home Run Derby, which takes place the night before the All-Star Game.

NBA – National Basketball Association

Last Night

Chicago Bulls 114, Toronto Raptors 102

Milwaukee Bucks 142, Indiana Pacers 133

Bulls 114, Raptors 102 – LaVine, Markkanen lead Bulls past Raptors, 114-102

Zach LaVine scored 24 points, Lauri Markkanen added 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 114-102. The Bulls pulled within two games of idle Washington with two remaining for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final play-in spot. They led by 24 in the third quarter, with the Raptors holding out their best players, and came away with the win despite a big effort by Stanley Johnson. LaVine scored 16 in the second half. Markkanen made six 3-pointers — one shy of his season high. Johnson led Toronto with a career-high 35 points.

Bucks 142, Pacers 133 – Antetokounmpo, Bucks roll past short-handed Pacers, 142-133

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points, 15 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks wore down the short-handed Indiana Pacers in a 142-133 victory Thursday night. Indiana dressed just 10 players due to injuries and didn’t have a defensive answer for Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP who made 14 of 18 shots from the field — six on uncontested dunks — and hit 11 of 16 free throws. The Bucks moved within a game of the Brooklyn Nets for the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 playoff seed. Justin Holiday led the Pacers with 26 points.

Tonight

Denver Nuggets at Detroit Pistons, 8:00 p.m.

NFL – Bears coach Nagy going remote for minicamp

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will participate virtually in the team’s rookie minicamp this weekend rather than in ...