MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Detroit Tigers 8, Seattle Mariners 3

Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Cubs were off

Tigers 8, Mariners 3 – Tigers rally early behind Schoop, beat Mariners 8-3

Jonathan Schoop homered and Isaac Paredes hit a go-ahead single as the Detroit Tigers rallied from a first-inning deficit and took advantage of three errors to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-3. Mitch Haniger put Seattle ahead against Tyler Alexander with the first of his two solo homers, but the Tigers rallied to take two of three from the Mariners, who have lost six of nine following a five-game winning streak. José Jiménez pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for his first win since last Aug. 26. Alex Lange threw the eighth and Gregory Soto pitched a perfect ninth to finish the six-hitter.

White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2 – Keuchel, Grandal lead White Sox past Blue Jays 5-2

Dallas Keuchel pitched six effective innings and Yasmani Grandal homered, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Led by Keuchel, Chicago closed out a 5-2 homestand and improved its AL Central lead to a season-high 4 1/2 games over idle Cleveland. Adam Engel also went deep, and reigning AL MVP José Abreu hit two RBI doubles. Marcus Semien and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each drove in a run for Toronto, which lost for the fourth time in six games. Hyun Jin Ryu pitched six innings of three-run ball in his second straight loss.

Today

St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

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

MLB – White Sox 2B Madrigal sidelined by torn right hamstring

White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal could miss the rest of the season after tearing his right hamstring, putting another key player on the team’s injured list. Madrigal was helped off the field after he tried to beat out a grounder in the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss to Toronto. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft had been rounding into form of late, batting .365 with two homers and 10 RBIs in his last 20 games. Manager Tony La Russa says the loss of Madrigal is a “big blow.”

MLB – Judge rejects effort to return MLB All-Star Game to Georgia

A Manhattan judge has rejected an attempt to force Major League Baseball to return next month's All-Star Game to Atlanta. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Carponi ruled Thursday against a not-for-profit organization representing small businesses. The lawsuit filed May 31 alleged that Major League Baseball acted unconstitutionally when it moved the game from the Atlanta Braves stadium to Denver after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. The rewrite of Georgia’s election rules followed former President Donald Trump’s repeated unproven claims of fraud after his presidential loss to President Joe Biden.

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Milwaukee Bucks 86, Brooklyn Nets 83                                      (BKN leads 2-1)

Utah Jazz 117, Los Angeles Clippers 111                                    (UTA leads 2-0)

Tonight

Philadelphia 76ers at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m.                           (Series tied 1-1)

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets, 10:00 p.m.                               (PHX leads 2-0)

NBA – Bulls' White has shoulder surgery

Chicago Bulls guard Coby White has had surgery on his left shoulder after injuring it over the weekend. The team says White was hurt “while engaged in basketball activities away from the team” and will be reevaluated in four months. White averaged 15.1 points and 4.8 assists while starting 54 of the 69 games he played in last season.

NHL – 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

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