MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Minnesota Twins 12, Detroit Tigers 9 – F/10

Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 4 – F/10

St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, PPD

Twins 12, Tigers 9 – F/10 – Polanco, Twins overcome late slam, walk off to sweep Tigers

Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending three-run homer in the 10th inning, and the Minnesota Twins completed a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a wild 12-9 victory. Polanco hit a full-count pitch from Derek Holland to left field for his 12th homer of the season. Catcher Jake Rogers had given the Tigers a 9-8 lead with a grand slam in the top of the ninth, but Twins catcher Ben Rortvedt tied it with a solo shot in the bottom half. Tyler Duffey pitched a scoreless 10th to get the win.

White Sox 7, Orioles 4 – F/10 – Engel's HR in 10th propels White Sox to season sweep of O's

Adam Engel hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox rolled into the All-Star break with a 7-5 victory over Baltimore to complete a season sweep of the Orioles. Andrew Vaughn homered twice for the White Sox, who have won five in a row and 10 of 13 overall. Chicago leads the AL Central by eight games over Cleveland. The White Sox went 7-0 against Baltimore this season. It is the first time in franchise history Chicago has swept a season series of at least seven games against any team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Pinch-hitter Trey Mancini’s two-out, two-homer run in the Orioles ninth made it 4-all. The O's have lost four in a row.

Cardinals at Cubs – PPD, Rain – Cardinals-Cubs postponed by rain, to be made up in September

Rain caused the Cubs and Cardinals to be postponed in Chicago. The game will be made up as part of a September 24 twinbill.

Tonight

No games tonight, All Star Break

Home run derby

MLB – Cubs' Davis 2 HRs in Futures Game, long balls begin at Coors

The Chicago Cubs’ Brennen Davis homered twice in the thin air of Coors Field and Cincinnati’s José Barrero, Colorado’s Michael Toglia and the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez also went deep to lead the National League over the American 8-3 in the Futures Game of top prospects. Davis, promoted to Double-A on June 1, sent a fourth-inning fastball from Minnesota’s Josh Winder to the trees beyond the center field wall, then hit a slider from Baltimore’s Marcos Diplan to left in the sixth, combining with Alvarez for consecutive home runs.

MLB – 2021 MLB Draft – Davis, Leiter, Jobe lead top 10 picks at MLB draft

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Louisville catcher Henry Davis with the first pick in baseball’s amateur draft, with the Texas Rangers then taking Vanderbilt pitcher Jack Leiter. Detroit followed with high school right-hander Jackson Jobe, Boston grabbed high school shortstop Marcelo Mayer and Baltimore rounded out the top five with college outfielder Colton Cowser. Rounding out the top 10 was Leiter's rotationmate at Vanderbilt, Kumar Rocker, who was selected by the New York Mets.

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – The Finals – Best of 7

Last Night

Milwaukee Bucks 120, Phoenix Suns 100                                    (PHX leads 2-1)

Bucks 120, Suns 100 – Bucks blowout: Giannis has 41, Suns' NBA Finals lead now 2-1

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks pounded Phoenix 120-100, cutting the Suns’ lead to 2-1 in the NBA Finals. The first Finals game in Milwaukee since 1974 went to the home team in a romp, with Antetokounmpo and the bigger Bucks overwhelming the smallish Suns to the tune of a 20-2 advantage in second-chance points. Game 4 is Wednesday night, with the series now guaranteed to go back to Phoenix afterward. Chris Paul had 19 points and nine assists, but the Suns got next to nothing from his star backc...