MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Detroit Tigers 7, Minnesota Twins 0

Chicago White Sox 4, Houston Astros 0

Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Chicago Cubs 4

Tigers 7, Twins 0 – Candelario, Tigers complete sweep of Twins with 7-0 win

Jeimer Candelario homered, drove in three runs and started two double plays as the Detroit Tigers finished a weekend sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 7-0 win. The game was the seventh in a row between the teams. Minnesota swept a four-game series at home immediately before the All-Star break before losing three in Detroit. The series was originally scheduled for four games, but Friday’s doubleheader was rained out. The Tigers swept a doubleheader on Saturday.

White Sox 4, Astros 0 – Rodón dominates through 7, White Sox blank Astros 4-0

Carlos Rodón allowed one hit through seven dominant innings, Yoán Moncada and Tim Anderson hit solo homers and the Chicago White Sox topped the Houston Astros 4-0. Danny Mendick and Adam Engel added RBI singles, and the White Sox stymied Astros hitters for the second straight game after losing their first five this season to Houston. Chicago has won seven of eight to move to the top of the American League standings. Rodón struck out 10 and walked none in this meeting of division leaders. Houston's Framber Valdez yielded four runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking two.

Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4 – Kelly, Escobar lead Diamondbacks over Cubs 6-4

Merrill Kelly threw eight solid innings, Eduardo Escobar hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-4 win over the Chicago Cubs. Kelly needed just 75 pitches to navigate the Cubs’ lineup through eight innings and threw 59 strikes. He was helped by two spectacular catches by Kole Calhoun. The D-backs have won five of the past six games Kelly has started. Joakim Soria earned his fourth save, one day after blowing a 2-1 lead by giving up three runs in the ninth.

Yesterday

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. – Game 1

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. – Game 2

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

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:00 p.m.

MLB – Padres, Nats recall harrowing scene after shots outside park

The San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals have finished playing, a day after their game was suspended when gunfire erupted outside the stadium. Washington police say three people were injured in the shooting. A woman suffered a graze wound to her back and two people who walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds were in stable condition. A chaotic scene quickly developed at Nationals Park in the sixth inning Saturday night when the shots began to echo all around the stadium. Players quickly cleared the field and fans scrambled for safety, some of them leaving the park and others taking cover. When play resumed Sunday, the Padres wrapped up a 10-4 win. The Nationals then won 8-7 in the regularly scheduled game.

NBA – 2021 NBA Finals – Best of 7

Tuesday – Game 6

Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks, 9:00 p.m.                                         (MIL leads 3-2)

NBA – Resilient Suns? Down 3-2 in Finals, it's time to find out

The Phoenix Suns like to believe they're a resilient bunch. Now is one of their few chances this season to prove it. The Suns will be facing an elimination game for the first time in this postseason when they travel to Milwaukee for Tuesday’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Phoenix won the first two games of the series before the Bucks rallied to win the next three, including Saturday’s thrilling 123-119 victory in Game 5. It’s the first time since January that the Suns have lost three straight games.

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