MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 1

Kansas City Royals 9, Chicago White Sox 1

Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado Rockies 2

Red Sox 4, Tigers 1 – Rodriguez helps Red Sox top Tigers 4-1, snap 5-game skid

Eduardo Rodriguez struck out 10 in five shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Rodriguez allowed two hits and four walks in helping Boston end its longest losing streak of the season. J.D. Martinez, Enrique Hernandez and Jarren Duran homered for the Red Sox. Boston pitchers struck out 18 batters, with Matt Barnes getting two as he pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances. Casey Mize gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk in five innings. He struck out three and allowed all three Boston homers.

Royals 9, White Sox 1 – Pérez hits 2-run HR as Royals roll to 9-1 win over White Sox

Salvador Pérez hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals went deep four times to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-1. Kansas City ended a four-game losing streak, while the AL Central-leading White Sox lost for the eighth time in 13 games. Royals starter Carlos Hernández yielded only two hits over five innings in beating the White Sox for the second time in seven days. Hernández has allowed six hits while striking out 10 in his last 11 innings against Chicago. Pérez launched his 27th homer in the third, tying his career high.

Cubs 3, Rockies 2 – Wisdom's 3-run double lifts Cubs over Rockies, 3-2

Patrick Wisdom hit a three-run double to back a solid outing from Alec Mills and lead the Chicago Cubs past the Colorado Rockies 3-2. Mills overcame a rocky start to pitch six innings and earn his first win since July 7, and Wisdom finished with three hits. Manuel Rodriguez gave up a two-out single in the ninth but got Sam Hilliard on a comebacker to pick up his first career save. Raimel Tapia had two doubles and nearly made a run-saving catch in the sixth for Colorado.

Tonight

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, 1:10 p.m.            103.7 Cosy-FM/94.9 WSJM-FM 12:50

Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 8:10 p.m.

MLB – MLB season starts March 31, again with every team scheduled

Major League Baseball will open the 2022 season on March 31 and will try for the fourth time to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968. The league released the full schedule on Wednesday. MLB tried to have all 30 clubs play on the same opening day for three of the past four seasons, but it never happened because of weather and other factors. Complicating matters next year is a potential work stoppage. The collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the players’ association expires Dec. 1. Given the acrimonious relationship between the sides, a lockout or strike appears possible.

NFL – National Football League Preseason – Hall of Fame Weekend

Tonight

Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:00 p.m.

NFL – Don't expect starters in Cowboys-Steelers Hall of Fame game

If you’re looking for stars during Hall of Fame enshrinement week, concentrate on the museum itself and the inductions this weekend. You won’t find many, if any, stars playing Thursday night when the NFL preseason begins with Dallas playing Pittsburgh. Indeed, with the number of preseason games reduced from four to three, with the exception of the Cowboys and Steelers, the opportunity to see the big names on the field will be diminished further. For Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, the Hall of Fame game carries importance as a trial for guys on the back end of the roster, and for backups at key positions.

NFL – Lions defense a work in progress, has nowhere to go but up

Defensively,