MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Detroit Tigers 8, Oakland A’s 6

Chicago White Sox 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota Twins 0

Tigers 8, Athletics 6 – Cabrera hits career homer No. 502, Tigers beat Athletics 8-6

Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, No. 502 of his career, and drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh inning as the Detroit Tigers snapped a four-game skid with an 8-6 win over the Oakland Athletics. Akil Baddoo and Harold Castro homered and drove in two runs apiece for Detroit, which had lost 12 straight at home to Oakland. Joe Jimenez (5-1) tossed an inning of scoreless relief for the win, and Gregory Soto earned his 17th save. Matt Olson drove in three runs for the A’s, who had won three straight.

White Sox 6, Pirates 3 – Rookie Sheets hits 2 HRs, White Sox beat Pirates 6-3

Rookie Gavin Sheets hit two home runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Sheets, who was promoted from Triple-A Charlotte before the game, hit a three-run homer off Max Kranick (1-3) with two out in the fourth inning to snap a scoreless tie. White Sox starter Carlos Rodon (10-5) pitched five innings of five-hit ball.

Cubs 3, Twins 0 – Schwindel homers, Cubs shut down Twins hitters in 3-0 win

Frank Schwindel hit a three-run homer and a pair of Chicago Cubs pitchers combined on a two-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Justin Steele won for the first time since joining the Cubs’ rotation on Aug. 10. The rookie left-hander gave up one hit, walked three and struck out three over five innings, lowering his ERA to 3.48. Adbert Alzolay worked the final four innings to earn his first career save. He allowed one hit and struck out five. Schwindel’s drive in the third was all the Cubs mustered against U.S. Olympic pitcher Joe Ryan, who made his major league debut for the Twins.

Today

Oakland A’s at Detroit Tigers, 1:10 p.m.                           94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 12:50

Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

White Sox are off

MLB – AP Source: Smoltz, Leiter refuse vaccine, will work remotely

John Smoltz and Al Leiter are not making in-studio appearances for MLB Network after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because they aren’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel matters. Smoltz and Leiter will still do analysis for studio shows but it will be remotely instead of from the network’s Secaucus, New Jersey, studio. The MLB Network’s policy making it mandatory for all employees to be vaccinated took effect Wednesday.

NCAAFB – College Football – Big Ten

Tonight

(4) Ohio State at Minnesota, 8:00 p.m.

NCAAFB – Transfer time: New rule brings college football free agency

This season will be the first since the NCAA tweaked its rules to give all football players the freedom to transfer once and be immediately eligible to play at a new school. Full-on college football free agency is here. Teams can now revamp their rosters and bolster their depth charts much the way its done in the NFL. No team in college football has more riding on transfers this season than Florida State. The Seminoles have 14 transfers on the roster this season.

NCAA – Michigan State names Haller as new athletic director

Michigan State has named deputy athletic director and Spartan football alumnus Alan Haller its new athletic director. Haller has been deputy athletic director since 2019 and with the athletic department since 2010. The former campus police lieutenant played for coach George Perles before a three-year NFL career. Haller chaired the search for the university’s sixth chief of police and has also serv...