MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Detroit Tigers 14, Texas Rangers 0

Minnesota Twins 3, Chicago White Sox 2 – F/8 – Game 1

Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/7 – Game 1

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Tigers 14, Rangers 0 – Cabrera drives in 5 in Detroit's 14-0 rout of Texas

Miguel Cabrera drove in five runs, including a bases-loaded double in a four-run fifth inning, and the Detroit Tigers went on to defeat the Texas Rangers 14-0. The Rangers have lost six straight, the last three by a combined score of 29-0. The last major league team to allow that many runs while being shut out in three straight games was the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas, who were outscored 31-0 between July 6-9. Akil Baddoo had four RBIs and scored three times.

Twins 3, White Sox 2/White Sox 5, Twins 3 – Sheets' homer gives White Sox doubleheader split with Twins

Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a game-ending three run homer in the bottom of the seventh, giving the Chicago White Sox a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a doubleheader. Minnesota won the opener 3-2 in eight innings, but the White Sox avoided a sweep when Sheets turned on a 3-1 fastball from Twins ace José Berrios and drove it deep to right for his fifth home run. Berrios entered the seventh having allowed only two hits — solo shots by José Abreu and Yoán Moncada. Then Brian Goodwin led off with a single and Berrios hit Andrew Vaughn with a pitch. A wild pitch moved the runners up, and Sheets connected to win the game for Chicago.  In the first game Nelson Cruz homered and had an RBI sac fly giving the Twins a 3-2 win in the opening game of their doubleheader in 8 innings.

Cardinals 8, Cubs 3 – Carlson homers, drives in 4 runs as Cardinals beat Cubs 8-3

Dylan Carlson homered and drove in four runs, Jake Woodford pitched 5 2/3 strong innings in his first start of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3. Woodford, who was recalled from Triple-A Memphis prior to the game, struck out six and didn’t allow a walk. Carlson’s four RBIs tied a career high set earlier this season on April 7 against Miami. Only one of the five runs allowed by Cubs starter Alec Mills was earned.

Yesterday

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

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

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 p.m.

NBA – 2021 NBA Finals – Best of 7

Tonight

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

NBA – History awaits: Bucks try to focus with championship chance

The Bucks are on the verge of making history as Milwaukee's first NBA champion since 1971. But Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Bucks can't think about what happens if they beat the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night in Game 6. He says it's hard but they can't get ahead of themselves and have to stay in the moment. They have set up the potential party 50 years in the making by winning the last three games. The Suns are facing elimination for the first time in this postseason. But they are confident they can send the series back to Phoenix for Game 7 on Thursday.

NHL – Nashville prospect comes out as gay in NHL milestone

A Nashville Predators prospect has come out as gay. Luke Prokop posted on Twitter he is no longer scared to hide who he is. The 19-year-old Canadian was a third-round pick in the 2020 draft last fall. He is set to attend his first NHL camp after playing junior hockey last season in the Western Hockey League. Prokop says he hopes his example shows that gay people are welcome in the hockey community. No active NHL player has come out as gay. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib in June became the first active NFL player to come out.