MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Colorado Rockies 13, Chicago Cubs 6

Tigers 4, Red Sox 2 – Miguel Cabrera's 498th homer helps Tigers top Red Sox 4-2

Miguel Cabrera hit his 498th home run and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2. Cabrera added a single, giving him 2,944 career hits and moving him one ahead of Frank Robinson for 36th place all-time. The Red Sox have lost a season-high five straight games, including an 0-4 start to a 10-game road trip. Tigers starter Wily Peralta allowed two runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, and five relievers combined to shut out the Red Sox in the final 4 1/3 innings. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances.

White Sox 7, Royals 1 – Cease blanks Royals for 6 innings, White Sox win 7-1

Dylan Cease allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, matching a season high with 11 strikeouts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Tuesday night. Tim Anderson and Andrew Vaughn homered for AL Central-leading Chicago, which had dropped three of four at fourth-place Kansas City last week. Cease walked two and threw 103 pitches, allowing only Edward Olivares’ leadoff single in the third inning, to nab his first win since June 30.

Rockies 13, Cubs 6 – Díaz hits slam, Freeland earns win as Rockies top Cubs 13-6

Elías Díaz hit a grand slam, Kyle Freeland got his first win in more than a month and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 13-6. Freeland pitched five innings and earned his first win since June 28 before being removed after the fifth inning with a left foot contusion. He was hit by a line drive with one out in the fifth, finished the inning and was replaced after throwing warmup pitches in the sixth. He allowed two runs on four hits and struck out five. Sam Hilliard also homered and C.J. Cron had three hits and three RBIs for the Rockies. Ian Happ homered for the Cubs, who played most of the game without manager David Ross. Ross was ejected in the second inning.

Tonight

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, 7:10 p.m.            103.7 Cosy-FM/94.9 WSJM-FM 6:50

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

Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 p.m.

NBA – AP source: DeRozan agrees to $85 million deal with Bulls

The Chicago Bulls made another major upgrade, acquiring high-scoring small forward DeMar DeRozan a day after adding point guard Lonzo Ball. The Bulls agreed Tuesday to a three-year, $85 million contract with DeRozan as part of a sign-and-trade with San Antonio. That's according to a person familiar with the deal who spoke on the condition of anonymity. It was not clear what the Spurs are getting in return. A four-time All-Star, DeRozan has averaged more than 20 points in each of the past eight seasons with Toronto and San Antonio.

NFL – QB Dalton impresses Bears with prized rookie Fields lurking

Chicago Bears Coach Matt Nagy is so confident his starting quarterback is ready he wouldn’t be too nervous if the NFL decided to open the season this week. That’s how strong an impression veteran Andy Dalton is making. The Bears open the preseason Aug. 14 against Miami, and their first regular-season game is Sept. 12 at the Los Angeles Rams. Dalton and prized rookie Justin Fields have plenty of work to do. All eyes are on the quarterbacks as the Bears get ready.

NFL – Vikings owner on league-low vax rate: 'We're very concerned'

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has been absent from practice this week due to COVID-19 protocols. Head coach Mike Zimmer has expressed deep frustration with his unvaccinated players. That has created some tension at the outset of training camp. The Vikings have continued to express confidence in their team chemistry to tam...