Major League Baseball
American League
Boston Red Sox 5 New York Yankees 4 ( 10 innings )
The Yankees led 4-2 in the bottom of the 9th before the Red Sox rallied
Boston leads the East by 1 game over Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay Rays 5 Cleveland Indians 4 ( 10 innings )
Yesterday, Tampa Bay acquired slugger Nelson Cruz in a deal with the Minnesota Twins.
Detroit Tigers 7 Texas Rangers 5
The Rangers are on a 9 game losing streak
Los Angeles Angels 3 Minnesota Twins 2
Oakland Athletics 4 Seattle Mariners 1
National League
San Francisco Giants 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
The Giants’ 2nd consecutive 9th-inning rally against the Dodgers featured a controversial check-swing call that led to the tying run and then a two-run single.
The Giants lead the Dodgers by 3 games atop the National League West
Atlanta Braves 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2
San Diego Padres 3 Miami Marlins 2
St.Louis Cardinals 3 Chicago Cubs 2
Today
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Mets
Steven Matz ( 6 & 4 ) vs Trevor Megill ( 0 & 0 )
7:10 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs 2:20 pm
Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles 7:05 pm
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies 7:05 pm
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox 7:10 pm
St.Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 pm
Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm
San Diego Padres at Miami Marlins 7:10 pm
Texas Rangers at Houston Astros 8:10 pm
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 8:10 pm
Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee Brewers 8:10 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Minnesota Twins 8:10 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants 9:45 pm
Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10 pm
Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners 10:10 pm
Intercounty Fastball
Rockwood Rush 15 Dundalk Smoke 0
Grand Valley Expos 6 Arthur Merchants 4
LPGA Evian Championship
at Evian-les-Bains, France
Day 2 is underway
Lee Jeong-eun was leading at 11 under par through 13 holes today
Brooke Henderson of Smith’s Falls, Ontario begins her 2nd round at 7:03 am
Henderson was 2 under par on Day 1 while Alena Sharp from Hamilton was 2 over after the 1st round.
PGA 3M Open
at TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota
Rickie Fowler, Troy Merritt & Jhonattan Vegas share the lead at 7 under par
The leaders all shot a 64 on Day 1
Two Canadians are in the top 10 after the opening round.
Roger Sloan is tied for 4th, 1 stroke back of the leaders while Adam Hadwin is 10th after opening with a round of 4 under par
Sloan is scheduled to tee off at 4:27 pm this afternoon and will start on the back 9.
ATP
at Gstaad, Switzerland
Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill was defeated by Vit Kopriva
Kopriva won 2-6, 6-3 & 6-2.
Olympics
Today is the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics.
International spectators were banned from the Games months ago, and Japan entered a state of emergency and local fans were barred as well.
NHL Draft
The National Hockey League Entry Draft begins tonight
The Buffalo Sabres will have the # 1 selection
The expansion Seattle Kraken will have the 2nd pick
Chantry Opens
The annual Chantry Chinook Classic begins at 1 minute after midnight tomorrow morning
Gary Byers will have derby updates throughout the Chantry
Weekdays: 7:20am and 5:20pm
Weekends: 7:20am, 1:20pm, and 5:20pm
Triathlon Gone
Plans to stage a triathlon in Owen Sound late this Summer have been cancelled.
The Owen Sound Subaru Triathlon was slated for September 12th, but the organizers have announced there will be no event and the hope is to conduct a major triathlon in the Subaru Series in 2022