Friday Morning Sports Report

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THIS AFTERNOON…
Pittsburgh (Chris Archer) at Cubs (Yu Darvish), 2:20
TONIGHT…
Tigers (TBA) at Kansas City (Danny Duffy), 8:15
White Sox (Ivan Nova) at Oakland (Mike Fires), 10:07

ENTERING THE 2nd HALF OF THE SEASON…
-The Cubs are in 1st place in the NL Central, ½ game ahead of Milwaukee
-The White Sox are in 3rd place in the AL Central, 12½ games behind Minnesota
-The Tigers are in 4th place in the AL Central, 26 games behind Minnesota

MIDWEST LEAGUE LAST NIGHT…
South Bend 2, Kane County 1
Quad Cities 1, West Michigan 0
Lansing 3, Peoria 2
Great Lakes 3, Cedar Rapids 1
MIDWEST LEAGUE TONIGHT…
Kane County at South Bend, 7:35
Quad Cities at West Michigan, 7:05
Great Lakes at Cedar Rapids, 7:35
Lansing at Peoria, 7:35

TENNIS…
The women’s singles title match is set at Wimbledon as Serena Williams will face Simona Halep tomorrow. They both recorded straight set wins in their semifinal matches yesterday.
The men’s semifinals are on the schedule today.

GOLF…
Roberto Diaz shot a 9-under 62 to take the first-round lead in the John Deere Classic. Adam Long and Russell Henley are two shots behind Diaz entering today’s second round.