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MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 1
Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Chicago Cubs 13, Atlanta Braves 2
Tigers 4, Yankees 1 – Fulmer wins 5th straight start, leads Tigers over Yankees
Detroit rookie Michael Fulmer dominated on Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, winning his fifth straight start while extending his scoreless streak to 28 1/3 innings to lead the Tigers over New York 4-1 Sunday. With Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson and several more Hall of Famers and World Series MVPs on hand for the pregame festivities, the 23-year-old Fulmer by far was the biggest star of the afternoon. Fulmer (7-1) blanked the Yankees on two hits for six innings and left with a 2.52 ERA. He’s won six consecutive decisions overall _ in a tremendous string of five starts, he’s yielded just one run and 13 hits in 34 1/3 innings. Fulmer struck out three and walked three, mixing a fastball in the mid-90s (mph) with an effective changeup. He escaped his only serious jam by retiring Carlos Beltran on a flyball with the bases loaded to end the fifth.
Royals 3, White Sox 1 – Ventura pitches Royals past White Sox 3-1
Yordano Ventura pitched seven sharp innings for Kansas City in his first start since he brawled with Manny Machado in Baltimore, and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday for their second straight win following an eight-game losing streak. Ventura (5-4) struck out a season-high 10 and walked one in his first win since May 17 against Boston, making the most of Kansas City’s run-scoring singles in the first and second. Salvador Perez added a leadoff homer down the left-field line in the ninth. The 25-year-old Ventura had been 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA in his previous four starts. The right-hander was suspended for nine games by Major League Baseball after he hit Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball in the fifth inning of a 9-1 loss Tuesday, leading to a benches-clearing fight. But he appealed the punishment and is allowed to pitch until the process is complete.
Cubs 13, Braves 2 – Lester allows no earned runs as Cubs rout Braves 13-2
Jon Lester earned his fourth straight victory after allowing no earned runs in seven innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 13-2 on Sunday to win their final series at Turner Field. Lester (8-3) has allowed only one earned run with no walks in three wins this month, lowering his ERA to 1.89. He gave up five hits to the Braves, his high mark of the month, with seven strikeouts. Chicago outscored Atlanta 21-4 in winning the final two games of the three-game series. Javier Baez hit a three-run homer off Chris Withrow to cap the Cubs’ six-run eighth inning. Anthony Rizzo drove in three runs with three hits. David Ross had two hits and also drove in two runs, one on a base-loaded walk from Alexi Ogando in Chicago’s three-run seventh.
Tonight
Detroit (Matt Boyd 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (James Shields 2-8), 8:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 7:45
Chicago Cubs (Kyle Hendricks 4-5) at Washington (Max Scherzer 7-4), 7:05 p.m.
NASCAR – FireKeepers Casino 400 – Logano wins at Michigan
Joey Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400, becoming the 10th driver to win a NASCAR race this season. The pole-setter moved past rookie Chase Elliott on lap 153 Sunday and stayed ahead for the 15th Sprint Cup series victory of his career in the 15th race of the year. Elliott finished a career-best second, followed by Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick at Michigan International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished 39th out of 40, is the only winner from 2015 that is winless this year. NASCAR’s latest aerodynamic package made its debut, hoping to create more competitive racing. The setup included, for the first time in more than a decade, reducing the downforce to 1,500 pounds and shortening the spoiler to 2.5 inches.
NHL – 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Finals (Best of 7)
Last Night – Game 6
Pittsburgh Penguins 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (PIT wins 4-2)
Penguins 3, Sharks 1 – Pens hoist Cup for fourth title after turnaround season
The Pittsburgh Penguins earned their second Stanley Cup since 2009 by beating San Jose 3-1 to win the NHL championship in six games. Kris Letang scored his third goal of the playoffs at 7:46 of the second period to give the Penguins the go-ahead goal.
NBA – 2016 NBA Finals (Best of 7)
Tonight – Game 4
Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors, 9:00 p.m. (GSW leads 3-1)
NBA – Warriors’ Green suspended for Game 5
The Golden State Warriors can clinch their second straight NBA title Monday night, but they’ll have to do it without forward Draymond Green. The NBA suspended Green for Game 5 because of a flagrant foul committed in Game 4 when the Warriors took a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Seattle Storm 90, Indiana Fever 88
Phoenix Mercury 86, Chicago Sky 80
Storm 90, Fever 88 – Loyd, Storm hold on for 90-88 win over Fever
Jewell Loyd scored 20 points, including two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play, and the Seattle Storm beat the Indiana Fever 90-88 on Sunday night. Crystal Langhorne added 17 points, Sue Bird had 16, and Jenna O’Hea scored 10 for the Storm (4-6). Rookie Breanna Stewart had seven points, five rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots.
Mercury 86, Sky 80 – Taurasi, Bonner help Mercury rally, beat Sky 86-80
Diana Taurasi scored 31 points, DeWanna Bonner added 20 and the Phoenix Mercury made 13 of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter to overcome a 14-point deficit and beat the Chicago Sky 86-80 Sunday night. Elena Delle Donne led the Sky (5-5) with 18 points. Pondexter scored 15 and Vandersloot finished with 11 points.
Golf – PGA – Berger posts first career win
Daniel Berger finished 13 under par to win the PGA’s St. Jude’s Classic. The 23-year-old Berger posted a three-shot victory over Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka (KEHP’-kuh) and Steve Stricker. This is the final PGA Tour event before the U.S. Open starts Thursday at Oakmont.
Golf – Champions – Langer wins again
Two-time defending champion Bernhard Langer is now a three-time defending champion of the Champions Tour Constellation Senior Players Championship. He finished 1-over-par for a one stroke win over Joe Durant and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Langer won despite shooting a 3-over-73 in the final round.
Golf – LPGA – Henderson wins playoff
Brooke Henderson beat top-ranked Lydia Ko with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after overcoming a three-shot deficit on the back nine. The 18-year-old Canadian, ranked No. 4 in the world, closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65 to match Ko at 6-under 278. Ko finished with a 67.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Bowling Green 6, South Bend 0
Lansing 5, West Michigan 3 – 11 innings
Lake County 4, Great Lakes 3
Tonight
Great Lakes at Lansing, 5:35 p.m. (DH)
South Bend at Dayton, 7:00 p.m.
West Michigan at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.
