Weekday Morning Sports – Monday 8/21/17

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95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports     @wsjmsports     wsjmsports.com     Monday, August 21, 2017

MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Chicago White Sox 3, Texas Rangers 2
Chicago Cubs 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 – 10 innings

Tigers 6, Dodgers 1 – No hits till 6th: Verlander, Tigers top Maeda, Dodgers 6-1
Justin Verlander and Kenta Maeda both took no-hitters into the sixth inning, but only Verlander was able to keep his outstanding performance going as the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Sunday.  Verlander (9-8) allowed a home run to Curtis Granderson in the sixth. But shortly after his no-hit bid ended, the Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the inning against Maeda. The Los Angeles right-hander retired the first 15 Detroit batters before allowing five hits in the sixth. The homer by Granderson was one of only two hits off Verlander. He walked one and struck out nine in eight innings. Maeda (11-5) was pulled after the sixth inning and lost for the first time in seven starts.  The Tigers snapped a six-game skid and halted a six-game winning streak by the Dodgers.

White Sox 3, Rangers 2 – Gonzalez pitches 6 scoreless, White Sox hold off Rangers 3-2
Miguel Gonzalez escaped early trouble and pitched six scoreless innings, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers 3-2 Sunday. Texas dropped 2 1/2 games behind the Twins and the Angels for the AL’s second wild-card spot. The Rangers finished a 10-game homestand 7-3, but split the four-game series against Chicago. Gonzalez (7-10) pitched out of one-out, bases-loaded jams in both the second and third innings. After allowing singles to the first two batters in the fourth, Gonzalez retirez the last nine batters he faced. Juan Minaya recorded his second save, both in the last three games, despite giving up Rougned Odor’s two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. Chicago capitalized on the Rangers’ stranding runners by scoring all three runs in the fourth inning against A.J. Griffin (6-4).

Cubs 6, Blue Jays 5 – 10 innings – Cubs sweep Blue Jays with wild 6-5 victory in 10 innings
Alex Avila capped Chicago’s three-run 10th inning with a two-run single, and the Cubs swept the Toronto Blue Jays with a wild 6-5 victory on Sunday. With two outs and the bases loaded, Avila lined a base hit into right field against Roberto Osuna (3-4). Ben Zobrist scored easily and Javier Baez slid in safely just ahead of the throw from Jose Bautista. Avila threw his arms in the air when it was over, then was mobbed by happy teammates near first base. The improbable rally also included two batters reaching on swing-and-miss strikeouts, and Kyle Schwarber scoring on a wild pitch.  Toronto grabbed the lead with two runs in the top of the inning on Kevin Pillar’s RBI single off Koji Uehara, and Norichika Aoki’s bases-loaded loaded walk against Justin Wilson (4-4).

Today
Minnesota (Melville 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-4), 5:10 p.m., 1st game
Minnesota (Gee 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Fulmer 0-0), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game
Cubs and Tigers are off today

MLB – Umpires end protest, will meet with Commissioner Manfred
Major League Baseball umpires have ended their protest of what they called “abusive player behavior” after Commissioner Rob Manfred offered to meet with their union’s governing board. Most umpires wore white wristbands during Saturday’s games after Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined but not suspended for his recent verbal tirade against ump Angel Hernandez. Kinsler said Tuesday that Hernandez was a bad umpire and “just needs to go away.” The World Umpires Association announced Sunday in a series of tweets that Manfred had proposed a meeting to discuss its concerns, and said umps had decided to remove the wristbands to demonstrate their good faith pending the meeting. A message was left seeking comment from Major League Baseball.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Washington Mystics 87, Indiana Fever 82
Seattle Storm 103, Chicago Sky 66

NFL – National Football League Preseason
Saturday
Detroit Lions 16, New York Jets 6
Dallas Cowboys 24, Indianapolis Colts 19
Chicago Bears 24, Arizona Cardinals 23

Sunday
Pittsburgh Steelers 17, Atlanta Falcons 13
New Orleans Saints 13, Los Angeles Chargers 7

Tonight
New York Giants at Cleveland Browns, 8:00 p.m.

NFL – Boldin abruptly retires 2 weeks after signing with Bills
Anquan Boldin abruptly announced his retirement less than two weeks after signing with the Buffalo Bills. General manager Brandon Beane made it official Sunday night by saying the team
respects Boldin’s decision to retire. Boldin’s decision came as a complete surprise especially after he talked about building on his legacy entering his 15th season and serving as a mentor for Buffalo’s young group of receivers. Boldin was the NFL’s 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner and ranks in the top four among active receivers with 1,076 catches, 13,779 yards receiving and 82 touchdowns receiving. Boldin appeared in just one preseason game for Buffalo, and finished with one catch for 5 yards in a 20-16 loss to Philadelphia on Thursday night.

Golf – US beats Europe in Solheim Cup in Iowa
Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer won singles matches to help the U.S. beat Europe in the Solheim Cup. Gerina Piller sealed it with a birdie putt that put her 3 up over Florentyna Parker with three to play. The Americans also won the Cup in 2015 and are 10-5 in the biennial tournament. Kerr beat Mel Reid 2 and 1, and Creamer edged Georgia Hall 1 up after Hall missed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole. Lexi Thompson halved Anna Nordqvist after trailing by four holes, and Angel Yin halved Karine Icher.

Golf – PGA – Stenson takes trophy at Wyndhan
Henrik Stenson won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, closing with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory in the final event of the PGA Tour regular season. The 2013 FedEx Cup champion finished at 22-under 258 at Sedgefield Country Club, breaking the course’s 72-hole record set by Carl Pettersson in 2008 and matched last year by Si Woo Kim. The Swede earned $1,044,000 and 500 postseason points for his first victory since the 2016 British Open. He took control with four birdies in a five-hole stretch of the back nine.  Ollie Schniederjans (sny-der-jahns) shot a 64 to finish second. Webb Simpson was 18 under after a 67.

NBA – NBA investigating Lakers amid George tampering allegation
The NBA says it has opened an investigation to see if the Los Angeles Lakers tampered with Paul George while he was under contract with the Indiana Pacers. The probe is being handled by the New York-based law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and the NBA said the Lakers have cooperated with the ongoing investigation. Neither the Lakers nor the Pacers immediately offered any public comment Sunday, and the NBA said it asked the teams to refrain from commenting. George is a four-time All-Star and Los Angeles native who was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder earlier this offseason. The Pacers traded him after George told them he planned to leave Indiana as a free agent next summer.

NBA – Bucks: Antetokounmpo reported knee pain while training in Greece
The Milwaukee Bucks say star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was training with the Greek national team when he reported to his NBA team that he was experiencing knee pain, an injury that will keep him out of the European championship. General manager Jon Horst says the Bucks agreed with their medical staff’s recommendation for Antetokounmpo not to play. The All-Star forward reported to the Bucks that he was having right anterior knee pain following certain movements. Antetokounmpo is scheduled to return to Milwaukee this week to begin daily treatment and rehab to be ready for the Bucks’ training camp, which begins in roughly five weeks. Greece’s basketball federation on Saturday accused the Bucks and the NBA of hatching a plan to prevent Antetokounmpo from playing in the European championship. The NBA also denied the allegation, saying that the league and Bucks followed “all appropriate protocol under the NBA-FIBA agreement.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
South Bend 8, Lansing 6
Great Lakes 2, Fort Wayne 1
West Michigan 15, Bowling Green 4

Tonight
West Michigan at Bowling Green, 11:35 a.m.
South Bend at Lansing, 12:05 p.m.
Great Lakes at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.

MHSAA – High School Sports
Today
Boys Soccer
Vicksburg at St. Joseph, 6:45 p.m.
Lakeshore at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Lake Michigan Catholic at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.
Cassopolis at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.
Howardsville Christian at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.
Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m.
Mattawan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:45 p.m.
Sturgis at South Haven, 6:45 p.m.
Berrien Springs at Three Rivers, 5:00 p.m.
Covert at Marcellus, 5:30 p.m.

Boys Tennis
St. Joseph at Gull Lake, 1:00 p.m.
Lakeshore at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 1:00 p.m.
Niles at Battle Creek Central, 1:00 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Battle Creek Lakeview, 1:00 p.m.x
Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 4:00 p.m.
St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m.
Niles at Battle Creek Lakeview, 4:00 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m.

Girls Volleyball
St. Joseph, Lakeshore at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (also Coldwater, Parchment, Thornapple-Kellogg)
South Haven at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.