Sports Radio 1400 WSJM @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Monday, August 31, 2015
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Chicago Cubs 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Toronto Blue Jays 9, Detroit Tigers 2
Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 5 – 11 innings
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0 – Arrieta pitches no-hitter for Cubs in 2-0 win over Dodgers
Jake Arrieta pitched the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season and second against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 days, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory Sunday night. Arrieta (17-6) became the first 17-game winner in the big leagues by throwing baseball’s third no-hitter in less than three weeks. Astros right-hander Mike Fiers blanked the NL West-leading Dodgers 3-0 on Aug. 21. Los Angeles had never been no-hit twice in a season. Arrieta struck out a season-high 12 _ one off his career high _ and walked one to help the Cubs snap a four-game skid on the last night of their six-game West Coast trip. He finished August with a 6-0 record, tying Boston’s Joe Kelly as the only pitchers with that many wins in the month.
Blue Jays 9, Tigers 2 – Encarnacion homers again, Blue Jays hit 4 to beat Tigers 9-2
Edwin Encarnacion homered for the fourth time in two days, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Detroit Tigers 9-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Russell Martin and Kevin Pillar each hit a two-run shot for Toronto, which leads the majors with 184 home runs. The AL East leaders had their second straight four-homer game and sixth of the season. Toronto’s 45 home runs in August are the most in the majors. The Blue Jays have hit three or more in six of their past 11 games. Mark Buehrle (14-6) allowed two runs in six-plus innings as the Blue Jays improved to 21-5 in August, matching the team record for wins in a month. Toronto went 21-9 in May 2014.
White Sox 6, Mariners 5 – 11 Innings –Saladino lifts White Sox to 6-5 win over Mariners
Rookie Tyler Saladino drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Sunday. Alexei Ramirez singled and Tyler Flower walked to start the rally before Ramirez advanced to third on Carlos Sanchez’s flyout and scored on Saladino’s hit off David Rollins (0-1). David Robertson (6-3) struck out three in two innings for the victory as the teams split the four-game series. The White Sox tied the game in the ninth on shortstop Brad Miller’s throwing error to first on pinch hitter Sanchez’s grounder. Trayce Thompson scored after he singled off Carson Smith and stole second Austin Jackson also had three hits, including a two-run home run and a triple.
Tonight
Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-8) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-6), 8:05 p.m.
Tigers are off (Tigers open a 3 game series at Kansas City Tuesday at 8:10 p.m.)
White Sox are off (White Sox open a 3 game series at Minnesota Tuesday at 8:10 p.m.)
LLWS – Tokyo wins Little League title, beating Lewisberry 18-11
Tokyo won the Little League World Series on Sunday, pounding out 22 hits and overcoming an eight-run first-inning deficit to beat Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, 18-11. The Kitasuna Little League team, also the winner in 2001 and 2012, gave Japan its 10th title. Pennsylvania scored 10 times and sent 14 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first after falling behind 2-0. But Japan, which had given up a total of 10 runs in its other tournament games, responded with seven runs in the second, four in the third inning and five in the sixth. Masafuji Nishijima had four hits and six RBIs, and Shingo Tomita hit two home runs. Tokyo’s third pitcher, Nobuyuki Kawashima, held Pennsylvania in check most of the game, giving up just one run and two hits over five innings.
Tennis – US Open – Sharapova withdraws
The U.S. Tennis Association says Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the U.S. Open on the eve of the tournament because of a leg injury. It’s the second time in three years that the 2006 champion has withdrawn from the year’s final Grand Slam event. Sharapova has not played a match since losing to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals in July. She withdrew from hard-court tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati in August, citing a right leg strain.
NFL – Goodell, Brady due in court for ‘Deflategate’ case
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are expected in court after failing to settle the “Deflategate” scandal. Both sides are to appear before a federal court judge in Manhattan Monday for a status conference. The dispute centers on the legality of the NFL’s four-game suspension of Brady after Goodell concluded he conspired with Patriots ball handlers to deflate footballs at January’s AFC championship game victory. The NFL Players Association has asked the judge to void the suspension. Federal Judge Richard Berman has urged both sides to agree to a deal. He warned the NFL earlier this month he can erase Brady’s suspension if it fails to negotiate a deal. Berman has said he hopes to decide the case by Sept. 4 if there’s no settlement.
NFL – Bears terminate cornerback Tim Jennings’ contract
The Chicago Bears terminated two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Tim Jennings’ contract Sunday and placed safety Ryan Mundy on season-ending injured reserve because of a hip problem. The 31-year-old Jennings had a guaranteed base salary of $4.4 million this year. Jennings led the NFL with nine interceptions in 2012 and had four in 2013, earning Pro Bowl honors in both seasons. He started all 16 games last season and had arthroscopic knee surgery in the offseason. The Bears also moved Kevin White, the wide receiver from West Virginia drafted in the first round, to the reserve/physically-unable-to-perform list because of a stress fracture in his left shin; waived tight ends Kevin Greene and Chris Pantale, wide receivers Jeremy Kelley, Levi Norwood and John Chiles, safety Malcolm Bronson, cornerback Al Louis-Jean, offensive tackle Cameron Jefferson, defensive end Olsen Pierre, and long snapper Rick Lovato; and terminated running back Daniel Thomas’ contract. The moves cut the roster to 76.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Connecticut Sun 72, Chicago Sky 68
Tulsa Shock 76, Indiana Fever 70
Sun 72, Sky 68 – Sun stave off elimination with 72-68 win over Chicago Sky
Kelsey Bone scored 25 points as Connecticut erased a nine-point, fourth-quarter deficit to earn a 72-68 win over the short-handed Chicago Sky on Sunday night. Connecticut would have been eliminated from the playoffs with a loss. Chicago was without league-leading scorer Elena Delle Donne and Cappie Pondexter.
Shock 76, Fever 70 – Sims’ 30 leads Tulsa past Fever and into playoffs, 76-70
Odyssey Sims scored 30 points as the Tulsa Shock held off Indiana 76-70 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2009. The Shock had not reached the playoffs since moving to Tulsa from Detroit in 2010. The franchise already has announced that it will relocate to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for the 2016 season.
Golf – PGA – It was just his Day
PGA Championship winner Jason Day has continued his winning ways. The Australian finished first in the first of the FedEX playoff tournaments, The Barclays. Day shot a final round 8-under-62 to finish 19-under-par and six shots in front of Henrik Stenson. The field will be cut to 70 for the BMW Championship in Lake Forest, Illinois, and to 30 for the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. The winner of the FedEx championship gets a $10 million annuity.
Golf – Champions – Maggert comes out on top
Jeff Maggert shot a final round 6-under-66 to win the Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open. Maggert completed play 14-under, two shots in front of Paul Goydos and four in front of David Frost, Peter Senior, Jerry Smith, Corey Pavin and Ian Woosnam.
Golf – LPGA – Tamulis takes first
Kris Tamulis won the LPGA’s Yokohama Tire Classic for her first LPGA Tour title. She had a final round 7-under-65 to finish 17-under-par, one shot in front of Yani Tseng and Austin Ernst.
IndyCar – Scott Dixon snatches IndyCar championship away from Montoya
Scott Dixon captured a fourth IndyCar championship by winning the season finale Sunday to snatch away the title from Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya led the points from the season-opening race right until the final lap Sunday. But he finished the race in sixth, which allowed Dixon to tie him in the standings. Dixon was awarded the title based on wins; Sonoma Raceway was his third victory, while Montoya had only two. Montoya’s day was made difficult on lap 39 when he hit Team Penske teammate Will Power. It sent him to pit lane for repairs and he was mired in the middle of the pack for the bulk of the race. Although he picked off a few positions, his hard charge to move up to fifth fell one position short.
Arena Football – San Jose four-time champion
Erik Meyer led San Jose to its fourth ArenaBowl victory, throwing four touchdown passes and running for two more scores in the SaberCats’ 68-47 victory over the Jacksonville Sharks. The SaberCats became the first team in league history to finish a season with 20 victories. They joined Arizona, Detroit and Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay as the only franchises to win four Foster Trophies.
Olympics – Dead fish in Olympic water
A Brazilian environmentalist and biologist, Mario Moscatelli, says sewage has killed at least a ton of fish in a lagoon next to the Olympic Park that will host many Rio 2016 events. Moscatelli says thousands of tilapia, sea bass and mullets started washing up Friday on the shore of a lagoon that he says, “does embrace the Olympic Park.”
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
West Michigan 6, Great Lakes 3
Lansing 8, Fort Wayne 3
South Bend 4, Bowling Green 3
Tonight
West Michigan at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.
South Bend at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Boys Soccer
St. Joseph at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Vicksburg at Mattawan, 6:45 p.m.
Comstock at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.
Bangor at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Fennville at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Hackett at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.
Gobles at Marcellus, 5:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 6:45 p.m.
Parchment at Kalamazoo Central, 6:45 p.m.
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Jackson, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball
St. Joseph at Coloma Quad, 5:00 p.m. (St. Joseph, Coloma, Buchanan, Vicksburg,
Lake Michigan Catholic at Watervliet Grace Christian, 7:00 p.m.
Lawton at Decatur, 6:00 p.m.
Wyoming Kelloggsville at Fennville, 6:00 p.m.
Boys Tennis
Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m.
