95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Thursday, September 01, 2016
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Tigers 3, White Sox 2 – Jones, Tigers rally past White Sox, complete sweep
JaCoby Jones doubled twice in his second major league game, then dashed home for the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Collins in the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday. After a day after doubling, singling and driving in two runs in his debut, Jones scored twice to help the Tigers complete a three-game sweep. Jones hit a leadoff double in the ninth against David Robertson (4-3) and advanced to third on Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s deep flyball. Collins came up as a pinch-hitter and was able to lift the ball to left-center. Avisail Garcia made the catch, but his throw bounced before it even reached the mound. Francisco Rodriguez (2-3) pitched the ninth. Jose Abreu and Alex Avila homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth for the White Sox.
Cubs 6, Pirates 5 – Cubs sweep Pirates with 6-5 victory
Kris Bryant hit his 36th homer and made three solid plays at third base, helping Jason Hammel and the Chicago Cubs top the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Wednesday night for a three-game series sweep. Addison Russell had two RBIs and an outstanding sliding catch as Chicago equaled the best August in franchise history with a 22-6 record, also accomplished in 1932. It was the Cubs’ first time with 22 wins in a month since it went 22-10 in September 1945. Heading into the final stretch of the season, the Cubs (85-47) are rapidly closing in on their first division title since 2008. They begin September with the majors’ best record at a season-high 38 games over .500 and a whopping 15-game lead over second-place St. Louis in the NL Central. Pittsburgh (67-64) closed out a 4-3 trip that began with a sweep in Milwaukee. It trails the Cardinals by 2 ½ games for the second NL wild card.
Tonight
San Francisco (Jeff Samardzija 11-9) at Chicago Cubs (Mike Montgomery 4-5), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Jose Quintana 11-9) at Minnesota (Ervin Santana 6-10), 8:10 p.m.
Tigers are off
NFL – NFL Preseason – Week 4
Tonight
Buffalo Bills (1-2) at Detroit Lions (1-2), 7:30 p.m.
Indianapolis Colts (1-2) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-2), 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Bears (0-3) at Cleveland Browns (0-3), 8:00 p.m.
NFL – League clears three premier players
The NFL has cleared Pittsburgh’s James Harrison and Green Bay’s Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers of any wrong-doing stemming from an Al-Jazeera America report linking them to performance enhancing drugs. The move comes after the league interviewed the three last week during its investigation of the report.
NFL – Supreme Court to hear concussion case
A last-minute appeal in the NFL concussion case is sending the proposed settlement to the U.S. Supreme Court and delays payouts for at least several months. The family of late Buffalo Bills fullback “Cookie” Gilchrist wants the high court to revisit the debate over the brain injury known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (en-sehf-uh-LAH’-pah-thee), or CTE. The appeal filed Monday by son Scott Gilchrist calls it “irrational” that a federal judge in Philadelphia excluded future payouts for CTE from the potential $1 billion settlement, though the science continues to develop.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.
NCAA Football – Big Ten
Tonight
Indiana at Florida International, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Minnesota, 9:00 p.m.
NCAA Football – MAC
Tonight
Presbyterian College at Central Michigan, 7:00 p.m.
NCAA Football – AP Top 25
Tonight
Charlotte at (19) Louisville, 7:00 p.m.
Appalachian State at (9) Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA Football – Brady to be honorary captain at Michigan during suspension
Tom Brady has found at least one thing to do during his suspension. The New England Patriots quarterback will return to his alma mater to be Michigan’s honorary captain Sept. 17 when it hosts Colorado. Brady will sit out the first four games of the NFL season, serving a suspension because of his role in what has become known as “Deflategate.” The Patriots drafted Brady out of Michigan in the sixth round in 2000 after he shared time as senior with Drew Henson. Michael Jordan will serve as honorary captain for the seventh-ranked Wolverines on Saturday when they open the season against Hawaii. Michigan is the first and only college or pro football team to wear Jordan Brand apparel, cleats and shoes.
NCAA Football – Seven more class-action concussion lawsuits filed against NCAA
The latest round of class-action concussion lawsuits against the NCAA and major college football conferences were filed by former college football players from Florida State, Miami, Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Louisville and Murray State. The lawsuits were filed in federal courts Wednesday by Chicago-based attorney Jay Edelson. The seven lawsuits increase the total number to 22 filed since May.
NHL – Gordie Howe’s ashes to be interred in Saskatoon statue
Gordie Howe’s ashes will be interred in a statue at the Saskatoon arena of Saskatchewan. A Saskatoon official said Wednesday that the city has received permission from the province to inter the cremated remains of Howe and his wife, Colleen, at the base of a statue that honors him. The family made the request this month, but the city needed to apply to the province to have the statue at SaskTel Centre and a small portion of adjacent area declared a cemetery. Howe was born in Floral, but his family moved nine days later to Saskatoon, where he grew up before embarking on a record-setting hockey career. He died on June 10 at the age of 88. Howe’s son, Marty, has said some of his father’s ashes will be spread in Michigan’s Bear Lake, where a similar service was held for Colleen after her death in 2009. Howe spent the bulk of his career with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings.
Tennis – US Open results – Djokovic doesn’t break a sweat
Novak Djokovic breezed into the third round at the US Open. The top seed advanced when his second round opponent withdrew from their match with an injury. John Isner took four sets to beat Steve Darcis in a second round match. On the women’s side, two-time Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki defeated ninth seed and 2004 champ Svetlana Kuznetsova. It was Wozniacki’s first win over a top-10 player for the first time in nearly a year. No. 13 seed Johanna Konta rebounded after collapsing on the court in the second set, to beat Tsvetana Pironkova. Second seed Angelique Kerber and 2015 U.S. Open runner-up, Roberta Vinci, cruised into the third round.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
West Michigan 3, South Bend 1
Lansing 3, Bowling Green 1
Fort Wayne 6, Great Lakes 4
Tonight
South Bend at West Michigan, 7 p.m.
Bowling Green at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes at Fort Wayne, 7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Yesterday
Boys Soccer
St. Joseph 4, Battle Creek Lakeview 1
Lakeshore 3, Kalamazoo Central 0
Portage Central 2, Mattawan 0
Niles 3, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0
Harper Creek 1, Three Rivers 0
Portage Northern 3, Battle Creek Central 1
Bridgman 3, New Prairie (IN) 1
New Buffalo 0, Bangor 0
Coloma 3, Fennville 1
Delton-Kellogg 8, Gobles 0
Hartford 9, Bloomingdale 0
Kalamazoo Hackett 8, Marcellus 0
Girls Volleyball
Battle Creek Lakeview 3, St. Joseph 2
Lakeshore 3, Battle Creek Central 0
Dowagiac 3, South Haven 1
Three Rivers 3, Allegan 1
Mendon 3, Berrien Springs 0
Watervliet 3, Brandywine 0
Niles 3, South Ben St. Joseph 0
Boys Tennis
St. Joseph 7, Mattawan 1
MHSAA – High School Football – Week 2
Tonight – All Games Start at 7:00 p.m.
SMAC
St. Joseph (1-0) at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (0-1) 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports 6:30
Kalamazoo Central (0-1) at Lakeshore (1-0) 97.5 Y Country 6:40
Niles (1-0) at Mattawan (0-1)
Portage Central (1-0) at Battle Creek Central (0-1)
Gull Lake (0-1) at Portage Northern (0-1)
Battle Creek Lakeview (Bye)
Independent
Benton Harbor (1-0) at Grand Rapids South Christian (1-0) News/Talk 94.9 WSJM-FM 6:45
Wolverine
South Haven (1-0) at Dowagiac (0-1) Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 6:45
Edwardsburg (1-0) at Vicksburg (1-0)
Plainwell (1-0) at Paw Paw (1-0)
Three Rivers (0-1) at Allegan (0-1)
Otsego (0-1) at Sturgis (0-1)
SAC
Gobles (1-0) at Coloma (0-1)
Schoolcraft (1-0) at Watervliet (1-0)
Eau Claire (0-1) at Fennville (1-0)
Delton-Kellogg (0-1) at Hartford (0-1)
Marcellus (1-0) at Lawton (1-0)
Bangor (0-1) at Martin (0-1)
Galesburg-Augusta (1-0) at Bloomingdale (0-1)
Constantine (0-1) at Decatur (0-1)
Kalamazoo Hackett (1-0) at Saugatuck (1-0)
BCS
Lake Michigan Catholic (1-0) at White Pigeon (0-1)
Bronson (0-1) at Bridgman (0-1)
New Buffalo (1-0) at Centreville (0-1)
Detroit Edison (1-0) at Brandywine (0-1)
8-Man Football
Portland St. Patrick (1-0) at Michigan Lutheran (0-1) (at River Valley)
Fife Lake Forest Area (0-1) at Covert (0-1)
Lawrence (1-0) at Morrice (1-0)
