95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Tuesday, June 21, 2016
MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 8, Seattle Mariners 7 – 12 Innings
Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1 – 10 Innings
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Tigers 8, Mariners 7 (12 Innings) – Upton hits 2nd homer in 12th, Tigers beat Mariners 8-7
Justin Upton hit a line drive over the left-field wall in the 12th inning for his second home run of the game, lifting the Detroit Tigers to an 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. Upton connected on a 2-2 pitch from Vidal Nuño (0-1) leading off the 12th. Nuño had pitched two scoreless innings. Anibal Sanchez (4-7) worked a scoreless inning for the win. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer for the Tigers in the first inning that cleared a brick wall in right-center, bounced off a concrete concourse and out of Comerica Park. Upton’s first homer of the night, a two-run shot to center, gave Detroit a 7-6 lead in the seventh.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 1 (10 Innings) – Abreu’s double in 10th lifts White Sox over Red Sox, 3-1
Jose Abreu doubled home two runs off Boston closer Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the top of the 10th inning after Chicago escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth, lifting the White Sox to a 3-1 win over the Red Sox on Monday night. Chicago snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the eighth time in 26 games. Boston has lost five of eight. Zach Duke (2-0) wriggled out of the ninth to get the win. David Robertson worked the 10th for his 17th save. Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright pitched nine innings, giving up only an unearned run and five hits. He struck out six and walked three while lowering his AL-best ERA to 2.01. Abreu doubled to right-center off Kimbrel (0-3) after Avisail Garcia walked and J.B. Shuck singled.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 2 – Cardinals stop 5-game slide with 3-2 victory over Cubs
Brandon Moss and Jhonny Peralta homered against John Lackey, and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped a five-game slide by holding off the Chicago Cubs for a 3-2 victory on Monday night. Aledmys Diaz added an RBI single and Jaime Garcia (5-6) pitched into the seventh inning as the Cardinals got back on track following their first winless homestand of at least two series since 1983. It was their first trip to Wrigley Field since they were eliminated by the Cubs in the NL Division Series last year. Seung Hwan Oh got four outs and Trevor Rosenthal worked a shaky ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances. Catcher Yadier Molina made a great play to throw out rookie Albert Almora Jr. trying to take third on a ball in the dirt, and Jason Heyward popped out with runners on the corners to end the game.
Tonight
Seattle (Paxton 1-2) at Detroit (Verlander 7-5), 7:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 6:45
Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-2) at Boston (Buchholz 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-2), 8:05 p.m.
MLB – Cubs put Fowler on DL
The Chicago Cubs placed center fielder Dexter Fowler on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring injury. Fowler, who is batting .290, got hurt while running out a grounder to third in the first inning of Saturday night’s 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh.
NBA – Welcome home, champs!
The newly crowned NBA champion Cavaliers were welcomed back to Cleveland by thousands of cheering fans at the airport today. The biggest cheer was for LeBron James who carried the Larry O’Brien championship trophy off the plane over his head. The four-time MVP paraded the trophy around the perimeter of the parking lot so fans behind the chain-linked fences could see it. Following Sunday night’s game in Oakland the team flew to Las Vegas for an evening of partying. They arrived back in Cleveland early Monday afternoon The city will stage a victory parade Wednesday. It’s unclear if the home of the Cavs, Quicken Loans Arena, will be available to the team as it will be the site of next month’s Republican National Convention and preparations for that are under way.
NHL – Wings/Hawks announce home openers
The National hockey league gave fans preview of the schedule for this next season by announcing the home opener for each of the league’s 30 teams. The Chicago Blackhawks home opener is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12th against their Central Division rival, the St. Louis Blues. The Blues eliminated the Blackhawks from the playoffs this past season in seven games, the two teams will also meet in the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Detroit Red Wings will open the season on the road at the Tampa Bay Lightning, but the Wings final home opener at Joe Louis Arena will take place on Monday, October 17th against the Ottawa Senators. The Red Wings will be moving to the new Little Caesars Arena for the 2017-18 season. The full 2016-17 NHL schedule will be released today.
NHL – Leafs get goalie Andersen from Ducks
Anaheim has traded goalie Frederik Andersen to the Toronto Maple Leafs for two draft picks. The Ducks get the 30th overall pick in Friday’s NHL draft and a second-round choice in 2017. Andersen and John Gibson combined last season to win the Jennings Trophy for the NHL’s lowest goals-against average. Andersen is 77-26-12 with a 2.33 GAA and a .918 save percentage in the regular season. He also played 28 postseason games, going 17-9 with a 2.34 GAA and .916 save percentage.
Olympics – Olympic chiefs open anti-doping summit in wake of Russia ban
Olympic leaders are meeting to consider further steps to crack down on doping ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the wake of the ban on Russian track and field athletes. IOC President Thomas Bach convened a special Olympic summit on Tuesday to take stock of the IAAF’s decision to maintain its ban on Russia for the games and to take additional measures to ensure a “level playing field” for all athletes in Rio. At the opening of the meeting of 20 sports delegates at a Lausanne hotel, Bach said: “We want to coordinate our efforts to protect the clean athletes and strengthen the fight against doping, particularly in light of the upcoming Rio Games.” Bach added: “We will have some interesting debate.” IAAF President Sebastian Coe was among those attending, as was Russia’s Olympic committee chief Alexander Zhukov.
Olympics – Watson says he wants to play
The Zika virus won’t stop two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson from competing in the Olympics if he makes the U.S. team. His schedule is booked and he knows he has to be in Connecticut the week before the Olympics for the Travelers Championship, but Watson says he wants to be in Rio. Watson and his wife, Angie, have two adopted children, but are unable to conceive. He says for that reason the virus is not an issue for him.
Olympics – IBF to sanction Olympic boxers
The International Boxing Federation will punish fighters who compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics by removing them from the sanctioning body’s rankings or vacating their titles. The IBF joins the World Boxing Council in an aggressive campaign by sanctioning bodies to keep prominent pros out of the Olympics. The International Boxing Association recently decided to allow professional boxers to attempt to qualify for Rio, but the organization’s hopes for a tournament featuring big names have been unrealized to date. Many boxers and trainers have strongly condemned the plan, seeing danger in pitting seasoned pros against amateurs.
NASCAR – Driver attacked
NASCAR driver Mike Wallace says he and his daughter were attacked after a concert Friday night in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police told local media three men have been arrested after the attack at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte. Wallace says three of his front teeth were knocked a few inches into his mouth and he has a black eye that is causing impaired vision. He also says he had 10 stitches in his lip.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Tonight
2016 Midwest League All Star Game – Perfect Game Field, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Eastern Division vs. Western Division, 8:05 p.m.
