Major League Baseball
National League
Cincinnati Reds 14 Chicago Cubs 5
Toronto native Joey Votto collected his 2,000th career hit for the Reds.
Atlanta Braves 12 Miami Marlins 2
The Braves lead the East by 1 & 1/2 over Philadelphia
San Francisco Giants 7 New York Mets 5
Kris Bryant had 2 homers for the Giants
The Giants maintain a 4 game lead over the LA Dodgers in the West
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Colorado Rockies 6 San Diego Padres 5
American League
Tampa Bay Rays 9 Baltimore Orioles 2
Brandon Lowe had a pair of home runs
The Rays lead the East by 3 & 1/2 games over Boston
The Blue Jays are 8 back of Tampa Bay & 4 back of a Wild Card spot
New York Yankees 2 Los Angeles Angels 1
Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland Athletics 2
Minnesota Twins 5 Cleveland Indians 4
Kansas City Royals 7 Houston Astros 6
Today
Toronto Blue Jays at Washington Nationals
Alek Manoah (5 & 1) vs. Erick Fedde (4 & 8)
7:05 pm
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees 1:05 pm
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees 7:05 pm
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers 7:10 pm
Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins 7:10 pm
Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10 pm
Milwaukee Brewers at St.Louis Cardinals 7:45 pm
Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers 8:05 pm
Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox 8:10 pm
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 8:10 pm
Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins 8:10 pm
San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies 8:40 pm
Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40 pm
New York Mets at San Francisco Giants 9:45 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10 pm
Under 16 Eastern Canada Softball Championship
at Fredericton, New Brunswick
Championship Final
Napanee Express 3 Chatsworth Longhorns 0
Gavin Brooks struck out 9 for Napanee
Joseph Weiler of the Longhorns struck out 10 in the loss.
OASA Under 12
at Princeton/Drumbo
Championship Final
Elmira Heat 15 Tara Twins 5
from Ryan Greig, Tara Twins
On the weekend in Drumbo the Tara U12 Twins had some hard battles and came away with a silver medal.
The Twins kicked off the tourney Saturday morning at 11 with an 11-0 win over Havelock.
Zak Hamilton and Ethan Sopkowe threw a combined no hitter for the Twins, giving up 3 walks, and having the NO-NO preserved by an outstanding catch by Morgan McPherson to end the game.
Landen McCartney and Ethan Sopkowe each had 2 run triples for the Twins on offence.
That brought them up against the Elmira Heat at 5 pm on Saturday.
The Twins got down 3-0 in the first and could never get momentum back, eventually losing to a strong Elmira team 10-0.
Jackson Kuhl, Ethan Sopkowe and Colton Hepburn all had hits for Tara.
Nathan Miller took the loss pitching for the Twins.
That loss put the Twins on the underside of the true double knockout tournament and an early start Sunday morning at 9 against Wilmot Thunder.
The Twins started slow, but after some good long at bats, the offense started rolling, and the Twins were off to the races as they went on to a 13-3 win behind the strong pitching of Zak Hamilton.
That brought the Twins up against the Napanee Express at 11 am.
The Twins got on the Express early, bringing 14 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring 8 runs and giving themselves a much needed cushion.
The Twins finished up an eventual 18-5 win over the Express behind the strong pitching effort by Ethan Sopkowe and offense from everyone, including a home run from Drew Summers.
The win put the Twins right back up against the Norwich Otters at 1 pm, who had just lost to Elmira 14-4 in the undefeated game.
The Twins found themselves in an 8-0 hole after 2 innings, but rather than fold up, the Twins charged back with a 13 run third inning, with 9 of those runs coming with 2 outs.
The rally sparked the team, and a back and forth battle with the Otters ended up a 23-17 win for the Twins.
Landen McCartney, Mason Bell and Nathan Miller hit back to back to back homers for Tara, and Bell added another for good measure later in the game.
The Tara squad wouldn’t get much rest though and were back on the field right away against the undefeated Elmira Heat.
The Twins jumped out to a 5-0 lead, keeping the bats hot, but the boys hit a wall shortly after that.
With a couple errors and miscues on defense, the Heat climbed back into the game with 3 runs in the next 2 innings.
In the third the Heat went up 9-5, and in the fifth the Heat finished off the Twins with another 6 run inning, winning the championship 15-5.
Intercounty Fastball League
Grand Valley Expos 4 Arthur Merchants 3 ( 8 innings )
Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League
at Desboro
7 pm Tara Ladies vs The Bears
8:30 pm Desboro Royals vs Port Elgin Diamond Devils
WTA
at Cincinnati
Alison Riske swept Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-2 & 6-2
ATP
at Cincinnati
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Marton Fucsovics 7-6 & 6-3
Auger-Aliassime recorded 23 winners and won 68 per cent of first-serve points.
Today
10 am
Denis Shapovalov vs Benoit Paire
Major League Soccer
Minnesota United at San Jose Earthquakes
Colorado Rapids at LA Galaxy
Major Series Lacrosse Classic
at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre, Oakville
Owen Sound Majors ( 1 & 3 ) vs Oakville Rock ( 2 & 3 ) 8 pm
Brooklin ( 5 & 0 ) vs Six Nations Chiefs ( 2 & 3 ) 8 pm
Ontario Women’s Amateur & Mid-Amateur Golf Championship
at Pointe West Golf Club, Amherstburg
Bo Brown from Blue Springs Golf Club shot a 3 under par 69 to lead the Amateur Division
The Mid-Amateur leader is Alexandra Taylor of the Cherry Hill Club who shot a 73
Women’s Amateur
Bayshore Broadcasting Notables
T12 Keira Hou, National Pines Golf Club +3 75
T42 Ouellette, Madison, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley +8 80
T76 Olivia Stoddart, Barrie Country Club +15 87
Ontario Junior Boys Match Play Championship
at Tangle Creek, Thornton
Senior Ryder Cup Regional Playoff
at Barrie
Saugeen Golf Club along with Vespra Hills and Idlewylde from Sudbury advanced to the Final which is September 14th at Whistle Bear in Cambridge
Nurse Extended
Nick Nurse has signed a 3-year contract extension as Canada’s head basketball coach through the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Nurse was hired as Canada’s head coach in 2019, the same year he led the Toronto Raptors on their NBA championship run.