MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Seattle Mariners 7, Detroit Tigers 6 – 10 Innings – Game 1
Seattle Mariners 9, Detroit Tigers 6 – Game 2
Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 3
Cincinnati Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Mariners 7, Tigers 6 – 10 Inn./Mariners 9, Tigers 6 – Catcher Torrens gets win, Mariners sweep Tigers in DH
Abraham Toro homered and drove in four runs, Cal Raleigh hit his 27th long ball of the season and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 to complete a sweep of their doubleheader. Seattle won the first game 7-6 in 10 innings as catcher Luis Torrens became the first position player in club history earn a win when the Mariners rallied for two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning. Torrens didn’t have any time to rest as he went from pitching to catching and was behind the plate for the second game. Seattle wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs and will face Toronto in the wild-card series.
White Sox 8, Twins 3 – Arraez moves closer to batting title, White Sox beat Twins
Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 to close in on his first AL batting championship, but Minnesota managed only two hits off Lucas Giolito as the Chicago White Sox beat the Twins 8-3. Elvis Andrus hit his third homer in four games, a three-run shot, as the White Sox cruised to their second straight win after Tony La Russa stepped down as manager Monday. The 25-year-old Arraez extended his hitting streak to eight games and held his average at .315 has he tries to become the fifth Twins player to win the league batting title.
Reds 3, Cubs 2 – Reds avoid 100th loss with 3-2 walk-off win over Cubs
Spencer Steer doubled off Brandon Hughes in the ninth inning to score Stuart Fairchild and the Cincinnati Reds avoided their 100th loss, beating the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Tuesday night. The Reds (62-99) are trying to avoid the second 100-loss season in franchise history. They were 61-101 in 1982 while in the process of dismantling the dominant Big Red Machine clubs. Chuckie Robinson tied it for Cincinnati in the seventh with a two-run homer off Keegan Thompson. Alexis Diaz (7-3) was the winner. Willson Contreras and Nico Hoerner homered for the Cubs. Hughes (2-3) took the loss.
Today
Detroit (Alexander 4-11) at Seattle (Gonzales 10-15), 4:10 p.m. WSJM/WCSY 3:50
Minnesota (Varland 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 3-5), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Sampson 4-5) at Cincinnati (Ashcraft 5-5), 4:10 p.m.
MLB – Home run hands! Dallas fan catches Judge’s 62nd homer on fly
Dallas baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd home run. Youmans caught the prized souvenir on the fly Tuesday night at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Youmans, who works in the financial world, said he hasn’t decided what he’ll do with ball. Youmans was at the second game of a doubleheader between the Yankees and Rangers when Judge led off with a home run. Soon after a local TV station posted a brief interview with the lucky fan, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: “THIS IS MY HUSBAND.” Amaranthus works in local media and identifies herself in her Twitter bio as an alum of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”
MLB – MLB playoff picture all set, best-of-3 matchups start Friday
The entire Major League Baseball playoff picture is now set. The four matchups in the wild-card round were locked in Tuesday night, right before the last day of the regular season. Every series starts Friday and is a best two of three. Plus, the higher seed will host every game. In the National League, the San Diego Padres visit the New York Mets while the Philadelphia Phillies play at the St. Louis Cardinals. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners visit the Toronto Blue Jays while the Tampa Bay Rays play at the Cleveland Guardians. The postseason was expanded from 10 teams last year to 12 this season.
NHL – National Hockey League – Preseason
Tonight
Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals, 7:00 p.m.
NHL – Coaching carousel leaves 10 NHL teams with new face on bench
Nearly a third of NHL teams have a new coach this season. John Tortorella is being counted on to fix things in Philadellphia. Bruce Cassidy is tasked with getting Vegas back to the playoffs and into contention for the Stanley Cup. Former Vegas coach Peter DeBoer takes over in Dallas in his fifth job around the league. Boston is giving Jim Montgomery a second chance after parting ways with Cassidy. David Quinn is also back in the NHL with San Jose after coaching the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing. Former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant Derek LaLonde is now the head coach in Detroit and former NHL player Luke Richardson is the new coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.
NHL – Blackhawks assign prospect Lukas Reichel to Rockford
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward prospect Lukas Reichel to the minors. The 20-year-old was selected by Chicago with the No. 17 pick in the 2020 draft. He made his NHL debut last season and recorded an assist in 11 games. Sending Reichel back to Rockford puts him in position to play major minutes with the AHL team, instead of a smaller role with the rebuilding Blackhawks.
NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason
Last Night
New York Knicks 117, Detroit Pistons 96
New Orleans Pelicans 129, Chicago Bulls 125
Tonight
Indiana Pacers at Charlotte Hornets, 7:00 p.m.
NCAAFB – Big Ten – Big Ten West teams are mild, but division race could be wild
The Big Ten West is a mess. It’s also mesmerizing. Wisconsin and Nebraska already have fired their head coaches. Minnesota took up the mantle as West favorite last week and was upset at home. Illinois is one of the hottest teams in the nation after outscoring two nonconference opponents and Wisconsin 89-13. Even Nebraska suddenly thinks it could make a run. Six teams are 1-1 in conference play and tied for first place. It’s the first time since the 2014 East-West split that one of the divisions has had such a logjam.
NWSL – US players ‘horrified’ by report of abuse in women’s soccer
Players on the U.S. women’s national soccer team are trying to process an investigation that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct are systemic in women’s soccer. U.S. defender Becky Sauerbrunn says she is horrified by the report. Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and the law firm of King & Spaulding released the report after being retained by U.S. Soccer to investigate allegations of abuse in the National Women’s Soccer League following a series of scandals last year. Several of the national team players also play in the league.
Olympics – Olympic pentathlon eyes ‘Ninja Warrior’ courses for survival
The sport of modern pentathlon hopes to stave off Olympic removal by possibly adding “American Ninja Warrior” style obstacle courses. The show-jumping component of the five-event competition has become an issue after a German coach was filmed hitting an uncooperative horse during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. As it stands now, modern pentathlon in its current form will be off the program after the 2024 Paris Games. To get back on, the organization is testing out obstacle-course racing to replace show jumping. Which means ring swings and rope mazes could take center stage for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. It could be the scene that saves a sport facing a major crossroads.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Last Night
Volleyball
Lake Michigan College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0
Today
Women’s Soccer
St. Clair Community College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Lake Michigan College at Fairhaven Baptist College, 4:30 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer
Portage Central 2, St. Joseph 1
Battle Creek Lakeview 10, Lakeshore 3
Mattawan 4, Gull Lake 3
Volleyball
South Haven 3, Fennville 0
Constantine 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 0
Comstock 3, Bangor 0
Girls Golf – Regionals
Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg (Yankee Springs GC, Wayland)
- Byron Center 345
- Portage Northern 367
- Gull Lake 370
- Lakeshore 383
- St. Joseph 384
- Middleville T-K 388
- Zeeland West 390
- Harper Creek 400
- Sturgis 401
- Mattawan 404
- Plainwell 411
- Zeeland East 436
St. Joseph
Morgan Guzzo 93
Margaret Cox 97
Clara Berry 97
Grace Rommel 97
Regan Igoe 98
Lakeshore
Lydia Bixby 91
McKenna Keim 92
Megan Wurster 96
Josie Arbanas 104
Paige Benedict 107
Today
Volleyball
Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.
Portage Northern at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.
Michigan Lutheran at Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m.
River Valley at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m.
Covert at Lawrence, 7:00 p.m.
Mishawaka (IN) at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.
Battle Creek Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m.
GR Wellspring at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer
Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m.
Constantine at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.
Lawton at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m.
Parchment at South Haven, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Hackett at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m.
Comstock at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m.
Cassopolis at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.
Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.
Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Christian at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.
Allegan at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m.
