“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD WHITE SOX 14, ATHLETICS 1 TIGERS 10, PHILLIES 2 ROCKIES 4, GIANTS 3 ORIOLES 5, ROYALS 3 REDS 4, CUBS 0 GUARDIANS 3, MARLINS 2 RAYS 7, MARINERS 2 RANGERS 7, ASTROS 3 RED SOX 6, METS 2 ANGELS 4, TWINS 3 YANKEES 5, NATIONALS 3 BLUE JAYS 5, PADRES 3 DIAMONDBACKS 9, DODGERS 3 CARDINALS 2, BRAVES 1 =========================== MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD INDIANAPOLIS 6 TOLEDO 3 FT. WAYNE 6 WEST MICHIGAN 3 SOUTH BEND 18 CEDAR RAPIDS 8 =========================== WNBA SCOREBOARD VALKYRIES 79 SUN 64 WINGS 108 TEMPO 95 SPARKS 102 SKY 87 =========================== NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCOREBOARD MIAMI 119 BUCKS 86 PACERS 99 CLEVELAND 93 NEW JERSEY 91 NEW YORK 65 MEMPHIS 97 CHICAGO 96 HOUSTON 97 DENVER 86 BOSTON 83 TORONTO 80 OT LA LAKERS 96 OKLAHOMA CITY 84 PHOENIX 81 PORTLAND 79 =========================== WORLD CUP SOCCER SCOREBOARD SPAIN 2 BELGIUM 1 =========================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULES https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load =========================== NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS ARIZONA CARDINALS STATE FARM STADIUM GLENDALE, ARIZ. 7/22 7/22 ATLANTA FALCONS ATLANTA FALCONS TRAINING FACILITY FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. 7/24 7/28 BALTIMORE RAVENS UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER OWINGS MILLS, MD. 7/24 7/28 BUFFALO BILLS ST. 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ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) ===== 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING 1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS 2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC 3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS 4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET 5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS 6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX 7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS 8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS 9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX 10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS 11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO 12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX 13 BYE WEEK 14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX 15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS 16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD 17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX 18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD ======================================= NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/RELERASES MLB NEWS MLB ROUNDUP: WHITE SOX ROUT A’S AS TRISTAN PETERS HITS FOR CYCLE Tristan Peters finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs while hitting for the cycle and Sean Burke pitched seven sharp innings as the host Chicago White Sox routed the slumping Athletics 14-1 on Friday. Chicago stopped a three-game losing streak while sending the Athletics to their season-high seventh straight defeat. Andrew Benintendi, Sam Antonacci and Peters delivered RBI hits in a decisive four-run fifth inning for the White Sox, who remained in a first-place tie with Cleveland atop the American League Central. Peters bookended an eight-run seventh with a two-run home run and two-run triple to become the first White Sox player to hit for the cycle since Jose Abreu in 2017. He’s the third player to hit for the cycle in the majors this season. Burke (6-4) benefited from the support to notch his third victory in five starts. He limited the Athletics to one run and four hits in seven innings, with Tyler Soderstrom’s solo home run in the seventh the lone blemish. Tigers 10, Phillies 2 Kevin McGonigle and Spencer Torkelson hit two-run homers and streaking Detroit powered past visiting Philadelphia. Colt Keith added a solo shot in Detroit’s sixth straight victory and ninth in its last 10 games. Riley Greene reached base four times and scored twice, while James Outman supplied a two-run triple. Jack Flaherty (3-8) held the Phillies to two runs and two hits in six innings. Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola gave up two runs and three hits with eight strikeouts in five innings. Derek Hill led the Phillies offense with three hits, including a solo homer, and two RBIs. Rockies 4, Giants 3 Kyle Karros flipped a deficit into a lead with a two-run single, Cole Carrigg padded the advantage with a sacrifice fly and visiting Colorado rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to stun San Francisco. Giants closer Caleb Kilian (2-5) didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced, allowing a single to Mickey Moniak, a walk to pinch hitter Troy Johnson and a bunt single to Jake McCarthy, setting up Karros’ hit through a drawn-in infield. Antonio Senzatela (9-1), who pitched a scoreless eighth, was credited with the win. Giants starter Robbie Ray allowed only one run on four hits and six walks in five-plus innings. Rafael Devers totaled three RBIs, while Luis Arraez joined his teammate with three hits for the Giants, who fell to 2-3 on their week-long homestand. Orioles 5, Royals 3 Samuel Basallo hit a two-run tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift host Baltimore to a victory against Kansas City in the opener of a three-game series. Blaze Alexander homered in the fourth inning and was the only Oriole with two hits as they totaled nine. Baltimore has won back-to-back games following a three-game losing streak. Jac Caglianone and Isaac Collins homered for the Royals, who lost their third game in a row and for the seventh time in their last 10 games. Josh Rojas joined Caglianone and Collins with two hits apiece as Kansas City totaled nine. Reds 4, Cubs 0 Elly De La Cruz and JJ Bleday homered, Hunter Greene tossed seven strong innings and host Cincinnati opened the three-game series with a shutout of Chicago. De La Cruz hit a solo homer and tripled for the Reds, who out-hit the Cubs 13-4 and won for just the fourth time in their last 12 games. Bleday slugged a two-run homer and Spencer Steer had three hits. Greene (1-1) yielded three hits and struck out 12 batters in his second start back from elbow surgery in March. Seiya Suzuki had two hits for Chicago, which struck out 16 times and was blanked for the ninth time this season. De La Cruz ended Cincinnati’s 15-inning scoreless drought with a leadoff homer in the fifth inning against Shota Imanaga (5-8). The 400-foot liner was his 15th homer of the season. Guardians 3, Marlins 2 Parker Messick took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and Chase DeLauter slugged a two-run homer as Cleveland cooled off host Miami. Messick (8-5) lasted six innings, allowing one hit and one run. The left-hander struck out just one batter, but he induced 10 ground balls. Sandy Alcantara (10-5) allowed five hits and three runs while fanning eight in seven innings. Miami had its six-game win streak snapped. Miami got a homer from Heriberto Hernandez to break up the no-hit bid while Leo Jimenez also went deep. Rays 7, Mariners 2 Nick Martinez posted his eighth win on the day he was named to his first All-Star team, and Tampa Bay opened the final series before the break with a victory over Seattle in St. Petersburg, Fla. Martinez (8-2) tossed 5 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on four hits. Junior Caminero went 2-for-4 with a homer — his 28th of the year and 13th in 17 games — a double, two RBIs, two runs and a walk. Victor Mesa Jr. (homer), Jonathan Aranda (double) and Chandler Simpson had three hits apiece. Cole Young hit a home run, and J.P. Crawford was 2-for-4 with a run as the Mariners lost their fourth straight. Starter Luis Castillo (3-8) allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings. Rangers 7, Astros 3 Wyatt Langford slugged a tiebreaking home run as Texas exploded for four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning en route to a win over Houston in Arlington, Texas. Langford answered the Astros’ rally from a three-run deficit with his ninth homer of the season. It marked the first homer left-handed reliever Bryan King (2-2) has allowed to a right-handed hitter this season. Three batters later, Jake Burger joined Langford in that exclusive category with his three-run shot. Trailing 3-0 entering the top of the sixth, Yordan Alvarez blasted his 30th home run of the season and 200th of his career leading off the sixth. Yainer Diaz clubbed a two-run homer that knotted the score at 3-3 in the seventh, setting up the Rangers’ rally. Red Sox 6, Mets 2 Wilyer Abreu had a two-run homer among his three hits, Anthony Seigler was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and Boston capped an eventful day by beating host New York for its seventh straight win. The first pitch was pushed back from 7:15 to 7:51 p.m. ET after the Red Sox didn’t land at nearby LaGuardia Airport until after 4 p.m. ET. Sonny Gray (11-1) won his ninth straight decision after giving up one run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings. Brett Baty homered and went 3-for-4 as he extended his career-long hitting streak to 10 games for the Mets, who lost for the second time in six games. Angels 4, Twins 3 Vaughn Grissom hit a solo home run and sacrifice fly and Grayson Rodriguez threw 5 1/3 solid innings to lead Los Angeles to a win over host Minnesota. Grissom hit his fifth home run of the season in the fourth inning, and the Angels built a 4-1 lead and held on after Rodriguez (3-2) left the game having allowed three earned runs on six hits. Josh Bell, Trevor Larnach and Brooks Lee each hit two doubles for Minnesota, which went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Yankees 5, Nationals 3 Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning and New York rallied past Washington to win consecutive games for the first time since June 23-24. Jasson Dominguez singled with one out against Matt Krook (0-1) before Chisholm homered. Austin Wells provided some insurance when he followed with his own homer, and Ben Rice hit his 29th homer in the first inning. Ryan Weathers allowed a run on six hits over 5 1/3 innings, and David Bednar (3-3) threw the final two innings. James Wood finished a triple short of the cycle and scored twice. Keibert Ruiz also homered for the Nationals, who got a combined seven innings of two-run work from opener Carson Palmquist and bulk reliever Zach Littell. Blue Jays 5, Padres 3 Kazuma Okamoto belted a historic three-run homer during a four-run fifth inning as visiting Toronto stopped San Diego. Okamoto’s 22nd homer of the year gave the Blue Jays a 5-2 lead in the fifth, tying Shohei Ohtani’s major league rookie homer record for a Japanese-born player. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk added RBI hits for Toronto, which saw Louis Varland record his 19th save in as many attempts despite allowing a run in the ninth. Xander Bogaerts staked the Padres to a 2-0 lead with a first-inning two-run shot. Jackson Merrill added an RBI single, with JP Sears (2-2) absorbing the loss after yielding six hits and three runs over 4 1/3 innings. Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 3 Tim Tawa homered and matched his career high of four RBIs to help Arizona roll to a victory over host Los Angeles. Tawa had three hits and Gabriel Moreno had two hits and two RBIs as Arizona won its second straight game. Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3) pitched seven strong innings as the Diamondbacks improved to 3-5 against the Dodgers this season. Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages homered for Los Angeles, which lost for the fifth time in its past 17 games. Pages had three hits. Cardinals 2, Braves 1 Jimmy Crooks hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning to lift St. Louis to a victory over visiting Atlanta. After a rain delay of nearly three hours in the top of the fourth derailed the game, Crooks hit his second home run of the season off Atlanta’s Danny Young (0-1) to help the Cardinals claim the series opener. Chris Sale started for Atlanta, allowing two hits in three scoreless innings before the delay. Austin Riley’s fifth-inning RBI single accounted for the Braves’ only run, as the visitors lost their fourth game in six tries. ===== WHITE SOX HAVE THE NO. 1 PICK IN THE MLB DRAFT. SHORTSTOPS CHOLOWSKY, EMERSON COULD GET TOP SPOT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are done playing for first. In the standings? Of course not. Led by All-Star third baseman Miguel Vargas, the White Sox have emerged as one of the top surprises and are in AL Central contention after enduring three straight 100-loss seasons. In the MLB draft? The White Sox have the No. 1 pick in the draft for Saturday’s event in Philadelphia as part of All-Star Game weekend festivities. The No. 1 pick belongs to Chicago — after it lost 102 games last season and won the draft lottery — and perhaps a future star that can help the White Sox win their first World Series title since 2005 will get selected in the top spot. There are no clear-cut No. 1 picks in this year’s draft much like current Philadelphia Phillies slugger and 2026 All-Star Bryce Harper was in 2010. The White Sox will likely pick one from the following three players: UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson or Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey. MLB said Friday no amateur players are scheduled to attend the draft, which is the same as last year. Here’s a look at the most enticing prospects for the White Sox and the rest of the teams drafting early in the first round. — Cholowsky. A 6-foot-2 right-handed hitter, he was a Golden Spikes finalist at UCLA and had a 1.088 OPS with 21 homers and 60 RBIs in his junior season. — Lackey. The 21-year-old catcher didn’t receive any Division I offers until his senior year of high school and has since blossomed into one of the top catching prospects in the draft out of Georgia Tech. The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder showed some versatility by also playing third base. — Emerson. Just 18 years old, the 6-3, 185-pound shortstop bats left, throws right and is widely considered the best all-around player in the draft. The White Sox are in win-now mode after years of rebuilding and could lean toward a college player such as Cholowsky. Cholowsky is a proven prospect with plenty of seasoning at a major college program and could help the White Sox faster, even maybe this season — except for the pitchers they may draft. “Most of the guys we take, even if they played in college versus a high school pick, they haven’t thrown competitively in a while,” White Sox director of player development Paul Janish said. “You have the draft in July, the minor-league season is over in early September. There’s not a huge window. You take all those things in consideration, really the motive is health. We’re going to get you as ready as you can be for next spring training to have a good first full pro season.” Like father, like son Jim Thome helped change the perception of the Phillies from long-time losers to championship contenders when he left Cleveland and signed a six-year, $85 million contract ahead of the 2003 season. Thome hit 47 homers in his first season, his 400th career homer the next in Citizens Bank Park’s first season and now can enjoy another milestone in the city — his 18-year-old son, Landon, is a likely first-round pick. The Nazareth Academy (Illinois) infielder, who is committed to Florida State, is ranked among the top 50 prospects. “All the hard work, which at the end of the day, they do it all. As a dad, you sit back, you watch the journey,” the elder Thome told MLB Network. There are more familiar names that could be called during the draft. Rutgers outfielder Peyton Bonds is MLB’s career home run leader Barry Bonds’ nephew. Houston first baseman Carsten Sabathia III is the son of Hall of Fame pitcher CC Sabathia. Gulliver Prep (Florida) shortstop Jacob Lombard is considered one of the top five available prospects and is the son of Detroit Tigers bench coach and former major leaguer George Lombard. The draft order Here’s the rest of the top 10 following Chicago for the start of the draft Saturday. Tampa Bay picks second and Minnesota is third. San Francisco is fourth and Pittsburgh fifth. Kansas City, Baltimore, the Athletics, Atlanta and Colorado round out the top 10. Potential draft changes Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses as part of the recent negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for players residing in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico would be cut from 20 rounds to 12 beginning in 2027 under the proposal Major League Baseball made during a bargaining session with the players’ association. An identical 12-round draft would be started for international prospects, a proposal the union has rejected in the past. Starting in 2028, a prospect for the amateur draft would have to be at least 20 years old by the Sept. 1 of his signing year and two years removed from the graduating year of his high school class — a restriction that also would eliminate players who completed their first year of junior college. Cooperstown calls Since the draft began in 1965, more than 50 Hall of Famers have been selected by the team that eventually signed them. The Hall of Fame class of 2026 features two former draft picks: Jeff Kent was taken in the 20th round in 1989 by the Toronto Blue Jays; and Carlos Beltrán was a second-round pick by the Royals in 1995. The 1989 draft has now produced five future Hall of Famers, the most of any single draft in history, with Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome and Kent having been selected. ===== PHILLIES’ KYLE SCHWARBER JOINS BRYCE HARPER IN HR DERBY The Phillies will be well represented in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Philadelphia. Kyle Schwarber announced Friday that he is joining Phillies teammate Bryce Harper in the exhibition at Citizens Bank Park. Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, New York Yankees first baseman Ben Rice, Kansas City Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone, St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jordan Walker and Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras also have been confirmed to participate. Schwarber, who leads the majors with 32 homers this season, reached the finals of the Home Run Derby in 2018. The then-Chicago Cubs slugger lost to Harper, who was then a member of the Nationals and the All-Star festivities were held in Washington. Schwarber’s last foray in the Home Run Derby didn’t go so well. He lost in the first round in 2022. ===== REDS REINSTATE 3B KE’BRYAN HAYES FROM INJURED LIST The Cincinnati Reds reinstated third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes from the 10-day injured list on Friday. Reds infielder/outfielder Matt McLain was placed on the IL with a left calf strain, retroactive to Wednesday. Hayes, 29, has been out of the Cincinnati lineup since May 20 because of a bulging disc in his back. The two-time Gold Glove winner batted .142 with two homers and five RBIs in 44 games before the injury. Hayes is a career .247 hitter with 44 homers and 230 RBIs in 672 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020-25) and Reds. McLain, 26, is batting .190 with eight home runs, 25 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 83 games this season. ===== WHITE SOX REINSTATE 1B MUNETAKA MURAKAMI FROM IL The Chicago White Sox reinstated rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami from the 10-day injured list on Friday. The 26-year-old first baseman has missed the last 35 games with a strained right hamstring. At the time of his injury on May 29, Murakami was tied for the American League lead in homers (20) and RBIs (41). Murakami is batting .240 with a .938 OPS and 43 runs scored in 57 games this season with the White Sox. Chicago optioned first baseman Jacob Gonzalez, 24, to Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding transaction. The 2023 first-round pick made his MLB debut on May 31 and has batted .244 with two homers and 17 RBIs in 30 games. ===== REPORTS: BREWERS SIGNING FREE AGENT RHP BRYSE WILSON The Milwaukee Brewers are bringing back veteran right-hander Bryse Wilson, multiple outlets reported on Friday. Terms of the signing were not immediately available. Wilson, 28, elected free agency after being designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs last Saturday. He made two relief appearances for the Cubs and surrendered seven runs on 12 hits in 7 2/3 innings. Wilson began this season with the Philadelphia Phillies but was released after one scoreless, two-inning outing. He previously pitched for the Brewers from 2023-24, going 11-4 with a 3.42 ERA in 87 games (nine starts). Wilson is 20-23 with four saves and a 4.86 ERA in 166 games (57 starts) with six teams since debuting in 2018. ========================================== WORLD CUP NEWS MIKEL MERINO’S GOAL LIFTS SPAIN PAST BELGIUM, INTO SEMIFINALS VS. FRANCE It had to be Mikel Merino. Spain’s savior came through again with a substitute goal in La Roja’s 2-1 defeat of Belgium in a World Cup quarterfinal Friday afternoon in Inglewood, Calif. Merino has continued to reward coach Luis de la Fuente’s faith in him as he recovered from a stress fracture in his right foot, which kept him on crutches for two months and on the sideline for most of 2026. But he’s back and a major reason Spain, the 2010 World Cup champions, have a showdown with France in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday with the winner advancing to the World Cup final on July 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. France seek their third straight final, having defeated Croatia in 2018 before losing to Argentina four years ago. The French will also be looking for revenge after losing to eventual champion Spain 2-1 in the semifinals of the 2024 European Championship. “If anyone should be afraid it should be (France) — we knocked them out of the Euros,” Spanish forward Lamine Yamal told TV Espana after the Belgium match. “Obviously, we are two great teams, among the best in the world. We’ll see what happens, but we have no fear. “We’re very happy to be in the semis again (after the Euros). We want to keep going to the final.” Merino, who injured his foot in late January and underwent surgery which he thought would keep him out of the World Cup, came off the bench to score the stoppage-time winner vs. Portugal in the round of 16 on Monday. He did it again on Friday in the 88th minute, two after he entered, against injury-plagued Belgium. “I’m so happy. I can’t believe it yet. It’s happened again,” Merino said on TV Espana. “People say there’s no such thing as coincidences, but if you go in there prepared then it can fall for you again.” He put in a rebound after substitute goalkeeper Senne Lammens spilled a soft shot by Pau Cubarsi. Lammens replaced the injured Thibaut Courtois (four saves) in the 71st minute when he couldn’t play through a quad injury. In the second minute of second-half stoppage time, Spain defender Aymeric Laporte bailed out goalkeeper Unai Simon with a clearance in front of the goal. Belgium captain and midfielder Youri Tielemans sustained an undisclosed injury during warm-ups and was scratched from the starting lineup. Hans Vanaken replaced him. “I don’t think we’ve got anything to feel humiliated about,” Belgium coach Rudi Garcia said, through a translator. “Unfortunately, the stars weren’t aligned. We lost our keeper, our captain. We had to sub out Kevin De Bruyne and that wasn’t part of the game plan. There were too many things. The ducks weren’t in a row.” Spain had not conceded a goal in the tournament through five matches but found themselves tied 1-1 at the half. Fabian Ruiz put Spain ahead in the 30th minute with a rebound off a shot by Dani Olmo but a header by Charles De Ketelaere in the 41st was the equalizer. Spain almost opened the scoring in the 21st but a strike by Yamal, who turns 19 on Monday, was wide of the left post. The lead came soon after. A cross by Pedro Porro from the left flank was well struck by Olmo at the center of the box, forcing a right-handed save by Courtois. Ruiz, who got the start over Barcelona’s Pedri in the midfield, was in perfect position for the putback. La Roja allowed Belgium back into the match with uncharacteristic poor clearing and Timothy Castagne sent a service in from the right to De Ketelaere, who got inside positioning on Cubarsi and powered the ball past Simon. “We were much the better team, but then when we were playing our best, (Belgium) managed to score their goal,” Yamal said. “No team really comes out to play us, everyone sits back to defend. It’s more difficult, but in the end we got the victory.” Thanks once more to Merino’s heroics. “We came here for this, to play against the best teams in the world,” Merino said to FOX Sports, looking ahead to France. “We are confident in our possibilities. At the same time, respecting the opposition. “One of those games that you dream of when you were a kid and now we have the chance to compete against a massive rival. Hopefully, we’ll get the win.” Belgium had their 18-match unbeaten streak end, while Spain extended their own unbeaten streak to a team-record 36 matches (27 wins, nine draws) dating back to a loss to Colombia in March 2024. Spain would tie Italy’s all-time record of 37 matches without a loss with a win over France. ===== DEFENSIVE SWITZERLAND SET SIGHTS ON STIFLING LIONEL MESSI, ARGENTINA The knockout stage of the World Cup has not been easy for defending champion Argentina. They needed extra time in the round of 32 to earn a 3-2 victory against Cape Verde before requiring a late rally from a two-goal deficit against Egypt to claim a 3-2 win in the round of 16. Goals may be harder to come by for Argentina against defensive-minded Switzerland in the quarterfinals on Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo. International Sports Competitions “It wasn’t easy to come back from a 2-0 deficit in a World Cup knockout match – especially given how games are going these days, where no one gives you anything for free,” Argentina star Lionel Messi said. “But thank God, we did it once again.” Messi, who earlier missed a penalty kick, scored the tying goal in the 83rd minute Tuesday in Atlanta before Enzo Fernandez netted the winner in the second minute of second-half stoppage time. Cristian Romero sparked the comeback with a goal in the 79th minute off a Messi assist. The 39-year-old Messi has a record 21 World Cup tallies for his career. He owns eight goals in this World Cup, tied with France’s Kylian Mbappe for the most in the tourney. Mbappe, though, has played one more match, with his team already through to the semifinals. “Especially for those players on the bench, the players who watch Lionel Messi play and can’t believe what they’re watching – he should be a role model for them,” Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said. “He tries again and again, and I get goosebumps.” Swiss captain Granit Xhaka and defender Ricardo Rodriguez are the only members left from the 2014 squad that lost 1-0 in extra time to Messi and Argentina in the round of 16 at Brazil. “I don’t know that we can stop him over 90 minutes. It’s going to be difficult,” said Xhaka, referring to Messi. “But we have to be smart, compact, close the gaps and not give him too many spaces. We just try to play our game.” Argentina is riding an 11-match unbeaten streak in the World Cup. They’ve scored multiple times in each of those games, tied for the longest streak in tournament history. “It’s obviously a very tough challenge,” said Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji. “But I think we’re ready. I think we can play against any opponent and make it hard for them. We know it’s going to be difficult but we’re going to give our best.” Switzerland, in the quarterfinals for the first time since they hosted the tournament in 1954, have scored nine goals over their five matches while conceding just three. They’re coming off a scoreless draw vs. Colombia that they won 4-3 in penalty kicks. “We know Argentina has many fine qualities. Few talk about the Swiss qualities,” Xhaka said. “(Saturday) we will talk on the pitch, and we will show what we can do, and everything else doesn’t matter.” Switzerland will be without productive midfielder Johan Manzambi, who racked up three goals and two assists in their first four matches of the event, for the second straight match because of a knee injury. “We tried everything we could to get him back in peak form,” Swiss coach Murat Yakin said. “Momentum was on his side, and there was so much joy when he plays, and he has his teammates by his side. Everything worked out so well for him until now.” The winner of Saturday’s match will play either Norway or England on Wednesday in Atlanta with a berth in the World Cup final on July 19 at East Rutherford, N.J., on the line. ========================================= NFL NEWS AARON DONALD WORKS OUT WITH RAMS AS COMEBACK RUMORS SWIRL Former Los Angeles Rams All-Pro Aaron Donald has made rumblings about a potential comeback in 2026 after the 10-time Pro Bowler retired in 2024. The chances of the standout defensive tackle coming out of retirement look significantly more likely after TMZ released photos of Donald working out at the Rams’ facilities on Friday. A dominant presence for the Rams with eight All-Pro selections over a 10-year career, Donald has been out of action since he last suited up and recorded eight sacks in the 2023 season. Speculation about a potential comeback has ramped up since the Rams traded for the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Myles Garrett. Should Donald be able to play anywhere near his own stellar standards, a Donald-Garrett pairing would be a dynamic force for the Rams. Head coach Sean McVay did little to throw water on the situation last month, saying in part he had “talked to (Donald) about the opportunity to bring him on board.” “If Aaron decides he wants to dust ‘em off at the age of 35,” McVay said, “I bet you he can still do it at a pretty high clip.” Donald, who had 111 sacks, 543 tackles and 176 tackles for loss in his career, acknowledged at the time that McVay’s pitch had piqued his interest. “It for sure got me thinking,” Donald told media personality Pat McAfee. Garrett, 30, owns the NFL record for sacks in a season with 23 last year. He has played nine seasons and 134 career games and recorded 412 career tackles, 125.5 sacks, 23 forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries, all with the Cleveland Browns. ===== TERRION ARNOLD CAN WORK OUT FOR NFL TEAMS; NO GPS TRACKER Former Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold will be allowed to continue working out with NFL teams after a judge ruled Friday he does not need to wear a GPS tracker as a condition of his release. Arnold was arrested on June 24 and is facing felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping related to an incident in February near Tampa, Fla. He was released on a $1 million bond and subjected to home confinement with the exception of work and legal appointments. After the Lions cut Arnold on June 29, the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office filed a motion to reconsider the terms of his bond conditions, arguing that no longer being an NFL player was a “substantial change” in his circumstances, the legal standard required to consider bond condition changes. Arnold’s lawyers argued a GPS monitor would prevent him from being able to sign with another team. His agent, Nicole Lynn, testified at the hearing that the New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts all inquired about Arnold within 24 hours of his release from the Lions. “He actually had a workout with the team, an NFL team, just yesterday. So he was in their facility, they paid for him to fly in, he did a physical, which shows you how serious these teams are about him,” Lynn told the court. “With an ankle monitor, it would be extremely difficult and maybe even impossible for him to get a job.” She testified Arnold worked out with the Texans this week and had another workout scheduled next week with another NFL team, though she said there is currently no verbal agreement or contract with any team. Arnold is accused of being the ringleader of an alleged plot to avenge a theft in February by detaining and pistol-whipping the men he believed were responsible. But authorities said none of the victims Arnold and his co-conspirators allegedly kidnapped and attacked were involved with stealing items from Arnold. The 23-year-old was the primary conspirator, according to prosecutors. All three victims are in their teens, according to court documents. Arnold reported the theft of more than $250,000 in property from an Airbnb in Largo, Fla., near Tampa, three days before the alleged kidnapping and assault occurred. Arnold was selected by Detroit in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Across 24 games in his two seasons with the Lions, he has recorded 91 tackles, 18 passes defensed and one interception. He is an unrestricted agent after clearing waivers Monday. ===== ‘I’LL NEVER SAY NEVER’ — 4-TIME PRO BOWL QB LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR SURPRISE RETURN TO NFL AFTER EARLY RETIREMENT The NFL offseason frequently generates unexpected roster speculation, but few developments match the sudden intrigue of an accomplished quarterback considering an exit from retirement. As franchises finalize operational depth charts before training camps commence later this month, personnel deficiencies across the league have forced several front offices to evaluate veteran options under center. A four-time Pro Bowl signal-caller has officially confirmed that the door to his professional career remains open, reshaping the dynamics of midsummer quarterback market evaluations. ===== DEREK CARR CONFIRMS OFFSEASON INQUIRIES FROM MULTIPLE NFL FRANCHISES Former Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr stepped away from professional football in May 2025 due to a labral tear and degenerative changes in his right shoulder. Despite spending the entire 2025 season away from the gridiron, the 35-year-old quarterback indicated his retirement is not entirely permanent. During an appearance on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” on Friday, Carr acknowledged that his phone has been active this offseason as multiple front offices look to gauge his availability for the upcoming campaign. “I never say never,” Carr told “Good Morning Football.” “It would take a special situation. There were multiple teams that reached out to me this offseason, and I won’t say who or how, but they reached out and were just gauging my interest. … They’re good, solid football teams, but a couple of them in some different situations. I think I’m just at the point where I just want to win.” ======================================= NBA NEWS REPORTS: BAM ADEBAYO PUNCHES EX-HEAT TEAMMATE TYLER HERRO Bam Adebayo punched his former Miami Heat teammate Tyler Herro during a brief altercation in Las Vegas on Friday, ESPN and The Athletic reported. Both the Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks, Herro’s new team, confirmed to The Athletic that they were made aware of the situation, but they declined further comment. Reports said the exchange took place on a practice court inside a hotel in Las Vegas, where NBA Summer League games are being held. Herro was with an AAU team that he runs. Adebayo approached him on the court and, after Herro said something to his ex-teammate, punched him in the “head area,” per ESPN. Security at the court escorted Herro away, Adebayo also left on his own and Las Vegas police officers were not summoned to the scene, The Athletic reported. Not long after the incident, but before knowledge of it became public, Herro participated in an interview with Amazon Prime Video ahead of a game between Miami’s and Milwaukee’s summer league teams.TV Networks & Stations “It’s all love. It’s all love in Miami,” Herro said. “I’ve seen a couple of the guys, and the coaching staff. Chris Quinn, Spo (Erik Spoelstra), front office guys. We are all good in Miami and just the opportunity for both sides to reset, get a fresh start and we’re both super happy for this.” However, last week a series of direct messages between Herro and an anonymous fan leaked, showing Herro taking an apparent swipe at Adebayo’s defense. “You should get paid 60 million to be a top tier defender on some nights? I’m just wondering,” Herro allegedly says in the messages. The Bucks dealt Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Heat for Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round draft picks, a second-rounder and a pick swap. Adebayo, 28, has played his full nine-year NBA career with the Heat and was teammates with Herro for the past seven seasons. Adebayo broke out for 83 points on March 10 against the Washington Wizards, surpassing Kobe Bryant for the second-highest scoring individual performance in NBA history. Adebayo, who signed a three-year, $166 million extension with Miami in June 2024, had 20.1 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in 73 games this past season. Herro, 26, averaged 20.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists but played just 33 games due to injuries. ===== SPURS SIGN VICTOR WEMBANYAMA FOR REPORTED 5 YEARS, $252M Hours after he told Spurs fans he was “here to stay,” Victor Wembanyama signed a multiyear contract extension with San Antonio that ESPN reported is for five years and $252 million. The deal, which is worth $50.4 million per year, is the NBA’s maximum rookie-scale extension and carries a player option for the fifth season. “Spurs family, I’m here to stay,” Wembanyama tweeted Friday. “Whatever it takes.” The Spurs, who did not confirm financial details, published photos and videos of Wembanyama inking his contract. Wembanyama has been viewed as one of the elite young players in the sport going back before the Spurs selected him No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 7-foot-4 center with an 8-foot wingspan has averaged 23.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 blocks per game through three NBA seasons (181 games). The Defensive Player of the Year and a first-time All-NBA first-team selection, Wembanyama finished third in MVP balloting this season after putting up career highs of 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. He is a career 34.2% 3-point shooter who has made 2.2 triples per game, and he’s led the league in blocks in every season since his arrival.Sports News The Spurs fell to the New York Knicks in five games last month in Wembanyama’s first NBA Finals. The current pieces around him include guards De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper, and the Spurs recently signed veteran forward Tobias Harris. ============================================ GOLF NEWS LUCAS GLOVER CRUISES THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND, LEADS ISCO BY 2 Lucas Glover must be feeling deja vu. One week after going bogey-free through two rounds at the John Deere Classic to take the outright lead, Glover has replicated the feat at the ISCO Championship following his second-round 64 Friday at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky. Glover sits at 13-under 127, two shots clear of Chan Kim (65) and Steven Fisk (66). Aaron Wise and France’s Jeong Weon Ko are tied for fourth at 10 under after identical 65-65 starts to the week. Glover, 46, is in ideal position to grab the seventh PGA Tour victory of his career and the fourth he’s had since 2021. He did not finish the job last week, tying for third while Chris Gotterup won the John Deere. “Pretty similar (rounds). I putted very similar,” said Glover, who birdied three holes on each nine. “So I was probably in the fairway a little more today. The holes were in the high spots because of the weather, couple places it was hard to get it close. It was a little bit nasty this morning when we started, had some rain through the first few holes. “Yeah, played nice, solid, no bogeys through two days. Need to keep that up. Yeah, scores are going to be low so keep the pedal down.” While Fisk won the Sanderson Farms Championship last fall for his maiden PGA title, Kim has not broken through on the tour yet. He made his living with eight Japan Golf Tour wins between 2017 and 2022, and he’s won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour. The Hawaii native birdied five times in an eight-hole stretch from Nos. 7-14. “I do love this golf course, I think it suits my game very well,” Kim said. “I played well the first two rounds last year and I slipped a little bit the last two rounds, but golf’s hard. Hopefully this year I can kind of redeem myself here and play a little better on the weekend.” The winner last time around was William Mouw, and his competitors will be watching out for him Saturday and Sunday after he turned in a 7-under 63 — tied for low round of the day with Canada’s Taylor Pendrith — to climb into sixth place at 9 under. Mouw, 25, made three putts from 20 feet or longer in a stretch of four birdies from Nos. 14-18. He had a simple explanation afterward. “Jokingly, I put my putter in hot water last night and it stayed hot,” Mouw said. “I woke up with it hot out of the water and stayed hot all round. “I told my caddie I was going to do it and put it in some boiling hot water. Funny enough, it just stayed hot all day and I’m going to do it tonight too.” ===== CAMERON PERCY CONQUERS WET, WINDY FIRESTONE TO SEIZE KAULIG LEAD Australia’s Cameron Percy fired a 4-under-par 66 on Friday during the second round of the Kaulig Companies Championship to claim a one-shot lead through 36 holes at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Percy’s bogey-free trip around the wet and windy South Course pushed him to 7 under as he hunts his first PGA Tour Champions title. First-round leader Jerry Kelly and Zach Johnson are one shot behind while Boo Weekley sits two back. Percy, 52, and his caddie have done the math to decide what it should take for Percy to make the tour’s fourth major of the year his first win. “We worked out most of the time if you get to 12 under, you’ll win,” Percy said. “So I didn’t care about my score, I’m just trying to get to 12 under. That’s 3 under a day and I’m one shot ahead of that. “Really, you know, I’m still 5 behind what I’m trying to do. I need 5 more under from here on in and if someone beats me, well, that’s just too good.” Kelly, who won majors in 2020 and 2022 at Firestone, already has figured out what it takes. If not for a bogey on No. 18, he’d hold a share of the lead with Percy. Instead, he finished with a 69 for the day to join Percy and Johnson as the only golfers who are at least halfway to 12 under.Sports Johnson pieced together five birdies and two bogeys for the second straight day to net another 67. “The days were very similar, yesterday and today,” Johnson said. “Obviously the scorecard was very similar. Created a lot of opportunities. I missed some short putts yesterday. You can argue I missed a couple short putts today, too. But I made a couple, so I’m driving it great, I seemed to give myself a lot of good opportunities. “Seems like the harder the hole — the more difficulty — I seem to execute even better. That was encouraging.” Weekley, who has shed the sinus infection that forced him to withdraw from last week’s U.S. Senior Open after the opening round, posted a bogey-free 67 to move to 5 under. He climbed five spots into solo fourth going into the weekend. “Today I didn’t have a square (a bogey),” Weekley said. “I got lucky, though. I missed a couple greens on the par-3s and I actually drew good lies. You know, when you draw the good lie, you feel good about it, you feel like you can get it up and down, and I got it close every time and just tapped it in.” Tag Ridings, the only golfer in the 76-man field to match Percy’s second-round 66, joins South Africa’s Retief Goosen (67), Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke (70) and Ryan Armour (68) at 4 under. Stewart Cink, who won this year’s first two majors, posted a 68 Friday to round out the top 10 with Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen (70) at 3 under. ===== RORY MCILROY IN THREE-WAY TIE AT SCOTTISH OPEN; SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER MISSES CUT Rory McIlroy shot 66 in the second round to keep pace with co-leaders Tom Kim of South Korea and PGA Tour rookie Jordan Smith at 9-under at the Scottish Open in North Berwick, Scotland. Smith’s eight birdies propelled him to the round of the day on Friday with a 63. McIlroy remained a co-leader after his first-round 65 on the strength of four birdies on the front nine on Friday. “I thought I played well again,” McIlroy said. “It would have been nice to be a couple better. But you know, it’s obviously another good day and in good position.” World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is accustomed to separating from the pack, but not typically in this fashion. He finished even par through 36 holes and missed the cut for the first time since 2022. Kim has matched McIlroy from the start of the tournament with equal rounds of 65-66. “I stayed really patient out there, just tried to position myself,” Kim said. “The wind got tricky a little bit as it started to pick up, and of obviously completely different wind than yesterday. So I think my experience over here the last few years has helped. I’ve played in both wind directions.” Local favorite Robert MacIntyre is two shots off the lead as is defending champion Chris Gotterup. Gotterup was one shot better than McIlroy on Friday. His 65 was nearly a 64 until he wrapped up Friday’s 18 with a bogey. The wind shifted in the afternoon and pristine playing conditions were closer to the expected Scottish Open or Open Championship weather. For McIlroy, MacIntyre and Gotterup, the back nine played extremely long due to the wind. McIlroy went light instead of trying to hit the green on No. 14, a par-4, because of the unpredictable gusts. He recognized the game had gone from target practice aiming for pins to grabbing hold with both hands and hoping for the best. “Once we turned for home the wind got its strongest for the day and it was hard to hit it close,” McIlroy said. “Felt like I did well to hang on. Maybe could have been one or two better but overall it was a good day.” Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee are tied one off the lead at 8-under. Scheffler had made the cut in 78 consecutive events. He’ll have a few unplanned days off this weekend before the Open Championship kicks off Thursday at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. And it’s a safe assumption he’ll be spending the extra time working on tee shots. Scheffler hit only 11 of 26 fairways at the Scottish Open. “I got off to a tough start,” Scheffler said of Friday’s round. “And then on the back nine I didn’t feel like I was hitting it close enough to give myself enough opportunities. I think that’s what it really comes down to. I got off to a poor start and didn’t really hit it close enough to give myself a bunch of looks, and that’s how you shoot over par.” Germany’s Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, Victor Perez of France and 24-year-old Australian Karl Vilips had rounds of 64 on Friday and are among the more than two dozen players in the field within three shots of the lead entering the weekend. None of the trio walked onto the opening tee Thursday at the Scottish Open with a world ranking above 175. ===== LOTTIE WOAD LEADS EVIAN; NELLY KORDA MISSES 1ST CUT IN 2 YEARS Lottie Woad of England carded a 7-under-par 64 on Friday to secure a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France. Woad collected eight birdies against one bogey at the Evian Resort Golf Club to move to 11-under 131 at the fourth of this season’s five majors. While Woad shot up the leaderboard, World No. 1 Nelly Korda saw her streak of 34 cuts made in official LPGA Tour events come to a halt on Friday. The four-time major winner’s bid for a birdie on the final hole fell inches short, putting her at 2-under 69 on Friday and 1-over 143 for the tournament. Korda’s last missed cut was the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Woad caught fire on the back nine, highlighted by a run of birdies on Nos. 11-13 as well as birdies on the par-5 15th and 18th holes. “Yeah, I think I just kept on giving myself chances. I mean, at the start I hit a lot of good approaches on one and two and didn’t make them,” Woad said. “On the back nine seemed to make most things.” Woad is one shot ahead of first-round leader Aki Iwai (69 on Friday) of Japan. Iwai recorded five birdies, however a bogey on No. 17 and a double-bogey on the par-4 sixth hole soured her round. Mao Saigo (68) of Japan benefited from a bogey-free round to join Haeran Ryu (68) of South Korea in third place, three strokes behind Woad. Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul tallied an eagle on No. 7 and five birdies to card a 64 on Friday. The nine-time LPGA Tour winner resides in a four-way tie for fifth place at 6-under. “Like I wanted to hit it on the fairway because I know if I hit on the fairway I might have a chance to go two to the green. Even I have to hit 3-woods,” Thitikul said of her approach on the par-5 seventh hole. “But like it had a chance, because yesterday I miss by a tad bit to the left so I don’t have a chance to go to the green. So I had like over 40 feet putt and it just luckily went in.” ======================================== TENNIS NEWS DEFENDING CHAMPION SINNER BEATS DJOKOVIC TO SET UP WIMBLEDON FINAL VS. ZVEREV LONDON (AP) — If there were any lingering questions over Jannik Sinner’s physical status after his meltdown at the French Open, they should be answered now. Sinner blasted his way past seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the Wimbledon final — showing off the kind of dominance he displayed before that second-round defeat in Paris. It was a measure of revenge for Sinner after Djokovic won their last meeting in five sets in this year’s Australian Open semifinals. For the 39-year-old Djokovic, it marked another chance missed at adding to his record total of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. Aiming to defend his title at the grass-court Grand Slam, the top-ranked Sinner will face second-seeded Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final. Zverev ended the “Ferytale” run of British wild card Arthur Fery with an overpowering 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory earlier as the star-studded crowd on Centre Court witnessed two one-way contests. Zverev will be playing for another major trophy a month after winning his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. “This Grand Slam has always been the one that I struggled with the most and all of a sudden I’m in the final of Wimbledon,” the 29-year-old German said. “We got one more match to go on Sunday and that’s what the focus is on.” It was another warm day in southwest London, with the temperature rising to about 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius). It was also breezy and a bit cloudier than in recent days. Still, it felt nothing like the suffocating heat and humidity in Paris when Sinner wasted a big lead against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who was ranked No. 56, and had his 30-match winning streak ended in dramatically unexpected fashion. Djokovic was coming off the longest quarterfinal in Wimbledon history, when he outlasted Felix Auger-Aliassime after 5 hours, 15 minutes on Tuesday. Sinner, by contrast, hadn’t lost a set since he was pushed to five by Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. From the start, Sinner pushed Djokovic back with his powerful groundstrokes and came up with big serves in big moments. When Sinner faced his only break point of the match early in the third set, he produced an ace. Sinner has won 9 straight vs. Zverev Zverev, whose breakthrough at Roland Garros came in his fourth Grand Slam final, is attempting to become the first man in the professional era (since 1968) to win his second major title at the next event immediately after his first. Sinner has won his last nine meetings with Zverev and 14 straight sets. “I have to trust myself and I have to believe that I can win and that’s what I’m going to do,” Zverev said before he knew who his opponent would be. The 114th-ranked Fery, who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and played at Stanford University, was attempting to become the first wild card to reach the final since Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001. Zverev did well not to let the pro-Fery crowd get behind the local player too much and a double fault from Fery early in the first-set tiebreaker put Zverev in control. The 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) Zverev was also able to dominate with his serve, which he cranked up to 139 mph (224 kph). The 5-foot-9 (1.75-meter) Fery, by comparison, was serving closer to 120 mph (193 kph). British cheering The British spectators did their best to encourage Fery early on, chanting his name between points as they sipped their Pimm’s under their wide-brimmed hats. At one point early on, chair umpire Marijana Veljovic had to tell the crowd to pipe down. “Ladies and gentlemen: Do not react, if possible, until the end of the point,” Veljovic said, before adding later in the first set: “Once again, do not react during the rally. That’s very disturbing for both players,” which was met with a round of applause. When it was over, Fery walked off to a standing ovation and applauded the crowd in return. “I know that 99.99% of the stadium was wanting Arthur to win. But it was still such an incredible atmosphere. It was such a fair crowd as well,” Zverev said. “A lot of crowds in the world can take an example of this crowd.” Becker congratulates Zverev Zverev had previously never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon. Now he’s the first German man to reach the final of the grass-court Grand Slam since Boris Becker lost to Pete Sampras in 1995. The last German man to win Wimbledon was Michael Stich, who beat Becker in the 1991 final. Becker, the three-time Wimbledon champion, wished Zverev “congratulations” in German on X: tweeting “Glückwunsch Sascha !!!,” using the player’s nickname. The women’s final on Saturday features two Czech players, Karolina Muchova against Linda Noskova. ======================================= INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES INDIANA PACERS SUMMER LEAGUE The Indiana Pacers were back in action on Friday as the Blue and Gold opened Las Vegas Summer League action against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Indiana opened its Summer League slate with a win, 99-93. Taelon Peter and Jalen Slawson served as veterans in the Pacers’ starting five, Braden Smith and Tamin Lipsey joined forces in the backcourt, and Rienk Mast rounded out Indiana’s starting lineup. Indiana was loose with the basketball early in the contest and committed six first quarter turnovers. Cleveland leveraged those extra possessions into a lead after the first quarter of action, 13-10. The Pacers recovered in the second quarter as they settled in and found a rhythm. Indiana logged 32 points in the second frame as Taevion Kinsey caught fire from deep. Smith broke a press in the backcourt in the final 30 seconds of the half and darted a pass under the basket to Kinsey, who was fouled. Kinsey knocked down his free throw – one shot worth two points – and the Pacers led, 43-41 heading into the halftime break. “We’re fast and unselfish, and we’re doing some good things right now,” coach Rick Carlisle said of Indiana’s Summer League showing. Kinsey was a spark off the Indiana bench in the first half as he shot 3-for-3 from deep and led the Blue and Gold in scoring with 11 points. Mast recorded nine points and eight rebounds. Slawson executed a volleyball spike of a block early in the third as he rejected Riley Minix’s shot. He then converted a free throw, swiped a steal, and completed an alley-oop pass to Peter for the slam. The second year player exhibited a sturdy grasp on the pace of the NBA game in Indiana’s Summer League opener. The Pacers pulled away in the third quarter and led heading into the fourth, 75-56. Meleek Thomas, Cleveland’s 34th overall pick, came to life in the fourth quarter. Thomas had 10 points in the frame with five minutes to go, and the Cavaliers cut into Indiana’s lead. The Pacers led by four points with under four minutes to play. Mast drove hard to the rim in the waning minutes of the fourth and converted a layup through a foul. Indiana led by six following Mast’s made free throw, and Peter hit a dagger 3-pointer to seal the win for the Pacers with under a minute left, 96-89. Indiana had five double-digit scorers in the victory – Keion Brooks Jr. (11), Peter (13), Mast (16), Kinsey (16) and Slawson (15). Smith struggled to find his shot early in the contest, but found a groove in the second half. He finished with five points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Mast recorded 11 rebounds alongside his 16 points. “[I] try to help the team win,” Mast said postgame. “…I’ve got to do my job, I’ve got to work hard.” Thomas finished with 20 points for Cleveland, as did Nae’Qwan Tomlin. Indiana returns to Summer League action on Saturday, July 11, at 5:30 PM ET to take on the Philadelphia 76ers. Key Stats Braden Smith, Indiana’s No. 38 overall pick, recorded five points, eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals in his Summer League debut. Rienk Mast, former Nebraska Cornhusker, recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Jalen Slawson recorded five blocks. The Pacers recorded 21 assists on 31 made field goals. ============================================ INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS INDIANAPOLIS – Jhostynxon Garcia and Termarr Johnson each hit two-run home runs, in the third and eighth innings, respectively, as the Indianapolis Indians defeated the Toledo Mud Hens, 6-3, on Friday night at Victory Field. The Indians (10-6, 41-50) opened with four runs in the first three frames. Garcia plated the first of the game with a bloop single in the first inning. With two outs in the third, Ronny Simon started a rally with a single and stole second base, his 24th swiped bag of the season. Enmanuel Valdez crushed a double off the wall for a 2-0 lead and Garcia hit a towering ball down the left field line to break it open, 4-0. Toledo (9-7, 43-47) turned things around with three runs in the seventh inning, cutting the deficit to one run. Max Clark hit his eighth homer of the season, a two-run shot, and Gage Workman hit a sacrifice fly. The Mud Hens offense for the night ended there. Johnson then blasted a baseball for two insurance runs in the eighth. Jaden Woods started a bullpen game for Indy and tossed 2.0 scoreless frames with four strikeouts. Derek Diamond (W, 2-0) then followed with 2.0 shutout stanzas and Nick Dombkowski tossed the next 3.0, allowing three runs. Justin Meis blanked Toledo in the eighth inning and Beau Burrows (S, 5) recorded the final three outs to seal the win. Troy Watson (L, 3-3) allowed four runs across 5.0 innings for Toledo. Indy and Toledo continue their six-game series on Saturday night at 7:05 PM. Indianapolis celebrates the 30th anniversary of Victory Field, as Pittsburgh’s No. 21 prospect RHP Khristian Curtis (2-1, 7.02) is scheduled to start for the Indians. RHP Dylan File (5-5, 5.73) will take the mound for the Mud Hens. ============================================ INDIANA BASEBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Childhood dreams will come true this weekend as the MLB Draft begins in Philadelphia. The draft will coincide with the beginning of All-Star weekend with the first four round rounds on Saturday (July 11) and the final 16 rounds coming on Sunday (July 12). The entirety of the proceedings can be seen on MLB.com. Since head coach Jeff Mercer began his tenure in Bloomington, 30 unique student-athletes have been selected in the MLB Draft. Former third baseman Cole Barr was picked in both 2019 and 2021 but elected to sign on the latter occasion. 17 of those players have been picked in the top 10 rounds, including former All-American outfielder Devin Taylor (2 – 48) in 2025. A cohort of veteran arms will be hoping to hear their names called during next weekend’s proceedings. Right-handed pitcher Jackson Bergman, left-handed pitcher Tony Neubeck and right-handed pitcher Gavin Seebold are among the candidates to be selected in the draft. Left-handed pitcher Brayton Thomas and right-handed pitcher Jackson Yarberry are draft eligible as well. All of IU’s incoming freshman class will in the draft pool as prep athletes. Pitchers Gavin Swartz (Bloomington, Ill.) and Luke Crighton (Rochester Hills, Mich.) are coming off of fantastic high school seasons on the mound. Crighton, a Second Team Max Preps All-American, went 10-0 with a 1.19 ERA enroute to a state title in Michigan. In program history, no team has selected more Hoosiers (12) than the White Sox. Two teams – the Dodgers and Tigers – have never picked an IU player. IU has had at least two players selected in every full draft since 2008 (not including the five round 2020 MLB Draft). Proceedings in Philadelphia will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday (July 11) with the first four rounds. Action will resume on Sunday (July 12) at 11:30 a.m. for the final day of picks. =================================== IU INDY SWIMMING AND DIVING INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy athletics department has announced the 2026-27 schedules for the men’s and women’s swim and dive programs. The Jaguars will once again host both the annual House of Champions Invitational and the Horizon League Championships at the IU Natatorium. Head coach Damion Dennis and the Jaguars will open the 2026-27 campaign on Sept. 11-12, hosting Cleveland State and Youngstown State in a two-day Horizon League meet at the IU Natatorium. IU Indy will continue the opening home stretch on Oct. 3 to host the IU Indy Duals, welcoming Xavier, Bellarmine, Eastern Illinois, Bowling Green and Butler. The Jaguars’ home schedule also includes Ball State on Oct. 22, the three-day House of Champions Invitational from Nov. 19-21, Youngstown State on Jan. 15-16 following the winter break and the Senior Meet against Butler (women) and Wabash (men) on Jan. 23. IU Indy will face a challenging road slate throughout the season, beginning with a trip to Grand Valley State on Oct. 9-10. The Jaguars will then compete at the Indiana Intercollegiates at Purdue on Oct. 24 before traveling to Green Bay on Oct. 30 and Chicago on Oct. 31 for a tri-meet with UIC and Milwaukee. The fall semester concludes with the Toyota U.S. Open Championships in Austin, Texas, from Dec. 2-5. The Jaguars will open postseason competition by hosting the Horizon League Championships from Feb. 17-20 at the IU Natatorium. Qualifying student-athletes will then compete at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Ocala, Florida, from March 11-13 before the NCAA Championships. The NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held March 17-20 in Austin, Texas, with the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships following March 24-27, also in Austin. ====================================== BALL STATE FOOTBALL GREENCASTLE, Ind. – For the first time in 104 years, the football rivalry between DePauw University and Wabash College will be played at a neutral site as the 132nd game in the series and 94th for possession of the Monon Bell will be contested at Ball State’s Scheumann Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, with kickoff slated for just after 1 p.m. The venue change is necessitated by the demolition of DePauw’s Blackstock Stadium and the construction of the Blackstock Stadium and Athletics Performance Center which will open in fall 2028. General admission tickets are $50 each plus Ticketmaster fees and are scheduled to go on sale in September. “We’re thrilled to partner with Ball State as the host for one of the most-storied rivalries in college sports,” said Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw associate vice president for student wellness and Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports. “Scheumann Stadium will provide both fan bases with an excellent experience while maintaining the traditions that have become so important to both institutions.” “On behalf of Ball State athletics, I am proud to open Scheumann Stadium gates and serve as the neutral-site host for the 132nd Monon Bell Classic,” said Ball State Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell. “The annual clash between DePauw and Wabash is recognized as a cornerstone of Indiana sports history and is one of college football’s greatest rivalry games. We are honored to host this historic event in Muncie and are thrilled to welcome fans from across the state to our beautiful Ball State campus and experience the passion and tradition of the Monon Bell Classic.” The series started in 1890 and only seven times has the game been played somewhere other than in Greencastle and Crawfordsville. The 1915 through 1917 games as well as the 1919 through 1921 contests were played at Washington Park in Indianapolis with the 1922 contest moved to Irwin Field in Indianapolis. Wabash holds a 63-59-9 advantage in the all-time series including a 44-43-6 edge in games played for Monon Bell possession following DePauw’s 41-20 victory in Crawfordville last November. The 300-pound locomotive engine bell entered the rivalry just prior to the 1932 game as the trophy for the victorious team. The 2026 game marks the sixth consecutive year that the game will be streamed live on multiple platforms by ISC Sports Network. ========================================== INDIANA STATE SOFTBALL TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State head softball coach Windy Thees announced the addition of both Mikka Spence and Kailee O’Sullivan to the 2026-27 roster as the duo will join the Sycamores for the upcoming season. Spence joins the Sycamores by way of Gibbons, Alberta, Canada after transferring into Indiana State by way of Galveston College. The right-handed pitcher lined up and played in two games at Galveston in the 2026 season posting a 2.28 ERA while also earning a spot on the Academics President’s List. Prior to her time at Galveston, Spence lined up and played at Sturgeon Composite High School and for the Team Alberta and Kaizen travel teams. Over her prep career, she recorded a .458 batting average, a .538 on-base percentage, and a 1.78 ERA. She also received the Merit’s Award and the Sportsmanship Awards, while also competing on the volleyball and flag football teams. She is the daughter of Warren and Mona Spence and plans on majoring in biology at Indiana State. O’Sullivan joins the Sycamores by way of Plainfield, Ill., after transferring into Indiana State following two years at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Over her playing career at FDU, she posted a career .335 batting average with team-leading 24 doubles, three triples, and four home runs, while adding 64 RBIs and 45 runs scored. This past season, she posted a .307 batting average over 45 games played, including 11 doubles and two home runs, while sitting second on the FDU roster with 28 RBIs. Her freshman season, O’Sullivan earned All-NEC Second Team and All-Rookie honors after posting a .356 batting average and a team-high .527 slugging percentage highlighted by 13 doubles, three triples, and two home runs, while driving in 36 RBIs. O’Sullivan was a decorated prep player earning All-State and All-Conference recognition at Providence Catholic High School, earning GCAC Red Conference Player of the Year honors. She was ranked the No. 39 player as a utility player for the class of 2024 by Extra Innings Softball and made the 2024 PGF All-American Games Watch List. 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FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ============================================= TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1902: Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft. In a 6 – 3 win against the Giants, the Pirates’ Lefty Davis, 26, in stealing second “broke his leg in the same manner George Van Haltren did two months ago on the same spot,” according to Sporting Life. Davis, a .287 hitter with 45 steals in 171 big league games so far, is out for the season. He’ll return, but bat only .234 with 20 thefts in 177 more games. 1903: At Boston, Jimmy Collins collects five hits, including a triple and homer, to pace the Americans to a 8 – 5 win over Chicago. It is Boston’s 45th win of the year. Clyde Bateman of the Waco Steers throws a no-hitter against the Fort Worth Panthers. What makes this much more notable is that he just had a four-homer game in May, giving him very rare offensive and pitching feats in the same year. 1904 – The Highlanders salvage the last game of the series with the Americans, 10 – 1, but Boston leaves New York with a 2 1/2 game lead in the American League. Patsy Dougherty has four of New York’s 17 hits. 1908: The White Sox play their second 16-inning game in two days, beating Philadelphia, 5 – 4. Vic Willis gives the Pirates their second win in a row over the Giants, winning, 6 – 2. Mike Donlin’s triple is the only New York hit. 1911 – The Federal Express of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to Boston, plunges down an 18-foot embankment outside Bridgeport, CT, killing 14 passengers. The team’s Pullmans were originally just behind the baggage coaches near the front. When noise prevented the players from sleeping, manager Roger Bresnahan requested the car be changed. The day coach that replaced the players’ car is crushed and splintered. The players help remove bodies and rescue the injured, then board a special train to Boston, where the day’s game is postponed. The railroad pays each player $25 for his rescue work and for lost belongings. 1914: Babe Ruth breaks in with Boston, striking out in his first at bat, but pitching a 4 – 3 win over Cleveland. With the score 3 – 3 in the 7th, Duffy Lewis pinch hits for Ruth, singles, and later scores the winning run. Dutch Leonard strikes out four of the six batters he faces in relief. Only 26 people are on hand to see Newark fade, 2 – 0, at Baltimore in an International League contest. The Giants outhit the Cardinals, 18-16, and win, 13 – 9, in St. Louis. Christy Mathewson goes all the way, walking none but allowing three home runs. Bill Steele takes the Redbird defeat. 1916 – The Red Sox sweep the White Sox, winning 5 – 3 and 3 – 1. Babe Ruth starts both games, lasting a third of an inning in the opener, but pitching a 3 – 1 complete game win in the nitecap. Ruth starts the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up, and leaves after retiring the first batter. 1917 – In Detroit, Boston’s Babe Ruth tops the Tigers, 1 – 0, allowing just Donie Bush’s scratch single in the 8th. Ruth deflects the ball but the throw by the shortstop is too late. Ruth has a single and triple, but a pinch triple by Chick Shorten in the 9th drives home the only run. Ruth strikes out Bobby Veach, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb in the 9th; for the last, he shakes off catcher and player/manager Bill Carrigan. In early 1942, in a speech in Los Angeles, Ruth will call this game his greatest thrill. The Babe also relates to writer John Carmichael that his greatest game was the “called shot” in the 1932 World Series. 1923 – Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Sox since 1916, sells out for over $1 million to a group of Ohio businessmen, who bring in veteran front office man Bob Quinn from St. Louis to run the club. Frazee’s departure is welcomed by Boston fans who are fed up with the sale of Frazee’s best players over the years, many of them to the rival New York Yankees. 1924 – Cubs 1B Lee Cotter equals a major-league record for total chances when he makes 21 putouts and one assist in a game against Brooklyn. 1925 – George Sisler drives in seven runs in two innings, tripling with the bases full in the 3rd and hitting a grand slam in the 4th, in a Browns 10 – 5 win over Washington. 1927 – The White Sox tie a major-league record with eight sacrifice bunts in a 7 – 6 win over Boston. 1935 – Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games. 1936 – The Giants lose, 5 – 4, in Pittsburgh as Carl Hubbell, in relief, walks in the winning run. The loss leaves New York eleven games behind the front-running Cubs. New York wins the second game, 14 – 4, as Bill Terry, hobbled with a knee injury, bangs out a single, double and triple. The win sparks a Giants surge that will see them win 39 of their next 47 games. 1938 – The Dodgers buy former major-league hurler Whitlow Wyatt from Milwaukee (American Association). 1939 – With another Yankee-dominated lineup, the American League defeats the National League, 3 – 1, in the seventh All-Star Game, at Yankee Stadium. Cincinnati OF Ival Goodman fractures his shoulder diving for a ball. 1944 – At Forbes Field, Phil Cavarretta sets an All-Star Game record by reaching base five consecutive times. The Cub first baseman’s triple, single and three walks helps the National League beat the junior circuit, 7 – 4. 1945 – Aaron Robinson, Yankees C, returns from the military. Red Ruffing is back too, and so are Hugh Mulcahy and Buddy Lewis. Charlie Keller will follow, and a couple of dozen former major-league players will be in uniform before the season is over. 1948 – The Reds’ Ken Raffensberger allows just one hit – a single by Marty Marion in the 4th – in shutting out the Cardinals, 1 – 0, in St. Louis. It’s his second one-hitter against St. Louis this year. 1950 – Making a leaping, off-the-wall catch of a Ralph Kiner drive in the 1st inning, Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in the All-Star Game at Chicago. Remaining in the game, he puts the American League ahead, 3 – 2, with an RBI single. Kiner’s 9th-inning home run ties the game, and Red Schoendienst’s blast in the 14th wins it. Williams later states he was never the same after this injury. It’s a game of firsts – the first extra-inning All-Star Game, the first time the NL wins at an AL park, and the first All-Star Game ever shown on national television. 1953 – In his second major-league start, Al Worthington shuts out Brooklyn, 6 – 0, for his second shutout. This ties a major league record, last accomplished by Boo Ferriss of the Red Sox in 1945. Worthington stops the Dodgers’ consecutive game homer streak. During the streak Brooklyn smacked 39 home runs, another major-league record. 1954: The Red Sox whip the lowly Athletics, 18 – 0, for one of the worst shutouts in American League history. A’s slugger Gus Zernial breaks his collarbone diving for a ball and is out of the lineup until late August. Giants OF Don Mueller hits for the cycle, getting his hits off four different pitchers in a 13 – 7 rout of the Pirates. Five other homers are hit, three in the 3rd as Monte Irvin, Whitey Lockman and Alvin Dark connect. 1956 – The White Sox purchase Cardinal relief pitcher Ellis Kinder. 1957 – In Pittsburgh, Braves IF Felix Mantilla and OF Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton will suffer knee damage and be out almost a year. 1959: New Orleans seeks a franchise in the new proposed Continental League. Boston SS Don Buddin cracks a 10th-inning grand slam, off reliever Bob Turley, to give the Red Sox an 8 – 4 win over New York. Turley replaced Jim Bronstad, who took over when Ryne Duren and Yogi Berra are tossed by ump Bill Summers. 1960 – In the first of this year’s two All-Star Games, Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend notches his second win in the National League’s last three with three innings of one-hit, shutout ball. Friend’s performance plus home runs by Ernie Banks and Del Crandall – not to mention perennial All-Star luminary, Willie Mays, falling just a few feet shy of the cycle – pace the Senior Circuit to a 5 – 3 decision over its junior counterpart at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. Roberto Clemente makes his All-Star debut, but his sole at-bat results in a spectacular catch by Jim Lemon in the 9th inning. 1961 – Candlestick Park’s notoriously vicious winds dominate the first of this year’s two All-Star Games. A capacity crowd witnesses a record seven errors, not to mention hometown hero Stu Miller’s wind-induced balk, enabling the American League to forge a 3 – 3 tie before losing, 5 – 4, in ten innings. Roberto Clemente has a huge game, tripling and scoring the game’s first run, driving in the second with a sacrifice fly, driving Mickey Mantle to the centerfield fence, and delivering the walk-off single off knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. The game-winning rally is comprised solely of contributions by the National League’s four premier outfielders, in order of appearance: Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson and Clemente. 1962: For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both homers are hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank’s grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8 – 6 Braves win over the Cards. The Senators send 1B Dale Long to the Yankees for OF Don Lock. Long will hit .298 in pinstripes this year. 1963: “My first major league game was at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente almost killed me!” The “Toy Cannon” meets a real cannon with near disastrous results. Speaking with Baseball Digest some 40 years after the fact, Jimmy Wynn dredges up this traumatic close encounter: “Not many people know this, but I came up as a shortstop. Clemente hit a screaming line drive, and I got my glove up just as the ball hit the left field wall. I was one heck of a high school shortstop, but the majors were another story. After that, I told the coaches and manager to get me out of the infield.” In fact, this hair-raising encounter took place during Wynn’s second game in the majors. Wynn will have to soldier on in the infield for another ten tension-filled days, but will be firmly ensconced in centerfield after that. Jim Maloney strikes out 13 in pitching the Reds to a 7 – 3 win over the visiting Cubs. 1964 – Vic Power of the Angels is fined $250 and suspended ten days for spitting on umpire Jim Honochick after a close play during a doubleheader loss to the White Sox, 7 – 4 and 6 – 1, the previous day. 1967 – At Anaheim Stadium, Tony Perez’s homer off Catfish Hunter in the 15th inning gives the Senior Circuit a 2 – 1 All-Star victory over the American League. It is the longest Mid-Summer Classic contest ever played. 1968: Groundbreaking takes place for Kansas City’s $43 million Jackson County Sports Complex – of which the future Royals Stadium is part. Chicago Cubs P Bill Hands strikes out for the 14th straight at bat in the Cubs’ 2 – 0 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at New York. The 14 strikeouts in consecutive at-bats (as opposed to plate appearances) are a major league record. Minnesota rookie Rick Renick is the 16th American League player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. The Twins beat the Tigers, 5 – 4. Earl Weaver, who never played in the majors, manages his first game with the Baltimore Orioles. The Birds defeat the Washington Senators, 2 – 0, on Dave McNally’s two-hitter. Baltimore will win 11 of its first 15 games under Weaver. 1969: The Red Sox swat the Orioles twice, winning 7 – 4 and 12 – 3. Reggie Smith is 7 for 9 and stretches his hitting streak to 19 games. Carl Yastrzemski has a homer in each game as the Red Sox total 22 hits in the nitecap, including five by Mike Andrews. Harmon Killebrew hits a pair of homers and a double to boost his RBI total to an American League-high 90. The Twins beat the Pilots, 9 – 2. 1971: The Reds win game one against the Mets, 5 – 2, then complete the sweep as Tony Perez drives in all five runs to defeat the Mets, 5 – 3, in the nitecap. Perez puts the Reds ahead with a three-run homer off Tom Seaver in the 8th. Jim McGlothlin strikes out 12 in winning the second game. Deron Johnson hits three home runs, giving him four straight over two games, helping the Phils beat the Expos, 11 – 5. Tony Conigliaro, who had gone 0 for 8 with five strikeouts for the Angels during their 20-inning loss two days earlier, calls a five A.M. press conference to announce his retirement. Later tests will show that the sight in his left eye, injured in a 1967 beaning, has deteriorated. 1972: Cub Billy Williams goes 8 for 8 in a doubleheader split with the Astros. The Astros win the opener, 6 – 5, and the Cubs take the nightcap, 9 – 5. Williams is 5 for 5 in the second game to raise his average to .328. He’ll go 3 for 5 and 4 for 5 in his next two games as part of a 22 for 38 tear. At Oakland, Boston’s Marty Pattin has his no-hit bid foiled when Reggie Jackson hits a one-out single in the 9th. Boston wins, 4 – 0. 1973: Jim Northrup knocks in eight runs and scores three times as the Tigers rout the Rangers, 14 – 2. The 3-for-4 performance by the Tigers’ leadoff hitter helps him record the 500th run and RBI of his career. In San Diego, the Pirates drub the Pads, 10 – 2. Willie Stargell contributes the 302nd home run of his career to pass Ralph Kiner as the all-time Pirate home run leader. 1974 – The Padres release OF Matty Alou. Matty’s brother, Felipe Alou, was released by the Brewers on April 29th. Younger brother Jesus Alou keeps the Alou name alive in major league baseball, playing for the A’s. 1976: In Boston’s 6 – 4 win over the Twins at Fenway Park, Minnesota CF Lyman Bostock drops Carl Yastrzemski’s long fly ball to deep center after a bucket of popcorn falls in his eyes. In a pre-game promotion at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 34 couples are married at home plate. The nuptials are then followed by Championship Wrestling in an evening billed as “Headlocks and Wedlocks.” The Braves then pin a 9 – 8 loss on the Mets. Hank Aaron’s 10th-inning homer, his ninth of the season, in the second game gives the Brewers a doubleheader sweep over the Texas Rangers and a sweep of the four-game series. Milwaukee wins, 6 – 3 and 5 – 4, with the wins going to Jim Slaton and Bill Castro. 1977 – The Angels fire manager Norm Sherry. Dave Garcia takes over. 1978 – At San Diego Stadium, Steve Garvey becomes the first two-time MVP in All-Star history. The Dodgers first baseman’s game-tying, two-run single and a triple help the National League beat the American League, 7 – 3. Vida Blue starts for the NL, the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League. 1980 – The Dodgers sell knuckleballer Charlie Hough to the Rangers. 1982 – The Cincinnati Enquirer features a contest in which readers are asked to pick the date and time when the last-place Reds will be eliminated from the NL West race. The winner gets two tickets to the last game of the year, while the runner-up gets four tickets to the same game. 1983 – With his club in the National League West cellar, 15 1/2 games behind the Braves, Reds president Dick Wagner is fired by the club’s general partners. 1985 – Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts, fanning Danny Heep in the 6th inning of Houston’s 4 – 3 win over the Mets. Ryan finishes with 11 strikeouts in seven innings but gets a no-decision. Bill Doran’s fifth hit drives home Dickie Thon in the 12th with the winning run. 1987 – Billy Ripken, 22, joins his brother Cal Ripken Jr. in the Orioles’ starting lineup in Baltimore’s 2 – 1 loss to the Twins. Orioles manager Cal Ripken, Sr. is the first to manage two sons in the majors. 1989 – Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the 1st inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5 – 3 win in the All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium. Jackson earns MVP honors. 1990: At Comiskey Park, the White Sox honor their 1917 World Championship team by donning old-fashioned uniforms and scaling concessions back to World War I prices. This will spawn many more Turn Back the Clock-style promotions across Major League Baseball in the coming years. Chicago loses to Milwaukee, 12 – 9, in 13 innings. Jack McKeon resigns as manager of the Padres but keeps his position as San Diego’s vice president of baseball operations. He is replaced in the dugout by Greg Riddoch. Later in the season, McKeon will lose his front-office job as well. 1991: The Reds trade 1B Todd Benzinger to the Royals in exchange for OF-1B Carmelo Martinez. Recently released by the Angels, Fernando Valenzuela signs a minor league contract with them and will report to the Class-A Midland Angels. 1994: Handling four chances in the 8 – 1 defeat to the Rockies, Cardinal infielder Ozzie Smith passes Luis Aparicio and moves into the top spot on the all-time list for assists by a shortstop. “The Wizard of Oz” will end his 19-year career in 1996 with 8,375 assists. The Pirates unveil a statue of Roberto Clemente outside Three Rivers Stadium. 1995: Mickey Mantle’s final public appearance increases awareness of organ donation programs. The National League defeats the American League in the All-Star Game, 3 – 2, on an 8th-inning pinch-hit home run by Jeff Conine. Conine becomes the tenth player to homer in his first All-Star at bat, and is named the game’s MVP. Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also connect for home runs. Thomas becomes the first White Sox player ever to homer in the Mid-summer Classic as the NL out-homers the American League, three to two. 1996: In the Twins’ 11 – 7 loss to the Indians, Chuck Knoblauch completes his tenth multi-hit game in a row – the longest such streak in the majors since 1978. Manny Ramirez and Albert Belle drive in nine runs between them for the Tribe, and Jack McDowell picks up the win. 1998 – Padre reliever Trevor Hoffman, brother of opposing manager Glenn Hoffman, saves the Padres’ 4 – 1 victory over the Dodgers. It’s the first time in major league history a player has faced his brother as a manager. 1999: The Cardinals score all their runs in the 1st inning and go on to defeat the Giants, 5 – 4, in a game in San Francisco. Prior to the contest, the Giants retire Orlando Cepeda’s uniform No. 30, making him the ninth Giant player so honored. After 14 straight road losses – a club record – the Phils finally win, beating the Expos, 3 – 2, behind Curt Schilling. The Diamondbacks defeat the A’s, 7 – 4, as Jay Bell hits a grand slam which wins Gylene Hoyle $1 million. She is the fan who wins the prize for picking the player who would hit a grand slam and the inning in which it would be done. 2000 – The American League wins its fourth consecutive All-Star Game, beating the National League, 6 – 3. Derek Jeter of the Yankees and Chipper Jones of the Braves each go 3 for 3 in the contest. Jeter takes MVP honors, while Chicago’s James Baldwin gets the victory. 2001 – Dodgers P Darren Dreifort undergoes reconstructive arm surgery and is expected to be out until at least this time next season. 2002: The Marlins send P Ryan Dempster to the Reds for OF Juan Encarnacion, IF Wilton Guerrero, and minor league P Ryan Snare. Florida then sends OF Cliff Floyd, Guerrero, minor league P Claudio Vargas and $1.5 million to the Expos in exchange for Ps Carl Pavano and Graeme Lloyd, IF Mike Mordecai and minor league P Justin Wayne. The Indians fire their manager, Charlie Manuel, and name third base coach Joel Skinner as the interim skipper. After issuing an ultimatum to the front office about his status, the 58-year-old is released after piloting Cleveland to a 39-47 record, 9 1/2 games behind first-place Twins in the AL Central. The Mets score eight runs in the 8th inning to break a 1 – 1 tie and defeat the Phillies, 9 – 1. 2004 – Carlos Beltran, selected to be an American League All-Star, will now have an opportunity patrol the National League outfield instead. The former Royals fly catcher, traded to the Astros last month, is invited by Senior Circuit skipper Jack McKeon to replace Ken Griffey, Jr., on the star-studded roster. 2006 – With two outs in the top of the 9th, Michael Young hits a two-run triple off Trevor Hoffman to give the American League a 3 – 2 win in the 2006 All-Star Game; it is the tenth straight win by the AL team. 2009: Washington has its best offensive game since relocating from Montreal in 2005 in beating Houston, 13 – 2. The Nats collect 21 hits – the most for them since the move – and Nick Johnson, Josh Willingham and Adam Dunn homer in consecutive at bats in the 6th, also a first. Craig Stammen pitches a complete game for the win. The Yankees hit a season-high five home runs in Los Angeles, including two by Alex Rodriguez, but they still lose, 14 – 8, to the Angels, who have scored 24 runs in two games since their two most potent offensive weapons, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, hit the disabled list simultaneously on July 9th. Rodriguez moves past another steroid-tainted player, Rafael Palmeiro, for tenth on the all-time major league home run list. 2010: 18-year-old Mike Trout, the youngest player in the game, hits a double and single and fellow Angels prospect Hank Conger hits a three-run homer to lead the United States to a 9 – 1 victory over the World team at the 2010 Futures Game in Anaheim. Eric Hosmer collects four hits for the winners, while Desmond Jennings scores three runs, but it is Conger who receives the Larry Doby Award as MVP of the game. The White Sox take advantage of five home runs – two by Carlos Quentin, including a grand slam, and one each by Alex Rios, Andruw Jones and Dayan Viciedo – to beat the Royals, 15 – 5. It’s the Sox’s eighth straight win and puts them in first place in the AL Central at the All-Star break, capping a remarkable turnaround that has seen the Pale Hose win 25 of their last 30 games after a slow start to the season. Philadelphia wins 1 – 0 over the Reds to complete a four-game sweep. It is the first time since 1913 that the Phils have recorded consecutive 1 – 0 victories. Cole Hamels pitches scoreless ball into the 8th inning and relievers J.C. Romero and Brad Lidge record the last four outs of the game. Jimmy Rollins becomes the first National Leaguer since Roger Maris in 1968 to drive in the only run in consecutive 1 – 0 wins. 2011 – Robinson Cano wins the annual All-Star Game Home Run Derby with a record-breaking performance in the final round at Chase Field. After Adrian Gonzalez ties the best-ever home run total for a final round with 11, Cano, hitting off his father Jose, launches 12 balls into the stands with four outs to spare to claim the crown. 2012 – The Pacific Coast League ends a three-game losing streak in the AAA All-Star Game, beating the International League, 3 – 0, in the 2012 AAA All-Star Game. Wil Myers drives in one run then scores another in being named the PCL Star of Stars, while Matt Harvey takes the honor for the IL with two shutout innings. IL starter Tyler Cloyd (8-1, 2.01) allows two runs in the 1st to take the loss. 2013: Derek Jeter plays for the Yankees for the first time since breaking his ankle in Game 1 of the 2012 ALCS. Inserted as the DH, he singles on the first pitch he sees and comes in to score as the Yanks beat the Royals, 8 – 4. Jeter comes back after only four rehabilitation outings in the minors, after two Yankees starters, CF Brett Gardner and DH Travis Hafner, are injured the previous day. However, Jeter leaves the game after the 5th inning with a tight quad muscle and will undergo an MRI. On the day he is made an All-Star by winning the NL’s “Final Man Vote”, Braves 1B Freddie Freeman drives in four runs to lead his team to a 6 – 5 win over the Reds. Freeman hits a two-run double in the 1st and later adds a pair of run-scoring singles. 2014 – Aroldis Chapman of the Reds sets a new record by notching a strikeout in his 40th straight relief appearance, dating back to August 21, 2013. The previous record had been held by Bruce Sutter since 1977. Chapman strikes out the side against the Pirates on the way to his 20th save of the year. 2015: The Marlins set a team record with nine consecutive hits in the 7th inning of a 14 – 3 win over the Reds. One of the hits is costly, as 2B Dee Gordon dislocates his left thumb in reaching on an infield single, putting him out of the All-Star Game. Reliever Mike Dunn has his first career hit during the string as Miami scores eight runs. J.T. Realmuto hits a three-run homer as rookie Adam Conley records his first victory in a spot start. For Cincinnati, Manny Parra gives up five runs without retiring a batter. The Colombian national team appears in its first Pan American Games since 1983. In the opener of the 2015 Pan American Games, they trail the Cuban national team, 4 – 3, after five before Cuba pulls away late for a 10 – 3 win. Lázaro Blanco gets the win over Javier Ortiz, with Héctor Acuña homering for Colombia. José Adolis García hits a two-run shot, Roel Santos a solo bomb and Raúl González a three-run dinger. The Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz sweeps Beisbol Navarra on the final day of the season to finish at 24-4, one game ahead of the Astros Valencia for their third straight Division Honor title. 2016 – Giancarlo Stanton wins the annual Home Run Derby staged as part of the All-Star Game festivities in San Diego, CA. Stanton outhomers defending champion Todd Frazier, 20 to 13, in the final round. 2017 – The American League wins the 2017 All-Star Game, played at Marlins Park in Miami, FL, 2 – 1, in ten innings over the National League. Miguel Sano gives the AL the lead with a bloop single to right scoring Jonathan Schoop with two outs in the 5th, but Yadier Molina ties it with a solo homer to the opposite field off Ervin Santana in the 6th. Robinson Cano leads off the 10th by parking Wade Davis’ first pitch beyond the right-field fence, then Andrew Miller records the last three outs for the save. Cano is named winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game’s MVP. The two leagues are now tied with 43 wins apiece since the first Mid-Summer Classic was played in 1933, with two ties. 2018: The Rockies go on a scoring binge in crushing the Diamondbacks, 19 – 2. The Rox hit five homers, including two by Carlos Gonzalez and one by pitcher German Marquez, while position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combine for 4 2/3 innings of relief in order to spare Arizona’s bullpen. D-Backs starter Shelby Miller does not make it out of the 1st inning, allowing five runs before exiting due to tightness in his elbow, and relievers Jorge De La Rosa and Yoshihisa Hirano are shelled for seven and four runs respectively. The Indians also light up the scoreboard in winning the battle of Ohio, 19 – 5, over the Reds. Jose Ramirez homers twice and drives in five, as Tyler Mahle gives up seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and his successor, Tanner Rainey, another eight runs in just two-thirds of an inning. IF Alex Blandino is called on to pitch mop-up duty in the 8th and is the only Reds pitcher not to allow a run. 2019 – In the only game scheduled today, Lance Lynn of the Rangers becomes the first pitcher in the majors to record 12 wins when he defeats the Astros, 5 – 0, striking out 11 in seven innings. Also today, Astros OF Jake Marisnick receives a two-game suspension for crashing into Angels C Jonathan Lucroy in the final game before the All-Star break, on July 7th, causing a concussion. 2021: Henry Davis, a catcher from the University of Louisville is the first overall pick in the 2021 amateur draft, by the Pirates. The first round does not go as predicted, as in addition to the surprise selection of Davis, consensus top-five picks like Kumar Rocker and Kahlil Watson fall down the order, while less heralded high school players are tagged with five of the six picks between #3 and #8. The National League defeats the American League, 8 – 3, in the 2021 Futures Game played at Coors Field. The NL players bang out five homers, including two by Brennen Davis, who is named winner of the Larry Doby Award as the game’s MVP. The AL is held to one hit and no runs through the first six innings before scoring three times in the final 7th inning to make the ultimate score at least respectable. Pablo López of the Marlins sets a new major league record by striking out the first nine batters he faces in a start against the Braves. Before him, three pitchers had opened a game with eight strikeouts. 2022 – Whit Merrifield’s Royals franchise-record 553 games consecutive games streak ends as he sits out today’s doubleheader against the Tigers because of an injured toe. It was also the longest active streak in the majors and dated back to 2018. In spite of his absence, the Royals sweep both games, 3 – 1 and 7 – 3, as rookie Bobby Witt Jr. collects six hits, three RBIs and three stolen bases on the day. 2023 – Having lost the last nine editions of the All-Star Game since 2012, the National League is victorious in the 2023 All-Star Game played at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, 3 – 2, over the American League. The key blow is a two-run homer by Elias Díaz off Félix Bautista in the 8th inning which puts the senior circuit ahead after a sacrifice fly by Bo Bichette had given the AL a 2 – 1 lead in the 6th. Díaz is named the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game’s MVP. 2024 – Rookie Paul Skenes finishes his first half with a flourish as he tosses seven hitless innings, walking one and striking out 11, in defeating the Brewers, 1 – 0. Reliever Colin Holderman allows a pair of singles in the 8th to end the no-no, but Skenes is credited with the win for the Pirates and heads to the All-Star Game with a record of 6-0, 1.90 and 89 strikeouts in 66 1/3 innings. 2025: Cal Raleigh’s feats of power continue unabated as he hits two more homers today, including a grand slam, in a 12 – 3 Mariners win over the Tigers and Tarik Skubal. Raleigh now has 38 homers and passes Chris Davis for most by an American League player before the All-Star Game. For Skubal, it is a first loss after ten straight wins, his last defeat, also against the Mariners, dating back to April 2nd. Cody Bellinger has the first three-homer game of his career, leading the Yankees to an 11 – 0 win over his former team, the Cubs. Bellinger could have hit four homers, but is robbed by a great catch by RF Kyle Tucker in the 7th inning. Births[edit] 1855 – Marty Simpson, infielder (d. 1940) 1865 – George Meakim, pitcher (d. 1923) 1865 – Pop Schriver, catcher (d. 1932) 1872 – Harry Maupin, pitcher (d. 1952) 1873 – Jimmy Slagle, outfielder (d. 1956) 1876 – Percy Haughton, owner (d. 1924) 1883 – Conrad Kjerstad, college coach (d. 1967) 1884 – Harry Wolter, outfielder (d. 1970) 1886 – Hank Griffin, pitcher (d. 1950) 1889 – Vaughn Blanchard, USA national team infielder (d. 1969) 1889 – Billy Burke, pitcher (d. 1967) 1893 – Clarence Blethen, pitcher (d. 1973) 1893 – Milt Stock, infielder (d. 1977) 1895 – Jim York, catcher (d. 1934) 1897 – Chet Nichols, pitcher (d. 1982) 1897 – Red Ryan, pitcher (d. 1969) 1898 – Joe Batchelder, pitcher (d. 1989) 1899 – Binky Jones, infielder (d. 1961) 1902 – Sensation Clark, pitcher (d. 1962) 1902 – Burrulote Rodríguez, Dominican national team manager (d. 1964) 1908 – Glenn Dixon, outfielder (d. 1992) 1909 – Doc Mathis, college coach (d. 1986) 1911 – Horatio Lamar, infielder (d. 1998) 1911 – Vito Tamulis, pitcher (d. 1974) 1914 – George Binks, outfielder (d. 2010) 1914 – Al Jarlett, minor league pitcher (d. 1987) 1914 – Gentry Jessup, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998) 1921 – Hal Gregg, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1991) 1921 – León Kellman, infielder; All-Star (d. 2003) 1924 – Al Federoff, infielder (d. 2011) 1926 – Bill Lutes, minor league outfielder (d. 2013) 1927 – Harry Smith, scout (d. 2003) 1927 – Reed Stephens, minor league player, college coach (d. 1974) 1928 – Mike Schultz, minor league pitcher 1931 – Hal Charnofsky, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2002) 1931 – Stan Charnofsky, college coach 1931 – Dick Gray, infielder (d. 2013) 1931 – Al Long, NPB pitcher (d. 2000) 1934 – Bob Allison, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1995) 1934 – Hidehiko Yamane, NPB outfielder 1936 – Yoshio Akutsu, NPB pitcher 1936 – Ikuo Fukushima, NPB pitcher 1937 – Verle Tiefenthaler, pitcher (d. 2025) 1938 – Ted Schreiber, infielder (d. 2022) 1942 – Gary Fischer, minor league pitcher (d. 2019) 1942 – Jim Sevcik, minor league outfielder 1942 – John Sevcik, catcher 1945 – Katsutoshi Miwata, NPB pitcher (d. 1998) 1945 – Kunimitsu Sato, NPB pitcher 1947 – Ron Cook, pitcher 1949 – Jack Heidemann, infielder 1949 – Stan Thomas, pitcher 1950 – Tom Lepperd, umpire 1951 – Ed Ott, catcher (d. 2024) 1952 – Hiroaki Kawamura, NPB outfielder 1953 – Sam Hinds, pitcher (d. 2019) 1953 – Michele Romano, Italian Baseball League pitcher and manager 1953 – Hisataka Yukizawa, NPB infielder 1956 – Joey McLaughlin, pitcher 1956 – Seigo Nakano, NPB outfielder 1958 – Mike Fuentes, outfielder 1959 – Bert Peña, infielder (d. 2023) 1960 – Jerry Aubin, minor league outfielder 1962 – Brian Brady, outfielder 1964 – Takahiro Konno, NPB pitcher 1966 – Efrain Valdez, pitcher 1966 – Masao Yanada, NPB outfielder 1967 – Andy Ashby, pitcher; All-Star 1967 – Donne Wall, pitcher 1968 – David Northend, South African national team infielder 1968 – Masahiro Takami, NPB catcher 1969 – Mark Carlson, umpire 1969 – Syusei Ikezoe, Japanese national team pitcher 1970 – Billy Ashley, outfielder 1970 – Sal Bando Jr., minor league infielder 1970 – Kyung-hwan Kim, KBO pitcher 1972 – Wei Chang, CPBL infielder 1972 – Mark Little, outfielder 1972 – Igor Oropeza, minor league pitcher 1972 – Kyung-wan Park, KBO catcher 1973 – Akio Mizuta, NPB pitcher 1974 – Kosei Ono, NPB catcher 1974 – Rafael Ozuna, minor league infielder and manager 1975 – Gerric Waller, minor league outfielder 1976 – Ryoji Aikawa, NPB catcher and manager 1976 – Juan Garcia, Division Honor outfielder 1977 – Javier Lopez, pitcher 1979 – Josh Goldfield, minor league catcher 1980 – Fenglian Hou, China Baseball League infielder 1980 – Matt Merrifield, Elitserien catcher 1981 – Franklin Blanco, minor league manager 1981 – Blaine Boyer, pitcher 1982 – Matt Weagle, minor league pitcher 1983 – Jung Ji Cho, minor league pitcher 1983 – Zach Clark, pitcher 1983 – Masayoshi Tokuda, minor league pitcher 1984 – Yorman Bazardo, pitcher 1984 – Eric Durante, minor league infielder 1984 – Peter Ferak, Austrian national team infielder 1984 – Jakub Malik, Hoofdklasse outfielder 1984 – Jonathan Meloan, pitcher 1985 – Shuai Li, Chinese national team pitcher 1985 – Oliver Odle, minor league pitcher 1986 – Bryan Augenstein, pitcher 1986 – Cirilo Cumberbatch, minor league player 1986 – Shun Tono, NPB pitcher 1986 – Tyler Wilson, minor league pitcher 1987 – Shun Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher 1988 – Greg Peavey, minor league pitcher 1992 – Johnny Barbato pitcher 1993 – Tom Roulis, minor league infielder 1994 – Jon Duplantier, pitcher 1994 – Maik Ehmke, minor league outfielder 1994 – Giorgi Jalabadze, Georgian national team infielder 1994 – James Jean, umpire 1995 – Logan Grigsby, Bundesliga pitcher 1995 – Daniel Johnson, outfielder 1995 – Justin Steele, pitcher; All-Star 1996 – Naoya Ishikawa, NPB pitcher 1997 – Griffin Conine, outfielder 1997 – Ryan Rolison, pitcher 1998 – Samad Taylor, outfielder 2000 – Tan Chiu, CPBL outfielder 2000 – Ikumi Kai, NPB outfielder 2000 – Hikaru Ohtani, NPB pitcher 2001 – Carlos Arroyo, minor league infielder 2002 – Zaki Haj, Palestinian national team pitcher 2003 – Ahmad Ghouleh, Palestinian national team pitcher-outfielder 2007 – Jun-Kai Jordan Seah, Singaporean national team catcher Deaths[edit] 1881 – Steve Dignan, outfielder (b. 1859) 1884 – Bill Smiley, infielder (b. 1856) 1886 – Denny Driscoll, pitcher (b. 1855) 1901 – Dave McKeough, catcher (b. 1863) 1931 – Alex Donoghue, outfielder (b. 1863) 1948 – Bert Hall, pitcher (b. 1888) 1952 – Dutch Leonard, pitcher (b. 1892) 1953 – Lew Wendell, catcher (b. 1892) 1959 – Frank Gilhooley, outfielder (b. 1892) 1966 – Barney Lutz, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1917) 1972 – Johnnie Tyler, outfielder (b. 1906) 1973 – George Edmondson, pitcher (b. 1896) 1979 – Manuel Trabous, minor league catcher (b. 1922) 1982 – Chet Nichols, pitcher (b. 1897) 1984 – Moose Clabaugh, outfielder (b. 1901) 1984 – Lyle Luttrell, infielder (b. 1930) 1987 – Joe Bennett, infielder (b. 1900) 1989 – Juanelo Mirabal, pitcher (b. 1901) 1997 – Joe Hauser, infielder (b. 1899) 1999 – Henry Kimbro, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1912) 2005 – Vane Sutton, US national team pitcher (b. 1929) 2006 – Phyllis Baker, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1937) 2008 – Chuck Stobbs, pitcher (b. 1929) 2010 – Bob Sheppard, announcer (b. 1910) 2012 – Jim Beane, college coach (b. 1923) 2012 – Art Ceccarelli, pitcher (b. 1930) 2014 – Deni Pacini, scout (b. 1933) 2018 – Dan Ewald, writer (b. ~1945) 2020 – Frank Bolling, infielder; All-Star (b. 1931) 2022 – Dick Schofield, infielder (b. 1935) 2023 – Coco Gómez, Cuban league catcher and manager (b. 1933) ============================================= TV SPORTS TODAY Saturday, July 11 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: LiUNA 150, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. 7 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Focused Health 250, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga. CYCLING 8 a.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France GOLF 4 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Third Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France 10 a.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open, Third Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland Noon CBS — DP World/PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open, Third Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Kaulig Companies Championship, Third Round, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio 4 p.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: ISCO Championship, Third Round, Hurstbourne Country Club, Louisville, Ky. 4 a.m. (Sunday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Final Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRL’S) Noon ESPN2 — Run 4 Roses Classic: TBD, Portland, Ore. 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Run 4 Roses Classic: TBD, Portland, Ore. MLB BASEBALL 2:30 p.m. MLBN — 2026 MLB Draft: First Round, Philadelphia 4 p.m. FS1 — Boston at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Atlanta at St. Louis (7:15 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Baltimore (7:05 p.m.) 10 p.m. MLBN — Arizona at at L.A. Dodgers (joined in progress) (9:10 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Miami vs. Orlando, Las Vegas 4 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: New Orleans vs. Charlotte, Las Vegas 5:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Indiana vs. Philadelphia, Las Vegas 6 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: New York vs. San Antonio, Las Vegas 7:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Denver vs. Minnesota, Las Vegas 8 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Atlanta vs. Brooklyn, Las Vegas 9:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Houston vs. Toronto, Las Vegas 10 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: L.A. Lakers vs. Dallas, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 5 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Quarterfinal, Miami Gardens, Fla. 9 p.m. ESPN2 — USL Cup Group Stage: Chattanooga at San Antonio, Group C FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Quarterfinal, Kansas City, Mo. SOFTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Volts 5 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Cascade TENNIS 8 a.m. ESPN — ATP: Wimbledon, Doubles Championship, London 11 a.m. ESPN — WTA: Wimbledon, Championship, London 3 p.m. ABC — WTA: Wimbledon, Championship, London (taped) WNBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — New York at Minnesota 4 p.m. CBS — Portland at Atlanta 6 p.m. NBCSN — Phoenix at Los Angeles PEACOCK — Phoenix at Los Angeles _____ Sunday, July 12 AUTO RACING 7 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, In-Season Challenge – Round 3, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, In-Season Challenge – Round 3, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga. BIG3 BASKETBALL 4 p.m. CBS — Week 4: Miami 305 vs. Houston Rig Hands, LA Riot vs.. Detroit Amps, DMV Trilogy vs. Dallas Power, Chicago Triplets vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Los Angeles GOLF 4 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Final Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France 10 a.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open, Final Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland Noon CBS — DP World/PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open, Final Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Kaulig Companies Championship, Final Round, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio 4 p.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: ISCO Championship, Final Round, Hurstbourne Country Club, Louisville, Ky. MLB BASEBALL Noon NBC — 2026 MLB All-Star Futures Games: A.L. vs. N.L., Philadelphia 12:15 p.m. PEACOCK — Milwaukee at Pittsburgh 4 p.m. MLBN — Toronto at San Diego (4:10 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Phoenix vs. New Orleans, Las Vegas 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Cleveland vs. Detroit, Las Vegas 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Charlotte vs. Boston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Oklahoma City vs. Golden State, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Orlando vs. Portland, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Sacramento vs. Washington, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: San Antonio vs. Milwaukee, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Clippers vs Utah, Las Vegas SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 4 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Portland at Seattle SOFTBALL 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Cascade 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Spark TENNIS 8 a.m. ESPN — WTA: Wimbledon, Doubles Championship, London 11 a.m. ESPN — ATP: Wimbledon, Championship, London 3 p.m. ABC — ATP: Wimbledon, Championship, London (taped) WNBA BASKETBALL 3 p.m. NBATV — New York at Toronto 7 p.m. ESPN — Chicago at Dallas 9 p.m. NBC — Indiana at Las Vegas PEACOCK — Indiana at Las Vegas About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” FRIDAY JULY 10, 2026
