“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD RED SOX 3, METS 2 PIRATES 14, BREWERS 5 ORIOLES 8, ROYALS 2 YANKEES 5, NATIONALS 3 PHILLIES 5, TIGERS 0 CUBS 8, REDS 4 GUARDIANS 5, MARLINS 2 MARINERS 8, RAYS 2 WHITE SOX 9, ATHLETICS 1 TWINS 4, ANGELS 2 BRAVES 4, CARDINALS 3 DIAMONDBACKS 5, DODGERS 3 RANGERS 6, ASTROS 5 GIANTS 3, ROCKIES 1 PADRES 5, BLUE JAYS 4 =========================== MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD INDIANAPOLIS 5 TOLEDO 0 SOUTH BEND 5 CEDAR RAPIDS 2 FT. WAYNE 9 WEST MICHIGAN 1 =========================== WNBA SCOREBOARD TEMPO 93 LIBERTY 91 MYSTICS 84 STORM 79 WINGS 96 SKY 91 FEVER 109 ACES 75 =========================== NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCOREBOARD PELICANS 81 SUNS 75 PISTONS 104 CAVS 94 CELTICS 87 HORNETS 75 WARRIORS `104 THUNDER 79 MAGIC 112 BLAZERS 105 OT WIZARDS 104 KINGS 85 SPURS 90 BUCKS 80 CLIPPERS 104 JAZZ 82 =========================== WORLD CUP SOCCER SCOREBOARD TUESDAY FRANCE VS. SPAIN 3:00 =========================== 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. JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ROCHESTER, N.Y. 7/21 7/28 CAROLINA PANTHERS BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM CHARLOTTE, N.C. 7/21 7/22 CHICAGO BEARS HALAS HALL LAKE FOREST, ILL. 7/25 7/28 CINCINNATI BENGALS PAYCOR STADIUM CINCINNATI 7/25 7/28 CLEVELAND BROWNS CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS BEREA, OHIO 7/23 7/28 DALLAS COWBOYS MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN OXNARD, CALIF. 7/28 7/28 DENVER BRONCOS BRONCOS PARK POWERED BY COMMONSPIRIT ENGLEWOOD, COLO. 7/22 7/28 DETROIT LIONS MEIJER PERFORMANCE CENTER ALLEN PARK, MICH. 7/25 7/28 GREEN BAY PACKERS LAMBEAU FIELD GREEN BAY, WIS. 7/27 7/28 HOUSTON TEXANS HOUSTON METHODIST TRAINING CENTER HOUSTON 7/21 7/28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GRAND PARK WESTFIELD, IND. 7/27 7/28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS MILLER ELECTRIC CENTER JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7/25 7/28 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY ST. JOSEPH, MO. 7/24 7/28 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PERFORMANCE CENTER HENDERSON, NEV. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS THE BOLT EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES RAMS LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES 7/25 7/25 MIAMI DOLPHINS BAPTIST HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. 7/21 7/28 MINNESOTA VIKINGS TCO PERFORMANCE CENTER EAGAN, MINN. 7/26 7/28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS CENTER FOXBOROUGH, MASS. 7/21 7/24 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS OCHSNER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER METAIRIE, LA. 7/28 7/28 NEW YORK GIANTS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TRAINING CENTER/THE GREENBRIER EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J./WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.V. 7/23 7/28 NEW YORK JETS ATLANTIC HEALTH JETS TRAINING CENTER FLORHAM PARK, N.J. 7/25 7/28 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES JEFFERSON HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX PHILADELPHIA 7/28 7/28 PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LATROBE, PA. 7/28 7/28 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SAP PERFORMANCE FACILITY SANTA CLARA, CALIF. 7/18 7/25 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTER RENTON, WASH. 7/17 7/24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER TAMPA, FLA. 7/27 7/28 TENNESSEE TITANS VANDERBILT HEALTH FOOTBALL CENTER NASHVILLE, TENN. 7/23 7/28 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS COMMANDERS PARK ASHBURN, VA. 7/24 7/28 ====== 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. 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/RELEASES WORLD CUP SOCCER NEWS WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS: FOUR PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS, A BITTER RIVALRY, MBAPPÉ VS YAMAL AND MESSI VS KANE ATLANTA (AP) — It’s a World Cup semifinal lineup for the ages. Four previous champions and the four top-ranking teams in the world. Five of the six top scorers, one GOAT and one of the bitterest rivalries in soccer. Argentina, Spain, France and England went into the tournament as the top four in FIFA’s rankings and are two wins away from being crowned champion of the world again. It’s just too close to call either semifinal matchup: France will play Spain in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday and England will face Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday. Not since 1990 has the final four of a World Cup been made up entirely of previous winners. England and Argentina were involved then, although they didn’t play each other. Then, like now, Argentina was the defending champion — after beating West Germany in the 1986 final in Mexico — and went on to lose to West Germany in the 1990 final. And this year could also see a repeat final from 2022 if France and Argentina both advance. England vs. Argentina: A bitter rivalry Argentina must overcome England in a match that resumes a fierce rivalry that goes beyond the soccer field, with tensions also relating to the 1982 conflict over the Falklands Islands. On the field there have been numerous flashpoints between the teams on the World Cup stage. Argentina captain Antonio Rattin, whose death was announced on Saturday, was sent off in a bad-tempered quarterfinal match against winner England in 1966. England manager Alf Ramsey tried to stop his players from swapping shirts with their opponents after a 1-0 victory. Roll the clock forward 20 years and in 1986 Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal helped Argentina to a 2-1 win against England in the quarterfinals on the way to lifting the trophy. David Beckham was sent off in 1998 for kicking out at Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone, who was predictably criticized by the English media for his reaction to what appeared to be light contact. Argentina won the round of 16 match on penalties. Beckham got his revenge four years later by scoring a penalty in a 1-0 win that contributed to Argentina being eliminated at the group stage. France vs. Spain: A quick chance for French revenge France and Spain meet again in the semifinals of a major tournament, just two years since going head-to-head at the European Championship. Spain won 2-1 with a then-16-year-old Lamine Yamal on the score sheet and went on to lift the Euros by beating England in the final. Kylian Mbappé’s powers were diminished in that tournament after sustaining a broken nose, while emerging stars like Michael Olise and Désiré Doué were yet to break through. Two years on and France is widely regarded to have been the most impressive team of this World Cup with a dizzying array of attacking talent and the joint leading scorer in Mbappé ahead of the semifinal on France’s Bastille Day. In contrast Spain had to contend with injuries to Yamal and fellow winger Nico Williams coming into the tournament and has relied on late goals from substitute Mikel Merino to edge past Portugal and Belgium in the last two rounds. The nations have met on a number of occasions at the World Cup or Euros. France beat Spain in the final of Euro 84. The race for the Golden Boot It has become a thrilling competition within the tournament as many of the world’s most lethal finishers have all turned up in peak form. Erling Haaland may be out of the race, but five of the six top scorers are still standing and others could yet force their way into the race for the Golden Boot. Mbappé and Lionel Messi lead the way with eight goals each. Haaland has seven, but he cannot add to that number after Norway was eliminated by England in the quarterfinals. Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane have six each, while Ousmane Dembélé is on five. Mikel Oyarzabal has four goals, so could yet challenge if Spain overcomes France in the semifinals. There’s also the contest for the all-time top scorer at World Cups overall with Messi on 21 goals and Mbappé on 20. That man Messi He is already considered by many to be the greatest of all time — the GOAT — and his performances at what is likely his last World Cup, aged 39, have only strengthened that argument. This will be Messi’s first ever game against England. If Messi can lead Argentina to the title, he would surpass the great Maradona by winning two World Cups for his country. Argentina would also become the first back-to-back champion since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. Soccer great Pelé was part of those Brazil teams and also went on to win a third World Cup in 1970. ======================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS MLB ROUNDUP: RED SOX ENTER ALL-STAR BREAK ON 9-GAME WINNING STREAK Anthony Siegler had the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Sunday for the visiting Boston Red Sox, who won their ninth straight game by edging the New York Mets 3-2 in the finale of a three-game interleague series. Andrew Monasterio had a bases-loaded walk and Jarren Duran had an RBI single in a crucial ninth inning for the Red Sox that forced extra innings. Aroldis Chapman (1-3) picked up the win after working around Jared Young’s one-out single in the ninth, while Garrett Whitlock notched his second save by retiring all three batters in the 10th. Boston’s winning streak is its longest since the team won 10 in a row last July. Francisco Lindor had a run-scoring double in the first and homered in the sixth to account for all of the Mets’ scoring. However, his one-out error in the ninth inning kept the door open for the Red Sox. Rookie Zach Thornton did his best to try to help New York avoid the sweep, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in his first time pitching in the majors since June 26. Brooks Raley (4-4) picked up the loss after giving up Siegler’s sacrifice fly.Baseball Pirates 14, Brewers 5 Pittsburgh scored 10 runs in the fourth inning of a blowout win against visiting Milwaukee to sweep the three-game series. Up 4-2 entering the frame, the Pirates went through 14 batters and chased two pitchers in the massive inning. Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes (8-8) allowed two runs on three hits and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings. Jared Triolo had three of the Pirates’ 15 hits. Brewers starter Robert Gasser (2-4) surrendered seven runs on eight hits in three-plus innings. He got the call in place of Jacob Misiorowski (arm fatigue). Jackson Chourio had a team-high two hits, including a double, for Milwaukee. Orioles 8, Royals 2 Leody Taveras homered and later drove in the tiebreaking run as Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of visiting Kansas City, heading into the All-Star break on a season-best four-game winning streak. Samuel Basallo also homered, Gunnar Henderson posted three hits and Blaze Alexander had two hits and scored two runs. Taveras finished with three RBIs. Grant Wolfram (2-2), who worked two-thirds of an inning, was the winning pitcher. He was the second of Baltimore’s five relievers. Lane Thomas notched three hits and Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits for the Royals, who’ve lost five games in a row. They racked up nine hits, but left nine runners on base. Yankees 5, Nationals 3 Ben Rice hit a two-run eighth-inning triple to help New York once again use a late-inning rally to beat host Washington for the third straight day. New York rallied in the ninth inning Friday, the eighth inning Saturday and again in the eighth Sunday to close out the first half of the season with a sweep. Ryan Yarbrough (2-0) got the win. Given a late lead, the Yankee bullpen once again held it with Paul Blackburn pitching two innings for his first save. Cody Bellinger had two hits for the Yankees, who have won four straight and enter the break second in the American League East and first in the AL wild-card race. James Wood homered leading off the first for the second straight day and Curtis Mead also went deep for the Nationals, who enter the break fourth in the National League East and in wild-card contention. Phillies 5, Tigers 0 Zach Wheeler struck out 10 in six dominant innings and visiting Philadelphia blanked Detroit to enter the break on a two-game winning streak. Wheeler improved his record to 10-1. Jose Alvarado, Orion Kerkering and Jonathan Bowlan each pitched a perfect inning of relief to complete the two-hit shutout. J.T. Realmuto led the offense with two hits, two runs scored and three RBIs. Bryson Stott and Kyle Schwarber each had two hits and an RBI. Tigers starter Tarik Skubal (5-5) allowed two runs, four hits, one walk and struck out five in five-plus innings. Riley Greene and Zack McKinstry had Detroit’s only hits, a single apiece. Cubs 8, Reds 4 Alex Bregman had three hits, including a three-run homer in the seventh inning, to help visiting Chicago down Cincinnati in the rubber match of the three-game series. Michael Busch had two hits, an RBI and a run, and Kevin Alcantara drove in two runs for the Cubs, who have won five of seven heading into the break. Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd (5-1) won his third straight start after allowing four hits and six runs in 6 1/3 innings. Eugenio Suarez homered for the Reds, who have dropped three of four. Starter Andrew Abbott allowed four runs on four hits in four innings before Chase Petty (1-2) took the loss after two-plus innings of work. Guardians 5, Marlins 2 Brayan Rocchio and Chase DeLauter slugged home runs and Joey Cantillo struck out nine batters in five innings, leading Cleveland to a win over host Miami. Rocchio went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs. Guardians right fielder Kahlil Watson also had a solid game, going 2-for-5 with one RBI, one stolen base and one outfield assist. Cantillo (8-4) allowed six hits and one run to help Cleveland enter the break on a four-game winning streak. The Marlins, who entered the series on a six-game winning streak, were swept, scoring five total runs in the series. Griffin Conine homered and Xavier Edwards delivered an RBI single for Miami, which went with a bullpen game and saw opener Tyler Phillips (2-4) take the loss, giving up two hits and two runs in one inning. Mariners 8, Rays 2 Weston Wilson and Randy Arozarena each went deep in Seattle’s four-run fourth inning, helping the team salvage one win on its six-game Florida road trip by defeating Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. J.P. Crawford went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, a run and a walk, and Josh Naylor reached base three times on a single, a walk and a hit-by-pitch for the Mariners. Emerson Hancock exited in the second inning, one frame after he fielded a comebacker barehanded. Jose A. Ferrer (2-1) replaced him and escaped a second-inning jam with a clutch strikeout. Jonathan Aranda homered to reach 64 RBIs, while Yandy Diaz was 2-for-4 with a run for the Rays. Ian Seymour (6-2) surrendered six runs (five earned) on six hits in 3 1/3 frames. White Sox 9, Athletics 1 Rookie Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBIs, including a three-run home run in a six-run first inning, and Sam Antonacci also homered as host Chicago routed the skidding Athletics. Noah Schultz (3-6), a rookie left-hander, picked up his first victory since May 1, limiting the A’s to one run and four hits in five innings. The White Sox relief corps of Jordan Hicks, Seranthony Dominguez and Tyler Schweitzer allowed two hits in four innings with four strikeouts. The pitching staff did not issue a walk. Shea Langeliers connected on a solo shot to give the Athletics a lead three batters into the game, marking the first time the club has held a lead since July 1. Starter J.T. Ginn (7-6) yielded eight runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings with three walks and seven strikeouts. The A’s have now lost nine straight and 13 of 14. Twins 4, Angels 2 Taj Bradley tossed seven strong innings and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead two-run double in the third, helping Minnesota beat Los Angeles in Minneapolis. Bradley (9-3) allowed two runs on six hits while striking out six to improve to 4-0 in his last five starts. Trevor Larnach pitched in with an RBI single and a solo homer as the Twins recorded their fifth straight series win. Josh Lowe and rookie Denzer Guzman launched solo homers for the Angels, but Los Angeles couldn’t muster anything else. Jose Soriano (8-6) surrendered three runs on five hits in five innings to fall to 0-2 over his last five starts. The Angels have lost 10 of their last 12 games to drop to a season-worst 21 games under .500 (38-59). Braves 4, Cardinals 3 A ninth-inning throwing error by Gold Glove-winning St. Louis shortstop Masyn Winn allowed the go-ahead run to score, helping lift visiting Atlanta, which salvaged a win from the series after dropping the first two games. JoJo Romero (1-3) threw the top of the ninth for the Cardinals, allowing Ozzie Albies’ one-out double. Matt Olson’s groundout advanced Albies to third. Romero then hit Michael Harris II with a pitch — a ruling that prompted the ejection of St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol for arguing. Mauricio Dubon followed with a grounder and Albies scored on Winn’s misplay. The Braves’ Raisel Iglesias tossed a perfect ninth, posting his 19th save in 20 attempts. Atlanta opener Danny Young allowed a run in two-thirds of an inning before JR Ritchie threw 4 1/3 innings of one-run, one-hit ball. Tyler Kinley (5-3) earned the victory with a strikeout of Winn in the bottom of the eighth. Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 3 Ildemaro Vargas delivered a go-ahead single in the sixth inning and Tim Tawa hit a home run as visiting Arizona rallied for a victory over Los Angeles to complete a three-game series sweep. Nolan Arenado and Ryan Waldschmidt also drove in runs for the Diamondbacks, who head into the break on a four-game winning streak, their longest since a five-game run of success in May. Mitch Bratt filled in for an injured Zac Gallen and gave up three runs over three innings before the bullpen came to the rescue with six no-hit innings. Ryan Thompson (4-2) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the win, while Paul Sewald worked the ninth for his 22nd save. Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer for Los Angeles, while Tommy Edman had a two-run single. Edgardo Henriquez (4-1) gave up the go-ahead run in the sixth after Emmet Sheehan gave up three runs over 5 1/3 innings. The Dodgers head into the break a majors-best 61-34 despite losing three straight games for the first time since they dropped four in a row in early May. Rangers 6, Astros 5 Brandon Nimmo’s walk-off single capped off a 3-for-5 game for Texas, which notched a victory over Houston in the rubber match of the in-state series in Arlington, Texas. Nimmo also had an RBI triple for the Rangers, who won despite blowing a 4-1 lead. Kyle Higashioka homered for Texas, which enters the break winners in four of their last six. Starter MacKenzie Gore was effective on three days’ rest, allowing one run on two hits over four innings. Jacob Latz (2-1) escaped a ninth-inning jam with a double play. Cam Smith hit his 12th home run of the season and Jose Altuve blasted his 11th for the Astros. Cristian Javier allowed three runs on four hits over three innings. Josh Hader (3-1) took the loss in the ninth, allowing hits to all three batters he faced, capped off by Nimmo’s game-winner. Giants 3, Rockies 1 Willy Adames had three hits, including an RBI single as part of a two-run eighth inning, Trevor McDonald combined with two relievers on a four-hitter and San Francisco outlasted visiting Colorado. After the teams traded single tallies in the first four innings, the Giants manufactured the difference-making runs off Rockies reliever Antonio Senzatela (9-2). McDonald allowed three hits and one run over seven innings. Erik Miller (1-1) struck out Mickey Moniak to escape an eighth-inning jam and then worked a scoreless ninth. Rockies center fielder Jake McCarthy launched an inside-the-park home run on McDonald’s second pitch of the game for Colorado’s only run. Michael Lorenzen lasted five innings, giving up one run and five hits. Padres 5, Blue Jays 4 Ty France’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning snapped a tie and lifted San Diego to a win over visiting Toronto. Manny Machado tied the game with an RBI single earlier in the inning off Jeff Hoffman (5-6) for his third hit of the game. Padres starter German Marquez tossed four innings, yielding six hits and three runs before Adrian Morejon (7-2) picked up the win despite allowing a run in the eighth, and Mason Miller secured his 25th save in as many chances. The Blue Jays scored all of their runs on a trio of homers from Nathan Lukes, Ernie Clement and Jonatan Clase, the last of which gave them a 4-3 lead in the eighth. Kevin Gausman worked six innings, allowing four hits and three runs. ===== PHILADELPHIA’S SÁNCHEZ TO START ALL-STAR GAME AT HOME FOR NL. TORONTO’S CEASE THE PICK FOR AL Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League’s starter. Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who is managing the NL, said Sanchez is his starter. “I think he deserves it. He’s the hometown ballplayer and I think the city of Philly will enjoy watching him and supporting him,” Roberts said. “I had a conversation with him this morning. … He was very grateful. In a time when guys are not wanting to participate, this guy in the Midsummer Classic for fans, I think this is a good thing. He’s very excited about pitching.” Also Sunday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said New York right-hander Cam Schlittler is not planning to pitch in the All-Star Game. Schlittler will still be at the game and there is no replacement planned for the AL roster. Sanchez is 11-4 with a 2.62 ERA this season. He’s third in the major leagues with 144 strikeouts. The left-hander’s streak of 50 2/3 scoreless innings was a highlight of the major league season so far. Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski, who leads the majors in ERA (1.62), WHIP (0.76) and strikeouts (167), was replaced on the All-Star team earlier in the week, when it appeared he would be starting for the Brewers on Sunday. Then Milwaukee scratched him from that start because of arm fatigue.Cease is 6-4 with a 2.56 ERA for the Blue Jays. He nearly threw his second career no-hitter Wednesday against San Francisco, but it was broken up in the ninth inning. Cease is the first Toronto pitcher to start the All-Star Game since Roy Halladay in 2009. Cease got the word from his manager, John Schneider, who will skipper the AL squad, during a team meeting before Sunday’s series finale at San Diego. “It’s pretty surreal. I didn’t know what to say. Everyone’s saying, ‘Give a speech,’ and I’m like, I was pretty speechless, so it was just a really cool experience,” Cease said. “It’s really cool how all of these things have lined up, you know, even being able to pitch in it and having a good enough first half to be in the running for it and all that. And the fact that pretty much our entire staff is going, it’s really a really great recipe,” Cease added. Schlittler was a candidate to start, boasting an AL-leading ERA of 2.05, but he pitched for the Yankees on Saturday. “Just feels like on his recovery day to go back out there throwing 100 mph is something that I think he felt a little apprehensive about,” Boone told reporters before New York’s game at Washington. “Certainly support that decision and obviously I think he understands what’s at stake here in the second half too for us and for him.” Schlittler could start the opening game of the second half against the Dodgers on Friday at Yankee Stadium. ===== REPORT: TARIK SKUBAL TELLS FRIENDS HE’D LIKE TO STAY WITH TIGERS Two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal has informed friends that he would like to remain with the Detroit Tigers, USA Today reported. Skubal, who has spent his entire seven-year career with the Tigers, has been the subject of trade talks throughout the season. The left-hander is in the final year of his contract, with many believing that he could command the biggest pitching free-agent deal in history. Per USA Today, Skubal feels the Tigers have a realistic shot at winning the World Series this year. The outlet quoted Skubal as saying “I’ve never lost faith.” Detroit has turned around its fortunes, winning nine of its last 11 to move within 5 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central. Skubal, 29, is 5-4 with a 3.06 ERA in 12 appearances (all starts) this season. He has struck out 84 batters and walked only 10 in 70 2/3 innings heading into today’s start against the Philadelphia Phillies. He has a 59-41 record and a 3.07 ERA in 149 career games (146 starts) for the Tigers since 2020. He has struck out 973 batters compared to 182 walks in 837 1/3 innings. MLB DRAFT DAY 2 Second round 38. Colorado Rockies: Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA CBT penalty 39. Toronto Blue Jays (10-pick penalty): Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State 40. Los Angeles Dodgers (10-pick penalty): Bo Lowrance, SS, Christ Church Episcopal HS (SC) Continued second round 41. Chicago White Sox: Cole Prosek, 2B, Magnolia Heights HS (MS) 42. Washington Nationals: Chase Brunson, OF, TCU 43. Minnesota Twins: Carson Tinney, C, Texas 44. Pittsburgh Pirates: Aiden Ruiz, SS, Stony Brook School (NY) 45. Los Angeles Angels: Jarren Advincula, 2B, Georgia Tech 46. Baltimore Orioles: Ty Head, OF, NC State 47. Athletics: Mason Edwards, LHP, USC 48. Atlanta Braves: Kaiden McCarthy, RHP, Vermont Academy (VT) 49. Tampa Bay Rays: Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty 50. St. Louis Cardinals: Rocco Maniscalco, SS, Oxford HS (AL) Supplemental second round 51. Pittsburgh Pirates: Chris Rembert, 2B, Auburn Second round 52. Miami Marlins: Ethan Kleinschmit, LHP, Oregon State 53. Arizona Diamondbacks: Carson Kerce, SS, Georgia Tech 54. Texas Rangers: Connor Comeau, SS, L.C. Anderson HS (TX) 55. San Francisco Giants: Kaden Waechter, RHP, Jesuit HS (FL) 56. Kansas City Royals: Jack Slightom, RHP, Lyons Township HS (IL) 57. Houston Astros: Wes Mendes, LHP, Florida State 58. Cincinnati Reds: Eric Becker, SS, Virginia 59. Cleveland Guardians: Logan Schmidt, LHP, Ganesha HS (CA) 60. San Diego Padres: Elliot Lascelles, SS, Upper Canada College (ON) 61. Detroit Tigers: Tyson LeBlanc, SS, Kansas 62. Chicago Cubs: Caden Sorrell, OF, Texas A&M 63. New York Yankees: Sean Duncan, LHP, Terry Fox SS (BC) 64. Philadelphia Phillies: Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State 65. Seattle Mariners: Jake Brown, OF, LSU 66. Milwaukee Brewers: Sawyer Strosnider, OF, TCU Competitive Balance Round B 67. Boston Red Sox: Owen Hull, OF, North Carolina 68. St. Louis Cardinals: Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida 69. Detroit Tigers: Evan Dempsey, RHP, Florida Gulf Coast 70. Cincinnati Reds: Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA 71. Miami Marlins: Ryan Peterson, RHP, Sam Houston 72. St. Louis Cardinals: Dawson Montesa, RHP, West Virginia 73. Athletics: Gabe Gaeckle, RHP, Arkansas 74. Minnesota Twins: Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech Compensation picks 75. Chicago Cubs: Myles Bailey, 1B, Florida State Third round 76. Colorado Rockies: Jack Natili, C, Cincinnati 77. Chicago White Sox: Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia 78. Washington Nationals: Luke Williams, SS, Franklin Regional HS (PA) 79. Minnesota Twins: Ethan Wachsmann, RHP, Grandview HS (CO) 80. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jason DeCaro, RHP, North Carolina 81. Los Angeles Angels: Gavin Grahovac, 3B, Texas A&M 82. Baltimore Orioles: Dominic Voegele, RHP, Kansas 83. Athletics: Jacob Dudan, RHP, North Carolina State 84. Atlanta Braves: Jensen Hirschkorn, RHP, Kingsburg HS (CA) 85. Tampa Bay Rays: Gavin Giese, RHP, Dana Hills HS (CA) 86. St. Louis Cardinals: Caden Ferraro, OF, Texas Tech 87. Miami Marlins: Cam Kozeal, SS, Arkansas 88. Arizona Diamondbacks: Brayden Dowd, OF, Florida State 89. Texas Rangers: Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan HS (MA) 90. San Francisco Giants: Peyton Bonds, OF, Rutgers 91. Kansas City Royals: Maxx Yehl, LHP, West Virginia 92. New York Mets: Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas 93. Houston Astros: Keon Johnson, SS, First Presbyterian HS (GA) 94. Cincinnati Reds: Tyner Horn, RHP, Nebraska 95. Cleveland Guardians: Tre Broussard, OF, Houston 96. Boston Red Sox: Jace Mataczynski, SS, Hudson HS (WI) 97. San Diego Padres: Ryan Lynch, RHP, North Carolina 98. Chicago Cubs: Carson Jasa, RHP, Nebraska 99. New York Yankees: Brendan Brock, C, Oklahoma 100. Philadelphia Phillies: Ruger Riojas, RHP, Texas 101. Seattle Mariners: Nathan Taylor, RHP, Cincinnati 102. Milwaukee Brewers: Kyle Jones, OF, Florida 103. Toronto Blue Jays: Ryan Cooney, SS, Oregon Fourth round 104. Colorado Rockies: Ben Davis, RHP, Mississippi State 105. Chicago White Sox: Eric Segura, RHP, Oregon State 106. Washington Nationals: Cooper Harris, RHP, Flower Mound HS (TX) 107. Minnesota Twins: Tommy LaPour, RHP, TCU 108. Pittsburgh Pirates: Andruw Giles, OF, Basic HS (NV) 109. Los Angeles Angels: Rylan Lujo, OF, Georgia 110. Baltimore Orioles: Kevin Roberts Jr., OF, Jackson Prep HS (MS) 111. Athletics: Roman Martin, SS, UCLA 112. Atlanta Braves: Cole Dennis, RHP, Bishop Snyder HS (FL) 113. Tampa Bay Rays: Collin Bland, OF, Houston 114. St. Louis Cardinals: Dee Kennedy, SS, Kansas State 115. Miami Marlins: Wessley Roberson, SS, Glynn Academy HS (GA) 116. Arizona Diamondbacks: Josh McDevitt, RHP, Missouri 117. Texas Rangers: Hudson Calhoun, RHP, Mississippi 118. San Francisco Giants: Carlos Martinez, RHP, Hofstra 119. Kansas City Royals: Dominic Battista, OF, Oswego East HS (IL) 120. New York Mets: Shane Sdao, LHP, Texas A&M 121. Houston Astros: Kam Durnin, SS, Missouri 122. Cincinnati Reds: Ethan Norby, LHP, East Carolina 123. Cleveland Guardians: Kade Lewis, 3B, Wake Forest 124. San Diego Padres: Robbie Lavey, C, George Washington 125. Detroit Tigers: Dominic Pellegrin, SS, Holy Cross HS (LA) 126. Chicago Cubs: Dylan Marionneaux, RHP, Northwestern State (LA) 127. New York Yankees: Paul Gutierrez-Contreras, Cal State Fullerton 128. Philadelphia Phillies: Deven Sheerin, RHP, LSU 129. Seattle Mariners: Trevor Lucas, 3B, UNC Wilmington 130. Milwaukee Brewers: Julian Garcia, RHP, St. John Bosco HS (CA) 131. Toronto Blue Jays: Will Brick, C, Christian Brothers HS (TN) 132. Los Angeles Dodgers: Russell Sandefer, RHP, Florida Compensation picks 133. Houston Astros: Beau Peterson, IF, Mill Valley HS (KS) 134. San Diego Padres: Alex Conover, OF, Oklahoma State (OK) 135. Philadelphia Phillies: Jaxon Jelkin, RHP, Kentucky Fifth round 136. Colorado Rockies: Tyler Putnam, P, Battle HS (MO) 137. Chicago White Sox: Cal Scolari, P, Oregon 138. Washington Nationals: Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami (FL) 139. Minnesota Twins: Steele Murdock, P, UC San Diego 140. Pittsburgh Pirates: Ryan Marohn, P, NC State 141. Los Angeles Angels: Jaxon Willits, SS, Oklahoma 142. Baltimore Orioles: Jimmy Anderson, SS, Heartland CC 143. Athletics: Alex Hernandez, 3B, Georgia Tech 144. Atlanta Braves: Wil Libbert, P, Mississippi 145. Tampa Bay Rays: Owen Kramkowski, P, Arizona 146. St. Louis Cardinals: Cal Randall, P, UCLA 147. Miami Marlins: Trey Beard, P, Florida State 148. Arizona Diamondbacks: LJ Mercurius, P, Oklahoma 149. Texas Rangers: Michael Anderson Jr., 2WP, Penn State 150. San Francisco Giants: Luke Nixon, 2B, NC State 151. Kansas City Royals: Ethan McElvain, P, Arkansas 152. New York Mets: Luke McNeillie, P, Florida 153. Houston Astros: Gavin Eddy, P, Cal 154. Cincinnati Reds: Dylan Bowen, SS, Hanover Central HS (IN) 155. Cleveland Guardians: Lucas Moore, OF, Louisville 156. Boston Red Sox: Lucas Davenport, P, Baylor 157. San Diego Padres: James Guyette, P, Kansas State 158. Detroit Tigers: Declan Dahl, P, Louisiana Tech 159. Chicago Cubs: Dylan Blomker, P, La Cueva HS (NM) 160. New York Yankees: Bear Harrison, C, Texas A&M 161. Philadelphia Phillies: Will Gasparino, OF, UCLA 162. Seattle Mariners: Hayden Yost, OF, Florida 163. Milwaukee Brewers: Aidan Knaak, P, Clemson 164. Toronto Blue Jays: Nolan Higgins, P, Michigan State Sixth round 165. Colorado Rockies: Garrett Lambert, P, Mercer 166. Chicago White Sox: Alex Weingartner, OF, St. Augustine Prep HS (NJ) 167. Washington Nationals: Cooper Allen, P, UNC Wilmington 168. Minnesota Twins: Ethan Lay, P, Sacramento State 169. Pittsburgh Pirates: Tyler Fay, P, Alabama 170. Los Angeles Angels: Justin Byrd, P, Georgia 171. Baltimore Orioles: Zane Adams, P, Alabama 172. Athletics: Alex Sosa, C, Miami (FL) 173. Atlanta Braves: Tyson Grulkowski, P, Muskego HS (WI) 174. Tampa Bay Rays: Kyle Johnson, P, Virginia 175. St. Louis Cardinals: Owen Henne, SS, Seton Hill 176. Miami Marlins: Cole Selvig, P, Minnesota 177. Arizona Diamondbacks: Micah Worley, P, SUNY Stony Brook 178. Texas Rangers: Aidan Brainard, P, Nevada 179. San Francisco Giants: Eric Nachtsheim, P, McNeese State 180. Kansas City Royals: Justin LeGuernic, P, Clemson 181. New York Mets: Alex Petrovic, P, Auburn 182. Houston Astros: Michael Addari, P, Illinois State 183. Cincinnati Reds: Duncan Marsten, P, Wake Forest 184. Cleveland Guardians: Deiten Lachance, C, Oklahoma 185. Boston Red Sox: Brett Lanman, P, Abiene Christian 186. San Diego Padres: Nu’u Contrades, SS, Arizona State 187. Detroit Tigers: Maddox Molony, SS, Oregon 188. Chicago Cubs: Isaac Morton, P, Minnesota 189. New York Yankees Andrew Gonzalez, 3B, Americas HS (TX) 190. Philadelphia Phillies: Macon Winslow, C, North Carolina 191. Seattle Mariners: Henry Ford, 3B, Tennessee 192. Milwaukee Brewers: Ryan Oshinskie, P, Brown 193. Toronto Blue Jays: Gable Mitchell, SS, Iowa Seventh round 194. Colorado Rockies: Jack Scott, P, Central Missouri 195. Chicago White Sox: Clay Burdette, OF, Xavier 196. Washington Nationals: Gage Peterson, P, Appalachian State 197. Minnesota Twins: Max Bayles, P, Santa Clara 198. Pittsburgh Pirates: Bryson Moore, P, Florida State 199. Los Angeles Angels: Ryan Hetzler, P, Auburn 200. Baltimore Orioles: Ryan Piech, P, Xavier 201. Athletics: David Rossow, P, Campbell 202. Atlanta Braves: Jack Brenner, C, Fond du Lac HS (WI) 203. Tampa Bay Rays: AJ Rice, P, Pickens County HS (GA) 204. St. Louis Cardinals: Derek Schaefer, P, Arizona State 205. Miami Marlins: Eric Guevara, SS, Auburn 206. Arizona Diamondbacks: Carson Turnquist, P, Cal Poly 207. Texas Rangers: Caden Aoki, P, Georgia 208. San Francisco Giants: Beau Bryans, P, Jacksonville State 209. Kansas City Royals: Dylan Vigue, P, Georgia 210. New York Mets: Aidan Kennan, P, Stanford 211. Houston Astros: Bryan Carney, P, University of Olivet 212. Cincinnati Reds: Sherman Johnson, 3B, NC State 213. Cleveland Guardians: Savion Sims, P, Prestonwood Christian HS (TX) 214. Boston Red Sox: Kide Adetuyi, P, Florida Atlantic 215. San Diego Padres: Joe Tiroly, 2B, Virginia 216. Detroit Tigers: Brady Ballinger, 1B, Kansas 217. Chicago Cubs: Cole Tryba, P, UC Santa Barbara 218. New York Yankees: Michael Harpster, P, East Tennessee State 219. Philadelphia Phillies: Bo Rhudy, P, Tennessee 220. Seattle Mariners: Ryan Wynn, SS, Georgia Tech 221. Milwaukee Brewers: Grant Hill, P, Chelsea HS (AL) 222. Toronto Blue Jays: Dean West, OF, UCLA 223. Los Angeles Dodgers: Charlie West, P, UConn Eighth round 224. Colorado Rockies: Hudson Barrett, P, Oklahoma State 225. Chicago White Sox: Jayson Jones, 3B, Wichita State 226. Washington Nationals: Max Hansmann, P, Evansville 227. Minnesota Twins: Thomas Burns, P, Texas 228. Pittsburgh Pirates: Alex Overbay, P, Arizona State 229. Los Angeles Angels: Garrett Wright, C, Tennessee 230. Baltimore Orioles: Will Plunkett, SS, Mamaroneck HS (NY) 231. Athletics: Aidan Weaver, P, Duke 232. Atlanta Braves: Jacob Jarrell, C, Clemson 233. Tampa Bay Rays: Griffin Long, P, Sonoraville HS (GA) 234. St. Louis Cardinals: Luke Harrison, P, Texas 235. Miami Marlins: Rintaro Sasaki, 1B, Stanford 236. Arizona Diamondbacks: Paul Schoenfield, OF, West Virginia 237. Texas Rangers: Kolby Branch, SS, Georgia 238. San Francisco Giants: Cody Brasch, P, Louisiana-Lafayette 239. Kansas City Royals: Hunter Possehl, P, Florida Gulf Coast 240. New York Mets: Landon Koenig, P, Mississippi 241. Houston Astros: Aaron Piasecki, SS, Troy 242. Cincinnati Reds: Brady Neal, C, Alabama 243. Cleveland Guardians: Matt Scott, P, Georgia 244. Boston Red Sox: Josh Volmerding, P, Cal Poly 245. San Diego Padres: Sean Fitzpatrick, P, Arizona State 246. Detroit Tigers: Robert Omidi, 3B, St. Martin SS (ON) 247. Chicago Cubs: Lance Williams, P, Maryland 248. New York Yankees: Luke Pettitte, 2WP, Dallas Baptist 249. Philadelphia Phillies: Wyatt Danilowicz, P, Louisville 250. Seattle Mariners: Mason Eckelman, C, Ohio State 251. Milwaukee Brewers: Kellan Tom, 1B, Corona del Sol HS (AZ) 252. Toronto Blue Jays: Jake Bennett, C, Dallas Baptist 253. Los Angeles Dodgers: Miles Gosztola, P, Oregon Ninth round 254. Colorado Rockies: Tanner Sagouspe, P, TCU 255. Chicago White Sox: Luke Craytor, P, Virginia Tech 256. Washington Nationals: Cashel Dugger, C, UCLA 257. Minnesota Twins: JT Raab, P, Georgetown 258. Pittsburgh Pirates: Tre Phelps, 3B, Georgia 259. Los Angeles Angels: Trevor Hansen, P, UC Irvine 260. Baltimore Orioles: Collin McKinney, P, Arizona 261. Athletics: Tanner Marsh, 2B, Liberty 262. Atlanta Braves: Parker Brosius, OF, Georgia Tech 263. Tampa Bay Rays: Tai Jones, OF, Jackson Academy (MS) 264. St. Louis Cardinals: Jayden Lobliner, C, San Diego 265. Miami Marlins: Nic Tolbert, 3B, Oktaha HS (OK) 266. Arizona Diamondbacks: Chris Katz, 1B, Mercer 267. Texas Rangers: Kaden Carpenter, OF, Utah Valley 268. San Francisco Giants: Mike Mancini, 2B, Vanderbilt 269. Kansas City Royals: Camden Johnson, SS, Oklahoma 270. New York Mets: Ryan Tayman, C, Cal Poly 271. Houston Astros: Ryan Pruitt, OF, South Florida 272. Cincinnati Reds: Damian Ruiz, OF, Arkansas 273. Cleveland Guardians: Mario Pesca, P, Oklahoma State 274. Boston Red Sox: Martin Shelar, OF, Marist School (GA) 275. San Diego Padres: Benjamin Stubbs, P, Troy 276. Detroit Tigers: Kenneth Ward, P, Park University-Gilbert 277. Chicago Cubs: Chase Meyer, P, West Virginia 278. New York Yankees: David Leslie, P, Pittsburgh 279. Philadelphia Phillies: Cooper Consiglio, P, NC State 280. Seattle Mariners: Drew Whalen, P, Auburn 281. Milwaukee Brewers: Chase Mora, P, Texas State 282. Toronto Blue Jays: Joey Urban, OF, Southern Miss 283. Los Angeles Dodgers: Kyeler Thompson, OF, Texas Tech 10th round 284. Colorado Rockies: Mikiah Negrete, P, Cal State Fullerton 285. Chicago White Sox: Matthew Bucciero, OF, Fairfield 286. Washington Nationals: Nick Williams, OF, Michigan State 287. Minnesota Twins: Kole Klecker, P, Arizona State 288. Pittsburgh Pirates: Michael Gibson, P, The Citadel 289. Los Angeles Angels: Luc Rising, P, Northeastern 290. Baltimore Orioles: Carlos Sanchez, UTL, LSU-Shreveport 291. Athletics: Dominic Mauro, P, Cincinnati 292. Atlanta Braves: Ben Zeigler-Namoa, 1B, Hawaii 293. Tampa Bay Rays: Tate McKee, P, Georgia Tech 294. St. Louis Cardinals: Nick Bonn, P, Cal Poly 295. Miami Marlins: Zach Peters, P, VCU 296. Arizona Diamondbacks: Mason Steele, P, UAB 297. Texas Rangers: Evan Morrison, SS, Grand Valley St. 298. San Francisco Giants: Ian Korn, P, West Virginia 299. Kansas City Royals: Grant Fontenot, P, LSU 300. New York Mets: Nate Isler, P, Dartmouth 301. Houston Astros: Tazwell Butler, P, Kansas State 302. Cincinnati Reds: Conner Griffin, P, SUNY Binghamton 303. Cleveland Guardians: Ryan Bilka, P, Miami (FL) 304. Boston Red Sox: Kaleb LaFavor, P, Bishop Heelan HS (IA) 305. San Diego Padres: Augie Lopez, C, USC 306. Detroit Tigers: Jack Turner, P, New Mexico State 307. Chicago Cubs: Luke Alwood, P, Seattle 308. New York Yankees: Bayram Holt, SS, Louisville 309. Philadelphia Phillies: Reece Moroney, SS, Rhode Island 310. Seattle Mariners: Eric Jeon, 2B, Stanford 311. Milwaukee Brewers: Andrew Gaines, P, Saint Joseph’s 312. Toronto Blue Jays: Bryce Chance, OF, Mississippi State 313. Los Angeles Dodgers: Devin Bell, P, Oregon 11th round 314. Colorado Rockies: Gavin Swartz, P, Normal Community HS (IL) 315. Chicago White Sox: Kyle Casteel, P, Butler HS (PA) 316. Washington Nationals: Weston Moss, P, Texas A&M 317. Minnesota Twins: Aidan Teel, OF, Mississippi State 318. Pittsburgh Pirates: Spencer Evans, P, TNXL Academy (FL) 319. Los Angeles Angels: Adam Agresti, C, St. John’s 320. Baltimore Orioles: Ross Norman, P, Coastal Carolina 321. Athletics: Javar Williams, OF, Wake Forest 322. Atlanta Braves: Ryne Barker, 3B, Casteel HS (AZ) 323. Tampa Bay Rays: Logan Georges, P, Clovis HS (CA) 324. St. Louis Cardinals: Jacob Haley, P, South Alabama 325. Miami Marlins: Fabio Bundi, P, Monterey Peninsula Junior College 326. Arizona Diamondbacks: Cody Boshell, 1B, Bishop Snyder HS (FL) 327. Texas Rangers: Jordan Hawkins, OF, Carl Albert HS (OK) 328. San Francisco Giants: Charlie Bussey III, 1B, Francis Marion 329. Kansas City Royals: Tanner Griffith, OF, Saint Mary’s 330. New York Mets: Kuhio Aloy, OF, Arkansas 331. Houston Astros: Peyton Fiene, P, Odessa Junior College 332. Cincinnati Reds: Calvin Proskey, P, UC Santa Barbara 333. Cleveland Guardians: Jake Bean, P, Louisville 334. Boston Red Sox: Wills Maginnis, SS, Georgia State 335. San Diego Padres: Chris McHugh, 1B, North Carolina State 336. Detroit Tigers: Will Adams, 1B, Hoover HS (AL) 337. Chicago Cubs: Ariston Veasey, P, Clemson 338. New York Yankees: Anthony Potestio, SS, UC San Diego 339. Philadelphia Phillies: Drew Titsworth, P, Clemson 340. Seattle Mariners: Wyatt Queen, P, Oregon State 341. Milwaukee Brewers: Gavin Perry, P, Western Kentucky 342. Toronto Blue Jays: Brayden Martin, 2B, Maryland 343. Los Angeles Dodgers: Cody New, P, California Baptist 12th round 344. Colorado Rockies: Garrett Brewer, P, Auburn 345. Chicago White Sox: Braden Holcomb, OF, Vanderbilt 346. Washington Nationals: Matthew Dallas, P, Wake Forest 347. Minnesota Twins: Colby Turner, 2B, Michigan 348. Pittsburgh Pirates: Rohan Lettow, P, San Diego State 349. Los Angeles Angels: Jacob Sammis, P, Glynn Academy (GA) 350. Baltimore Orioles: Leo Marrero, C, Hardee HS (FL) 351. Athletics: Nathan Aceves, P, UC Santa Barbara 352. Atlanta Braves: Dominic Kibler, C, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 353. Tampa Bay Rays: Cole Stokes, P, Florida State 354. St. Louis Cardinals: Drew Horn, P, Middle Tennessee State 355. Miami Marlins: Bane Barker, P, Sandalwood HS (FL) 356. Arizona Diamondbacks: Caleb Jameson, P, Georgia 357. Texas Rangers: Jackson Nash, P, Longwood 358. San Francisco Giants: Josiah Kemp, OF, Choctaw HS (OK) 359. Kansas City Royals: Lance Hartley, P, College of Central Florida 360. New York Mets: AJ Krodel, P, UC Santa Barbara 361. Houston Astros: Owen Nowak, OF, Middle Tennessee State (TN) 362. Cincinnati Reds: Brodie Purcell, P, Florida State 363. Cleveland Guardians: Ben Cleary, SS, Santa Clara 364. Boston Red Sox: Jacob Webster, SS, Oak Hills HS (CA) 365. San Diego Padres: Rob Evans, P, Miami 366. Detroit Tigers: Tyler West, OF, Salt Lake CC 367. Chicago Cubs: Brandon Arvidson, P, Tennessee 368. New York Yankees: Austin Berggren, P, Miami (OH) 369. Philadelphia Phillies: Christian Coppola, P, St. Joseph’s 370. Seattle Mariners: Connor Marshburn, P, UNC Wilmington 371. Milwaukee Brewers: Marcus Kruzan, P, Minnesota 372. Toronto Blue Jays: Santiago Garcia, P, LSU 373. Los Angeles Dodgers: Gavin Van Kempen, P, East Carolina 13th round 374. Colorado Rockies: Juriel Collazo, OF, Christian Military Academy HS (PR) 375. Chicago White Sox: Grayson Fitzwater, 1B, Virginia Military Institute 376. Washington Nationals: Cody Howard, P, Texas 377. Minnesota Twins: Isaiah Lane, SS, Hope International 378. Pittsburgh Pirates: Griffin Stieg, P, Virginia Tech 379. Los Angeles Angels: Jake Long, OF, Utah 380. Baltimore Orioles: Garrison Sumner, P, Brigham Young 381. Athletics: Evan Blanco, P, Tennessee 382. Atlanta Braves: Cole Dorland, P, Walnut Grove SS (BC) 383. Tampa Bay Rays: Steven Gonzalez, P, Mater Academy HS (FL) 384. St. Louis Cardinals: Matthew Thomas, OF, Cal State Northridge 385. Miami Marlins: Connor Benge, P, LSU 386. Arizona Diamondbacks: Jack Spanier, SS, Minnesota 387. Texas Rangers: Will Whelan, P, Minnesota 388. San Francisco Giants: Colin Fisher, P, Arkansas 389. Kansas City Royals: Dalton Hill, P, Nicholls St U 390. New York Mets: Jacob Madrid, C, Notre Dame HS (CA) 391. Houston Astros: Jack Beck, SS, Columbia Central HS (TN) 392. Cincinnati Reds: Kenny Ishikawa, 2WP, Georgia 393. Cleveland Guardians: Erick Dessens, OF, Sacramento State 394. Boston Red Sox: Mason Lei, P, Illinois-Chicago 395. San Diego Padres: Michael Smith Jr., OF, Dayton 396. Detroit Tigers: Jett Johnston, P, Auburn 397. Chicago Cubs: Emmanuel Hernandez, C, Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy (PR) 398. New York Yankees: Lee Garris, OF, Maury HS (VA) 399. Philadelphia Phillies: Brayden Bakes, OF, Illinois State 400. Seattle Mariners: Anthony Treto, P, Tarleton State 401. Milwaukee Brewers: Carson Hart, OF, Mankato East HS (MN) 402. Toronto Blue Jays: Mathis Nayral, P, Kansas 403. Los Angeles Dodgers: Caleb Johnson, SS, Jacksonville State 14th round 404. Colorado Rockies: Lorenzo Carrier, OF, Pittsburgh 405. Chicago White Sox: Isaac Yeager, P, Oregon State 406. Washington Nationals: Zack Konstantinovsky, P, Rutgers 407. Minnesota Twins: Alec Bouchard, P, Wofford 408. Pittsburgh Pirates: Damarcus Rideout-Carter, P, Heart Lake SS (ON) 409. Los Angeles Angels: Tate McGuire, P, Arkansas 410. Baltimore Orioles: Miguel Hugas, P, Mercer 411. Athletics: Caden Sivrich, P, Norwin HS (PA) 412. Atlanta Braves: Brady Hamilton, P, Wichita State 413. Tampa Bay Rays: Mason Bixby, P, Oklahoma 414. St. Louis Cardinals: Jaden Alba, P, Arizona State 415. Miami Marlins: Tyler Kapa, P, Virginia 416. Arizona Diamondbacks: Brannon Westmoreland, P, Arkansas-Little Rock 417. Texas Rangers: Alfredo Capacete, P, California Baptist 418. San Francisco Giants: Alex Solis, P, Houston 419. Kansas City Royals: Banks Wickersham, C, Fort Dorchester HS (SC) 420. New York Mets: Zach Crotchfelt, P, Troy 421. Houston Astros: Brady Thomas, P, Jacksonville State 422. Cincinnati Reds: Ray Ladd, P, Radford 423. Cleveland Guardians: Carson Lane, P, UNLV 424. Boston Red Sox: Jase Evangelista, P, U Nevada Las Vegas 425. San Diego Padres: Ty Brachbill, P, High Point 426. Detroit Tigers: Edwin Alicea, P, South Florida 427. Chicago Cubs: Corey Nunez, SS, UC Santa Barbara 428. New York Yankees: Diego Castellanos, OF, St. Mary’s 429. Philadelphia Phillies: Patrick Clemmey, P, Avon Old Farms HS (CT) 430. Seattle Mariners: Chris Diaz, P, Florida Gulf Coast 431. Milwaukee Brewers: Daunte Bell II, P, Millikan HS (CA) 432. Toronto Blue Jays: Connor Kelley, P, Texas-San Antonio 433. Los Angeles Dodgers: Ryne Rodriguez, P, Houston 15th round 434. Colorado Rockies: Ryan Niedzwiedz, 1B, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 435. Chicago White Sox: Cameron Johnson, P, Oklahoma 436. Washington Nationals: Francisco Rivero, C, Canyon del Oro HS (AZ) 437. Minnesota Twins: Charlie Scholvin, SS, Toledo 438. Pittsburgh Pirates: Liam O’Leary, P, St. John’s 439. Los Angeles Angels: Cameron Jackson, SS, Georgia Premier HS (GA) 440. Baltimore Orioles: Braden Smith, P, Central Florida 441. Athletics: Dylan O’Connell, OF, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 442. Atlanta Braves: Caleb Klein, OF, Southeast Missouri St U 443. Tampa Bay Rays: Amp Phillips, P, South Carolina 444. St. Louis Cardinals: Brian Garmon II, P, U of South Alabama 445. Miami Marlins: Colin Linder, P, Arizona State 446. Arizona Diamondbacks: Andrew Evans, P, Southern Illinois 447. Texas Rangers: Landon Brewer, P, Minden HS (LA) 448. San Francisco Giants: Drew Smith, 3B, Oregon 449. Kansas City Royals: Madden Clement, P, Virginia Tech 450. New York Mets: Dustin Hagens Jr., P, Missouri-St. Louis 451. Houston Astros: James Tronstein, SS, Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) 452. Cincinnati Reds: David Hinojosa, P, Poly Prep HS (NY) 453. Cleveland Guardians: Alejandro Garza, 3B, Cal Poly 454. Boston Red Sox: Chase Frey, P, Grand Canyon 455. San Diego Padres: Ryan Kucherak, SS, Northwestern 456. Detroit Tigers: Dustin Dunwoody, P, Royal HS (CA) 457. Chicago Cubs: Griffin Naess, P, Cal Poly 458. New York Yankees: William Cutshall, SS, Seneca HS (SC) 459. Philadelphia Phillies: Owen Clyne, SS, George Mason 460. Seattle Mariners: Charlie Sutherland, OF, Minnesota 461. Milwaukee Brewers: Keaton Maiorana, P, Mountain Vista HS (CO) 462. Toronto Blue Jays: Oliver de la Torre, P, California 463. Los Angeles Dodgers: Aemed Nasser, OF, Central Pointe Christian Academy HS (FL) 16th round 464. Colorado Rockies: Sam Larson, P, Tulane 465. Chicago White Sox: Darin Horn, P, Coastal Carolina 466. Washington Nationals: Anthony Murphy, OF, Corona HS (CA) 467. Minnesota Twins: Connor Mattison, P, Kentucky 468. Pittsburgh Pirates: Grant Govel, P, USC 469. Los Angeles Angels: Robert Orloski, P, Texas-San Antonio 470. Baltimore Orioles: Brayden Fry, SS, Cranford HS (NJ) 471. Athletics: Tyler August, P, Liberty 472. Atlanta Braves: Dalton Harper, C, Niagara County CC 473. Tampa Bay Rays: Alex Philpott, P, South Carolina 474. St. Louis Cardinals: Dallis Moran, P, Stetson 475. Miami Marlins: Porter Buursema, P, Georgia Tech 476. Arizona Diamondbacks: Joseph Jasso, P, Cal State Fullerton 477. Texas Rangers: Brandon Crabtree, 3B, Catawba College 478. San Francisco Giants: Dalton Wentz, 3B, Wake Forest 479. Kansas City Royals: Dylan Alonso, P, Troy 480. New York Mets: Gavin Guidry, P, LSU 481. Houston Astros: Rashawn Galloway, C, Texas State 482. Cincinnati Reds: Victor Christal, P, Johnson County CC 483. Cleveland Guardians: Sebastian Rolon, P, Central Pointe Christian Academy (FL) 484. Boston Red Sox: Colton Coates, SS, Louisiana Tech 485. San Diego Padres: Albert Roblez, P, Oregon State 486. Detroit Tigers: Michael Lane, P, Delaware State 487. Chicago Cubs: Ashton Pocol, P, Florida Gulf Coast 488. New York Yankees: Garrett Ahern, P, Grand Canyon 489. Philadelphia Phillies: Matt Quintanar, C, Texas Tech 490. Seattle Mariners: Chris Torres, P, U South Carolina Upstate 491. Milwaukee Brewers: Bradyn Havard, P, George County HS (MS) 492. Toronto Blue Jays: Carson Cormier, P, Illinois State 493. Los Angeles Dodgers: Ethan Sutton, P, South Florida 17th round 494. Colorado Rockies: Josh Swink, P, Liberty 495. Chicago White Sox: Crew McChesney, OF, Brigham Young 496. Washington Nationals: Isaiah Galason, SS, Houston County HS (GA) 497. Minnesota Twins: Hideki Prather, C, California 498. Pittsburgh Pirates: Nathan Helman, P, Kennesaw State 499. Los Angeles Angels: TJ Grines, 2B, Tennesse-Martin 500. Baltimore Orioles: Diego Gutierrez, P, San Diego 501. Athletics: Javier Gorostola, 3B, Florida Gulf Coast 502. Atlanta Braves: John Damozonio, P, Saint Mary’s 503. Tampa Bay Rays: McCarty English, P, Southern Mississippi 504. St. Louis Cardinals: Jacob Johnson, 3B, Saint Mary’s 505. Miami Marlins: Duke McCarron, P, Saint Joseph’s 506. Arizona Diamondbacks: Rylan Alaniz, SS, Trinity HS (TX) 507. Texas Rangers: Collin Cobb, P, Williston State Col 508. San Francisco Giants: Tanner Mally, OF, Western Michigan 509. Kansas City Royals: Richie Roman, P, Houston 510. New York Mets: Cooper Dossett, P, Arkansas 511. Houston Astros: Ben Tryon, IF, Dallas Baptist 512. Cincinnati Reds: Jack Lausch, OF, Northwestern 513. Cleveland Guardians: Travis Lutz, P, Lamar U 514. Boston Red Sox: Alex Kranzler, P, Vanderbilt 515. San Diego Padres: Denton Lord, P, South Walton HS (FL) 516. Detroit Tigers: Jack Byers, P, Artesia HS (NM) 517. Chicago Cubs: Ryan Marton, P, U Nevada Las Vegas 518. New York Yankees: Jason Krieger, P, Maine 519. Philadelphia Phillies: Adam Troy, P, USC 520. Seattle Mariners: Matthew Matthijs, P, North Carolina 521. Milwaukee Brewers: Chance Ruby, SS, Wilmot Union HS (WI) 522. Toronto Blue Jays: Landon Waters, P, Mississippi 523. Los Angeles Dodgers: Camden Wimbish, P, Campbell 18th round 524. Colorado Rockies: Blake Bowen, OF, JSerra Catholic HS (CA) 525. Chicago White Sox: Jackson Bergman, P, Indiana 526. Washington Nationals: Avery Ortiz, IF, Oklahoma State 527. Minnesota Twins: Colter McAnelly, P, Utah 528. Pittsburgh Pirates: Malachi Washington, OF, Parkview HS (GA) 529. Los Angeles Angels: Greyson Chappel, P, Central Missouri 530. Baltimore Orioles: Gunnar Garrison, P, Eaton HS (CO) 531. Athletics: Bear Madliak, C, Kansas State 532. Atlanta Braves: Ethan Stade, P, Bowling Green State 533. Tampa Bay Rays: Nate Smithburg, P, U Oklahoma 534. St. Louis Cardinals: Gabe Camacho, OF, UC San Diego 535. Miami Marlins: Jatniel McCloud, OF, Amarillo College 536. Arizona Diamondbacks: Jake Duer, OF, Texas A&M 537. Texas Rangers: Max Kaufer, C, Wichita State 538. San Francisco Giants: Ryder Brooks, P, University of California – Irvine 539. Kansas City Royals: Cooper Corkrean, P, U New Mexico 540. New York Mets: Marcus Ward, P, King’s Ridge Christian School (GA) 541. Houston Astros: Petey Soto Jr., SS, Utah Tech 542. Cincinnati Reds: Matt Ponatoski, SS, Moeller HS (OH) 543. Cleveland Guardians: Parker Dillhoff, P, UNLV 544. Boston Red Sox: Ethan Offing, OF, Dutch Fork HS (SC) 545. San Diego Padres: Mark Quatrani, C, Notre Dame 546. Detroit Tigers: Drake Meeks, P, Southern Mississippi 547. Chicago Cubs: Luke McGrath, P, James Madison 548. New York Yankees: Blake Cyr, SS, Florida 549. Philadelphia Phillies: Lane Haworth, OF, U Texas San Antonio 550. Seattle Mariners: Dominic Santarelli, OF, St. Joseph Catholic Academy HS (WI) 551. Milwaukee Brewers: Brady Smith, P, East Carter County HS (MO) 552. Toronto Blue Jays: Jake McCoy, P, South Carolina 553. Los Angeles Dodgers: Max Irving, SS, Montverde Academy HS (FL) 19th round 554. Colorado Rockies: Cort MacDonald, OF, Stanford 555. Chicago White Sox: Jake Berkland, SS, Minnesota St U Mankato 556. Washington Nationals: Jack Brooks, OF, U Oregon 557. Minnesota Twins: PJ Moutzouridis, SS, Arizona State 558. Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew Duncan, OF, Wright State 559. Los Angeles Angels: Jack Salmon, OF, U Nevada Las Vegas 560. Baltimore Orioles: Victor Salazar, OF, Patricia E. Paetow HS (TX) 561. Athletics: Jake Escalante, P, Soquel HS (CA) 562. Atlanta Braves: Austin Fawley, C, Mississippi 563. Tampa Bay Rays: David Horn Jr., P, Middle Tennessee State 564. St. Louis Cardinals: Clayton Freshcorn, P, Texas A&M 565. Miami Marlins: Jackson Mitchell, P, SUNY Binghamton 566. Arizona Diamondbacks: Weber Neels, C, minnesota 567. Texas Rangers: Selden Kolkebeck, P, Northern Valley Regional HS (NJ) 568. San Francisco Giants: Mikey Bell, 3B, Gonzaga 569. Kansas City Royals: Hudson DeVaughan, P, Mooresville HS (IN) 570. New York Mets: John Smith III, OF, Central Florida 571. Houston Astros: Noah Miller, C, Michigan 572. Cincinnati Reds: Ryan Nelson, P, East Central CC 573. Cleveland Guardians: Zac Cowan, P, LSU 574. Boston Red Sox: Luis Calderon, P, El Shaddai Christian HS (PR) 575. San Diego Padres: Chris Downs, P, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 576. Detroit Tigers: Cade Rusch, P, Bellarmine 577. Chicago Cubs: Luke Guth, P, Vanderbilt 578. New York Yankees: Tyce Armstrong, 1B, Baylor 579. Philadelphia Phillies: Braeden Lipoff, C, Gloucester Catholic HS (NJ) 580. Seattle Mariners: Michael Petite, OF, Virginia Commonwealth 581. Milwaukee Brewers: Sam George, P, Minnesota St U Mankato 582. Toronto Blue Jays: Cole Travers, C, St. John Neumann Catholic HS (FL) 583. Los Angeles Dodgers: Luke Bard, C, Houston Christian U 20th round 584. Colorado Rockies: Dimitri Williams Jr., OF, Bishop O’Dowd HS (CA) 585. Chicago White Sox: Connor Fennell, P, Vanderbilt 586. Washington Nationals: Anson Seibert, P, Johnson County CC 587. Minnesota Twins: Michael Barnett, P, UCLA 588. Pittsburgh Pirates: Dakota Stone, P, North Florida 589. Los Angeles Angels: Jake Jackson, OF, San Diego State 590. Baltimore Orioles: Ross Davis, P, Rusk HS (TX) 591. Athletics: Anthony Marnell IV, C, San Diego State 592. Atlanta Braves: Nile Adcock, P, Kentucky 593. Tampa Bay Rays: Ivan Sabater, P, West Broward HS (FL) 594. St. Louis Cardinals: Kollin Ritchie, OF, Oklahoma State 595. Miami Marlins: Joey Lawson, C, Bishop Verot HS (FL) 596. Arizona Diamondbacks: Andrew Wertz, P, Northeastern 597. Texas Rangers: Cody Airington, P, Austin Peay State 598. San Francisco Giants: JP Robertson, P, Mississippi 599. Kansas City Royals: Riley McDonald, P, State Col of Florida Manatee-Sarasota 600. New York Mets: Kooper Schulte, SS, U Iowa 601. Houston Astros: Mick Uebelhor, P, Western Kentucky 602. Cincinnati Reds: Tristan Helmick, P, Lafayette College 603. Cleveland Guardians: Parker Coil, P, Arkansas 604. Boston Red Sox: Aiden VanDeHatert, P, Dallas Baptist 605. San Diego Padres: Ezekiel Zion, OF, Campo Verde HS (AZ) 606. Detroit Tigers: Will Zielinski, P, Vauxhall HS (AB) 607. Chicago Cubs: Brennan Hudson, 1B, U Georgia 608. New York Yankees: Dean Toigo, OF, Arizona State 609. Philadelphia Phillies: Justin Lee, P, UCLA 610. Seattle Mariners: Connor Shouse, SS, Texas Tech 611. Milwaukee Brewers: Carsten Sabathia III, 1B, Houston 612. Toronto Blue Jays: Eddie Rosado Jr., OF, Holy Ghost Prep School (PA) 613. Los Angeles Dodgers: Zach Bates, P, Illinois ========================================= WNBA NEWS SPARKS PART WAYS WITH GM RAEGAN PEBLEY The Los Angeles Sparks parted ways with general manager Raegan Pebley on Sunday. Pebley, 50, was hired by the Sparks on Jan. 5, 2024, after a 21-year head coaching career split between Utah State, Fresno State and TCU. The Sparks posted an 8-32 record with Pebley in 2024, a 21-23 mark in 2025 and a 10-11 record this season. The Sparks own a two-game winning streak after suffering through a 1-5 stretch from June 15 to July 6. “We are grateful to Raegan for her leadership and commitment to the Los Angeles Sparks and women’s basketball,” said Eric Holoman, the Sparks managing partner and governor. “Her work on the Sparks roster and player experience will have a lasting positive impact on our organization. We sincerely thank her for all she has invested in the Sparks and wish her success in her next chapter.” Assistant general managers Zach Knowlton and Nate Nielsen will share the GM duties in the interim, per the Sparks.Basketball Sparks coach Lynne Roberts said she found out Pebley was out on Sunday morning. “I’m focused on the players and the coaching and the team,” Roberts said. “Raegan’s a friend of mine, and I care about her. And this is the hard part in sports, right? But right now, I’m just focused on the team.” ======================================= TENNIS NEWS JANNIK SINNER BEATS ALEXANDER ZVEREV TO WIN WIMBLEDON AGAIN AND MOVE ON FROM FRENCH OPEN MELTDOWN LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner is starting to make a habit of responding to adversity in Paris with titles at Wimbledon. The top-ranked Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 Sunday for his second consecutive title at the All England Club after his German opponent appeared bothered by a knee issue following a slip to the grass on a key point in the third set. Sinner’s fifth Grand Slam title came in his first tournament since a second-round meltdown at the French Open, when he wilted in a Paris heat wave. When Sinner ripped a forehand winner up the line on his first match point, the Italian dropped to the grass on his back in celebration. “There’s no better place to play tennis,” Sinner said during the trophy ceremony. A year ago, Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final at the All England Club after wasting three match points against his rival in the Roland Garros final. It was Sinner’s 10th straight victory over Zverev, who was coming off his first Grand Slam title at the French Open. Zverev’s previous best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the fourth round three times. “I’m 29 years old and this is the first time I actually believe I can win this trophy,” Zverev said. Prince William joined his wife Kate and two of their children for the final in a star-studded Royal Box that also included actors Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Ben Stiller. Linda Noskova beat Karolina Muchova in an all-Czech women’s final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam title. Zverev slips The top two seeds appeared perfectly matched until Zverev earned his only break point of the match at 3-3 in the third set — 2 hours and 42 minutes in. Sinner produced a drop shot and Zverev slipped and appeared to hyper-extend his right knee as he attempted to change directions behind the baseline. Zverev grasped his knee in apparent discomfort and Sinner went around the net and helped his opponent up off the grass. Zverev quickly resumed playing but he appeared slightly hampered and slung his racket across the baseline in frustration when he missed a forehand and handed Sinner the first break of the match and a 5-3 lead in the third. Sinner then served it out. Zverev had also lost 14 straight sets to Sinner and when he claimed the opening set of the final with a forehand winner up the line to conclude a tight tiebreaker, he let out a loud roar toward his box as he bent over in celebration. Zverev continually cranked out serves at up to 139 mph (224 kph), while Sinner produced a series of well-placed aces at a slightly lower speed. But Sinner began to read Zverev’s serve better in the second-set tiebreaker and Zverev started to miss forehands. “He showed once again why he’s the best player in the world,” Zverev said. Sinner produced 58 winners to Zverev’s 49 and had only 25 unforced errors to Zverev’s 45. Zverev led 17-15 in aces. Paris meltdown Amid stifling heat and humidity in Paris in late May, Sinner had his 30-match winning streak ended after coming within one game of a straight-set victory over Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who was ranked No. 56. Conditions were cooler in southwest London for the final, with clear skies and a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 Celsius) but it was also breezy — which led to a series of shanked shots from both players. Sinner went in for medical exams in Milan after the Paris defeat and didn’t play an official match again until he arrived at Wimbledon, where he twice had to come back from a set down in a five-set marathon against Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. Sinner then didn’t drop a set the rest of the way until the final, having dominated against Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Despite the defeat in the final, Zverev will leapfrog Alcaraz into the No. 2 spot in the rankings on Monday. Alcaraz missed both the French Open and Wimbledon this year due to a right wrist injury. ======================================= GOLF NEWS SOUTH KOREA’S TOM KIM EMERGES FROM PACK TO CLAIM SCOTTISH OPEN South Korea’s Tom Kim likes how he handled the pressure Sunday and the reward that came with it. Lee shot a final-round 6-under-par 64 without a bogey and emerged from a crowded field to win the Genesis Scottish Open at North Berwick, Scotland. “I played probably as good as I could down the stretch with pressure, and I executed when I needed to,” Kim said. “Very proud of myself for just being calm out there.” He finished at 17-under 263 for a two-shot victory over Australia’s Min Woo Lee, who posted a final-round 67 at The Renaissance Club. Kim’s fourth PGA Tour victory marked his first since the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open. He notched three birdies on each nine to break free from the pack. Lee used a third-round 66 to share the lead with Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick going to the final 18 holes. Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen and defending champion Chris Gotterup stood one shot back. Lee couldn’t catch up because of Kim’s steady play. Still, there were reasons for Lee to be satisfied. “I’m just happy with the week and obviously a win would have been nice,” Lee said. “But it was one of the first weeks that I was just happy with myself mentally.” Several golfers had a full day because of the third round’s fog-related suspension, which meant some contenders played more than 27 holes on Sunday. “It was a lot of work,” Kim said. Kim pointed to his second shot on the par-4 16th hole as perhaps one of the best shots he has hit in his career. It set him up for a 6-foot putt that resulted in his final birdie of the tournament. Johnny Keefer (67 in the final round), MacIntyre (69), Fitzpatrick (69) and Japan’s Keita Nakajima (67) shared third place at 13 under. Based on the result, Keefer and Thorbjornsen played their ways into the Open Championship for the coming week. “Not only a great result but also getting into The Open is just tons of fun,” Keefer said. Thorbjornsen made birdies on three of the last five holes. “Things were looking good up until this round where I struggled a little bit on the front nine but yeah, again, really, really happy with the way I finished,” Thorbjornsen said. MacIntyre was bidding for a victory in his home country, but he said too many putting failures prevented that. Still, it was a special weekend. “Having a chance to win with the whole crowd behind you is unbelievable,” MacIntyre said. “… Super excited to play more links golf, and enjoy the weather.” Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy recovered from a third-round 73 to shoot 64 and climb back to a tie for seventh place at 12 under. Thorbjornsen closed with a 69 and joined McIlroy at 12 under. “Obviously there was some good in there today but there was some bad, as well,” McIlroy said. “So I’m going to need to work a little bit over the next couple days to be ready for Thursday.” McIlroy tried to make it interesting by playing the first seven holes of the final round in 5 under. Gotterup had a difficult stretch, shooting 71 in the final round and finishing tied for 11th at 10 under. He was only one shot off the lead when the day began, though like many others he had plenty of work remaining in the third round. ===== ZACH JOHNSON WINS KAULIG BY 6 FOR FIRST SENIOR MAJOR CROWN Zach Johnson birdied his final three holes to finish the Kaulig Companies Championship in style, winning his first senior major title by six strokes on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. Johnson’s 2-under-par 68 was more than enough after he began the final round with a four-shot cushion. He finished at 15-under 265 for the week. Boo Weekley (9 under) and Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini (8 under) finished a distant second and third, respectively, after closing with rounds of 66. Stewart Cink (68) took fourth at 7 under and George McNeill (66), Ben Crane (68) and Australian Cameron Percy (71) tied for fifth at 6 under. Cink was searching for his third major of the year. Instead, Johnson joins the club of senior major winners in his first start at Firestone Country Club, the former PGA Tour venue. Johnson turned 50 in February and now has three PGA Tour Champions titles in that short time. The man with a Masters and an Open Championship on his resume said he felt “like I’ve already won” entering the round. “I mean that in the sense that like regardless of what happens today, like my game’s good, scorecard’s irrelevant,” he said. “I just know I’m at peace with whatever comes my way, I mean that sincerely.” Following a Saturday round of 63 that vaulted him in front, Johnson had two bogeys and two birdies across his first six holes Sunday. He was still even for his round until birdieing No. 11 and immediately following that with bogeys at Nos. 12 and 13 after missing the green at each. “It was hard today,” Johnson said. “Hitting the middle of the face on the driver and not even coming close to hitting fairways is not something I’m accustomed to. But you said it, golf’s hard. And I was off. There’s no other explanation other than I was off.” Yet no one was able to come challenge Johnson’s position, as Weekley and Sabbatini were four back when Johnson saved par from the bunker at the par-3 15th. Then came his closing surge of birdies at the par-5 No. 16 and par-4 Nos. 17 and 18. Johnson chipped in for birdie at the 18th to finish the job and he reacted with a mixture of disbelief and contentment. “I feel very fortunate, I feel extremely blessed. The finish was ridiculous,” Johnson said. Weekley, 52, and Sabbatini, 50, were also hunting for their first senior major championships. “I didn’t hit many fairways the last two days, but I made a lot of putts. That’s what kept me in the game this week, putted the ball real well and my caddie helped me read the greens real well,” said Weekley, who made six birdies to two bogeys Sunday. “We just executed on that end of it and everything panned out like it should. I’m very fortunate that — I didn’t even know I was in second place, I thought I had like tied for third or something.” Sabbatini was among the golfers who praised Firestone and expressed their unhappiness that the major will relocate to Newport Beach, Calif., next year under a new title sponsor. “I’m disappointed. It’s sad to say that,” Sabbatini said. “You know, you never know what the future holds. Who knows (if a pro tournament will return). … I know this golf course does mean a lot to the local economy and to the people here. It’s close enough to Cleveland, so hopefully in the foreseeable future we’ll see another event.” ===== HAERAN RYU WINS EVIAN IN PLAYOFFS, EARNS SECOND STRAIGHT MAJOR TITLE Haeran Ryu captured her second major title in three weeks on Sunday after recording a birdie on the first playoff hole, defeating Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Sunday. Henderson, of Canada, benefited from a hole-in-one on the eighth hole and her second eagle of the day on the 18th to finish 7-under-par 64 at the Evian Resort Golf Club. That pulled her even with third-round leader Ryu (71), of South Korea, at 19-under-par 265. The pair returned to the 18th hole, where Henderson settled for par after she found the rough off the tee and her ensuing shot missed the green. Ryu, of South Korea, rolled in a 3-foot birdie putt to secure her fifth LPGA Tour win. She won the Women’s PGA Championship on June 28. “Yeah, this is just a dream right now because before the three weeks I don’t have a major championship, but now two in a row,” Ryu said. “So I’m so happy and I’m — I can’t believe it right now.” Ryu followed up the lowest round in major championship history (60) on Saturday with one birdie and one bogey during the final round. Her lone birdie in regulation came on the 18th hole. “Yeah, I know how important that putt (was), so that’s why I’m so nervous,” Ryu said. “But I made it and then almost like a little bit celebrate. Yeah, so happy on last two birdies.” Henderson was proud of her spirited play on Sunday as she bid to win this tournament for the second time since 2022. “Yeah, played awesome today, which is really exciting. To finish second in a major and third a couple weeks ago, definitely game is in a really good spot,” Henderson said. “Obviously very exciting to get into the playoff. Wish I had played a little bit better, but Haeran has been playing great. Congrats to her. “I am happy how I played. Lots of birdies and eagles, which is really fun.” Japan’s Aki Iwai (69 on Sunday) finished in third place, one stroke behind the leaders. Miyu Yamashita (66) and Mao Saigo (68), also of Japan, joined South Korean Jin Hee Im (65) in a tie for fourth place. ====================================== NASCAR NEWS RYAN BLANEY EMERGES FROM RAIN-SOAKED GEORGIA RACE WITH OT WIN Ryan Blaney won almost everything in a race that crossed into Monday, but he had to wait until nearly 2 a.m. to get it done at the end. The Team Penske Ford driver rebounded from late right-side damage and won a three-wide battle at the line in NASCAR’s overtime, taking the checkers in Sunday night’s wild, rain-delayed Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Blaney dominated all night but needed a shove from Christopher Bell’s No. 20 coming to the stripe to record his second win this season and 19th of his career in the Cup series. Bell, Carson Hocevar, Ty Gibbs and Erik Jones rounded out the top five after Bubba Wallace, who originally finished runner-up, was penalized for passing below the yellow line and dropped to 29th. Blaney won the pole, claimed both stages and led a race-high 171 laps before getting boosts from Wallace and Bell at the end to pass Hocevar, who had a two-car length lead at the white flag to start the final lap. “It was take the front row and see who will get behind me,” said Blaney, who also won at the track in 2021. “Bubba gave me really good shoves. We got hooked up really good. … I really have to shout-out to Christopher Bell. … He was a big reason why we won the race.” With rain approaching the track south of Atlanta, drivers were advised by their crew chiefs that they might be racing for an hour before the storm arrived, so they set a fast pace to start 60-lap Stage 1 led by polesitter Blaney’s No. 12 Ford. Stage 1 continued to run green without pit stops until the segment break. The caution flew with Blaney leading every circuit and winning the top bonus points, and Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric followed as Team Penske claimed three of the top five positions. Reddick was first off pit road, but Blaney regained the point in 100-lap Stage 2, which could not be run without a pit stop. However, the 23XI Racing Toyotas of Wallace and Reddick were close behind at the halfway point of the stage. The second caution flew on Lap 108 for lightning with Blaney leading Wallace, Reddick, Bell and Chase Elliott. The cars were parked, and the drivers got out for a red-flag condition that began near 8:30 p.m. ET. After a three-hour-plus delay, drivers returned to their cars and fans to the stands, and Blaney picked up where he left off with a lot of grip and good handling. Logano and Wallace were in hot pursuit after the midnight restart. The 2023 series champion took the checkers in the second stage, too, holding off Reddick, Logano, Cindric and Daniel Suarez, while Wallace spun off the nose of Ty Gibbs’ No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. With 85 laps left, Gibbs, Bell and Denny Hamlin created a 1-2-3 for JGR, and Gibbs held the top spot until AJ Allmendinger spun down the frontstretch on Lap 194 for the fourth caution. The whole field pitted on varying strategies, and the big movers were Blaney and Wallace, who each gridded inside the top 10 after gaining eight spots apiece. The fifth caution flew with 29 circuits left when Wallace blocked Blaney and the Penske Ford smacked the wall. Larson, winless through 44 straight races, brought out the final two cautions inside the last 20 laps to set up the finish. ============================================ INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES INDIANA FEVER FEVER TOO HOT FOR ACES TO HANDLE IN BLOWOUT Kelsey Mitchell continued her scoring spree with 27 points and reserve Sophie Cunningham matched her career high of six 3-pointers while scoring 20 points to help the Indiana Fever post a resounding 109-75 victory over the host Las Vegas Aces on Sunday night. Aliyah Boston added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Fever (14-9). Caitlin Clark had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists while Monique Billings and Tyasha Harris scored 10 points apiece for Indiana. A’ja Wilson had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Las Vegas (17-7) but the four-time MVP made just 9 of 23 shots. Jackie Young added 15 points in the second half of a back-to-back for the Aces. Las Vegas set a franchise record with a 48-point margin of victory (106-58) on Saturday against the visiting Phoenix Mercury. Mitchell has scored 26 or more points in six consecutive games for Indiana, which defeated Las Vegas for the second time in eight days. The Fever opened this four-game road trip with an 84-68 victory on July 5 against the Aces. Indiana went 3-1 on the excursion. The Fever shot 55.9% from the field, including 15 of 31 from 3-point range. Cunningham made five treys in the second half when Indiana outscored the Aces 50-27. Las Vegas made 39.1% of its attempts and was 4 of 17 from behind the arc in the game. Indiana led 80-64 entering the final stanza before Boston drove for a basket and Clark added two hoops to cap a 20-2 surge and give the Fever a 22-point advantage. Two minutes later, Cunningham buried a 3-pointer to push the lead to 91-66 with 5:44 left. Cunningham sank her fifth 3-pointer and Mitchell followed with two free throws to make it 96-70 with 3:19 remaining. Cunningham made one last trey to push the advantage to 102-73 with 2:18 to go. Las Vegas trailed by 11 at halftime but opened the third quarter with seven straight points to move within 59-55. It was again a four-point margin after Dana Evans — making her season debut after a left leg injury — connected on a trey with 3:28 left. However, Mitchell answered with a 3-pointer and Harris added a basket to give Indiana a 71-62 advantage with 1:50 remaining as part of a quarter-ending 14-2 burst. Young followed with two free throws for the Aces before Cunningham canned two treys in 34 seconds to give the Fever a 77-64 advantage. Billings added a three-point play with 24.1 seconds left to give Indiana a 16-point lead. Mitchell scored 20 first-half points as Indiana led 59-48 at the break. Wilson had 12 points in the half for the Aces. ========================================== INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians won their second straight series in a row thanks to a brilliant performance from the young southpaw Connor Wietgrefe, who blanked the Toledo Mud Hens for a 5-0 win at Victory Field on Sunday afternoon. Wietgrefe (W, 2-2), in his fourth Triple-A start, stole the spotlight in the series finale. Wietgrefe mowed down the Mud Hens (10-8, 44-48) batters, punching out six, walking none and throwing a career-high eight innings. Nick Cimillo kickstarted the four-run second inning for the Indians (11-7, 42-51) with a sharp RBI single to left field. With two on and two out, P.J. Hilson connected on a fastball from Sawyer Gipson-Long (L, 2-4) and sent it 378 feet to left field for his first Triple-A home run, a three-run dinger. In the third inning, Joshua Palacios rocketed a ball through the first baseman’s legs and to the right field corner, bouncing off the wall. Palacios jogged into third base on the error and plated Jhostynxon Garcia who hustled from first, extending the lead, 5-0. Landon Tompkins sealed the victory for the Indians with a scoreless ninth inning, shutting the door on a successful Triple-A debut and Indianapolis’ 4-2 series win. The Indians will head on a four-day break and resume the 2026 season on Friday, July 17 at the Columbus Clippers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM ET. No starting pitchers have been named at this time. ===================================== INDIANA VOLLEYBALL DEN HAAG, The Netherlands – After a thrilling five-set win in the semifinals, Serbia ran into top-seeded Italy for the second time in the tournament. Captain and Indiana sophomore setter Teodora Krickovic were awarded the silver medal at the CEV Women’s U22 European Championships following a four-set (21-25, 19-25, 25-18, 13-25) loss to the Italians in Sunday’s (July 12) final. Serbia won three contests enroute to the Gold Medal Match, picking up victories over Portugal (3-1), Poland (3-1) and The Netherlands (3-2). Both losses came at the hands of Italy in tough four-set efforts. Krickovic started all five matches at setter and served as the team’s captain. She recorded 14 points in the tournament including seven aces. Krickovic will get to spend time at home in Serbia before reporting back to Bloomington for preseason camp at the beginning of August. She will join up with a talented core of returning players that includes sophomore outside hitter Jaidyn Jager and sophomore middle blocker Victoria Gray. 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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 1896 – Ed Delahanty hits four home runs, but it’s not enough as the Phillies lose to the Chicago Colts, 9 – 8. “Big Ed” is the second man to hit four homers in one game in the National League, after Bobby Lowe two years earlier. It will be another 90 years until another man hits four long balls in defeat, when Bob Horner does it for the Atlanta Braves on July 6, 1986. 1900: Buck Ewing resigns as manager of the last-place Giants and is replaced by SS George Davis. The Giants respond, as it seems they do with each managerial change, with a win over Brooklyn, 14 – 1. Harry Wolverton of the Phillies hits three triples and two singles in an eight-inning 23 – 8 victory at Pittsburgh. 1904 – With Napoleon Lajoie lining a major-league record three triples, Cleveland rolls past the Highlanders, 16 – 3. 1905 – The Philadelphia A’s “sell” catcher Mike “Doc” Powers to the New York Highlanders. Powers will be sold back to the A’s on August 7th. Powers is needed to replace back-up C Red Kleinow, injured yesterday in a game with Detroit. Powers will play mainly at 1B, replacing Hal Chase whose nose was broken in the Detroit game. 1907 – The Reds manage 11 hits off Christy Mathewson, but no runs, and the Giants win, 4 – 0. 1908 – New York sweeps the Pirates, beating Lefty Leifield, 7 – 0, on a three-hitter by Christy Mathewson, then taking the nitecap, 7 – 4. Pittsburgh racks up three homers – by Honus Wagner, Chief Wilson and Alan Storke – but to no avail. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap with relief help from Hooks Wiltse. 1909 – At Nicollet Park in Minneapolis, Irv Young puts on “the greatest single-day mound performance in the history of the Millers”. In the first game of a doubleheader with the Milwaukee Brewers, Young holds them to four hits to win, 1 – 0. Young homers in the 5th for the game’s only run. So impressive is Young that he pitches the nitecap, holding the Brewers hitless until the 9th and finishing with a one-hit, 5 – 0 victory. The double shutout puts the Millers two games in front of Milwaukee. The two teams will fight for the American Association lead for the next two months, before fading in the final week, allowing Louisville to sneak into first. 1911 – In the 9th against the A’s, Ty Cobb breaks a 7 – 7 tie by scoring from first on Jim Delahanty’s single. Cobb runs through coach Hughie Jennings’ frantic signal to hold up and, using a fadeaway slide, eludes the tag of catcher Ira Thomas. Detroit wins, 8 – 7, to stay in first place. 1915 – Pete Alexander wins his 9th in a row for the Phils, shutting out the visiting Cardinals, 8 – 0. The Phils move into first place in the National League with the victory, and will remain there for the rest of the season, winning the franchise’ first-ever NL pennant. 1916 – Detroit’s Bill James strikes out seven straight batters in the Tigers’ 3 – 1 win over Washington. 1919 – Submarine P Carl Mays quits the mound after two innings at Chicago, blaming his teammates for lack of support afield. American League president Ban Johnson suspends Mays indefinitely and orders umpires not to let him pitch. In defiance of Johnson’s order that no action be taken until Mays is returned to good standing, Boston owner Harry Frazee will trade Mays to the Yankees for pitchers Bob McGraw and Allen Russell and $40,000 on July 30th. The Yankees then get a court order restraining Johnson from interfering, further eroding Johnson’s authority and standing, and the American League directors reinstate Mays. In retaliation, on October 29th the National Commission will refuse to recognize the Yankees’ third-place finish and will withhold the players’ share of the World Series pool. New York’s owners will pay out of their own pockets, and Johnson will never recover his authority. 1920 – The fans are flocking to see the mighty Babe Ruth hit home runs (12 in June). A twin bill with the Browns draws a Polo Grounds record of 38,823, the third record-breaker of the year. 1922: The smallest crowd in Fenway Park history – just 68 fans – see the Browns’ Herman Pillette shut out the Red Sox, 2 – 0. Alex Ferguson takes the loss. Cardinal P Bill Doak misses a no-hitter when he neglects to cover first base on an infield single by Phillies OF Curt Walker in the 7th. Jack Fournier, playing 1B, fields the ball but Doak fails to cover the bag. Doak still wins the game, 1 – 0. 1927: Chicago admirers present Eddie Collins, now with the A’s, with a new automobile. The A’s send out a lineup featuring Collins, Ty Cobb and Zack Wheat, all of whom have at least 2,500 hits entering the game. The next team to do that will be the 2012 Yankees. Pete Mann, an infielder with the Macon Peaches, is killed by a pitch from Tom Farrell of the Asheville Tourists. Asheville skipper Larry Gardner, in a second sad note, had been a teammate of Ray Chapman when he died from a pitch. 1930 – The defending champs, the Philadelphia A’s, move into first place by beating the Browns, 12 – 1, and will remain in the lead the rest of the season. 1934 – In front of 20,000 fans during the 3rd inning at Navin Field in Detroit, Babe Ruth wallops a Tommy Bridges 3-2 pitch far over the right field wall for his 700th career home run. The 4 – 2 victory over the Tigers puts the Bronx Bombers back into first place, but Lou Gehrig is helped off the field in the 1st inning with a severe bout of lumbago. 1935 – The A’s Doc Cramer has a 6-for-6 game, tying the American League mark for the second time. He had also done it in 1932. 1936 – Bill Lee wins a 1 – 0 duel from Carl Hubbell, as the Cubs move into first place. It is the last game the Giant ace will lose this year; he will win his final 16 decisions. 1937 – The Cardinals’ Pepper Martin is fined $200 for violation of training rules. 1941 – Former major-league player Eddie Mayo, playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast League, spits in the face of umpire Ray Snyder. PCL President W. C. Tuttle suspends Mayo for one year. 1943 – The American League edges the National League, 5 – 3, at Shibe Park in the first All-Star Game played under the lights. Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox is the hitting hero with a three-run homer off Mort Cooper in the 2nd inning. Vince DiMaggio of the Pirates has a single, triple and home run in three trips. Doerr also handles six fielding chances. At the All-Star break he had handled 307 errorless chances, dating back to May 20th. His streak will end at 349 chances, a record he will break in 1948. The game is broadcast to GIs via shortwave radio. 1944 – A .300 hitter as a rookie for the Tigers in 1943, Dick Wakefield finishes Navy air training and then is released from the service pending assignment. He rejoins the Tigers and will hit .355 the rest of the season, pushing Detroit near the flag despite the loss of 12 of its first 13 home games. In the first week after the All-Star Game, Wakefield homers twice, and goes 9 for 24. 1946 – Al Zarilla of the St. Louis Browns gets two triples in the 4th inning against the A’s. The Browns win, 11 – 4, at Shibe Park. 1947 – Making his 14th major-league uniform switch, Bobo Newsom joins the Yanks. His 7-5 record the rest of the way will help the Yankees to the title. Next season, Newsom will join the Giants. 1948 – At Sportsman’s Park, the American League defeats the National League for the 11th time in 15 All-Star contests, 5 – 2. Vic Raschi pitches three scoreless innings to pick up the win and hits a two-run single as well. Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, George Kell and Hal Newhouser miss places in the lineup due to injuries. 1950 – Doctors remove seven bone fragments from Ted Williams’ elbow in a 75-minute operation. He was injured in yesterday’s All-Star Game and will be sidelined until mid-September. But he will go on to hit .350 for the rest of 1950 and .336 throughout the rest of his career, including .388 and .328 to lead the American League in 1957 and 1958 respectively. 1951: The Red Sox and White Sox play 19 innings under the lights, tying a major league record. Mickey McDermott pitches the first 17 innings for Boston, as Chicago wins this marathon, 5 – 4. Clyde Vollmer has a homer and two singles for the BoSox and 3B Vern Stephens plays the entire game (18 1/3 innings) without a putout. Boston scores twice in the top of the 19th, but the Sox strike back with three runs. For the second night in a row, the two teams set a record for the longest night game. Tomorrow the Sox will set a major league mark when they pull off their 14th double play in four games. Both Wes Westrum and Davey Williams of the Giants hit grand slams, as the Giants beat St. Louis, 14 – 4, at the Polo Grounds. The win moves New York into second place. 1952: Vic Raschi gives up only one hit as the Yankees rout the Tigers, 11 – 1, in the first game of a doubleheader. Before 26,770 fans, Mike Garcia of the Indians blanks Washington 1 – 0 on two hits in the first game of a doubleheader. 1954 – At Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, Senators hurler Dean Stone does not retire a batter, but gets the win in the American League’s 11 – 9 All-Star Game victory as he throws out Red Schoendienst trying to steal home in the 8th inning for the third out before retiring a batter. The AL breaks the National League’s four-game winning streak. Larry Doby’s pinch home run in the bottom of the 8th, followed by Nellie Fox’s two-run single, ends the highest-scoring All-Star Game in history. The two teams combine for 31 hits, with the AL amassing 17. The Indians’ Al Rosen has two homers and five RBIs. 1955 – The Orioles deal OF Hoot Evers to the Indians in exchange for P Bill Wight. 1958 – Orlando Cepeda’s third homer in three days and Felipe Alou’s run-scoring hit in the 9th, give the Giants a 6 – 5 win over the Braves. San Francisco now leads the Braves by a half game. 1959 – The Red Sox sweep their five-game series with New York with a 13 – 3 rout featuring a big 6th inning. Gene Stephens pinch-runs for Ted Williams and, when the Sox bat around, then hits a grand slam. 1960 – Vern Law becomes the second Pirate to win a 1960 All-Star Game, working two scoreless innings. Stan Musial comes off the National League bench and hits his record sixth and last All-Star Game home run. Willie Mays, Ken Boyer and Eddie Mathews also homer in the 6 – 0 NL win, the third shutout in All-Star Game history. 1961 – Chicago’s Early Wynn gets an early departure as he retires just two Yankees in the 1st inning. Then Mickey Mantle (30th) and Roger Maris (34th) belt back-to-back homers to send the vet to the showers. For Mantle, it is the 13th homer in his career off Wynn, his favorite target. New York wins, 6 – 2 1962: In Kansas City, the Red Sox outlast the A’s, 11 – 10, in 15 innings. Boston collects 21 hits to Kansas City’s 20. Lou Clinton wins the marathon with an RBI single and adds the cycle as he goes 5 for 7. Dick Radatz is the winner over Ed Rakow. K.C. catcher Haywood Sullivan is 4 for 4 before leaving for a pinch runner in the 10th. Cubs rookie Cal Koonce (8-2) stops the Reds on one hit, a single by Don Blasingame, to win, 1 – 0. It is the first of four times that the Dixie Blazer will collect the only hit in a game. The Cubs’ only run is unearned off Bob Purkey (14-3). Orioles C Charlie Lau hits four doubles in a 10 – 3 victory over Cleveland to tie a major league record. Charlie’s average jumps to .294. 1963 – At Kansas City in the second game of a doubleheader, Cleveland’s 43-year-old Early Wynn leaves with a lead after struggling through five innings. Four scoreless relief innings by Jerry Walker enable Wynn to score his 300th career victory, 7 – 4. It has taken Wynn eight tries to cop his 300th (and last) career win. 1964 – The Yankees clout four homers in Cleveland to top the Tribe, 10 – 4. 1965 – For the first time in All-Star history, the National League takes the lead in games won over the American League as the Senior Circuit edges the junior loop, 6 – 5, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. Willie Mays homers, walks twice and scores twice. Game MVP Juan Marichal throws three scoreless innings. 1966 – Manager Don Heffner (37-46) is fired by the Reds and replaced by coach Dave Bristol. 1968 – At Pittsburgh, the Phils take their fourth straight from the Bucs, winning, 3 – 2, in 16 innings. 1969: Undefeated O’s ace Dave McNally wins his 13th but needs relief help in subduing the Red Sox, 6 – 3. Jim Lonborg, making his first start since breaking his toe on June 21st, takes the loss. Tony Conigliaro has a pair of homers and Reggie Smith stretches his hitting streak to 20 games. In the third meeting between the two brothers, San Diego’s Joe Niekro defeats his brother Phil of the Braves, 1 – 0. Joe is 2-1 over his older sibling. 1971 – In a game which features six home runs, including Reggie Jackson crushing a Dock Ellis 4th-inning pitch off the power generator located on the Tiger Stadium right-field roof 520 feet from home plate, the American League beats the National League, 6 – 4, in All-Star action. All the players who homer – Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew as well as Reggie – will become members of the Hall of Fame. It is the only AL All-Star victory between 1962 and 1983. 1972 – In a contest which lasts only 93 minutes, the Cardinals play the quickest nine-inning game in their history. They defeat the Braves, 2 – 0, as Reggie Cleveland pitches a two-hit shutout. 1973: Bobby Murcer hits three home runs, all off starter Gene Garber, and knocks in all the runs in the Yankees’ 5 – 0 win over the Royals. Mel Stottlemyre scatters six hits in racking up his 39th shutout. Murcer will not hit another homer until August 19th. At Atlanta Stadium, Hal Breeden of the Expos becomes only the second major leaguer to pinch-hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader. On June 17, 1943, Red Sox player-manager Joe Cronin accomplished the feat against the Philadelphia A’s. Expo pinch-hitter Jim Lyttle also adds a homer. Montreal outslugs Atlanta, 11 – 7 in the first game, and the Braves return the favor, 15 – 6, in the second. 1975 – The Reds score four runs in the 8th inning to defeat Tom Seaver and the Mets, 5 – 3. The Reds have won 41 of their last 50 games. 1976 – The National League emerges victorious in the annual All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium, 7 – 1. George Foster, one of seven Reds position players on the squad, homers, drives in three runs, and is named the game’s MVP. Rookie Mark Fidrych gives up two runs and takes the loss. It is the NL’s 13th win in the last 14 games. 1977 – At Shea Stadium, the Mets’ game against the Cubs’ is suspended due to a major black-out which darkens New York City. The Mets players amuse the crowd by performing antics in front of the headlights of cars which they drive onto the field. 1979 – California’s Nolan Ryan and Boston’s Steve Renko (with one-out help from Bill Campbell) each lose no-hitters in the 9th inning, and each settle for one-hit victories: 6 – 1 over New York, and 2 – 0 over Oakland, respectively. Rickey Henderson has the one-out hit off Renko. 1982 – In the first All-Star game played outside the United States, the National League cruises to its 11th straight win, beating the American League at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, 4 – 1. Dave Concepcion’s 2nd-inning two-run homer off Red Sox starter Dennis Eckersley is the turning point of the game. The NL has now won 19 of the last 20 contests. 1984: The Yankees retire the uniform numbers of Roger Maris (# 9) and Elston Howard (# 32). The team also erects plaques in their honor to pay tribute to their achievements as Bronx Bombers. At Minnesota, Detroit tops the Twins, 5 – 3, when Lou Whitaker bloops an inside-the-park homer to win it. Detroit sends it to extra innings when RF Kirk Gibson throws out Tim Teufel at home with two out in the 9th. Willie Hernandez (5-0) is the winner. 1985: The White Sox take a 9 – 0 lead over the Orioles and hang on for a 10 – 8 win. Gary Roenicke drives in six runs for the O’s on a two-run home run and a grand slam off Britt Burns, who goes all the way. Dennis Martinez takes the loss. The Angels get three pinch hits in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Blue Jays, 4 – 3. Darrell Miller, Mike Brown and Bob Boone all deliver singles to give Mike Witt the complete game win. 1988 – Joe Morgan replaces John McNamara as the Red Sox manager; he will make a good first impression as the team will win its first nineteen out of twenty games with him at the helm, on its way to a division title. 1991 – The Orioles defeat the A’s, 2 – 0, on a combined no-hitter by pitchers Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson. It is only the second time in history that four pitchers have combined to throw a no-hitter. On September 28, 1975, Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers turned the trick for Oakland against the California Angels. Milacki is lifted in the 6th after Willie Wilson smashes a ball off the pitcher’s index finger. 1993 – Players Association chief Donald Fehr says that if serious negotiations between the players and the owners don’t begin soon, the players could go out on strike in September, threatening the postseason. 1995 – Greg Maddux of the Braves defeats the Padres, 4 – 1. His streak of 51 innings without issuing a walk is ended when he gives up a free pass to opposing pitcher Joey Hamilton, a career .041 hitter. 1996: The Giants’ top prospect, Shawn Estes, throws his first game of the season, pitching seven scoreless innings and striking out 11 Dodgers for his first win, 7 – 0. The Indians score four runs in the 4th, five runs in the 5th, and six runs in the 6th as they defeat the Twins, 19 – 11. The Tribe counts 12 doubles and three home runs among its 22 hits. The 12 doubles tie an American League record set in 1990, and the two teams combine for 18 doubles, a new AL record (the National League mark is 23). OF Rich Becker gets four hits, including a double and two homers, and drives home six runs for Minnesota. 1997: With the temperature at 100 degrees, Pedro Martinez fires a one-hit shutout to beat the Reds, 2 – 0. The Expos’ ace gives up a single to Bret Boone in the 5th for the only hit. Mike Lansing triples twice for the Expos before leaving in the 5th inning with exhaustion. Dennys Reyes, the first lefty in nearly five years to start a game for the Dodgers, throws six strong innings in beating the Giants, 9 – 3. The last lefty starter for Los Angeles was Bob Ojeda, on September 24, 1992, in a no-decision at Cincinnati. The Marlins use an eight-run 4th inning to wallop the Phillies, 9 – 3. Gary Sheffield is the main man with two homers in the inning, hitting a solo shot and a three-run homer, before leaving with a pulled hamstring. Seattle and Texas combine for a record 31 strikeouts in the Rangers’ 4 – 2 victory. Randy Johnson racks up 14 K’s in seven innings, and reliever Bobby Ayala adds four, but gives up two runs in the 9th. The previous mark was 30 set by the Mariners and Athletics on April 30, 1986. 1999 – At Fenway Park, hometown favorite Pedro Martinez strikes out five of the six batters he faces to win MVP honors in the 70th Mid-Summer Classic. The two All-Star pitching squads combine for a record 22 strikeouts as the American League tops the National League, 4 – 1. The game begins 15 minutes late as Hall of Fame OF Ted Williams rides out in a cart for the first-pitch ceremony. Players from both teams surround the former Red Sox star in a spontaneous display of homage. 2000 – The Dodgers edge the Angels, 4 – 3, in ten innings but not before California executes an unusual play. After the Dodgers’ Adrian Beltre triples off the newly-renovated RF fence in the bottom of the 10th, the Angels move LF Darin Erstad to the infield to prevent the run scoring. Erstad, playing at about second base, throws out Kevin Elster for an OF assist. Jim Leyritz then singles in the run. 2001: Pittsburgh P Todd Ritchie hurls a one-hitter against the Royals. Kansas City’s Luis Alicea hits a single for the Royals’ only hit in the Pirates’ 1 – 0 win. Ichiro Suzuki and Kazuhiro Sasaki announce a boycott of members of the Japanese press who have been hounding them all season. Mets C Mike Piazza hits his 300th career home run in New York’s 3 – 1 loss to Boston. 2002 – The Tigers defeat the White Sox twice, 5 – 3 and 3 – 1, to mark their first sweep of a doubleheader in almost nine years. 2004 – Having earned the All-Star MVP award as a 23-year-old for pitching three perfect innings at the Astrodome in 1986, the 41-year-old Roger Clemens gives up six runs in the 1st inning in the 75th Midsummer Classic played at Houston’s Minute Maid Park. The eventual 9 – 4 American League victory is halted in the top of the 5th inning as the much chagrined “Rocket” receives the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award from Bud Selig in recognition of his outstanding 21-year career. 2008: The World team shuts out the USA in the 2008 Futures Game, as nine hurlers combine on a three-hitter. It is a poor showing for what is billed as the Olympic trials for the US. Carlos Carrasco gets the win and Shairon Martis the save while Che-Hsuan Lin wins the Larry Doby Award as MVP thanks to his two-run homer in the 3 – 0 victory. C.C. Sabathia homers and goes the distance in a 3 – 2 Brewers win over the Reds. Sabathia had homered for the Indians earlier in the season, making him the first pitcher to go deep for a team in each league since Earl Wilson in 1970. The Cubs tie the National League record with eight All-Star selections, tying the 1943 Cardinals, 1956 Redlegs and 1960 Pirates. Carlos Marmol is picked to replace injured teammate Kerry Wood, joining Cubbies Ryan Dempster, Kosuke Fukudome, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto and Carlos Zambrano. The La New Bears beat the Brother Elephants, 12 – 5. Chin-Feng Chen goes 4 for 4 with five RBI and three home runs. In the process, he sets a CPBL record with 13 total bases. 2009 – The Washington Nationals, owners of the worst record in the major leagues, fire manager Manny Acta. Bench coach Jim Riggleman takes over on an interim basis. 2010: George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees since 1973, passes away from a heart attack at his home in Tampa, FL. Steinbrenner restored the Yankees to greatness during his ownership, spent lavishly on free agents, fired managers and front office personnel at a sometimes dizzying pace, but saw the team win seven World Series titles. He had relinquished the team’s operations to his son Hal Steinbrenner as his health deteriorated badly in 2008. The National League wins the 2010 All-Star Game, played at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, 3 – 1, for its first win since 1996. MVP Brian McCann drives in all three runs with a bases-loaded double off Matt Thornton in the 7th. In a year in which pitchers have grabbed most of the headlines, the game is true to form, as pitchers dominate. The American League’s only score comes on a sacrifice fly by Robinson Cano. C Bryce Harper of the College of Southern Nevada, the top pick in the 2010 amateur draft, wins this year’s Golden Spikes Award as the best collegiate baseball player in the United States. He is only the second player from a junior college to win the award since its creation in 1978, after Alex Fernandez in 1990. 2011: With jury selection complete, both sides make their opening arguments in the trial of Roger Clemens for perjury. It is clear that the central issue will be the credibility of Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, who has supplied much of the prosecution’s key evidence and will be its star witness. For its part, the defense argues that “Clemens’ only crime was having the poor judgment of staying connected with McNamee”, claiming that none of the allegations are founded and that the physical evidence is the result of tampering. The AAA All-Star Game is played in Salt Lake City, UT, with the International League defeating the Pacific Coast League, 3 – 0. Russ Canzler hits a three-run homer to account for all the scoring. 2012: Chipper Jones ties Mike Schmidt for second place on the all-time list for RBI by a third baseman, knocking in his 1,595th run with a homer in Atlanta’s 7 – 5 win over the Mets. Jones is now one RBI behind George Brett among players who played the majority of their careers at the hot corner. C David Ross filling in for Brian McCann, who is on paternity leave, drives in four runs for the Braves, who also benefit from 11 walks issued by New York pitchers. C Russell Martin guns down Howie Kendrick on a steal attempt at second base to preserve the Yankees’ 6 – 5 win over the Angels to begin the season’s second half. It is the third runner that Martin catches in a steal attempt tonight, and he also drives in the winning run in the 8th. Mark Teixeira drives in the other five runs for the Yankees with a pair of homers. Zack Greinke of the Brewers becomes the first pitcher since Red Faber in 1917 to start three consecutive games for his team, when he faces the Pirates today. Greinke had been ejected after only four pitches on July 7th for spiking the ball into the ground, then started the next day’s game, lasting three innings. The All-Star break then intervened, allowing him to start the Brewers’ first game of the second half, but he pitches only five innings with a no-decision. Faber had done so under more demanding circumstances, starting both ends of a doubleheader before pitching a complete game the next day. 2013: Tim Lincecum of the Giants no-hits the Padres, 9 – 0, striking out 13 batters in the process. Max Scherzer loses his first game of the year after 13 straight wins when the Tigers bow to the Rangers, 7 – 1. 2014: P Madison Bumgarner and C Buster Posey both hit grand slams, accounting for all their team’s runs, as the Giants defeat the Diamondbacks, 8 – 4. It is the first time that both members of a battery have hit slams in the same game, and for Bumgarner, it is his second of the year, making him only the second pitcher in history to do so – Tony Cloninger had hit two in the same game in 1966. The U.S. team wins the 2014 Futures Game, 3 – 2, over the World team at Target Field. Although pitchers dominate the game, combining for 18 strikeouts and only two walks, the winner of the Larry Doby Award as the game’s MVP is DH Joey Gallo, the minor leagues’ home run leader this season, who hits a two-run homer in the 6th. Javier Baez also hits a two-run homer, for the losing side. 2015 – Todd Frazier wins the annual Home Run Derby in front of a home crowd at Great American Ball Park, edging out rookie Joc Pederson, 15-14, in the final round. For the first time, the competition is staged with a time limit for batters, and Frazier hits the homer that ties him with Pederson with seconds to go before launching the clincher. 2017 – As play is about to resume following the All-Star break, the two Chicago teams pull off a rare trade, with the White Sox sending P José Quintana to the Cubs in return for four prospects: P Dylan Cease, OF Eloy Jimenez and IFs Matt Rose and Bryant Flete. In another trade, this one between contenders, the Yankees sent P Tyler Webb to the Brewers in return for 1B Garrett Cooper, in a deal designed to provide some depth at a position where the Yankees have become very thin. 2018 – The Pacific League wins the first 2018 NPB All-Star Game, scoring five in the 1st off comeback kid Daisuke Matsuzaka but blow their 5 – 0 lead thanks to three Central League homers, before the PL scores twice more for a 7 – 6 win. Tomoya Mori hits a three-run homer off Matsuzaka and also doubles to win game MVP honors. Naoki Miyanishi gets the win, Hirotoshi Masui the save and Onelki García the loss. 2019: In the first trade of what is expected to be a busy trading deadline, the Red Sox obtain P Andrew Cashner from the Orioles for two prospects, both of whom are still 17 years old. Cashner has a record of 9-3 in spite of pitching for the team with the worst record in the majors. The Central League bangs out 20 hits in a 11 – 3 win in the second 2019 NPB All-Star Game, breaking a five-game losing streak. Rookie Koji Chikamoto has the second cycle in NPB All-Star Game annals (Atsuya Furuta had one 27 years prior) and becomes the first rookie to hit a leadoff homer in an All-Star Game. Tomoyuki Sugano gets the win. The Marlins Puerto Cruz win their third straight Liga Nacional División de Honor title, with Julio Torrealba improving to 7-0 as they move to 21-3 with two games left. 2021 – The American League wins the 91st edition of the All-Star Game, 5 – 2, over the National League at Denver’s Coors Field, for its eighth straight win. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game’s MVP after blasting a monstrous homer in the 3rd and driving in another run, while two-way star Shohei Ohtani starts at DH and pitches a perfect 1st inning to receive credit for the win. 2022: The Blue Jays, who had entered the season with sky-high expectations, fire manager Charlie Montoyo after the team has lost eight of its last ten games and is now barely ahead of the fifth-place Orioles. Bench coach John Schneider takes over as manager on an interim basis, and Casey Candaele is promoted from AAA Buffalo to step into the breach left by Schneider on the coaching staff. Two teams that were not really seen as contenders when the season began are having historic winning streaks. Both the Mariners and Orioles have won ten games in row, with Seattle sweeping Washington in a doubleheader, 6 – 4 and 2 – 1 and Baltimore defeating the Cubs, 7 – 1. For the Mariners, it is only the fourth winning streak of ten or more games in franchise history, and the first since 2002, while for the O’s it is their first double-digit streak since 1999. 2024: The National League defeats the American League, 6 – 1, in the 2024 Futures Game played at Globe Life Field as part of the All-Star Game festivities. Cam Collier is named the winner of the Larry Doby Award as the game’s top player after hitting a 409-foot homer off Caden Dana in the 3rd inning. Meanwhile, Reds outfielder Rece Hinds continues his incredible first week in the majors as he hits two more homers in a 10 – 6 win over the Marlins. He now has five homers in his first six major league games, matching a feat by Trevor Story in 2016, but that does not count his other four extra-base hits – three doubles and a triple. He is batting .500 and slugging 1.409. 2025: High school SS Eli Willits, the son of OF Reggie Willits, is taken first overall by the Nationals in the 2025 amateur draft. The Angels, picking second, also cause a surprise with P Tyler Bremner, who was not considered to be the top college pitcher in the draft. The next three picks of Ps Kade Anderson, SS Ethan Holliday and P Liam Doyle, are more representative of the consensus top prospects heading into the exercise. On the final day of major league games before the All-Star break, Boston defeats Tampa Bay, 4 – 1, for its tenth straight win, while Terry Francona earns his 2,000th win as a manager when the Reds beat the Rockies, 4 – 2. Finally, Kyle Stowers, who is headed to the Midsummer Classic, has five hits and three homers in leading the Marlins to an 11 – 1 win over his former team, the Orioles. Births[edit] 1851 – Tom York, outfielder, manager, umpire (d. 1936) 1852 – George Bradley, pitcher (d. 1931) 1866 – John O’Brien, infielder (d. 1913) 1866 – Taylor Shafer, infielder (d. 1945) 1874 – Wiley Piatt, pitcher (d. 1946) 1879 – Jiggs Donahue, infielder (d. 1913) 1880 – Tom O’Hara, outfielder (d. 1954) 1887 – Gene Packard, pitcher (d. 1959) 1889 – Stan Coveleski, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1984) 1892 – Eusebio Gonzalez, infielder (d. 1976) 1894 – George Cunningham, pitcher (d. 1972) 1896 – Luther Farrell, pitcher (d. 1956) 1899 – Ed Corey, pitcher (d. 1970) 1900 – Footsie Blair, infielder (d. 1982) 1902 – Bill Lasley, pitcher (d. 1990) 1903 – Chester Blanchard, infielder (d. 1996) 1905 – Tiny Chaplin, pitcher (d. 1939) 1916 – Hubert Glenn, pitcher (d. 2007) 1917 – Masayoshi Nakayama, NPB pitcher (d. 1994) 1917 – Robert Playfair, minor league pitcher (d. 1993) 1919 – Eliot Asinof, writer; minor league player (d. 2008) 1919 – Vernon Harrison, pitcher (d. 1978) 1920 – Frank Hiller, pitcher (d. 1987) 1921 – Harry Dorish, pitcher (d. 2000) 1921 – Don Stokes, minor league outfielder (d. 1996) 1923 – Alvaro Lebrija, minor league executive; Salón de la Fama (d. 2016) 1927 – Ruben Gomez, pitcher (d. 2004) 1928 – Daryl Spencer, infielder (d. 2017) 1929 – Wayne Boyer, minor league pitcher (d. 2017) 1929 – Olmedo Suárez, minor league infielder (d. 2004) 1930 – Juan Bregio, Cuban league manager (d. 2015) 1930 – Natsuki Higashidani, NPB outfielder (d. 2009) 1934 – Ken Hunt, outfielder (d. 1997) 1935 – Katsumi Hayashi, NPB outfielder 1936 – Kimihiro Sato, NPB pitcher 1937 – Tetsuo Komai, NPB pitcher 1938 – Danny Bishop, minor league catcher (d. 2020) 1938 – Don Pavletich, catcher (d. 2020) 1940 – Jack Aker, pitcher 1940 – Frank Bork, pitcher 1941 – Don Bryant, catcher (d. 2015) 1942 – Kiyoshi Onosaka, NPB pitcher (d. 2012) 1942 – Taisuke Watanabe, NPB pitcher (d. 2023) 1943 – Toshizo Sakamoto, NPB infielder (d. 2022) 1944 – Buzz Stephen, pitcher (d. 2024) 1944 – Stephen Thornton, minor league catcher and manager 1945 – Jethro McIntyre, scout; minor league manager 1946 – Jerry Terrell, infielder 1946 – Keiichi Uchida, NPB infielder 1947 – Donald Fox, minor league pitcher (d. 2007) 1948 – Rob Belloir, infielder (d. 2023) 1952 – Dale Soderholm, minor league infielder 1952 – Tatsuo Uzawa, NPB pitcher 1953 – Joe Cannon, outfielder 1954 – Jeff Scott, scout 1955 – Kevin Bell, infielder 1955 – Mitsuo Tatsukawa, NPB catcher and manager 1956 – Bill Caudill, pitcher; All-Star 1957 – Chris Jones, outfielder 1959 – Mark Brown, pitcher 1960 – Mike Fitzgerald, catcher 1961 – Osamu Fukuma, NPB pitcher 1962 – Robbie Wine, catcher 1963 – Shinichi Murakami, NPB infielder 1963 – Larry Shikles, minor league pitcher 1964 – Greg Litton, infielder 1964 – Mike Twardoski, minor league outfielder 1966 – Luis Clemente, minor league infielder 1966 – Rinat Makhmoutov, Russian national team pitcher 1967 – Pat Rapp, pitcher 1970 – Mariano De Los Santos, minor league pitcher 1970 – Hiroshi Ishige, NPB pitcher 1970 – Rod Koller, minor league pitcher 1971 – Rich Aude, infielder 1971 – Hidekazu Watanabe, NPB pitcher 1972 – Clint Sodowsky, pitcher 1972 – Tom Vaeth, minor league manager 1977 – Ruben Francisco, minor league outfielder and coach 1977 – Fumiaki Imamura, NPB pitcher 1978 – Ryan Ludwick, outfielder; All-Star 1979 – John Carrion, college coach 1979 – Kei Igawa, pitcher 1979 – Yuji Iiyama, NPB infielder 1979 – Seung-hwa Seo, KBO pitcher 1981 – Jose E. Cruz, minor league infielder 1982 – Shin-Soo Choo, outfielder; All-Star 1982 – Yadier Molina, catcher; All-Star 1982 – Chris Segal, umpire 1983 – Ozzie Chavez, minor league infielder and manager 1983 – Yung-Chi Chen, minor league infielder 1983 – Hee-soo Park, KBO pitcher 1983 – Virgen Vargas, Cuban women’s national team infielder 1985 – Brandon Sisk, minor league pitcher 1985 – Tatsuya Uchi, NPB pitcher 1986 – Juan Bustamante, minor league pitcher 1987 – Jung-hyun Baek, KBO pitcher 1987 – Jose Trinidad, minor league pitcher 1988 – D.J. LeMahieu, infielder; All-Star 1988 – Takuma Nito, NPB pitcher 1988 – Kraig Sitton, minor league pitcher 1988 – Jingchao Wang, Chinese national team infielder 1988 – Kangan Xia, Chinese national team pitcher 1989 – Tyler Cravy, pitcher 1989 – Tanner Leighton, minor league outfielder 1989 – Hayato Takagi, NPB pitcher 1990 – Sedley Karel, Hoofdklasse pitcher 1990 – Rafael Rodríguez, minor league pitcher 1990 – Casey Sadler, pitcher 1991 – Tyler Skaggs, pitcher (d. 2019) 1992 – Seth Brown, infielder 1992 – Alfredo Gonzalez, catcher 1992 – Ryosuke Moriwaki, NPB pitcher 1992 – Yuhei Takanashi, NPB pitcher 1993 – Josh Bunselmeyer, minor league infielder 1994 – Ty France, infielder; All-Star 1994 – Jake Krupar, college coach 1995 – Cody Bellinger, outfielder; All-Star 1995 – Alec Bettinger, pitcher 1995 – Kyle Lewis, outfielder 1995 – Johan Mieses, minor league outfielder 1995 – J.D. Osborne, minor league catcher 1997 – Michael Brettell, minor league pitcher 1997 – Shao-Hung Chiang, CPBL catcher 1997 – Kody Hoese, minor league infielder 1998 – Rafael Fortunato, minor league pitcher and coach 1998 – Yoshinobu Mizukami, NPB pitcher 1998 – Kento Onodera, CPBL pitcher 1999 – Eito Tanaka, NPB pitcher 2003 – Rinshiro Shimamura, NPB catcher 2007 – Nattapon Chaichuay, Thai national team infielder Deaths[edit] 1899 – Lewis Smith, outfielder (b. 1858) 1908 – Chick Carroll, outfielder (b. 1868) 1913 – Dan Sweeney, outfielder (b. 1868) 1927 – Pete Mann, minor league infielder (b. 1902) 1940 – Ollie Tucker, outfielder (b. 1902) 1954 – Ed Porray, pitcher (b. 1888) 1954 – Grantland Rice, writer (b. 1880) 1956 – Glenn Liebhardt, pitcher (b. 1883) 1958 – Johnie Watson, outfielder (b. 1896) 1959 – Nick Kahl, infielder (b. 1879) 1959 – Chick Keating, infielder (b. 1891) 1960 – Dan Kerwin, outfielder (b. 1879) 1960 – Mark Scott, broadcaster (b. 1915) 1966 – Babe Hobson, infielder (b. 1966) 1966 – Rip Vowinkel, pitcher (b. 1884) 1967 – Art Shires, infielder (b. 1906) 1969 – Pat French, outfielder (b. 1893) 1969 – Saburo Hirai, NPB infielder (b. 1923) 1972 – Pepper Peploski, infielder (b. 1891) 1976 – Daniel Monzon, minor league infielder (b. ~1958) 1983 – Mitsuru Enjouji, NPB umpire (b. 1908) 1989 – Vern Olsen, pitcher (b. 1918) 1994 – Jimmie Reese, infielder (b. 1901) 1995 – Alex Gamez, minor league outfielder (b. 1971) 1998 – Red Badgro, outfielder (b. 1902) 1999 – Paddy Cottrell, scout (b. 1912) 1999 – Irene Ruhnke, AAGPBL player (b. 1920) 2000 – Harry Coe, minor league pitcher (b. 1933) 2003 – Henry Santos, minor league pitcher (b. 1973) 2005 – Mickey Owen, catcher; All-Star (b. 1916) 2006 – Yukinori Miyata, NPB pitcher (b. 1939) 2008 – Dwight Aden, minor league outfielder (b. 1915) 2008 – Dave Ricketts, catcher (b. 1935) 2009 – Sidney Bunch, minor league outfielder (b. 1931) 2009 – Alec Distaso, pitcher (b. 1948) 2010 – George Steinbrenner, owner (b. 1930) 2013 – Si Lambert, minor league pitcher (b. 1926) 2014 – James Heller, minor league pitcher (b. 1922) 2014 – Antonio Hervás, Spanish Hall of Fame player (b. 1948) 2014 – Norm Kampschror, minor league catcher (b. 1937) 2018 – Toru Otsuka, NPB outfielder (b. 1945) 2022 – Denney Crabaugh, college coach (b. ~1958) 2023 – Eddie Bressoud, infielder; All-Star (b. 1932) 2024 – Joe Henderson, pitcher (b. 1946) ============================================= TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 13 MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. NETFLIX — 2026 Home Run Derby: From Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Detroit vs New York, Las Vegas 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Toronto vs. Indiana, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Atlanta vs. Boston, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Dallas vs. Memphis, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Miami vs. Cleveland, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Chicago vs. Utah, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Phoenix vs. Milwaukee, Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Minnesota vs. Portland, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Volts WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. USA — Los Angeles at Atlanta 9 p.m. NBCSN — Phoenix at Minnesota PEACOCK — Phoenix at Minnesota _____ Tuesday, July 14 ADVERTISING MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — 2026 MLB All-Star Game: American League vs. National League, Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Philadelphia vs. Houston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Sacramento vs. Brooklyn, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Memphis vs. Golden State, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Washington vs. Chicago, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Denver vs. Oklahoma City, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Semifinal, Arlington, Texas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Volts _____ Wednesday, July 15 AWARDS SHOW 8 p.m. ABC — The 2026 ESPY Awards: From New York GOLF 4 a.m. (Thursday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England NBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Indiana vs. Minnesota, Las Vegas 4 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Orlando vs. Philadelphia, Las Vegas 5:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: New Orleans vs. Cleveland, Las Vegas 6 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Phoenix vs. Detroit, Las Vegas 7:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Milwaukee vs. Charlotte, Las Vegas 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Boston vs. Sacramento, Las Vegas 9:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Utah vs. San Antonio, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Washington vs. L.A. Clippers, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Semifinal, Atlanta SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Washington at NJ/NY Gotham FC SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Volts 10 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. USA — Golden State at Indiana _____ Thursday, July 16 GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, First Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Friday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Dallas vs. Oklahoma City, Las Vegas 4:30 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Brooklyn vs. Houston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Lakers vs. Chicago, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Golden State vs. New York, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Memphis vs. Atlanta, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Toronto vs. Miami, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Portland vs. Denver, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Blaze 10 p.m. MLBN — Talons at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBATV — Portland at Chicago 9 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — New York at Dallas _____ Friday, July 17 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Second Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 5 a.m. (Saturday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLBN — Tampa Bay at Boston (1:35 p.m.) 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.) 7:07 p.m. APPLE TV — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) OR Washington at Athletics (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — TBA 10 p.m. ION — Connecticut at Phoenix _____ Saturday, July 18 AUTO RACING 6 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 11:30 a.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 12:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Faith Fest 250, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. 3 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 4:30 p.m. FS2 — INDY NXT Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 6 p.m. FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Final Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn GOLF 5 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Third Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Sunday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England LACROSSE (MEN’S) 2 p.m. ABC — PLL: Carolina vs. Denver, Fairfield, Conn. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 8 p.m. ESPN2 — PFL: Main Card, Austin, Texas MLB BASEBALL 2 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (4:10 p.m.) 5:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Atlanta (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) 8 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (8:08 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Seattle (8:08 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 5 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) Noon CBS — USL Championship: TBA 5 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Third-Place Match, Miami Gardens, Fla. SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Noon ABC — NWSL: Seattle at NJ/NY Gotham FC 2 p.m. CBS — NWSL: Portland at Denver 4 p.m. NWSL: North Carolina at Bay FC SOFTBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits 6 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 10 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. CBS — New York at Indiana _____ Sunday, July 19 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Moët & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 1 p.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 5:30 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 7 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Window World 450, In-Season Challenge – Round 4, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. BEACH VOLLEYBALL 1 p.m. CBS — AVP: League Week 6, New York BIG3 BASKETBALL 2 p.m. CBS — Week 5: Detroit Amps vs. Houston Rig Hands, Chicago Triplets vs. LA Riot, DMV Trilogy vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Dallas Power vs. Miami 305, Chicago GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 4 p.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic LACROSSE (MEN’S) 3 p.m. ABC — PLL: New York vs. Boston, Fairfield, Conn. MLB BASEBALL 12:15 p.m. PEACOCK — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Detroit at L.A. Angels (4:07 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Championship, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Final, East Rutherford, N.J. SOFTBALL Noon ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits WNBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Los Angeles at Dallas 4 p.m. CBS — Chicago at Atlanta 7 p.m. ESPN — Connecticut at Phoenix About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THER INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SUNDAY JULY 12, 2026
