THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JUNE 29, 2026

“THE SCOREBOARD”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

NATIONALS 6, ORIOLES 4

PIRATES 9, REDS 4

RANGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 2

PHILLIES 5, METS 4

RAYS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1

GUARDIANS 6, MARINERS 5

ASTROS 7, TIGERS 5 (10)

CUBS 4, BREWERS 3 (10)

TWINS 3, ROCKIES 2

ROYLAS 5, WHITE SOX 4

CARDINALS 2, MARLINS 1

ANGELS 4, ATHLETICS 1

GIANTS 3, BRAVES 2

DODGERS 4, PADRES 2

RED SOX 5, YANKEES 4 (10)

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

INDIANAPOLIS 6 SCRANTON 5

LAKE COUNTY 6 FT. WAYNE 0

QUAD CITIES 7 SOUTH BEND 2

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WNBA SCOREBOARD

LYNX 85 WINGS 77

MYSTICS 124 FIRE 123 OT

ACES 107 SKY 99

VALKYRIES 76 LIBERTY 67

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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WORLD CUP SCOREBOARD

CANADA 1 SOUTH AFRICA 0

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INDIANA HS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

NORTHEAST 8 CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

BELLMONT AT MADISON-GRANT, 7 PM

NORTH SIDE AT EAST NOBLE, 7 PM

WAYNE AT LEO, 7 PM

GARRETT AT DEKALB, 7 PM

HUNTINGTON NORTH AT EASTBROOK, 7 PM

NEW HAVEN AT HERITAGE, 7 PM

NORTHWOOD AT COLUMBIA CITY, 7 PM

NORWELL AT MISSISSINEWA, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

COLUMBIA CITY AT NORTHRIDGE, 7 PM

DEKALB AT ANGOLA, 7 PM

EAST NOBLE AT SNIDER, 7 PM

NORTH SIDE AT NEW HAVEN, 7 PM

HUNTINGTON NORTH AT GARRETT, 7 PM

LEO AT BISHOP CHATARD, 7:30 PM

OAK HILL AT NORWELL, 7 PM

SOUTH ADAMS AT BELLMONT, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

BELLMONT AT COLUMBIA CITY ©, 7 PM

EAST NOBLE AT HUNTINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

NEW HAVEN AT DEKALB ©, 7 PM

NORWELL AT LEO ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

DEKALB AT EAST NOBLE ©, 7 PM

HUNTINGTON NORTH AT COLUMBIA CITY ©, 7 PM

LEO AT NEW HAVEN ©, 7 PM

NORWELL AT BELLMONT ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

BELLMONT AT HUNTINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

COLUMBIA CITY AT DEKALB ©, 7 PM

EAST NOBLE AT LEO ©, 7 PM

NEW HAVEN AT NORWELL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

HUNTINGTON NORTH AT DEKALB ©, 7 PM

LEO AT BELLMONT ©, 7 PM

NEW HAVEN AT COLUMBIA CITY ©, 7 PM

NORWELL AT EAST NOBLE ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

BELLMONT AT NEW HAVEN ©, 7 PM

COLUMBIA CITY AT EAST NOBLE ©, 7 PM

DEKALB AT NORWELL ©, 7 PM

HUNTINGTON NORTH AT LEO ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

BELLMONT AT DEKALB ©, 7 PM

EAST NOBLE AT NEW HAVEN ©, 7 PM

LEO AT COLUMBIA CITY ©, 7 PM

NORWELL AT HUNTINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

COLUMBIA CITY AT NORWELL ©, 7 PM

DEKALB AT LEO ©, 7 PM

EAST NOBLE AT BELLMONT ©, 7 PM

NEW HAVEN AT HUNTINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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HOOSIER CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL, 7 PM

FRANKTON AT TIPTON, 7 PM

HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LAPEL, 7 PM

HARRISON AT WEST LAFAYETTE, 7:30 PM

CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MITCHELL, 7:30 PM

LOGANSPORT AT PERU, 7 PM

RENSSELAER AT KANKAKEE VALLEY, 8 PM

TWIN LAKES AT NORTH MONTGOMERY, 7 PM

WESTERN AT INDIAN CREEK, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

DELPHI AT TWIN LAKES, 7 PM

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC, 7 PM

LOGANSPORT AT ADAMS, 7 PM

LONDON (OHIO) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS, 7 PM

NORTH MONTGOMERY AT WESTERN, 7 PM

NORTH NEWTON AT RENSSELAER, 8 PM

SEEGER AT BENTON CENTRAL, 7 PM

TIPTON AT MANCHESTER, 7 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE AT MCCUTCHEON, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

BENTON CENTRAL AT SOUTH NEWTON, 7:30 PM

HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LOGANSPORT ©, 7 PM

CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT TIPTON ©, 7 PM

LEBANON AT WEST LAFAYETTE, 7:30 PM

RENSSELAER AT GLENN, 7:30 PM

TWIN LAKES AT WESTERN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT TIPTON ©, 7 PM

LOGANSPORT AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC ©, 7 PM

RENSSELAER AT NORTH KNOX, 7 PM

TWIN LAKES AT BENTON CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE AT WESTERN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

FRONTIER AT RENSSELAER, 8 PM

CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT TWIN LAKES ©, 7 PM

LOGANSPORT AT WEST LAFAYETTE ©, 7:30 PM

TIPTON AT BENTON CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

WESTERN AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

BENTON CENTRAL AT WESTERN ©, 7 PM

GRIFFITH AT RENSSELAER, 8 PM

HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC ©, 7:30 PM

TIPTON AT LOGANSPORT ©, 7 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE AT TWIN LAKES ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

BENTON CENTRAL AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS ©, 7:30 PM

TWIN LAKES AT TIPTON ©, 7 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC ©, 7 PM

WESTERN AT LOGANSPORT ©, 7 PM

SATURDAY, OCT. 3

RENSSELAER AT CULVER ACADEMY, 1 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT TWIN LAKES ©, 7:30 PM

CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT WESTERN ©, 7 PM

LOGANSPORT AT CULVER ACADEMY, 7 PM

RIVER FOREST AT RENSSELAER, 8 PM

TIPTON AT WEST LAFAYETTE ©, 7 PM

TRI-COUNTY AT BENTON CENTRAL, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

BENTON CENTRAL AT COVENANT, 7 PM

GUERIN AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC, 7 PM

RENSSELAER AT WHITING, 8 PM

TWIN LAKES AT LOGANSPORT ©, 7 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS ©, 7 PM

WESTERN AT TIPTON ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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MID-STATE CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

AVON AT DECATUR CENTRAL, 7 PM

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH, 7 PM

COLUMBUS EAST AT MOORESVILLE, 7 PM

COLUMBUS NORTH AT WHITELAND, 7 PM

FRANKLIN AT SOUTHPORT, 7 PM

FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD, 7 PM

MARTINSVILLE AT BEDFORD NL, 7 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT BEECH GROVE, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT BEDFORD NL, 7 PM

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT MARTINSVILLE, 7 PM

DECATUR CENTRAL AT WAYNE, 7 PM

GREENWOOD AT FRANKLIN, 7 PM

MOORESVILLE AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH, 7 PM

PLAINFIELD AT HARRISON, 7 PM

SOUTHPORT AT PERRY MERIDIAN, 7 PM

WHITELAND AT FLOYD CENTRAL, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

MARTINSVILLE AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

MOORESVILLE AT PLAINFIELD ©, 7 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT FRANKLIN ©, 7 PM

WHITELAND AT DECATUR CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT MOORESVILLE ©, 7 PM

DECATUR CENTRAL AT MARTINSVILLE ©, 7 PM

FRANKLIN AT WHITELAND ©, 7 PM

PLAINFIELD AT PERRY MERIDIAN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

MARTINSVILLE AT FRANKLIN ©, 7 PM

MOORESVILLE AT DECATUR CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT WHITELAND ©, 7 PM

PLAINFIELD AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT PERRY MERIDIAN ©, 7 PM

DECATUR CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD ©, 7 PM

FRANKLIN AT MOORESVILLE ©, 7 PM

WHITELAND AT MARTINSVILLE ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT DECATUR CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

MOORESVILLE AT WHITELAND ©, 7 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT MARTINSVILLE ©, 7 PM

PLAINFIELD AT FRANKLIN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

DECATUR CENTRAL AT PERRY MERIDIAN ©, 7 PM

FRANKLIN AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH ©, 7 PM

MARTINSVILLE AT MOORESVILLE ©, 7 PM

WHITELAND AT PLAINFIELD ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT WHITELAND ©, 7 PM

DECATUR CENTRAL AT FRANKLIN ©, 7 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT MOORESVILLE ©, 7 PM

PLAINFIELD AT MARTINSVILLE ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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GREATER SOUTH SHORE CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

FAIRFIELD AT CALUMET, 6:30 PM

WEST SIDE AT NORTHROP, 6:30 PM

BISHOP NOLL AT RILEY, 6:30 PM

HIGHLAND AT GRIFFITH, 7 PM

GLENN AT BOONE GROVE, 6:30 PM

NORTH NEWTON AT WHITING, 7 PM

RIVER FOREST AT EAST CHICAGO, 7 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL AT WHEELER, 7 PM

SOUTH NEWTON AT LAKE STATION, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

BOONE GROVE AT SOUTH CENTRAL, 7 PM

BOWMAN AT BISHOP NOLL, 7 PM

CALUMET AT RIVER FOREST ©, 7 PM

EAST CHICAGO AT WEST SIDE, 7 PM

GRIFFITH AT MUNSTER, 7 PM

ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL AT LAKE STATION, 7:30 PM

KANKAKEE VALLEY AT WHEELER, 7 PM

WHITING AT HIGHLAND, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

BREMEN AT BOONE GROVE, 6:30 PM

CALUMET AT EAST CHICAGO, 7 PM

GRIFFITH AT LOWELL, 7 PM

HAMMOND CENTRAL AT WEST SIDE, 7 PM

LAKE STATION AT BOWMAN, 7 PM

WHEELER AT RIVER FOREST ©, 7 PM

WHITING AT BISHOP NOLL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

BOONE GROVE AT GRIFFITH, 7 PM

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT WHITING, 7 PM

BISHOP NOLL AT WHEELER, 7 PM

HIGHLAND AT CALUMET, 7 PM

LAKE STATION AT WEST CENTRAL, 6:30 PM

RIVER FOREST AT WEST SIDE ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT BISHOP NOLL, 7 PM

WEST SIDE AT CALUMET ©, 7 PM

GRIFFITH AT RIVER FOREST ©, 7 PM

WHEELER AT BOONE GROVE, 7 PM

WHITING AT LAKE STATION ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

BOONE GROVE AT RIVER FOREST, 7 PM

CALUMET AT WHITING, 7 PM

WEST SIDE AT WHEELER ©, 7 PM

GRIFFITH AT RENSSELAER, 7 PM

LAKE STATION AT BISHOP NOLL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

GRIFFITH AT WEST SIDE ©, 7 PM

LAKE STATION AT EAST CHICAGO, 7 PM

RIVER FOREST AT BISHOP NOLL, 7 PM

WHEELER AT CALUMET ©, 7 PM

WHITING AT BOONE GROVE ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

BOONE GROVE AT LAKE STATION ©, 7 PM

CALUMET AT GRIFFITH ©, 7 PM

BISHOP NOLL AT WEST SIDE, 7 PM

RIVER FOREST AT RENSSELAER, 7 PM

WHITING AT WHEELER, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

BOONE GROVE AT BISHOP NOLL ©, 7 PM

CALUMET AT CONCORDIA, 6:30 PM

WEST SIDE AT KNOX, 7 PM

RENSSELAER AT WHITING, 7 PM

RIVER FOREST AT LAKE STATION, 7 PM

WHEELER AT GRIFFITH ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES

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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

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MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES/RELEASES

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB ROUNDUP: RED SOX RALLY IN 10TH, COMPLETE 4-GAME SWEEP OF YANKS

Jarren Duran’s single to right drove in Masataka Yoshida with the game-winning run as the Boston Red Sox survived a comeback by their rivals and completed a four-game sweep of the visiting New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory on Sunday night.

Duran capped a three-run 10th inning that included an RBI single by Anthony Seigler which drove in Caleb Durbin and a Tsung-Che Cheng sacrifice fly that scored Andruw Monasterio, giving the Red Sox their first four-game sweep of the Yankees since 2018.

Boston starting pitcher Sonny Gray tossed 7 1/3 hitless innings but lost his bid for a no-hitter when Amed Rosario singled in the eighth. Gray was pulled following Rosario’s hit. The right-hander walked one and struck out nine.

The Yankees tied the game with their first two runs in the ninth against Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman and then took a two-run lead in the top of the 10th, with errors by Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu hurting its cause in both innings. New York starter Carlos Rodon allowed one hit and two unearned runs over five innings.

Phillies 5, Mets 4

Kyle Schwarber hit his 30th home run — a go-ahead, two-run shot with one out in the seventh inning — off Kodai Senga (0-7) as Philadelphia downed host New York.

Schwarber reached 30 homers for the sixth straight season and eighth time in his career. Schwarber’s homer also helped the Phillies improve to 38-18 in their past 56 games and move 10 games over .500 for the second time in three days.

Besides homering, Schwarber also singled and stole second during a three-run third that gave Philadelphia a 3-0 lead. The Phillies’ Jesus Luzardo allowed one run on four hits while escaping two major jams in five innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked three.

Cubs 4, Brewers 3 (10 innings)

Chicago scored three times in the top of the 10th inning and held on to edge host Milwaukee in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Jacob Webb (3-2) gave up a hit and a walk in a scoreless ninth to earn the win for the Cubs, who have won six of their past seven games. Ryan Rolison allowed one run on two hits in two innings as the opener.

With Justin Dean on as the automatic runner and two out, reliever Joel Kuhnel (1-3) intentionally walked Pete Crow-Armstrong, then hit a batter, issued a four-pitch walk and gave up a single. In the bottom of the 10th, the Brewers scored two and had the bases loaded with no outs, but Jordan Wicks struck out Jake Bauers and Gary Sanchez grounded into a double play to end the game.

Nationals 6, Orioles 4

Luis Garcia Jr. homered twice and drove in five runs to propel Washington to a second straight victory in Baltimore to give the Nationals the series victory over the Orioles.

Garcia’s 15th and 16th long balls of the season came in the fifth and seventh innings. He also went deep Saturday night. Zack Littell (7-6) worked five innings, allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts. He broke a personal two-game losing streak.

Pete Alonso and Jackson Holliday hit two-run homers for Baltimore, which has lost four of its last five games. Colton Cowser added two hits for the Orioles, who were limited to five hits. Starter Kyle Bradish (5-8) was charged with four runs (three earned) in four innings. He surrendered one hit but walked five with two strikeouts.

Pirates 9, Reds 4

Ryan O’Hearn hit a pair of home runs and Esmerlyn Valdez homered for the third consecutive game to lead host Pittsburgh past Cincinnati to avoid a sweep in the three-game series.

O’Hearn’s first broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning when he smacked a 421-foot solo shot to right field off Reds starter Brady Singer (3-7), who gave up five runs on nine hits, including two home runs, and struck out six over 4 1/3 innings. O’Hearn’s second sparked a four-run bottom of the eighth.

Pirates starter Mitch Keller (6-5) allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and one walk, and the right-hander struck out four over six innings.

Rangers 3, Blue Jays 2

Pinch runner Jarred Kelenic scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch in the ninth as Texas swept a four-game set from host Toronto, which has lost six in a row.

Josh Jung doubled to right center with two outs in the ninth against Louis Varland (3-3). Kelenic ran for Jung and scampered home all the way from second on a wild pitch that catcher Alejandro Kirk had trouble locating when it skipped away.

Joc Pederson led off with a solo home run on the first pitch of the game, a fastball from Shane Bieber. It could have been worse, but Texas left the bases loaded in the inning after a single and two walks.

Astros 7, Tigers 5 (10 innings)

Christian Walker blasted a three-run homer to cap a four-run 10th as visiting Houston rallied for a win over Detroit, its third of the four-game series.

The Astros, who trailed 3-0 in the seventh, tied the game on Raynel Delgado’s first career homer and Isaac Paredes’ solo shot, which highlighted his three-hit day. Josh Hader (2-0) picked up the win after escaping a ninth-inning jam. Houston starter Hunter Brown gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits in six innings.

Zach McKinstry and Spencer Torkelson hit two-run homers for the Tigers. Returning from the injured list, starter Jack Flaherty struck out nine in five scoreless innings while allowing two hits and three walks.

Rays 5, Diamondbacks 1

Junior Caminero hit a home run for the fourth straight game as Tampa Bay defeated Arizona in St. Petersburg, Fla., to complete a weekend sweep.

Caminero’s solo shot in the fifth inning was the longest of his career at 463 feet. He has now gone deep seven times in his last six games. Cedric Mullins and Ben Williamson also had homers for the Rays. Drew Rasmussen (7-4) navigated traffic through six scoreless innings to earn the win.

Ketel Marte provided the Diamondbacks’ lone run with a solo homer, while Pavin Smith added a double, as they were outhit by Tampa Bay 10-5. Merrill Kelly (5-8) lost his fifth consecutive start for Arizona, dating back to June 5, allowing five runs on eight hits over six innings.

Guardians 6, Mariners 5

Rhys Hoskins’ tiebreaking two-run double capped a five-run eighth inning as Cleveland rallied to defeat visiting Seattle.

Daniel Schneemann grounded a run-scoring single to center before Chase DeLauter, who was activated from the injured list (rib) earlier in the day, lined a two-run single to center to tie the score at 4-4. Hoskins hit a liner that landed on the left field foul line, with Steven Kwan and DeLauter scoring on the play.

Mitch Garver, Josh Naylor and Julio Rodriguez drove in a run as the Mariners tallied 13 hits in the loss. Seattle snapped a franchise record-tying streak of 13 consecutive games scoring three runs or fewer, set in 2015.

Royals 5, White Sox 4

Carter Jensen had three hits with two RBIs, and five Kansas City relievers held Chicago to one hit over five scoreless innings to earn a 5-4 road win.

Steven Cruz (2-2), Beck Way, Lucas Erceg, Matt Strahm and Alex Lange (seven saves) each pitched an inning and stymied the White Sox. Jensen extended his hitting streak to 19 games and delivered a tiebreaking double in the fourth for the Royals, who avoided being swept in this three-game set. Luinder Avila allowed all four Chicago runs in his four-inning start.

Miguel Vargas had a two-run homer, his 19th, for the White Sox, who lost for just the sixth time in their last 30 home games. Anthony Kay (6-3) allowed five runs (four earned) and seven hits over 3 2/3 innings.

Twins 3, Rockies 2

Ryan Kreidler hit a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, helping Minnesota come away with a win over Colorado in the series rubber match at Minneapolis.

Kody Clemens also homered for the Twins. Royce Lewis doubled and scored a run. Andrew Morris (4-2) struck out two batters in 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He followed Connor Prielipp, who allowed two runs on six hits in six innings and finished with no walks and 10 strikeouts.

TJ Rumfield and Troy Johnston each had two hits and an RBI for the Rockies. Seth Halvorsen (0-1) allowed one run on three hits in two-thirds of an inning. Ryan Feltner got the start and limited Minnesota to two runs (one earned) on five hits in six innings.

Giants 3, Braves 2

Robbie Ray allowed just one run over a season-high-tying eight innings, Luis Arraez scored one run and drove in another, and San Francisco completed a series win over visiting Atlanta.

Ray (7-6) won a pitchers’ duel with the Braves’ Chris Sale (8-6), who matched zeroes with his fellow left-hander until two Atlanta errors in the sixth inning helped produce the game’s first two runs. Braves third baseman Austin Riley threw wildly on a Rafael Devers infield hit with two on, allowing one run to score, and Ozzie Albies’s throw was offline on another infield single that allowed the other run to score.

Sale was pulled at inning’s end, having allowed two runs (one earned) and eight hits. He walked one and struck out 10. The Giants tacked on what proved to be a critical third run in the seventh against the Atlanta bullpen when Drew Gilbert singled, Matt Chapman doubled and Arraez lifted a sacrifice fly to right field.

Angels 4, Athletics 1

Josh Lowe hit his first career grand slam to help Los Angeles beat the Athletics in the rubber game of their three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.

Angels starter Sam Aldegheri (3-3) had surrendered a combined 11 earned runs over 7 2/3 innings in his previous two starts, but the left-hander bounced back to limit the A’s to one run and five hits over five innings.

A’s right-hander Aaron Civale (5-5) also went five innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. Civale has lost four straight starts.

Dodgers 4, Padres 2

Mookie Betts’ two-run single keyed a three-run fifth inning as Los Angeles edged host San Diego in the rubber game of the teams’ weekend series.

Emmet Sheehan (4-5) pitched five solid innings to earn the win, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out five. Four relievers finished up, with Edgardo Henriquez pitching the ninth to earn his first save.

Michael King (5-7) absorbed the loss, giving up four runs on three hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings while whiffing five. It was the first loss for King in four career decisions against Los Angeles. The right-hander pitched himself into difficulty he couldn’t escape in the fifth, walking three batters and hitting another before Betts’ big hit.

Cardinals 2, Marlins 1

Bryan Torres hit a two-run homer and Kyle Leahy earned his first victory in more than a month as host St. Louis edged Miami to avoid a three-game sweep.

Leahy (6-4) allowed one run on two hits over five innings for his first victory since May 16 as the Cardinals halted a four-game slide. JoJo Romero, Ryne Stanek and George Soriano combined for three scoreless innings before right-hander Riley O’Brien retired the Marlins in order in the ninth for his 20th save.

Miami had its four-game win streak snapped despite an impressive outing by Tyler Phillips (1-3), who gave up two runs on six hits with no walks over 7 1/3 innings. The Marlins were held to four hits and lost for just the sixth time in 24 games this month.

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NBA

REPORT: HORNETS TRADE F MILES BRIDGES TO SUNS

The Charlotte Hornets continued their roster overhaul by sending forward Miles Bridges along with a 2029 first-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, ESPN reported Sunday.

The move comes three days after the Hornets traded All-Star LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Bridges, who has played his entire career with the Hornets, played a key role in the team’s first play-in tournament appearance since 2022, averaging 17.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 77 games last season. He is entering the final year of a three-year, $75 million contract and is set to earn $22.8 million next season.

In seven seasons Bridges has averaged 15.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 501 games (396 starts). He was a first-round pick (No. 12 overall) by the Los Angeles Clippers in 2018 and traded to the Hornets on draft day.

Bridges missed the 2022-23 season and part of the following season due to a suspension after he pleaded no-contest for felony domestic abuse.

The trade allows Naz Reid to potentially replace Bridges at power forward. Reid was acquired from the Timberwolves in the Ball deal.

The Suns, who reportedly had an ongoing interest in acquiring Bridges, save $20 million in luxury tax with the deal and free up a roster spot before free agency begins Tuesday.

Allen, 30, and O’Neal, 33, bring veteran experience to a young Hornets squad, after they averaged 16.5 and 9.8 points, respectively, last season.

Allen, a first-round selection (No. 21 overall) by the Utah Jazz in the 2018 draft, has played eight seasons with four teams and added 3.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds in 51 games (27 starts) last season. Over 454 career games (279 starts), Allen has averaged 11.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

O’Neal played in 78 games (67 starts) last season, averaging 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists. In nine seasons with three teams, he has averaged 7.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 points in 678 games (386 starts).

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TEXAS A&M ADDS 5-STAR WR ERIC MCFARLAND TO BOOMING ‘27 CLASS

Wide receiver Eric McFarland, a five-star prospect in the Class of 2027, committed to Texas A&M on Sunday to add another top recruit to coach Mike Elko’s eye-catching class.

Texas A&M has the No. 1-ranked recruiting class for the next cycle, according to both 247Sports and ESPN. McFarland is the sixth ESPN five-star to commit to the Aggies for 2027, which would set a record should all six sign in December.

McFarland is the No. 38 overall prospect and the No. 6 receiver in the class, per the 247Sports composite ranking.

A 5-foot-8, 177-pound wideout at IMG Academy in Florida, McFarland is known for his speed and explosiveness. Georgia and Florida were his other finalists.

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GOLF

HAERAN RYU WINS THE WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HER FIRST MAJOR TITLE

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Haeran Ryu recovered from a rough start to secure her first career major title, winning the Women’s PGA Championship by two strokes over Ina Yoon on a windy Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Ryu shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and become the sixth South Korean to win the event over the last 12 editions, flashing a big smile as she holed her last putt and friends ran out to douse her in celebration.

The 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year was also the first major champion in at least the last 60 years to rally from a 10-plus-shot deficit after the first round. Ryu opened Thursday with a 73 in a tie for 70th place, as Yoon shot a tournament-record 63.

Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under. Three Americans — Allisen Corpuz, Auston Kim and Alison Lee — tied for fifth place, six strokes behind Ryu.

Nelly Korda wrapped up a frustrating weekend on the greens with a 73 to finish in a four-way tie for eighth, failing to become the third women to win the first three majors of the season.

The course was closed for most of the morning while a thunderstorm moved through the Twin Cities metro area, dropping more than an inch of rain and pushing all of the tee times back by 3 1/2 hours while players tried to stay focused and loose. That left the greens extra soft and the air especially gusty, making many of Hazeltine’s notoriously long fairways even trickier.

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AUTO RACING

SHANE VAN GISBERGEN NABS FINAL ROAD-COURSE TROPHY OF ’26 AT SONOMA

Shane van Gisbergen moved into playoff position Sunday by getting back to basics.

Collecting the checkers on a road course.

van Gisbergen led a race-high 74 of 110 laps and hung on in NASCAR’s final road-course event of 2026, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

The No. 97 Trackhouse Racing driver put his Chevrolet back up front after his final pit stop on Lap 88, held a healthy lead most of the remainder but had to hold off Chase Briscoe by 0.357 seconds to win for the eighth time in 16 road starts.

van Gisbergen has won seven of nine road races and matched Tony Stewart for second with eight wins on the road, one behind all-time leader Jeff Gordon.

“(Briscoe) was coming,” said van Gisbergen, who won 2 of 4 road races this season. “Pretty special to make up for last week, too. … I just kept struggling. Chase was really good. A couple more laps and we’d have had some problems.”

The New Zealander moved into a playoff spot — climbing three places to 14th — but knows where he needs to improve: the ovals.

“This is an oval championship,” he stated.

Briscoe positioned his No. 19 Toyota within a car length of the 97 in the closing laps, but he could not force a pass.

“It was odd,” the Joe Gibbs Racing driver said of his closeness to the King of the Road. “Not many people get that close to him at the end of these road-course races. Frustrated with myself. I felt I definitely had the better car. I didn’t do as good a job of driving it (as he did).

“Bummed that at the end of the day it was my fault we didn’t win it.”

Ty Gibbs, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five.

Tyler Reddick lost four laps, came home 36th and turned over the points lead to 26th-place finisher Denny Hamlin (+1), the first points lead change of 2026.

Chevrolet won its third straight at Sonoma and for the fifth time in the past six races.

With Gibbs starting from the pole for the third time ever, van Gisbergen moved to second from his sixth-place starting position inside Stage 1’s last 10 laps, and Gibbs kept his No. 54 Toyota out front by a half-second with five circuits remaining in the 25-lap first segment.

Twenty-three drivers decided to pit before Stage 1 ended, staggering the field all day, and Gibbs stayed out to collect the maximum bonus points. Bell, Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece were the rest of the top five after Stage 1.

Reddick’s team had to go under the hood after Stage 1’s completion. The No. 45 Toyota lost six laps during the second segment, falling to last as the only driver not on the lead lap.

Stage 2, a 30-lapper, shook out with van Gisbergen pulling away from Larson on the restart and leading by almost two seconds at the midpoint. Briscoe, Ryan Blaney and rookie Connor Zilisch also moved into the top five.

However, van Gisbergen gave away a 10-second lead along with the rest of the frontrunners with two laps to go. That gave Gibbs a sweep of the first two stages, and Bell, racing with a fractured wrist, finished runner-up again followed by AJ Allmendinger, Austin Cindric and Ross Chastain.

After a final cycle of pit stops, van Gisbergen reemerged as the leader by 1.67 seconds over Briscoe with about 20 laps left with Zilisch, Larson and Gibbs rounding out the top five.

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INDIANA SPORTS NEWS AND HEADLINES

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

The Indianapolis Indians fell behind early against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, but a late seventh-inning surge allowed Indy to complete a 6-5 win on Sunday afternoon at Victory Field. Rafael Flores Jr. dropped in a high fly ball for a three-run single and Nick Cimillo grounded a single to right field to put the game away.

Indians (3-3, 34-47) tied the game up 1-1 in the third inning. The tie was ended in the top of the fourth from a Garrett Martin fielder’s choice single and a Tyler Hardman line drive single to left field that gave the RailRiders (3-3, 40-40) a 3-1 lead.

The RailRiders continued their run into the fifth inning adding an additional run from a ground ball single by Abrahan Gutierrez to push the lead to 4-1. They would not score again until the ninth inning when Ernesto Martinez Jr. shot a homer over the right field fence.

Antwone Kelly started on the mound for the Indians allowing one run in his 3.0 innings. Followed by Thomas Harrington (2.0ip) who allowed an additional three runs, Derek Diamond (W, 1-0), Mike Clevinger (1.0ip) and Cam Sanders (S, 1) to close things out.

Alexander Cornielle pitched the first 3.0 innings for the RailRiders and gave up one run. Carlos Lagrange (L, 1-4) takes the loss allowing five runs in his 0.2 inning outing.

The Indians will rest on Monday and begin their six-game series against the Omaha Storm Chasers on Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET. Starters have not been named at this time.

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INDIANA BASEBALL

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Assistant coach Denton Sagerman, a member of head coach Jeff Mercer’s original staff at Indiana, will begin his coaching journey in professional baseball as he joins the Cleveland Guardians organization this summer. He departs Bloomington after eight years on staff with the program.

“I’d like to thank Denton and his wife Kelly for their tremendous impact on the program over the last eight years,” Mercer said. “No one has worked harder or been more invested in providing a great experience for our players and program. I’m very happy they’ll be moving back home closer to family as they take on this next journey in life. They will always be Hoosiers and I’m proud to call them friends for life.”

Sagerman came to IU when Mercer accepted the job back in the summer of 2018. Prior to his tenure in Bloomington, he was the Director of Baseball Operations/Analytics for two seasons with Wright State. During his time with the Hoosiers, Sagerman served a number of roles including his most recent work assisting the pitchers and catchers on staff.

While with the program, Sagerman helped assist a pitching staff that set the top four single-season strikeout marks in school history. That includes a 600-strikeout effort in 2022 with a group of arms that featured future big leaguer Jack Perkins. Five former pitchers that worked with Sagerman went on to pitch in the MLB.

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BUBLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Assistant coach Denton Sagerman, a member of head coach Jeff Mercer’s original staff at Indiana, will begin his coaching journey in professional baseball as he joins the Cleveland Guardians organization this summer. He departs Bloomington after eight years on staff with the program.

“I’d like to thank Denton and his wife Kelly for their tremendous impact on the program over the last eight years,” Mercer said. “No one has worked harder or been more invested in providing a great experience for our players and program. I’m very happy they’ll be moving back home closer to family as they take on this next journey in life. They will always be Hoosiers and I’m proud to call them friends for life.”

Sagerman came to IU when Mercer accepted the job back in the summer of 2018. Prior to his tenure in Bloomington, he was the Director of Baseball Operations/Analytics for two seasons with Wright State. During his time with the Hoosiers, Sagerman served a number of roles including his most recent work assisting the pitchers and catchers on staff.

While with the program, Sagerman helped assist a pitching staff that set the top four single-season strikeout marks in school history. That includes a 600-strikeout effort in 2022 with a group of arms that featured future big leaguer Jack Perkins. Five former pitchers that worked with Sagerman went on to pitch in the MLB.

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BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL

Samu Adler, who will join the Butler Basketball program on campus in July, will first represent his country once again as a member of the Finland National Team.

Adler is a member of the roster that is expected to include fellow countryman and NBA All-Star Lauri Markkanen.

Finland will play 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifying games against Hungary (July 3 in Helsinki) and France (July 6 in Pau). Those three teams and Belgium comprise Group G of the European Qualifying. The top three teams in each group will advance to the Second Round, where they will battle it out for the 12 tickets reserved for European teams at Qatar 2027. Finland has already secured a spot in the second round of European Qualifying.

Adler was also on the Finland roster for an earlier window of qualifying games in 2026 as Finland played Belgium twice.

The 6-6 guard has played in the Korisliiga, the top league in Finland, for the past two seasons.

Adler earned 2026 Finals MVP honors, leading his Salon Vilpas team to the Korisliiga title. In his team’s Game 7 win over Kataja Basket, he posted 32 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Adler averaged 19.7 points per game in the 2026 Finals and 17.8 points per game during the 2026 playoffs. He scored 20 or more points seven times during the playoffs.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS: Butler alum Ronald Nored takes over head coaching duties at his alma mater after spending the last decade on coaching staffs in the NBA. The Bulldogs return five players from last season’s roster, headlined by starters Jalen Jackson and Drayton Jones. Jackson helped the Bulldogs to the 2025 Greenbrier Tip-Off title and 5-1 start to the 2025-26 season before missing the remainder of the campaign due to injury. Butler’s newcomers include Asim Djulovic, who starred for Mega Superbet in his native Serbia, and Samu Adler, who led his Salon Vilpas team to the Korisliiga league title and earned Player of the Year honors in his native Finland. Three of the team’s incoming transfers averaged double figures last season: Treyson Anderson (North Dakota State), Jordan Ellerbee (Florida Gulf Coast), and Christian Moore (The Citadel); that trio joins two power conference additions in Eduardo Klafke (Ole Miss) and Samis Calderon (Kansas).

SEASON TICKET INFORMATION: Season tickets for the upcoming 2026-27 basketball season are on sale now at butlersports.com/seasontickets. The Bulldogs will once again host all 10 BIG EAST rivals at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Fans can email tickets@butler.edu or call the ticket office at 317-940-3647 for more information on securing season tickets.

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

1880 – Cleveland beats Boston, 6 – 5, with Gid Gardner pitching his first game of the season. Jim McCormick had pitched complete games in all of Cleveland’s 31 previous National League games.

1897 – The Chicago Colts of the National League establish the record for most runs scored in a game by one team as they maul Louisville, 36 – 7.

1905 – At Brooklyn, the Giants tally seven runs in the first three innings off Mal Eason to coast to an 11 – 1 victory. Christy Mathewson leaves after five innings of shutout ball. Dan McGann paces the offense with a triple and homer, while Moonlight Graham, in his only game in the majors, takes over in right field as a late-inning replacement. Graham will have no at-bats. bat, but he will be immortalized by W.P. Kinsella’s book Shoeless Joe and the movie based on the book, Field of Dreams.

1907 – The Pirates top the Cubs, 2 – 1, as CF Tommy Leach cuts down Harry Steinfeldt at the plate in the 9th inning. Deacon Phillippe is the winner.

1909:

Playing their last game in Exposition Park, the Pirates score four runs in the 1st inning off Mordecai Brown and sail to an 8 – 1 win over Chicago. Lefty Leifield is the winner. Tomorrow, the Pirates will move to Forbes Field, named after British General John Forbes, who captured Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.

Pitching against the Highlanders, Walter Johnson gives up a solo homer to Ray Demmitt in the 7th, the first home run he’s allowed since his debut in 1907. Demmitt’s shot is the only score for New York, as Johnson beats them for the second time in ten days.

1910 – At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson relieves in the 9th with the Giants ahead of the Phils, 2 – 0. The Quakers rattle Matty for four hits and two runs to tie, but in the bottom of the 10th, Mathewson lines a single to score Fred Merkle with the game winner.

1912:

Rube Marquard’s record goes to an amazing 18-0 as he tops Boston for New York’s 12th straight win over the hapless Braves.

At Fenway Park, the Red Sox sweep two from the Highlanders, winning 13 – 6 and 6 – 0. Smoky Joe Wood wins the nitecap, his second shutout in a row, allowing just one hit, in winning 6 – 0 in seven innings. Dutch Sterrett’s single is the lone hit. In the nitecap, Hick Cady makes two hits in one at bat. His single scores Jake Stahl from third base, but umpire Silk O’Loughlin rules that Stahl was balked home. In Cady’s second chance, he doubles.

1914:

With attendance down in the Federal League, Robert Ward, president of the Brooklyn Tip Tops, announces that ticket prices at Washington Park will be reduced from 50 cents to 25 cents. The Pittsburgh Filipinos will soon follow suit.

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Robins battle to a split. Brooklyn lurches to an 8 – 7 win in the opener. In the second game, Giants starter Jeff Tesreau is tossed in the 3rd inning for disputing a call, and Christy Mathewson rushes in to relieve with the score 1 – 1. New York scores four in the 3rd off Frank Allen and goes on to win, 8 – 6.

The Cardinals trade OF Ted Cather and INF Possum Whitted to the Braves for righty Hub Perdue.

1915:

In the 7th inning of the first game of a doubleheader, Cards LF Cozy Dolan’s single hits his own glove in the grass behind third base. Buc LF Max Carey hustles in and throws Dolan out trying for a double. Pittsburgh wins that game, 8 – 6, but the Cards rebound in the nitecap, 6 – 4.

Led by Tris Speaker’s 5-for-5 day, the Red Sox trip the Yankees, 4 – 3, in ten innings. Babe Ruth gets the win, going all the way before Sheriff Gainer hits for him in the 10th.

1925 – The Senators beat the A’s, 4 – 2, to move within a half-game of the top.

1929 – Alfred “Army” Cooper, pitching for the Kansas City Monarchs, carries a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Chicago American Giants. After walking the bases full with one out, Cooper is removed, and Chet Brewer comes in to hold the Giants, finishing the no-hitter and the 4 – 0 victory.

1933 – In the top of the 2nd, Ethan Allen of the Cards races around the bases for an inside-the-park home run at the Polo Grounds, but is out for batting out of turn. Joe Medwick was the correct batter. Allen then bats for himself and grounds out. But St. Louis prevails, 7 – 3.

1934 – Lou Gehrig is beaned in an exhibition game played in Norfolk, Virginia, and suffers a concussion.

1935:

Despite Cardinal outfielder Joe “Ducky” Medwick hitting for the cycle, the Reds beat the “Gas House Gang” and Daffy Dean, 8 – 6.

Gabby Hartnett goes 4 for 4 and drives home the game winner in the Cubs’ 2 – 1 victory over the Pirates. Chuck Klein’s homer accounts for the other score to back Lon Warneke’s win over Red Lucas. Chicago moves into second place with the victory.

1940 – Bob Feller fans 11 White Sox in gaining his 12th win of the year, 7 – 3. The Tribe now lead the American League by 2 1/2 games.

1941 – In a doubleheader with the Senators, Joe DiMaggio ties and then breaks the American League consecutive game hitting streak of 41 established by George Sisler. In the opener, he knots the record with a double off Dutch Leonard, and in the nightcap the “Yankee Clipper” tops the record with a 7th-inning single against Walt Masterson.

1945 – Ben Chapman replaces Fred Fitzsimmons as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.

1949 – Mickey Owen and Luis Olmo rejoin the Dodgers from Mexican League exile.

1950:

At Milwaukee (AA), Minneapolis OF Bama Rowell lofts a 4th-inning fly ball to right. As RF Bob Jaderlund awaits, two nighthawks dart in and peck the ball, altering its flight. CF Bob Addis also misses the ball, and Rowell ends up with a double, then scores what will be in the winning run as the Millers win, 5 – 4.

In what looks like a football score, the Red Sox overpower the A’s, 22 – 14 in Philadelphia, the third time this month they’ve scored 20 or more runs. The 36 runs establish an American League mark for runs scored by two teams. Both teams match a major league record they set in 1901 for most players scoring two or more runs (Boston, 9: Philadelphia, 4). Overall, pitchers give up 21 walks in the debacle. Despite the high score, only one home run is hit – by Ted Williams in a game one newspaper calls “a two hour and 50 minute marathon.” The previous record of 35 runs was set by the same two clubs in 1901: Boston 23, A’s 12. The major league mark is 49 by the Cubs and Phillies on August 25, 1922.

Whitey Ford is called up by the Yankees from Kansas City (American Association).

In an effort to thwart the major leagues’ signing of black players, Dr. J.B. Martin, the president of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League, instructs manager, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe to sign white players. Radcliffe inks three white players and later in the year he will sign at least two others. However, their Negro League careers will be brief.

1951 – Twin Falls Cowboys catcher Dick Conway dies on the way to the hospital; he was injured after a ball from Don Trower hits his chest in practice before the game. Conway had been slugging .505 in his young career; he dies at age 19.

1952:

The Kansas City Blues slam ten home runs against St. Paul to set an American Association record for most homers by one team and tie the record for most by two teams. St. Paul hits none.

The National League suspends manager Leo Durocher for four days for misconduct.

1957 – In the wake of the Redlegs ballot stuffing brouhaha, National League President Warren Giles proposes that fan All-Star voting be limited to those actually attending a game.

1958:

Former Yankee Ralph Terry gets 12 runs from his Kansas City teammates to top New York, 12 – 6. Mickey Mantle gets his first hit in his last 17 at bats against the A’s, a 3rd-inning homer.

Left fielder Del Ennis of the Cards throws out two Phillie runners in the 3rd inning, tying a major league record. But the Phils win in the 13th, 5 – 4, on a double by Harry Anderson. The nitecap is suspended in the 8th with the Phils leading, 4 – 2.

1961 – With three round-trippers at Philadelphia – one a 10th-inning shot to win 8 – 7 – Willie Mays becomes the fourth major league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch’s efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Al Dark’s hand has a Phillie lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing CF), Jim Owens (3rd, RF), Chris Short (7th, C), and Ken Lehman (9th, P) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O’Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the manoeuvering takes three hours and 20 minutes. The Giants then take the nitecap, 4 – 1, as Mays triples and doubles home two runs and completes a double play with a throw home.

1965:

The Yankees lose Roger Maris for 49 games with bone chips in the heel of his right hand.

Indians P Ralph Terry’s 8 – 5 win at Boston gives Cleveland the American League lead.

1966 – At Fenway Park, Mickey Mantle opens the scoring in the 1st inning with a three-run shot, then sandwiches a homer between round trippers by Bobby Richardson and Joe Pepitone in the 3rd inning in New York’s 6 – 5 win. The consecutive trifecta was last done for the Yankees in 1947, when Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Lindell connected. Richardson is 5 for 5 in the game. Mantle’s two homers today, his 37th and 38th at Fenway, will be his last in Boston, and tie him with Babe Ruth for most homers by a Sox opponent.

1967 – The Reds jump on Don Drysdale on their way to a 14 – 0 pasting of the Dodgers.

1968:

Jim Northrup’s third grand slam ties the major-league record for slams in a month (Rudy York, May 1938), and sets a major-league record for slams in a week. The Tigers win, 5 – 2 over Chicago, as Denny McLain tallies his 14th victory.

In San Francisco, Reds pitcher Gary Nolan hurls a four-hit shutout and hits a three-run homer as the Reds win, 4 – 0. Nolan’s homer, off Ray Sadecki, is the only one of his big league career.

The Red Sox finally score on Luis Tiant, but Cleveland tops Boston, 8 – 1. Tiant strikes out 13 in the win.

In the first game of a doubleheader, Mickey Mantle ties the score with a two-run homer in the 6th, but rookie Reggie Jackson breaks the tie in the 8th with his ninth homer of the year. The A’s win, 5 – 2.

1969:

Tony Oliva collects eight straight hits in the Twins’ twinbill split with the Royals. Kansas City takes the opener, 7 – 2, behind homers by Mike Fiore and Bob Oliver. Oliva flies out his first time up, then strokes three singles. In the Twins’ 12 – 2 win in the second game, Oliva hits two homers, a double and two singles, driving in five runs.

On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial’s National League record for consecutive games played (896). The Cubs sweep the Cardinals, 3 – 1 and 12 – 1, before 41,060.

The Reds score three runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the Giants at six apiece, then win in the 10th, 7 – 6, when Chico Ruiz hits a bases-loaded single.

1971:

Tom Seaver strikes out 13 batters in a 3 – 0 Mets win over the Phillies.

At Montreal, the Reds roll over the Expos, 14 – 0, and Tony Cloninger pitches his first complete game since 1969. The Reds collect 23 hits, led by Tommy Helms’ four.

1972:

In a swap of former MVPs, the Braves send 1B Orlando Cepeda to the A’s for P Denny McLain.

Jim Palmer’s eight-game win streak ends as the Yanks chase the ace in the 2nd inning of a 4 – 3 win. Mel Stottlemyre, with relief from Sparky Lyle, gains his seventh win.

1976:

At Fenway Park, Rick Wise tosses his second one-hitter this month as the Red Sox top the Orioles, 2 – 0. Paul Blair’s 6th-inning single is the only hit.

In San Diego, the Reds drop seven runs on the Padres in the top of the 14th to win, 12 – 5. Mike Lum starts the scoring with a pinch homer. The seven runs in the 14th is one shy of the National League mark, and has never been topped in the American League.

1977 – In a 9 – 1 win, Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run, this one coming off Eric Rasmussen of the Cardinals. Bruce Kison is the winning pitcher.

1983 – Mark Fidrych, in the second year of an extended comeback attempt with the Pawtucket Red Sox (International League), retires. The 1976 American League Rookie of the Year was 2-5 with a 9.68 ERA.

1984:

Pete Rose plays in his 3,309th major league game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski as the all-time leader. Rose goes 0 for 5, but Montreal still beats Cincinnati, 7 – 3.

Twins rookie Andre David hits a two-run home run off Jack Morris in his first major league at bat to spark Minnesota to a 5 – 3 win over Detroit before 44,619. It is the only home run David will hit in the big leagues and it stops Morris’s 11-game win streak over the Twins. Detroit wins the nitecap, 7 – 5, as Kirk Gibson starts the scoring with a two-run homer in the 1st and ends it with a two-run homer in the 9th. The Tigers also score in the 2nd on back-to-back homers by Chet Lemon and Ruppert Jones.

In Los Angeles, Steve Sax hits a 1st-inning triple, then swipes home, and Orel Hershiser scatters nine hits to lead the Dodgers past the Cubs and Rick Sutcliffe, 7 – 1. Hershiser will not miss another start until he injures his shoulder in 1990, and Sutcliffe will not lose again in the regular season.

1986 – Detroit beats Milwaukee, 9 – 5, in the first game of a doubleheader split, making Tigers manager Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win 600 games in each league. The Brewers win the second game, 3 – 1.

1987:

In the first game of Philadelphia’s doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh – a 6 – 5 win, Steve Bedrosian records his 12th consecutive save (in 12 appearances) to break the major-league record set by Sparky Lyle in 1975. The Quakers take the nitecap, 11 – 3.

Eight homers are hit in Toronto as the Yankees outlast the Blue Jays, 15 – 14. Don Mattingly leads the power surge with a pair and Dave Righetti gets the win.

1989:

The Padres’ general manager Jack McKeon trades his son-in-law, pitcher Greg Booker, to the Twins for P Freddie Toliver. Booker has been booed in every appearance, but will make just six outings for the Twins before being sold to the Giants at the end of the season. Toliver will get in nine games with no decisions.

Boise Hawks manager Mal Fichman is ejected during an 8 – 4 loss to Salem, but returns to the field disguised as Humphrey the Hawk, the club’s mascot. He will be suspended one game for the stunt.

1990 – Oakland’s Dave Stewart and the Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela both throw no-hitters today, the first time this has happened since Hippo Vaughn and Fred Toney’s double no-hitter in 1917. Stewart blanks the Blue Jays, 5 – 0, and a few hours later Valenzuela beats the Cardinals, 6 – 0. The only threat to Stewart is a fly ball by Fred McGriff that Dave Henderson catches with his back pinned to the wall. Fernando almost loses his no-hitter with one out in the 9th when Pedro Guerrero hits a grounder up the middle with a runner on. Valenzuela, a former Gold Glover deflects the ball towards second base where SS Alfredo Griffin starts a game-ending double play.

1991:

In an 8 – 4 loss to the White Sox, the Twins’ Kirby Puckett collects his 1,500th career hit, off winner Greg Hibbard. Scott Erickson is the loser, ending his 12-game win streak.

The visiting Yankees score three in the 9th off Dan Plesac to beat Milwaukee, 9 – 8. Kevin Maas and Jesse Barfield homer for the Bronx Bombers. Teddy Higuera (3-2), in the first year of a $13 million, four-year contract pitches seven innings, allowing three runs. Higuera, who started the year on the disabled list, will go on the DL again when a significant tear to his rotary cuff is discovered.

1992 – Pittsfield Mets P James Popoff fans 19 Batavia Clippers in a 5 – 3 victory in the New York-Penn League. It is Popoff’s first professional victory.

1993 – The Expos defeat the Pirates, 9 – 2, as Moises Alou, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker hit consecutive home runs in the 7th inning.

1994 – The Dodgers defeat the Giants, 6 – 2, as San Francisco 3B Matt Williams homers off Ramon Martinez in the 4th inning. It is Williams’ 29th home run of the season, breaking Willie Stargell’s National League mark for homers before July.

1995:

The White Sox pound out 22 hits in a 17 – 13 win over the Brewers. 3B Robin Ventura gets five of those hits, including a home run, and scores four runs while driving home three.

The Angels stroke 21 hits in their 20 – 4 victory over the Rangers. OF Jim Edmonds and SS Gary DiSarcina lead the way with four hits apiece.

1996:

The Dodgers defeat the Rockies, 13 – 10, after leading 13 – 0 going into the bottom of the 8th inning. Colorado scores eight runs in the 8th, then adds two more in the 9th to fall three short. C Mike Piazza leads the way for Los Angeles with three home runs and six RBIs.

The Athletics hit three home runs in an 11 – 9 win over the Red Sox, giving them a major league record-tying 18 in four games. They hit four four days earlier, eight two days ago, and three yesterday in addition to today’s three.

1997:

John Olerud hits two homers and Butch Huskey, Matt Franco and Todd Hundley also homer during a nine-run Mets comeback over the last three innings as they edge the Pirates, 10 – 8. For Franco, his home run is his sixth straight successful pinch-hit. Kevin Young is 4 for 5, including a homer, for the Bucs. John Franco picks up his 19th save, and the 342nd of his career, putting him in fourth place on the all-time save list.

In New York, the Indians score seven runs off the usually stingy David Cone, but the Yankees outlast the Indians, 11 – 10. With his 9th-inning single, Sandy Alomar Jr. extends his hitting streak to 26 games, sixth longest in Tribe history.

In Atlanta, Keith Lockhart bangs a pinch grand slam as the Braves overcome a five-run deficit to beat the Phillies, 6 – 5. Phils starter Scott Ruffcorn does not give up a hit in 5 1/3 innings, but exits after walking four batters, hitting two, and tossing two wild pitches. Ron Blazier relieves with two on and a 5 – 0 lead, but gives up an RBI single and Lockhart’s slam. Fred McGriff’s tie-breaking triple in the 7th pins the loss on Billy Brewer.

Dodger pitcher Pedro Astacio wins for the first time in 11 starts and Eric Karros knocks in four runs as Los Angeles beats the San Diego Padres, 10 – 4. It is LA’s first win in 11 games with the Pads. Danny Jackson loses and is now 0-4 since the Padres acquired him for Fernando Valenzuela.

1998 – Not a single major league game is scheduled to be played today. With the exception of All-Star breaks and labor shortages, it is the first time this has happened during the regular season in 25 years, since April 30, 1973.

1999:

The Giants defeat the Rockies, 10 – 1, as OF Ellis Burks drives home seven runs against his old teammates on a double and two home runs.

Texas defeats Anaheim, 5 – 0, as John Burkett, Jeff Zimmerman and John Wetteland combine on a one-hitter. A double by Matt Walbeck off Burkett is the Angels’ only hit.

2000:

After trying to get Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa to bolster their failing offense, the Yankees acquire David Justice from the Indians for Ricky Ledee and two players to be named later. When Shane Spencer goes down in ten days, Justice will take over in left field. The trade occurs minutes before the start of the game against Detroit, an 8 – 0 Yankee win, and Ledee is scratched from the lineup. The Yanks tie a major-league record with three sacrifice flies in one inning. Incredibly, the Yankees will do it again on August 19th against the Angels.

On his much-awaited return to Shea Stadium, John Rocker pitches a perfect 8th inning in front of 46,998 booing fans, helping the Braves to stop the Mets’ winning streak at seven, 6 – 4. Prior to the game the Atlanta reliever read a statement apologizing for his inappropriate comments about New Yorkers which appeared in the off-season in Sports Illustrated.

The Royals defeat the Indians, 6 – 1. Bartolo Colon takes the loss for Cleveland, in the process becoming just the fourth pitcher in major league history to start a game by walking the first four batters he faces.

2001:

The Cubs defeat the Reds, 7 – 1, behind Jose Acevedo’s first major league win. Cincinnati OF Dmitri Young gets four hits for the second straight game, giving him nine consecutive safeties.

The Royals slug the Indians, 5 – 3, scoring all their runs on four 4th-inning home runs.

2002 – The Orioles pound the Phillies, 11 – 1, as Baltimore OF Gary Matthews Jr. gets five hits, including a double and home run.

2004 – At Bank One Ballpark, the Diamondbacks’ 40-year-old fireballer Randy Johnson records his 4,000th career strikeout whiffing Padres third baseman Jeff Cirillo, a fellow USC Trojan, to become the fourth player in major league history to reach the plateau. The “Big Unit” needs fewer innings (3,237 1/3) than Nolan Ryan (3,844 2/3), Roger Clemens (4,151) or Steve Carlton (4,991 1/3) to accomplish the feat.

2005 – Craig Biggio breaks Don Baylor’s modern record for being hit by a pitch as he is plunked for the 268th time in his career. At Coors Field, Rockies starter Byung-Hyun Kim hits the Astros second baseman on the left elbow in the 4th inning to establish a new mark, both literally and figuratively.

2009:

In Milwaukee, 3B Casey McGehee plays both the goat and the hero. In the top of the 6th, his drop of a routine pop fly leads to two New York runs; in the bottom of the inning, he hits his first career grand slam; in the 7th, he takes his time fielding a ground ball off the bat of Gary Sheffield, leading to an infield hit and another run; he is then removed in a double switch. Still, the Brewers bang out 19 hits, including four by J.J. Hardy and three by Jason Kendall, for a 10 – 6 win. With the loss, the Mets fall below .500.

Jamie Moyer beats the Blue Jays, 5 – 4, but allows three home runs to give him 483 for his career. He surpasses Phil Niekro for third all-time and trails Ferguson Jenkins by one. The veteran is still 22 back of all-time leader Robin Roberts, but will pass him next season.

2010:

The University of South Carolina wins the 2010 College World Series with a 2 – 1, 11-inning victory over UCLA. Whit Merrifield hits the game-winning single. It is the Gamecocks’ first national title. Jackie Bradley Jr. is named Most Outstanding Player.

The Phillies suffer a tough blow as they place half of their starting infield – 2B Chase Utley and 3B Placido Polanco – on the disabled list. Utley suffers from a thumb injury sustained while sliding into second base, while Polanco feels discomfort in his right elbow and undergoes a cortisone injection. Both players are leading the All-Star balloting at their positions but are unlikely to play in the contest. In addition, SS Jimmy Rollins has been limited to 18 games this year because of a right calf strain.

Denard Span ties a modern major league record with three triples in the Twins’ 11 – 4 win over Detroit. The last player to do so was Rafael Furcal in 2002; Ken Landreaux is the only member of the Twins to have done it, in 1980. The all-time record was set by Bill Joyce with four triples in 1897. Span drives in five runs as the Twins retake first place from the Tigers, one day after losing it.

2011:

Boston manager Terry Francona tries an unusual defensive alignment in today’s game against the Phillies, but it doesn’t help as the Sox lose, 2 – 1. In the middle of a nine-game stretch of interleague games played in National League ballparks where the designated hitter cannot be used, Francona puts David Ortiz at 1B for the first time this year, in order to give him a few at-bats, and to do this, he moves the American League’s leading hitter, 1B Adrian Gonzalez, to RF for only the second time of his career. However, their two bats stay mute, and Boston scores its only run when P John Lackey’s double to center field drives in rookie LF Josh Reddick; they fall to the NL leaders, led by rookie starting pitcher Vance Worley. Raul Ibanez drives in both Philly runs with a single and a homer.

Suddenly, the Mets are scoring at a record pace, even with a topsy turvy line-up that features C Ronny Paulino batting clean-up. They pound the Tigers, 16 – 9, to set a team record with 52 runs over their last four games. Paulino and Angel Pagan have four hits apiece, and Scott Hairston hits a bases-loaded triple. Utility player Don Kelly gets the final out of the game, the only Tiger hurler not to give up a run in the game. The Bengals hit five homers – two by Miguel Cabrera – to no avail.

2012:

Aaron Hill hits for the cycle for the second time in two weeks as the Diamondbacks beat the Brewers, 9 – 3. The last player to collect two cycles in a season was Babe Herman in 1931.

R.A. Dickey continues his dominance, pitching eight shutout innings and striking out ten in beating the Dodgers, 9 – 0. The Mets’ ace is now 12-1.

2013 – Chris Davis hits a pair of homers, including his major league-leading 30th, to lead the Orioles to an 11 – 3 win over the Yankees. Davis’s five RBI give him 79, just six shy of his career high for a season.

2017 – In an episode bringing back memories of Moonlight Graham, whose abbreviated major league career took place on this day 112 years ago, the Yankees’ Dustin Fowler makes his big league debut as the starting right fielder in a game against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The top of the 1st inning ends with him in the on-deck circle, and in the bottom of the frame, he vainly tries to track down a foul ball hit by Jose Abreu down the right field foul line and crashes into a wall, badly injuring hs knee. He has to be carted off the field, his season over.

2018:

The Nationals put on a power display, homering seven times in a 17 – 7 victory over the Phillies. Both Bryce Harper and 19-year-old rookie Juan Soto homer twice, the latter adding two other hits. Erick Fedde gets credit for his first career win.

The Leones de Yucatan win the spring Mexican League season, topping the Sultanes de Monterrey in seven games. Game 7 is a close affair as Yucatan wins, 4 – 3, behind a two-run homer from finals MVP Luis Juárez and a solo shot by Sebastián Valle. Chad Gaudin saves the win for Yoanner Negrin.

2019:

The first major league game to ever be played in Europe results in some major offensive fireworks as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 17 – 13, in front of just shy of 60,000 spectators at London Olympic Stadium in what is the first game of the “London Series”. The tone is set quickly as for the first time since 1989, both starting pitchers do not make it through the 1st inning: Rick Porcello is replaced by Colten Brewer after giving up six runs in just one third of an inning, and Masahiro Tanaka lasts exactly twice as long, but also gives up six runs before Chad Green takes over. The two teams combine for 30 runs on 37 hits and six homers. Among the main contributors are, for the Yankees, D.J. LeMahieu and Luke Voit, who both get four hits, and Jackie Bradley who has four for Boston, while teammate Michael Chavis drives in six runs. The game lasts 4 hours and 42 minutes and between-innings entertainment includes a mascot race among four random figures from British culture: King Henry VIII; Winston Churchill; singer Freddie Mercury; and the Loch Ness Monster.

For the second day in a row, the lowly Orioles shut out the Indians by a score of 13 – 0. The Orioles had not won back-to-back games since May 4-6th.

2020 – With training camps for MLB teams set to re-open in a couple of days, a number of players announce that they will sit out the abridged season over health and safety concerns. They include Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross of the Nationals, Mike Leake of the Diamondbacks and Ian Desmond of the Rockies.

2021 – The Blue Jays trade IF Joe Panik and minor league P Andrew McInvale to the Marlins in return for P Adam Cimber and OF Corey Dickerson.

2022:

The Pirates score a gift run in the 5th inning when the Nationals fail to properly execute the little-known fourth out rule. With one out and runners on second and third base, Ke’Bryan Hayes hits a line drive that is caught by 1B Josh Bell. Both runners are going on the pitch, and Bell throws to 3B Ehire Adrianza who tags out Hoy Park, the runner from second base, apparently ending the inning. However, Jack Suwinski, running from third base, has already crossed the plate at that point, and while Adrianza steps on the bag, he fails to request an appeal that Suwinski left too soon, so his run is allowed to count. The run would also have been nullified had Adrianza stepped on the bag first, before tagging Park, but alas, the rarely invoked and often misunderstood rule benefits the Bucs, who take a 4 – 3 lead, on their way to winning the game, 8 – 7. The strange play overshadows a three-homer performance by Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds.

Granma repeats as Cuban Serie Nacional champs. After a third-place regular finish, they emerge from the playoffs to face Matanzas in the finals. Down 3 games to 2, they win the last two contests to lock up the title. In today’s clincher, Leandro Martínez and César García combine on a six-hit shutout, while Guillermo Avilés leads the offense in a 4-0 win.

2023 – Starters for the 2023 All-Star Game are named at the conclusion of the popular vote. In the AL, the resurgent Texas Rangers manage to get four starters elected, with 2B Marcus Semien, SS Corey Seager, rookie 3B Josh Jung and C Jonah Heim. In the NL, the Braves and Dodgers both do well, with three starters each. OF Corbin Carroll of Arizona is another rookie selected by the fans.

2024 – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers and drives in six runs to lead Toronto to a 9 – 3 win over the Yankees. For Vladdy, who is going through one of the hottest stretches of his career, it is a sixth homer in eight games, and a sixth straight game with multiple RBIs, for a new franchise record; he has collected 19 RBIs over those six games. He’s not the only Jays batter doing well, as Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who has a four-hit game, extends his hitting streak to 13 games and George Springer has now gone 9 for 13 with five extra-base hits in his last four games.

Births[edit]

1848 – John Radcliffe, infielder (d. 1911)

1852 – Columbus Tyler, umpire (d. 1905)

1855 – John Gaffney, manager (d. 1913)

1855 – Thomas Reynolds, pitcher (d. 1913)

1857 – Harry Chipman, umpire (d. 1916)

1861 – Len Sowders, outfielder (d. 1888)

1863 – Ed Greer, outfielder (d. 1887)

1864 – Wilbert Robinson, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1934)

1867 – Heinie Reitz, infielder (d. 1914)

1867 – Ed Seward, pitcher (d. 1947)

1873 – Jack Sutthoff, pitcher (d. 1942])

1875 – Farmer Steelman, catcher (d. 1944)

1876 – Patsy Flaherty, pitcher (d. 1968)

1877 – She Donahue, infielder (d. 1947)

1880 – Harry Frazee, owner (d. 1929)

1880 – Bill McGill, pitcher (d. 1959)

1883 – Doc Martel, catcher (d. 1947)

1884 – Harry Patton, pitcher (d. 1930)

1887 – Dicta Johnson, pitcher, manager (d. ????)

1887 – Lou Nagelsen, catcher (d. 1965)

1888 – Homobono Márquez, minor league executive; Salon de la Fama (d. 1960)

1888 – Skeeter Shelton, outfielder (d. 1954)

1888 – Bobby Veach, outfielder (d. 1945)

1890 – Harry Hartsell, college coach (d. 1955)

1895 – Phil Cockrell, pitcher, manager (d. 1951)

1897 – Grady Adkins, pitcher (d. 1966)

1897 – Clarence Miles, executive (d. 1977)

1898 – Jimmie Long, catcher (d. 1970)

1899 – Ollie Carnegie, minor league outfielder (d. 1976)

1901 – John Reeves, minor league executive (d. 1979)

1910 – Francis Healy, catcher (d. 1997)

1910 – Burgess Whitehead, infielder; All-Star (d. 1993)

1911 – Ken Blackman, minor league executive (d. 2005)

1915 – Pedrito Alvarez, Dominican national team outfielder (d. 2005)

1915 – Dizzy Trout, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1972)

1917 – Cal Drummond, umpire (d. 1970)

1921 – Pedro Ramírez, minor league outfielder; Salon de la Fama

1923 – Pablo García, minor league infielder (d. 2007)

1925 – Bill Connelly, pitcher (d. 1980)

1925 – Nippy Jones, infielder (d. 1995)

1925 – Franco Tavoni, Serie A1 outfielder; Italian Hall of Fame

1925 – Bill Theunissen, college coach (d. 2015)

1926 – Bobby Morgan, infielder (d. 2023)

1926 – Nat Peeples, catcher (d. 2012)

1928 – Nick Testa, catcher (d. 2018)

1928 – Gene Verble, infielder (d. 2017)

1932 – Mike Coppola, minor league outfielder (d. 2013)

1933 – Bob Shaw, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2010)

1934 – Minoru Kakurai, NPB outfielder (d. 1998)

1934 – Duane Wilson, pitcher (d. 2021)

1935 – Katsuya Nomura, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Hall of Famer (d. 2020)

1935 – Bill van Buren, Negro League player (d. 2007)

1936 – Harmon Killebrew, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2011)

1936 – Sachio Kimura, NPB infielder

1937 – Perry McGriff, minor league infielder (d. 2017)

1937 – Tsunetoshi Nakamura, NPB pitcher

1939 – Seisaku Ueda, NPB infielder

1941 – John Boccabella, catcher

1941 – Koichi Kitagawa, NPB outfielder

1941 – Larry Stahl, outfielder (d. 2026)

1945 – Masayuki Nakatsuka, NPB outfielder

1949 – Chun-Te Chen, Taiwan national team infielder

1950 – Lawrence Jackson, minor league outfielder

1951 – Jimmy Freeman, pitcher

1951 – Pablo Gutiérrez, minor league pitcher

1951 – Bruce Kimm, catcher, manager

1951 – Craig Sager, broadcaster (d. 2016)

1952 – Haruhisa Ijiri, Japanese national team coach

1952 – Mike Labossiere, scout

1952 – Vicente Troudart, international umpire (d. 2016)

1954 – Rick Honeycutt, pitcher; All-Star

1956 – Pedro Guerrero, infielder; All-Star

1957 – Eddie Miller, outfielder

1958 – Tony Hudson, minor league pitcher

1959 – Yuichi Goto, NPB pitcher

1964 – Susumu Mikoshiba, NPB pitcher

1966 – Peter Hoy, pitcher

1967 – John Wehner, infielder

1968 – Franklin López, Nicaraguan national team infielder

1968 – Óscar Rebolleda, Spanish national team outfielder

1969 – Jose Alberro, pitcher

1969 – George Glinatsis, pitcher

1969 – Pablo Martínez, infielder

1970 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, NPB infielder

1971 – Mike Wiseley, minor league outfielder

1973 – Jason Rakers, pitcher

1973 – Makoto Shiozaki, NPB infielder

1973 – Pedro Valdes, outfielder

1974 – Jose Pena, minor league player

1975 – Matt LaChappa, minor league pitcher

1977 – Daniele Frignani, Italian Baseball League outfielder

1977 – Tony McKnight, pitcher

1977 – Shawn Sedlacek, pitcher

1978 – Trey Hodges, pitcher

1978 – Joe Inglett, infielder

1978 – Masahiro Yoshikawa, NPB pitcher

1979 – Naobumi Mitsuhashi, Japanese national team pitcher

1979 – Miguel Quintana, minor league player

1979 – Kuniyuki Taniguchi, NPB pitcher

1980 – Richard Lewis, minor league infielder

1980 – Steve Murray, minor league pitcher

1980 – Seung Song, minor league pitcher

1982 – Dusty Hughes, pitcher

1982 – Yusuke Ishida, Japanese national team pitcher

1983 – Mike Wilson, outfielder

1984 – Hernán Iribarren, outfielder

1984 – Keiji Obiki, NPB infielder

1984 – Matthew Torra, minor league pitcher

1986 – Tom Koehler, pitcher

1986 – Mike McGuire, minor league pitcher

1987 – Jeremy Moore, outfielder

1988 – Kentrail Davis, minor league outfielder

1988 – Herbert Lara, minor league outfielder

1988 – Brooks Raley, pitcher

1989 – Cutter Dykstra, minor league outfielder

1989 – Julia Fellows, Australian women’s national team catcher

1990 – Darryn Chalmers, South African national team pitcher

1990 – Chung-Wei Hsueh, CPBL catcher

1990 – Angemir Martinus, Netherlands Antilles national team pitcher

1990 – Hideori Oshima, Swiss national team pitcher

1991 – Nantachot Engchuan, Thai national team outfielder

1992 – Leydis Arzuaga, Cuban women’s national team catcher

1992 – Ryan Battaglia, minor league catcher

1992 – Bubby Rossman, pitcher

1992 – Yolmer Sanchez, infielder

1992 – Frank Schwindel, infielder

1993 – Nirawit Bunnam, Thai national team catcher

1993 – Yu Sato, NPB pitcher

1994 – Daniel Johnson, Elitserien infielder

1994 – Travis Lakins, pitcher

1994 – Tsung-Hsien Lee, CPBL infielder

1995 – Bobby Dalbec, infielder

1995 – Kotaro Otake, NPB pitcher

1995 – Travis Ott, minor league pitcher

1995 – Nick Senzel, outfielder

1996 – Tanner Houck, pitcher; All-Star

1996 – José Mujica, pitcher

1996 – Emmanuel Rivera, infielder

1996 – Petar Rumora, Croatian national team infielder

1998 – José Miranda, infielder

1999 – Kasey Caras, Serie A1 outfielder

1999 – Seiryu Kotajima, NPB pitcher

1999 – Taisei Ota, NPB pitcher

2000 – Yoshihiro Akahane, NPB utility man

2001 – Gunnar Henderson, infielder; All-Star

2007 – Jaitone Kelly, minor league pitcher

Deaths[edit]

1909 – Charlie Cushman, manager; umpire (b. 1850)

1933 – Fatty Arbuckle, minor league owner (b. 1887)

1934 – Charles Somers, owner (b. 1868)

1935 – Jack O’Neill, catcher (b. 1873)

1942 – Manuel Cueto, outfielder (b. 1892)

1945 – Clarence Winters, pitcher (b. 1899)

1951 – Dick Conway, minor league catcher (b. 1932)

1955 – Horace Milan, outfielder (b. 1894)

1957 – Deacon Van Buren, outfielder (b. 1870)

1969 – Ted McGrew, umpire (b. 1880)

1979 – Johnny Bassler, catcher (b. 1895)

1979 – Steamboat Williams, pitcher (b. 1892)

1984 – Bill Hornsby, minor league outfielder (b. 1925)

1985 – Enrique Lantigua, catcher and Dominican national team manager (b. 1910)

1985 – Orville Singer, outfielder (b. 1898)

1986 – Thomas Albright, pitcher (b. 1909)

1990 – Boyd Perry, infielder (b. 1914)

1994 – Ray Mueller, catcher; All-Star (b. 1912)

2000 – Ollie Vanek, scout (b. 1908)

2006 – Curly Clement, umpire (b. 1919)

2012 – Floyd Temple, college coach (b. 1926)

2014 – John Hooper, minor league outfielder (b. 1921)

2017 – Yoshio Abe, NPB outfielder (b. 1946)

2017 – Roger Dirkes, drafted infielder (b. ~1953)

2017 – Andrew Lefave, minor league infielder (b. 1984)

2017 – Luis Romero Petit, Venezuelan national team infielder (b. 1917)

2017 – John Schumann, minor league player (b. 1927)

2019 – Atsushi Sakagami, NPB pitcher (b. 1934)

2021 – Scott Reid, outfielder (b. 1947)

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TV SPORTS TODAY

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Monday, June 29

MLB BASEBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Texas at Cleveland

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — San Francisco at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

Md. activist remembered for efforts to preserve, teach segregation history

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Houston

4:30 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Foxborough, Mass.

9 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Guadalupe, Mexico

SOFTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Spark

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, First Round, London

6 a.m. (Tuesday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, First Round, London

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Tuesday, June 30

MLB BASEBALL

7 p.m.

TBS — Detroit at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.)

7:05 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Detroit at N.Y. Yankees

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — L.A. Angels at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Arlington, Texas

5 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, East Rutherford, N.J.

9 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Mexico City

SOFTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Bandits

9 p.m.

CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Talons

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, First Round, London

6 a.m. (Wednesday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Second Round, London

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Wednesday, July 1

GOLF

6:30 a.m. (Thursday)

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, First Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE (BOY’S)

4 p.m.

ESPNU — Naptown Challenge: TBD, 2028 Division Championship, Annapolis, Md.

6 p.m.

ESPNU — Naptown Challenge: TBD, 2027 Division Championship, Annapolis, Md.

MLB BASEBALL

12:30 p.m.

MLBN — Chicago White Sox at Baltimore (12:35 p.m.)

3:30 p.m.

MLBN — San Diego at Chicago Cubs (joined in progress) (2:20 p.m.)

8 p.m.

ESPN — Cincinnati at Milwaukee

SOCCER (MEN’S)

Noon

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Atlanta

4 p.m.

FS1 — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Seattle

8 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Santa Clara, Calif.

SOFTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Spark

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Second Round, London

6 a.m. (Thursday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Second Round, London

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Thursday, July 2

GOLF

6:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, First Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

11 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, First Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, First Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, First Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

6:30 a.m. (Friday)

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Second Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

MLB BASEBALL

12:30 p.m.

MLBN — Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (12:35 p.m.)

3:30 p.m.

MLBN — Miami at Colorado (joined in progress) (3:10 p.m.)

10 p.m.

MLBN — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Inglewood, Calif.

7 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Toronto

9:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — USL League One: Knoxville at Boise

11 p.m.

FS1 — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Vancouver, British Columbia

SOFTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Bandits

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Second Round, London

6 a.m. (Friday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Dallas at Connecticut

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Friday, July 3

AUTO RACING

7:30 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

11:30 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Qualifying, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

2 p.m.

FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

3 p.m.

FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

GOLF

6:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Second Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

11 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Second Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

MLB BASEBALL

4 p.m.

MLBN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.)

8:10 p.m.

APPLE TV — Tampa Bay at Houston

9:40 p.m.

APPLE TV — Milwaukee at Arizona

10 p.m.

MLBN — Toronto at Seattle (10:10 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: TBA

9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Arlington, Texas

6 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Miami Gardens, Fla.

9:30 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Kansas City, Mo.

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

6 a.m. (Saturday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

ION — Minnesota at New York

10 p.m.

ION — Chicago at Las Vegas

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Saturday, July 4

AUTO RACING

7 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

10 a.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

11 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

1 p.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio – Race 2, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

2 p.m.

NBCSN — SuperMotocross World Championship: RedBud – Round 22, Buchanan, Mich.

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

5:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Chicagoland, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.

EATING COMPETITION

Noon

ESPN2 — Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: From Coney Island, N.Y.

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Third Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Third Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

2 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Third Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Third Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

MLB BASEBALL

11 a.m.

MLBN — Pittsburgh at Washington (11:05 a.m.)

4 p.m.

MLBN — Toronto at Seattle (4:10 p.m.)

8 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (8:08 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (8:08 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Milwaukee at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

9 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Houston

5 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Philadelphia

SOFTBALL

4:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Bandits

7 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Spark

9 p.m.

CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Talons

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

6 a.m. (Sunday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

TRACK AND FIELD

Noon

NBCSN — USATF: Prefontaine Classic (Diamond League), Eugene, Ore.

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Golden State at Atlanta

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Sunday, July 5

AUTO RACING

9 a.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

10 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Pirelli British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio – Race 2, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

12:30 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

6 p.m.

TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: eero 400, In-Season Challenge – Round 2, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.

BIG3 BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Week 3: LA Riot vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Miami 305 vs. Chicago Triplets, DMV Trilogy vs. Houston Rig Hands, Dallas Power vs. Detroit Amps, Miami

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Final Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Final Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Final Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

NBC — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Final Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Noon

ESPNU — NHSI: TBD, Semifinal, Cary, N.C.

8:30 p.m.

ESPNU — NHSI: TBD, Championship, Cary, N.C.

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

ESPN — PLL All-Star Game: West vs. East, Anapolis, Md.

LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)

5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — WLL All-Star Game: West vs. East, Anapolis, Md.

MLB BASEBALL

Noon

NBC — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (12:30 p.m.)

PEACOCK — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (12:30 p.m.)

1:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.)

PEACOCK — Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.)

5 p.m.

NBCSN — Toronto at Seattle

PEACOCK — Toronto at Seattle

7 p.m.

NBC — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)

PEACOCK — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Boston at L.A. Angels

PEACOCK — Boston at L.A. Angels

NBA BASKETBALL

9 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

4 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, East Rutherford, N.J.

8 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Mexico City

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ESPN — NWSL: Bay FC at Boston

SOFTBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Spark

8 p.m.

MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Bandits

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

Noon

ABC — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

TRACK AND FIELD

Noon

NBCSN — USATF: Prefontaine Classic (Diamond League), Eugene, Ore.

WNBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.ESPN — Indiana at Las Vegas

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