“THE SCOREBOARD” SATURDAY, JUNE 20 INDIANA BASEBALL STATE FINALS CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPEVANSVILLE MATER DEI 6, BLUFFTON 3 (8 INNINGS) RECAP: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/2026-class-2a-baseball-state-championship-recap ===== CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAKE CENTRAL 4, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 0 RECAP: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/2026-class-4a-baseball-state-championship-recap ==================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILLIES 15, METS 3 TIGERS 4, WHITE SOX 1 REDS 10, YANKEES 2 BRAVES 4, BREWERS 3 ROCKIES 2, PIRATES 1 RED SOX 5, MARINERS 1 TWINS 16, DIAMONDBACKS 8 NATIONALS 4, RAYS 3 PADRES 6, RANGERS 4 BLUE JAYS 8, CUBS 6 MARLINS 6, GIANTS 3 GUARDIANS 8, ASTROS 1 ORIOLES 3, DODGERS 2 ANGELS 7, ATHLETICS 0 =================================== MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INDIANAPOLIS 7 IOWA 4 FT. WAYNE 3 SOUTH BEND 2 =================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES TV SCHEDULE: MEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: OKLAHOMA 9 NORTH CAROLINA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 2 | OKLAHOMA VS. NORTH CAROLINA, 2:30 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ON ABC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 3 | 7 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 22 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) =================================== WNBA DREAM 113 FEVER 96 MERCURY 93 STORM 73 WINGS 93 SKY 92 =============================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED =============================== SATURDAY, 20 JUNE 2026 NETHERLANDS 5 SWEDEN 1 GERMANY 2 IVORY COAST 1 ECUADOR 2 CURACAO 0 SUNDAY, 21 JUNE 2026 URUGUAY V CABO VERDE – GROUP H – MIAMI STADIUM SPAIN V SAUDI ARABIA – GROUP H – ATLANTA STADIUM BELGIUM V IR IRAN – GROUP G – LOS ANGELES STADIUM NEW ZEALAND V EGYPT – GROUP G – BC PLACE VANCOUVER MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2026 NORWAY V SENEGAL – GROUP I – NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM FRANCE V IRAQ – GROUP I – PHILADELPHIA STADIUM ARGENTINA V AUSTRIA – GROUP J – DALLAS STADIUM JORDAN V ALGERIA – GROUP J – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA STADIUM TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2026 ENGLAND V GHANA – GROUP L – BOSTON STADIUM PANAMA V CROATIA – GROUP L – TORONTO STADIUM PORTUGAL V UZBEKISTAN – GROUP K – HOUSTON STADIUM COLOMBIA V CONGO DR – GROUP K – ESTADIO GUADALAJARA WEDNESDAY, 24 JUNE 2026 SCOTLAND V BRAZIL – GROUP C – MIAMI STADIUM MOROCCO V HAITI – GROUP C – ATLANTA STADIUM SWITZERLAND V CANADA – GROUP B – BC PLACE VANCOUVER BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA V QATAR – GROUP B – SEATTLE STADIUM CZECHIA V MEXICO – GROUP A – MEXICO CITY STADIUM SOUTH AFRICA V KOREA REPUBLIC – GROUP A – ESTADIO MONTERREY THURSDAY, 25 JUNE 2026 CURAÇAO V CÔTE D’IVOIRE – GROUP E – PHILADELPHIA STADIUM ECUADOR V GERMANY – GROUP E – NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM JAPAN V SWEDEN – GROUP F – DALLAS STADIUM TUNISIA V NETHERLANDS – GROUP F – KANSAS CITY STADIUM TÜRKIYE V USA – GROUP D – LOS ANGELES STADIUM PARAGUAY V AUSTRALIA – GROUP D – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA STADIUM FRIDAY, 26 JUNE 2026 NORWAY V FRANCE – GROUP I – BOSTON STADIUM SENEGAL V IRAQ – GROUP I – TORONTO STADIUM EGYPT V IR IRAN – GROUP G – SEATTLE STADIUM NEW ZEALAND V BELGIUM – GROUP G – BC PLACE VANCOUVER CABO VERDE V SAUDI ARABIA – GROUP H – HOUSTON STADIUM URUGUAY V SPAIN – GROUP H – ESTADIO GUADALAJARA SATURDAY, 27 JUNE 2026 PANAMA V ENGLAND – GROUP L – NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM CROATIA V GHANA – GROUP L – PHILADELPHIA STADIUM ALGERIA V AUSTRIA – GROUP J – KANSAS CITY STADIUM JORDAN V ARGENTINA – GROUP J – DALLAS STADIUM COLOMBIA V PORTUGAL – GROUP K – MIAMI STADIUM CONGO DR V UZBEKISTAN – GROUP K – ATLANTA STADIUM =================================== MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES/RELEASES COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES OKLAHOMA A WIN AWAY FROM NATIONAL TITLE AFTER ROUGHING UP NORTH CAROLINA ACE IN GAME 1 OF CWS FINALS OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — His team one win away from the national championship, Oklahoma coach Skip Johnson won’t mess with success. The Sooners’ offense is producing at a level higher than any team to play in the College World Series since the event moved to Charles Schwab Field 15 years ago. When it looked as though OU’s pitching could implode after being nothing short of magnificent the last week, Cord Rager settled in after a rocky first inning and combined with two relievers to shut down North Carolina the rest of the way in a 9-3 victory in Game 1 of the CWS finals Saturday. “I’m just going to stay out of their way,” Johnson said. “I don’t know any other way to do it. You think we’re going to go out and hit tonight and take 100 groundballs somewhere? We’re not going to do that. I can promise you that. Just stay out of their way.” Deiten Lachance homered twice off North Carolina ace Jason DeCaro early and the Sooners (42-22) used a four-run fourth inning to pull away for their ninth straight win. Rager, Gavyn Jones and LJ Mercurius allowed only two runners to reach second base after the Tar Heels (53-12-1) struck for three runs in the first. Oklahoma won national titles in baseball in 1951 and 1994 and will go for its third on Sunday. North Carolina, looking for its first, will try to force a deciding Game 3 on Monday. “North Carolina’s a really good team,” Johnson said, “and we picked a fight today. They’ll be ready for us tomorrow.” OU ended DeCaro’s uncharacteristic bad day in the fourth inning. The Sooners scored all four runs that inning with two outs starting when Kyle Branch broke a 3-all tie with a two-run single. Branch came home on Jason Walk’s base hit and Camden Johnson singled off Walker McDuffie to make it 7-3. DeCaro (11-3), who came in with a 2.31 ERA, was charged with all seven runs after having not allowed more than three in any of his previous starts. “After the first inning, I stopped playing for myself,” Rager said. “I just started playing for the guys around me, for the team. I really had to try to really be a pitcher today because I didn’t have my best stuff.” Carolina’s Carter French made the defensive play of the CWS in the third when Walk sent a drive to deep right. As French went back to make the play, his glove got lodged under the padding running across the top of the fence. His glove was a bit crumpled as the ball landed in it. He held onto it and displayed it to the umpire. “The great thing about baseball when you’re playing in a weekend series is you move on quickly,” Forbes said. “That’s what our team will do. They just beat us today.” ====================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MLB ROUNDUP: KYLE SCHWARBER, BRYCE HARPER HELP PHILLIES THRASH METS Kyle Schwarber had three home runs, including two in one inning, for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 15-3 rout of the visiting New York Mets on Saturday. Bryce Harper hit for the cycle while going 4-for-5 for the Phillies, who had lost two in a row. Starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez (9-3) held New York to one run on five hits in six innings. Schwarber homered twice in a third inning which saw Philadelphia bring 12 batters to the plate and score eight runs, chasing Mets starter Freddy Peralta (5-6), who allowed 10 runs on 10 hits over 2 2/3 innings. With his final homer in the seventh inning, Schwarber is up to 28 homers, four more than anyone else in the majors this season. Mark Vientos and Carson Benge accounted for New York’s offense with a homer apiece, but the team still saw its two-game win streak snapped. Tigers 4, White Sox 1 Dillon Dingler had two hits, including his team-high 17th homer, and drove in two runs as host Detroit downed Chicago to clinch a series victory. James Outman and Jake Rogers drove in the Tigers’ other runs in support of Troy Melton (4-0), who allowed a leadoff homer before surrendering no more hits or runs over six innings of work. Kenley Jansen secured his second save in as many days and his ninth of the season. Sam Antonacci reached base four times, including the White Sox’s only RBI on the leadoff homer. Opener Sean Newcomb retired all nine batters he faced before Joe Rock (0-1) gave up the lead in Detroit’s two-run sixth inning. Reds 10, Yankees 2 Rookie Sal Stewart drove in six runs, Spencer Steer hit a three-run home run and Cincinnati rolled to a rout of host New York. Stewart tied his career high in RBIs. Rookie Edwin Arroyo had four of the Reds’ 15 hits, supporting Andrew Abbott (5-4) to his first win in five starts. The left-hander allowed one run on five hits over five innings. Paul Goldschmidt gave the Yankees an early lead with his first-inning solo homer. But New York finished 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position, taking its most lopsided loss of the season after Will Warren (7-2) allowed six runs (two earned) on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. Braves 4, Brewers 3 Ozzie Albies hit a pair of home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the ninth inning, as Atlanta earned a victory over visiting Milwaukee. The Braves have won the first two games between the National League division leaders and handed Milwaukee its third straight loss. It was Atlanta’s fifth walk-off win. Dylan Lee (3-0), who pitched a scoreless ninth, earned the win. Aaron Ashby (10-1) took the loss. Milwaukee starter Kyle Harrison gave up two runs on four hits over 6 1/3 innings. Atlanta starter Chris Sale was working for the first time in 10 days. He pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs, both unearned, on five hits. Rockies 2, Pirates 1 Jake McCarthy hit an inside-the-park home run and also doubled, Tomoyuki Sugano tossed six strong innings to outduel Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes and Colorado survived a chaotic ninth inning to beat the Pirates in Denver. Sugano (8-4) scattered four hits over six innings and Jaden Hill got the final two outs for his second save. Spencer Horwitz homered and singled for Pittsburgh, which started the game with back-to-back hits and had just four more the rest of the way. Skenes (6-7) allowed just two runs on four hits and fanned eight over six innings. Red Sox 5, Mariners 1 Wilyer Abreu homered and Connelly Early overcame a shaky first inning to make a quality start as Boston defeated host Seattle. The Red Sox have won the first two games of the series and will go for a sweep Sunday afternoon. Early (6-5), who had lost his previous three starts, went six innings and allowed one run on two hits. Mariners starter Emerson Hancock (5-4) was charged with five runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings. Twins 16, Diamondbacks 8 Byron Buxton’s grand slam highlighted a 10-run fifth inning for Minnesota, allowing it to coast to a big win against Arizona in Phoenix. Brooks Lee had four hits, three runs scored and two RBIs, Victor Caratini had three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored, Ryan Kreidler had three hits and four RBIs, and Luke Keaschall also had three hits and scored three times for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Taj Bradley (6-3) allowed two runs and three hits over five innings. Jorge Barrosa homered and doubled, Pavin Smith had two hits and an RBI, Tommy Troy had two hits and a run scored, and Ildemaro Vargas delivered a three-run double for Arizona. Zac Gallen (3-6) surrendered career highs of nine runs and 12 hits over four-plus innings. Nationals 4, Rays 3 Andres Chaparro dribbled in the tiebreaking run, Washington’s bullpen finished with 6 1/3 strong innings and the Nationals beat Tampa Bay to even their series with the Rays. CJ Abrams and Dylan Crews (two hits) each had a solo homer. Nasim Nunez was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI as the Nats won for the first time in six games against the Rays. Winner Mitchell Parker (3-3), Brad Lord and Clayton Beeter (fifth save) combined to allow just one run and four hits over 6 1/3 innings while fanning nine and walking three. For the Rays, Junior Caminero went 3-for-3 with a run, RBI and intentional walk but made a baserunning blunder in the seventh with the tying runner on third. Yandy Diaz had two hits. Taylor Walls doubled, scored, walked twice and stole two bases. Padres 6, Rangers 4 Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the 10th inning to lift San Diego over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Joe Ross (0-1) threw the 10th for Texas, walking Samad Taylor to place runners on first and second. Machado then crushed a 408-foot blast to give the Padres a 6-3 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Mason Miller allowed Wyatt Langford’s two-out RBI single, but struck out Brandon Nimmo to secure his National League-leading 20th save. Walker Buehler threw 5 1/3 innings of one-run, five-hit ball, striking out seven and walking one for the Padres. Blue Jays 8, Cubs 6 Daulton Varsho and Kazuma Okamoto each hit three-run home runs as Toronto scored eight straight runs to top host Chicago. Jeff Hoffman (5-4) picked up the win for the Blue Jays by pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Louis Varland earned his 15th save by shutting down the Cubs in the eighth and the ninth. Chicago jumped out to a 5-0 lead when Matt Shaw hit a three-run homer in the second inning and Pete Crow-Armstrong added a two-run shot in the sixth. Jacob Webb (1-2) allowed three runs on three hits, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s RBI single that tied the game and Okamoto’s homer that gave Toronto the lead in the eighth. Marlins 6, Giants 3 Heriberto Hernandez slugged a two-out, two-strike, two-run homer during a crucial four-run fourth inning as host Miami defeated San Francisco to climb above .500 for the first time since April 13. Max Meyer improved to 8-0 with a 2.80 ERA. He allowed seven hits and two runs over five innings for the Marlins, who benefitted greatly from four San Francisco errors in the first four innings which created two unearned runs. The Giants were led by Casey Schmitt, who hit his 16th homer of the season along with two doubles and a pair of RBIs. Jung Hoo Lee went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs. Starter Trevor McDonald (2-5) contributed to the issues as he hit three batters and walked three in three innings, allowing five runs (three earned). Guardians 8, Astros 1 Travis Bazzana recorded his first career four-hit game and first multi-homer game while Joey Cantillo worked a career-high-tying eight innings as Cleveland cruised past host Houston. Bazzana finished 4-for-4 with three runs and five RBIs — also a single-game best. Teammate Kyle Manzardo finished 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. Cantillo (6-3) logged more than six innings for the first time this season en route to his third quality start. The left-hander allowed one run on four hits and struck out a season-high-tying nine batters. Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti (7-3), the American League Pitcher of the Month in May, continued his June swoon. The right-hander allowed a season-worst six runs on six hits while posting eight strikeouts over six innings. Arrighetti is 0-2 with a 6.95 ERA across four starts this month. Orioles 3, Dodgers 2 Left-hander Trevor Rogers gave up one hit over seven scoreless innings and Blaze Alexander had a two-run double as Baltimore escaped with a win over host Los Angeles. Rogers (4-7) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and finished with two walks and six strikeouts. The Orioles improved to 2-3 on a West Coast road trip that started in Seattle and concludes against the Los Angeles Angels this coming week. Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-5) went six innings, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts. After missing one game for the birth of his second child, Shohei Ohtani returned to the leadoff spot and hit a home run in the ninth inning for Los Angeles, which saw its four-game winning streak come to an end. Angels 7, Athletics 0 Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel delivered consecutive two-run doubles in a four-run sixth inning to help Los Angeles record a shutout over the host Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif. Denzer Guzman homered and Jo Adell and Donovan Walton had three apiece hits as the Angels ended a streak of five consecutive losses against the Athletics while winning for just the second time in the past seven contests. Walbert Urena (5-5) gave up four hits over five scoreless innings. J.T. Ginn (5-4) of the Athletics was charged with four runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. ===================================== NBA DRAFT MICHIGAN’S 7-FOOT-3 ADAY MARA HEADLINES THE LIST OF TOP BIG MEN IN THE NBA DRAFT Aday Mara was a massive presence in Michigan’s huge lineup that carried the Wolverines to their first NCAA championship since 1989. He’s now a lottery prospect in the NBA draft. The 7-foot-3, 260-pound center is the headliner among the big men, a position group with a shorter line of top prospects compared to the guards and forwards. The list includes Washington’s Hannes Steinbach, Kentucky’s Jayden Quaintance and Houston’s Chris Cenac Jr. Here’s a look at the some of the top big men entering the first round Tuesday night: Aday Mara, Michigan STRENGTHS: The junior from Spain projects as a defensive force, leading all players measured at the combine in standing reach (9-9) and ranking second in wingspan (7-6). Mara averaged 12.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists while ranking sixth nationally in blocks (2.6) in 23.4 minutes. He shot 66.8% overall, with Synergy charting post-ups as making up 34.8% of his possession usage. He had steady work as the roller in pick-and-roll scenarios and as a cutter, and predictably earned an “Excellent” rating from Synergy for finishing at the rim (97th percentile). Mara stood out in a Final Four romp against fellow No. 1 seed Arizona with a career-best 26 points on 11-for-16 shooting with nine rebounds and two blocks. CONCERNS: Mara must improve at the line (56.4%). It’s unclear what type of offense he’ll offer outside of finishing in the paint, though he did make 3 of 10 3-pointers last season in his first foray beyond the arc. Hannes Steinbach, Washington STRENGTHS: The 6-10, 248-pound freshman from Germany was a steady producer as a scorer (18.5) and rebounder (national-best 11.8). The work on the glass stands out, with Steinbach having a 24-rebound game against USC and five other games with at least 15 boards. He also had 10 games with at least six offensive rebounds, with putbacks accounting for 17.2% of his possession usage, according to Synergy. His game otherwise leaned on being the roll man in pick-and-rolls, on post-ups and as a cutter. Steinbach shot 57.7% overall, and he showed some inside-out skills by hitting 18 3s (34%) that could also have him work as a 4-man. He averaged 1.2 blocks with a better than 7-2 wingspan. CONCERNS: He’s not an explosive athlete, which could show in facing opponents with length or defending skilled opponents. He had more turnovers (59) than assists (47) to raise uncertainty about how he can contribute as a complementary playmaker. — Jayden Quaintance, Kentucky STRENGTHS: Physical tools stand out for the Kentucky sophomore. Quaintance has a strong frame (6-9, 253) and good measurables, including ranking fourth at the combine in wingspan (better than 7-5) and having big hands (tied for combine lead with 11-inch width, tied for second with a 9.5-inch length). CONCERNS: Health. Quaintance tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in February 2025 while at Arizona State. He returned only to play four games at Kentucky while dealing with lingering issues in that knee. That leaves a limited evaluation sample. He averaged 9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 24 games at Arizona State before the injury. He made his Kentucky debut in December with 10 points and eight rebounds against St. John’s, but managed 10 points and 12 rebounds over the next three games and played his final game Jan. 7. Chris Cenac Jr., Houston STRENGTHS: The 6-11, 240-pound Houston freshman has rangy skills and intriguing tools. The McDonald’s all-American was MVP of the NBPA Top 100 camp in summer 2024, then started 36 games for Kelvin Sampson’s top-10 team where defense, toughness and rebounding is a prerequisite to play. Cenac was fifth among combine players with a 7-5 wingspan. He led the Cougars in rebounding (7.9) while hitting 30 3-pointers to show inside-out skills. CONCERNS: He didn’t consistently pop, instead settling into a complementary role while averaging 9.5 points. He had three or fewer made baskets in nearly half his games (18 of 37). He didn’t get to the line often (58 attempts in 37 games) and shot poorly when he did (62.1%). He also committed more turnovers (33) than assists (27). Others of note: — HENRI VEESAAR: The 6-11, 227-pound fourth-year junior from Estonia had a breakout year at North Carolina (17.0 points, 8.7 rebounds). He’s a late first-round prospect who runs the floor and fits today’s desired mold of bigs with space-creating range. He made 42.6% on 3s (40 of 94) at UNC and earned an “Excellent” rating from Synergy for his catch-and-shoot jumper, coming after shooting just 31.6% (19 of 60) from behind the arc in two seasons at Arizona. — TARRIS REED JR.: The 6-10, 264-pound senior was an interior force in UConn’s run to the NCAA final. He had career-high averages of 14.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 blocks — including 31 points and 27 rebounds in the first-round NCAA win against Furman to become the first player since Houston’s Elvin Hayes in 1968 to post a 30/25 game in March Madness. The late first-round prospect has a better than 7-4 wingspan. — ZUBY EJIOFOR: The 6-8, 245-pound senior was a physical presence in St. John’s run to the Sweet 16. Ejiofor has a high motor, with 15.4% of his possession usage coming on offensive-rebound putbacks, according to Synergy. His sturdy frame and 7-2 wingspan that offers defensive potential with his ability to tussle in the paint and move his feet to handle switches. The late first-round prospect made 18 of 59 3s (30.5%) to offer at least some potential to step outside. — UGONNA ONYENSO: The 6-11, 237-pound Virginia senior is an intriguing second-round flier as a rim protector with a nearly 7-5 wingspan. He stood out against top pro prospect Cameron Boozer of Duke, harassing the eventual Associated Press national player of the year into season-low outputs (13 points, 3-of-17 shooting) while blocking four of his shots in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title game. Onyenso’s nine blocks in that game pushed him to 21 for the tournament, breaking a record held by former Wake Forest big man and NBA champion Tim Duncan. ================================== GOLF WYNDHAM CLARK UP BY 6 AT US OPEN, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER LEADS CHASING PACK Wyndham Clark has a reputation he wants to shake. Clark outlasted Rory McIlroy to win the 2023 U.S. Open. But just last year at the same championship, he was banned from Oakmont Country Club after destroying a locker in anger when he missed the cut. Clark is back on the upswing of navigating a fiendish setup at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. He made a magnificent eagle at No. 16 and posted an even-par 70 Saturday to give himself a six-shot cushion entering the final round of the U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y. “It was very up and down, holy smokes,” Clark said after he could be heard criticizing his play more than once on the telecast. “I hit some good shots; I hit some terrible shots. Yeah, I was a little frustrated with myself with some of the execution.” Coming off a bogey at the previous hole, Clark hit the peak of his round at the par-5 16th. From the fairway, 275 yards from the pin, Clark struck a 3-wood that avoided a greenside bunker and settled 4 feet from the hole for eagle. That boosted him from 6 under par to 8 under, and even after pushing his par putt at No. 18 past the cup, Clark made himself difficult to catch at 7-under 203. “I feel like I’m trying to get more consistent. That’s something I’ve always wanted to be, and I think I’m trending in that direction,” Clark said. “Today was very volatile. Hopefully, tomorrow it can be definitely a little more low key and, hopefully, I can play some boring golf.” World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will be Clark’s biggest threat after a back-nine rally got him back into the championship. He made four birdies on the back, including three in a row for the first time at a U.S. Open, and shot 69 to get to 1 under for the week. Tied with Scheffler for second are Sahith Theegala (70), Sam Stevens (72) and South Korea’s Tom Kim (72). Scheffler turns 30 on Sunday and would complete the career Grand Slam with a victory. He’ll tee off in the final pairing with Clark. “We’ve been battling hard for a few days, and I did a good job of keeping myself in the tournament,” Scheffler said. “I’ll need a really nice round tomorrow if I’m going to try and catch Wyndham.” Scheffler had one of only two sub-70 rounds on a day where the scoring average settled at 73.62, the highest of the week so far. Earlier Saturday, Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo shot a 3-under 67 featuring four straight birdies at Nos. 6-9, climbing to even for the championship. Tied with Grillo at even are Keith Mitchell (70), Sam Burns (71) and Xander Schauffele (73). Clark began the day with a four-shot lead but saw that cut in half in short order. Stevens birdied the first hole to reach 4 under, and Clark’s approach at No. 1 rolled down the false front of the green, leading to a three-putt bogey. He got it back with a birdie at No. 5, then scrambled for pars at Nos. 6 and 7. “The one on 7, I was into the grain, I didn’t hit the best of chips, but it looked like I hit it to 4 feet, which is normally good,” Clark explained. “But that putt was diabolical, and I could three-putt from there, it was so sloped. The fact I made that one was huge.” At No. 8, Clark was heard on the broadcast apparently calling it the “worst shot of my life” when his approach bounced into a front-right bunker, leading to a bogey. He went birdie-bogey at Nos. 14-15 before the eagle gave him a massive boost. Scheffler began his day bogey-bogey and parred his way through the rest of the front nine. His patience was rewarded with a straightforward birdie at No. 10 before the shot of the day, a chip-in birdie from 65 feet away at No. 14. His approach, like many others throughout the round, rolled off the firm green and down a slope. Scheffler pitched his third shot at No. 14 on a tight line and gave an unusually emphatic fist pump and “Let’s go!” when it dropped. “At that point I’m still over par for the tournament, staring at a pretty tough up-and-down,” he said later. “So to steal a shot there at least is a pretty good feeling.” He followed that with 12-foot and 13-foot birdie putts to climb to 2 under before bogeying No. 17. Theegala’s round of 70 featured exactly one bogey and one birdie, the latter coming at No. 18 when his approach sat down 12 inches from the cup. “I think the first, I don’t know, nine to 12 holes (on Sunday), I can’t even worry about what Wyndham is doing,” said Theegala, eyeing his first major. “It just requires so much mental energy to play each and every hole out there. … “The goal is to put yourself in position come back nine on Sunday, and then that’s when you can start leaderboard watching and kind of see what the lead is at.” ===== RORY MCILROY OUT OF RUNNING AT US OPEN AFTER BACK-NINE 40 Rory McIlroy played himself out of contention at the U.S. Open with five back-nine bogeys on Saturday in Southampton, N.Y. His 40 on the inward nine continued a weeklong trend for the Northern Irishman: McIlroy has played the front nine at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 5 under par and the back nine in 8 over. That leaves the six-time major champion at 3-over 213 entering Sunday, 10 strokes behind runaway leader Wyndham Clark. McIlroy posted rounds of 69 and 71 to begin the championship — not shooting himself out of the championship, in his words — before Saturday’s 73. McIlroy had three straight birdies at Nos. 5-7, including an unlikely 66 1/2-footer that fell at the par-4 sixth. That put him 2 under for the day and the championship as he made the turn, within striking distance of Clark with 27 holes to play. Then he proceeded to make a mess of the 10th, his approach rolling off the back of the green and his return shot skidding 22 feet past the pin en route to a bogey. He three-putted from 52 feet away to bogey No. 12, then had deja vu two holes later when he left himself 57 1/2 feet on his approach. When the third round was through, McIlroy ranked 60th out of 72 remaining golfers in strokes gained on approach, while he gained strokes in all other categories. But No. 15, another par-4, featured a bit of everything — from a tee shot into the native area to a third shot from behind the green that didn’t make it to the top shelf and trickled all the way off. McIlroy waggled his club in his left hand as soon as he knew he’d flubbed the shot. McIlroy, who did not speak to reporters after the round, missed an 8-foot birdie look at the par-5 16th, crashed into the sand and saved par at the par-3 17th and closed with one more bogey, featuring another visit to the native area that forced him to punch out in the opposite direction from the pin. McIlroy reached just eight of 18 greens in regulation, well below the field average. The two-time reigning Masters champion would need a historic series of events to make a comeback on Sunday. His only victory at the U.S. Open was his first major title back in 2011. ===== JING YAN MAINTAINS 1-SHOT LEAD ENTERING MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC FINAL ROUND Jing Yan held onto the lead Saturday at the LPGA Meijer Classic, shooting a 4-under-par 68 to stay in front through three rounds at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Mich. Yan sits at 14-under 202, giving her a one-shot lead over England’s Lottie Woad and a two-shot edge on Australia’s Cassie Porter entering Sunday’s final round. This was Yan’s first time in the final group heading into the weekend on the LPGA Tour, an experience that had her feeling a little anxious. “I was a little bit nervous but I tried to take it as a good thing,” Yan said after the round. “You know, you don’t learn to be in this position without being in this position, so, yeah, I tried to think of it as excitement and helped me focus. Yeah, but there were some nerves there. The heart was beating.” Woad also posted a 68 to remain right on Yan’s heels at 13 under. “I feel like my short game is in a good spot,” Woad said. “I had like a few chips that definitely felt makable. Just trying to give those a chance. You know, tap-in for par when you miss the green is never a bad thing.” Porter, who began the day tied for second, slipped one spot despite a 69 and will start the final round at 12 under. The biggest move near the top came from South Korea’s In Gee Chun, who fired a bogey-free 65 to climb into a tie for fourth at 10 under. Chun jumped 32 spots on moving day and now shares fourth with Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu and Yan Liu of China. “Before we started the game today, my caddie and I talked that we can make a lot of birdies,” Chun said. “I was happy I made a lot of birdies on the course. Also, I was pretty surprised a lot of spectators out here. I was pretty thankful to all the spectators who cheered me and watched my game today. That helped a lot my game.” Hsu matched Yan and Woad with a 68, while Liu, the first-round leader, carded a 70 and is four shots back after three rounds. Yan began the week chasing her first LPGA Tour title and now has 18 holes to close it out. She has followed rounds of 68 and 66 with another steady score, keeping the lead despite several players making pushes behind her. The final round sets up as a tight chase, with Woad and Porter still close enough to apply pressure early and three players at 10 under needing a low Sunday to have a chance. ==================================== AUTO RACING ROAD COURSE MARVEL SHANE VAN GISBERGEN GRABS POLE AT SAN DIEGO Although Shane van Gisbergen has strongly maintained the NASCAR Cup Series first-ever visit to the Naval Base Coronado Street Course presents a challenge for him and the field, the series’ reigning road course best-in-show once again proved himself up for the challenge. The Trackhouse Racing driver van Gisbergen, 37, won pole position for Sunday’s Inaugural Anduril 250 (4 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) with a lap of 90.809 mph around the 3.4-mile, 16-turn circuit on the scenic Naval Base in Coronado on Saturday. It’s the sixth career NASCAR Cup Series pole position for the driver of the No. 97 Trackhouse Chevrolet on the sixth different road course. The New Zealander has won the last four races from that lead starting position. “Amazing to get the first pole here (at San Diego),” van Gisbergen said. “Really cool. It’s tough, I’ve said it a couple of times. It’s your first lap of the day and there’s three, four, five corners you’re probably going through for the first time of the day as your qualifying lap starts. And yeah, I made a meal of it, but I guess the rest of the lap was pretty decent and made the time back.” More than just the course is a challenge at the first-time venue. “My long runs weren’t that great (Friday),” van Gisbergen said. “The Nos. 5 (Kyle Larson), 33 (Austin Hill) and 54 (Ty Gibbs) were faster than me (Friday), I believe. But my car is better today than yesterday, so who knows. “We’re definitely in a good place to start and (Sunday) will be a bit of a gamble and a lottery, I think, with the tires. It’s going to be hard for the crew chiefs and strategists to get it right for sure.” Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar will start his No. 77 Chevrolet alongside van Gisbergen on the front row — the best road course qualifying effort in the 23-year-old’s young NASCAR Cup Series career — and it gives Chevy its third front row grid sweep of the season. Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney and fellow Ford driver, Front Row Motorsports’ Zane Smith will start from the second row with Smith’s teammate Todd Gilliland and Hocevar’s Spire Motorsports teammate Daniel Suarez starting together from Row 3. Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Preece, and van Gisbergen’s Trackhouse teammate Connor Zilisch will start seventh and eighth. The last seven road course races have been won from the front row and 22 of the 28 Next Gen-era road course events have been won from the top-eight positions on the grid. It’s a promising start for the 2024 series champion Blaney, who has not claimed a top-five road course finish in the Next Gen car era. “I’ve said it before, I’m an average road racer, I don’t think I excel at this stuff very often but I work hard to get better and I thought we had an OK day (Friday),” Blaney said. “Had a good lap. Didn’t know I had it until that final chicane, but good overall effort and felt really good after the 12 boys worked on it overnight. I’m looking forward to (Sunday). It’s going to be a heckuva race. Tire degradation is going to be massive so going to be who can manage rears better. Just a cool event, cool to be out here. “You plan as much as you can but sometimes you’re going to have to audible in the race and understand where you’re at and what you want to do and then see what the tire wear is like (Sunday),” a smiling Blaney said. “That’s the fun part about these new things. “This whole weekend has been super cool to be here on the base. I appreciate them having us. The fans have been amazing the whole weekend, and it should be a great day (Sunday) for sure. “As far as racing goes, I don’t know. Manage rear tires and don’t hit any concrete. I hope I can do those two things and we might have a shot.” NASCAR Cup Series championship leader Tyler Reddick spun and brushed the wall on his second qualifying lap, but the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota was 17th fastest on his opening run around the course. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin – who comes to the weekend on a three-race winning streak and trails Reddick by only 19 points in the championship standings – will roll off 25th in the No. 11 JGR Toyota. His teammate, Christopher Bell, who is nursing a broken wrist from an accident at Michigan two weeks ago, qualified 37th. He said this weekend, it will be a game-time decision whether he starts the race and then hands the car over to Brent Crews to finish the race. Crews has been fast at San Diego, claiming the pole position for Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on a lap faster than van Gisbergen’s pole-winning speed. Hendrick Motorsports owns the best road course record – leading the series in poles, wins, top-five and top-10 finishes in the last 15 road course races, however the best qualifying driver Saturday was reigning series champion Larson, who will roll off 14th on the 39-car grid. Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 driver, former Formula One racer Kevin Magnussen qualified 21st in his NASCAR debut driving the No. 91 Chevy. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who is competing in his hometown, will start 37th in the No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota. ===== NASCAR NOTEBOOK: JIMMIE JOHNSON SURPRISED BY AGGRESSION IN TRUCK RACE SAN DIEGO – It’s not precisely fair to say NASCAR racing was a kinder, gentler art form during Jimmie Johnson’s most productive years. Nevertheless, the NASCAR Hall of Famer and seven-time Cup Series champion acknowledged being taken aback by some of the rough stuff he experienced in Friday’s Navy 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at San Diego Street Course at Naval Base Coronado. “Yesterday, I just couldn’t believe the disrespect that everybody had from the jump,” Johnson said in a Saturday morning question-and-answer session with reporters. “I mean, just gouging each other nonstop, and I was up at the front racing away and we were pointing each other by, and I was like, ‘This is old school Cup, this makes sense.’ “The way the fuel cycle worked out, I entered mid-pack and I look around and I saw these trucks all twisted up, and I thought (they) had hit the wall, and I guess maybe some did, but it was all from bashing into one another on the track. “And then I got turned around twice, just last second lunges into areas that nobody should have been. So, it is what it is. When I look at my Instagram feed or my twitter feed and see the local short tracks and behavior there, man, it’s just wild. So we’ll see where it goes.” It’s not that Johnson didn’t enjoy his second Truck Series start, which came 18 years after his debut. After qualifying fourth in the No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota, he ran in the top five for much of the afternoon-leading two laps-before finishing 30th after spinning twice in the final stage. Johnson, co-owner of the LEGACY Motor Club Cup Series team, has announced that the 2027 DAYTONA 500 will be his final Cup Series race, but the Truck Series is another matter. “I’m not against running trucks some more, had so much fun yesterday and then I’m looking at a few other different championships to dabble in next year, kind of going back to my roots with some off-road racing and trucks,” said Johnson, a native of nearby El Cajon. “I guess I like trucks, but trying to find a good balance of events I can run. First and foremost, take off those bucket list events I want to do, and then, two, with LEGACY’s vision and how hospitality experiential and other platforms can make sense.” Johnson will race for LEGACY on Sunday in the Anduril 250. He qualified 36th on Saturday for the historic event. Sense of loyalty was central to Chris Buescher’s decision to stay put It’s no secret that a number of other NASCAR Cup Series organizations were eager to enlist the services of Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing driver Chris Buescher. After all, Buescher has been the steady standout performer for the team this season, and he recently signed a multiyear extension to remain in the No. 17 Ford. “Chris right now is obviously a cornerstone of our company,” said RFK co-owner Brad Keselowski. “He’s delivered results. He puts us in a position to win and compete that I’m really proud of. He’s doing all the work he needs to do to be successful. He’s taken his lumps, paid a lot of dues, and we just want to give him the best car we can give him so he can win races. “There was a lot of competition for Chris, and a lot of teams in the garage area that wanted him. It was not a layup for us to re-sign him, but we feel fortunate that he felt our commitment was strong enough to want to stay with us.” Buescher made his NASCAR national series debut for owner Jack Roush in an O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Richmond Raceway in 2011. Though he drove for both Front Row Motorsports and JTG/Daugherty Racing “on loan,” he remained under contract to the organization that became RFK Racing when Keselowski bought into the team in 2021. “I’ve been there for 17 years,” Buescher said. “Jack Roush gave me the opportunity to go racing at the highest level of the ARCA and O’Reilly side early on in my career. And you don’t forget that, right? I’ve had a place that I’ve been able to call home. The organization and everybody there has been good to myself and my family. “With the people we have working there we have a ton of talent, and we have a ton of potential. We have to fine-tune, but we’re in a really good spot. We’re getting close, and I believe we can do great things.” Christopher Bell’s reliance on relief driver a game-time decision Recovering from a broken wrist he suffered during a violent crash June 7 at Michigan International Speedway, Christopher Bell says he was pain-free after turning practice laps Friday at San Diego Street Course at Naval Base Coronado. That doesn’t mean he’s worry-free. Bell’s main concern is to avoid jeopardizing the progress he has made during the healing process as he navigates the rugged 3.4-mile, 16-turn circuit. “I will say that it is a very high-risk race track,” Bell acknowledged. “I can’t afford any setbacks. I’m already two weeks into the healing process now, so the goal certainly is to get back to 100 percent as quick as possible, and we’ll see what happens. “Any sort of miscalculation on the apex walls or wheel-to-wheel contact, and the wheel jerks in my hand – those are the kinds of things I think we’re all worried about.” After driving at Pocono Raceway last weekend, Bell has a fresh cast on his left arm. He also has O’Reilly Auto Parts Series pole winner and teenage prodigy Brent Crews standing by as a potential relief driver. Bell, who qualified 37th on Saturday, says he and crew chief Adam Stevens will talk before the race and determine if and when they might use Crews’ services. All road and street courses are not created equal Daniel Suarez is an accomplished road course racer. The first of his three career NASCAR Cup Series victories came at Sonoma Raceway in 2022. But don’t expect Suarez’s success at the Northern California circuit to help in Sunday’s Anduril 250 at San Diego Street Course at Naval Base Coronado. The courses are nothing alike. “They’re completely different,” said Suarez, who qualified sixth for Sunday’s race. “Sonoma is super smooth. Sonoma’s a race track. This (San Diego) is not a race track. We’re racing on concrete. We’re racing on asphalt. We’re racing on train tracks. “We’re racing on everything, so it’s not comparable. It’s like comparing a pizza and a hamburger.” Honoring service through new NASCAR pin initiative The connection between NASCAR racing and military service remains extremely strong, given the number of NASCAR officials and employees who have served in the various branches of the armed forces. Honoring the American semi quincentennial and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Navy, NASCAR officials and employees who served in the military will wear special pins this weekend at NASCAR San Diego. The pins represent the respective branches of the military for which they served. The military branch pins will represent the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. ===== 2026 POLE STREAK REACHES FIVE FOR ALEX PALOU AT ROAD AMERICA The pole streak lives for Alex Palou. Series leader and four-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou earned his fifth consecutive NTT P1 Award this season, grabbing the top starting spot Saturday for the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR with a best lap of 1 minute, 43.6615 seconds in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. The pole was Palou’s sixth in 10 races this season and the 18th of his illustrious career. SEE: Qualifying Results Fellow Chip Ganassi Racing legend Alex Zanardi, a two-time INDYCAR SERIES champion, was the last driver to win five straight poles. He captured the last four poles of the 1996 season and opened the 1997 season with two more consecutive poles. “It’s incredible, five in a row this year,” Palou said. “This team, man. This team and everyone on it is giving me the best car, all the power we needed. We suffered quite a lot there in Q2. Couldn’t really get the lap we wanted, but the car was super rapid.” David Malukas continued his strong first season at Team Penske by qualifying second at 1:43.9542 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Marcus Armstrong will start third – tying a career best – despite fighting the flu all weekend after his best lap of 1:44.0225 in the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Honda. His teammate, Felix Rosenqvist, will join him on the second row in the fourth position after his lap of 1:44.0502 in the team’s No. 60 Honda. Marcus Ericsson continued his solid rebound season after his first two subpar years with Andretti Global, qualifying fifth at 1:44.1737 in the No. 28 Delaware Life Honda. Scott McLaughlin rounded out the third row at 1:44.8242 in the No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet, as MSR and Penske each put two cars in the Firestone Fast Six. Palou entered this event with four victories in nine starts this season and a 49-point lead over second-place Kyle Kirkwood of Andretti Global in the standings. Kirkwood qualified 18th in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda in a weekend full of struggles, as 15th is the best position he has managed at the end of any of the three sessions on the 14-turn, 4.014-mile road course. Spanish driver Palou led his qualifying group in the first round but slipped to fourth, .3901 of a second behind leader Malukas, in the Fast 12 round. But Palou and CGR regrouped for the Firestone Fast Six and laid down their quickest time on their penultimate lap, also producing a time quick enough for pole on their final circuit for good measure. If the pole streak doesn’t send enough shivers up the spines of his rivals, Palou is starting from the front Sunday at one of his best tracks. He is aiming for a series-record fourth career win at the longest circuit on the INDYCAR SERIES schedule and is the reigning winner of this event. Live coverage of the 55-lap race starts at 2 p.m. ET (FOX, FOX Deportes), with a 30-minute warmup session preceding at 11 a.m. (FS1). FOX One and INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls also will cover both sessions live. The warmup session may be crucial due to a lack of day-to-day consensus on whether the Firestone Firehawk primary or alternate tire is preferred. “Tomorrow is going to be tough,” Palou said. “It’s going to be a long, long race for everyone. I don’t really know what tire is best. It seems like everyone was unhappy with the alternates yesterday, and then suddenly today, they are so much faster. I think it’s going be very interesting in terms of strategy and stuff. “Obviously, we’re starting from the best spot and hope we can keep it there.” =================================== INDIANA SPORTS NEWS AND HEADLINES INDIANA FEVER (FEVER RELEASE) ATLANTA (June 20, 2026) — The Indiana Fever (9-7) dropped a 113-96 loss at the Atlanta Dream on Saturday afternoon at State Farm Arena. The Fever return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for three-consecutive home games, beginning on Monday, June 22 at 8 p.m. ET against the Phoenix Mercury, broadcast nationally on USA and locally on WTHR. Indiana opened the game going 8-8 on their way to scoring the third-most points in any quarter in franchise history to take a 37-30 lead, led by 13 points from Caitlin Clark. With Kelsey Mitchell scoring 12 points in the second quarter, the Fever maintained their lead, up 59-56 at the halftime break. Following a third quarter in which Atlanta outscored the Fever 28-15, the Dream took an 84-74 lead with one quarter remaining. The Dream maintained their lead throughout the fourth quarter, securing the win for the home side. POSTGAME NOTESBOX SCORE Indiana Fever Notes: The Fever recorded the third-most points in a single quarter in franchise history, scoring 37 points in the first quarter, the most in any quarter since 2016. Indiana’s 59 points in the first half tied for the fifth most in a single half in franchise history. The first half also marked the fifth time the Fever have scored at least 59 points in a half against Atlanta, more than any other opponent in the team’s history. Boston finished the night with seven defensive rebounds, eclipsing 800 career defensive rebounds, becoming just the second player in Indiana Fever history to do so, the other being Tamika Catchings who made 2,399 in her career. Boston now has 806 career defensive rebounds. Scoring two three-pointers, Boston matched her combined three-point total across the 2023-25 seasons, 17 made threes, doing so in just 15 games played this season. Clark earned her 10th 20+ point scoring performance of 2026, the second most in the WNBA this season, only A’ja Wilson has more with 12. Clark earned her 10th 20+ point scoring performance of 2026, the second most in the WNBA this season, only A’ja Wilson has more with 12. With her 26 points and seven assists, Clark became the fastest player in WNBA history to record 300+ points and 100+ assists to start a season, doing so in 16 games, surpassing the previous record of 19 games set by herself in 2024. Clark currently has 317 points scored and 122 assists, the third and second most in the WNBA this season, respectively. With seven assists, Clark extended her WNBA record of consecutive games with at least five assists to 55 games, 15 more than Courtney Vandersloot, who holds the second longest streak. Clark earned her 10th 20+ point scoring performance of 2026, the second most in the WNBA this season, only A’ja Wilson has more with 12. ================================== INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS Nick Cimillo and Dominic Fletcher clubbed back-to-back home runs to untie the game as the Indianapolis Indians rallied to defeat the Iowa Cubs on Saturday night at Principal Park, 7-4. With the game tied at 4-4, Cimillo stepped to the plate to open the ninth inning. He sent an elevated fastball over the left field wall to put Indianapolis (30-44) on top. Fletcher followed as he clubbed a sweeper over the right-field fence. The rally continued and Enmanuel Valdez capped the final stanza’s rally when he doubled into the right field corner, netting the third and final run of the inning. The game was a see-saw affair prior to the Indians taking control in the ninth inning. Indy had built an early 3-0 lead behind Davis Wendzel’s double in the first, Cimillo’s sacrifice fly in the second, and Jhostynxon Garcia’s solo homer in the fourth. Iowa (30-41) would use a pair of two-run frames to briefly take the lead. After the I-Cubs had cut the lead to one in the sixth, Brett Bateman gave Iowa its first advantage of the night when he doubled in a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh. The lead was short lived as Indy tied the game back up in the eighth. Ronny Simon connected for a leadoff triple and he scored on Garcia’s sacrifice fly. Yunior Marte (W, 3-1) recorded the win despite allowing a run out of the bullpen. Jaden Woods (S, 1) worked the ninth to earn his first Triple-A save. Doug Nikhazy (L, 0-3) was handed the loss as he allowed Indy’s final four runs. The Indians and Cubs close out their series on Sunday afternoon, first pitch at Principal Park is scheduled for 2:08 PM ET. José Urquidy (4-3, 4.78) will get the ball for Indy while left-hander Jordan Wicks (0-4, 7.05) is scheduled to start for Iowa. ===================================== INDIANA STATE TRACK OTTAWA, Ontario – Indiana State freshman hurdler Kieran Barnewall secured a spot in the World Athletics U20 Championships Saturday night, winning the 110m hurdles at the Canada U20 Track and Field Championships. Barnewall, the top seed in the event entering the weekend, held true to his pre-championship ranking with times of 13.64 in the semifinals and 13.66 in the finals. The Sycamore standout earned Canada’s automatic qualifying spot in the event for the World Athletics U20 Championships by finishing as the national champion. Saturday’s performance adds to a stellar debut campaign for Barnewall with the Blue and White. He qualified for the NCAA East First Round and finished among the top five freshmen in NCAA East qualifying in the 110m hurdles, which includes a majority of the ACC, Big Ten and SEC. Barnewall also finished as runner-up in the 110m hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships as Indiana State swept the podium in the event. He already owns program top-10 marks in both the outdoor 110m hurdles and indoor 60m hurdles after his first season as a Sycamore. Barnewall will be on the Canadian U20 team when it is officially unveiled in mid-July. The World Athletics U20 Championships will take place August 5-9 in Eugene, Oregon, with the 110m hurdles set to take place August 7 (first round and semifinals) and August 8 (finals). Up Next Indiana State’s international competition season continues in July with the USATF Outdoor Championships. ==================================== INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx ST. 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 ========================================================= “SPORTS EXTRA” TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1890 – Silver King pitches the only no-hitter in the history of the Players League in a losing cause. King’s Chicago Pirates lose at home on errors to the Brooklyn Wonders, 1 – 0. Because his team chooses to bat first, he does not pitch the 9th inning. 1900 – Brooklyn rallies for five runs in the 9th to beat Philadelphia, 8 – 6, and take over first place. They will hold the lead for the rest of the season. Despite the win, Brooklyn is averaging only 1,100 fans per game and a concerned National League president Nick Young floats the idea of the franchise moving to Washington, DC. 1901 – Right-hander Harley ‘Doc’ Parker of the Reds gives up 21 runs and 26 hits to Brooklyn in his first start of the season – and major league farewell appearance. The 26 hits is a post-1900 record, tied by Al Travers in 1912, and by the A’s Hod Lisenbee in 1936. The 21 runs allowed is a National League mark. Harley also faces a record 55 batters in the game. Led by Willie Keeler’s five hits, including a home run and double, the Superbas win, 21 – 3. 1903 – In a Sunday match in Canton, Ohio, Boston outslugs Cleveland to win, 12 – 7. Buck Freeman is 5 for 6, including the cycle, with six RBIs, while Nap Lajoie is 3 for 5 for Cleveland. 1906 – At the Polo Grounds, umpire Bob Emslie tosses John McGraw in the 4th inning, but his fellow ump Hank O’Day goes one better, banishing Joe McGinnity and first sacker Dan McGann in the 5th. Down 4 – 2, Christy Mathewson relieves for the Giants and shuts out the Pirates over the last four innings. The Giants load the bases in the 9th and Chappie McFarland relieves a tired Sam Leever. A single scores one and with two outs, Doc Marshall singles to score the winning run. Mathewson wins, 5 – 4. 1907 – The Cubs top the Cardinals, 2 – 0, as C Johnny Kling throws out all four would-be St. Louis base stealers. Three-Finger Brown wins his tenth straight game. 1911 – Grover Cleveland Alexander wins for the second day in a row, hooking up with Brooklyn’s Doc Scanlan for a 15-inning operation, won by the Phils, 2 – 1. 1914 – Against Detroit P George Boehler, Walter Johnson connects for a 5th-inning grand slam that is the difference as Washington wins, 7 – 3. 1916 – Rube Foster of the Red Sox no-hits the Yankees 2 – 0, for the first no-hitter in Fenway Park, beating Bob Shawkey, 2 – 0. Harry Hooper leads the offense with three hits. Red Sox president Joseph Lannin hands Rube a $100 bonus and each of his Sox teammates receive a gold-handled pocket knife engraved with the date. 1917 – In a game against Salt Lake City, Red McKee of the San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League), forgets the bases are loaded and attempts to steal third base. His inadvertent ploy works as the startled pitcher is called for a balk. 1922 – The Robins pound out 25 hits to Pittsburgh’s 19 as Brooklyn wins, 15 – 14. 1931 – George Earnshaw notches the 12th consecutive victory for the A’s, 6 – 5, at Chicago. 1933: Behind Earl Whitehill, the Senators beat the Browns, 9 – 0. Joe Cronin has his second of five consecutive multi-hit games. In the Texas League, Shreveport pitcher Ralph Erickson no-hits the Houston Buffaloes and beats Dizzy Dean, 2 – 0. 1935 – Babe Herman, on waivers from Pittsburgh, returns to Cincinnati. 1936: Van Mungo stops the Cubs’ win streak at 15, leaving them a half-game behind the Cards, who lose to the Giants. Mickey Cochrane, having suffered a nervous breakdown earlier this month, checks out of the hospital and goes to a Wyoming ranch to recover his health. 1937 – Johnny Allen, off to a 4-0 start for Cleveland, has an appendectomy in Boston and will miss eight weeks of the season. 1938 – Red Sox 3B Pinky Higgins extends his consecutive hit string to 12, with eight hits in a doubleheader split with Detroit. He is 4 for 4 in each game, a Boston win in the opener, 8 – 3. Detroit wins the nitecap, 5 – 4, with Rudy York catching both games. Tomorrow, Pinky will strike out against Vern Kennedy in his first at-bat, ending the streak. 1939 – The New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement, based on the report that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The 36-year-old star will remain with the team as captain. 1940 – Washington rookie Sid Hudson takes a no-hitter into the 9th inning, but the Browns’ Rip Radcliff hits a pop fly double down the right-field line with no outs. A passed ball puts him on third base, but Hudson retires three for a 1 – 0 win. He’ll beat the A’s on a one-hit shutout in August. 1941 – Lefty Grove’s Fenway Park consecutive win streak, which started on May 3, 1938, ends at 20 games with a 13 – 9 loss to the St. Louis Browns. 1942 – Ted Lyons wins his 250th career game, 6 – 5, over the Red Sox. A week from now, he will beat New York’s Red Ruffing to match the Yankees hurler’s 251 career wins. The White Sox veteran will finish the season with 20 complete games in 20 starts, lead the AL with a 2.10 ERA, then enter the Marine Corps at age 42. 1946 – A federal judge rules that the Seattle club does not have to play returning serviceman Al Niemiec but it does have to pay him his $720 a month contract through the season. At midseason, 143 players who had major league contracts when they went to war have been released or sent to the minors. Former major league players Van Mungo, Lou Finney, Chubby Dean, Nate Andrews and Max Butcher are all playing in Class D leagues. 1950: Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a 7th-inning single off the Indians’ Marino Pieretti, as the Yanks win, 8 – 2. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses as the only active players with 2,000 or more hits. Eddie Lopat is the winning pitcher, running his record against Cleveland to 25-6. Phils rookie Bob Miller (6-0) continues his unbeaten streak, turning back the Pirates, 7 – 4. Willie Jones, Del Ennis, Andy Seminick and Bill Nicholson lead a home run attack, and Miller helps by starting a triple play in the 7th. Hank Borowy, obtained on waivers from the Phils, takes the loss. Renegade ballplayer Danny Gardella admits accepting a pay-off to drop his suit against baseball. After a month-long tryout with the Cardinals, Gardella had been sent to their Houston farm club where, shortly afterward, he was released. Gardella argues that he should be paid for the entire year, and he blames his release on his suit against the major leagues. 1951: Bill Veeck gets an option to buy the St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charles DeWitt. At Chattanooga, Mobile outscores the hosts, 28 – 7. Bears 1B Wayne Belardi goes 4 for 7 with two home runs – including a grand slam – a double and ten RBIs. Every Bear hitter scores at least two runs. Belardi’s outburst will earn him another call-up to the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1952 – As a publicity stunt, Harrisburg of the Inter-State League signs a woman player, Eleanor Engle, but she does not get into a game. Female ballplayers are officially banned by minor league President George Trautman shortly after. 1956: Chicago and Baltimore one-hit one another as White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman beats Oriole hurlers Connie Johnson and George Zuverink, 1 – 0. Kansas City Star reporter Dick Wade says that his stopwatch proves that there were only 9:55 minutes of actual “action” in a game the Athletics won from the Senators, 15 – 6 (in just 8 1/2 innings). Wade calculated the time the ball was in play, allowing a second for each pitch that was taken or fouled off. 1957 – One month after graduating from high school, Cardinals P Von McDaniel, 18, two-hits the Dodgers in his first major league start, 2 – 0. He holds the Dodgers hitless until the 6th inning. 1958: Frank Lary pitches his third straight shutout, beating the Yankees’ Duke Maas, 1 – 0. Al Kaline throws out Maas at the plate and hits his seventh home run to extend his hitting streak to 18 games. White Sox lefty Billy Pierce hurls a two-hitter against the Orioles, winning 1 – 0 over Billy Loes. It’s the Sox’s fifth shutout in their last six games. 1959: At Los Angeles, the Redlegs’ Don Newcombe subdues the Dodgers, 17 – 3. Newk pitches a complete game and collects four hits and four RBIs. Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron hits three two-run home runs at Seals Stadium to power the Braves to a 13 – 3 win over the Giants. It’s the only three-homer game of Aaron’s career. 1960: Roberto Clemente takes his first stab at 436 – Floyd Patterson style. His batting practice blast, one hop off the bricks of Forbes Field’s rarely-surmounted right centerfield barrier, comes one day after Roberto attended the Patterson-Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title rematch which ended in a 5th-round KO of the previously victorious Swede. Clemente “calls” his shot, claiming he’ll emulate Patterson’s bout-ending blow. As recounted by Larry Klein in Sport Magazine: “Clemente picked up a bat and walked toward the batting cage for his practice swings [and] said, ‘Watch me. I hit one like Floyd Patterson.’ He sat himself deep in the batter’s box, uncoiled and lined the first pitch to deep center field. The ball hit the 436-foot mark on one bounce.” Reno (California League) beats visiting Stockton, 8 – 3, as legendary fireballer Steve Dalkowski strikes out 19 Silver Sox batters. Despite two home runs and a single by Ted Williams, driving in four runs, the Red Sox lose to Kansas City, 11 – 7. Jerry Casale puts the Sox in the hole by giving up hits to the first six batters. Whitey Ford outduels Yankee Killer Frank Lary to give New York a 6 – 0 win in Detroit. Mickey Mantle is 3 for 5 with two homers off Lary. 1963 – The Mets beat the Phillies, 3 – 1; only pitchers Al Jackson and Cal McLish get multiple hits. The next game where the only multi-hit players are the opposing starters will be 50 years later, August 4, 2013. 1964: On Father’s Day at Shea Stadium, Jim Bunning fans ten, drives in two runs, and pitches the first perfect game (excluding Don Larsen’s 1956 World Series effort and Harvey Haddix’s 1959 extra-inning loss) since Charlie Robertson’s on April 30, 1922. Philadelphia beats the Mets, 6 – 0. Bunning also becomes the first pitcher to win no-hitters in both leagues, and Gus Triandos becomes the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in each league. Bunning throws just 90 pitches in winning his second no-hitter. The next time Bunning faces the Mets he will shut them out. The Mets don’t fare much better in the nitecap as 18-year-old rookie Rick Wise wins his first game and gives up just three hits for an 8 – 2 win. The Phils increase their National League lead to two games over the Giants. The Yankees move into first place by eight percentage points over Baltimore, as they outpitch the White Sox to win, 2 – 0 and 2 – 1. Home runs by Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard win it for Jim Bouton in the opener against Juan Pizarro, and an error wins the nightcap in the 17th. The Yankees sweep four, giving up just one run in 41 innings, and take nine games from Chicago in 11 days. 1966: Satchel Paige makes his final professional pitching appearance, going the first two innings for the Peninsula Grays (Carolina League) against the Greensboro Yankees. Satch gives up two runs. Peninsula’s regular catcher, Johnny Bench, takes the night off. In the first game of a twinbill, there are two on and two outs in the 9th inning when Frank Robinson makes a spectacular catch against New York’s Roy White, diving into the stands over the short right field fence and disappearing from view. He emerges with the ball and it is ruled a catch, preserving a 7 – 5 Baltimore victory, rather than 8 – 7 defeat. 1967 – Bob Uecker of the Atlanta Braves hits a grand slam for the only time in his career. It comes in the 3rd inning off Ron Herbel of the San Francisco Giants in a 9 – 2 Braves win at Candlestick Park. 1968 – It’s been a bad week for the Cubs, but they end their scoreless streak at 48 innings, tying a major league mark set in 1906, beating the Reds, 3 – 2, behind Joe Niekro. George Culver is the losing pitcher, allowing the Cubs’ first score in the 3rd inning when he gives up a walk with the sacks full. The five straight shutout losses also tie a league mark. The streak started on June 15th, the final eight innings of a loss to Atlanta and continued with the following games: a 1 – 0 loss to Phil Niekro in 11 innings; a 1 – 0 loss to the Cards’ Nellie Briles; a 4 – 0 one-hitter tossed by Steve Carlton and a 1 – 0 loss to Bob Gibson. During the drought, Fergie Jenkins allows one run in 18 innings but is charged with a loss and a no-decision. 1969: Minnesota scores a club-record 11 runs in an inning, the 10th inning at Oakland, and sets a major-league record for runs in the 10th, in winning 14 – 4. The Twins send 16 batters to the plate in the frame, garnering eight hits, four walks, and three errors. Harmon Killebrew’s three-run homer is the big blow. Minnesota’s 11 runs match the New York Yankees’ 12th inning of July 26, 1928, for most runs for one club in extra innings, and shatters the previous high for the 10th inning of eight runs. The A’s add a run of their own in the 10th to set a record (12) for runs in the 10th by two clubs. Willie Horton powers two homers, one a grand slam, and drives in six runs to lead the Tigers to a 9 – 5 win over the visiting Senators. Mickey Lolich (8-1) is the winner, allowing just four hits. 1970 – Cleveland wins the first game against Detroit, 2 – 1, but Detroit’s Cesar Gutierrez then goes 7 for 7 with six singles and a double to tie a record set in 1892, in a 12-inning, 9 – 8 nitecap win. Mickey Stanley’s home run wins it for the Tigers. Gutierrez, wearing #7, starts the game hitting .218, and was 0 for 18 before today. Gutierrez will collect just seven hits in all of 1971, and 128 hits for his career. 1971 – Indians slugger Ken Harrelson announces his retirement from baseball to join the pro golf tour. 1972: Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski lead the Red Sox to an 11-inning, 10 – 9 win over Texas. Yaz collects five hits and scores four times, while Rico drives in six runs, four with a grand slam. Frank Howard is 4 for 4 for Texas. Luis Tiant wins with an inning of shutout relief. Bob Gibson wins his 211th game, passing Jesse Haines as the Cards’ biggest winner, in St. Louis’s 14 – 3 win over the Padres. Gibson cracks a three-run homer in the 7th before exiting. 1973: White Sox pitcher Stan Bahnsen shuts out the Indians, 2 – 0, but gives up 12 hits while doing it, two shy of the record in a shutout. Houston’s Lee May collects three home runs and a single in a 12 – 2 win over San Diego. The bright side for the Pads is Dave Winfield’s first major league homer, off Ken Forsch. 1974 – The Braves fire manager Eddie Mathews, the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Clyde King is hired to replace him. 1975 – In the opener of a doubleheader, the Angels’ Frank Tanana strikes out 17 Rangers without a walk during a 4 – 2 win. Texas cops the nitecap, 6 – 5. 1976 – Bert Blyleven hurls a one-hit shutout as the Rangers edge the A’s, 1 – 0. On the 26th, Blyleven will pitch another 1 – 0, one-hit victory, beating the White Sox in ten innings. 1977: Behind Luis Tiant’s two-hitter, the Boston Red Sox pummel the Baltimore Orioles, 7 – 0. Jim Rice and George Scott bang homers. The Sox also sign Tommy Helms, released by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and waive Doug Griffin. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Paul Moskau homers in his second major league at-bat, but gives up four runs in 4+ innings. The Reds prevail over the Philadelphia Phillies, 10 – 5, at Veterans Stadium. 1978 – The California Angels’ Dave Machemer homers in his first major league at-bat during a 5 – 2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Machemer will never hit another long ball. 1983 – The Reds edge the Giants, 6 – 5, in 16 innings on Ron Oester’s single. Both teams score a run in the 14th. 1985 – Twins manager Billy Gardner is fired and replaced by Baltimore pitching coach Ray Miller. 1986: Bo Jackson, college football’s Heisman Trophy winner in 1985 and the first pick (by Tampa Bay) in the NFL draft, stuns observers nationwide by signing with the Kansas City Royals instead. The season ends for Philadelphia Phillies C Darren Daulton when he tears the ACL in his left knee in a home plate collision with the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mike Heath. St. Louis wins, 8 – 6. 1988 – With two outs in the 9th inning, Detroit Tigers SS Alan Trammell blasts a grand slam to give the Bengals a 7 – 6 win over the New York Yankees. 1989 – Chicago White Sox Carlton Fisk surpasses Yogi Berra as the American League leader for career home runs by a catcher as his 307th home run helps to beat the New York Yankees, 7 – 3. 1994 – The Red Sox score ten times in the top of the 1st inning as they go on to defeat the Blue Jays, 13 – 1. 1996 – The New York Yankees acquire Billy Brewer and give Steve Howe his release. 1997: The Seattle Mariners ride a nine-run 7th inning to a 15 – 8 slugfest win over the Texas Rangers. Dan Wilson has a three-run double and Jay Buhner has two RBIs – five overall – in the big inning to pace the M’s 13-hit barrage. Manny Ramirez has six RBIs, four on a grand slam, to lead the host Cleveland Indians to a 13 – 4 win over the New York Yankees and Andy Pettitte. Six inches of rain fall in a few hours in Milwaukee, WI, flooding Milwaukee County Stadium to the third row. The dugouts are filled with water to the roof. The host Detroit Tigers blast the Boston Red Sox, 15 – 4. The Sox, trailing by 12 runs, try OF Darren Bragg at 3B, and put IF Mike Benjamin on the mound for the 9th. Benjamin retires all three batters he faces, the only one of five Sox hurlers to do so. 1998: The Dodgers fire general manager Fred Claire and manager Bill Russell. Former manager Tommy Lasorda is hired as GM on an interim basis. Glenn Hoffman, who manages the team’s AAA Albuquerque Dukes farm club, takes over as interim manager. The Boston Red Sox trade C Jim Leyritz and OF Ethan Faggett to the San Diego Padres for P Carlos Reyes and Dario Veras, and C Mandy Romero. The Cincinnati Reds start an outfield against the Houston Astros consisting of Dmitri Young, Mike Frank and Chris Stynes. Yup, for you movie buffs, that would be Young, Frank and Stynes. It is still a horror for the Reds as they lose their eighth straight, 4 – 2. Pete Schourek is the complete game winner. The losing streak will reach ten as the Kansas City Royals will also win the next two. Cleveland Indians lefty Bartolo Colon coasts to a 11 – 0 shutout over the New York Yankees. 1999 – Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernandez becomes the Dominican-born career hits leader with his 2,178th hit to move ahead of Julio Franco. Fernandez’s hit plates the winning run with two outs in the 9th in Toronto’s 2 – 1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Franco, deemed washed-up by the baseball world and out of the majors at this time, will reclaim the record several years from now. 2000: The New York Mets announce that SS Rey Ordonez will be out for the season because his broken left forearm is not healing properly. The Oakland A’s defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 10 – 3, as Eric Chavez becomes the first Oakland player to hit for the cycle at home since the team moved to Oakland in 1968. 2001: In the annual Congressional baseball game, the Republicans defeat the Democrats, 9 – 1. Republican Congressman Steve Largent of Oklahoma, a former NFL great, strikes out eight while allowing just six hits and no walks. The Dems can breathe easier next year since Largent will be resigning his seat to run for governor. The elephants have compiled a 26-14 record since the Congressional newspaper, Roll Call, began sponsoring the game in 1962. Before 1962, the game was played intermittently beginning when former major leaguer John Tener, then a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania, organized the first contest in 1909. The Arizona Diamondbacks roll past the Astros, 14 – 5, as rookie 2B Junior Spivey goes 5 for 6 with three RBIs and three runs scored. The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres, 8 – 6, as OF Barry Bonds hits his 38th home run to set a new mark for homers hit before the All-Star break. Returning to the major leagues after a stint with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, Jose Canseco starts as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. The former All-Star, who has 446 career home runs (23rd all time), didn’t get any offers after being released by the Anaheim Angels in the spring. 2002: The Florida Marlins defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 – 1, as Luis Castillo hits safely in his 35th consecutive game, tying Fred Clarke (1895), Ty Cobb (1917), and George Sisler (1924-1925) for the tenth-longest hitting streak in major league history. The Florida Marlins infielder’s 3rd-inning infield hit off knuckleballer Steve Sparks’ glove also surpasses Benito Santiago’s 1987 streak for longest established by a Latin player. During the New York-Penn League game between the New Jersey Cardinals and Staten Island Yankees, a fan hops a fence and goes onto the field to argue an umpire’s call at first base. The 38-year-old woman is at the game with her 8-year-old daughter’s Brownie troop. 2003 – In the 13th inning at Veterans Stadium, pinch-hitter Todd Pratt hits a two-run home run giving the Philadelphia Phillies a walk-off 6 – 5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra’s club-tying record 6 for 6 performance (all singles) cannot prevent the bullpen from blowing three late leads: 2 – 1 in the 8th (Jim Thome’s home run ties it), 3 – 2 in 12th (Thome’s second home run ties it). 2005: General Manager Dan O’Brien meets face to face with Cincinnati Reds skipper Dave Miley (125-164) to inform the third-year manager of his decision to fire him. Former Texas Rangers manager Jerry Narron will becomes the 58th manager in Reds history. After building a 10 – 2 lead at Yankee Stadium, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays lose to the Bronx Bombers, 20 – 11, making it the second time in franchise history the team is ahead by eight or more runs and loses by nine or more tallies. No other club in history has ever achieved this dubious distinction as the D-Rays, with their 1999 defeat to the Indians, now have accomplished the feat twice. 2008: The first of two 2008 European Cups ends in Grosseto with a nail-biter. For six innings, Patrick Beljaards and Linc Mikkelsen trade goose eggs. Montepaschi Grosseto scores in the 7th on a Davide Dallospedale triple and a sacrifice fly and Kinheim (the defending champs) ties it in the 9th, also on a triple (by Roel Koolen) and a sac fly. In the 10th, Grosseto uses three singles to score a run on Kinheim closer Michiel van Kampen. Kinheim rallies against Mikkelsen, the starter working into extra innings, with two singles and a game-winning two-run double by Tjerk Smeets. In a 7 – 2 Cleveland win over the Dodgers, C.C. Sabathia homers off Chan-ho Park. It is Sabathia’s second home run, the first time an American League pitcher has hit that many since the DH had been instituted. After the game, Sabathia’s career batting line in 42 plate appearances is an impressive .300/.317/.475 for a 107 OPS+. In a match-up of two first-place Chicago teams, the Cubs top the Sox in interleague play. In a nine-run 4th, the Cubs hit four homers – a three-run shot by Aramis Ramirez, one blast by Mike Fontenot and two by Jim Edmonds. Daisuke Matsuzaka, 8-1 before going on the disabled list, comes off it on a rocky note in his first game in almost a month. He allows seven runs in one inning of work, including a Troy Glaus grand slam, in a 9 – 3 Boston loss to the Redbirds. 2009: Danesi Nettuno outduels Fortitudo Bologna, 1 – 0, in the finale of the 2009 European Cup. Jeff Farnsworth tosses eight shutout innings and fans 14 to take MVP honors. Albert Pujols, who is leading the major leagues in almost all hitting categories, has another great day at the plate, banging out two homers, one a grand slam, and driving in six runs as St. Louis beats Kansas City, 12 – 5. It is win number 2,500 for Tony LaRussa, who becomes the third manager to reach that milestone, after Connie Mack and John McGraw. Brian Roberts hits a tie-breaking single in the 8th to lead Baltimore to a 2 – 1 win over Philadelphia, completing a three-game sweep. The Phillies have now lost six straight at home, for an overall record of 13-22 at Citizens Bank Park. The defending World Series champs are being kept alive by their outstanding play on the road, where they are a major league best 23-9. 2010: At a press conference, Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg says the team cannot succeed if it continues to play in Tropicana Field or anywhere in downtown St. Petersburg, FL. The team’s poor attendance in spite of an excellent record and a bevy of exciting young players has not gone unnoticed. While the team’s lease on its current ballpark expires in 2027, the owner is looking at sites for a new park in Tampa, FL, even though it is likely that the city of St. Petersburg will take legal action if a move is made while the lease is still valid. The Cincinnati Reds blast three home runs in the 10th – by Ramon Hernandez, Joey Votto and Scott Rolen – to beat Oakland, 6 – 4. The outburst comes after the Reds scored only one run in suffering a three-game sweep at the hands of the Mariners. Francisco Cordero is the winner in spite of blowing a 2 – 1 lead by coughing up a long ball to Kevin Kouzmanoff in the bottom of the 9th. The Blue Jays designate 3B Edwin Encarnacion for assignment, hoping to send him to AAA Las Vegas, although they risk losing the talented player on waivers. Encarnacion has shown bursts of great power, hitting five home runs in three games at one point this year, but has struggled overall, batting .200 in 37 games and showing inconsistency in the field. The move makes room on the roster for P Scott Richmond, coming off the 60-day disabled list. 2011: The Twins start their game against the Giants on the right foot, as their first eight batters get hits against Madison Bumgarner, tying a major league record, on their way to a 9 – 2 win. Ben Revere has two hits and two RBI in the frame. The Twins alternate four singles and four doubles and Bumgarner departs after one third of an inning, having given up eight runs on nine hits; his only reprieve comes when his opponent, Carl Pavano, comes to bat as the number nine hitter and strikes out. The Phillies also have a big inning, scoring nine runs in the 8th to defeat the Cardinals, 10 – 2, in their first game without the injured Albert Pujols. The Phils score all those runs in spite of not getting an extra-base hit all night, taking advantage of nine walks issued by Cards pitchers. Reliever Michael Stutes is the beneficiary of the late scoring outburst, while Trever Miller is the loser in a rare decision for the lefty specialist. The University of South Carolina beats top seed Virginia in the 2011 College World Series. It is their 13th straight win in a College World Series game, tying a record held by the University of Southern California (1972-1974) and Louisiana State University (1997-1998). 33,533 fans wear sunglasses after dark as a stunt at the Rangers-Astros game, a Guinness World Record. 2012: The University of Arizona reaches the finals of the 2012 College World Series with a 10 – 3 win over Florida State University. They will play the winner of tomorrow’s game between the University of South Carolina and the University of Arkansas. It is the seventh time Arizona will play in the finals, but the first since 1986, as they are the only unbeaten team remaining in the tournament. The Cleveland Indians give up on former top prospect Beau Mills, a first-round pick in the 2007 amateur draft, when they send him to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations. Mills is hitting only .197 as the first baseman for AAA Columbus, and is being demoted to AA Pensacola by the Reds. 2013 – The Blue Jays win their ninth straight game to reach the .500 mark for the first time this season, defeating the Orioles, 7 – 6, on Rajai Davis’s game-ending single with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. Munenori Kawasaki hits his first career homer, a game-tying two-run shot in the 7th and Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion also connect for the Jays. The O’s also hit three long balls, including Chris Davis’s major league-leading 27th of the season. 2014 – The Brewers score three runs on a wild pitch in the 3rd inning of their 9 – 4 win over the Rockies. With the bases loaded, Christian Friedrich throws a pitch to the backstop; Rockies C Michael McKenry overthrows Friedrich in trying to cut off Khris Davis at home, allowing Mark Reynolds to score a second run. Then, after Friedrich has picked up the ball in foul territory, Jean Segura realizes the pitcher is not paying attention to him and dashes home as well, sliding ahead of the pitcher to complete the clearing of the bases. 2015: J.D. Martinez hits three homers and drives in six runs in Detroit’s 12 – 4 win over the Yankees. Martinez victimizes Masahiro Tanaka twice and adds the third off Danny Burawa, making his big league debut for New York. Former OF Darryl Hamilton, 50, who was employed as an analyst with the MLB Network, is found dead in his home in Pearland, TX, victim of multiple gunshot wounds. His companion is also found dead with a single wound, apparently self-inflicted, in what police describe as a murder-suicide. The couple’s 14-month-old child is unharmed. 2019 – Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas, who is having a breakout season by going 9-2, 2.70 over his first 15 starts, is handed an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a banned PED. 2021 – Jacob deGrom’s other-worldly season continues as he pitches five scoreless innings to lead the Mets to a 4 – 2 win over the Braves in the first game of a doubleheader. This extends his scoreless streak to 30 innings, and lowers his season’s ERA to 0.50, as he becomes the first pitcher in history to go 12 straight starts of giving up one or no earned runs, besting the record set by Bob Gibson in 1968. 2022 – In one of the wildest games of the year, the Royals defeat the Angels, 12 – 11, in 11 innings. Rookie Bobby Witt Jr. has two homers and five RBIs for KC, while Shohei Ohtani replies with two homers and eight RBIs, and Jared Walsh has a double, triple and homer for L.A. The two teams combine for five runs in the 9th, and three in the 11th. Walsh comes up in the bottom of the 11th with the tying run on base and a chance to hit for the cycle for the second time this season, but he pops up to second base to end the game. 2023 – In a rare occurrence, two National League teams concurrently have winning streaks of ten or more games. The Reds come back from being down, 3 – 0, to defeat the Rockies, 5 – 3, for their 11th straight victory, their longest such streak since 1957. Simultaneously, the Giants defeat the Orioles, 4 – 2, for their tenth straight win. 2025 – The Mets tie a team record by hitting seven homers – all solo shots – in an 11 – 4 win over the Phillies that snaps a seven-game losing streak during which they had fallen out of first place in the NL East. Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto both go deep twice, and Francisco Lindor, Nimmo and Soto go deep consecutively in the 3rd inning. Births[edit] 1860 – Charlie Levis, infielder (d. 1926) 1865 – Victor Jose, umpire (d. 1928) 1866 – Matt Kilroy, pitcher (d. 1940) 1874 – Tom Jones, infielder (d. 1923) 1876 – Billy Gilbert, infielder (d. 1927) 1877 – James McGeehan, minor league manager (d. 1951) 1877 – Ed Watkins, outfielder (d. 1933) 1879 – Hunter Hill, infielder (d. 1959) 1884 – Ray Tift, pitcher (d. 1945) 1891 – Bert Adams, catcher (d. 1940) 1894 – Oliver Marcelle, infielder (d. 1949) 1894 – Roy Roberts, pitcher (d. 1964) 1898 – Spencer Adams, infielder (d. 1970) 1898 – Valentín Dreke, outfielder (d. 1929) 1898 – Shang Johnson, pitcher (d. ????) 1900 – Red Barron, outfielder (d. 1982) 1905 – Don McShane, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1985) 1906 – Randy Moore, outfielder (d. 1992) 1906 – Art Smith, pitcher (d. 1995) 1906 – Russ Van Atta, pitcher (d. 1986) 1908 – Hidenosuke Shima, NPB outfielder and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1995) 1910 – Harold Seymour, author (d. 1992) 1917 – Luís Saint-Claire, Dominican national team catcher (d. ????) 1918 – Ed Lopat, pitcher, manager; All-Star (d. 1992) 1920 – Juan Hernández, minor league pitcher (d. 2008) 1920 – Yasuo Kusunoki, NPB catcher (d. 2000) 1921 – Will Leonard, college coach (d. 1988) 1926 – Merle Harmon, announcer (d. 2009) 1926 – Tom Kruta, minor league pitcher (d. 1997) 1927 – Jackie Collum, pitcher (d. 2009) 1928 – Carroll Berryman, minor league outfielder (d. 2016) 1937 – Mitsuaki Kondo, NPB pitcher 1937 – Art Simmons, Negro League pitcher 1938 – Tadao Shibano, NPB infielder 1940 – Masaru Ogata, NPB pitcher 1944 – Yuji Haba, NPB outfielder 1946 – Takashi Hashimoto, NPB pitcher 1946 – Hiroaki Shibaike, NPB pitcher 1947 – Moe Hill, minor league outfielder 1947 – Kinichi Ochiai, NPB pitcher (d. 2011) 1948 – José Amador, minor league outfielder (d. 2020) 1949 – Paul Sullivan, minor league pitcher 1950 – Mike Beard, pitcher (d. 2022) 1951 – Bob Polinsky, minor league pitcher (d. 2020) 1952 – Dave Downs, pitcher 1953 – Neil Buszard, Australian national team player 1953 – Charlie Moore, catcher (d. 2026) 1953 – Naoya Okuda, NPB pitcher 1953 – Gene Pentz, pitcher 1956 – Paul Kirsch, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2021) 1956 – Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher; All-Star 1957 – Jay Pettibone, pitcher 1960 – César Chavarría, Nicaraguan national team catcher 1962 – Damon Farmar, minor league outfielder 1962 – Yong-kook Kim, KBO infielder 1962 – Jay North, scout (d. 2009) 1963 – Don Lovell, minor league infielder 1963 – Jeff Musselman, pitcher 1964 – Hiroo Ishii, NPB infielder 1964 – Brad Moore, pitcher 1964 – Tatsumi Une, NPB pitcher 1965 – Toshiya Adachi, NPB infielder 1965 – Virgilio Kaa, Panamanian national team infielder 1966 – Ed Walsh, minor league infielder (d. 2014) 1968 – Chien-Nan Lai, CPBL infielder 1969 – Donovan Osborne, pitcher 1969 – Corey Paul, NPB outfielder 1971 – Dennys Gomez, minor league pitcher 1972 – Jose Correa, minor league pitcher 1973 – Duke Castiglione, announcer 1974 – Sean Runyan, pitcher 1977 – Roger Deago, pitcher 1978 – Luis Rivera, pitcher 1978 – Brian Rose, minor league coach (d. 2013) 1978 – Frédéric Simon, Division Elite outfielder 1980 – Yosvany Almario-Cabrera, minor league outfielder 1980 – Albert Díaz, Spanish national team outfielder 1980 – Kieran Mattison, minor league pitcher and manager 1980 – Sendy Rleal, pitcher 1981 – Chun-Ren Wang, CPBL catcher 1981 – Jeff Baker, infielder 1981 – Jimmy Bermúdez, Nicaraguan national team pitcher 1981 – Garrett Jones, outfielder 1982 – Dae-ho Lee, infielder 1982 – Arnie Munoz, pitcher 1982 – Kensaku Someda, NPB pitcher 1984 – Gabe Morales, umpire 1985 – Nat Anglin, Irish national team pitcher 1985 – Juan Diaz, Puerto Rican national team infielder 1985 – Ryne Lawson, minor league pitcher 1986 – Justin Friend, minor league pitcher 1986 – Hideaki Wakui, NPB pitcher 1987 – Thibault Conduzorgues, division elite player 1987 – Danny Rondón, minor league pitcher 1987 – Yasuhiro Tanaka, NPB pitcher 1988 – Yueh-Teng Hsu, CPBL catcher 1988 – Ihor Litvinchuk, Croatian national team pitcher-infielder 1990 – Kevin Fontanez, minor league player 1990 – Ariel Frigo, Brazilian national team outfielder 1990 – Motoharu Fukuchi, NPB pitcher 1990 – Trey Haley, minor league pitcher 1990 – Marcus Knecht, minor league outfielder 1990 – Willy Paulino, minor league pitcher 1990 – Philip Smith, Croatian national team catcher 1991 – Seung-min An, KBO pitcher 1991 – Jefry Marte, infielder 1991 – Jim Ploeger, Hoofdklasse pitcher 1991 – Hayato Shoji, NPB infielder 1992 – Christefer Obispo, minor league infielder 1993 – Chia-Ming Cheng, CPBL pitcher 1993 – Sam Clay, pitcher 1993 – Rintaro Kitagawa, NPB outfielder 1994 – Seung-taek Han, KBO catcher 1994 – Keita Hirao, Japanese national team pitcher 1996 – Daiki Asama, NPB outfielder 1997 – Dino Altomonte, Philippines national team catcher 1997 – Grant Anderson, pitcher 1997 – Chris Roycroft, pitcher 1997 – Lucas Sakay, Brazilian national team infielder 1997 – Mikiya Takahashi, NPB pitcher 1998 – Pablo Guillén, minor league pitcher 1998 – Dylan Spain, minor league pitcher 1999 – Luis Arrieta, minor league pitcher 1999 – Garrett Crochet, pitcher; All-Star 1999 – DaReese Gutierrez, Czech Extraliga pitcher/infielder 1999 – Andy Vargas, Cuban league pitcher 1999 – Masaya Nishigaki, NPB pitcher 2001 – Brandan Bidois, pitcher 2001 – Eugene Gay, New Zealand national team pitcher 2002 – Kade Morris, pitcher 2003 – Deyvison de los Santos, infielder 2003 – Naru Katsuda, NPB infielder 2003 – Phon Netra, Cambodian national team pitcher 2004 – Chieh-Hsi Huang, CPBL infielder Deaths[edit] 1889 – Ed Duffy, infielder (b. 1844) 1895 – Rex Smith, pitcher (b. 1861) 1915 – Roy Parker, minor league player (b. 1882) 1918 – Davy Force, infielder (b. 1849) 1923 – Claude Elliott, pitcher (b. 1876) 1923 – Bill Grevell, pitcher (b. 1898) 1923 – Tom Jones, infielder (b. 1874) 1934 – Monte Cross, infielder (b. 1869) 1936 – Ambrose Puttmann, pitcher (b. 1880) 1943 – Chet Chadbourne, outfielder (b. 1884) 1944 – Harry Swacina, infielder (b. 1881) 1952 – Andy Dunning, pitcher (b. 1871) 1961 – Al Bergman, infielder (b. 1889) 1962 – Robert Brown, minor league executive (b. 1876) 1965 – Jay Dahl, pitcher (b. 1945) 1965 – Sandy Thompson, outfielder (b. 1895) 1968 – Dell Chambers, minor league infielder (b. 1948) 1968 – Apolinar Pulido, minor league infielder (b. 1903) 1974 – Homer Blankenship, pitcher (b. 1902) 1974 – Joe Jenkins, catcher (b. 1890) 1978 – Tom Fiall, outfielder (b. 1894) 1981 – Larry Claflin, writer (b. 1928) 1981 – Edwin Schweda, minor league outfielder (b. 1916) 1983 – Kit Carson, outfielder (b. 1912) 1983 – Maurice Gorham, minor league outfielder (b. 1914) 1986 – Arnie Portocarrero, pitcher (b. 1931) 1987 – Phil Weintraub, infielder (b. 1907) 1988 – Ed Linke, pitcher (b. 1911) 1991 – Harry Wilke, infielder (b. 1900) 1991 – Anthony Gubicza, minor league pitcher (b. 1928) 1998 – Al Campanis, infielder (b. 1916) 2000 – Bud Stewart, outfielder (b. 1916) 2008 – Bobby Wilson, college coach (b. 1924) 2015 – Darryl Hamilton, outfielder (b. 1964) 2018 – Charlie Wride, minor league executive (b. 1936) ============================================== TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, June 21 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. Noon FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix at Road America – Race 2, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. 2 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Xpel Grand Prix at Road America, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. 3:30 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Anduril 250, Naval base Coronado, San Diego COLLEGE BASEBALL 2:30 p.m. ABC — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. ESPNU — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. (Altcast Placeholder) GOLF 9 a.m. USA — PGA Tour: U.S. Open, Final Round, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y. 11 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Final Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich. Noon NBC — PGA Tour: U.S. Open, Final Round, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y. 2 p.m. CBS — LPGA Tour: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Final Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich. MLB BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago White Sox at Detroit (1:40 p.m.) OR Washington at Tampa Bay (1:40 p.m.) 3 p.m. NBCSN — Minnesota at Arizona (3:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Minnesota at Arizona (3:15 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) RUGBY (MEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN2 — MLR Playoffs: TBD, Championship SOCCER (MEN’S) Noon FOX — FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Spain vs. Saudi Arabia, Group H, Atlanta 3 p.m. FS1 — FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Belgium vs. Iran, Group G, Inglewood, Calif. 6 p.m. FS1 — FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Uruguay vs. Cape Verde, Group H, Miami Gardens, Fla. 9 p.m. FS1 — FIFA World Cup Group Stage: New Zealand vs. Egypt, Group G, Vancouver, British Columbia SOFTBALL 12:30 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Cascade 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Bandits WNBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. CBS — Golden State at Las Vegas 6 p.m. NBATV — Washington at Minnesota 8 p.m.ESPN — New York at Los Angeles About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2026 THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JUNE 22, 2026
