MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Detroit  Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 1

  Minnesota  Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 4

Chicago  Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Tigers 2, Royals 1 – Miguel Cabrera hits 507th homer,  Tigers beat Royals 2-1 

  Miguel  Cabrera hit his 507th home run, Detroit got nine innings from its bullpen and  the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth  straight victory. MJ Melendez led off the game with a home run for Kansas City,  and Cabrera hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. Scheduled Tigers  starter Matt Manning was scratched just before game time because of arm  fatigue. Will Vest pitched the first inning, allowing Melendez’s homer, and the  next six relievers combined for eight shutout innings. Gregory Soto pitched the  ninth for his 29th save. The Tigers need one win in their last eight games to  avoid 100 losses.

Twins 8, White Sox 4 – Wallner’s 3 RBIs help Twins  send Sox to 8th straight loss 

  Minnesota  rookie Matt Wallner drove in a career-high three runs and Gio Urshela and Jake  Cave each had three hits as the Twins beat Chicago 7-4, sending the White Sox  to their eighth straight loss. Jose Miranda added an RBI double for the Twins.  They tied the White Sox for second in the AL Central at 76-79. Cleveland blew  by both of them over the last three weeks to clinch the division with 10 days  left. Caleb Thielbar got the win in relief. Johnny Cueto lost his fourth  straight start for the White Sox.

Cubs 4, Phillies 2 – Nola gives up key homer as  Phillies lose 4-2 to Cubs 

  Aaron  Nola surrendered Christopher Morel’s three-run homer in the fifth inning, and  the Philadelphia Phillies lost 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia dropped  its fourth consecutive game. Trying for their first playoff appearance since  2011, the Phillies are just a half-game ahead of Milwaukee for the third NL  wild card. Nola was charged with four runs — all in the fifth — and five hits  in six innings. The right-hander struck out eight and walked none. Chicago won  for the seventh time in eight games.

Today

  Kansas  City (Heasley 4-8) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-5), 1:10 p.m.           WSJM/WCSY 6:20

  Chicago  White Sox (Giolito 10-9) at Minnesota (Varland 0-2), 1:10 p.m.

  Philadelphia  (Suárez 10-5) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 1-2), 2:20 p.m.

MLB  – Yankees star Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris’ AL record

  Aaron  Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season,  hitting a tiebreaking, two-run drive for the New York Yankees in the seventh  inning that led them over Toronto Blue Jays 8-3. The 30-year-old slugger drove  a 94.5 mph belt-high sinker with a full-count from Tim Mayza over the  left-field fence at Rogers Centre. The 117.4 mph drive took just 3.8 seconds to  land 394 feet from the plate. and it put the Yankees ahead 5-3. Judge watched  the ball clank off the stands, just below two fans who reached over a railing.

MLB  – Fans miss 61 HR ball, Jays bullpen coach gets it to Judge

  When  Aaron Judge’s American League record-tying 61st home run dropped into Toronto’s  bullpen, coach Matt Buschmann picked it up. He and Blue Jays closer Jordan  Romano passed it to Yankees reliever Zack Britton, who made sure it got to  Judge. The coach’s wife, Fox Sports reporter and former ESPN anchor Sara Walsh,  joked on Twitter that she was announcing a divorce before adding she was joking  and her husband decided Judge and Roger Maris’ family should get the ball, Frankie  Lasagna was one of two fans who almost caught the drive.

MLB  – Maris Jr: Bonds, McGwire illegitimate, Judge to be HR king

  Roger  Maris Jr. considers the home run feats of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy  Sosa to be illegitimate and says Aaron Judge should be recognized as the holder  of the big league season standard if the New York Yankees slugger hits No. 62.  Maris says "baseball needs to look at the records.” In 1961, Roger Maris  broke the record of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927. Maris’ mark stood until  McGwire hit 70 in 1998, and that was topped by Barry Bonds’ 73 in 2001. McGwire  admitted using steroids, while Bonds and Sosa maintained they didn’t knowingly  use PEDs.

NFL – National Football League – Week 4
Last Night

  Miami  Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m.

NFL  – Displaced Bucs avoid Ian, begin preparation to face Chiefs

  The  Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved their football operations to South Florida to avoid  Hurricane Ian and remain hopeful of being able to return home to play the  Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. The team practiced at the Miami Dolphins’  training facility on Wednesday. The Bucs insisted the disruption to their  normal routine will not hinder their ability to prepare for the team they beat  in the Super Bowl two seasons ago. Family members, and even some pets,  accompanied players and coaches in relocating ahead of the storm making  landfall on Florida’s west coast.  The NFL  has plans in place to move the game to Minnesota if the game cannot be played  in Tampa. 

NHL – National Hockey League – Preseason
Last Night

  Chicago  Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

NCAAFB – Progress made but how soon CFP expands still  up in the air

  The administrators who’ve been given the task of  expanding the College Football Playoff from four to 12 teams left their latest  in-person meetings outside Chicago with the biggest question unanswered: How  soon? The CFP management committee is scheduled to convene again Oct. 20 in  Dallas. The members expect to get some work done before then by video  conference. But whether the logistical hurdles can be cleared to implement a  new format as soon as 2024 is unclear. The playoff will definitely expand by  2026, but the management committee has been tasked with trying to flip the  format for the 2024 and ’25 seasons.

NCAAFB – Big 10 – Northwestern unveils plans for new  football stadium

  Northwestern unveiled plans to build a new Ryan Field  and replace the current 97-year-old football stadium with a state-of-the-art  facility featuring a reduced seating capacity and greater emphasis on the fan  experience. The school said the stadium would seat 35,000, down more than  12,000 from the current Ryan Field, and feature a canopy designed to keep noise  and light focused on the field. It would include cutting-edge technology and  scoreboards, as well as concessions with food from local restaurants.  Northwestern said the stadium would achieve Gold LEED certification, and “set a  new standard” for accessibility. The plan calls for plazas outside, a community  park and other green spaces. Northwestern said it is also considering hosting  “a limited number” of concerts.

NCAAFB – Penn State to begin selling beer at football  games

  Penn State announced that beer will be available for  sale to the general public at Beaver Stadium beginning Saturday when the  Nittany Lions host Northwestern. Penn State becomes the ninth Big Ten school to  sell beer to the general public at football games. The ones that don’t are  Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin. Beer will be  sold in all areas of the stadium, except near the student section. Fans can buy  two cans of beer at one time, and sales will stop at the end of the third  quarter.

FIBA – Thomas helps US top Serbia 88-55, advance to  World Cup semis

  Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven  assists to help the United States beat Serbia 88-55 in the quarterfinals of the  women’s World Cup. Kelsey Plum scored 17 points and A’ja Wilson added 15 to  lead the Americans, who will face Canada in the semifinals on Friday. The  Americans used a 12-0 run to close the half and break open a tight game. 

Golf – LIV – LIV Golf denies report of deal to buy TV  time on FS1

  Saudi-funded LIV Golf is denying a report that it was  close to a U.S. television deal in which it would buy time to be shown on FS1.  Golfweek is citing sources as saying LIV Golf is nearing an agreement to buy  time. LIV Golf issued a statement that the report was “incomplete and  inaccurate,” and that it is ahead of schedule in its inaugural year, including  such areas as broadcast rights. If a deal is imminent, it wasn’t clear when it  would start. Fox Sports had no comment. Media companies typically pay a sports  league for the right to broadcast events. In a time buy, the league is  responsible for paying for the time on air, along with the cost of production  and selling advertising. LIV Golf events are currently available for streaming  YouTube, Facebook and its website.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Last Night
Women’s Soccer

  Kellogg  Community College at Lake Michigan College, PPD

Today
Women’s Volleyball

  Lansing  Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m.

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer

  Michigan  Lutheran 7, Our Lady of the Lake 2

  Kalamazoo  Hackett 3, South Haven 0

  Edwardsburg  9, Niles 1

  Plainwell  0, Otsego 0 – TIE 

  Paw  Paw 5, Three Rivers 1

  Sturgis  2, Vicksburg 0 

  New  Buffalo 5, Comstock 2

  Bangor  3, Cassopolis 2

  Hartford  7, Bloomingdale 0

  Allegan  3, Constantine 0

  Kalamazoo  Christian 6, Coloma 1

  Delton-Kellogg  2, Watervliet 1

  Holland  Black River 8, Parchment 0

Volleyball

  Mattawan  3, St. Joseph 2

  Michigan  Lutheran 3, River Valley 1

Girls Golf

  SMAC  Conference at Stonehedge North
Battle Creek Lakeview      697
St. Joseph                       770
Portage Central              776
Gull Lake                        780
Portage Northern            787
Lakeshore                        792
Mattawan                        795
Kalamazoo Central          DNF

Today
Boys Soccer

  St.  Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.

  Dowagiac  at Niles, 6:30 p.m.

  Schoolcraft  at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.

  Howardsville  Christian at Covert, 5:00 p.m.

  Mattawan  at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.

  Gull  Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.

  Battle  Creek Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.

  Quincy  at Comstock, 5:00 p.m.

Volleyball

  Berrien  Springs at Buchanan, 6:00 p.m.

  Brandywine  at Dowagiac, 6:00 p.m.

  Edwardsburg  at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m.

  Niles  at Plainwell, 6:00 p.m.

  Howardsville  Christian at Eau Claire, 5:00 p.m.

  Vicksburg  at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.

  Mendon  at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m.

  Hartford  at Decatur, 7:30 p.m.

  Bangor  at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.

  Centreville  at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m.

  Bloomingdale  at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m.

  South  Haven, Lawrence at Comstock Tri-Meet, 6:00 p.m.

Boys Tennis

  Edwardsburg  at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m.

  Niles  at Buchanan, 4:00 p.m.

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 1 
 Minnesota Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 4 
Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Tigers 2, Royals 1 – Miguel Cabrera hits 507th homer, Tigers beat Royals 2-1 
 Miguel Cabrera hit his 507th home run, Detroit got nine innings from its bullpen and the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. MJ Melendez led off the game with a home run for Kansas City, and Cabrera hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. Scheduled Tigers starter Matt Manning was scratched just before game time because of arm fatigue. Will Vest pitched the first inning, allowing Melendez&rsquo;s homer, and the next six relievers combined for eight shutout innings. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his 29th save. The Tigers need one win in their last eight games to avoid 100 losses.
Twins 8, White Sox 4 – Wallner&#8217;s 3 RBIs help Twins send Sox to 8th straight loss 
 Minnesota rookie Matt Wallner drove in a career-high three runs and Gio Urshela and Jake Cave each had three hits as the Twins beat Chicago 7-4, sending the White Sox to their eighth straight loss. Jose Miranda added an RBI double for the Twins. They tied the White Sox for second in the AL Central at 76-79. Cleveland blew by both of them over the last three weeks to clinch the division with 10 days left. Caleb Thielbar got the win in relief. Johnny Cueto lost his fourth straight start for the White Sox.
Cubs 4, Phillies 2 – Nola gives up key homer as Phillies lose 4-2 to Cubs 
 Aaron Nola surrendered Christopher Morel&rsquo;s three-run homer in the fifth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies lost 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia dropped its fourth consecutive game. Trying for their first playoff appearance since 2011, the Phillies are just a half-game ahead of Milwaukee for the third NL wild card. Nola was charged with four runs — all in the fifth — and five hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out eight and walked none. Chicago won for the seventh time in eight games.
Today 
 Kansas City (Heasley 4-8) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-5), 1:10 p.m.           WSJM/WCSY 6:20 
 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 10-9) at Minnesota (Varland 0-2), 1:10 p.m. 
 Philadelphia (Suárez 10-5) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 1-2), 2:20 p.m.
MLB – Yankees star Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris&#8217; AL record 
 Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris&rsquo; American League record of 61 home runs in a season, hitting a tiebreaking, two-run drive for the New York Yankees in the seventh inning that led them over Toronto Blue Jays 8-3. The 30-year-old slugger drove a 94.5 mph belt-high sinker with a full-count from Tim Mayza over the left-field fence at Rogers Centre. The 117.4 mph drive took just 3.8 seconds to land 394 feet from the plate. and it put the Yankees ahead 5-3. Judge watched the ball clank off the stands, just below two fans who reached over a railing.
MLB – Fans miss 61 HR ball, Jays bullpen coach gets it to Judge 
 When Aaron Judge&rsquo;s American League record-tying 61st home run dropped into Toronto&rsquo;s bullpen, coach Matt Buschmann picked it up. He and Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano passed it to Yankees reliever Zack Britton, who made sure it got to Judge. The coach&#8217;s wife, Fox Sports reporter and former ESPN anchor Sara Walsh, joked on Twitter that she was announcing a divorce before adding she was joking and her husband decided Judge and Roger Maris&#8217; family should get the ball, Frankie Lasagna was one of two fans who almost caught the drive.
MLB – Maris Jr: Bonds, McGwire illegitimate, Judge to be HR king 
 Roger Maris Jr. considers the home run feats of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa to be illegitimate and says Aaron Judge should be recognized as the holder of the big league season standard if the New York Yankees slugger hits No. 62. Maris says &quot;baseball needs to look at the records.&rdquo; In 1961, Roger Maris broke the record of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927. Maris&rsquo; mark stood until McGwire hit 70 in 1998, and that was topped by Barry Bonds&rsquo; 73 in 2001. McGwire admitted using steroids, while Bonds and Sosa maintained they didn&rsquo;t knowingly use PEDs.
NFL – National Football League – Week 4 
 Last Night 
 Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m.
NFL – Displaced Bucs avoid Ian, begin preparation to face Chiefs 
 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved their football operations to South Florida to avoid Hurricane Ian and remain hopeful of being able to return home to play the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. The team practiced at the Miami Dolphins&#8217; training facility on Wednesday. The Bucs insisted the disruption to their normal routine will not hinder their ability to prepare for the team they beat in the Super Bowl two seasons ago. Family members, and even some pets, accompanied players and coaches in relocating ahead of the storm making landfall on Florida&rsquo;s west coast.  The NFL has plans in place to move the game to Minnesota if the game cannot be played in Tampa. 
NHL – National Hockey League &#8211; Preseason 
 Last Night 
 Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 2
NCAAFB – Progress made but how soon CFP expands still up in the air 
 The administrators who&#8217;ve been given the task of expanding the College Football Playoff from four to 12 teams left their latest in-person meetings outside Chicago with the biggest question unanswered: How soon? The CFP management committee is scheduled to convene again Oct. 20 in Dallas. The members expect to get some work done before then by video conference. But whether the logistical hurdles can be cleared to implement a new format as soon as 2024 is unclear. The playoff will definitely expand by 2026, but the management committee has been tasked with trying to flip the format for the 2024 and &#8217;25 seasons.
NCAAFB – Big 10 – Northwestern unveils plans for new football stadium 
 Northwestern unveiled plans to build a new Ryan Field and replace the current 97-year-old football stadium with a state-of-the-art facility featuring a reduced seating capacity and greater emphasis on the fan experience. The school said the stadium would seat 35,000, down more than 12,000 from the current Ryan Field, and feature a canopy designed to keep noise and light focused on the field. It would include cutting-edge technology and scoreboards, as well as concessions with food from local restaurants. Northwestern said the stadium would achieve Gold LEED certification, and &ldquo;set a new standard&rdquo; for accessibility. The plan calls for plazas outside, a community park and other green spaces. Northwestern said it is also considering hosting &ldquo;a limited number&rdquo; of concerts.
NCAAFB – Penn State to begin selling beer at football games 
 Penn State announced that beer will be available for sale to the general public at Beaver Stadium beginning Saturday when the Nittany Lions host Northwestern. Penn State becomes the ninth Big Ten school to sell beer to the general public at football games. The ones that don&rsquo;t are Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin. Beer will be sold in all areas of the stadium, except near the student section. Fans can buy two cans of beer at one time, and sales will stop at the end of the third quarter.
FIBA – Thomas helps US top Serbia 88-55, advance to World Cup semis 
 Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to help the United States beat Serbia 88-55 in the quarterfinals of the women&rsquo;s World Cup. Kelsey Plum scored 17 points and A&rsquo;ja Wilson added 15 to lead the Americans, who will face Canada in the semifinals on Friday. The Americans used a 12-0 run to close the half and break open a tight game. 
Golf – LIV – LIV Golf denies report of deal to buy TV time on FS1 
 Saudi-funded LIV Golf is denying a report that it was close to a U.S. television deal in which it would buy time to be shown on FS1. Golfweek is citing sources as saying LIV Golf is nearing an agreement to buy time. LIV Golf issued a statement that the report was &ldquo;incomplete and inaccurate,&rdquo; and that it is ahead of schedule in its inaugural year, including such areas as broadcast rights. If a deal is imminent, it wasn&#8217;t clear when it would start. Fox Sports had no comment. Media companies typically pay a sports league for the right to broadcast events. In a time buy, the league is responsible for paying for the time on air, along with the cost of production and selling advertising. LIV Golf events are currently available for streaming YouTube, Facebook and its website.
 MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Last Night 
 Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Kellogg Community College at Lake Michigan College, PPD
Today 
 Women&rsquo;s Volleyball 
 Lansing Community College at Southwestern Michigan College, 6:30 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Last Night 
 Boys Soccer 
 Michigan Lutheran 7, Our Lady of the Lake 2 
 Kalamazoo Hackett 3, South Haven 0 
 Edwardsburg 9, Niles 1 
 Plainwell 0, Otsego 0 – TIE 
 Paw Paw 5, Three Rivers 1 
 Sturgis 2, Vicksburg 0 
 New Buffalo 5, Comstock 2 
 Bangor 3, Cassopolis 2 
 Hartford 7, Bloomingdale 0 
 Allegan 3, Constantine 0 
 Kalamazoo Christian 6, Coloma 1 
 Delton-Kellogg 2, Watervliet 1 
 Holland Black River 8, Parchment 0
 Volleyball 
 Mattawan 3, St. Joseph 2 
 Michigan Lutheran 3, River Valley 1
Girls Golf 
 SMAC Conference at Stonehedge North
<ol>
<li>Battle Creek Lakeview      697</li>
<li>St. Joseph                       770</li>
<li>Portage Central              776</li>
<li>Gull Lake                        780</li>
<li>Portage Northern            787</li>
<li>Lakeshore                        792</li>
<li>Mattawan                        795</li>
<li>Kalamazoo Central          DNF</li>
</ol>
Today 
 Boys Soccer 
 St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. 
 Dowagiac at Niles, 6:30 p.m. 
 Schoolcraft at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. 
 Howardsville Christian at Covert, 5:00 p.m. 
 Mattawan at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. 
 Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. 
 Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. 
 Quincy at Comstock, 5:00 p.m.
Volleyball 
 Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Brandywine at Dowagiac, 6:00 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. 
 Niles at Plainwell, 6:00 p.m. 
 Howardsville Christian at Eau Claire, 5:00 p.m. 
 Vicksburg at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m. 
 Mendon at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. 
 Hartford at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. 
 Bangor at Fennville, 6:30 p.m. 
 Centreville at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m. 
 Bloomingdale at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m. 
 South Haven, Lawrence at Comstock Tri-Meet, 6:00 p.m.
Boys Tennis 
 Edwardsburg at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. 
 Niles at Buchanan, 4:00 p.m.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 1 Minnesota Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 Tigers 2, Royals 1 – Miguel Cabrera hits 507th homer,