MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2

  Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians, PPD

Tampa Bay Rays 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Yankees 4, Tigers 2 – Cole gets career-low 5 outs, pen  leads Yanks over Tigers 4-2

  Gerrit Cole lasted a career-low 1 2/3 innings, and  Clarke Schmidt combined with four relievers to pitch three-hit shutout ball and  lead the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers 4-2 in a series opener. Cole  matched his career high of five walks and allowed two runs and one hit,  throwing just 37 of 68 pitches for strikes. Starting the third season of a $324  million, nine-year contract, the 31-year-old right-hander has a 6.35 ERA in  three starts and has pitched into the sixth inning just once. Detroit’s Miguel  Cabrera singled off Cole leading off the second, his 2,996th hit.

White Sox at Guardians, PPD – White Sox, Guardians  postponed again, doubleheader Wednesday

  For the second straight day, the Chicago White Sox and  Cleveland Guardians have been postponed by inclement weather and unplayable  conditions. The game will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader  Wednesday, starting at 2:10 p.m. Monday’s postponement will be played as part  of a doubleheader on July 12.

Rays 6, Cubs 5 – Franco homers in Wrigley debut, Rays  beat Cubs 6-5

  Wander Franco hit his first homer of the season, a  two-run drive to left-center in the third inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays held  on to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5. Cubs rookie Seiya Suzuki drew three walks but  his nine-game hitting streak came to an end. That left him tied with Akinori  Iwamura for the longest hitting streak by a Japanese-born player to start a  career. Playing at Wrigley Field for the first time, Franco finished 3-for-5,  including the homer that put the Rays ahead 3-0. Tampa Bay reliever Josh  Fleming got the win. Andrew Kittredge retired the final 6 batters for his 2nd  save.

Today

  Chicago  White Sox (Keuchel 1-0) at Cleveland (Bieber 0-0), 2:10 p.m. – Game 1

  Chicago  White Sox (Lambert 0-1) at Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1), 5:40 p.m. – Game 2

  N.Y.  Yankees (Severino 1-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 0-1), 6:40 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 6:20

  Tampa  Bay (Rasmussen 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 0-1), 7:40 p.m.

NBA  – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round
Yesterday

  Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 105                                  (MIA  Leads 2-0) 

  Memphis Grizzlies 124, Minnesota Timberwolves 96           (Series  Tied 1-1) 

  New Orleans Pelicans 125, Phoenix Suns 114                    (Series  Tied 1-1) 

Tonight

  Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics, 7:00 p.m.                      (BOS  Leads 1-0) 

  Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors, 8:00 p.m.              (PHI  Leads 2-0) 

  Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks, 9:30 p.m.                    (MIL  Leads 1-0) 

NHL  – National Hockey League
Last Night

  Detroit Red Wings 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Red Wings 4, Lightning 3 – Vrana, Greiss lead Red Wings  to 4-3 win over Tampa Bay

  Jakub Vrana had two goals, including the tiebreaking  score in the third period, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the  Tampa Bay Lightning. The Red Wings beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy  for the first time in 14 career games. Lucas Raymond and Oskar Sundqvist also  scored for Detroit. Thomas Greiss stopped 38 shots. Lightning captain Steven  Stamkos finished with three assists. He tied Marty St. Louis for the franchise  record for career points at 953. Ross Colton scored twice and Nikita Kucherov  added his 19th of the season for Tampa Bay. Vasilevskiy finished with 27 saves.

Tonight

  Chicago Blackhawks at Arizona Coyotes, 10:00 p.m.

NFL – Tirico, Collinsworth and Stark to do ‘Sunday  Night Football’

  NBC Sports revealed its new “Sunday Night Football”  announcing team with analyst Cris Collinsworth returning and being joined by  Mike Tirico in the booth and Melissa Stark on the sidelines. The network said  the crew will work for the first time at the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 4  between Jacksonville and Las Vegas. Tirico, who has been with NBC since 2016,  is replacing Al Michaels calling play by play. Michaels was hired by Amazon to  handle its Thursday night games. Stark replaces Michele Tafoya. Collinsworth is  returning for a 14th season on Sunday night.

NFL – Justin Fields and the Bears are learning the  Eberflus way

  Since Matt Eberflus took over as coach of the Chicago  Bears, second-year quarterback Justin Fields and his teammates are adjusting to  a new way of doing things. Working at a three-day minicamp on Tuesday, Fields  is changing his footwork and getting the ball out faster under new offensive  coordinator Luke Getsy. Eberflus and defensive assistants have taken the Bears  back to a 4-3 defensive approach after the team played a 3-4 front for seven  seasons. Defensive players also are getting used to playing without veteran  linebacker Khalil Mack, who was traded.

NCAAFB – With expansion on hold, College Football  Playoff settles in

  As college football tries to navigate unprecedented  upheaval, the status quo holds with the College Football Playoff that crowns  its national champion. CFP executive director Bill Hancock says he does not  believe major changes are coming any time soon after a proposal to expand to a  12-team playoff was abandoned in February. He expects the playoff will keep its  four-team format through the end of its current contract.

NCAAWBKB – NCAA sanctions Ohio State women’s hoops, 2  other programs

  Ohio State’s athletics department has been given four  years probation and hit with other sanctions as a result of self-reported  recruiting and policy violations in three women’s sports, including basketball.  The other violations, as outlined in a report issued by the NCAA’s Division I  Committee on Infractions, were in the women’s fencing and golf programs between  2015 and 2019. The university had self-reported the violations, and in December  2020 imposed a postseason ban for all three sports in 2020-21.

Tennis – 5-time Grand Slam champ Maria Sharapova says  she is pregnant

  Maria Sharapova says she is pregnant. The five-time  Grand Slam tennis champion retired from the sport in February 2020. She  delivered the pregnancy news via a social media post on Tuesday — her 35th  birthday. She announced her engagement to Alexander Gilkes in December 2020.

MILB – Minor league game time cut 20 minutes with  pitch clocks

  Minor league games averaged 2 hours, 39 minutes in the  first three days with a pitch clock, down 20 minutes from the prior average  this season. Major League Baseball says the 132 games with a clock averaged  5.11 runs and 15.9 hits, close to the average of 5.13 runs and 16.1 hits for  the 335 games without a clock. Time between pitches during a plate appearance  was cut from 21.5 seconds to 19.7 seconds, and time between batters was lowered  from 43 seconds to 39.7.

MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

  Fort Wayne Tin Caps 10, Lansing Lugnuts 3

  Great Lakes Loons 3, Lake County Captains 1

  South Bend Cubs 3, Beloit Sky Carp 0

  Dayton Dragons 3, West Michigan Whitecaps 2

Tonight

  Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m.

  Lake County Captains at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.

  Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

  West Michigan Whitecaps at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.

AHL – American Hockey League
Last Night

  Iowa Wild 5, Grand Rapids Griffins 2

Tonight

  Grand Rapids Griffins at Rockford Ice Hogs, 8:00 p.m.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Yesterday
Softball

  Ancilla College at Lake Michigan College, PPD

Yesterday
Softball

  Ancilla College at Lake Michigan College, 3:00  p.m./5:00 p.m. (DH)

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Yesterday
Baseball

  Portage Central 8,  Lakeshore 2 – Game 1
Lakeshore 6,  Portage Central 3 – Game 2

Softball

  Lakeshore 10, Portage  Central 0 – Game 1
Lakeshore 4,  Portage Central 2 – Game 2

Girls Tennis

  Portage Central 6, St.  Joseph 2

  Mattawan 4, BC  Lakeview 4 – TIE 

Girls Soccer

  Comstock 9, Marcellus  1

Today
Baseball

  Benton Harbor at Wyoming  Lee, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Berrien Springs at  Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH)

  Buchanan at South Haven,  4:15 p.m. (DH)

  Gull Lake at Kalamazoo  Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Portage Northern at  Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Schoolcraft at  Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Otsego at Zeeland  West, 4:15 p.m. (DH)

Parchment at  Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)

Softball

  Benton Harbor at Wyoming  Lee, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  South Haven at Coloma,  4;15 p.m. (DH)

  Berrien Springs at  Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH)

  Gull Lake at Kalamazoo  Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Portage Northern at  Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Parchment at  Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)

Girls Soccer

  Battle Creek Lakeview  at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.

  Lakeshore at Gull  Lake, 6:30 p.m.

  Buchanan at Michigan  Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.

  Berrien Springs at Our  Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m.

  Portage Central at  Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.

  Brandywine at  Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.

  South Haven at New  Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.

  Watervliet at  Constantine, 5:00 p.m.

  Coloma at Parchment,  6:00 p.m.

  Fennville at  Saugatuck, 5:30 p.m.

  Delton-Kellogg at  Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.

  Vicksburg at Dowagiac,  5:00 p.m.

  Allegan at  Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.

  Paw Paw at Otsego,  6:30 p.m.

  Niles at Sturgis, 5:00  p.m.

  Three Rivers at  Plainwell, 6:30 p.m.

  Holland Black River at  Hartford, 5:00 p.m.

  Kal. Loy Norrix at  Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m.

B.C. Central at  Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Golf

  SMAC West at Lake  Michigan Hills, 3:30 p.m. (Lakeshore Host)

Girls Tennis

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

  Lakeshore at Battle  Creek Lakeview, 4:00 p.m.

  Lakeshore vs.  Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. (at BC Lakeview)

  New Buffalo at South  Haven, 4:00 p.m.

Track and Field

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

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2 
 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians, PPD 
Tampa Bay Rays 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Yankees 4, Tigers 2 – Cole gets career-low 5 outs, pen leads Yanks over Tigers 4-2 
 Gerrit Cole lasted a career-low 1 2/3 innings, and Clarke Schmidt combined with four relievers to pitch three-hit shutout ball and lead the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers 4-2 in a series opener. Cole matched his career high of five walks and allowed two runs and one hit, throwing just 37 of 68 pitches for strikes. Starting the third season of a $324 million, nine-year contract, the 31-year-old right-hander has a 6.35 ERA in three starts and has pitched into the sixth inning just once. Detroit&rsquo;s Miguel Cabrera singled off Cole leading off the second, his 2,996th hit.
White Sox at Guardians, PPD – White Sox, Guardians postponed again, doubleheader Wednesday 
 For the second straight day, the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians have been postponed by inclement weather and unplayable conditions. The game will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader Wednesday, starting at 2:10 p.m. Monday&rsquo;s postponement will be played as part of a doubleheader on July 12.
Rays 6, Cubs 5 – Franco homers in Wrigley debut, Rays beat Cubs 6-5 
 Wander Franco hit his first homer of the season, a two-run drive to left-center in the third inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5. Cubs rookie Seiya Suzuki drew three walks but his nine-game hitting streak came to an end. That left him tied with Akinori Iwamura for the longest hitting streak by a Japanese-born player to start a career. Playing at Wrigley Field for the first time, Franco finished 3-for-5, including the homer that put the Rays ahead 3-0. Tampa Bay reliever Josh Fleming got the win. Andrew Kittredge retired the final 6 batters for his 2nd save.
Today 
 Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 1-0) at Cleveland (Bieber 0-0), 2:10 p.m. – Game 1 
 Chicago White Sox (Lambert 0-1) at Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1), 5:40 p.m. – Game 2 
 N.Y. Yankees (Severino 1-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 0-1), 6:40 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 6:20 
 Tampa Bay (Rasmussen 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 0-1), 7:40 p.m.
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round 
 Yesterday 
 Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 105                                  (MIA Leads 2-0) 
 Memphis Grizzlies 124, Minnesota Timberwolves 96           (Series Tied 1-1) 
 New Orleans Pelicans 125, Phoenix Suns 114                    (Series Tied 1-1) 
Tonight 
 Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics, 7:00 p.m.                      (BOS Leads 1-0) 
 Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors, 8:00 p.m.              (PHI Leads 2-0) 
 Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks, 9:30 p.m.                    (MIL Leads 1-0) 
NHL – National Hockey League 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Red Wings 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Red Wings 4, Lightning 3 – Vrana, Greiss lead Red Wings to 4-3 win over Tampa Bay 
 Jakub Vrana had two goals, including the tiebreaking score in the third period, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Red Wings beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy for the first time in 14 career games. Lucas Raymond and Oskar Sundqvist also scored for Detroit. Thomas Greiss stopped 38 shots. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos finished with three assists. He tied Marty St. Louis for the franchise record for career points at 953. Ross Colton scored twice and Nikita Kucherov added his 19th of the season for Tampa Bay. Vasilevskiy finished with 27 saves.
Tonight 
 Chicago Blackhawks at Arizona Coyotes, 10:00 p.m.
NFL – Tirico, Collinsworth and Stark to do &#8216;Sunday Night Football&#8217; 
 NBC Sports revealed its new &ldquo;Sunday Night Football&rdquo; announcing team with analyst Cris Collinsworth returning and being joined by Mike Tirico in the booth and Melissa Stark on the sidelines. The network said the crew will work for the first time at the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 4 between Jacksonville and Las Vegas. Tirico, who has been with NBC since 2016, is replacing Al Michaels calling play by play. Michaels was hired by Amazon to handle its Thursday night games. Stark replaces Michele Tafoya. Collinsworth is returning for a 14th season on Sunday night.
NFL – Justin Fields and the Bears are learning the Eberflus way 
 Since Matt Eberflus took over as coach of the Chicago Bears, second-year quarterback Justin Fields and his teammates are adjusting to a new way of doing things. Working at a three-day minicamp on Tuesday, Fields is changing his footwork and getting the ball out faster under new offensive coordinator Luke Getsy. Eberflus and defensive assistants have taken the Bears back to a 4-3 defensive approach after the team played a 3-4 front for seven seasons. Defensive players also are getting used to playing without veteran linebacker Khalil Mack, who was traded.
NCAAFB – With expansion on hold, College Football Playoff settles in 
 As college football tries to navigate unprecedented upheaval, the status quo holds with the College Football Playoff that crowns its national champion. CFP executive director Bill Hancock says he does not believe major changes are coming any time soon after a proposal to expand to a 12-team playoff was abandoned in February. He expects the playoff will keep its four-team format through the end of its current contract.
NCAAWBKB – NCAA sanctions Ohio State women&#8217;s hoops, 2 other programs 
 Ohio State&rsquo;s athletics department has been given four years probation and hit with other sanctions as a result of self-reported recruiting and policy violations in three women&rsquo;s sports, including basketball. The other violations, as outlined in a report issued by the NCAA&rsquo;s Division I Committee on Infractions, were in the women&rsquo;s fencing and golf programs between 2015 and 2019. The university had self-reported the violations, and in December 2020 imposed a postseason ban for all three sports in 2020-21.
Tennis – 5-time Grand Slam champ Maria Sharapova says she is pregnant 
 Maria Sharapova says she is pregnant. The five-time Grand Slam tennis champion retired from the sport in February 2020. She delivered the pregnancy news via a social media post on Tuesday — her 35th birthday. She announced her engagement to Alexander Gilkes in December 2020.
MILB – Minor league game time cut 20 minutes with pitch clocks 
 Minor league games averaged 2 hours, 39 minutes in the first three days with a pitch clock, down 20 minutes from the prior average this season. Major League Baseball says the 132 games with a clock averaged 5.11 runs and 15.9 hits, close to the average of 5.13 runs and 16.1 hits for the 335 games without a clock. Time between pitches during a plate appearance was cut from 21.5 seconds to 19.7 seconds, and time between batters was lowered from 43 seconds to 39.7.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 10, Lansing Lugnuts 3 
 Great Lakes Loons 3, Lake County Captains 1 
 South Bend Cubs 3, Beloit Sky Carp 0 
 Dayton Dragons 3, West Michigan Whitecaps 2
Tonight 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. 
 Lake County Captains at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. 
 Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. 
 West Michigan Whitecaps at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.
AHL – American Hockey League 
 Last Night 
 Iowa Wild 5, Grand Rapids Griffins 2
Tonight 
 Grand Rapids Griffins at Rockford Ice Hogs, 8:00 p.m.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Yesterday 
 Softball 
 Ancilla College at Lake Michigan College, PPD
Yesterday 
 Softball 
 Ancilla College at Lake Michigan College, 3:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. (DH)
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Yesterday 
 Baseball 
 Portage Central 8, Lakeshore 2 – Game 1 
 Lakeshore 6, Portage Central 3 – Game 2
Softball 
 Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 0 – Game 1 
 Lakeshore 4, Portage Central 2 – Game 2
Girls Tennis 
 Portage Central 6, St. Joseph 2 
 Mattawan 4, BC Lakeview 4 – TIE 
Girls Soccer 
 Comstock 9, Marcellus 1
Today 
 Baseball 
 Benton Harbor at Wyoming Lee, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Berrien Springs at Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH) 
 Buchanan at South Haven, 4:15 p.m. (DH) 
 Gull Lake at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Portage Northern at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Schoolcraft at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Otsego at Zeeland West, 4:15 p.m. (DH) 
Parchment at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Softball 
 Benton Harbor at Wyoming Lee, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 South Haven at Coloma, 4;15 p.m. (DH) 
 Berrien Springs at Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH) 
 Gull Lake at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Portage Northern at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Parchment at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Girls Soccer 
 Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. 
 Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. 
 Buchanan at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. 
 Berrien Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. 
 Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m. 
 Brandywine at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. 
 South Haven at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. 
 Watervliet at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. 
 Coloma at Parchment, 6:00 p.m. 
 Fennville at Saugatuck, 5:30 p.m. 
 Delton-Kellogg at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. 
 Vicksburg at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. 
 Allegan at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. 
 Paw Paw at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. 
 Niles at Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. 
 Three Rivers at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. 
 Holland Black River at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. 
 Kal. Loy Norrix at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. 
B.C. Central at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Golf 
 SMAC West at Lake Michigan Hills, 3:30 p.m. (Lakeshore Host)
Girls Tennis 
 Mattawan at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. 
 Lakeshore at Battle Creek Lakeview, 4:00 p.m. 
 Lakeshore vs. Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. (at BC Lakeview) 
 New Buffalo at South Haven, 4:00 p.m.
Track and Field 
 St. Joseph at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m.

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MLB  – Major League Baseball   Yesterday    New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2   Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians, PPD Tampa Bay Rays 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Yankees 4, Tigers 2 – Cole gets career-low 5 outs,