MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Detroit  Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3 – 10 Innings

  Minnesota  Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 0

Chicago  Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Tigers 4, Royals 3 – Castro has 2 late singles, Tigers  beat Royals 4-3 in 10  

  Harold  Castro singled in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning after tying  it with a two-run single in the eighth in the Detroit Tigers’ 4-3 victory over  the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Tucker Barnhart bunted pinch-runner  Ryan Kreidler to third and Anthony Misiewicz (3-2) intentionally walked  pinch-hitter Eric Haase. Riley Greene struck out, and the Royals decided to  walk Javy Báez to pitch to Castro with the bases loaded. He hit a soft grounder  up the middle to win it. In the top of the 10th, Alex Lange (6-4) retired  Salvador Perez before getting Vinnie Pasquatino to bounce into an inning-ending  double play.

Twins 4, White Sox 0 – Wallner, Ober highlight Twins’  4-0 victory over White Sox 

  Matt  Wallner hit a two-run homer, Bailey Ober had a career-high 10 strikeouts and  the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night. Ober  (2-3) threw a career-high 7 1/3 innings, allowing just two hits. Wallner, the  rookie outfielder from nearby Forest Lake, hit a towering homer in the sixth  inning. It was his second homer in his 11th career game and first at home. Jose  Miranda added three hits for Minnesota. Lance Lynn (7-7) gave up four runs on  10 hits in five-plus innings for Chicago. White Sox interim manager Miguel  Cairo was ejected following Wallner’s homer.

Cubs 2, Phillies 1 – Stroman, Gomes power Cubs past  struggling Phillies 2-1 

  Marcus  Stroman pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, and Yan Gomes hit a tiebreaking  double in the seventh inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory over  the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies’ magic number to clinch a National  League playoff berth is stalled at eight after their third straight loss. The  Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games. Stroman (5-7) struck out six and  lowered his ERA to 2.50 over his last six starts and 2.74 over his last 15. Ian  Happ led off the seventh with a single through the middle of the infield off  Connor Brogdon. With two out, Gomes poked a double into the right field corner,  scoring Happ.

Tonight

  Kansas  City (Lynch 4-11) at Detroit (Manning 2-3), 6:40 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:20

  Chicago  White Sox (Cueto 7-9) at Minnesota (Winder 4-5), 7:40 p.m.

  Philadelphia  (Nola 10-12) at Chicago Cubs (Wesneski 2-1), 7:40 p.m.

NHL – National Hockey League – Preseason
Last Night

  Detroit  Red Wings 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

  St.  Louis Blues 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Tonight

  Chicago  Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m.

NBA  – Bulls PG Ball says ahead of knee surgery he can’t run, jump

  Chicago  Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball says he can’t run at full speed or jump and still  experiences pain in his left knee walking up stairs. Ball spoke ahead of his  scheduled surgery in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The team said last week he would  undergo an arthroscopic debridement and be re-evaluated in four to six weeks.  Ball says doctors are “going in there to see” exactly what the extent of the  injury is and fix it. He did not have a timeframe for his recovery, though he  expects to play this season. The operation will be Ball’s second on the knee in  less than a year and third since he entered the NBA with the Lakers in 2017.

NFL  – Bears place receiver Pringle on IR because of calf injury

  Chicago  Bears receiver Byron Pringle will miss at least four games because of a calf  injury after the team placed him on injured reserve on Tuesday. Pringle left in  the first quarter of Sunday’s win over the Houston Texans, after catching one  pass for 11 yards. He has two receptions for 33 yards after signing with  Chicago in the offseason. Chicago visits the New York Giants this week.

NCAAFB  – CFP expansion talks head toward October after 7-hour meeting

  The  conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have met for  almost seven hours to work on expanding the postseason system from four to 12  teams as soon as the 2024 season. There is still much work to be done. CFP  Executive Director Bill Hancock says “We will not wrap up this week.” The CFP  management committee is scheduled to convene again at the Big Ten offices for a  few hours Wednesday morning. They are set to meet again in person in Dallas on  Oct. 20. Expansion talks were revived by the university presidents and  chancellors who oversee the College Football Playoff last month.

NCAAFB  – Florida schools, South Carolina move home games ahead of Ian

  Florida,  South Carolina and South Florida are taking steps to salvage home football  games as Hurricane Ian approaches. The Gators moved their game against Eastern  Washington from Saturday to Sunday just before a slate of NFL games begin. The  Gamecocks will host South Carolina State on Thursday night, two days earlier  than previously scheduled. And the Bulls relocated their Saturday game against  East Carolina from Tampa, Florida, to Boca Raton. Stetson canceled its home  game scheduled for Saturday against San Diego. No. 23 Florida State and  22nd-ranked Wake Forest, meanwhile, are “closely monitoring” the storm and  hoping to play as planned Saturday in Tallahassee.

NCAAMBKB  – NCAA puts Memphis on 3 years’ probation, no tourney ban

  The  NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine  while declining to punish Tigers coach Penny Hardaway or hand down an NCAA  Tournament ban. The Independent Accountability Review Panel issued only its  second decision Tuesday, with cases involving Louisiana State, Arizona, Kansas  and Louisville still on the group’s docket. The IARP ruled that Memphis failed  to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster, provided impermissible benefits  and other benefits to recruits. The panel also ruled that Memphis failed to  cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents.

NASCAR  – Kurt Busch hopeful he can return from concussion this year

  Kurt  Busch says he remains “hopeful” he will recover from a concussion in time to  return to competition before the end of the NASCAR season. The 2004 Cup  champion has been sidelined since he crashed July 23rd during qualifying at  Pocono Raceway. He’s so far missed 10 races and withdrew his eligibility to  participate in the playoffs. There are six races remaining this season. 

NASCAR  – William Byron penalized for hit on Hamlin that NASCAR missed

  NASCAR  has docked William Byron 25 points and fined him $50,000 for deliberately  spinning championship rival Denny Hamlin in a retaliatory move missed by  scoring officials. The penalty dropped Byron to eight points below the cutline  heading into Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The Hendrick  Motorsports driver had been 17 points to the good, and third in the standings,  before the penalty. NASCAR admitted it did not see Byron hiting Hamlin during  Sunday’s race at Texas. Meanwhile, NASCAR also fined Ty Gibbs $75,000 and  docked 23XI Racing 25 owner points for hitting Ty Dillon on pit road while in  close proximity of race personnel.

FIFA  – US World Cup worries grow, 0-0 draw vs Saudis in last tuneup

  The  United States ended its World Cup tuneup matches in unimpressive fashion,  playing a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia at Murcia, Spain. Oft-injured Gio Reyna  left in the 30th minute because of muscle tightness. Christian Pulisic returned  to the depleted U.S. lineup after missing Friday’s 2-0 loss to No. 24 Japan  with an unspecified injury. That was one of four lineup changes by U.S. coach  Gregg Berhalter. Ricardo Pepi was inserted at forward in a final audition for  the 26-man World Cup roster. But he had a team-low 13 touches and no shots  against the 53rd-ranked Saudis before Jesús Ferreira replaced him in the 59th  minute.

Golf  – LIV/PGA – Mickelson asks to remove name from lawsuit against PGA Tour

  Phil  Mickelson and three other LIV Golf players have asked a federal judge to remove  their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Talor Gooch,  Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter filed separately to have their names removed  from the lawsuit. That leaves only three players and Saudi-funded LIV Golf as  plaintiffs. The players are Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein and Matt Jones.  The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in January of 2024. Mickelson has been  the driving force among PGA Tour players in getting the Saudi-funded rival  league going.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Last Night
Women’s Volleyball

  Lake  Michigan College 3, Kellogg Community College 1

  Glen  Oaks Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 1

Today
Women’s Soccer

  Kellogg  Community College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m.

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer

  St. Joseph  3, Lakeshore 1

  Dowagiac  4, Berrien Springs 0

  Parchment  3, Bridgman 2

  Mattawan  8, Battle Creek Central 0

  Gull  Lake 6, Kalamazoo Central 0

  Portage  Central 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 1 – TIE 

  Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix 3, Portage Northern 1

Volleyball

  Mishawka  (IN) 3, Niles 0

  Centreville  3, Mendon 0

Girls Swimming and Diving

  Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix 107, Bridgman Co-Op 78

Boys Tennis

  St.  Joseph 5, Vicksburg 1 (2  Matches suspended by rain)

Today
Volleyball

  Mattawan  at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.

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

  Michigan  Lutheran at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.

  Eau  Claire at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.

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

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

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

Boys Soccer

  Our  Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Hackett at South Haven, 5:30 p.m.

  Edwardsburg  at Niles, 6:30 p.m.

  Plainwell  at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.

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

  Sturgis  at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m.

  New  Buffalo at Comstock, 5:30 p.m.

  Cassopolis  at Bangor, 6:30 p.m.

  Bloomingdale  at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.

  Constantine  at Allegan, 6:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Christian at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.

  Delton-Kellogg  at Watervliet, 5:30 p.m.

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

Girls Golf

  SMAC  Conference at Stonehedge North, 9:00 p.m.   (Gull Lake host)

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3 – 10 Innings 
 Minnesota Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 0 
Chicago Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Tigers 4, Royals 3 – Castro has 2 late singles, Tigers beat Royals 4-3 in 10   
 Harold Castro singled in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning after tying it with a two-run single in the eighth in the Detroit Tigers&rsquo; 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Tucker Barnhart bunted pinch-runner Ryan Kreidler to third and Anthony Misiewicz (3-2) intentionally walked pinch-hitter Eric Haase. Riley Greene struck out, and the Royals decided to walk Javy Báez to pitch to Castro with the bases loaded. He hit a soft grounder up the middle to win it. In the top of the 10th, Alex Lange (6-4) retired Salvador Perez before getting Vinnie Pasquatino to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
Twins 4, White Sox 0 – Wallner, Ober highlight Twins&#8217; 4-0 victory over White Sox 
 Matt Wallner hit a two-run homer, Bailey Ober had a career-high 10 strikeouts and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night. Ober (2-3) threw a career-high 7 1/3 innings, allowing just two hits. Wallner, the rookie outfielder from nearby Forest Lake, hit a towering homer in the sixth inning. It was his second homer in his 11th career game and first at home. Jose Miranda added three hits for Minnesota. Lance Lynn (7-7) gave up four runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings for Chicago. White Sox interim manager Miguel Cairo was ejected following Wallner&rsquo;s homer.
Cubs 2, Phillies 1 – Stroman, Gomes power Cubs past struggling Phillies 2-1 
 Marcus Stroman pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, and Yan Gomes hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies&rsquo; magic number to clinch a National League playoff berth is stalled at eight after their third straight loss. The Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games. Stroman (5-7) struck out six and lowered his ERA to 2.50 over his last six starts and 2.74 over his last 15. Ian Happ led off the seventh with a single through the middle of the infield off Connor Brogdon. With two out, Gomes poked a double into the right field corner, scoring Happ.
Tonight 
 Kansas City (Lynch 4-11) at Detroit (Manning 2-3), 6:40 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:20 
 Chicago White Sox (Cueto 7-9) at Minnesota (Winder 4-5), 7:40 p.m. 
 Philadelphia (Nola 10-12) at Chicago Cubs (Wesneski 2-1), 7:40 p.m.
NHL – National Hockey League &#8211; Preseason 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Red Wings 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 
 St. Louis Blues 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1
Tonight 
 Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m.
NBA – Bulls PG Ball says ahead of knee surgery he can&#8217;t run, jump 
 Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball says he can&rsquo;t run at full speed or jump and still experiences pain in his left knee walking up stairs. Ball spoke ahead of his scheduled surgery in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The team said last week he would undergo an arthroscopic debridement and be re-evaluated in four to six weeks. Ball says doctors are &ldquo;going in there to see&rdquo; exactly what the extent of the injury is and fix it. He did not have a timeframe for his recovery, though he expects to play this season. The operation will be Ball&rsquo;s second on the knee in less than a year and third since he entered the NBA with the Lakers in 2017.
NFL – Bears place receiver Pringle on IR because of calf injury 
 Chicago Bears receiver Byron Pringle will miss at least four games because of a calf injury after the team placed him on injured reserve on Tuesday. Pringle left in the first quarter of Sunday&rsquo;s win over the Houston Texans, after catching one pass for 11 yards. He has two receptions for 33 yards after signing with Chicago in the offseason. Chicago visits the New York Giants this week.
 NCAAFB – CFP expansion talks head toward October after 7-hour meeting 
 The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have met for almost seven hours to work on expanding the postseason system from four to 12 teams as soon as the 2024 season. There is still much work to be done. CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock says &ldquo;We will not wrap up this week.&rdquo; The CFP management committee is scheduled to convene again at the Big Ten offices for a few hours Wednesday morning. They are set to meet again in person in Dallas on Oct. 20. Expansion talks were revived by the university presidents and chancellors who oversee the College Football Playoff last month.
NCAAFB – Florida schools, South Carolina move home games ahead of Ian 
 Florida, South Carolina and South Florida are taking steps to salvage home football games as Hurricane Ian approaches. The Gators moved their game against Eastern Washington from Saturday to Sunday just before a slate of NFL games begin. The Gamecocks will host South Carolina State on Thursday night, two days earlier than previously scheduled. And the Bulls relocated their Saturday game against East Carolina from Tampa, Florida, to Boca Raton. Stetson canceled its home game scheduled for Saturday against San Diego. No. 23 Florida State and 22nd-ranked Wake Forest, meanwhile, are &ldquo;closely monitoring&rdquo; the storm and hoping to play as planned Saturday in Tallahassee.
NCAAMBKB – NCAA puts Memphis on 3 years&#8217; probation, no tourney ban 
 The NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine while declining to punish Tigers coach Penny Hardaway or hand down an NCAA Tournament ban. The Independent Accountability Review Panel issued only its second decision Tuesday, with cases involving Louisiana State, Arizona, Kansas and Louisville still on the group&rsquo;s docket. The IARP ruled that Memphis failed to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster, provided impermissible benefits and other benefits to recruits. The panel also ruled that Memphis failed to cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents.
NASCAR – Kurt Busch hopeful he can return from concussion this year 
 Kurt Busch says he remains &ldquo;hopeful&rdquo; he will recover from a concussion in time to return to competition before the end of the NASCAR season. The 2004 Cup champion has been sidelined since he crashed July 23rd during qualifying at Pocono Raceway. He&rsquo;s so far missed 10 races and withdrew his eligibility to participate in the playoffs. There are six races remaining this season. 
NASCAR – William Byron penalized for hit on Hamlin that NASCAR missed 
 NASCAR has docked William Byron 25 points and fined him $50,000 for deliberately spinning championship rival Denny Hamlin in a retaliatory move missed by scoring officials. The penalty dropped Byron to eight points below the cutline heading into Sunday&rsquo;s race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The Hendrick Motorsports driver had been 17 points to the good, and third in the standings, before the penalty. NASCAR admitted it did not see Byron hiting Hamlin during Sunday&#8217;s race at Texas. Meanwhile, NASCAR also fined Ty Gibbs $75,000 and docked 23XI Racing 25 owner points for hitting Ty Dillon on pit road while in close proximity of race personnel.
FIFA – US World Cup worries grow, 0-0 draw vs Saudis in last tuneup 
 The United States ended its World Cup tuneup matches in unimpressive fashion, playing a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia at Murcia, Spain. Oft-injured Gio Reyna left in the 30th minute because of muscle tightness. Christian Pulisic returned to the depleted U.S. lineup after missing Friday&rsquo;s 2-0 loss to No. 24 Japan with an unspecified injury. That was one of four lineup changes by U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter. Ricardo Pepi was inserted at forward in a final audition for the 26-man World Cup roster. But he had a team-low 13 touches and no shots against the 53rd-ranked Saudis before Jesús Ferreira replaced him in the 59th minute.
Golf – LIV/PGA – Mickelson asks to remove name from lawsuit against PGA Tour 
 Phil Mickelson and three other LIV Golf players have asked a federal judge to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter filed separately to have their names removed from the lawsuit. That leaves only three players and Saudi-funded LIV Golf as plaintiffs. The players are Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein and Matt Jones. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in January of 2024. Mickelson has been the driving force among PGA Tour players in getting the Saudi-funded rival league going.
 MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Last Night 
 Women&rsquo;s Volleyball 
 Lake Michigan College 3, Kellogg Community College 1 
 Glen Oaks Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 1
Today 
 Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Kellogg Community College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Last Night 
 Boys Soccer 
 St. Joseph 3, Lakeshore 1 
 Dowagiac 4, Berrien Springs 0 
 Parchment 3, Bridgman 2 
 Mattawan 8, Battle Creek Central 0 
 Gull Lake 6, Kalamazoo Central 0 
 Portage Central 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 1 – TIE 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3, Portage Northern 1
 Volleyball 
 Mishawka (IN) 3, Niles 0 
 Centreville 3, Mendon 0
Girls Swimming and Diving 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 107, Bridgman Co-Op 78
Boys Tennis 
 St. Joseph 5, Vicksburg 1 (2 Matches suspended by rain)
Today 
 Volleyball 
 Mattawan at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. 
 Lakeshore at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. 
 Michigan Lutheran at River Valley, 6:00 p.m. 
 Eau Claire at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. 
 Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. 
 Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Hackett at South Haven, 5:30 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. 
 Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. 
 Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. 
 Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. 
 New Buffalo at Comstock, 5:30 p.m. 
 Cassopolis at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. 
 Bloomingdale at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. 
 Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Christian at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. 
 Delton-Kellogg at Watervliet, 5:30 p.m. 
 Parchment at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m.
Girls Golf 
 SMAC Conference at Stonehedge North, 9:00 p.m.  (Gull Lake host)

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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3 – 10 Innings Minnesota Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 0 Chicago Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Tigers 4, Royals 3 – Castro has