MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  Toronto  Blue Jays 4. Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings

  Chicago  Cubs 7, New York Yankees 4

St.  Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago White Sox 3 – 10 Innings

Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Jansen, Lukes lead Blue  Jays to dramatic win over Tigers 

  Nathan Lukes’ RBI double in the 10th inning helped the  Toronto Blue Jays finish off a 4-3 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers.  The Blue Jays trailed 3-1 with two out in the ninth, but Matt Chapman walked  and Danny Jansen hit his 11th homer over the Toronto bullpen in  left-centerfield. The home run came off Tigers closer Alex Lange, who finished  Detroit’s combined no-hitter with a perfect ninth inning on Saturday. Daulton  Varsho started the 10th with a grounder to second and Zack Short threw out  extra runner Alejandro Kirk at third, but Lukes followed with an RBI double off  José Cisnero (2-2).

Cubs 7, Yankees 4 – Cubs score 6 runs late to rally  for 7-4 win over Yankees 

  Yan Gomes hit a tying pinch-hit two-run single in the  seventh inning following a fielding error by second baseman Gleyber Torres and  Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs  rallied for a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees. Mike Tauchman opened the  eighth with a single off Ron Marinaccio before Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ  walked. Suzuki, who homered in the fifth for Chicago’s only hit off Domingo  Germán, followed with a sacrifice fly off Clay Holmes and Tauchman easily  scored when right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s throw was slightly up the line.  Hoerner scored the sixth run when Holmes threw a wild pitch over catcher Kyle  Higashioka’s glove to the backstop and Tucker Barnhart added an RBI double in  the ninth.

Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 – F/10 – DeJong, Contreras  lead Cards past White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings 

  Paul DeJong had an RBI double in the 10th inning and  the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago White Sox 4-3. DeJong lined a pitch  from Keynan Middleton (2-1) down the left field line to score Nolan Gorman, who  started the inning on second base. St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras drilled  a two-run homer and reached base four times with two hits, a walk and a hit by  pitch. He’s 11 for 17 with two homers and five RBIs in his last five games.  JoJo Romero (1-0), the fourth Cardinals reliever, pitched two innings for his  first career win.

Tonight

  No  games tonight (MLB All Star Break)

  2023  MLB All-Star Home Run Derby, 8:00 p.m.      (T-Mobile  Park, Seattle)

MLB  – Pittsburgh selects hard-throwing LSU pitcher Paul Skenes with top pick of  draft

  The  Pittsburgh Pirates have selected hard-throwing LSU right-handed pitcher Paul  Skenes with the top pick in baseball’s amateur draft. Skenes went 12-3 as a  pitcher, with 209 strikeouts in 122 innings in helping lead the Tigers to the  College World Series championship. The pick was announced by Hall of Famer Ken  Griffey Jr., the top pick of the 1987 draft by the Seattle Mariners. For the  second time in three years, the Pirates held the top overall selection after  selecting catcher Henry Davis at the top of the 2021 draft. Davis made his  major league debut last month for Pittsburgh. LSU teammate Dylan Crews went No.  2 to Washington with high school outfielder Max Clark being selected third by  Detroit.  Clark was the 2023 High School  Player of the Year.

NHL  – Red Wings trade for Michigan native Alex DeBrincat, send 2 and picks to  Senators

  The  Detroit Red Wings acquired Michigan native Alex DeBrincat from the Ottawa  Senators on Sunday in exchange for two players and draft picks. The Red Wings then  signed the 25-year-old DeBrincat, a two-time 41-goal scorer from Farmington  Hills, to a four-year extension worth about $7.8 million annually. In exchange  for DeBrincat, the Senators acquired forward Dominik Kubalik, defensive  prospect Donovan Sebrango, who played in Grand Rapids last season, a  conditional 2024 first-round draft pick and Detroit’s 2024 fourth-round  selection.   DeBrincat spent last season  with Ottawa, before that he spent five seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks.   Kubalik, who played with DeBrincat in  Chicago for three seasons had 20 goals and 25 assists for the Red Wings last  year.  The 21-year-old Sebrango, a native  of Ottawa, split last season with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins and the  ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. He recorded 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 23 games  with Toledo and seven points (four goals, three assists) in 39 games with Grand  Rapids.

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday

  Dallas  Wings 77, Indiana Fever 76

  Atlanta  Dream 88, Chicago Sky 77

Wings 77, Fever 76 – Ogunbowale scores 28, Wings hold  on to edge Fever 77-76

  Arike Ogunbowale scored 10 consecutive points down the  stretch and finished with 28 to help the Dallas Wings beat Indiana 77-76 for  the Fever’s seventh-straight loss. Indiana had a chance to win after Teaira  McCowan missed two free throws with 16 seconds to play but Lexie Hull’s 3-pointer  from the left corner bounced off the rim as time expired. Natasha Howard had 16  points, eight rebounds, three steals and three blocks for the Wings (10-9).  Aliyah Boston led Indiana (5-14) with 18 points and Smith had 17. The Fever are  1-6 at home.

Dream 88, Sky 77 – Rhyne Howard scores 32, Dream beat  the Sky 88-77, pulling away in the 4th quarter

  Rhyne Howard scored 32 points and the Atlanta Dream  pulled away in the closing minutes to beat the Chicago Sky for the second time  in three days, getting an 88-77 victory on Sunday night.  Up one midway through the fourth quarter the  Dream surged ahead by cashing in on three turnovers en route to their fifth  straight win. Cheyenne Parker had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta, which  last won five straight games five years ago. Danielle Robinson and Allisha Gray  both added 11. Howard had six rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block. Kahleah  Copper led Chicago (8-11) with 28 points. Courtney Williams added 14 and  Elizabeth Williams 13 points with nine rebounds, five assists and two steals.

NBASL – NBA Summer League
Yesterday

  Houston  Rockets 113, Detroit Pistons 101 

Tonight

  Indiana  Pacers vs. Orlando Magic, 8:30 p.m.                  (at  Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas) 

NBASL – Wembanyama more aggressive in stronger second  Summer League game with Spurs 

  Victor Wembanyama was yelling in celebration, punching  the air, even got a Band-Aid on his right cheek because of some physicality.  For his second act in Las Vegas, Wembanyama showed some fire. The No. 1 pick in  this year’s draft looked much more like himself in his second game of Summer  League on Sunday. He finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds, but the Spurs  lost 85-80 to the Portland Trail Blazers.

NBA – Video shows Spears inadvertently hit herself in  the face in encounter with Wemby

  Police say no charges will be filed following a brief  investigation of the altercation involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio  Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player’s security team.  Spears said she was struck by a security guard as she tried to approach  Wembanyama near a restaurant in a Las Vegas casino complex on Wednesday night.  Wembanyama said a person, who he later found out was Spears, grabbed him from  behind. Spears filed a police report, alleging battery. But police say  surveillance video shows Spears inadvertently hit herself in the face after her  hand was pushed off Wembanyama.

Tennis – Swiatek reaches the Wimbledon quarterfinals.  Djokovic’s match suspended

  Top-seeded Iga Swiatek saved two match points and came  back to beat Belinda Bencic 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon  quarterfinals for the first time. Sunday’s victory extended Swiatek’s unbeaten  run to 14 matches. That included a run to her fourth Grand Slam title at the  French Open last month. Swiatek has won three championships at Roland Garros  and one at the U.S. Open. But she never had been past the fourth round at the  All England Club. Swiatek had a 37-match winning streak snapped during a third-round  loss at Wimbledon a year ago. Bencic won the singles gold medal at the Tokyo  Olympics in 2021.

Tennis –Azarenka of Belarus booed at Wimbledon after  loss to Svitolina of Ukraine

  Victoria Azarenka says it “wasn’t fair” that she was  booed at Wimbledon after her loss to Ukrainian rival Elina Svitolina. Azarenka  is from Belarus. She knew that Svitolina does not shake hands with Russian and  Belarusian players because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, so she walked  directly to the umpire to shake hands. She also seemed to give a slight wave to  Svitolina, who won in a third-set tiebreaker. But boos rained down from the  crowd at No. 1 Court as Azarenka gathered her equipment. Azarenka said she’s  not sure the crowd understood what was happening. She says she was trying to be  respectful of Svitolina.

NCAAFB – Northwestern will gather more information on  football hazing allegations

  Uncertainty continues to swirl around the Northwestern  football program after allegations of hazing led to the suspension of coach Pat  Fitzgerald this week. One day after the suspension, The Daily Northwestern  published a story that detailed some of the allegations while claiming that  Fitzgerald “may have known that hazing took place.” That led university  president Michael Schill to write an open letter to the community acknowledging  he may have erred in the level of punishment handed down and that he planned to  speak to university leaders to determine his next steps. Meanwhile, football  practice begins in just a few weeks with the season opener Sept. 3 at Rutgers  quickly approaching.

Golf – PGA –Straka wins John Deere Classic with  final-round 62 despite double bogey

  Sepp Straka won the John Deere Classic with a  final-round 9-under 62 that could have been much better, making double bogey on  the final hole but taking the title when Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley were  unable to catch him. The 30-year-old Austrian who played in college at Georgia  won for the second time on the PGA Tour. He moved to No. 27 in the world and  increased his chances of representing Europe in the Ryder Cup this fall in  Rome. Straka played the front nine in 7-under 28 and ran off four straight  birdies on the back nine to reach 11 under for the day and 23 under for the  tournament. His approach found the water on the par-4 18th and he made a 6.

Golf – LPGA –Corpuz wins the US Women’s Open at Pebble  Beach for her first LPGA title

  Allisen Corpuz picked the right time and the right  place for her first big win. She won the first U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach,  shooting a final-round 69 for a three-shot victory. The 25-year-old from Hawaii  is the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first LPGA  win. And she made it look easy. Corpuz was the only player to break par all  four days at Pebble Beach. And she kept her emotions in check the whole way  until wiping away tears on the 18th green. Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin finished  second.

Soccer – US beats Canada 3-2 on PK’s after 2-2 tie to  reach CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal

  Matt Turner stopped two penalty kicks, and the United  States beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout after a 2-2 draw for a berth in a CONCACAF  Gold Cup semifinal against Panama. In a game scoreless until the 88th minute,  the U.S. tied the score on Scott Kennedy’s 115th minute own goal, six minutes  after Jacob Shaffelburg put Canada ahead. Brandon Vázquez gave the U.S. a 1-0  lead but Steven Vitória made it 1-1 in the third minute of stoppage time with a  penalty kick after a hand ball on Miles Robinson.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday

  Dayton Dragons 8,  Great Lakes Loons 3

  Lansing Lugnuts 5,  Lake County Captains 4

  Fort Wayne Tin Caps 8,  West Michigan Whitecaps 7 – F/11 

Peoria Chiefs 6, South  Bend Cubs 3

Tonight

  No games tonight

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Toronto Blue Jays 4. Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings 
 Chicago Cubs 7, New York Yankees 4 
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago White Sox 3 – 10 Innings
Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Jansen, Lukes lead Blue Jays to dramatic win over Tigers 
 Nathan Lukes&rsquo; RBI double in the 10th inning helped the Toronto Blue Jays finish off a 4-3 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Blue Jays trailed 3-1 with two out in the ninth, but Matt Chapman walked and Danny Jansen hit his 11th homer over the Toronto bullpen in left-centerfield. The home run came off Tigers closer Alex Lange, who finished Detroit&rsquo;s combined no-hitter with a perfect ninth inning on Saturday. Daulton Varsho started the 10th with a grounder to second and Zack Short threw out extra runner Alejandro Kirk at third, but Lukes followed with an RBI double off José Cisnero (2-2).
Cubs 7, Yankees 4 – Cubs score 6 runs late to rally for 7-4 win over Yankees 
 Yan Gomes hit a tying pinch-hit two-run single in the seventh inning following a fielding error by second baseman Gleyber Torres and Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees. Mike Tauchman opened the eighth with a single off Ron Marinaccio before Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ walked. Suzuki, who homered in the fifth for Chicago&rsquo;s only hit off Domingo Germán, followed with a sacrifice fly off Clay Holmes and Tauchman easily scored when right fielder Giancarlo Stanton&rsquo;s throw was slightly up the line. Hoerner scored the sixth run when Holmes threw a wild pitch over catcher Kyle Higashioka&rsquo;s glove to the backstop and Tucker Barnhart added an RBI double in the ninth.
Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 – F/10 – DeJong, Contreras lead Cards past White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings 
 Paul DeJong had an RBI double in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago White Sox 4-3. DeJong lined a pitch from Keynan Middleton (2-1) down the left field line to score Nolan Gorman, who started the inning on second base. St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras drilled a two-run homer and reached base four times with two hits, a walk and a hit by pitch. He&rsquo;s 11 for 17 with two homers and five RBIs in his last five games. JoJo Romero (1-0), the fourth Cardinals reliever, pitched two innings for his first career win.
Tonight 
 No games tonight (MLB All Star Break) 
 2023 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby, 8:00 p.m.      (T-Mobile Park, Seattle) 
MLB – Pittsburgh selects hard-throwing LSU pitcher Paul Skenes with top pick of draft 
 The Pittsburgh Pirates have selected hard-throwing LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the top pick in baseball&rsquo;s amateur draft. Skenes went 12-3 as a pitcher, with 209 strikeouts in 122 innings in helping lead the Tigers to the College World Series championship. The pick was announced by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., the top pick of the 1987 draft by the Seattle Mariners. For the second time in three years, the Pirates held the top overall selection after selecting catcher Henry Davis at the top of the 2021 draft. Davis made his major league debut last month for Pittsburgh. LSU teammate Dylan Crews went No. 2 to Washington with high school outfielder Max Clark being selected third by Detroit.  Clark was the 2023 High School Player of the Year.
NHL – Red Wings trade for Michigan native Alex DeBrincat, send 2 and picks to Senators 
 The Detroit Red Wings acquired Michigan native Alex DeBrincat from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday in exchange for two players and draft picks. The Red Wings then signed the 25-year-old DeBrincat, a two-time 41-goal scorer from Farmington Hills, to a four-year extension worth about $7.8 million annually. In exchange for DeBrincat, the Senators acquired forward Dominik Kubalik, defensive prospect Donovan Sebrango, who played in Grand Rapids last season, a conditional 2024 first-round draft pick and Detroit&rsquo;s 2024 fourth-round selection.   DeBrincat spent last season with Ottawa, before that he spent five seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks.   Kubalik, who played with DeBrincat in Chicago for three seasons had 20 goals and 25 assists for the Red Wings last year.  The 21-year-old Sebrango, a native of Ottawa, split last season with the AHL&#8217;s Grand Rapids Griffins and the ECHL&#8217;s Toledo Walleye. He recorded 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 23 games with Toledo and seven points (four goals, three assists) in 39 games with Grand Rapids. 
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Yesterday 
 Dallas Wings 77, Indiana Fever 76 
 Atlanta Dream 88, Chicago Sky 77
Wings 77, Fever 76 – Ogunbowale scores 28, Wings hold on to edge Fever 77-76 
 Arike Ogunbowale scored 10 consecutive points down the stretch and finished with 28 to help the Dallas Wings beat Indiana 77-76 for the Fever&rsquo;s seventh-straight loss. Indiana had a chance to win after Teaira McCowan missed two free throws with 16 seconds to play but Lexie Hull&rsquo;s 3-pointer from the left corner bounced off the rim as time expired. Natasha Howard had 16 points, eight rebounds, three steals and three blocks for the Wings (10-9). Aliyah Boston led Indiana (5-14) with 18 points and Smith had 17. The Fever are 1-6 at home.
Dream 88, Sky 77 – Rhyne Howard scores 32, Dream beat the Sky 88-77, pulling away in the 4th quarter 
 Rhyne Howard scored 32 points and the Atlanta Dream pulled away in the closing minutes to beat the Chicago Sky for the second time in three days, getting an 88-77 victory on Sunday night.  Up one midway through the fourth quarter the Dream surged ahead by cashing in on three turnovers en route to their fifth straight win. Cheyenne Parker had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta, which last won five straight games five years ago. Danielle Robinson and Allisha Gray both added 11. Howard had six rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block. Kahleah Copper led Chicago (8-11) with 28 points. Courtney Williams added 14 and Elizabeth Williams 13 points with nine rebounds, five assists and two steals.
NBASL – NBA Summer League 
 Yesterday 
 Houston Rockets 113, Detroit Pistons 101 
Tonight 
 Indiana Pacers vs. Orlando Magic, 8:30 p.m.                  (at Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas) 
NBASL – Wembanyama more aggressive in stronger second Summer League game with Spurs 
 Victor Wembanyama was yelling in celebration, punching the air, even got a Band-Aid on his right cheek because of some physicality. For his second act in Las Vegas, Wembanyama showed some fire. The No. 1 pick in this year&rsquo;s draft looked much more like himself in his second game of Summer League on Sunday. He finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds, but the Spurs lost 85-80 to the Portland Trail Blazers.
NBA – Video shows Spears inadvertently hit herself in the face in encounter with Wemby 
 Police say no charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player&rsquo;s security team. Spears said she was struck by a security guard as she tried to approach Wembanyama near a restaurant in a Las Vegas casino complex on Wednesday night. Wembanyama said a person, who he later found out was Spears, grabbed him from behind. Spears filed a police report, alleging battery. But police say surveillance video shows Spears inadvertently hit herself in the face after her hand was pushed off Wembanyama.
Tennis – Swiatek reaches the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Djokovic&#8217;s match suspended 
 Top-seeded Iga Swiatek saved two match points and came back to beat Belinda Bencic 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time. Sunday&#8217;s victory extended Swiatek&rsquo;s unbeaten run to 14 matches. That included a run to her fourth Grand Slam title at the French Open last month. Swiatek has won three championships at Roland Garros and one at the U.S. Open. But she never had been past the fourth round at the All England Club. Swiatek had a 37-match winning streak snapped during a third-round loss at Wimbledon a year ago. Bencic won the singles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Tennis –Azarenka of Belarus booed at Wimbledon after loss to Svitolina of Ukraine 
 Victoria Azarenka says it &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t fair&rdquo; that she was booed at Wimbledon after her loss to Ukrainian rival Elina Svitolina. Azarenka is from Belarus. She knew that Svitolina does not shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players because of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, so she walked directly to the umpire to shake hands. She also seemed to give a slight wave to Svitolina, who won in a third-set tiebreaker. But boos rained down from the crowd at No. 1 Court as Azarenka gathered her equipment. Azarenka said she&#8217;s not sure the crowd understood what was happening. She says she was trying to be respectful of Svitolina.
NCAAFB – Northwestern will gather more information on football hazing allegations 
 Uncertainty continues to swirl around the Northwestern football program after allegations of hazing led to the suspension of coach Pat Fitzgerald this week. One day after the suspension, The Daily Northwestern published a story that detailed some of the allegations while claiming that Fitzgerald &ldquo;may have known that hazing took place.&rdquo; That led university president Michael Schill to write an open letter to the community acknowledging he may have erred in the level of punishment handed down and that he planned to speak to university leaders to determine his next steps. Meanwhile, football practice begins in just a few weeks with the season opener Sept. 3 at Rutgers quickly approaching.
Golf – PGA –Straka wins John Deere Classic with final-round 62 despite double bogey 
 Sepp Straka won the John Deere Classic with a final-round 9-under 62 that could have been much better, making double bogey on the final hole but taking the title when Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley were unable to catch him. The 30-year-old Austrian who played in college at Georgia won for the second time on the PGA Tour. He moved to No. 27 in the world and increased his chances of representing Europe in the Ryder Cup this fall in Rome. Straka played the front nine in 7-under 28 and ran off four straight birdies on the back nine to reach 11 under for the day and 23 under for the tournament. His approach found the water on the par-4 18th and he made a 6.
Golf – LPGA –Corpuz wins the US Women&#8217;s Open at Pebble Beach for her first LPGA title 
 Allisen Corpuz picked the right time and the right place for her first big win. She won the first U.S. Women&#8217;s Open at Pebble Beach, shooting a final-round 69 for a three-shot victory. The 25-year-old from Hawaii is the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women&#8217;s Open her first LPGA win. And she made it look easy. Corpuz was the only player to break par all four days at Pebble Beach. And she kept her emotions in check the whole way until wiping away tears on the 18th green. Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin finished second.
Soccer – US beats Canada 3-2 on PK&rsquo;s after 2-2 tie to reach CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal 
 Matt Turner stopped two penalty kicks, and the United States beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout after a 2-2 draw for a berth in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal against Panama. In a game scoreless until the 88th minute, the U.S. tied the score on Scott Kennedy&rsquo;s 115th minute own goal, six minutes after Jacob Shaffelburg put Canada ahead. Brandon Vázquez gave the U.S. a 1-0 lead but Steven Vitória made it 1-1 in the third minute of stoppage time with a penalty kick after a hand ball on Miles Robinson.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Dayton Dragons 8, Great Lakes Loons 3 
 Lansing Lugnuts 5, Lake County Captains 4 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 8, West Michigan Whitecaps 7 – F/11 
Peoria Chiefs 6, South Bend Cubs 3
Tonight 
 No games tonight

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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Toronto Blue Jays 4. Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings Chicago Cubs 7, New York Yankees 4 St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago White Sox 3 – 10 Innings Blue Jays 4,