MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  Minnesota  Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings

  St.  Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Chicago  White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1

Twins 6, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Royce Lewis and Willi  Castro lead Twins to 6-3 comeback win over Tigers

  Royce Lewis scored the tying run in the eighth inning  and drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied  to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 and win the three-game series. Minnesota trailed  3-2 going into the eighth, but Lewis walked with two outs, advanced to second  on Ryan Jeffers’ pinch-hit single and scored when third baseman Nick Maton  threw away Willi Castro’s grounder. Lewis led off the 10th with a single off  Tigers reliever Brendan White that bounced off Maton’s glove, allowing Correa  to score the go-ahead run. Twins reliever Griffin Jax got the win.

Cardinals 7, Cubs 5 – Cardinals rally for 7-5 win over  the Cubs to split London series 

  Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead RBI single that chased  Chicago starter Marcus Stroman in the fourth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals  beat the Cubs 7-5 to earn a split of their weekend series at London Stadium.  The Cubs missed a chance to get back to .500 after Stroman left the game with a  blister on his right index finger, and the Cardinals ended a two-game skid  after an error-filled first inning handed the Cubs a 4-0 lead. The Cubs (37-39)  won 9-1 in the first game but had their winning streak halted at four games.

White Sox 4, Red Sox 1 – Robert slugs 2 home runs to  power the White Sox to a 4-1 win over Red Sox 

  Luis Robert Jr. had two home runs among his three hits  to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Andrew  Benintendi added two hits and Robert homered for the second straight game,  raising his season total to 21 as the White Sox won their first series in four  attempts. Chicago had lost nine of its last 13 games. Chicago’s Jesse Scholtens  (1-2) threw four scoreless innings to earn the win. Keynan Middleton pitched a  1-2-3 ninth for his second save. Adam Duvall had two doubles for the Red Sox,  who had won seven of 10.

Tonight

  Detroit  (Boyd 5-5) at Texas (Heaney 5-4), 8:05 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 7:40

  Chicago  White Sox (Cease 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 1-5), 9:38 p.m. 

  Cubs  are off

MLB  – Cubs starter Marcus Stroman leaves London game with blister on finger

  Cubs  right-hander Marcus Stroman left Chicago’s 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals  in the fourth inning with a blister on his right index finger. Stroman entered  the game with an NL-best 2.28 ERA and was 7-0 in his last seven starts going into  the series finale in London. Stroman was pulled with one out in the fourth  after Paul Goldschmidt put the Cardinals ahead 5-4 on a sharp single that  scored Tommy Edman. He allowed six runs, three earned, and eight hits and had  two strikeouts and a walk. Cubs manager David Ross says he doesn’t know if  Stroman will be ready for his next start.

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday

  Connecticut  Sun 96, Chicago Sky 72

Sun 96, Sky 72 – Alyssa Thomas has record fourth  triple-double Bonner scores 26, Sun roll past Sky 96-72

  Alyssa Thomas had a historic triple-double, DeWanna  Bonner scored 26 points to move into ninth in WNBA history and Connecticut  cruised to a 96-72 win over Chicago. Thomas had 14 points, 12 assists and 11  rebounds for her fourth regular-season triple-double, the most in WNBA history.  It was her second triple-double this season and she also has two playoff triple  doubles. Bonner has 6,454 career points, moving past Katie Smith. The Sun  matched its best 15-game start in history (12-3), winning for the sixth time in  seven games, heading into a Tuesday showdown with the New York Liberty. Kahleah  Copper had a career-high 29 points for Chicago (5-9), which lost its  sixth-straight.

Tonight

  Indiana  Fever at Las Vegas Aces, 10:00 p.m.

WNBA – Griner chosen as an WNBA All-Star starter, Wilson  and Stewart captains again

  Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star  Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she was being  detained in Russia. The Phoenix Mercury’s center was chosen by fans, media and  players Sunday for her ninth All-Star game. Last season all the players wore  Griner No. 42 jerseys for the second half of the game that was played in  Chicago. A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were the top voter getters among fans  and will be the captains of the two teams when the game is played in Las Vegas  on July 15. The two players were also captains last year and are each making  their fifth All-Star appearances.

NHL – Connor Bedard broke windows and records in  becoming the NHL draft’s No. 1 pick

  The details of how much time Connor Bedard has devoted  to developing his game and imposing shot have become the stuff of lore.  Vacations were skipped. Windows were broken. And neighbors awakened by the  constant thud of Bedard practicing his shot outside into the night in his  driveway. The payoff comes Wednesday, when the 17-year-old from North  Vancouver, British Columbia, is expected to be selected by the Chicago  Blackhawks with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft. Bedard is being billed as a  generational talent and already is drawing comparisons to Edmonton’s Connor  McDavid.

Golf – PGA – Bradley wins Travelers Championship,  breaks tournament record by 1 shot

  Keegan Bradley built a big enough lead in front of  adoring New England fans that he broke the tournament record at the Travelers  Championship despite a shaky closing stretch. Bradley closed with a 2-under 68  for a three-shot victory. He finished at 23-under 257 at TPC River Highlands, a  shot better than Kenny Perry’s previous record from 2009. The 37-year-old  Vermont native won on the PGA Tour for the sixth time. Zac Blair closed with a  62 and finished in a tie for second with Brian Harman, who shot 64. It was  Blair’s best finish on the PGA Tour.

Golf – LPGA – Ruoning Yin wins Women’s PGA  Championship

  Ruoning Yin made a birdie putt from about 10 feet on  the final hole and became the second woman from China to win a major, beating  Yuka Saso by one shot in the Women’s PGA Championship. After Saso made birdie  ahead of her on the par-5 18th hole at Baltusrol to move into a tie for the  lead, Yin found the rough with her tee shot, then hit her third shot into an  ideal spot and curled in the right-to-left breaking putt, pumping her fist  after it dropped. The 20-year-old Yin closed with a 4-under 67, finished at  8-under 276. She joined Shanshan Feng as Chinese winners of women’s majors. 

NCAABSB – Florida sets CWS record for runs with 24-4  win over LSU to force Game 3

  Florida scored the most runs in the history of the  College World Series in a 24-4 rout of LSU that forced a deciding Game 3 of the  CWS finals. The Gators hit six home runs on a windy day at Charles Schwab Field  and pounded LSU pitching for a CWS record-tying 23 hits a day after Ty Floyd  struck out 17 in the Tigers’ 4-3, 11-inning win in Game 1. Florida came in  having been involved in four of the CWS record-tying eight one-run games. The  Gators had totaled 17 runs in four games here before the offense broke loose.

NASCAR – Ross Chastain holds off Martin Truex Jr. to  win at Nashville

  Ross Chastain held off Martin Truex Jr. and won the  Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. It’s the third Cup Series victory for  Chastain and his first since Talladega in April of last year. Chastain also  gave Trackhouse Racing its first victory of the year at its home track. He led  a race-high 100 laps, including the final 34. The 30-year-old had to weave by  some slower traffic to hold off Truex by 0.789 seconds. Chastain clinched a  playoff berth and celebrated with a burnout before smashing a watermelon. Denny  Hamlin finished third, Chase Elliott was fourth and Kyle Larson was fifth.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

  West Michigan Whitecaps  2, Great Lakes Loons 1 – F/6 rain

  Fort Wayne Tin Caps  10, South Bend Cubs 2 – F/10

Wisconsin Timber  Rattlers 12, Lansing Lugnuts 4

  Tonight

  no games tonight

MHSAA – Bridgman’s Hahaj named Michigan Division 3 baseball  coach of the year

  The awards keep coming in the for the Bridgman  baseball team.  A week aft er winning the  MHSAA Division 3 Baseball State Championship with a 7-1 win over Algonac, Bees  head coach Justin Hahaj (ha-ha) was named a regional coach of the year as well  as State Coach of the year.  Watervliet  head coach Joshua Trumbley was also named a regional coach of the year. 

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings 
 St. Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 5 
Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1
Twins 6, Tigers 3 – F/10 – Royce Lewis and Willi Castro lead Twins to 6-3 comeback win over Tigers 
 Royce Lewis scored the tying run in the eighth inning and drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 and win the three-game series. Minnesota trailed 3-2 going into the eighth, but Lewis walked with two outs, advanced to second on Ryan Jeffers&rsquo; pinch-hit single and scored when third baseman Nick Maton threw away Willi Castro&rsquo;s grounder. Lewis led off the 10th with a single off Tigers reliever Brendan White that bounced off Maton&rsquo;s glove, allowing Correa to score the go-ahead run. Twins reliever Griffin Jax got the win.
Cardinals 7, Cubs 5 – Cardinals rally for 7-5 win over the Cubs to split London series 
 Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead RBI single that chased Chicago starter Marcus Stroman in the fourth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs 7-5 to earn a split of their weekend series at London Stadium. The Cubs missed a chance to get back to .500 after Stroman left the game with a blister on his right index finger, and the Cardinals ended a two-game skid after an error-filled first inning handed the Cubs a 4-0 lead. The Cubs (37-39) won 9-1 in the first game but had their winning streak halted at four games.
White Sox 4, Red Sox 1 – Robert slugs 2 home runs to power the White Sox to a 4-1 win over Red Sox 
 Luis Robert Jr. had two home runs among his three hits to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Andrew Benintendi added two hits and Robert homered for the second straight game, raising his season total to 21 as the White Sox won their first series in four attempts. Chicago had lost nine of its last 13 games. Chicago&rsquo;s Jesse Scholtens (1-2) threw four scoreless innings to earn the win. Keynan Middleton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save. Adam Duvall had two doubles for the Red Sox, who had won seven of 10.
Tonight 
 Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Texas (Heaney 5-4), 8:05 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 7:40 
 Chicago White Sox (Cease 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 1-5), 9:38 p.m. 
 Cubs are off
MLB – Cubs starter Marcus Stroman leaves London game with blister on finger 
 Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman left Chicago&#8217;s 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning with a blister on his right index finger. Stroman entered the game with an NL-best 2.28 ERA and was 7-0 in his last seven starts going into the series finale in London. Stroman was pulled with one out in the fourth after Paul Goldschmidt put the Cardinals ahead 5-4 on a sharp single that scored Tommy Edman. He allowed six runs, three earned, and eight hits and had two strikeouts and a walk. Cubs manager David Ross says he doesn&#8217;t know if Stroman will be ready for his next start.
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Yesterday 
 Connecticut Sun 96, Chicago Sky 72
Sun 96, Sky 72 – Alyssa Thomas has record fourth triple-double Bonner scores 26, Sun roll past Sky 96-72 
 Alyssa Thomas had a historic triple-double, DeWanna Bonner scored 26 points to move into ninth in WNBA history and Connecticut cruised to a 96-72 win over Chicago. Thomas had 14 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for her fourth regular-season triple-double, the most in WNBA history. It was her second triple-double this season and she also has two playoff triple doubles. Bonner has 6,454 career points, moving past Katie Smith. The Sun matched its best 15-game start in history (12-3), winning for the sixth time in seven games, heading into a Tuesday showdown with the New York Liberty. Kahleah Copper had a career-high 29 points for Chicago (5-9), which lost its sixth-straight.
Tonight 
 Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces, 10:00 p.m.
WNBA – Griner chosen as an WNBA All-Star starter, Wilson and Stewart captains again 
 Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she was being detained in Russia. The Phoenix Mercury&rsquo;s center was chosen by fans, media and players Sunday for her ninth All-Star game. Last season all the players wore Griner No. 42 jerseys for the second half of the game that was played in Chicago. A&rsquo;ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were the top voter getters among fans and will be the captains of the two teams when the game is played in Las Vegas on July 15. The two players were also captains last year and are each making their fifth All-Star appearances.
NHL – Connor Bedard broke windows and records in becoming the NHL draft&#8217;s No. 1 pick 
 The details of how much time Connor Bedard has devoted to developing his game and imposing shot have become the stuff of lore. Vacations were skipped. Windows were broken. And neighbors awakened by the constant thud of Bedard practicing his shot outside into the night in his driveway. The payoff comes Wednesday, when the 17-year-old from North Vancouver, British Columbia, is expected to be selected by the Chicago Blackhawks with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft. Bedard is being billed as a generational talent and already is drawing comparisons to Edmonton&#8217;s Connor McDavid.
Golf – PGA – Bradley wins Travelers Championship, breaks tournament record by 1 shot 
 Keegan Bradley built a big enough lead in front of adoring New England fans that he broke the tournament record at the Travelers Championship despite a shaky closing stretch. Bradley closed with a 2-under 68 for a three-shot victory. He finished at 23-under 257 at TPC River Highlands, a shot better than Kenny Perry&rsquo;s previous record from 2009. The 37-year-old Vermont native won on the PGA Tour for the sixth time. Zac Blair closed with a 62 and finished in a tie for second with Brian Harman, who shot 64. It was Blair&#8217;s best finish on the PGA Tour.
Golf – LPGA – Ruoning Yin wins Women&#8217;s PGA Championship 
 Ruoning Yin made a birdie putt from about 10 feet on the final hole and became the second woman from China to win a major, beating Yuka Saso by one shot in the Women&rsquo;s PGA Championship. After Saso made birdie ahead of her on the par-5 18th hole at Baltusrol to move into a tie for the lead, Yin found the rough with her tee shot, then hit her third shot into an ideal spot and curled in the right-to-left breaking putt, pumping her fist after it dropped. The 20-year-old Yin closed with a 4-under 67, finished at 8-under 276. She joined Shanshan Feng as Chinese winners of women&#8217;s majors. 
NCAABSB – Florida sets CWS record for runs with 24-4 win over LSU to force Game 3 
 Florida scored the most runs in the history of the College World Series in a 24-4 rout of LSU that forced a deciding Game 3 of the CWS finals. The Gators hit six home runs on a windy day at Charles Schwab Field and pounded LSU pitching for a CWS record-tying 23 hits a day after Ty Floyd struck out 17 in the Tigers&rsquo; 4-3, 11-inning win in Game 1. Florida came in having been involved in four of the CWS record-tying eight one-run games. The Gators had totaled 17 runs in four games here before the offense broke loose.
NASCAR – Ross Chastain holds off Martin Truex Jr. to win at Nashville 
 Ross Chastain held off Martin Truex Jr. and won the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. It&#8217;s the third Cup Series victory for Chastain and his first since Talladega in April of last year. Chastain also gave Trackhouse Racing its first victory of the year at its home track. He led a race-high 100 laps, including the final 34. The 30-year-old had to weave by some slower traffic to hold off Truex by 0.789 seconds. Chastain clinched a playoff berth and celebrated with a burnout before smashing a watermelon. Denny Hamlin finished third, Chase Elliott was fourth and Kyle Larson was fifth.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 West Michigan Whitecaps 2, Great Lakes Loons 1 – F/6 rain 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 10, South Bend Cubs 2 – F/10 
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 12, Lansing Lugnuts 4
 Tonight 
 no games tonight
MHSAA – Bridgman&rsquo;s Hahaj named Michigan Division 3 baseball coach of the year 
 The awards keep coming in the for the Bridgman baseball team.  A week aft er winning the MHSAA Division 3 Baseball State Championship with a 7-1 win over Algonac, Bees head coach Justin Hahaj (ha-ha) was named a regional coach of the year as well as State Coach of the year.  Watervliet head coach Joshua Trumbley was also named a regional coach of the year.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 3 – 10 Innings St. Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 5 Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1 Twins 6, Tigers 3 – F/10 –