MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Seattle  Mariners 7, Detroit Tigers 6 – 10 Innings – Game 1

  Seattle  Mariners 9, Detroit Tigers 6 – Game 2

  Chicago  White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 3

Cincinnati  Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Mariners 7, Tigers 6 – 10 Inn./Mariners 9, Tigers 6 – Catcher  Torrens gets win, Mariners sweep Tigers in DH

  Abraham  Toro homered and drove in four runs, Cal Raleigh hit his 27th long ball of the  season and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 to complete a sweep  of their doubleheader. Seattle won the first game 7-6 in 10 innings as catcher  Luis Torrens became the first position player in club history earn a win when  the Mariners rallied for two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning. Torrens  didn’t have any time to rest as he went from pitching to catching and was  behind the plate for the second game. Seattle wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the  American League playoffs and will face Toronto in the wild-card series.

White Sox 8, Twins 3 – Arraez moves closer to batting  title, White Sox beat Twins 

  Luis  Arraez went 1-for-4 to close in on his first AL batting championship, but  Minnesota managed only two hits off Lucas Giolito as the Chicago White Sox beat  the Twins 8-3. Elvis Andrus hit his third homer in four games, a three-run  shot, as the White Sox cruised to their second straight win after Tony La Russa  stepped down as manager Monday. The 25-year-old Arraez extended his hitting  streak to eight games and held his average at .315 has he tries to become the  fifth Twins player to win the league batting title.

Reds 3, Cubs 2 – Reds avoid 100th loss with 3-2  walk-off win over Cubs 

  Spencer  Steer doubled off Brandon Hughes in the ninth inning to score Stuart Fairchild  and the Cincinnati Reds avoided their 100th loss, beating the Chicago Cubs 3-2  on Tuesday night. The Reds (62-99) are trying to avoid the second 100-loss  season in franchise history. They were 61-101 in 1982 while in the process of  dismantling the dominant Big Red Machine clubs. Chuckie Robinson tied it for  Cincinnati in the seventh with a two-run homer off Keegan Thompson. Alexis Diaz  (7-3) was the winner. Willson Contreras and Nico Hoerner homered for the Cubs.  Hughes (2-3) took the loss.

Today

  Detroit  (Alexander 4-11) at Seattle (Gonzales 10-15), 4:10 p.m.                    WSJM/WCSY  3:50

  Minnesota  (Varland 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 3-5), 4:10 p.m.

  Chicago  Cubs (Sampson 4-5) at Cincinnati (Ashcraft 5-5), 4:10 p.m.

MLB  – Home run hands! Dallas fan catches Judge’s 62nd homer on fly

  Dallas  baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that  New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd  home run. Youmans caught the prized souvenir on the fly Tuesday night at Globe  Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Youmans, who works in the financial  world, said he hasn’t decided what he’ll do with ball. Youmans was at the  second game of a doubleheader between the Yankees and Rangers when Judge led  off with a home run. Soon after a local TV station posted a brief interview  with the lucky fan, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: “THIS IS MY HUSBAND.” Amaranthus  works in local media and identifies herself in her Twitter bio as an alum of  ABC’s “The Bachelor.”

MLB  – MLB playoff picture all set, best-of-3 matchups start Friday

  The  entire Major League Baseball playoff picture is now set. The four matchups in  the wild-card round were locked in Tuesday night, right before the last day of  the regular season. Every series starts Friday and is a best two of three.  Plus, the higher seed will host every game. In the National League, the San  Diego Padres visit the New York Mets while the Philadelphia Phillies play at  the St. Louis Cardinals. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners visit the  Toronto Blue Jays while the Tampa Bay Rays play at the Cleveland Guardians. The  postseason was expanded from 10 teams last year to 12 this season.

NHL – National Hockey League – Preseason
Tonight

  Detroit  Red Wings at Washington Capitals, 7:00 p.m.

NHL  – Coaching carousel leaves 10 NHL teams with new face on bench

  Nearly  a third of NHL teams have a new coach this season. John Tortorella is being  counted on to fix things in Philadellphia. Bruce Cassidy is tasked with getting  Vegas back to the playoffs and into contention for the Stanley Cup. Former  Vegas coach Peter DeBoer takes over in Dallas in his fifth job around the  league. Boston is giving Jim Montgomery a second chance after parting ways with  Cassidy. David Quinn is also back in the NHL with San Jose after coaching the  U.S. Olympic team in Beijing.  Former  Tampa Bay Lightning assistant Derek LaLonde is now the head coach in Detroit  and former NHL player Luke Richardson is the new coach for the Chicago  Blackhawks.

NHL  – Blackhawks assign prospect Lukas Reichel to Rockford

  The  Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward prospect Lukas Reichel to the minors.  The 20-year-old was selected by Chicago with the No. 17 pick in the 2020 draft.  He made his NHL debut last season and recorded an assist in 11 games. Sending  Reichel back to Rockford puts him in position to play major minutes with the  AHL team, instead of a smaller role with the rebuilding Blackhawks.

NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason
Last Night

  New  York Knicks 117, Detroit Pistons 96

  New  Orleans Pelicans 129, Chicago Bulls 125

Tonight

  Indiana  Pacers at Charlotte Hornets, 7:00 p.m.

NCAAFB  – Big Ten – Big Ten West teams are mild, but division race could be wild

  The  Big Ten West is a mess. It’s also mesmerizing. Wisconsin and Nebraska already  have fired their head coaches. Minnesota took up the mantle as West favorite  last week and was upset at home. Illinois is one of the hottest teams in the  nation after outscoring two nonconference opponents and Wisconsin 89-13. Even  Nebraska suddenly thinks it could make a run. Six teams are 1-1 in conference  play and tied for first place. It’s the first time since the 2014 East-West split  that one of the divisions has had such a logjam.

NWSL  – US players ‘horrified’ by report of abuse in women’s soccer

  Players  on the U.S. women’s national soccer team are trying to process an investigation  that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct are systemic in women’s  soccer. U.S. defender Becky Sauerbrunn says she is horrified by the report.  Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and the law firm of King  & Spaulding released the report after being retained by U.S. Soccer to investigate  allegations of abuse in the National Women’s Soccer League following a series  of scandals last year. Several of the national team players also play in the  league.

Olympics  – Olympic pentathlon eyes ‘Ninja Warrior’ courses for survival

  The  sport of modern pentathlon hopes to stave off Olympic removal by possibly  adding “American Ninja Warrior” style obstacle courses. The show-jumping  component of the five-event competition has become an issue after a German  coach was filmed hitting an uncooperative horse during the Tokyo Olympics in  2021. As it stands now, modern pentathlon in its current form will be off the  program after the 2024 Paris Games. To get back on, the organization is testing  out obstacle-course racing to replace show jumping. Which means ring swings and  rope mazes could take center stage for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. It could  be the scene that saves a sport facing a major crossroads.


MCCAA  – Junior College Athletics
Last Night
Volleyball

  Lake  Michigan College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0

Today
Women’s Soccer

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

Men’s Soccer

  Lake  Michigan College at Fairhaven Baptist College, 4:30 p.m.

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer

  Portage  Central 2, St. Joseph 1

  Battle Creek Lakeview 10, Lakeshore 3

Mattawan 4, Gull Lake 3

Volleyball

  South  Haven 3, Fennville 0 

  Constantine  3, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 

  Comstock  3, Bangor 0 

Girls Golf – Regionals

Division  2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg (Yankee Springs GC, Wayland) 
Byron Center                345
Portage Northern           367
Gull Lake                     370
Lakeshore                    383
St. Joseph                    384
Middleville T-K             388
Zeeland West                390
Harper Creek                400
Sturgis                       401
Mattawan                    404
Plainwell                     411
Zeeland East                436

St. Joseph

  Morgan  Guzzo       93

  Margaret  Cox        97

  Clara  Berry           97

  Grace  Rommel        97

  Regan  Igoe             98

Lakeshore

  Lydia  Bixby             91

  McKenna  Keim        92

  Megan  Wurster      96

  Josie  Arbanas         104

  Paige  Benedict       107

Today
Volleyball

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

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

  Michigan  Lutheran at Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m.

  River  Valley at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m.

  Covert  at Lawrence, 7:00 p.m.

  Mishawaka  (IN) at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m.

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

  Battle  Creek Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.

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

  GR  Wellspring at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Soccer

  Buchanan  at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m.

  Constantine  at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m.

  Lawton  at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.

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

  Parchment  at South Haven, 6:30 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Hackett at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m.

  Comstock  at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m.

  Cassopolis  at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.

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

  Edwardsburg  at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.

  Plainwell  at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Christian at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.

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

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Seattle Mariners 7, Detroit Tigers 6 – 10 Innings – Game 1 
 Seattle Mariners 9, Detroit Tigers 6 – Game 2 
 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 3 
Cincinnati Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Mariners 7, Tigers 6 – 10 Inn./Mariners 9, Tigers 6 – Catcher Torrens gets win, Mariners sweep Tigers in DH 
 Abraham Toro homered and drove in four runs, Cal Raleigh hit his 27th long ball of the season and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 to complete a sweep of their doubleheader. Seattle won the first game 7-6 in 10 innings as catcher Luis Torrens became the first position player in club history earn a win when the Mariners rallied for two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning. Torrens didn&rsquo;t have any time to rest as he went from pitching to catching and was behind the plate for the second game. Seattle wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs and will face Toronto in the wild-card series.
White Sox 8, Twins 3 – Arraez moves closer to batting title, White Sox beat Twins 
 Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 to close in on his first AL batting championship, but Minnesota managed only two hits off Lucas Giolito as the Chicago White Sox beat the Twins 8-3. Elvis Andrus hit his third homer in four games, a three-run shot, as the White Sox cruised to their second straight win after Tony La Russa stepped down as manager Monday. The 25-year-old Arraez extended his hitting streak to eight games and held his average at .315 has he tries to become the fifth Twins player to win the league batting title.
Reds 3, Cubs 2 – Reds avoid 100th loss with 3-2 walk-off win over Cubs 
 Spencer Steer doubled off Brandon Hughes in the ninth inning to score Stuart Fairchild and the Cincinnati Reds avoided their 100th loss, beating the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Tuesday night. The Reds (62-99) are trying to avoid the second 100-loss season in franchise history. They were 61-101 in 1982 while in the process of dismantling the dominant Big Red Machine clubs. Chuckie Robinson tied it for Cincinnati in the seventh with a two-run homer off Keegan Thompson. Alexis Diaz (7-3) was the winner. Willson Contreras and Nico Hoerner homered for the Cubs. Hughes (2-3) took the loss.
Today 
 Detroit (Alexander 4-11) at Seattle (Gonzales 10-15), 4:10 p.m.                    WSJM/WCSY 3:50 
 Minnesota (Varland 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 3-5), 4:10 p.m. 
 Chicago Cubs (Sampson 4-5) at Cincinnati (Ashcraft 5-5), 4:10 p.m.
MLB – Home run hands! Dallas fan catches Judge&#8217;s 62nd homer on fly 
 Dallas baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd home run. Youmans caught the prized souvenir on the fly Tuesday night at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Youmans, who works in the financial world, said he hasn&#8217;t decided what he&#8217;ll do with ball. Youmans was at the second game of a doubleheader between the Yankees and Rangers when Judge led off with a home run. Soon after a local TV station posted a brief interview with the lucky fan, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: &ldquo;THIS IS MY HUSBAND.&rdquo; Amaranthus works in local media and identifies herself in her Twitter bio as an alum of ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Bachelor.&rdquo;
MLB – MLB playoff picture all set, best-of-3 matchups start Friday 
 The entire Major League Baseball playoff picture is now set. The four matchups in the wild-card round were locked in Tuesday night, right before the last day of the regular season. Every series starts Friday and is a best two of three. Plus, the higher seed will host every game. In the National League, the San Diego Padres visit the New York Mets while the Philadelphia Phillies play at the St. Louis Cardinals. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners visit the Toronto Blue Jays while the Tampa Bay Rays play at the Cleveland Guardians. The postseason was expanded from 10 teams last year to 12 this season.
NHL – National Hockey League &#8211; Preseason 
 Tonight 
 Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals, 7:00 p.m.
NHL – Coaching carousel leaves 10 NHL teams with new face on bench 
 Nearly a third of NHL teams have a new coach this season. John Tortorella is being counted on to fix things in Philadellphia. Bruce Cassidy is tasked with getting Vegas back to the playoffs and into contention for the Stanley Cup. Former Vegas coach Peter DeBoer takes over in Dallas in his fifth job around the league. Boston is giving Jim Montgomery a second chance after parting ways with Cassidy. David Quinn is also back in the NHL with San Jose after coaching the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing.  Former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant Derek LaLonde is now the head coach in Detroit and former NHL player Luke Richardson is the new coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.
NHL – Blackhawks assign prospect Lukas Reichel to Rockford 
 The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward prospect Lukas Reichel to the minors. The 20-year-old was selected by Chicago with the No. 17 pick in the 2020 draft. He made his NHL debut last season and recorded an assist in 11 games. Sending Reichel back to Rockford puts him in position to play major minutes with the AHL team, instead of a smaller role with the rebuilding Blackhawks.
NBA – National Basketball Association &#8211; Preseason 
 Last Night 
 New York Knicks 117, Detroit Pistons 96 
 New Orleans Pelicans 129, Chicago Bulls 125
Tonight 
 Indiana Pacers at Charlotte Hornets, 7:00 p.m.
NCAAFB – Big Ten – Big Ten West teams are mild, but division race could be wild 
 The Big Ten West is a mess. It&rsquo;s also mesmerizing. Wisconsin and Nebraska already have fired their head coaches. Minnesota took up the mantle as West favorite last week and was upset at home. Illinois is one of the hottest teams in the nation after outscoring two nonconference opponents and Wisconsin 89-13. Even Nebraska suddenly thinks it could make a run. Six teams are 1-1 in conference play and tied for first place. It&#8217;s the first time since the 2014 East-West split that one of the divisions has had such a logjam.
NWSL – US players &#8216;horrified&#8217; by report of abuse in women&#8217;s soccer 
 Players on the U.S. women&#8217;s national soccer team are trying to process an investigation that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct are systemic in women&rsquo;s soccer. U.S. defender Becky Sauerbrunn says she is horrified by the report. Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and the law firm of King &amp; Spaulding released the report after being retained by U.S. Soccer to investigate allegations of abuse in the National Women&rsquo;s Soccer League following a series of scandals last year. Several of the national team players also play in the league.
Olympics – Olympic pentathlon eyes &#8216;Ninja Warrior&#8217; courses for survival 
 The sport of modern pentathlon hopes to stave off Olympic removal by possibly adding &ldquo;American Ninja Warrior&rdquo; style obstacle courses. The show-jumping component of the five-event competition has become an issue after a German coach was filmed hitting an uncooperative horse during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. As it stands now, modern pentathlon in its current form will be off the program after the 2024 Paris Games. To get back on, the organization is testing out obstacle-course racing to replace show jumping. Which means ring swings and rope mazes could take center stage for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. It could be the scene that saves a sport facing a major crossroads. 
 
 MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Last Night 
 Volleyball 
 Lake Michigan College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0
Today 
 Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 St. Clair Community College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m.
Men&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Lake Michigan College at Fairhaven Baptist College, 4:30 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Last Night 
 Boys Soccer 
 Portage Central 2, St. Joseph 1 
 Battle Creek Lakeview 10, Lakeshore 3 
Mattawan 4, Gull Lake 3
Volleyball 
 South Haven 3, Fennville 0 
 Constantine 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 
 Comstock 3, Bangor 0 
Girls Golf &#8211; Regionals
Division 2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg (Yankee Springs GC, Wayland) 
<ol>
<li>Byron Center                345</li>
<li>Portage Northern           367</li>
<li>Gull Lake                     370</li>
<li>Lakeshore                    383</li>
<li>St. Joseph                    384</li>
<li>Middleville T-K             388</li>
<li>Zeeland West                390</li>
<li>Harper Creek                400</li>
<li>Sturgis                       401</li>
<li>Mattawan                    404</li>
<li>Plainwell                     411</li>
<li>Zeeland East                436</li>
</ol>
St. Joseph 
 Morgan Guzzo       93 
 Margaret Cox        97 
 Clara Berry           97 
 Grace Rommel        97 
 Regan Igoe             98
Lakeshore 
 Lydia Bixby             91 
 McKenna Keim        92 
 Megan Wurster      96 
 Josie Arbanas         104 
 Paige Benedict       107
Today 
 Volleyball 
 Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. 
 Portage Northern at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. 
 Michigan Lutheran at Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m. 
 River Valley at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m. 
 Covert at Lawrence, 7:00 p.m. 
 Mishawaka (IN) at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m. 
 Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m. 
 Battle Creek Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. 
 GR Wellspring at Fennville, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer 
 Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. 
 Constantine at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. 
 Lawton at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. 
 Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. 
 Parchment at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Hackett at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. 
 Comstock at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. 
 Cassopolis at Hartford, 5:00 p.m. 
 Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m. 
 Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Christian at Fennville, 6:30 p.m. 
 Allegan at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Seattle Mariners 7, Detroit Tigers 6 – 10 Innings – Game 1 Seattle Mariners 9, Detroit Tigers 6 – Game 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 3 Cincinnati Reds