MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 4 – 10 Innings

  Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay Rays 5

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3 – 11 Innings

Yankees 5, Tigers 4 – F/10 – Yanks top Tigers 5-4

  Josh Donaldson hit a 10th-inning sacrifice  fly, and the New York Yankees came from behind twice to beat the Detroit Tigers  5-4 to reach the one-third mark of the season at 39-15, the best in the major  leagues in 21 years. Joey Gallo’s two-run homer in the fifth off overcame an  early deficit and the Yankees won for the 10th time in 12 games,  completing a three-game sweep of the Tigers and extending their winning streak  to six. 

White Sox 6, Rays 5 – Burger, Grandal key early RBIs,  White Sox hold off Rays 6-5

  Jake Burger had a key hit for the second consecutive  day and the Chicago White Sox hung on to a large early lead to beat the Tampa  Bay Rays 6-5. Burger had a two-run double during Chicago’s four-run first, and  Yasmani Grandal drove in two more on a check-swing opposite-field single. The  Rays got within a run with a four-run sixth inning, including a two-run homer  from Mike Zunino. White Sox starter Lucas Giolito gave up five runs, two  earned, and eight hits over six innings. Liam Hendriks worked the ninth for his  16th save in 19 chances. Yarbrough allowed six runs and eight hits  over 68 pitches in 1 2/3 innings.

Cardinals 5, Cubs 3 – F/11 – Cards rally past Cubs 5-3  in 11 innings, take rubber game 

  Juan Yepez singled home automatic runner Nolan Gorman  to lead off the 11th, Brendan Donovan doubled in an insurance run and  the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3. Yepez lined his tiebreaking  hit and Donovan delivered off Daniel Norris (0-4), who had had pitched a  perfect 10th. Genesis Cabrera (3-1) tossed four innings in relief of Adam  Wainwright, and allowed a run on two hits. St. Louis won for the sixth time in  eight games and took the rubber match of a five-game series. The Cardinals tied  it at 3 in the 9th after Chicago broke through for a 3-2 lead in the  8th.

Today

  Tigers,  White Sox, and Cubs are off today

NBA  – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals
Last Night

  Golden State Warriors 107, Boston Celtics 88                (Series Tied 1-1)

Warriors 108, Celtics 88 – Warriors answer in Game 2,  top Celtics 107-88 to even Finals 

  Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected  from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden  State Warriors evened the NBA Finals at a game apiece by beating the Boston  Celtics 107-88 on Sunday night. Poole finished with 17 for the Warriors, who  outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead  into a 23-point edge. Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half  for Boston. Jaylen Brown added 17 for the Celtics.

NHL  – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals
Last Night

  Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Rangers 2                       (NYR  Leads 2-1)

Lightning 3, Rangers 2 – Palat scores late, Lightning  beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 3

  Ondrej  Palat scored with 42 seconds left and the two-time defending Stanley Cup  champion Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday to cut  their deficit in the Eastern Conference finals to 2-1. Palat’s goal, off a  nifty pass from Nikita Kucherov, capped a comeback that began after Mika  Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored power-play goals in a span of just over two  minutes in the second period to put the Rangers up 2-0. Facing the prospect of  falling behind 3-0, the Lightning rallied with Kucherov scoring on the power  play in the second period and Steven Stamkos tying it early in the third.  Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves for the Lightning. Game 4 is Tuesday night in  Tampa.

Tonight

  Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers, 8:00 p.m            (COL Leads 3-0)

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday

  Atlanta Dream 75, Indiana Fever 66

  Chicago Sky 91, Washington Mystics 82

Dream 75, Fever 66 – Coffey’s double-double helps  Dream beat Fever 75-66

  Nia  Coffey had 16 points and 10 rebounds — her second double-double of the season  and third in her six-year career — Rhyne Howard also scored 16 points and the  Atlanta Dream beat the Indiana Fever 75-66. Aari McDonald scored 12 points and  Cheyenne Parker added 11 for the Dream (7-4). Kelsey Mitchell hit a pull-up  jumper for Indiana (3-10) to open the scoring but Parker and Erica Wheeler made  back-to-back baskets to give the Dream the lead for good with 8:27 left in the  first quarter. Atlanta took a 17-point lead into the fourth. Mitchell hit three  3-pointers and led the Fever with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting. The rest of  the Indiana players shot just 30.8% (16 of 52) from the field.

Sky 91, Mystics 82 – Meesseman, Parker lead Sky past  short-handed Mystics 91-82

  Emma  Meesseman scored 13 points with six assists, five steals and four rebounds  against her old team, Candace Parker had a double-double and the Chicago Sky  defeated the Washington Mystics 91-82. The Sky took control in the  third-quarter, out-scoring the Mystics 31-22 . Kahleah Copper led the Sky with  15 points, Parker was four assists shy of a triple double with 12 points and 12  rebounds. Washington hopes to have head coach Mike Thibault and assistant coach  Shelley Patterson back after they missed the game due to health and safety  protocols. Mystics’ leading scorer Elena Delle Donne sat out the game to rest.  Tiana Hawkins had 21 points off the bench for Washington.

IndyCar  – Power gives Penske, Chevrolet win in final Belle Isle race

  Will  Power closed the Belle Isle era with a Team Penske victory on Sunday by winning  the final Detroit Grand Prix on the island park to reclaim the IndyCar points  lead. Power held off Alexander Rossi in the closing laps to earn his first win  of the season. All three Team Penske drivers now have a win through seven  IndyCar races this season. The race will return to its original downtown street  course layout in 2023. The Power win was a celebration for team owner Roger  Penske, a longtime Detroit resident and promoter of the race.

NCAABSB  – Notre Dame edges Texas Tech 2-1 to earn Super Regional berth

  Jack  Findlay got the final four outs, surviving a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of  the ninth inning, and Notre Dame won the Statesboro Regional with a 2-1 victory  over Texas Tech. The Fighting Irish (38-14), the No. 2 seed in the regional,  beat third-seed Texas Tech twice by a run and No. 16 overall seed and tourney  host Georgia Southern 6-4 in winning a berth in the Super Regionals. Notre Dame  took a 1-0 in the third when Spencer Myers doubled and scored on Ryan Cole’s  single to left. The Irish scored again in the fourth when Zack Prajzner doubled  and scored on a two-out single by Cole.

NCAABSB  – Louisville pounds Michigan 20-1 to force Monday finale

  Ben  Metzinger hit two home-runs and a double, driving in five runs, to power  Louisville to a 20-1 romp over Michigan in the Louisville Regional, forcing a  Monday showdown for a Super Regional berth. The Cardinals took control early  with a four-run first inning. Levi Usher had a two-run single after two walks  and a hit batter loaded the bases with one out. Logan Beard added a two-out  two-run single. Louisville added three more runs in the second on Metzinger’s  first homer — a two-run shot — and Cameron Masterman’s RBI double.

Tennis  – French Open – Nadal overcome foot, Ruud for 14th French Open title

  Rafael  Nadal has captured his 22nd Grand Slam title and 14th French Open championship  by whipping Casper Ruud, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. At 36, Nadal is the oldest title winner  in the history of the event. Ruud had a 3-1 lead in the second set and didn’t  win another game, with Nadal taking the last 11 and finishing with 37 winners  with just 16 unforced errors. But Nadal said his painful left foot was numbed  by multiple injections to two nerves during the tournament. He admitted after  the final that at any other tournament, he wouldn’t have continued playing  under extreme physical conditions. The foot has been bothering him for two years,  yet he’s now threatening to complete a calendar Grand Slam. Nadal said he will  try some new treatments over the next week to see whether that might allow him  to enter Wimbledon this month.

Golf  – PGA – Horschel’s big eagle secures a big win at the Memorial

  Billy  Horschel made an eagle putt on the 15th hole that all but secured his win in  the Memorial at Muirfield Village. Horschel shot a 72 and won by four shots  over Aaron Wise. Horschel’s eagle putt from just inside 55 feet had the perfect  line and perfect speed, bending left and dropping in the left side of the cup  as he stretched out both arms in a quiet, disbelieving celebration. Horschel  finished at 13-under 275 and won $2.16 million, the largest paycheck of his  career.

Golf  – LPGA – Lee wins record prize in Major

  Minjee  Lee won the U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles  to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women’s golf. Lee  closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the Australian  flirted with the tournament record of 16 under set by Juli Inkster in 1999 at  Old Waverly.  Harigae shot a 72 for her  best finish in a major and a check of slightly more than $1 million.

Golf  – Champions – Kelly beats Triplett in playoff

  Jerry  Kelly birdied the first playoff hole to beat Kirk Triplett and win the PGA Tour  Champions’ Principal Charity Classic.  Kelly  hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The  55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine victories on the 50-and-over tour after  winning three times on the PGA Tour. Kelly and Triplett each shot 5-under 67 to  finish at 18-under 198, two strokes ahead of Steven Alker and Hall of Famer  Bernhard Langer.

NASCAR  – Logano wins in OT

  Joey  Logano jockeyed for the lead with Kyle Busch in overtime before winning the  inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Logano moved  ahead of Busch for good just before the white flag flew, giving Team Penske its  second major win of the day. Penske won the IndyCar race with Will Power earlier  in the day in Detroit. Kurt Busch finished third with Logano’s teammate, Ryan  Blaney, fourth and Aric Almirola in fifth.

FIFA  – USA Soccer – Macario out of Women’s World Cup qualifiers with ACL injury

  U.S.  national team forward Catarina Macario injured her the anterior cruciate  ligament in a match with French club team Lyon and will miss World Cup  qualifying next month. Macario was injured 13 minutes into Lyon’s season finale  on Wednesday, a 4-0 victory over Issy. The 22-year-old was Lyon’s top scorer  this season with 23 goals in 35 matches across all competitions. The injury  means she’ll miss the CONCACAF W Championships next month in Mexico, which  determine the region’s World Cup teams.

FIFA  – Ukraine’s World Cup quest ends with loss to Wales amid war

  Ukraine  has missed out on qualifying for the World Cup after the war-disrupted team  lost 1-0 to Wales in the European playoff final for the FIFA soccer showpiece.  Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently headed the ball into his own net while trying  to clear Wales captain Gareth Bale’s first-half free kick. This was an  agonizing end to Ukraine’s emotionally charged mission to qualify for the World  Cup in Qatar while remaining under invasion by Russia. Wales will head to a  first World Cup in 64 years and will open against the United States on Nov. 21  before playing Iran and England.

MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday

  Lake County Captains 9, West Michigan Whitecaps 2

  Cedar Rapids Kernels 9, Lansing Lugnuts 3

  Great Lakes Loons 8, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 0 – F/5  Innings

  Dayton Dragons 8, South Bend Cubs 3

Today

  No games today 

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 4 – 10 Innings 
 Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay Rays 5 
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3 – 11 Innings
Yankees 5, Tigers 4 – F/10 – Yanks top Tigers 5-4 
 Josh Donaldson hit a 10th-inning sacrifice fly, and the New York Yankees came from behind twice to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 to reach the one-third mark of the season at 39-15, the best in the major leagues in 21 years. Joey Gallo&rsquo;s two-run homer in the fifth off overcame an early deficit and the Yankees won for the 10th time in 12 games, completing a three-game sweep of the Tigers and extending their winning streak to six. 
White Sox 6, Rays 5 – Burger, Grandal key early RBIs, White Sox hold off Rays 6-5 
 Jake Burger had a key hit for the second consecutive day and the Chicago White Sox hung on to a large early lead to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5. Burger had a two-run double during Chicago&rsquo;s four-run first, and Yasmani Grandal drove in two more on a check-swing opposite-field single. The Rays got within a run with a four-run sixth inning, including a two-run homer from Mike Zunino. White Sox starter Lucas Giolito gave up five runs, two earned, and eight hits over six innings. Liam Hendriks worked the ninth for his 16th save in 19 chances. Yarbrough allowed six runs and eight hits over 68 pitches in 1 2/3 innings.
Cardinals 5, Cubs 3 – F/11 – Cards rally past Cubs 5-3 in 11 innings, take rubber game 
 Juan Yepez singled home automatic runner Nolan Gorman to lead off the 11th, Brendan Donovan doubled in an insurance run and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3. Yepez lined his tiebreaking hit and Donovan delivered off Daniel Norris (0-4), who had had pitched a perfect 10th. Genesis Cabrera (3-1) tossed four innings in relief of Adam Wainwright, and allowed a run on two hits. St. Louis won for the sixth time in eight games and took the rubber match of a five-game series. The Cardinals tied it at 3 in the 9th after Chicago broke through for a 3-2 lead in the 8th.
Today 
 Tigers, White Sox, and Cubs are off today
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals 
 Last Night 
 Golden State Warriors 107, Boston Celtics 88                (Series Tied 1-1)
Warriors 108, Celtics 88 – Warriors answer in Game 2, top Celtics 107-88 to even Finals 
 Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors evened the NBA Finals at a game apiece by beating the Boston Celtics 107-88 on Sunday night. Poole finished with 17 for the Warriors, who outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge. Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half for Boston. Jaylen Brown added 17 for the Celtics.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals 
 Last Night 
 Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Rangers 2                       (NYR Leads 2-1)
Lightning 3, Rangers 2 – Palat scores late, Lightning beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 3 
 Ondrej Palat scored with 42 seconds left and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference finals to 2-1. Palat&rsquo;s goal, off a nifty pass from Nikita Kucherov, capped a comeback that began after Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored power-play goals in a span of just over two minutes in the second period to put the Rangers up 2-0. Facing the prospect of falling behind 3-0, the Lightning rallied with Kucherov scoring on the power play in the second period and Steven Stamkos tying it early in the third. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves for the Lightning. Game 4 is Tuesday night in Tampa.
Tonight 
 Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers, 8:00 p.m            (COL Leads 3-0)
 WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Yesterday 
 Atlanta Dream 75, Indiana Fever 66 
 Chicago Sky 91, Washington Mystics 82
Dream 75, Fever 66 – Coffey&#8217;s double-double helps Dream beat Fever 75-66 
 Nia Coffey had 16 points and 10 rebounds — her second double-double of the season and third in her six-year career — Rhyne Howard also scored 16 points and the Atlanta Dream beat the Indiana Fever 75-66. Aari McDonald scored 12 points and Cheyenne Parker added 11 for the Dream (7-4). Kelsey Mitchell hit a pull-up jumper for Indiana (3-10) to open the scoring but Parker and Erica Wheeler made back-to-back baskets to give the Dream the lead for good with 8:27 left in the first quarter. Atlanta took a 17-point lead into the fourth. Mitchell hit three 3-pointers and led the Fever with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting. The rest of the Indiana players shot just 30.8% (16 of 52) from the field.
Sky 91, Mystics 82 – Meesseman, Parker lead Sky past short-handed Mystics 91-82 
 Emma Meesseman scored 13 points with six assists, five steals and four rebounds against her old team, Candace Parker had a double-double and the Chicago Sky defeated the Washington Mystics 91-82. The Sky took control in the third-quarter, out-scoring the Mystics 31-22 . Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 15 points, Parker was four assists shy of a triple double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Washington hopes to have head coach Mike Thibault and assistant coach Shelley Patterson back after they missed the game due to health and safety protocols. Mystics&rsquo; leading scorer Elena Delle Donne sat out the game to rest. Tiana Hawkins had 21 points off the bench for Washington.
IndyCar – Power gives Penske, Chevrolet win in final Belle Isle race 
 Will Power closed the Belle Isle era with a Team Penske victory on Sunday by winning the final Detroit Grand Prix on the island park to reclaim the IndyCar points lead. Power held off Alexander Rossi in the closing laps to earn his first win of the season. All three Team Penske drivers now have a win through seven IndyCar races this season. The race will return to its original downtown street course layout in 2023. The Power win was a celebration for team owner Roger Penske, a longtime Detroit resident and promoter of the race.
NCAABSB – Notre Dame edges Texas Tech 2-1 to earn Super Regional berth 
 Jack Findlay got the final four outs, surviving a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Notre Dame won the Statesboro Regional with a 2-1 victory over Texas Tech. The Fighting Irish (38-14), the No. 2 seed in the regional, beat third-seed Texas Tech twice by a run and No. 16 overall seed and tourney host Georgia Southern 6-4 in winning a berth in the Super Regionals. Notre Dame took a 1-0 in the third when Spencer Myers doubled and scored on Ryan Cole&rsquo;s single to left. The Irish scored again in the fourth when Zack Prajzner doubled and scored on a two-out single by Cole.
NCAABSB – Louisville pounds Michigan 20-1 to force Monday finale 
 Ben Metzinger hit two home-runs and a double, driving in five runs, to power Louisville to a 20-1 romp over Michigan in the Louisville Regional, forcing a Monday showdown for a Super Regional berth. The Cardinals took control early with a four-run first inning. Levi Usher had a two-run single after two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases with one out. Logan Beard added a two-out two-run single. Louisville added three more runs in the second on Metzinger&rsquo;s first homer — a two-run shot — and Cameron Masterman&rsquo;s RBI double.
Tennis – French Open – Nadal overcome foot, Ruud for 14th French Open title 
 Rafael Nadal has captured his 22nd Grand Slam title and 14th French Open championship by whipping Casper Ruud, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. At 36, Nadal is the oldest title winner in the history of the event. Ruud had a 3-1 lead in the second set and didn&rsquo;t win another game, with Nadal taking the last 11 and finishing with 37 winners with just 16 unforced errors. But Nadal said his painful left foot was numbed by multiple injections to two nerves during the tournament. He admitted after the final that at any other tournament, he wouldn&rsquo;t have continued playing under extreme physical conditions. The foot has been bothering him for two years, yet he&rsquo;s now threatening to complete a calendar Grand Slam. Nadal said he will try some new treatments over the next week to see whether that might allow him to enter Wimbledon this month.
 Golf – PGA – Horschel&rsquo;s big eagle secures a big win at the Memorial 
 Billy Horschel made an eagle putt on the 15th hole that all but secured his win in the Memorial at Muirfield Village. Horschel shot a 72 and won by four shots over Aaron Wise. Horschel&rsquo;s eagle putt from just inside 55 feet had the perfect line and perfect speed, bending left and dropping in the left side of the cup as he stretched out both arms in a quiet, disbelieving celebration. Horschel finished at 13-under 275 and won $2.16 million, the largest paycheck of his career.
Golf – LPGA – Lee wins record prize in Major 
 Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women&rsquo;s Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women&rsquo;s golf. Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the Australian flirted with the tournament record of 16 under set by Juli Inkster in 1999 at Old Waverly.  Harigae shot a 72 for her best finish in a major and a check of slightly more than $1 million.
Golf – Champions – Kelly beats Triplett in playoff 
 Jerry Kelly birdied the first playoff hole to beat Kirk Triplett and win the PGA Tour Champions&rsquo; Principal Charity Classic.  Kelly hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The 55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine victories on the 50-and-over tour after winning three times on the PGA Tour. Kelly and Triplett each shot 5-under 67 to finish at 18-under 198, two strokes ahead of Steven Alker and Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer.
NASCAR – Logano wins in OT 
 Joey Logano jockeyed for the lead with Kyle Busch in overtime before winning the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Logano moved ahead of Busch for good just before the white flag flew, giving Team Penske its second major win of the day. Penske won the IndyCar race with Will Power earlier in the day in Detroit. Kurt Busch finished third with Logano&rsquo;s teammate, Ryan Blaney, fourth and Aric Almirola in fifth.
FIFA – USA Soccer – Macario out of Women&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers with ACL injury 
 U.S. national team forward Catarina Macario injured her the anterior cruciate ligament in a match with French club team Lyon and will miss World Cup qualifying next month. Macario was injured 13 minutes into Lyon&rsquo;s season finale on Wednesday, a 4-0 victory over Issy. The 22-year-old was Lyon&rsquo;s top scorer this season with 23 goals in 35 matches across all competitions. The injury means she&#8217;ll miss the CONCACAF W Championships next month in Mexico, which determine the region&#8217;s World Cup teams.
FIFA – Ukraine&#8217;s World Cup quest ends with loss to Wales amid war 
 Ukraine has missed out on qualifying for the World Cup after the war-disrupted team lost 1-0 to Wales in the European playoff final for the FIFA soccer showpiece. Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently headed the ball into his own net while trying to clear Wales captain Gareth Bale&rsquo;s first-half free kick. This was an agonizing end to Ukraine&rsquo;s emotionally charged mission to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar while remaining under invasion by Russia. Wales will head to a first World Cup in 64 years and will open against the United States on Nov. 21 before playing Iran and England.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Lake County Captains 9, West Michigan Whitecaps 2 
 Cedar Rapids Kernels 9, Lansing Lugnuts 3 
 Great Lakes Loons 8, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 0 – F/5 Innings 
 Dayton Dragons 8, South Bend Cubs 3
Today 
 No games today

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MLB  – Major League Baseball   Last Night    New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 4 – 10 Innings   Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay Rays 5 St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3 – 11 Innings Yankees 5, Tigers 4 – F/10 – Yanks top Tigers 5-4