MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Saturday
Baseball – State Finals
Division 3 at Michigan State University
Watervliet 9, Jackson Lumen Christi 1
For the first time in school history, there is a state championship trophy to place in the trophy case. The Watervliet baseball team became the first team in Watervliet school history to win a state championship and did so with a 9-1 win against Jackson Lumen Christi. Junior Owen Eppel had 2 hits and drove in three runs, Senior Chase Trembly added two more hits and two more RBI’s . Panthers pitcher Caleb Jewell threw a complete game 7 hitter, only allowing 1 run, while striking out 6. Watervliet finishes the year at 31-7 and a state championship
Girls Softball – State Finals
Division 2 at Michigan State University
Gaylord 3, Vicksburg 2 – 8 Innings
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Houston Astros 4, Detroit Tigers 1
Arizona Diamondbacks 12, Chicago White Sox 5
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Astros 4, Tigers 1 – Ronel Blanco throws 7 hitless innings, Jose Altuve homers to lead Astros over Tigers 4-1
Ronel Blanco had the second hitless outing of his brief major league career but was pulled after seven innings as the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1. Blanco, who threw the only no-hitter in the majors this season on April 1 against Toronto, was just as good this time in the 20th start and 37th appearance of his career. He threw 94 pitches with 65 strikes and tied a season best with eight strikeouts. He walked three. Ryan Pressly replaced Blanco to start the eighth and gave up the Tigers’ first hit, a two-out single by Wenceel Pérez. Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer for Houston.
D’Backs 12, White Sox 5 – Walker, Diamondbacks strike early, rout White Sox 12-5
Christian Walker drove in three runs with a home run and a double and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Chicago White Sox 12-5 Sunday. Walker hit a solo homer in the first inning, singled in the third and drove in two more with a bases-loaded double in the six-run fourth inning as Arizona won two of three in the series. With a chance at a cycle, Walker struck out and hit into a double play in his final two at-bats. Arizona starter Jordan Montgomery (5-4) pitched five innings, giving up four hits and one unearned run.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 – Mikolas and Pagés help the Cardinals edge the Cubs 2-1
Miles Mikolas pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs 2-1. Mikolas allowed one run, struck out five and walked none. The right-hander, who tossed seven scoreless innings on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh, is 3-1 with a 2.76 ERA in his last seven starts. Pedro Pagés hit a two-run homer for St. Louis, which improved to 4-1 against Chicago this season by taking two of three this weekend. Taillon pitched six effective innings, but the Cubs’ lineup struggled again. They managed just six runs and 17 hits in the series.
Tonight
Detroit (Olson 1-8) at Atlanta (Fried 6-3), 7:20 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:55
San Francisco (Hicks 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 4-2), 8:05 p.m.
White Sox are off
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2024 NBA Finals (best of 7)
Tonight
Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m. (BOS leads 3-1)
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Indiana Fever 91, Chicago Sky 83
Fever 91, Sky 83 – Caitlin Clark overcomes another physical game by scoring 23 points to lead Fever past Sky 91-83
Caitlin Clark overcame another physical challenge from the Chicago Sky by scoring 23 points and leading the Indiana Fever to a 91-83 victory. Aliyah Boston had her third straight double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds as the Fever won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Marina Mabrey scored 22 points to lead the Sky and Chennedy Carter had 18 points two weeks after being criticized for a hard shoulder check that knocked Clark to the floor. On Sunday, Indiana took the lead on Clark’s first 3-poinmter of the game midway through the third quarter and never trailed again.
WNBA – Reese contends she was making basketball play on Clark despite flagrant foul call
Angel Reese insisted all she did was make a basketball play against Caitlin Clark on Sunday. The former Iowa star agreed with her college rival. But that isn’t likely to defuse what happens next. The Chicago Sky star knocked Clark to the ground in the third quarter of a 91-83 loss at Indiana, then had the foul call upgraded to a flagrant-1 because her right elbow hit Clark in the head. It didn’t take long for the highlight to make the social media rounds, and Reese predicted the clip would set off another round of debate about the physical play Clark has faced in her first WNBA season.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2024 Stanley Cup Finals (best of 7)
Tuesday
Edmonton Oilers at Florida Panthers, 8:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-1)
Golf – Bryson DeChambeau wins another U.S. Open to deny Rory McIlroy
Bryson DeChambeau is the U.S. Open champion for the second time. It was another thriller at Pinehurst No. 2 that came down to the last hole. He was tied with Rory McIlroy, who was in the group in front. McIlroy missed a 4-foot par putt to fall one shot behind. DeChambeau blasted out of a bunker from 55 yards away to 4 feet and made the par putt for a 71. It wasn’t quite the famous putt of Payne Stewart in 1999 when he made par from 15 feet. But DeChambeau celebrated the second major for a LIV Golf player.
Golf – Vu wins playoff in return from back injury for 1st victory in 5 years
Lilia Vu won the Meijer LPGA Classic in a playoff Sunday in her return from a back injury, spoiling Lexi Thompson’s bid for her first victory in five years. Playing for the first time since the Ford Championship in late March in Arizona, Vu beat Thompson and third-round leader Grace Kim with a 5-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole — the par-5 fourth at tree-lined Blythefield. Thompson, the 2015 winner, has said this will be her last year playing a full schedule. Vu birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 7-under 65, then twice more to match Thompson and Kim — who entered the day five strokes ahead of Thompson and eight clear of Vu — on the first two playoff holes.
NASCAR – Ryan Blaney wins inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway
Ryan Blaney dominated the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday night for his first victory of the season and a spot in the playoffs. Blaney led four times for a career-high 201 laps, finishing 0.716 seconds ahead of William Byron for his 11th Cup victory. The defending series champion came into the race 12th in the standings. Blaney regained the lead on Lap 263 after taking just two tires on a caution-flag pit stop. He led the rest of the way, getting through lapped traffic as Byron tried to close. Blaney, whose mother, Lisa, is from Chariton, Iowa, won in front of a sellout crowd of an estimated 40,000 fans that included 80 of his friends and family.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 8, West Michigan Whitecaps 5
Great Lakes Loons 4, Dayton Dragons 2
Cedar Rapids Kernels 9, Lansing Lugnuts 8
Peoria Chiefs 6, South Bend Cubs 5
Tonight
No games tonight
