MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Detroit Tigers 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago White Sox 0
San Francisco Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Phillies 6, Tigers 2 – Marsh has four hits and four RBIs as Phillies beat Tigers 6-2
Brandon Marsh had four hits, including a homer, and drove in four runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2 to take two out of three games. Marsh singled in the second inning, hit a two-run homer in the fourth, drove in two runs with a fifth-inning single and got another base hit in the eighth. Phillies starter Spencer Turnbull faced Tigers for the first time after spending five seasons with them. He allowed one run in three innings before leaving with right shoulder soreness. Jose Ruiz, the second of six relievers for Philadelphia, got the win with a perfect fifth. Keider Montero took the loss for Detroit.
Dodgers 4, White Sox 0 – Shohei Ohtani and Gavin Stone help the Dodgers shut down the White Sox 4-0
Shohei Ohtani hit another leadoff homer and Gavin Stone pitched a four-hitter, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 for their fourth consecutive win. Ohtani drove a full-count cut fastball from Erick Fedde deep to right-center for his NL-leading 25th homer. Ohtani’s third leadoff homer this season extended his RBI streak to a franchise-record 10 games. The two-time AL MVP also hit a leadoff drive in Los Angeles’ 4-3 victory on Tuesday night. Stone (9-2) struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game.
Giants 4, Cubs 3 – Conforto, Villar go back-to-back, Matos hits tiebreaking blast as Giants beat Cubs 4-3
Michael Conforto and David Villar hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning, Luis Matos hit a tiebreaking solo shot in the fifth and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3. Giants starter Hayden Birdsong was called up from Triple-A Sacramento for his major league debut, and allowed three runs and six hits with five strikeouts and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. Luke Jackson (4-1) followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his fourth straight win. Camilo Doval pitched the ninth for his 14th save. Seiya Suzuki homered for Chicago, which lost its fourth in a row and fell to 3-13 in its last 16 road games.
Today
Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 7-2) at San Francisco (Hicks 4-4), 3:45 p.m.
Atlanta (Sale 10-2) at Chicago White Sox (Kuhl 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Detroit (Flaherty 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Daniel 0-0), 9:38 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 9:15
MLB – Ohtani contemplating the Home Run Derby amid record-breaking RBI streak
Shohei Ohtani is rolling along for the Los Angeles Dodgers at the moment. When it comes to the Home Run Derby, well, stay tuned. Ohtani hit a leadoff drive against the Chicago White Sox for the second straight night, extending his RBI streak to a franchise-record 10 games. The two-time AL MVP is batting .310 with 11 homers, 23 RBIs and 24 runs in 23 games this month. Ohtani’s latest tear has him contemplating another try at the Derby on July 15 as part of the All-Star festivities at Globe Life Field in Texas. Ohtani says he has to talk to “a lot of people” before deciding on the marquee event.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky, 7:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever at Seattle Storm, 10:00 p.m.
NFL – Jury begins deliberations in lawsuit against NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers
The jury began deliberations Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust law. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 and has withstood numerous challenges, including a dismissal that was overturned. The suit alleges the NFL broke antitrust laws when it allowed DirecTV to exclusively sell the “Sunday Ticket” package of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games airing on CBS and Fox at an inflated price and restricted competition. The lawsuit began on June 6 and featured 10 days of testimony from economists and league executives, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
NBA – Vive la France! Hawks make Risacher second straight Frenchman taken No. 1
The Atlanta Hawks took Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night, the second straight year a player from France was the first player selected. Risacher doesn’t come with the enormous height or hype of Victor Wembanyama, the towering center who went to San Antonio last year and went on to win the Rookie of the Year award. But the Hawks saw him as the best choice in what has been viewed as a draft absent of elite talent. This is the first time that the draft has gone consecutive years without the No. 1 pick being someone who played at an American college.
NBA – Historic draft for France, joins US as only country with 3 players within top 10
The NBA may have to rethink the timing of its draft. Not the month, just the hour it starts. Paris is six hours ahead of New York. That forced French basketball fans eager to see history to stay up into the wee hours of Thursday morning. France joined the United States as the only countries with three players selected within the top 10 picks of an NBA draft. The momentum started with Victor Wembanyana of France becoming the No. 1 pick overall a year ago. Atlanta made Zaccharie Risacher (pronounced Ree-zah-shay) the top pick of this draft. Risacher says he knows a lot of France stayed up all night to watch.
NBA – NBA G League Ignite teammates Ron Holland and Matas Buzelis to Pistons & Bulls
Former G League Ignite teammates Ron Holland and Matas Buzelis will begin their NBA careers as Central Division rivals while the program that developed them disappears. The Detroit Pistons selected Holland with the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night. The move surprised the 6-foot-8 forward, who said he didn’t have any contact with the Pistons before the draft. Six picks later, the Bulls took Buzelis, a Chicago-area product and 6-9 forward whose parents played professionally in Lithuania. Holland, 18, averaged 19.5 points in 14 games with the NBA G League Ignite before a thumb injury knocked him out for the rest of the season. Buzelis, 19, averaged 14.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in 26 games. The NBA announced three months ago that the G League Ignite program wouldn’t exist beyond 2024.
NBA – Zach Edey, the 2-time AP player of the year, drafted by Grizzlies ninth overall
Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career. Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball player of the year award in back-to-back seasons, was taken by the Grizzlies with the ninth pick Wednesday night in the NBA draft. And so begins the process of seeing how his game translates to the next level. Edey will be one of the tallest players in the NBA this coming season; in 2023-24, only San Antonio’s rookie of the year Victor Wembanyama, Houston’s Boban Marjanovic and Phoenix’s Bol Bol were listed at 7-foot-3 or taller.
NHL – Blackhawks acquire Mikheyev, Lafferty, 2027 2nd-round pick from Canucks
The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forwards Ilya Mikheyev and Sam Lafferty and a 2027 second-round pick from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick. The Canucks will retain 15% of Mikheyev’s salary as a part of the deal announced Wednesday night. Mikheyev, 29, had 11 goals and 20 assists in 78 games during the 2023-24 season for Vancouver. Lafferty had 13 goals and 11 assists in 79 games for the Canucks this past season and is now a pending unrestricted free agent.
Olympics – Alex Morgan left off the 18-player U.S. soccer roster headed to the Olympics
U.S. national team forward Alex Morgan has been left off coach Emma Hayes’ roster for the Paris Olympics. Morgan was the most notable absence on the 18-player list. The 34-year-old Morgan is a three-time Olympian but missed more than a month with the San Diego Wave after injuring her left ankle on April 19. She had since returned. Morgan also was named to the squad Hayes assembled for a pair of U.S. friendlies against South Korea earlier this month. Morgan has 123 goals in 224 appearances with the national team. Hayes says “there is no denying that it was an extremely competitive process.”
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Lake County 4, Great Lakes 2
Lansing 8, West Michigan 1
South Bend 5, Wisconsin 4
Tonight
Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 7:05 p.m.
West Michigan Whitecaps at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m.
South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.
