Tuesday Sports – Torkelson goes deep, giving Detroit the sweep of the White Sox

MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 3
Chicago Cubs 18, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Tigers 6, White Sox 3 – Torkelson’s 3-run homer helps Tigers beat MLB-worst White Sox 6-3 for 4-game sweep
Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 to complete a four-game sweep and drop the majors’ worst team to 31-101. Parker Meadows led off the seventh with a homer off Jared Shuster that tied the game at 2-all. Jace Jung hit a go-ahead RBI single before Torkelson greeted Justin Anderson with a 439-foot drive to center field that made it 6-2. The White Sox have lost eight of nine and recorded their 31st blown save, the most in the majors. Torkelson finished 3 for 5, falling a triple short of the cycle. Detroit right-hander Ty Madden gave up two runs, one earned, in five innings in his major league debut. The 24-year-old allowed four hits and three walks. Sean Guenther (1-0) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings for his first career win, and Tyler Holton handled the ninth for his fifth save.

Cubs 18, Pirates 8 – Swanson hits slam, Cubs steal eight bases and pound out 21 hits in an 18-8 win over Pirates
Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs had eight stolen bases – their most in a game in more than 100 years — on the way to an 18-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Swanson’s slam came off Domingo German, was the third of the shortstop’s nine-year career and pushed the Cubs’ lead to 9-2. The Cubs last had eight steals in 1913. Rookie center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong led the way with three stolen bases as the Cubs won for the seventh time in 10 games. That raised his season total to 26 in 93 games.

Tonight
L.A. Angels (Cueto 0-1) at Detroit (Hurter 1-1), 6:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 7:45
Chicago Cubs (Steele 4-5) at Pittsburgh (Jones 5-6), 6:40 p.m.

MLB – Cubs steal 8 bases in a game, as Pete Crow-Armstrong swipes 3 bags
For the first time in more than 100 years, the Chicago Cubs have stolen eight bases in a game. The Cubs ran wild against Pittsburgh early in an 18-8 victory. They last had eight steals in 1913. Rookie center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong led the way with three stolen bases. That raised his season total to 26 in 93 games. Crow-Armstrong has only been caught stealing once this year. Chicago entered the game eighth in the major leagues in stolen bases with 112.

MLB – Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first
Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in Major League Baseball history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto back in June. Jansen was in the Blue Jays’ lineup at catcher and batting in the second inning on June 26 when the game was suspended. He was traded to the Red Sox last month, and on Monday he took his position behind the plate as pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho completed an at-bat that Jansen started.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Last Night
Indiana Fever 84, Atlanta Dream 79

Fever 84, Dream 79 – Mitchell has 28, Clark 19 as Fever disappoint record crowd for Dream with 84-79 win
Kelsey Mitchell scored 29 points, including the clinching free throws with 5 seconds left, Caitlin Clark added 19 points and the Indiana Fever disappointed a record Atlanta crowd by holding off the Dream 84-79. In the closing seconds, without a timeout, Atlanta missed two 3-pointers but grabbed two offensive rebounds before fumbling the ball away, which led to Mitchell’s free throws. Atlanta trailed by as many as 18 early in the second half and got within two before a five-point possession blunted the rally. Clark had four 3-pointers, tying the rookie record of 85 by Atlanta’s Rhyn Howard in 2022. Tina Charles scored 21 to lead Atlanta, which moved the game to the home of the Atlanta Hawks and set an attendance record of 17,608.

NCAAFB – Quarterback job still up for grabs as No. 9 Michigan prepares to defend title
Michigan coach Sherrone Moore hasn’t decided yet who will start at quarterback when the defending national champs open their season at home against Fresno State. It’s a decision the first-year head coach said he might put off until gameday on Saturday. Alex Orji, a junior who was utilized as a change-of-pace rushing quarterback last season, and Davis Warren, a senior and former preferred walk-on who Moore calls a “fighter,” are competing to start for the ninth-ranked Wolverines. Orji and Warren received limited playing time last year while J.J. McCarthy led Michigan to an undefeated season that ended with a 34-13 victory over Washington in the national championship.

NCAAFB – ‘Seismic’ or ‘horrible’? Helmet communication in major college football is here
After years of debate over cost and liability, college football finally has helmet communications between coach and player. Approved this spring in the wake of a sign-stealing scandal involving former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, coaches can relay plays to the helmet of a designated player on either side of the ball up to 15 seconds before the play clock expires. The move comes more than three decades after the NFL introduced it, but some coaches believe it’s arriving right on time. Others are fine with hand signals and those clever signs to prevent sign stealing.

NFL – Receiver CeeDee Lamb agrees to 4-year, $136M deal with Cowboys, AP sources say
Three people familiar with the deal say All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has ended his holdout with the Dallas Cowboys by agreeing to a $136 million, four-year contract. Lamb is going into the last year of his rookie contract after being drafted 17th overall in 2020. He is a close second to Minnesota receiver Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Lamb led the NFL in receptions last season with 135 and was second in yards receiving with 1,749 and third in touchdown receptions with 12.

Tennis – Gauff begins US Open title defense with easy win after a two-match losing streak
Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open title defense is off to a successful start. The 20-year-old American beat Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-0 in just 66 minutes on Monday. Gauff had lost two matches in a row on hard courts before arriving in New York, where she won last year’s championship for her first Grand Slam trophy. Other winners on Day 1 included No. 7 Zheng Qinwen, No. 14 Madison Keys, No. 4 Alexander Zverev, No. 6 Andrey Rublev, No. 8 Casper Ruud and Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton. Shelton beat 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem, who is retiring after the season.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
No games last night

Tonight
Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
West Michigan Whitecaps at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wane Tin Caps at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m.

MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Boys Soccer
Michigan Lutheran 3, New Buffalo 2
Howardsville Christian 3, Our Lady of the Lake 0
Bridgman 2, Schoolcraft 2 – TIE
Portage Central 5, Edwardsburg 0
Gull Lake 2, Marshall 1
Mattawan 7, Otsego 2
Battle Creek Lakeview 2, Vicksburg 2 – TIE
Sturgis 1, Harper Creek 0
Niles 1, Berrien Springs 0
Covert 3, Coloma 1
Dowagiac 4, Constantine 3
Delton-Kellogg 4, Saugatuck 2
Parchment 11, Bronson 1
South Haven 4, Allegan 0
Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2
Comstock 6, Quincy 1