Trey Vaval scored a touchdown on a 129-yard-return in the fourth quarter for a 30-21 Winnipeg Blue Bombers win over the Toronto Argonauts. When Toronto kicker Lirim Hajrullahu was wide left on a 40-yard field goal attempt, Vaval weaved his way through tacklers downfield to score a pivotal touchdown for Winnipeg.
Toronto’s Kazuma Okamoto hit his 22nd home run to tie Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani for the most by a Japanese-born rookie in a season in the majors. Okamoto led the Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. He drove a tiebreaking, three-run shot with one out in the fifth. Ohtani was with the Los Angeles Angels when he hit 22 in 2018.
Canadian Tristan Peters hit for the cycle for the Chicago White Sox in a 14-1 win over the Athletics. The 26-year-old centre-fielder from Winkler, Manitoba, was the first White Sox player in nine years to produce a single, a double, a triple and a home run in a single game.
The Toronto Tempo set a single-game W-N-B-A regular-season attendance record at Montreal’s Bell Centre with 20-thousand-096 spectators. Although they fell 108-95 to the Dallas Wings. Next, the Tempo host the New York Liberty at the Bell Centre on Sunday. The team will also play two games in Vancouver in August.
Scottie Scheffler has his first weekend off in nearly four years. The world’s number one men’s golfer looked ordinary over two days at the Scottish Open. He missed the cut by two shots after a second-round 72 at The Renaissance Club. It’s his first missed cut since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August of 2022. He heads to Royal Birkdale early to prepare for the British Open.
England will try to contain six-foot-five Norwegian striker Erling Haaland in today’s FIFA World Cup quarterfinal in Miami. Haaland has scored seven times in the tournament, but England has a dangerous striker of its own in six-goal man Harry Kane. The winner faces either Argentina or Switzerland in Wednesday’s semifinals – that quarterfinal will be played in Kansas City.
Friday’s Scoreboard
World Cup Quarterfinals
at Los Angeles – Spain 2 Belgium 1
CFL
Winnipeg 30 Toronto 21
MLB
Interleague
Toronto 5 San Diego 3
Detroit 10 Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Yankees 5 Washington 3
Cleveland 3 Miami 2
Boston 6 N.Y. Mets 2
American League
Baltimore 5 Kansas City 3
Tampa Bay 7 Seattle 2
Chicago White Sox 14 Athletics 1
Texas 7 Houston 3
L.A. Angels 4 Minnesota 3
National League
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, ppd.
Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 0
Atlanta 2 St. Louis 1
Arizona 9 at L.A. Dodgers 3
Colorado 4 San Francisco 3
WNBA
Dallas 108 Toronto 95 at Montreal
Golden State 79 Connecticut 64
Los Angeles 102 Chicago 87
Saturday’s Games (All times Eastern)
World Cup Quarterfinals
at Miami – Norway vs. England, 5 p.m
at Kansas City – Argentina vs. Switzerland, 9 p.m.
Northern Super League
Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.
CFL
Calgary at Montreal, 7 p.m.
MLB
Interleague
N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 9-5) at Washington (Mikolas 3-7), 4:05 p.m.
Boston (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Peralta 5-7), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Bibee 2-9) at Miami (Pérez 5-6), 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Sánchez 10-4) at Detroit (Mize 4-5), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Yesavage 4-4) at San Diego (Buehler 5-5), 8:40 p.m.
American League
Athletics (Jump 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Fedde 4-6), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Johnson 1-4) at Minnesota (Ryan 6-5), 2:10 p.m.
Seattle (Gilbert 7-5) at Tampa Bay (Jax 4-6), 4:10 p.m.
Houston (Lambert 7-5) at Texas (Rocker 2-7), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Cameron 5-6) at Baltimore (Bradish 5-9), 7:05 p.m.
National League
Colorado (Freeland 2-7) at San Francisco (Mahle 1-8), 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Drohan 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Chandler 3-8), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Assad 6-1) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta (López 4-1) at St. Louis (Liberatore 4-6), 7:15 p.m.
Arizona (Pfaadt 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 9-5), 9:10 p.m.
WNBA
New York at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Portland at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Las Vegas, 6 p.m.
