LOCAL SPORTS
At Scotia Speedworld, Cory Hall raced to a second consecutive Pro Stock Tour win, taking first place in the Nova Truck Centres 150 in Support of Special Olympics Nova Scotia. Hall had to hold off reigning Tour champion Jarrett Butcher and Ashton Tucker. Local racers Austin MacDonald and Ryan VanOirschot finished sixth and eighth respectively. Matt Vaughan won the Celtic Air 100 Maritime Allstar Sportsman Series race, while Michael Cormier was first across the line in the Maritime Car Wash Street Stock event. The Fort Garry Industries Pro Stock Tour roars back to life next weekend with the Wajax 150 at Riverside International Speedway — part of a doubleheader with the NASCAR Canada Series. Tickets are on sale now.
AGR Fastpitch: This afternoon there’s a doubleheader at the field in St. Joseph’s, as the Guysborough Broadhorns face the U17 Chiefs at 1 pm, then St. Andrews at 3.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Juan Soto and Brandon Nimmo each hit 2 home runs, and the visiting New York Mets connected for 7 solo shots to snap a seven-game losing streak with an 11-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Alec Bohm had 2 hits and an R-B-I for the Phillies, who lost for just the second time in 10 games.
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz and Seattle Mariners reliever Trent Thornton became sick while playing in the extreme heat. De La Cruz threw up on the field in the fourth inning of the Reds’ extra-inning loss in St. Louis. Thornton pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the visiting Mariners before departing in the eighth in a 10-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The 31-year-old right-hander had to be helped from the field, suffering “heat-related illness.”
After 3 weeks in the C-F-L regular season there are 3 unbeaten teams, 3 winless teams and the other 3 have at least tasted victory once. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers improved to 2-and-0 with a 27-14 win in Vancouver against the 1-and-2 B-C Lions. And the Ottawa Redblacks won their first in three outings with a 20-12 win in Calgary against the 2-and-1 Stampeders.
Canada can finish first in Group B with a win over winless El Salvador on Tuesday in CONCACAF Gold Cup action in Houston. The Canadians surrendered a stoppage-time goal against Curacao and had to settle for a 1-1 draw. Honduras, second in Group B and one point behind Canada after its 2-0 win over El Salvador on Saturday night, will play its Group B finale on Tuesday against Curacao.
Kayla McBride scored 29 points, Courtney Williams added 18 points and six assists, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the visiting Los Angeles Sparks 82-66 in W-N-B-A action on Saturday. The league-leading Lynx improved to 12-and-1. Kelsey Plum led the 4-and-10 Sparks with 15 points, while Dearica Hamby pitched in with 13 points and six rebounds.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
CFL
Ottawa 20 Calgary 12
Winnipeg 27 B.C. 14
MLB
American League
Toronto 7 Chicago White Sox 1
Tampa Bay 8 Detroit 3
N.Y. Yankees 9 Baltimore 0
L.A. Angels 9 Houston 1
Cleveland 4 Athletics 2
National League
N.Y. Mets 11 Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 5 (11 innings)
Atlanta 7 Miami 0
Arizona 5 Colorado 3
Washington 7 L.A. Dodgers 3
Interleague
Milwaukee 9 Minnesota 0
Chicago Cubs 10 Seattle 7
San Francisco 3 Boston 2
Texas 3 Pittsburgh 2
San Diego 5 Kansas City 1
WNBA
Phoenix 107 Chicago 86
Minnesota 82 Los Angeles 66
Gold Cup Soccer – Group B matches
Canada 1 Curacao 1
Honduras 2 El Salvador 0
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern)
MLB
American League
Baltimore (Kremer 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 4-4), 11:35 a.m.
Detroit (Mize 7-2) at Tampa Bay (Littell 6-7), 12:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Houser 2-2) at Toronto (Bassitt 7-3), 1:37 p.m.
Cleveland (Cecconi 2-3) at Athletics (Sears 5-6), 4:05 p.m.
Houston (Gusto 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Hendricks 5-6), 4:07 p.m.
National League
Atlanta (Elder 2-3) at Miami (Alcantara 3-8), 1:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Abbott 6-1) at St. Louis (Mikolas 4-4), 2:15 p.m.
Arizona (Pfaadt 8-4) at Colorado (Senzatela 2-10), 3:10 p.m.
Washington (Soroka 3-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Ohtani 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Peterson 5-2) at Philadelphia (Luzardo 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
Interleague
Texas (Leiter 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Falter 5-3), 1:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Priester 5-2) at Minnesota (Festa 1-1), 2:10 p.m.
Seattle (Gilbert 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Rea 4-2), 2:20 p.m.
Boston (Giolito 3-1) at San Francisco (Ray 8-2), 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Lugo 4-5) at San Diego (Vásquez 3-4), 4:10 p.m.
NBA Finals
Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)
WNBA
Chicago at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Las Vegas, 3 p.m.
New York at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Connecticut at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.