Luis Robert hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the White Sox beat the Royals 5-2 in Chicago. Starter Dane Dunning struck out seven over five innings as the Sox took two-of-three in the series. The South-Siders visit the Twins tonight with Lucas Giolito facing Minnesota’s Rich Hill. Pre-Game starts at 6:35 and the first pitch at 7:10pm on the home for White Sox Baseball 1430 WCMY.
The White Sox will be without pitcher Gio González. The pitcher was placed on the ten-day injured list after he suffered a right groin strain.
Kyle Schwarber, Jason Heyward and Ian Happ each launched two home runs to push the Cubs to a 10-1 win over the Reds in Cincinnati. It was the first time in recorded Major League history that a team had all three starting outfielders hit multiple homers in a game. The Cubs are off today before visiting the Pirates tomorrow night.
The Cubs are hoping to bolster their offense with the addition of José Martínez. The club has acquired the corner outfielder and first baseman from the Rays.
Adam Wainwright fired a complete-game on his 39th birthday as the Cardinals beat the Indians 7-2 at Busch Stadium. He walked two and struck out nine, throwing 122 pitches. The Cards open a three game set today at the Reds with Dakota Hudson taking the mound against Cincinnati’s Anthony DeSclafani.
The Chicago Fire fell 3-1 to New York City at Red Bull Arena Saturday night.
The Chicago Sky face the Indiana Fever today in the WNBA Bubble.
Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson on the first playoff hole to win the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields. Johnson is on top of the FedEx Cup standings with one event left. .
The U.S. Open starts today in New York. The open is usually the fourth and final grand slam of the season but now it’s the second after Wimbledon was cancelled and the French Open pushed back until late September due to the pandemic.
In NASCAR, William Byron won at the Daytona International Speedway.
Bears Head Coach Matt Nagy revealed Saturday that he wouldn’t announce whether Mitch Trubisky? or Nick Foles? will be the starting quarterback against the Lions prior to the Season opening kickoff.
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At the Pine Hills Golf Club in Ottawa, the Roanoke team placed first with a 164 to defeat Seneca at 170 and Marquette who finished at 188 in the three-way Tri-County Conference contest on Friday. Racer Schmeckpeper and Grant Waldron led the Crusaders each with a score of 46.