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Winnipeg Free Press
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Soderstrom, Kurtz, Wynns homer as A's beat Blue Jays 6-3
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Soderstrom, Nick Kurtz and Austin Wynns each hit a two-run homer, helping the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Sunday. Jeffrey Springs (8-6) pitched 6 2/3 innings of three-run ball in the win. He struck out five and walked none. The A's won for the third time in four games. They are 41-57 at the All-Star break in their first year in Sacramento. Davis Schneider and Addison Barger homered for American League East-leading Toronto, who finished with four hits and three errors. The Blue Jays (55-41) dropped to 13-4 in their last 17 games. The A's jumped in front in the second. With Gio Urshela aboard after a leadoff single, Wynns hit a one-out drive to left off José Berríos for his sixth homer. Kurtz hit a leadoff double in the third and scored on Soderstrom's 18th homer, a 410-foot drive to centre on a 1-2 sinker. Soderstrom hit a total of 12 homers in his first two years in the majors. The Blue Jays got one back when Schneider hit a solo shot in the fifth. But Kurtz went deep in the bottom half after All-Star Jacob Wilson reached on a throwing error on reliever Tommy Nance. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Wilson and Kurtz are two of the leading contenders for AL Rookie of the Year at the break. Wilson is hitting .332 with nine homers and 42 RBIs, and Kurtz is batting .257 with 17 homers and 44 RBIs. Berríos (5-4) permitted four runs and five hits in three innings. He went 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA in his previous four starts.
Los Angeles Times
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Dodgers are swept by the Astros
From Kevin Baxter: When the Dodgers left Los Angeles for their final road trip before the All-Star break last summer, they had a 55-36 record and a 7 1/2-game lead in the National League West. That team went on to win the World Series. When this year's Dodgers land in Milwaukee on Sunday night to begin the last road trip before the All-Star break, their record will be a game better and their division lead about the same, pending the results of San Diego's game Sunday night. But if you take a good look under the hood, there are obvious — and worrying — differences between this year and last year. In 2024, the Dodgers had one of the best records in baseball against teams with a winning record. After Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros, this year's team is just a game over .500 — 20-19 — against teams over .500. Those are the only kind of teams the Dodgers will face in the playoffs. And it's not just that they lose, it's how they lose that's troubling. Continue reading here Dodgers pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Yoshinobu Yamamoto named to all-star game roster Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings Bo Bichette homered and scored the deciding run to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to their season-high eighth straight victory, 3-2 over the Angels on Sunday. The American League East-leading Blue Jays improved to 52-38, sweeping a homestand of seven of more games for the first time since 1994 and second in franchise history. Toronto drew even on with Bichette's leadoff homer in the fourth inning. His 12th homer came after his error in the top of the inning loaded the bases for the Angels. Davis Schneider drove in Bichette in the sixth inning with a single down the left-field line. Mike Trout homered for the Angels with two out in the first. Continue reading here Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings Edson Álvarez scored a tiebreaking goal in the 77th minute after a video review reversed an offside call, and Mexico beat the United States 2-1 on Sunday night for its record 10th CONCACAF Gold Cup title. Chris Richards put the U.S. ahead in the fourth minute, heading in a Sebastian Berhalter free kick for the second time in the tournament, but Raúl Jiménez tied the score in the 27th with his third goal of this Gold Cup. Mexico was awarded the free kick when Diego Luna fouled Alexis Vega on a flank. Johan Vásquez flicked the restart across the goal mouth and Álvarez burst past the defense, redirecting the ball from three yards just inside Matt Freese's far post. While the play was initially called offside, the goal was awarded by the VAR, and Mexico defended its title from 2023 while improving to 6-2 in Gold Cup finals against the U.S. Continue reading here U.S.-Mexico summary From Jad El Reda: The Los Angeles sports world mourned the loss of one of its most beloved voices, Rolando 'El Veloz' González, the longtime Galaxy broadcaster and a pioneer of Spanish-language sports radio, who died June 25. His legacy transcends generations on the microphone. González's career began almost accidentally. Although his dream was to play soccer, life had other plans for him and turned him into a storyteller. 'One day on March 6, 1962, I was playing soccer in the local league and the radio play-by-play broadcaster who was assigned that game of my team Escuintla against Universidad, Dr. Otorrino Ríos Paredes, had a car accident,' González recalled in 2017. 'The owner of the station ran to tell me, '[get dressed, get dressed]' and I replied, 'Who are you to tell me to get dressed? Let the trainer tell me.' He said, 'I need you because they told me that you narrate soccer.' I replied that I do that there among the guys.' He later moved to Los Angeles, where former Dodgers announcer Jaime Jarrín gave him his big break during the 1984 Olympics. Continue reading here From Micheel Alharazy: Bronny James made his 2025 summer league debut, scoring 10 points in 10 minutes during the Lakers' win over the Miami Heat in the California Classic at the Chase Center on Sunday. The Lakers led for most of the game, rolling to a 103-83 victory. The Heat went on a 10-0 run to start the third quarter, but the Lakers responded with strong perimeter shooting to maintain a double-digit lead. Cole Swider was the Lakers' leading scorer for the second consecutive game, finishing with 20 points against the Heat. Swider shot seven of 10 from the field, including two of five from three-point range. Continue reading here 1911 — Dorothea Lambert Chambers sets the record for the shortest championship match at Wimbledon — 25 minutes — by disposing of Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in the women's finals. 1912 — American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982. 1934 — Elizabeth Ryan teams with Simone Mathiau and wins her record 12th women's doubles title at Wimbledon, defeating Dorothy Andrus and Sylvia Henrotin 6-3, 6-3. 1953 — Walter Burkemo beats Felice Torza to win the PGA Championship at Birmingham (Mich.) Country Club. 1973 — In the first all-U.S. women's Wimbledon final, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert, 6-0, 7-5. 1974 — In Munich, West Germany beats the Netherlands 2-1 to win soccer's World Cup. 1978 — NBA approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers. 1980 — Larry Holmes retains his WBC heavyweight title with a seventh-round TKO of Scott LeDoux in Bloomington, Minn. 1982 — Steve Scott of the Sub 4 Club sets a United States record in the mile with a time of 3:47.69 in a track meet at Oslo, Norway. 1985 — West Germany's Boris Becker, 17, becomes the youngest champion and first unseeded player in the history of the men's singles at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory over Kevin Curren. 1986 — American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow. 1990 — Martina Navratilova wins her ninth Wimbledon women's singles championship, beating Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1, to break the record she shared with Helen Wills Moody. 1991 — Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 3-6, 8-6 to capture her third Wimbledon women's title. 1992 — South Africa beats Cameroon 1-0 in Durban in first FIFA sanctioned match after nearly 20 years of international isolation because of apartheid. 1993 — Tom Burgess tosses three touchdown passes, and Wayne Walker scores twice as Ottawa spoils the debut of the CFL's first American-based team by beating Sacramento 32-23. 2002 — Juli Inkster matches the lowest final-round score by an Open champion with a 4-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Annika Sorenstam in the U.S. Women's Open. It's her seventh major. 2007 — Venus Williams claims her fourth Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Marion Bartoli. 2007 — Wladimir Klitschko beats Raymond Brewster with a technical knockout after six rounds, to successfully defend his IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in Cologne, Germany. 2012 — Serena Williams dominates from start to finish, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win a fifth championship at the All England Club and 14th major title overall. 2013 — Andy Murray becomes the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the final. The last British man to win the Wimbledon title before was Fred Perry in 1936. 2018 — Kristi Toliver scores 18 points to help the Washington Mystics beat the Sparks 83-74 for coach Mike Thibault's 300th career regular-season win. Thibault becomes the first WNBA coach to reach that milestone. 2019 — U.S. Women's National Team win their record 4th FIFA Women's World Cup title with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands. 2021 — The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup and third overall. Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is named Finals MVP. 1923 — Lefty O'Doul, pitching for the Boston Red Sox, allowed 13 runs in the sixth inning to the Cleveland Indians, who won 27-3. In 1928, he was to return to the majors as a great hitting outfielder. 1936 — The NL won its first All-Star game 4-3 at Braves Field in Boston. 1937 — Lou Gehrig drove in four runs with a home run and a double to pace the AL to an 8-3 victory over the NL in the All-Star game at Washington's Griffith Stadium. In attendance was President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1959 — At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the first of two All-Star games played that season went to the NL, 5-4. The NL scored the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the eighth when Hank Aaron singled in a run and scored on a triple by Willie Mays. 1964 — The NL beat the AL 7-4 in the All-Star game on Johnny Callison's two-out, three-run homer off Dick Radatz in the bottom of the ninth inning at New York's Shea Stadium. The win pulled the NL even with its rivals (17-17-1) for the first time since the series began. 1998 — Coors Field lived up to its billing as a hitter's haven as the American League beat the Nationals 13-8 at Coors Field in the highest-scoring All-Star game in major league history. The 21 runs broke the record set in the AL's 11-9 win in 1954. 2006 — Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner became the first player in major league history to hit five grand slams before the All-Star break when he connected in the second inning of a 9-0 win over Baltimore. He finished the season with six. 2009 — Alan Embree earned the win in Colorado's 5-4 victory over Washington without throwing a pitch. He entered with two out in the eighth and picked off Austin Kearns, who had singled off Joel Peralta. It was the first time a major leaguer had gotten a win without throwing a pitch since B.J Ryan for Baltimore at Detroit on May 1, 2003. 2011 — Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run shot and Boston added three consecutive home runs in the seventh in a 10-4 win over Baltimore. Six Boston players homered, including three straight by David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. 2011 — A Texas Rangers fan died after falling about 20 feet onto concrete reaching out for a baseball tossed his way by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton during a game. Shannon Stone, 39, was at the game with his young son, who watched as his dad tumbled over the outfield railing after catching the ball. The accident happened in the second inning after Oakland's Conor Jackson hit a foul ball. Hamilton retrieved the ball and tossed it into the stands as players routinely do. 2016 — Colorado's Trevor Story tied an NL rookie record for most home runs before the All-Star break, homering twice and boosting his total to 21 as the Rockies beat Philadelphia 11-2. 2018 — Mark Reynolds homered twice and drove in a career-high 10 runs and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 18-4. Reynolds (5 for 5) tied his career high for hits and equaled the Nationals' RBI record. Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today's newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you'd like to see, email me at To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here.
Winnipeg Free Press
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Bo Bichette leads Blue Jays past Angels 3-2 for Toronto's eighth straight win
TORONTO – Bo Bichette homered and scored the deciding run as the Toronto Blue Jays continued their winning ways with a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. Davis Schneider knocked in Bichette in the sixth inning with a single down the left-field line for a series sweep and Toronto's (52-38) season-high eighth win in a row before 40,114 at Rogers Centre. Mike Trout smacked a solo shot for his 14th homer of the year for the Angels (43-46) with two out in the opening inning. The American League East-leading Blue Jays drew even with Bichette's leadoff long ball in the fourth inning. His 12th made up for his error in the top of the inning that loaded the bases for the Angels. Toronto went ahead later in the fourth on a two-out single from Joey Loperfido, who made his season debut. But the Angels tied the game in the fifth with a Taylor Ward single over Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to score Chad Stevens. Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman struck out nine in his 107 pitches in 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and three walks. Tyler Anderson (2-6) yielded three runs on eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts in five-plus innings. Reliever Ryan Burr (1-0) notched the win in his first outing of the season after dealing a right-shoulder injury. Jeff Hoffman picked up his 22nd save. Takeaways Angels: Trout's first-inning homer gave him the 1,699 RBI of his career. Blue Jays: Infielder Andres Gimenez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left ankle. Loperfido was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Gimenez. Key Moment With the bases loaded and one out in the fourth inning, Gausman coaxed Gustavo Campero into a 1-3 double play. Key Stat The Blue Jays have 52 wins with six games remaining before the All-Star Game. The club record for victories before the break is 53, set in 1985 and matched in 1992. Up Next The Blue Jays have three road games against the Chicago White Sox and a trio more versus the Sacramento Athletics before the break. Toronto's Jose Berrios (4-3) faces Sean Burke (4-7) in the series opener in Chicago on Monday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2025.
Hamilton Spectator
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Barger drives in winning run in 11th, Jays top Angels 4-3 for seventh straight win
TORONTO - Addison Barger's hard-hit single into right field gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 4-3 win in 11 innings against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Barger's two-out smash off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (5-3) with the bases loaded extended the American League East-leading Blue Jays' season-high win streak to seven games before 37,269 at Rogers Centre. Braydon Fisher (3-0) registered the win for a strong 10th and 11th innings. Lazaro Estrada, 26, made his Major League Baseball debut and pitched four effective innings for Toronto. He gave up singles to Luis Rengifo and Nolan Schanuel in the seventh. Schanuel's two-out smash to right scored Rengifo for the tying run. George Springer put the Blue Jays (51-38) in front 3-2 with a two-run, 413-foot shot to straightaway centre in the third inning. His team-leading 16th homer increased his RBI total to 21 in his last 13 outings. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned to the lineup as the designated hitter after taking Friday off to recover from a sore right foot after fouling off a pitch in the sixth inning on Thursday. He went 3 for 4 with three singles. After the teams traded first-inning runs, the Angels (43-45) went up 2-1 in the top of the third with a Jo Adell sacrifice fly. Max Scherzer made his third start since returning from a three-month layoff to nurse a thumb injury. Despite striking out the side with a 10-pitch second inning, he ran up his pitch count to 72 and departed after four innings. Scherzer gave up two runs on five hits, three walks with four strikeouts. His Angels counterpart Jack Kochanowicz lasted 5 1/3 innings, yielding three runs on six hits and two walks with a strikeout. Takeaways Angels: Kochanowicz hasn't won a start since May 16. Blue Jays: Reliever Yimi Garcia was placed on the 15-day injured list with a sprained left ankle. Righty Robinson Pena was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Garcia. Key Moment With runners on first and third and one out in the fourth, Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk caught Chad Stevens stealing second. Zach Neto then grounded out to end the inning and keep Toronto in front 3-2. Key Stat Toronto's last seven-game win streak was from July 15 to 26, 2022. Up Next Toronto's Kevin Gausman (6-6) faces Tyler Anderson (2-5) in the series finale on Sunday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Barger drives in winning run in 11th, Jays top Angels 4-3 for seventh straight win
TORONTO – Addison Barger's hard-hit single into right field gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 4-3 win in 11 innings against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Barger's two-out smash off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (5-3) with the bases loaded extended the American League East-leading Blue Jays' season-high win streak to seven games before 37,269 at Rogers Centre. Braydon Fisher (3-0) registered the win for a strong 10th and 11th innings. Lazaro Estrada, 26, made his Major League Baseball debut and pitched four effective innings for Toronto. He gave up singles to Luis Rengifo and Nolan Schanuel in the seventh. Schanuel's two-out smash to right scored Rengifo for the tying run. George Springer put the Blue Jays (51-38) in front 3-2 with a two-run, 413-foot shot to straightaway centre in the third inning. His team-leading 16th homer increased his RBI total to 21 in his last 13 outings. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned to the lineup as the designated hitter after taking Friday off to recover from a sore right foot after fouling off a pitch in the sixth inning on Thursday. He went 3 for 4 with three singles. After the teams traded first-inning runs, the Angels (43-45) went up 2-1 in the top of the third with a Jo Adell sacrifice fly. Max Scherzer made his third start since returning from a three-month layoff to nurse a thumb injury. Despite striking out the side with a 10-pitch second inning, he ran up his pitch count to 72 and departed after four innings. Scherzer gave up two runs on five hits, three walks with four strikeouts. His Angels counterpart Jack Kochanowicz lasted 5 1/3 innings, yielding three runs on six hits and two walks with a strikeout. Takeaways Angels: Kochanowicz hasn't won a start since May 16. Blue Jays: Reliever Yimi Garcia was placed on the 15-day injured list with a sprained left ankle. Righty Robinson Pena was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Garcia. Key Moment With runners on first and third and one out in the fourth, Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk caught Chad Stevens stealing second. Zach Neto then grounded out to end the inning and keep Toronto in front 3-2. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Key Stat Toronto's last seven-game win streak was from July 15 to 26, 2022. Up Next Toronto's Kevin Gausman (6-6) faces Tyler Anderson (2-5) in the series finale on Sunday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2025.
