The kids came up big as the Toronto Blue Jays got by the Colorado Rockies, 7-5 to stay 1.5 out in the American League wild card race. Whit Merrifield and Ernie Clement delivered key RBI singles in the 9th. Spencer Horwitz had three hits including a homer and drove in two runs. Vladdy Jr. got his 21st homer and drove in two. Davis Schneider doubled and drove in a run.
Toronto opens a series in Oakland this evening.
Texas edged Minnesota, 6-5 as Adonis Garcia homered in the 9th. Mitch Garvey hit two homers and drove in four among his four hits. The Rangers stay ahead of the Jays and are tied with Houston in the wild card race. Both teams are one back of Seattle in the AL West.
The Mets over Seattle, 6-3. Pete Alonso homered twice and had 4 RBIs. He had 41 home runs.
The Red Sox used the long ball to drop Kansas City, 7-3. Masa Yoshida hit a three run shot and Adam Duvall hit a solo homer.
The Yankees enjoyed their first three-game sweep of the Houston Astros since 2013 at Minute Maid Park with a 6-1 victory. Rookie Jasson Dominguez hit his second home run of the weekend.
Los Angeles over Atlanta, 3-1 in the battle of the top two in the National League.
The Chicago Cubs ripped Cincinnati, 15-7.
The Cubs move 3 games up on the Reds for 2nd place in the NL Central.
The Peakes Bomber blanked the Northside Brewers, 9-0 to open the Kings County League semifinals. Ethan Smith pitched the win.
The Morell Chevies over the Cardigan Clippers, 16-7 in the other semifinal opener. Troy Coffin was the winning pitcher.
Canada advanced to the quarterfinals and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics by coming back twice defeating reigning champion Spain, 88-85 in the FIBA World Cup in basketball. Shae Gilgeous-Alexander led with 30 points and was in on the last 17 points for Canada in the final quarter. Canada outscored Spain, 27-12 after trailing 73-61. Canada makes the Olympics for the first time since 2000 and is 4-1 going to the playoffs.
Lithuania surprised Team USA, 110-104.
Acadia scored six goals in the second half and shutout UPEI, 7-0 in exhibition women’s soccer.
The Panthers and Acadia tied, 2-2 in the men’s game.
On Today: A 15-dash card of harness racing for Labour Day at Red Shores in Summerside with post time at 1.00.
Stash It Away with Jaycob Sweet in the bike is the favourite in the 14th race feature that has seven starters.
The Summerside Western Capitals will seek their first pre-season win in Jr. A hockey when they host the Pictou County Crushers at 1.00 at Credit Union Place. The Caps lost two games to Amherst over the weekend.
Stratford opens the PEI Junior Baseball championship series with the Capital City Islanders at 8.00 tonight at Memorial Field. Stratford won the deciding game in the semi-finals, 14-8 over Summerside last night to advance. Tyler Taylor had three hits and 5 RBIs.
The Charlottetown Islanders will be in Moncton on Tuesday night at 8.00 to play the Fisher Cats in New Brunswick Senior Baseball. The Islanders lead the league at 22-9 and will play in their last regular season game.
Sunday’s Scoreboard
CFL
Saskatchewan 32 Winnipeg 30 (OT)
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FIBA Basketball World Cup
Second Round
At Jakarta, Indonesia
Canada 88 Spain 85
Latvia 104 Brazil 84
At Manila, Philippines
Lithuania 110 United States 104
Italy 73 Puerto Rico 57
Serbia 112 Dominican Republic 79
Montenegro 73 Greece 69
At Okinawa, Japan
Australia 100 Georgia 84
Germany 100 Slovenia 71
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MLB
Interleague
Toronto 7 Colorado 5
N.Y. Mets 6 Seattle 3
Boston 7 Kansas City 3
Baltimore 8 Arizona 5
American League
Tampa Bay 6 Cleveland 2
N.Y. Yankees 6 Houston 1
Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 2
Texas 6 Minnesota 5
Oakland 10 L.A. Angels 6
National League
Chicago Cubs 15 Cincinnati 7
Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 2
Miami 6 Washington 4
St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 4
L.A. Dodgers 3 Atlanta 1
San Diego 4 San Francisco 0
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MLS
Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Red Bulls 1
Miami 3 Los Angeles FC 1
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Monday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
CFL
Toronto at Hamilton, 3:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox (Scholtens 1-6) at Kansas City (Ragans 5-4), 2:10 p.m.
Houston (France 10-5) at Texas (Heaney 9-6), 4:05 p.m.
Toronto (Berrios 9-10) at Oakland (Waldichuk 2-7), 4:07 p.m.
Boston (Bello 10-8) at Tampa Bay (Civale 7-3), 4:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Lopez 9-7) at Cleveland (Giolito 7-11), 6:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Rodriguez 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Rosenberg 0-0), 9:38 p.m.
National League
San Francisco (Webb 9-11) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 15-3), 2:20 p.m.
Colorado (Lambert 3-5) at Arizona (Kelly 10-6), 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Burnes 9-7) at Pittsburgh (TBD), 6:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Walker 14-5) at San Diego (Hill 7-13), 6:40 p.m.
Interleague
Seattle (Woo 2-3) at Cincinnati (TBD), 4:10 p.m.
(The Canadian Press)
