In the Majors, the Red Sox and Blue Jays had the night off……The New York Yankees hung on for a 2-1 win over Baltimore. Alex Rodriguez hit a homer, the 696th of his career. In other play, it was the Chicago Cubs 5 NY Mets 1……Miami 3 Philadelphia 2 ( 11 innings)…..Detroit 1 Minnesota 0…..Kansas City 7 Cleveland 3…Cincinnati 8 Atlanta 2….St. Louis 10 San Diego 2…..Colorado 7 Tampa Bay 4…Los Angeles Angels 9 Texas 5….Oakland 7 Houston 4 and Seattle 4 Chicago White Sox 3.
The former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals, Christopher Correa has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and email system. He has also been ordered to pay more than 279 thousand dollars in restitution. The Cardinals could be penalised by Major League Baseball with a fine and loss of draft selections.
There’s New Brunswick Senior Baseball in town tonight with the Saint John Alpines taking on the Fredericton Royals in a game rescheduled from July 7th. Gametime is 7:30 at Memorial Field. Ryan Owens of the Alpines is leading the league in hitting with a .500 average. The Royals and Alpines will face eachother again Thursday night at Memorial Field.
The New York Rangers have traded forward Derek Brassard to Ottawa for forward Mika Zabanejad.
