……(Baseball)….

Padres-W-Cardinals (4-2)..Eric Hosmer HR….Matt Strahm-Adam Cimber combine 6-shutout innings on ‘Bullpen Day’….Padres (32-37)…have won 10-of-15……

San Diego-St Louis..Wednesday matchup..Eric Lauer (2-4)-vs-Luke Weaver (3-5) in battle of top young prospects.

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Dodgers-W-Texas…(12-3)….Joc Pederson 2R-HR..Yasiel Puig 2R-HR…Max Muncy HR…LA won 17-of-23..

LA-Rangers…Wedneday pitchers Kenta Maeida (4-4)-vs-Cole Hamels (3-6)

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Angels-L-Texas…Mitch Haniger solo HR-2R-HR….Mike Trout 2-home runs in loss….Halos lost 3-row..Mariners won 19-of-24

Halos-Rangers..Garrett Richards (4-4)-vs-Marco Gonzalez (7-3)

Angels..Callup OF-Jabari Blash from Salt Lake City

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(Scoreboard)

Red Sox-W-Orioles..Andrew Benetendi HR-Raf Devers 2R-HR..Boston (46-22)..Baltimore (19-47)

Yankees-W-Washington..DiDi Gregarious 2-solo HRs…NY (43-19)…Nationals (36-28)

Brewers-W-Cubs..Taylor Shaw 2-2R doubles in win..Milwaukee (40-27)…Cubs won 9-of-14

Houston-W-A’s…Evan Gattis 3R-HR-2R-double…Astros (43-25)

Braves-W-Mets..Freddie Freeman Hr…Ozzie Albies 3R-HR…Atlanta (38-28)

Diamondbacks-W-Pirates…D-Baks explode for 6R in 1st inning…Ketel Marte 2R-HR…Jon Jay 3H-3RBI….Arizona (37-29).won 9-of-11

Rockies-L-Phillies…Scott Kingery 3R-HR for Phils

Twins-W-Tigers..Rookie Ehire Andranza grand slam HR for Minnesota..

Giants-L-Marlins…JT Riddle 2R-double..

Blue Jays-L-Rays..Will Ramos 2R-HR..

Indians-L-White Sox…Yoan Moncada HR…Matt Davidson 2-doubles-2 RBI…Chicago (23-42)

Reds-W-Royals..Joey Votto 3R-triple….Cincinnati (24-41)…Royals (22-45)

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(Roster Moves)

Twins..Sign FA-P-Matt Belisle-ex Indians
Twins..DFA-3B-Gregorio Petit

(Injuries)

Tigers..1B-Miguel Cabrera-ruptured bicep tendon in game last night
Dodgers..DL-P-Walker Beuhler-bruised ribs slow to heal
Red Sox..P-Carson Smith needs shoulder surgery
Washington..Activate 2B-Daniel Murphy from DL-missed 64-games.
Tampa Bay…P-Chris Archer-seteback-rehab oblique injury
Mets..P-AJ Ramos needs shoulder surgery.
Tampa Bay…Send OF-Kevin Kiermaieer to rehab outing
Yankees…P-Luis Cessa sent out on rehab outing
A’s…Rehab outing for P-Ryan Buchter
Texas..Rehab games for SS-Elvis Andrus
Reds..P-Homer Bailey sent out on rehab

(MLB)

Competition Committee…Meets in New York-16 members…further discussion on posslbe ban use of ‘shift’ on defense….Pitch clock tohelp with pace of play…..problems with strike zone…..record setting HRs and record pace for striekouts.

Giants..P-Madison Bumgarner ejected for arguing strike zone with umpires.

Bryce Harper…Front office exec tells baseball website that Washington Nats star is a ‘selfish-losing player’….cares only about his stats-no0t the team….would never give him a (10Y-300M0 free agent contract next off season.

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(College)

College World Series…field is set in Omaha…..North Carolina-vs-Oregon State….Washington-vs-Mississippi State…..Texas-vs-Arkansas….Florida-vs-Texas Tech.

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……….(Basketball)……..

Lakers..G-Lonzo Ball confirms he had plasma platelet injection for knee issues…has been off the court for 4-weeks…cleared begin basketball workouts.

LeBron James…says he is not interested in playing for Houston Rockets if he opts out of his contract as a free agent next month.

Toronto…Raptors promote Nick Nurse to become head coach.

NBA Draft….Top European player…6’8-F-Luka Doncic-Slovenia says he is staying in NBA draft.

USD…Hires David Carter as assitant coach…former head coach at Nevada-Reno.

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Rams..DT-Aaron Donald boycotts mandatory minicamp…final year of contract (6.9M)-wants upgrade-extension.

Tennessee…LT-Taylor Lewan-AWOL from camp-wants extension-due 9.3M this year.

Arizona..RB-David Johnson out of camp-wants contract extension.

Bills..QB-Josh Allen to take snaps with 1st string offense.

Packers..Coach Mike McCarthy excuses 16-veterans from minicamp-will give all snaps to young QBs Brett Hundley-DeShone Kizer with Aaron Rodgers resting.

Raiders…RB-Doug Martin impressixe in workouts…will rotate with Marshawn Lynch.

;Chiefs..QB-Pat Mahomes goes (28-35) in passing drills.

(Injuries)

Colts…QB-Andrew Luck goes thru 1st passing drills with NFL football on sidelines during Indianapolis workout.

Denver..LB-Shane Ray-Surgery on Wednesday…wrist injury-will be out 3-months…

(Roster Moves)

Dallas…Suspended DE-Randy Gregory meets with NFL in New York seeking reinstatement fromn 2-years drug suspensions.

Saints..workout ex Chiefs RB-Jamal Charles.

(College)

Northwetern….QB-Hunter Johnson transfers in from Clemson.

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…….(Hockey)…..

Washington…Caps fans jam Constitution Avenue for Stanley Cup parade.

Arizona..Sign star D-Oliver Ekman-Larsson (8Y-64M)..keep him off free agent market.

Red Wings…Meet with Russian FA-RW-Ilya Kovaluck from KHL-wishes to return to NHL.

Ottawa Citizen…Report that D-Erik Karlsson and wife Melinda have obtained court order against teammate Mike Hoffman and his fiancee….Karlsson charge that Hoffman fiancee Monka Cargo tweeted over 1,000-harrassing messages over 3-month span to Karlsson wife after the stillborn death of their baby…and continued to harass them…Hoffman and fiancee they their twitter accounts were hacked.

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……….(General)…………

US Open Golf…Tees off Thursday morning at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island….Tiger Woods shooting just 9-holes of practice rounds.

World Cup-Soccer…Team France loses F-Kylian Mbappe with leg injury on hard tackle in practice…may miss opening game.

Real Madrid…Hires Julen Lopategui as coach-currenlty coach of Spanish World Cup team.

Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez….says would never sign to play in MLS in US….scored just 8-goals last year at West Ham in EPL…might be sold to team in Mexico.

NASCAR…Bankruptcy judge to sell BK Raicing….its Charter-Cars-Equipment and Contracts on Wedneday….Team owner was 25M in debut….tdeam continues to run races while in bankruptcy.

Olympic skiing….Bode Miller’s 19-month old daughter drowns in swimming pool accident in Orange County
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