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MLB – Tigers Beat Rangers
Justin Verlander pitched six innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers held on to claim a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers last night. Detroit sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth inning, as they scored five runs. The big blow was a homer by Tyler Collins. Details are here.
The Tigers play at Texas again tonight. Daniel Norris will start against Cole Hamels. Hear the first pitch at 8:05 on AM 1400 and FM 99.3, WCCY.
Detroit designated hitter Victor Martinez left last night’s game with soreness in his left quad. He’ll be evaluated today.
The Milwaukee Brewers had yesterday off, and open a series at San Diego tonight. Jorge Lopez will make his major league debut against Tyler Ross.
High School
In high school volleyball tonight…
– Hancock travels to L’Anse.
– Chassell visits Lake Linden-Hubbell.
– Baraga plays at Ewen-Trout Creek.
The result of yesterday’s Dollar Bay-Ontonagon game were not reported, nor were results from the Houghton cross country invitational.
MTU
The volleyball team entertains Northern Michigan tonight at 7:00 at the SDC.
Finlandia
Alex Freeman scored five goals, as the Finlandia men’s soccer team defeated Lincoln Christian University 8-1 yesterday. The Lions are now 5-1 this season. Details are here.
NHL
Jimmy Howard stopped 31 shots, as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 in preseason NHL play last night. Tomas Jurco had a goal and an assist for Detroit. Details are here. The Wings will skate at Pittsburgh tomorrow night.
NFL
The Green Bay Packers rolled out to a big halftime lead, then held on to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 38-28 in last night’s NFL game. Aaron Rodgers threw five touchdown passes… three to Randall Cobb. Details are here. If you played The Wolf Pro Football Challenge, you must have picked at least 14 games correctly to be eligible to be our weekly winner.
Our high school football coverage continues Friday night, when the unbeaten Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes visit the Hancock Bulldogs. Our pregame coverage will begin around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
