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Twilight League
In Copper Country Twilight League baseball play last night…
• Northern Driveline v Craig Heinonen Coldwell Banker – no report.
• Garnet Garage edged Houghton Building Supply-Stanton 5-4.
Little League
At the Little League District 11 Major Division tournament yesterday…
• Keweenaw defeated Penokee Range 16-3.
• Portage Lake blanked Ishpeming 9-0.
Keweenaw and Portage Lake will face each other tomorrow at 5:00, as the double-elimination tournament continues.
Slow Pitch Softball
In Copper Country Slow Pitch Softball League play tonight…
• At Miller Memorial Field in Laurium, A and S Industrial/Loukus Tech plays Sayen’s Auto/Coca Cola 6:30, and Auto Pro/Thermoanalytics at 7:30.
• At the Hancock Driving Park, Paul Hyrkas Construction meets McGann’s/Northern Auto at 6:30, and Downtowner Two at 7:30.
Fast Pitch Softball
In Copper Country Women’s Fast Pitch Softball League action tonight at the Bone Yard…
• Crush faces JB’s at 5:45.
• Tervo Agency meets Superior Service at 7:15.
College Baseball
The Finlandia University baseball team has added a new recruit. Cale Fransen is a pitcher from West Bend, Wisconsin.
NBA
The Suns opened the NBA championship series with a 118-105 victory over the Bucks last night. Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from his knee injury, and scored 20 points in 35 minutes. Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 29 points. Chris Paul scored 32 for Phoenix. Game two will be played tomorrow night in Arizona.
NHL
The Stanley Cup championship series continues tonight, when the Lightning host the Canadiens. Tampa Bay leads the series 3-1.
MLB
The Detroit Tigers fell to the Texas Rangers 10-5 last night. José Ureña suffered another rough outing, giving up four runs in the fourth inning, and leaving as the Rangers scored another in the fifth. Home runs by Robbie Grossman, Jake Rogers and Eric Haase helped the Tigers come back to tie the contest, but Texas scored three times off Daniel Norris and Joe Jiménez in the bottom of the seventh, and added two more off Bryan Garcia to seal the win in the eighth.
The Tigers conclude that series at Texas this afternoon. Casey Mize will start against Kyle Gibson. Coverage begins at 1:45 on 99.3 The Lift.
The Tigers have assigned pitchers Alex Lange and Derek Holland to Toledo to begin rehab assignments.
The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets were rained out last night. Those teams will play a day-night doubleheader in the Big Apple today. In the afternoon contest, Corbin Burnes will start against Jacob deGrom. Brett Anderson will start for Milwaukee in the nightcap.
With Daniel Vogelbach sidelined, the Brewers have acquired first baseman Rowdy Tellez from the Blue Jays. Tellez hit 37 homers in 219 games over the past several seasons with Toronto. He was on the roster of their Buffalo Triple-A team at the time of the trade. In exchange, the Jays get two pitchers – Trevor Richards, who made 15 appearances for the Crew after he was obtained in a trade from the Rays in May, and minor leaguer Bowden Francis.
Milwaukee also concluded the trade that brought in third baseman Kevin Kramer from the Pirates over the weekend. Pittsburgh gets left-hander Nathan Kirby, who had been with the Brewers’ Double-A team in Biloxi.
Running
Run the Keweenaw: a Festival of Trails will be held this weekend at Copper Harbor. Choose one race or challenge yourself by running multiple events. The 6k Mt. Baldy Hill Climb and the Copper Harbor Trails 10K Challenge will be held on Saturday, along with the Junior 2K and the 10K non-competitive run/walk. The RTK Ultra 50K and the Carl Olson Memorial 25K Adventure will take place on Sunday. Online registration remains open – get full details and sign-up info here. Proceeds benefit the Copper Country Ski Tigers.
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