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MLB
Jordan Zimmermann was hit hard as the Detroit Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians 7-4 Friday night. Zimmermann was torched for all seven of Cleveland’s runs on nine hits before leaving with to outs in the fourth inning. Mike Pelfrey relieved him, and shut the Indians down through the eighth inning. Mark Lowe pitched a scoreless ninth. Detroit mounted a bit of a comeback with three runs in the fifth inning, and another in the ninth, but fell short.
The Tigers host the Indians again this afternoon. Anibal Sanchez will return to the rotation to start against Carlos Carrasco. Hear the first pitch at 4:10 on AM 1400 and FM 99.3, WCCY.
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Washington Nationals 5-3 Friday night. Zach Davies gave up all three Washington runs in the third inning. He left after five, with Milwaukee trailing 3-2. The Brewers tied it Keon Broxton’s solo home run in the bottom of the fifth off Max Scherzer. Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ two-run shot off Scherzer in the sixth provided the winning margin.
The Brewers host the Nationals again this afternoon. Matt Garza will pitch against Gio Gonzalez.
Copper Country Twilight League
In Copper Country Twilight League baseball last night…
– Pat’s Food-Mosquito Inn defeated the Copper Country Miners 7-1. Justin Kirby went the distance for Pat’s, and gave up just three hits. Nick Bolton and Brad Juntinen each had three hits for Pat’s.
– Wolverine-Orbit got past Superior National Bank-Stanton 4-2. Chris Saari earned the complete-game win for Wolverine. He gave up six hits, and struck out nine. Mike Saaari had two hits and drove in two runs for Wolverine.
NHL
The Detroit Red Wings traded down from the 16th pick to the 20th in the opening round of the NHL amateur draft Friday night. They used the pick to select defenseman Dennis Cholowski. Cholowski played for Chilliwack in the British Columbia junior league last season, and will skate for St. Cloud State this fall.
The step-down came after Detroit worked out a trade with the Coyotes. The teams swapped first-round picks. The Wings also got center Joe Vitale and a second round pick in this year’s draft. Arizona agreed to take the final year of Pavel Datsyuk’s contract, which will relieve Detroit of the 7.5-million-dollar salary cap obligation created when Datsyuk decided to play next season in his native Russia. The remaining six rounds of the draft will be held today.
High School
The U.P. All-Star Football Game will be played today. Kickoff is at 1:00 at the Superior Dome. The rosters include only players who graduated last month. Players for the North team include Jacob Anderson, Sam Kariniemi, Robert Erkkila and Tyler Rautio from Calumet… Blake Dupuis, Arthur Lyons and Austin Serotzke from Lake Linden-Hubbell… Mike Anderson, Ryan Beauprey and Davan Ravindran from L’Anse… Isaiah Bekkala from Jeffers, via the Hancock co-op… Tanner Holombo from Houghton… Jonah Goodreau and Brendan Varline from Baraga… Landon Maki from Ewen-Trout Creek… and Matt Strauch from Ontonagon. The coaching staff will include Andy Crouch and Doug Hodges from Lake Linden-Hubbell, and Mark Leaf from L’Anse.
Weekend Events
Around the Copper Country this weekend…
– The KBIC Kids Fishing Tournament will take place today at the Sand Point pond.
– The Denise Marth 5k Fun Run, Walk and Roll will begin this morning at the Whirligig, north of L’Anse.
– Registration for the Pasty Fest Horseshoe tournament opens at 11:00 today at Agassiz Park.
– The Copper Country Oldtimers Hockey League is holding a Sommerfest today at the Hancock Beach. Activities begin at 1:00, with a potluck picnic at 4:00. Players, former players, friends and family are invited.
You’ll find details about all of those on our KeweenawReport.com Community Calendar.
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