At the World Cup, the Netherlands advance to the quarter finals with two late goals including a penalty in injury time to edge Mexico 2-1…….Costa Rica advances after defeating Greece on penalty kicks.
In the Majors, David Ortiz hitting the 450th homer of his career, a three run shot, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 8-5…..The Blue Jays and Mark Buehrle were shut out by the Chicago White Sox 4-0……In the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers moved into a first place tie with San Francisco after blanking St. Louis 6-0……Clayton Kershaw struck out 13 to improve to 9 and 2.
In New Brunswick Senior Baseball, the Saint John Alpines lost to Charlottetown 5-4 and then to the Moncton Mets 5-3.
At the CanadianTrack and Field Championships in Moncton, Barry Britt of Hampton won gold in the 10 thousand metres….. Caleb Jones of Saint John captured silver in the javelin….. Luisa Schwarz of Fredericton won the Women’s Youth 15 hundred metres while Andrew Leblanc of Fredericton captured the Men’s Youth 15 hundred metres and Brady Graves of Saint John placed third. Genevieve Lalonde of Moncton took bronze in the 3 thousand metre steeplechase. Christel Robichaud of Dieppe won gold in the discus.
