Sidney Crosby set up Kris Letang’s go ahead goal midway through the second period and Pittsburgh won its fourth Stanley Cup, 3-1 over the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 of the final. Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the playoffs.
At Euro 2016, Germany won its opener, 2-0 over Ukraine……It was Croatia over Turkey 1-0 and Poland blanked Northern Ireland 1-0…….England and Russia could be thrown out of Euro 2016 if there’s more fan violence after clashes over the weekend inside the stadium and outside on the streets of Marseilles.
In the Majors, Russell Martin hit a three run homer and Kevin Pillar had a solo shot as the Toronto Blue Jays hung on on after scoring 5 runs in the first inning for a 10-9 win over Baltimore……Max Kepler hit a walk off three run homer in the bottom of the 10th to give Minnesota a 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox….Detroit rookie pitcher Michael Fulmer won his fifth straight start while extending his scoreless streak to 28 and 1/3 innings to lead the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees…..Last night, Brandon Belt hit a two run homer in San Francisco’s 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. In other play, it was Oakland 6 Cincinnati1….Tampa Bay 5 Houston 0…..Chicago Cubs 13 Atlanta 2….Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 1….Milwaukee 5 NY Mets 3….Cleveland 8 Los Angeles Angels 3….Washington 5 Philadelphia 4….Texas 6 Seattle 4….Colorado 2 San Diego 1….Arizona 6 Miami 0 and St. Louis 8 Pittsburgh 3.
