In the Majors, Hanley Ramirez homered twice and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox came from behind to edge the New York Yankees 5-4 to sweep the four game series…..The Toronto Blue Jays are 4 games back after losing to the Los Angeles Angels 4-0……Baltimore is three back after a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay. In other play, it was the New York Mets 3 Minnesota 2…..Atlanta 6 Washington 2…..Miami 5 Philadelphia 4……Detroit 9 Cleveland 5….Kansas City 10 Chicago White Sox 3……Oakland 5 Texas 2….Seattle 7 Houston 3…..St. Louis 3 San Francisco 0…Arizona 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 9 (12 innings)……Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 1….Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 4 and Colorado 6 San Diego 3.
In the NFL, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo had three, first-half touchdown passes before leaving in the second quarter with a right shoulder injury as the New England Patriots hung on for a 31-24 win over Miami…..Garoppolo is not expected to play Thursday night against Houston…..Last night, it was Minnesota over Green Bay 17-14. Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford completed 22 of 30 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns. Elsewhere, it was Pittsburgh 24 Cincinnati 16….Tennessee 16 Detroit 15…..Baltimore 25 Cleveland 20….Dallas 27 Washington 23….NY Giants 16 New Orleans 13…..Carolina 46 San Francisco 27….Houston 19 Kansas City 12…Los Angeles 9 Seattle 3…..Arizona 40 Tampa Bay 7….San Diego 38 Jacksonville 14…..Atlanta 35 Oakland 28 and Denver 34 Indiana 20.
In the CFL, Saskatchewan upended Edmonton in overtime 26-23 after scoring a late touchdown.
At the World Cup of Hockey, it was Sweden getting by Russia 2-1 and Team North America beat Finland 4-1.
Canada finished 13th at the Paralympics with 8 gold medals, 10 silver and 11 bronze. Triple gold medallist, swimmer Aurelie Rivard was Canada’s flag bearer during the closing ceremonies.
In soccer, at Rothesay-Netherwood’s Top of the Hill tournament, Kings-Edgehill from Windsor, Nova Scotia won the girls title and in Varsity Boys action, Fredericton High blanked Kennebecasis Valley High 1-0 in the final.
