In the Majors, the Boston Red Sox won their 8th in a row, 5-3 over Baltimore as David Price improves to 17 and 8. Hanley Ramirez hit his 29th homer for Boston….The Detroit Tigers took two from Minnesota, 9-2 and 4-2 to move just one game back of Toronto for top spot in the wildcard. The Orioles are half a game back. The Blue Jays are 5 and a half games back of the Red Sox in the American League East. Elsewhere, it was Cleveland 5 Kansas City 2….NY Mets 9 Philadelphia 8 (11 innings)…..Tampa Bay 2 NY Yankees 0…..Atlanta 6 Miami 3…..Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 1…Los Angeles Angels 2 Texas 0…..Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Colorado 4 and San Francisco 2 San Diego 1.
In the NFL, rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett threw for 103 yards and rushed for a 27 yard touchdown in the first quarter of the New England Patriots’ 27-0 win over Houston. It was the longest rushing touchdown by a Patriots’ quarterback since 1976. The Patriots are now 3 and 0.
At the World Cup of Hockey, Russia shut out Finland 3-0 to advance to the semi finals against Canada and eliminate Team North America.
The “Q” League’s regular season starts tonight with the Sea Dogs in Charlottetown.
