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ATLANTA 4 NY METS 0
TAMPA BAY 4 CINCINNATI 0
PHILADELPHIA 8 CLEVELAND 0
DETROIT 7 MINNESOTA 2
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HOUSTON 7 LA DODGERS 6
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NY YANKEES 11 BOSTON 8
WASHINGTON 14 ST. LOUIS 3
ARIZONA 9 PITTSBURGH 5
OAKLAND 3 LA ANGELS 1
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
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TERMINATED AGAIN: TITMUS HANDS LEDECKY ANOTHER OLYMPIC DEFEAT, CLAIMING GOLD IN THE 400 FREE
NANTERRE, France (AP) — It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics.
Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout.
Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake on a raucous opening night at La Defense Arena, leading from start to finish to win the 400-meter freestyle Saturday.
Titmus, the Australian star known as “Terminator,” handed Ledecky a second straight Olympic defeat in an event the American won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
With her fingernails painted Aussie yellow, Titmus strolled on deck with the confidence of a reigning champion, flashing a big smile and waving to the fans.
Titmus knew she was the swimmer to the beat, even with one of the greatest ever in the lane next to her.
Then, she went out and proved it.
Titmus actually faced her stiffest challenge from Canadian 17-year-old phenom Summer McIntosh but won comfortably in 3 minutes, 57.49 seconds.
McIntosh claimed the silver in 3:58.37. Ledecky wasn’t even close, settling for bronze in 4:00.86.
“My legs are a bit tired, but I’m just relieved more than anything,” Titmus said. “I probably felt the expectation and pressure for this race more than anything in my life, to be honest, and I’m pretty good at handling the pressure of it.”
Ledecky, 27, remains at six individual gold medals in her brilliant career, still the most of any female swimmer in Olympic history.
But, she couldn’t find the speed to chase down Titmus.
“I just didn’t have it on the last 200 or 250 that way I wanted to,” Ledecky said. “I felt like my first 150 was pretty good. I went out with the field and felt like I was within striking distance. I just couldn’t kick in into that next gear that I would have wanted to finish it out.”
The Australian women also claimed their fourth straight gold medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay to gain an early edge on their American rivals, but the U.S. capped the night on a high when Caeleb Dressel anchored the men’s team to victory in the 4×100 free relay.
It was the eighth medal of Dressel’s career — all of them gold. He won five of those at the Tokyo Games, and he could be setting up for another glittering haul in the City of Lights.
On deck after the medal ceremony, Dressel embraced his 5-month-old son, August, with tears streaming down his face. It was an especially satisfying moment for a generational swimmer who fell out of love with his sport after Tokyo, leading him to take an extended break.
“It takes me back to my first gold,” the 27-year-old Dressel said. “It really doesn’t get old.”
Titmus. 23, now has three individual Olympic victories on her growing resume. She swept the 200 and 400 free in Tokyo and is favored to pull off the same double in Paris.
Ledecky isn’t done yet, either. She skipped a chance to face Titmus again in the 200 free, but the American is favored to take gold in both the 800 and 1,500.
And McIntosh? She’s going to be a familiar face in the coming week, as well. She’s the world-record holder in the 400 individual medley and had two races on opening night, returning to swim on Canada’s relay team that finished fourth.
“I’m just happy to get the result for myself and I feel so honored to be a part of the race and be alongside legends like Katie,” Titmus said. “I look up to her so much as an athlete and it’s certainly not a rivalry beyond the races. I really respect her as a person.”
Ledecky also shrugged off any talk of a rivalry.
“It’s a friendship, if anything,” Ledecky said. “We have a lot of respect for each other and we love competing against each other. It brings the best out of each of us and I’m sure, you know, pushes each of us in training knowing that we have each other to race at these kinds of meets.”
In the women’s 4×100 free relay, the Australian quartet of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris set an Olympic record of 3:28.92.
The Americans — Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel — rallied to take silver in 3:30.20. They edged China by a tenth of a second.
It was the first swimming medal for China, a country that has been embroiled in controversy after it was revealed that nearly two dozen swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but weren’t sanctioned.
Two members of their bronze-winning team, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan, were on that list.
In the men’s relay, the two youngsters who beat Dressel at the U.S. trials in the 100 freestyle, Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano, started things off for the Americans. Then it was Hunter Armstrong turning the fastest leg of all to give Dressel a commanding lead to work with at the end.
He won going away in 3:09.28, pumping his fist and slapping hands with his teammates when he saw another No. 1 beside their names.
“Relays are a little more special to be honest,” Dressel said. “It’s really special standing on the podium with these guys watching the flag go up. I’m extremely proud of them. It made my job easy.”
Australia, anchored by Kyle Chalmers, took the silver in 3:10.35, while the bronze went to Italy in 3:10.70.
Germany’s Lukas Märtens won the first swimming gold of these Games, knocking off three world champions in the men’s 400 freestyle.
Märtens set a blistering pace through the first 300 meters and held on at the end to touch in 3:41.78. The silver went to Elijah Winnington of Australia, the 2022 world champ, in 3:42.21. Reigning world champion Kim Woo-win of South Korea settled for bronze in 3:42.50.
Ledecky posted the fastest qualifying time in the morning heats, but Titmus was clearly saving herself for the race that mattered most.
She went nearly 5 seconds faster in the evening, while Ledecky shaved less than 1 1/2 seconds off her morning time.
“I hope that we put on a good show tonight,” Titmus said, “and everyone enjoyed it.”
No complaints from the Terminator, that’s for sure.
ALL HE DOES IS WIN GOLD MEDALS: CAELEB DRESSEL CAPTURES 8TH GOLD AS ANCHOR OF US RELAY TEAM
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Caeleb Dressel touched the wall and shouted in triumph. He threw his fists to the air and high-fived U.S. fans during a victory lap. Then, finally, he found his family and gave his wife and baby boy celebratory hugs and kisses.
Dressel only knows the top of an Olympic podium in a decorated career.
As the veteran on a youthful U.S. men’s swim team, Dressel added another relay victory to his long list Saturday night, anchoring the winning 4×100-meter freestyle foursome as the Americans beat out the rival Australians and scrutinized Chinese.
“Relays are a little more special to be honest,” Dressel said. “So doing it with these guys has been awesome. It takes me back to my first gold. It really doesn’t get old. Really special standing on the podium with these guys watching the flag go up. I’m extremely proud of them. It made my job easy.”
Yes, former Ohio State star Hunter Armstrong swam a sensational third leg — his split clocked in at 46.75 seconds — to set up Dressel’s grand finale sprint to the wall.
“I definitely didn’t expect it,” Armstrong said of seeing his time. “I just went in, I will give my entire body and soul up for these boys. I knew I had to give Caeleb everything I had, so I was glad I was able to get my job done.”
An emotional Dressel screamed from the water and then again out of it. He pumped both fists high in the air in delight before even stepping up to accept the latest gold medal placed around his neck. He held teammate Hunter Armstrong in a prolonged embrace after Armstrong swam the fastest leg to give Dressel some wiggle room coming home, then Dressel raised his arm in rhythm to chants of “U-S-A!”
He now has eight golds and five of those in relay events — plenty to celebrate less than a month before his 28th birthday Aug. 16.
The Americans took a lap around Paris La Defense Arena offering high-fives with fans and hugs.
And Dressel quickly made his way to find wife Meghan and 5-month-old son August Wilder, finally spotting them and sprinting over for a hug and kiss before taking the baby in oversized headphones into his arms.
“It’s really special. Making the team in front of him and then winning a gold in front of him, just checking little boxes that I never would have thought to create throughout my career,” Dressel said. “So that was a really special one tonight.”
Dressel will still try to defend his golds from the Tokyo Olympics in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle. He also won the 100 free and 4×100 medley relay three years ago. Dressel captured golds in the two relays at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, too.
The emerging, younger American stars certainly could understand the magnitude of the moment Saturday. They also won the first U.S. gold of the Paris Games.
Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano were the other two on the team thrilled to be part of Dressel’s amazing night after their 3-minute, 9.28-second finish — shy of the world record they’d so dearly sought.
“Truly honored to be part of this relay and watching Caeleb finish that off for us and making Team USA proud,” said Alexy, the former Ohio State star who swam the opening leg. “And starting off night one with a gold.”
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN OFF TO A DOMINANT START IN THEIR OLYMPIC SWIMMING RIVALRY WITH THE US
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night in the Paris Olympic pool.
They picked up two gold medals, led by Ariarne Titmus in the 400-meter freestyle, and another by the quartet in the 4×100 freestyle relay, their fourth straight Olympic gold in the event.
The foursome of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris set an Olympic record with a winning time of 3 minutes 28.92 seconds.
It was especially sweet for the 30-year-old McKeon swimming in her final Olympics. She won seven medals three years ago in Tokyo — four gold. It also raised her gold medal tally to six starting with the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Aussie women’s showdowns with the United States will be a story on all eight days in the pool, and they have started with a clear edge over the No. 1 rivals.
“For me it’s definitely about getting up there and doing my country proud,” Shayna Jack said. “It’s a really special moment to stand on the podium with the other three girls.”
Katie Ledecky gave the Americans a bronze in the 400 free — her 10th Olympic medal (six gold) — and the American women took silver in the 4×100 free relay in 3:30.20 with the team of Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel. China finished third.
U.S. GYMNASTICS STAR BRODY MALONE OUT OF ALL-AROUND AFTER STRUGGLES
American gymnast Brody Malone was expected to continue his extraordinary comeback from a serious leg injury suffered in March 2023 by competing for an all-around medal at the Paris Olympics.
Instead, after falling twice on the high bar — his specialty — and once on the pommel horse in the qualifying round, Malone won’t be competing in the all-around final.
He is a three-time all-around U.S. champion.
“What happened here today is done and over,” Malone said, per The Washington Post. “There’s nothing I can do about it now. Just do the best I can to be ready for team finals.”
Frederick Richard and Paul Juda will be the two athletes competing in the all-around final for the United States, which finished behind Great Britain in the first of three subdivisions Saturday in the qualifying.
Richard, who finished first all-around in the U.S. Olympic trials and earned a bronze in the 2023 world all-around competition, was no surprise to finish well enough for the all-around, but Juda’s presence in the final is unexpected.
“A couple of months ago or maybe even a couple of years ago, I don’t think I would have been able to do that,” said Juda after the competition, per NBC. “I’ve been working super hard on the sport psychology side of the sport, my mental health, sports performance, etc., and those are the reps that really allowed me to do what I did today.”
Richard finished third among early qualifiers with 83.498, and Juda finished at 82.865. Malone was well back at 79.598, far below his 86.350 score at nationals
“In the last couple of weeks I had a feeling I might be going first on a couple of events and probably most likely pommel horse,” said Juda. “As most gymnasts know it’s one of the trickier events to go on but I knew if they put me first, that I earned that myself … and I was ready for it.”
Great Britian finished with a team total 256.561, ahead of the Americans with 253.229, a flip from last year’s world championship when the U.S. team finished third in front of Great Britain.
Eight teams advance to the team final, and the top 24 individual gymnasts qualify for the all-around finals, with a limit of two per country.
The qualifying competition will be completed later Saturday.
SAMOAN BOXING COACH DIES AT PARIS OLYMPICS
Lionel Fatu Elika, Samoa’s national boxing coach, died at the Paris Olympics, the Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee announced Saturday.
Elika, 60, died Friday at the Olympic Village. Agence France-Presse said he went into cardiac arrest.
“Lionel was one of Samoa’s top boxing coaches and a great believer in the Olympic ideal,” said Pauga Talalelei Pauga, the president of the Samoa organization, in a news release. “Our thoughts and those of the entire Samoan sporting community are with Lionel’s family, his boxers and friends. He will be missed.”
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali is Samoa’s only boxer at the Paris Olympics.
Plodzicki-Faoagali, 25, posted on Facebook that he met Elika as a 15-year-old trying out for Samoa’s youth team.
“He was a kind and generous coach, not only with his time, material things, but also his knowledge,” Plodzicki-Faoagali wrote. “You will be sorely missed coach … you’ve left too early we haven’t had our first fight at the Olympics like we planned!”
Plodzicki-Faoagali, a heavyweight, will face Victor Schelstraete of Belgium on Sunday.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: WALK-OFF HR CAPS ASTROS’ COMEBACK OVER DODGERS
Alex Bregman socked a walk-off home run leading off the ninth inning as the Houston Astros capped a rally from a five-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Saturday.
Bregman’s second career walk-off homer came when he drilled a 1-0 sinker from Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen (5-3) out to left field. His 14th home run on the season covered 403 feet and clinched Houston’s win of this three-game interleague series.
After rallying for four runs in the sixth inning, the Astros scored twice off Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson in the eighth to knot the score at 6-6. Jeremy Pena and Jon Singleton produced run-scoring singles for the Astros, who then loaded the bases with two outs before Treinen entered and struck out Jose Altuve to end the frame.
Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-3 with a home run, two walks, two runs and two RBIs. The highlight of the game was his leadoff blast in the third. He crushed a 2-1 fastball from Astros starter Ronel Blanco into the stairwell atop the back row of the upper deck in right field. Ohtani recorded an exit velocity of 118.7 miles per hour with his National League-leading 32nd homer, a seismic blast perhaps conservatively estimated at 443 feet.
Yankees 11, Red Sox 8 (10 innings)
Austin Wells hit a sacrifice fly and Gleyber Torres added a two-run double in the 10th inning to finish New York’s come-from-behind win over host Boston.
Tyler O’Neill (3-for-4, four RBIs) hit go-ahead homers in the fifth and seventh innings for the Red Sox, but New York scored single runs in the eighth and ninth to tie the game. In the ninth, Trent Grisham’s two-out double off Kenley Jensen, who blew his third save of the season, tied the game at 8.
Aaron Judge went 4-for-4 with a double, homer, three RBIs and three runs to lead New York’s 16-hit attack and making Sunday’s game the rubber match of their three-game series. New York’s Clay Holmes (2-4) threw two scoreless innings for the win.
Mariners 6, White Sox 3
Jorge Polanco had two home runs among his three hits and three RBIs and Victor Robles added three hits to lift visiting Seattle to a win against reeling Chicago.
The White Sox grabbed a 1-0 lead on Andrew Vaughn’s third-inning RBI single but ultimately lost for the 31st time this season when scoring first. Chicago is 53 games below .500.
Collin Snider (1-1) earned the victory with a scoreless fifth. Brooks Baldwin had three hits for the White Sox.
Padres 9, Orioles 4
Michael King struck out nine and took a one-hitter into the seventh inning while Manny Machado homered against his former team as San Diego beat host Baltimore, winning its seventh game in a row.
Machado, whose 14th homer of the season was a three-run shot in the seventh, and Xander Bogaerts each had three hits and Jackson Merrill supplied two sacrifice flies for the Padres. King (9-6) posted his fourth victory in his last five starts, allowing two runs.
The Orioles lost for the fifth time in six games and are guaranteed to lose their third consecutive home series going into Sunday afternoon’s series finale. Cedric Mullins drove in four runs with a two-run, seventh-inning double off reliever Stephen Kolek and a two-run homer in the ninth off Logan Gillaspie.
Phillies 8, Guardians 0
Tyler Phillips allowed just four hits while recording a shutout to help Philadelphia cruise to a win against visiting Cleveland.
Phillips (3-0), a rookie right-hander, struck out four and walked one in his third major league start and fourth career appearance. Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Brandon Marsh homered during a seven-run fourth inning for the Phillies.
Schwarber had three hits and three RBIs, Marsh had two hits and two RBIs and Nick Castellanos homered, singled and scored twice for Philadelphia. Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco (3-9) was tagged for six runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Braves 4, Mets 0
Rookie Spencer Schwellenbach had the best start of his career, giving up two hits and striking out 11 over seven innings, to lead struggling Atlanta past host New York.
Marcell Ozuna, Matt Olson and Eddie Rosario homered for the Braves, who snapped a six-game losing streak — their longest since September 2017 — and moved a half-game ahead of the Mets in the race for the top NL wild-card spot.
Schwellenbach (4-5), making his 10th career start, allowed a second-inning double to Jeff McNeil and a fourth-inning double to Pete Alonso before retiring the final 10 batters he faced.
Cubs 9, Royals 4
Patrick Wisdom’s pinch-hit grand slam rallied Chicago past host Kansas City to even the three-game series at one win apiece.
With the Cubs trailing 4-3 in the seventh, Wisdom greeted reliever Sam Long by smacking a 2-1 fastball 430 feet to left-center for his fifth homer of the season. Three of those runs were charged to Royals starter Seth Lugo (12-5), who allowed a season-high six runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Hunter Renfroe hit his 10th home run and had three of Kansas City’s nine hits. The Cubs’ Julian Merryweather (1-0) picked up the win despite retiring only three of the six batters he faced in relief of starter Shota Imanaga.
Giants 4, Rockies 1 (Game 1)
Blake Snell struck out a career-high 15 batters, Patrick Bailey broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double and San Francisco defeated visiting Colorado in the opener of a doubleheader.
Snell worked six shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks, before giving way to Ryan Walker (7-3), Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval for the Giants’ second straight win to begin the four-game series.
Chapman finished with a homer, double, single and two runs for the Giants. Colorado’s Michael Toglia tied the game with a solo home run in the seventh.
Giants 5, Rockies 0 (Game 2)
Rookie Hayden Birdsong combined with four relievers on a four-hitter as San Francisco completed a doubleheader sweep over visiting Colorado.
Birdsong (3-0), Sean Hjelle, Taylor Rogers, Erik Miller and Spencer Bivens combined for 13 strikeouts after Blake Snell and three relievers teamed for 17 in a 4-1 win in the opener. The 30 strikeouts were the most by one team in a doubleheader since at least 1906, according to mlb.com.
Jorge Soler had two doubles among his three hits and scored twice for the Giants. Mike Yastrzemski tripled and drove in two runs. Rockies starter Tanner Gordon (0-3) was charged with four runs on nine hits in six innings. He struck out five and did not walk anyone.
Marlins 7, Brewers 3
Josh Bell homered for the fourth straight game and Miami beat host Milwaukee.
Bell’s 14th blast of the season, a three-run shot to right-center field, capped a five-run seventh inning for Miami, which has taken the first two games of a three-game series.
Rhys Hoskins hit a three-run blast in the fourth, putting Milwaukee up 3-2. That was enough to line up starter Aaron Civale for the win, but he had to settle for a no-decision after the Milwaukee bullpen coughed up the lead.
Blue Jays 7, Rangers 3
Kevin Gausman pitched a complete game, Daulton Varsho had a three-run homer and four RBIs, and Toronto defeated visiting Texas for the second straight day.
Gausman (9-8) allowed three runs, four hits and three walks while striking out eight in his second complete game of the season. He retired 18 consecutive batters before allowing a walk with two out in the ninth.
Alejandro Kirk, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Justin Turner each had three hits for the Blue Jays, who have won the first two games of the three-game series. The Rangers had a five-game winning streak end with a 6-5 loss on Friday.
Rays 4, Reds 0
Alex Jackson and Yandy Diaz hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, Zack Littell tossed seven scoreless innings, and Tampa Bay blanked Cincinnati in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Littell (4-7) allowed three hits with one walk and five strikeouts for Tampa Bay. Kevin Kelly and Colin Poche each pitched a scoreless inning to help the Rays even the three-game interleague series after Cincinnati won the opener 3-2 in 10 innings on Friday.
Cincinnati was held to four singles and saw its three-game winning streak end. Reds starter Andrew Abbott (9-7) allowed all four runs on eight hits over four-plus innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Tigers 7, Twins 2
Colt Keith had a triple, home run and three RBIs to lead Detroit to a home win over Minnesota in the second game of a three-game series.
Pitching in his last game before Tuesday’s trade deadline, Detroit ace left-hander Tarik Skubal (12-3) earned the win, allowing five hits, two earned runs and two walks while striking out eight in seven innings.
Royce Lewis hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Minnesota. Right-hander Joe Ryan (6-7) took the loss. He surrendered three runs on four hits and a walk in six innings. He also fanned eight.
Diamondbacks 9, Pirates 5
Jake McCarthy had a career-best five hits and Ketel Marte homered and drove in three runs to help host Arizona post a victory over Pittsburgh.
Corbin Carroll also homered and Joc Pederson delivered a pinch-hit, two-run triple as Arizona won for the 10th time in its past 13 games. McCarthy is the first Arizona player with a five-hit game since David Peralta in 2021.
Oneil Cruz hit a tape-measure home run and also tripled for the Pirates, who lost for the second straight night. Ke’Bryan Hayes and Joshua Palacios also had two hits apiece for Pittsburgh.
Nationals 14, Cardinals 3
Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run homer as visiting Washington rolled over St. Louis.
Juan Yepez and Harold Ramirez also drove in three runs apiece for the Nationals in a game that was delayed more than two hours because of rain. James Wood went 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.
Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-8) allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who have lost nine of their past 14 games.
Athletics 3, Angels 1
Shea Langeliers’ three-run home run in the first inning accounted for all of the runs for Oakland, but they were enough to beat Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Oakland, which has beaten the Angels in eight of their past nine matchups, will go for a four-game sweep Sunday afternoon. Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson (8-9) gave up the three runs on six hits with one walk and a career-high 10 strikeouts.
A’s starter Mitch Spence (7-6) surrendered just one run, Nolan Schanuel’s 11th homer of the season. He gave up three hits and two walks, while striking out three.
PHILLIES PLACE ALL-STAR LEFTY RANGER SUÁREZ ON INJURED LIST WITH LOWER BACK SORENESS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star left-hander Ranger Suárez was put on the 15-day injured list by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday because of soreness in his lower back.
The 28-year-old started 9-1 and earned his first National League All-Star selection and is 10-5 with a 2.87 ERA in 20 starts after a summer slide. He has thrown 119 1/3 innings, on pace to top his 125 last year and career high of 155 1/3 in 2022.
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he hoped Suárez could return at some point during the Aug. 8-11 series at Arizona. Thomson said Suárez woke up Friday with tightness in the back, though in a different area than the injury that caused Suárez to miss the All-Star Game.
“He thought he could work though it in his bullpen,” Thomson said, “and he couldn’t. He was still tight afterward, so we’re going to be super cautious and give him a little rest.”
Philadelphia made the IL move retroactive to Wednesday.
The Phillies have hit a midsummer rut after coasting through the first three months as the best team in the major leagues. They entered Saturday’s game against Cleveland with the best record at 64-39 but had lost seven of 10.
Philadelphia recalled left-hander Koby Allard from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He is to start Sunday’s series finale.
Allard pitched in just four games last season for Atlanta. He spent four seasons with Texas and is 9-24 with a 6.10 ERA and one save over parts of six major league seasons with the Braves and Rangers.
The Phillies were already out without a pair of right-handers. Taijuan Walker has been out with finger issues on his right hand and Spencer Turnbull with a right lat strain.
Thomson said he did not expect Walker to return before Suárez is eligible to get activated off the injured list.
“I think over the course of the full season, guys typically need some time off,” Thomson said. “I see this as kind of a silver lining in Ranger’s year. I think he’ll come out of this and he’ll be stronger coming down the stretch.”
PHILLIES OBTAIN RHP CARLOS ESTEVEZ FROM ANGELS FOR TWO MINOR-LEAGUERS
The Philadelphia Phillies strengthened their bullpen on Saturday by acquiring Los Angeles Angels closer Carlos Estevez for two minor league pitchers.
Estevez entered Saturday with the third-lowest WHIP (0.74) in the majors among pitchers with at least 30 innings pitched. The right-hander has 20 saves in 23 opportunities and has converted 14 in a row while limiting batters to a .169 average on the season.
The Angels acquired right-hander George Klassen and left-hander Samuel Aldegheri in the deal.
Estevez, 31, had 51 saves in 97 appearances for the Angels over the past 1 1/2 seasons. He recorded 31 saves last season, when he was an American League All-Star.
This season, Estevez has allowed just 20 hits while striking out 32 in 34 innings. He is 1-3 with a 2.38 ERA in 34 appearances.
Estevez bloomed with the Angels after spending six seasons with the Colorado Rockies. Overall, he is 24-29 with a 4.29 ERA in 418 career relief appearances.
Jose Alvarado (13 saves) has been Philadelphia’s main closer this season.
Klassen, 22, was a sixth-round pick by the Phillies in the 2023 draft.
Klassen was 3-2 with a 1.97 ERA in 14 starts split between Class-A teams Clearwater and Jersey Shore this season. He had 89 strikeouts in just 59 1/3 innings.
Aldegheri, 22, went 6-7 with a 3.23 ERA in 15 starts between two levels this season. The native of Italy’s past two starts were at Double-A Reading after being promoted from Jersey Shore. He has fanned 109 in 78 innings this season.
Philadelphia signed Aldegheri as an undrafted free agent in July 2019.
SEASON OVER FOR METS’ KODAI SENGA (CALF) AFTER SINGLE START
A left calf strain will sideline New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga for the rest of the season, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Saturday.
Senga made his season debut Friday against the visiting Atlanta Braves but lasted only 5 1/3 innings before being pulled with the injury. He was set to undergo an MRI exam, and Mendoza said Senga suffered a high grade strain.
Senga, 31, in his second year with the Mets after pitching in his native Japan since 2012, opened this season on the 60-day injured list with a shoulder strain he sustained in his pitching shoulder in February.
After getting Austin Riley to hit a popup near the mound leading off the sixth inning, Senga appeared to sustain the injury as he moved away from the area to give the converging infielders room to make the catch. He then fell to the ground but eventually left the field under his own power.
Senga picked up the win on Friday after surrendering two runs on two hits and a walk. He struck out nine.
Last season, Senga went 12-7 with a 2.98 ERA in 29 games, earning a spot on the National League All-Star team. He struck out 202 batters in 166 1/3 innings, and he finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting and seventh in NL Cy Young Award balloting.
MLB.com reports that Senga has an opt-out option in his contract should he reach 400 innings pitched before the end of 2025, which now appears to be very much in jeopardy. Senga sits at 171 and 2/3. If he doesn’t reach 400 innings, he’ll remain under contract through 2027. Senga earns an average of $15 million per season after signing a 5-year, $75 million contract with the Mets in 2023.
In another roster move, the Mets activated right-hander reliever Ryne Stanek, whom they acquired Friday in a trade with the Seattle Mariners.
Stanek, who turned 33 on Friday, is 6-3 with a 4.38 ERA in 39 innings this season, posting seven saves over 46 appearances.
A first-round pick (No. 29 overall) of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013, Stanek is 16-17 with a 3.54 ERA and 11 saves in 384 games (56 starts) over eight major league seasons. Before joining the Mariners this season, he played for the Rays (2017-19), Miami Marlins (2019-20) and Houston Astros (2021-23).
In corresponding moves, the Mets recalled pitcher Tylor Megill from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned right-handed pitcher Eric Orze to Syracuse.
Megill, who turns 29 on Sunday, is 2-4 with a 5.08 ERA in eight games with the Mets this season. He’s given up 22 earned runs and struck out 49 in 39 innings.
Orze, a 26-year-old rookie, is 0-1 in two games for the Mets, giving up four earned runs in 1 2/3 innings.
REPORT: YANKEES FINALIZING TRADE FOR MARLINS’ CHISHOLM
Coming soon to the Bronx: a little smooth Jazz.
The New York Yankees are finalizing a trade to acquire outfielder/second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Miami will receive three prospects – catcher Agustin Ramirez and infielders Jared Serna and Abrahan Ramirez – in return, a source told ESPN’s Alden González.
Chisholm, a 2022 All-Star, is hitting .249/.323/.407 with 13 home runs, and 22 stolen bases in 101 games this season. The 26-year-old has primarily played center field this year but has made three appearances at second base within the last month.
It’s not yet clear where Chisholm will slot in defensively for the Yankees given their current logjams at multiple spots. A natural infielder, he began his career at second before moving to center full-time last year. Chisholm’s positive defensive numbers took a huge hit in the outfield, and his preference is to shift back to the infield, sources told Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Using Chisholm in a super-utility role is a distinct possibility. New York’s biggest need right now is at third base – DJ LeMahieu, who’s currently slotted there, has had a subpar season at the plate – although Chisholm’s never played that position in the majors. He also has 46 games of big-league experience at shortstop under his belt from earlier in his career.
The Yankees are hoping Chisholm can spark a talented team that’s been in a slump for the last six weeks. New York’s gone 6-17 since June 15 and enters Saturday having lost three straight and five of six.
Originally signed by Arizona out of his native Bahamas in 2015, Chisholm is a lifetime .246/.309/.440 hitter with 66 homers, 205 RBIs, and 81 steals across parts of five campaigns with the Marlins. He’s earning $2.625 million in 2024 and won’t reach free agency until after the 2026 season.
Agustin Ramirez, who was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster last winter, is ranked by Baseball America as New York’s No. 3 prospect. Regarded as an offense-first catcher, he put up a .269/.358/.505 slash line with 20 homers, 69 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases over 87 games split between Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The 22-year-old’s long-term defensive position is in question due to his struggles behind the plate; he’s thrown out just seven of 66 base-stealers this year. To that end, he’s begun seeing time at first base and DH and has logged over 130 innings at the former position this season.
Serna, New York’s No. 11 prospect per BA, has played three infield positions during his minor-league career but has suited up almost exclusively at shortstop this year. The 22-year-old is hitting .253/.341/.444 with 13 homers, 58 RBIs, and 11 steals in 88 games at High-A Hudson Valley in 2024.
Third baseman Abrahan Ramirez, 19, also has experience playing second and left field. Signed by the Yankees out of Venezuela in 2022, he’s hitting .348/.447/.513 with two homers and 24 RBIs in 49 contests with the Florida Complex League Yankees this season, his first in the United States.
REPORT: RED SOX ACQUIRING JANSEN FROM THE BLUE JAYS
The Boston Red Sox are acquiring catcher Danny Jansen from the Toronto Blue Jays, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Blue Jays are receiving infielder Cutter Coffey, a 2022 second-round pick, as part of the deal, sources told Passan.
Jansen is scheduled to become a free agent at the conclusion of the season. He’ll provide the Red Sox with catching depth alongside Connor Wong and Reese McGuire and could also see at-bats as a designated hitter.
The 29-year-old has six home runs, 27 runs scored, and 18 RBIs across 61 games this season. He hit a career-high 17 homers with a 116 wRC+ in 86 appearances for the Blue Jays in 2023.
Jansen pulls the ball over 52% of the time for his career, a trait that could play well with the Green Monster in left field at Fenway Park.
Coffey has 14 home runs, 46 RBIs, and a .784 OPS in 61 games at High-A this season. He’s appeared at second base, shortstop, and third base.
The Blue Jays have been active ahead of the trade deadline, also moving relievers Yimi García and Nate Pearson.
NFL NEWS
CHIEFS’ KELCE: HEAVY WORKLOAD ‘HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON MY BODY’
Ahead of his 12th NFL campaign, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce acknowledged that the 2023 season was quite draining for him.
“Last year was pretty taxing on my body,” Kelce said Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adam Teicher. “I’ve had more snaps than a lot of guys if not everybody in the NFL over the past five, six years, and I’m very prideful of that, but I know it has taken a toll on my body.”
Kelce appeared in 15 games last season, playing in 77% (775) of the team’s offensive snaps over that span. He was on the field for 899 or more snaps in each campaign from 2018-22.
Despite feeling more physically worn down than normal, the 34-year-old expressed excitement about getting back into action.
“Everybody may say that is pretty grueling, but I enjoy it,” Kelce said. “There’s something about this place to get you ready every single year, and I’m not going to lie, I got pretty excited as the time started counting down to get out here and get this thing rolling.”
As Kansas City prepares to chase its third consecutive Super Bowl win and fourth in six seasons, the four-time first-team All-Pro added: “This is where you really find out what the team is made of.”
The 2013 third-round pick has appeared in 159 career contests, tallying 11,328 yards and 74 touchdowns on 907 receptions.
RAVENS QB LAMAR JACKSON (ILLNESS) RETURNS TO PRACTICE
The Baltimore Ravens have their MVP back.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to training camp practice at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, Md., on Saturday after missing several days due to an undisclosed illness.
Jackson, the NFL’s reigning MVP, had missed four of the first five practices at training camp. He briefly participated on Wednesday but departed after only an hour.
In his return Saturday, Jackson received boisterous cheers from several youth football players in attendance at the Ravens practice. Jackson waved to the group and caught a pass after finishing his warmup.
“It’s just unpredictable. I mean, you guys have been sick before, and sometimes it’s not easy. So, that’s what we’re dealing with,” head coach John Harbaugh said on Friday.
Jackson, 27, passed for 3,678 yards and 24 touchdowns and rushed for 821 yards and five touchdowns in 16 starts last season (13-3 record) to win his second MVP trophy (2019).
Baltimore opens preseason play Aug. 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Jackson hasn’t played in a preseason game since 2021, when he completed 3 of 4 pass attempts.
D.J. REED DRAWS FROM HIS TIME WITH THE 49ERS AND SAYS THE JETS ‘HAVE A CHANCE TO TO WIN IT ALL’
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Optimism is overflowing again for the New York Jets in training camp.
This time, though, they believe they have the overall talent for it to be more than just preseason hype.
“You know, I’ve been a part of a Super Bowl team in 2019 when I was on the Niners,” cornerback D.J. Reed said after practice Saturday. “And I would definitely say, like, this team is definitely on that trajectory.”
Similar things were said during the dog days of camp last summer, especially with Aaron Rodgers leading the way. That all changed, of course, four snaps into the quarterback’s debut in the season opener when he tore his left Achilles tendon.
The Jets finished 7-10 and missed the playoffs for the 13th straight season, the NFL’s longest active postseason drought.
But Rodgers is back and healthy, again looking good in the early practices of camp while connecting with third-year receiver Garrett Wilson on a daily basis. And Reed sees comparisons up and down the roster to the 2019 49ers — whose defense was led by current Jets coach Robert Saleh — who lost 31–20 to the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Just looking at that team, you know, I feel like our offense is honestly better just with Aaron,” Reed said. “With Garrett, I feel like Garrett’s going to have a really big year. And we still don’t even have (injured wide receiver) Mike Williams. So him coming into the picture, that could totally change things for the positive. Even (Allen) Lazard, he’s been playing great as well in the beginning of training camp.
“And then our defense, it’s self-explanatory what we’ve done the last two years. So hopefully we keep building on that. So, we definitely have a chance to win it all.”
It might sound like bold talk to some, but Reed is not alone in his confidence.
Rodgers said Wednesday: “The goal is New Orleans” — referring to the site of this season’s Super Bowl.
Even Saleh acknowledged the Jets thought last year the team would make a leap and at least get to the playoffs — and make a run.
“Last year, we really felt like we were getting ready to take that third-year leap, similar to what Detroit experienced this year,” said Saleh, entering his fourth season leading the Jets. “Obviously, it didn’t work out the way we wanted it to, but this year’s going to be fun.”
Again, a lot of that depends on Rodgers, who — if healthy — should immediately improve an offense that finished among the bottom of the league in several categories.
That put extra stress on a defense that was strong for most of the season, but found itself constantly on the field.
“I’m not gonna lie, especially towards the end of the season, it was real tough because we’re not going to the playoffs,” Reed said. “You still want to put who you are on tape, but, you know, it was tough. We weren’t scoring touchdowns and coming to games basically saying, like, if we give up a touchdown, we’re going to lose this game. So we’ve got to either score on defense or we can’t give up a touchdown. Playing like that is mentally tough especially at corner. …
“So now being up, there’s going to be more opportunities, more chances to be able to bait and take stuff. So I’m definitely looking forward to that.”
NOTES: Saleh said CB Brandin Echols has bruised ribs, but isn’t concerned about it being a long-term injury. … The Jets signed QB Adrian Martinez and CB Kendall Sheffield and waived QB Ben Bryant and CB Nehemiah Shelton. Martinez was selected MVP of the United Football League last season, and was the championship game MVP after leading the Birmingham Stallions to the UFL title.
STEFON DIGGS BRINGING ‘COMPETITIVE SPIRIT’ AMONG TEXANS RECEIVERS EARLY IN TRAINING CAMP
HOUSTON (AP) — With a steady rain falling during the eighth day of Houston Texans training camp Saturday, Stefon Diggs lined up against rookie Kamari Lassiter for a one-on-one drill.
Diggs took off down the sideline with Lassiter staying step for step. As C.J. Stroud released the deep pass, they were battling it out. Diggs reeled in the over-the-shoulder catch with Lassiter’s left hand trying to break it up to the cheers of Texans fans in attendance.
The Pro Bowl receiver posed in front of the stands in celebration for a second before high-fiving a few fans.
It is this competitive spirit from Diggs that Texans second-year coach DeMeco Ryans has seen trickle down to all of the other wideouts early in camp.
“I really love just the competitive spirit of all those guys,” Ryans said. “Seeing guys step up, different guys making plays each day. And it starts with Stefon and the way he comes to work, I think that rubs off on everybody else. He shows up with a competitive enthusiasm.”
Texans tight end Dalton Schultz, who signed a three-year, $36 million deal in the offseason to stay in Houston, has taken note of how vocal Diggs is, the energy he brings and his pure competitiveness.
When he steps out, he wants to win everything,” Schultz said. “He wants to win the race jogging off the field. He’s just that kind of dude. When you surround yourself with guys like that, it’s contagious. He’s been really beneficial for the offense as a whole.”
Diggs is going for his seventh consecutive 1,000-yard season and is just 5 yards shy of 10,000 career yards as he arrives in Houston. Last season, he had 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns for the Bills.
“No matter how much success you have, always try to bring as many people with you,” Diggs said about being a leader. “And you won’t dim your light at all, shining light on anybody else, especially with these — they’re real special. So out here just grinding and competing at a high level is one of my main focuses.”
The competitive nature of the receiver room seems to have rubbed off on John Metchie III, who has made a handful of highlight-reel plays early in camp.
The third-year receiver has had to overcome an ACL injury in college and a leukemia diagnosis in his first two years in the NFL and is off to a strong start as he tries for one of the receiver spots.
“With Mechie, I’m seeing a guy who is much faster, playing with more confidence,” Ryans said. “You see the guy who he was at Alabama. You see that explosiveness. It’s starting to show. He made a lot of plays early on in camp but he’s still making plays.”
Diggs is not the only 1,000-yard receiver in the room as Nico Collins is coming off his first and was Stroud’s top option in 2023. Texans general manager Nick Caserio signed Collins to a three-year, $72-million contract extension in the offseason coming off a 1,297-yard, eight-touchdown regular season.
With two 1,000-yard receivers and then add Tank Dell — who had 709 yards receiving when he suffered a season-ending leg injury in Week 13 — Noah Brown, Robert Woods, Xavier Hutchinson and offseason addition Ben Skowronek, it is a competitive group.
“A lot of hungry guys and guys who have played some great ball in their careers and just ready to win and ready to eat,” Stroud said about the receivers. “So, it’s very exciting. We’re just trying to build that chemistry and timing right now and it’s going pretty good so far.”
Ryans added: “I love the competition. It’s a really good group and I’m excited to see how guys show up in games.”
LIONS COACH DAN CAMPBELL PLEASED WITH TEAM’S VERSATILITY IN THE SECONDARY
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell likes the options he has in the secondary, shifting Brian Branch to safety and bolstering the group with rookie cornerbacks Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw, along with veteran Carlton Davis.
Arnold, a first-round draft pick, broke up a downfield pass to wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown early during practice on Saturday at training camp.
Lining up with the likely starters, he has made eye-opening plays during the first four days of camp.
“You know that’s somebody who ain’t afraid of nothing. He’s going to challenge your best receiver. As long as he keeps having that mentality he’s going to be good,” Branch said on Saturday. The two were teammates at Alabama where Branch first saw Arnold’s “dog mentality.”
Arnold’s energy on the field also carries over into the meeting rooms.
“I know when I came in as a rookie I had so much energy. Just bringing that energy into the room — especially Terrion. It’s amazing to have him in there and I’m excited to see him grow. I’ve been in his shoes, I’m excited to see what he can do,” safety Kerby Joseph said.
Drafting cornerbacks in the first two rounds showed how important it was for the Lions to beef up their defensive backfield.
“T.A., he’s probably the most confident, humble guy that I know,” said veteran cornerback Emmanuel Moseley who has been lining up in the slot. “He’s very, very confident. His swagger on the field is great. But he’s humble, he wants to come to you in the meeting room, he wants to learn, he takes criticism really well.”
Rakestraw, a second-round pick, has also caught Campbell’s attention. He loves that the rookies have retained and improved on the coaching points from the spring workouts.
“Those guys are a work in progress but (early in camp) and the spring we like where they’re at,” Campbell said.
Veteran cornerbacks Davis and Amik Robertson were signed in the offseason, while Moseley is looking to make a comeback after two anterior cruciate ligament surgeries. Safeties Ifeatu Melifonwu, who had six starts in 2023, and Joseph, who started 15 games, have returned.
The competition is fierce in the secondary.
“That’s what every team would hope for. You want that at every position, you know the ability to have guys that do multiple jobs, that do have versatility,” Campbell said.
Moseley said the competition brings excellence.
“If you don’t have a DB room with a lot of players who can compete it’s probably not going to be a really good DB room,” Moseley said. “But I think we have that this year, and everyone is out there competing, not only are we competing we’re celebrating with each other, we’re happy for each other’s success and that plays a big part.”
The mix of personalities in the secondary room is no accident.
“We’ve injected a lot more personalities and ability into that room. It’s really been a total transformation if you will,” Campbell said. “There’s certainly another level of confidence in that room that I feel those guys are feeding off each other. You can feel it defensively too. I think it’s all encompassing. I feel our defense, their confidence is up, we know what we can become.”
CINCINNATI BENGALS PRACTICE REPORT DAY 3: JOE BURROW DOESN’T THROW, JA’MARR CHASE SITS, MR. PBU STRIKES AGAIN
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor confirmed after Thursday’s practice that quarterback Joe Burrow would not throw today.
He didn’t say anything about kicking.
As the players trickled onto the field for the start of the third practice of training camp, Burrow was working on punting, taking roughly 10-12 reps with special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons watching and talking with him.
Joe Burrow’s Punting Highlights Day 3 of Bengals Training Camp
Simmons said Burrow was just messing around and trying to stay active on his day off.
But Burrow appeared to be taking it seriously, like most things he does.
He also took part in a drill where the quarterbacks worked on their handoffs with the running backs. But when it came to individual passing drills, 7-on-7s, and 11-on-11s, Burrow was a spectator.
Ja’Marr Chase was a spectator for the third consecutive day as part of his hold-in while he waits for a new contract.
Injury Report
For the third day in a row, the Bengals didn’t have any players leave practice due to injuries, which is a longer run of good fortune than they’ve had in recent training camps.
Defensive end Trey Hendrickson sat out for the second consecutive day, while defensive end Sam Hubbard got his first rest day.
Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt missed his third consecutive practice as he recovers from tonsil surgery, while the rehab field featured the same four players from the first two days.
Rookie tight end Erick All (knee) and offensive tackle Trent Brown (tightness) are on the Non-Football Injury list, while cornerback DJ Ivey (knee) and defensive tackle Devonnsha Maxwell (knee) are on the Physically Unable to Perform list.
Quarterback Report
With Burrow not throwing, backup quarterback Jake Browning took the reps with the first-team offense and went 6 for 11.
His best play of the day came on a scramble out of the pocket. Throwing on the run, he seemingly casually flipped a floater that hit wide receiver Andrei Iosivas in stride for a big gain.
“I threw it pretty early because it was hot,” he said of the route. “Not a lot [of velocity] on it. The corner bit down, and [Iosivas] had one-on-one. I didn’t have time for him to come out of the break, so I was just trying to throw it early so I could throw it with some touch.”
Later in the session, Browning ran a naked bootleg, and after faking the handoff and spinning to his right, an unfooled Myles Murphy was waiting for him. Browning got the throw off for a completion, but it brought back memories from the season finale when Zac Taylor called repeated naked bootlegs that got Browning hit, drawing the ire of the quarterback.
At one point, Browning screamed, “No more f—king nakeds.”
Asked if today’s play reminded him of that, Browning smirked and said it did.
“Yeah,” he laughed. “I didn’t yell at anybody this time, though.”
Logan Woodside got Browning’s regular log of backup reps and had a solid day, going 7 for 8.
His best play of the day came in a 7-on-7 drill in the red zone. The play broke down, and Woodside scrambled to his right. He made eye contact with rookie wide receiver Jermaine Burton and gave him a point to tell him to head upfield toward the end zone. Woodside lofted a pass that Burton went up and grabbed and tapped both feet for a score in the corner of the end zone.
Stock Rising
DJ Turner continues to get his hands on balls as he battles for Dax Hill for a starting cornerback job. Jalen Davis has dubbed Turner “Mr. PBU” because of all the passes he’s broken up without any interceptions.
Undrafted college free agent Lance Robinson secured an interception for the second day in a row despite getting limited reps while running with the third team. He also had a nice pass breakup prior to the interception on Thursday.
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Second-year running back Chase Brown just looks different.
Everyone saw his explosion last year once he got healthy, but it’s even more noticeable this year as he’s often getting to the second level without being touched.
Stock Falling
Undrafted college free agent Rocky Lombardi is the quarterback Robinson victimized on each of his interceptions the last two days.
While special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons said it’s just a matter of exploring all of their options, it can’t be a good sign for undrafted college agent Austin McNamara that the team is bringing in yet another punter in Ryan Rehkow after just two camp practices.
MIAMI DOLPHINS DAY 3 PRACTICE REPORT: THE BEST VERSION OF TUA TAGOVAILOA
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Is a Tua Tagovailoa contract extension close? Or did the Miami Dolphins‘ QB1 simply want to show everyone what they would be missing if he ultimately walks?
No matter his motivation, Tagovailoa’s decision to end his hold-in (at least for now) and participate fully in Friday’s Dolphins training camp practice made for some high-level production by Mike McDaniel’s offense.
Yet Another Approach From Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa
Quarterback Report
A day after doing nothing in practice in protest of his stalled contract extension negotiations, Tagovailoa did everything — including 11-on-11s.
And he was lights out.
His biggest highlight came on the first snap of team drills when he found a wide-open Tyreek Hill for a 70-yard touchdown pass off play-action.
Hill got behind Jalen Ramsey on a vertical route, a rare breakdown by the Dolphins’ star cornerback that he didn’t take lightly. During a break in action later in the morning, Ramsey, Hill, and McDaniel had a long and animated conversation, presumably about the play in question.
What should be really encouraging for the Dolphins (and Tua’s agent): That probably wasn’t even Tagovailoa’s best throw of the day. That came later when he delivered a marvelous anticipation pass to Hill that left Dolphins defenders shaking their heads.
“I was like, ‘Dude!’” Dolphins linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. said. “It was a play that the MIKE linebacker — I’m just happy that I wasn’t in there — but the MIKE linebacker should be there, but he threw the ball before, you know, I think Tyreek was even at his break.
“You see what he brings to the table, you see what he means to this team. How he pumps up the offense. They know, you know, he’s out there, it’s just a different, different feeling, man.
“You love everybody. You love all the quarterbacks, but it’s a different feeling when 1 is in there, and I think the guys feel that.”
So is Tua back for good (perhaps signaling progress in contract talks)? Or will he resume his hold-in when the team returns to practice on Sunday?
Check back Sunday.
Injury Report
The first week of 2024 training camp went far better than the early days of 2023 camp, simply because the team avoided major injury. Jalen Ramsey mangled his knee in Day 2 last year, costing him half the season.
There have been no major issues so far in 2024, and the Dolphins are determined to keep it that way. They have a number of key veterans on a maintenance program, giving them off days to keep them fresh and healthy.
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On Friday, tackle Terron Armstead and running back Raheem Mostert took a seat.
“You’re trying to disperse veterans so that no one position is put out of sorts or left vulnerable by lack of legs, thereby making their position group vulnerable to injury,” McDaniel explained.
“It’s all very strategic. Trust me. It’s not just me involved in those plannings. That takes a whole team that when they bring the best ideas and the good ideas, I co-sign those and make them my own.”
Stock Up
Competition really does bring out the best in everyone. Jordan Poyer has responded to the arrival of Marcus Maye by having an excellent camp. He had blanket coverage during the first 1-on-1 drills of the summer, breaking up a pass one of the times he was targeted.
River Cracraft seems well on his way to earning a Dolphins roster spot for the third straight year. Long a McDaniel favorite, Cracraft has had a strong camp, catching a deep ball in 7-on-7s.
Stock Down
Aaron Brewer will be the Dolphins’ Week 1 starter, but he definitely needs more reps snapping to Tua between now and the opener. He had multiple mistakes in the center-quarterback exchange Friday.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
AUBURN GETS COMMITMENT FROM PAIR OF 2026 BLUE CHIPS ON DEFENSE
Auburn landed commitments Saturday from two four-star prospects from Alabama in the Class of 2026.
Linebacker Shadarius Toodle, from Cottage Hill Christian Academy, and edge Hezekiah Harris, from Jemison High School in Huntsville, announced their commitment while attending Big Cat Weekend, Auburn’s annual recruiting event.
Toodle is ranked by the 247Sports composite as the No. 5 linebacker and the No. 67 player in the class overall. Harris is the No. 4 edge rusher and No. 30 overall.
“It’s just the atmosphere,” Toodle told Auburn Undercover about his decision to commit to Auburn. “I loved it every time I came up here. I’ve been up here like four times. My family loves it. Got to talk with Coach (Hugh) Freeze, got to talk with the staff and they just made me feel at home.”
He continued: “It’s the best decision I’ve ever made.”
NBA NEWS
SUNS SIGN TYUS JONES TO 1-YEAR DEAL, ADDING POINT GUARD TO AID TEAM’S ALL-STAR TRIO
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have signed Tyus Jones on a one-year deal, adding a point guard to play with the team’s All-Star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.
Jones released a statement to ESPN confirming the deal and the player’s agency, LIFT Sports Management, reposted the statement.
The 6-foot-1 Jones is entering his 10th season in the league and averaged 12 points and 7.3 assists per game for the Washington Wizards last season. Jones also spent four seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves and another four with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Jones shot 49% from the field last season, including 41% from 3-point range. He has a chance to start for the Suns, giving them the true point guard they lacked last season when they were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Timberwolves.
GOLF NEWS
JHONATTAN VEGAS FIRES 63 TO TAKE LEAD AT 3M OPEN
Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas birdied six of the final eight holes for an 8-under-par 63 to surge into the lead after three rounds of the 3M Open on Saturday at Blaine, Minn.
Matt Kuchar’s eagle on No. 18 gave him 63 and a temporary share of first place before Vegas, who’s at 16-under 197, birdied the last hole.
Vegas, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour in seven years, had three birdies in a four-hole stretch to pull into a share of the lead after No. 14 and kept the momentum going.
Kuchar, who hasn’t won in more than five years and is aiming for his 10th career victory on the tour, will be contending in the final round at TPC Twin Cities. He nearly aced the par-3 17th before his final-hole eagle came with a short chip from in front of the green, with the ball bouncing a couple of times before clanking against the pin and dropping into the cup.
Maverick McNealy also shot 63 to move to 14 under, while Patrick Fishburn (63) and Sahith Theegala (66) share fourth place at 12 under.
Canada’s Adam Svensson (66), Matt NeSmith (70) and Australia’s Cam Davis (65) are tied for sixth at 11 under. Among Svensson’s highlights was sinking a shot from a sand trap for a birdie on the par-3 eighth
Canadian Taylor Pendrith, who led after the second round by two strokes, tumbled with a 2-over 73. He had a five-hole stretch at 5 over, ending with a double-bogey 6 at No. 11, though he made it through the last seven holes at 1 under. He’s tied for ninth at 10 under.
Fishburn emerged atop the leaderboard among early finishers before others caught up.
Gary Woodland holed out from the fairway on the par-4 10th for an eagle, but it only contributed to a 74 and he’s at 4 under for the tournament.
The tournament used threesomes Saturday.
Lee Hodges, the 2023 tournament champion, didn’t make the cut at 7 over through two rounds.
ANDY OGLETREE CARDS BOGEY-FREE ROUND TO SEIZE LEAD AT LIV UK
Andy Ogletree tallied six birdies across a bogey-free second round on Saturday to seize a two-shot lead at LIV United Kingdom.
All six of Ogletree’s birdies came amid a 12-hole stretch that began with consecutive ones on Nos. 4 and 5.
“Got off to a little bit of a slow start, made a couple good lag putts on 1 and 3 and then the putter warmed up and played some super solid golf,” Ogletree said. “Bogey-free around this golf course is always a good day, and (I’ll) try and keep that momentum going into tomorrow.”
At 12 under, Ogletree leads Tyrrell Hatton and Cam Smith, who are tied for second at 10 under after they entered Saturday tied for fourth at 5 under.
Hatton parred seven of his first eight holes after starting on No. 2 before rattling off four birdies over his final 10 holes.
“Pretty frustrating start to the round,” Hatton said. “Played some really nice golf and just felt like I was putting to thin air. Didn’t feel like there was actually a hole out there. It took until the 10th hole for a putt to drop, and I kind of gained a little bit of momentum.”
Smith, who also started on the second hole, birdied eight times to override three bogeys, two of which came on Nos. 16 and 17. He and Hatton sit one shot ahead of Paul Casey and Jon Rahm, who are tied for fourth at 9 under. Rahm entered Saturday in first place at 8 under.
John Catlin delivered the day’s most dazzling shot with a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th.
“I actually visualized it before it happened,” Catlin said. “I saw it coming in off that right-hand side, and once it landed and it started coming in. … Right about there, I’m like, well, I think it might have a chance.”
Catlin is tied for 42nd at 1 over after Saturday’s second round.
Abraham Ancer, who entered Saturday even with Ogletree for second at 6 under, slid into a cluster of competitors tied for 14th after shooting 1 over with four bogeys.
Ogletree’s round leaves the Phil Mickelson-captained HyFlyers in a three-way tie for third place at 17 under with Louis Oosthuizen’s Stinger squad and Joaquin Niemann’s Torque team.
The trio sits four shots behind Hatton and the Rahm-led Legion XIII along with Brooks Koepka’s Smash, which are tied for first at 21 under.
HAERAN RYU SLIDES INTO FIRST AT CPKC WOMEN’S OPEN
South Korean Haeran Ryu will be taking a one-shot lead into the fourth and final round of the CPKC Women’s Open after firing an 8-under 64 on Saturday at Earl Grey Golf Club in Calgary.
Ryu collected seven birdies and one eagle against just one bogey to sit at 13-under 203 after 54 holes of action. She swapped spots with second-round leader Lauren Coughlin, who carded a 6-under 66 to fall into second.
It couldn’t have been a much better start for Ryu, as the 23-year-old opened her round with four birdies before making par at No. 5. She then got right back on a roll with another birdie at the par-4 sixth.
After settling for her lone bogey of the day at the par-4 12th, Ryu went birdie-eagle, then closed her round with four pars.
“Every round I just think about, ‘OK, today I just hit under par scores. That is good thing,’” Ryu said. “I want to try to (get) more birdie, but I’m so tired and I’m a little confusing at the putter and the green. That was literally too close, but I try tomorrow again.”
Coughlin stayed in contention by taking the attention away from a pair of bogeys with eight birdies. She too got off to a strong start, birdieing four of her first six holes.
“I played extremely well today. Obviously Haeran played an unbelievable round as well, but I felt like I hung in there really well,” Coughlin said. “(Ryu) was making everything there to start, so I was just trying to stay in my own bubble and not get too into what she was doing as well, which was hard when she’s playing as good as she was.”
Japan’s Mao Saigo had low-round honors with a stunning 11-under 61, moving her into a tie for third with Rose Zhang (66 on Saturday). Saigo’s 61 set the 18-hole tournament record at the CPKC Women’s Open, a mark that had held up since 2009.
“I’m very proud of myself because that was best round probably since I started playing golf,” Saigo said.
Saigo and Zhang are each five strokes off the lead, while Jennifer Kupcho (68) is six shots back in sole possession of fifth.
Lilia Vu (69) and Hannah Green of Australia (71) are T6, and China’s Xiaowen Yin (66) and South Korean Jenny Shin (67) are tied for eighth.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS EXTEND WINNING STREAK TO SEASON-BEST FIVE IN IOWA, 8-5
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Indianapolis Indians utilized a pair of two-out hits in the seventh and eighth innings to extend their winning streak to five games, their longest of the season, in an 8-5 win over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday night at Principal Park.
Knotted at 4-4 in the top of the seventh, the Indians (12-12, 45-52) jumped ahead of the I-Cubs (10-16, 43-58) with a two-run, two-out, two-strike line drive single to right field from Seth Beer against Iowa reliever Frankie Scalzo Jr. (L, 0-3). An inning later, Henry Davis plated two more with an opposite-field single, also coming with two men out. For Davis, his 2-for-5 day extended his hitting streak to eight games, and Saturday marked the seventh of those eight games in which he’s driven in at least one run.
The Indians and I-Cubs traded blows right out of the starting gate, with Liover Peguero plating Davis with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first before Iowa’s Owen Caissie doubled home former Indian Gilberto Celestino a half-inning later. Scoring halted until the bottom of the fourth when Iowa third baseman Fabián Pertuz belted a three-run home run to left center field, but the Indians immediately responded in the top of the fifth with an RBI double from Jake Lamb and a two-run shot from Peguero.
On the hill, Indians starter Luis Cessa (W, 4-4) worked 6.0 innings and struck out six while only issuing one walk. Nick Dombkowski, Michael Plassmeyer, and Connor Sadzeck (S, 2) each worked an inning of relief to tie a bow on the victory.
The five-game winning streak surpasses Indianapolis’ previous season long of four, which they’ve done on three different occasions (4/4-4/6 vs. Memphis, 4/16-4/19 vs. St. Paul, 7/1-7/5 vs. Louisville). With a win on Sunday afternoon, Indianapolis could wrap up their first six-game series sweep since moving to the weekly schedule in 2021.
The Indians and I-Cubs conclude their six-game series on Sunday afternoon at 2:08 PM ET at Principal Park. The pitching matchup will be a rematch of the series opener on Tuesday, with right-hander Domingo Germán (5-4, 3.88) getting the ball for the Indians opposite Iowa’s Kyle McGowin (0-2, 6.57). Indianapolis then returns home for a six-game set with the Toledo Mud Hens at Victory Field beginning on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET.
INDY ELEVEN
RECAP – TUL 0:0 IND
TULSA, Oklahoma (Friday, July 26, 2024) – Indy Eleven and FC Tulsa played to a 0-0 draw on Friday evening at ONEOK Field. The Boys in Blue move to 9-6-5 to remain in fourth place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference, while Tulsa moves to 5-6-7.
A scoreless first half saw Indy Eleven outshoot Tulsa, 4-2, with one chance coming on goal from Aedan Stanley. Tulsa had 53.2% of the possession in the half. The teams traded four shots apiece in the second frame, with Indy getting its second on target from Augi Williams.
Romario Williams and Augi Williams combined for half of Indy’s shots with two apiece, while Hunter Sulte earned his fourth clean sheet of the season.
Indy Eleven stays on the road for its second meeting of the season with Charleston Battery next Friday. The Boys in Blue return home Wednesday, August 7 against Rhode Island FC. Single-game tickets for home matches are available for all matches via Ticketmaster. For more information on all ticket options click here. For questions, please email tickets@indyeleven.com or give us a call at 317.685.1100.
FC Tulsa 0:0 Indy Eleven
Friday, July 26, 2024 – 8:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. CT
ONEOK Field – Tulsa, Oklahoma
2024 USL Championship Records
FC Tulsa: 5-6-7 (-8), 22 pts
Indy Eleven: 9-6-5 (+3), 32 pts
Scoring Summary
None
Discipline Summary
TUL – Phillip Goodrum (caution) 26’
IND – Callum Chapman-Page (caution) 27’
TUL – Edwin Laszo (caution) 47’
TUL – Harvey St Clair (caution) 52’
IND – Adrian Diz Pe (caution) 58’
IND – Josh O’Brien (caution) 72’
IND – Benjamin Ofeimu (caution) 79’
Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley, Adrian Diz Pe, Josh O’Brien, Callum Chapman-Page (Benjamin Ofeimu 60’), Ben Mines (Logan Neidlinger 60’), Cam Lindley (Diego Sanchez 89’), Tyler Gibson (captain), Sebastian Guenzatti (Augi Williams 60’), Douglas Martinez, Romario Williams (Karsen Henderlong 81’)
Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl
FC Tulsa line-up: Johan Penaranda, Owen Damm, Bradley Bourgeois, Alexis Souahy, Harvey St Clair (Patrick Seagrist 85’), Edwin Laszo, Andrew Booth, Diogo Pacheco, Stefan Stojanovic (Faysal Bettache 66’), Boubacar Diallo (Alexander Dalou 75’), Phillip Goodrum
FC Tulsa Subs: Michael Creek, Sebastian Sanchez, Santiago Sanchez, Rashid Tetteh, Milo Yosef
INDIANA SWIMMING
RESULTS, NOTES FROM THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Twenty Indiana University athletes and coaches are participating in the 2024 Paris Games July 27-Aug. 10.
IU athletics will update this story each day.
SATURDAY, JULY 27
Incoming transfer Matt King became an Olympic Champion in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle Saturday at the La Defense Arena. King was a member of the preliminary relay that earned a spot in the final before giving way to the evening quartet of Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caleb Dressel.
In the same event, Rafael Miroslaw led Germany to two national records on the way to a seventh place finish. The Germans went 3:13.15 in the morning and 3:12.29 in the final, as Miroslaw produced the quartet’s fastest splits in each race (47.87, 47.66).
Miroslaw and three more Hoosiers resume action in the pool Sunday. Lilly King kicks off her Olympic program in the 100-meter breaststroke during the preliminary session at 5 a.m. ET. King’s Indiana Swim Club teammate, Lithuanian Kotryna Teterevkova will join her in the 100 breast. IU junior Kai Van Westering is slated to race the 100-meter backstroke, and Miroslaw will compete in the 200 free.
NOTRE DAME SWIMMING
GUILIANO WINS GOLD WITH TEAM USA 4X100 FREE RELAY
Chris Guiliano is an Olympic gold medalist.
The rising Irish senior swam the second leg of the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay on Saturday evening at Paris La Défense Arena and finished with the first gold medal for Team USA in Paris. The Americans were the favorite on paper despite finishing fourth in the preliminary heats. The group of Jack Alexy, Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel blew the field away and finished in 3:09.28, just over a second off of the world record.
Guiliano grabbed the lead for Team USA with a split of 47.33 after a quick reaction time of 0.11, which was the fastest of the four Americans.
The Pennsylvania native has at least four events remaining in Paris: 50, 100 and 200 free plus the 4×200 free relay. Up next, he has the 200 free heats on Sunday morning at 5 a.m. ET.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
FIVE IRISH READY FOR PARIS OLYMPICS
The 2024 Olympic Games officially kicked off on Friday night, and five current or former Notre Dame women’s basketball players are in Paris and preparing for their moment in the biggest stage.
Natalie Achonwa — Canada (Notre Dame ’14)
Achonwa is the most veteran of the group, as the 2024 Olympics are her fourth. She is the first Canadian women’s basketball player to appear in four Games. The team placed eighth in London (2012), seventh in Rio (2016) and ninth in Tokyo (2021). She is a Senior Women’s National Team captain.
Lauren Ebo — Nigeria (Notre Dame ’23)
The Washington, D.C., native finished her collegiate career as a graduate student at Notre Dame in 2022-23. She averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds over 28 games while in South Bend, and this is her first Olympic appearance.
Jewell Loyd — USA
Loyd, a former No. 1 overall WNBA draft selection by the Storm in 2015, still plays for Seattle. She is looking to win her second gold medal in the women’s 5×5 after earning her first in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Cassandre Prosper — Canada (Notre Dame ’25)
Prosper is the sole Irish representative who is still in South Bend, as she is entering her third season under Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey. She is a first-time Olympian but is no stranger to the international scene; the Montreal native won a pair of bronze medals last year at the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup and the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup.
Jackie Young — United States
Another former No. 1 overall WNBA draft pick, Young is currently a guard for the back-to-back WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces. She is seeking her second gold medal in as many Olympics, having won a gold medal with Team USA in the 3×3 in Tokyo.
Women’s basketball in Paris kicks off with group play on July 29. A full group play schedule for each of the three aforementioned teams is below.
United States —
GAME 1: USA v. JAPAN
Monday, July 29 at 3 p.m. ET on USA
GAME 2: USA v. BELGIUM
Thursday, August 1 at 3 p.m. ET on USA
GAME 3: USA v. GERMANY
Sunday, August 4 at 11:15 a.m. ET on USA
Canada —
GAME 1: CANADA v. FRANCE
Monday, July 29 at 11:15 a.m. ET on Peacock
GAME 2: CANADA v. AUSTRALIA
Thursday August 1 at 7:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
GAME 3: CANADA v. NIGERIA
Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
Nigeria —
GAME 1: NIGERIA v. AUSTRALIA
Monday, July 29 at 5 a.m. ET on Peacock
GAME 2: NIGERIA v. FRANCE
Thursday, August 1 at 11:15 a.m. ET on Peacock
GAME 3: NIGERIA v. CANADA
Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
The quarterfinals, semifinals and gold medal match will take place on August 7, 9 and 11, respectively. Team USA has won the last eight gold medals and has not lost an Olympic game since 1992.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
9 – 1 – 13 – 46 – 11 – 3
July 28, 1940 – New York Yankees Number 9 Charlie Keller hit 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
July 28, 1957 – Chicago White Sox’ James Landis, Number 1 struck out 5 times in a game
July 28, 1976 – Chicago White Sox John Odom Number 13 combined his 5 innings on the mound with those of teammate Francisco Barrios Number 46 and his 4 innings no-hit the Oakland A’s lineup
July 28, 1979 – Dave Kingman, Number 10 of the Chicago Cubs became the 6th player in MLB history to have a 2nd 3 HR game
July 28, 1985 – Lou Brock (Number 24), Enos Slaughter (Number 9) , Arky Vaughan (Number 21), & Hoyt Wilhelm (Number 31) were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
July 28, 1989 – Atlanta Braves Dale Murphy, Number 3 hit two 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also tied record of 6 RBIs in an inning
July 28, 1989 – St Louis Cardinals’ speedster Vince Coleman, Number 29 was fianally caught stealing as his record streak at of 50 attempts without an out ends
July 28, 1991 – Dennis Martínez, Number 32 of the Montreal Expos pitched the 13th perfect game in baseball history
July 28, 1993 – Seattle Mariner Number 24, Ken Griffey Jr. ibecame the 3rd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 8 straight games
July 28, 1994 – Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers, Number 37 threw the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
July 28, 1996 – NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry, Number 39 hit his 300th career HR
July 28, 1923 – Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos franchise forms and plays in the League from 1923 through 1927.
July 28, 1923 – The St. Louis All-Stars franchise is recognized by the NFL and plays just in the 1923 season in the League.
July 28, 1929 – According to author Scott Adamson the Chicago Cardinals became the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.
July 28, 1929 – According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame the NFL announced that they would be adding a fourth official to the field during scheduled regular season games.
July 28, 1933 – The NFL divided into two divisions for the first time per Yahoo.com. Before that, the team with the best overall record would be declared the League Champions. This caused issues that got sticky on more than one occasion. The year prior though in 1932 the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans were neck and neck in the standings each finished the regular season with identical .857 winning percentages. George Halas wanted no part of a shared title so he challenged the Spartans to a final game in Chicago that would settle the score. The winner would be the champs and the loser would fall to third place behind Green Bay. The game was moved indoors to a modified field size and the Bears controversially won of course over Portsmouth who was missing their star player and quarterback, Dutch Clark. The Bears won 9-0. The new Eastern Division consisted of the Boston Redskins, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Western Division consisted of the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Green Bay Packers, and Portsmouth Spartans.
July 28, 1972 – At the Chicago College All-Star game played at Soldier Field, the Dallas Cowboys, the defending Super Bowl Champs, knocked down the college upstarts 20-7 before a crowd of 54,162. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be Pat Sullivan the quarterback from Auburn University.
July 28, 1995 – Art Modell sends representatives to secretly talk with those in Baltimore about moving his then Cleveland Browns franchise to the Maryland city.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for July 28
July 28, 1893 – John O’Hearn was an end from Cornell University and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He went on to play in the NFL in 1920 with the Cleveland Tigers and he spent the 1921 season with the Buffalo All-Americans. John’s brother Ed played for Buffalo that season of 1921 as well.
July 28, 1943 – Larry Elkins was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994 as a WR out of Baylor University. Larry held many of the top receiving records at Baylor. In 1963 he had 70 receptions and in 1962 he returned a punt 92 yards for a score. In 1965 Mr. Elkins was the first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers as well as the 2nd overall draft pick of the AFL’s Houston Oilers, just after the Jets picked Joe Namath. He ended up accepting the offer from the Oilers and spent four seasons there. Injuries plagued his pro career as he joined the NFL’s Steelers in 1969, earned the starting job, and then broke his collar bone in a pre-season game.
July 28, 1957 – Charles Alexander was a halfback out of LSU. In 2012 the College Football Hall of Fame inducted him into their ranks.
Not Yet in the Hall of Fame
July 28, 1978 – Hillcrest Heights, Maryland – Linebacker Julian Peterson from Michigan State from 1998 through 1999 was born. Julian was selected as the 16th overall player taken by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2000 NFL Draft. He also played for the Seahawks and Lions during his NFL career per Yahoo.com. Julian played in 5 Pro Bowls and earned All-Pro honors three times in this tenure in the League. For his career, Peterson had 802 combined tackles with 595 of them being of the solo variety, 51.5 sacks, 8 interceptions, 53 passes defended, and 1 defensive touchdown.
July 28, 1988 – Millington, Tennessee – Defensive end Greg Hardy who played at Mississippi from 2006 through the 2009season was born. According to an article on Yahoo.com Hardy was selected as the 175th overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 2010 NFL Draft. He also played for the Dallas Cowboys. Greg’s career stats include 241 total tackles with 165 of them being solo, 40 sacks, one pick, and eight forced fumbles. Hardy was a Pro Bowl selection and a Second-team All-Pro in 2013. He set a Panthers franchise record for most sacks in a season in 2013 with 15.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
July 28
1890 Giants hurler Mickey Welch joins Pud Galvin and Tim Keefe in becoming baseball’s third hurler to record his 300th victory. After today’s 4-2 victory over Pittsburgh, the 31-year-old Brooklyn native will win only seven more games before ending his 13-year career next season.
1943 In a Red Cross charity game, Babe Ruth leads the Yank-Lands, a club featuring former Yankees and Indians, against the Cloudbusters, a U.S. Navy team from the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill Naval Pre-Flight School. ‘The Bambino,’ appearing as a pinch-hitter in his only plate appearance in the 8-5 loss to the servicemen at Yankee Stadium, is walked by a 25-year-old Navy pilot trainee and Boston Braves right-hander Johnny Sain.
1952 The seventh-place Reds dismiss manager Luke Sewell, replacing him with the recently released skipper of the Browns, Rogers Hornsby. While the ‘Rajah’ takes a week to review the Cincinnati farm system, coach Earle Brucker will take over the team on an interim basis.
1962 After disappearing to use the restroom with Gene Conley when the Red Sox bus got stuck in New York traffic two days ago, infielder Pumpsie Green shows up in the team’s hotel in Washington D.C., having missed a doubleheader loss to the Senators. The prodigal infielder is fined $500 for his disappearance, while his teammate, who will return on June 30, remains AWOL.
1962 One hundred and three miles west of Philadelphia, the Phillies Special, a train carrying fans to the game, derails 3.7 miles east of Harrisburg, killing 19 and leaving 105 injured. Fourteen adjoining rows of empty seats along Connie Mack Stadium’s first-base line become conspicuous as 12,450 spectators watch the home team beat the cross-state rival Pirates, 9-2.
1963 Dick Ellsworth strikes out Cardinals’ left fielder Stan Musial three times in the Cubs’ 5-1 victory at Wrigley Field. It will be the only time ‘Stan the Man’ is whiffed three times in a game during his 22-year career, a span of 3,026 contests.
1964 During a 3-1 victory over the Yankees in New York, Angel infielder Jim Fregosi becomes the first player to complete the cycle in the three-plus years of the franchise’s existence. The Los Angeles shortstop will repeat the feat in 1968, making it the second occurrence in club history.
1967 The Indians break a five-game losing streak when Tony Horton hits a walk-off homer leading off the bottom of the 12th inning. The first baseman’s round-tripper breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Steve Hargan and Orioles’ right-hander Moe Drabowsky, who allows only six hits in the extra-inning contest at Cleveland Stadium.
1970 At Anaheim Stadium, Angels’ catcher Tom Egan has a tough day when he allows five passed balls on pitches thrown by three Halo hurlers. The California backstop also commits a sixth-inning error, allowing the eventual winning run to score in a 6-5 loss to the Yankees.
1971 Orioles’ third baseman Brooks Robinson, a sixteen-time Gold Glove winner, commits three errors. Thanks to Frank Robinson’s ninth-inning three-run walk-off home run off Rollie Fingers, the Orioles prevail and beat the A’s, 3-2.
1976 White Sox pitchers John ‘Blue Moon’ Odom (5 innings) and reliever Francisco Barrios (4 innings) combined to no-hit the A’s, 2-1. The victory will be the Chicago starter’s last of his 84 in the major leagues.
1978 At Candlestick Park, the Giants beat the Cubs 9-8 in a game that began at Wrigley Field. The Chicago contest, interrupted three times by rain, was suspended with a man on first and two out in the top of the eighth inning because of darkness.
1979 Cubs’ slugger Dave Kingman, who hit a pair of round-trippers yesterday, becomes the sixth player in major league history to hit three home runs in one game twice in the same season. Sky King’s trio of long flies isn’t enough when Chicago drops the Shea Stadium contest to the Mets, 6-4.
1983 American League president Lee MacPhail upholds the Royals’ protest, ruling George Brett’s ‘Pine Tar’ home run should count. The game resumes on August 18, continuing from the point of the third baseman’s controversial round-tripper, with the Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4.
1985 The Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees Cardinal outfielder Lou Brock, Country Enos Slaughter, infielder Arky Vaughan, and right-handed reliever Hoyt Wilhelm. ‘Old Sarge’ becomes the first pitcher inducted because of his role as a relief pitcher.
1985 Darrell Evans’s home run, a sixth-inning solo blast off Ken Schrom, proves to be the difference when the Tigers beat Minnesota at the Metrodome, 3-2. The Detroit third baseman’s 300th career round-tripper comes on a 3-0 pitch at exactly 3:00 pm.
1990 At Candlestick Park, Giants’ hurler Scott Garrelts is perfect, putting away the first 26 Reds batters he faces. Paul O’Neill’s two-out single to shallow center field in the ninth inning breaks up the no-hitter, and the right-hander ends up with a one-hit 4-0 blanking of Cincinnati.
1991 Expos right-hander Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game, defeating Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. Ron Hassey becomes the first backstop ever to catch two perfect games, as he also was behind the plate on May 15, 1981, when Indian hurler Len Barker faced 27 batters, beating the Blue Jays, 3-0.
1993 Facing Willie Banks in a 5-1 loss to the Twins at the Kingdome, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. homers in his eighth straight game to tie a major league record established by Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987). Junior barely misses breaking the record in tomorrow’s game when he hits a long double off the right-center field wall at the Kingdome.
1993 “That wasn’t even a big monkey that was on my back. It was a zoo. The guys treated it like I had won a World Series game for them.” – ANTHONY YOUNG, commenting on his teammates’ reaction to the end of his 27-game losing streak. After a shaky one-inning relief performance, in which he gave up the go-ahead run, Anthony Young’s record-setting 27-game losing streak comes to an abrupt end when the Mets scored twice in the ninth for a 5-4 walk-off victory over Florida at Shea Stadium. The infamous string of bad luck covered 81 appearances over two seasons, including 14 losses as a starter and 13 as a reliever.
1994 Kenny Rogers hurls the 12th perfect game in modern major league history and becomes the first American League left-hander to accomplish the feat when he beats the Angels, 4-0. The Rangers’ southpaw throws the fifth no-hitter in franchise history, being the first to do it perfectly.
1995 The Yankees trade Danny Tartabull to the A’s for Jason Beverlin and Ruben Sierra. Oakland’s newest outfielder signed a lucrative free-agent deal worth more than $5 million a year with New York after the 1991 season, never producing offensively on the level he played with Kansas City.
1995 The Yankees obtain David Cone from the Blue Jays in exchange for Marty Janzen and two minor leaguers, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon. The trade for the right-hander, considered one of the best deals in franchise history, will be an essential piece of the team’s success in the late nineties.
1996 Darryl Strawberry’s 300th career round-tripper is a dramatic ninth-inning, two-run dinger, which gives the Yankees a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Royals. The 34-year-old ‘Straw’ will finish his stormy 17-year major league career with 335, hitting 75% of his round-trippers as a member of New York’s other team, the Mets.
1998 After setting the record yesterday for hitting the most home runs before getting a grand slam, Sammy Sosa hits another today in the Cubs’ 7-5 loss to Arizona at Bank One Ballpark. The Chicago slugger becomes the 18th major leaguer to hit a bases-loaded homer on consecutive days.
2000 Unable to win in four months, David Cone is sent to the team’s minor league camp in Tampa by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. The struggling veteran will be under the supervision of Billy Connors, the Yankees’ vice president of player personnel.
2000 The Mets have a busy day on the trading block, obtaining Oriole shortstop Mike Bordick for utility players Melvin Mora and Mike Kinkade and minor pitchers Lesli Brea and Pat Gorman. A few hours later, New York completes a four-player deal with the Devil Rays, receiving reliever Rick White and outfielder Bubba Trammell in exchange for minor leaguers Jason Tyner and Paul Wilson.
2001 Oriole outfielder Melvin Mora’s wife, Gisel, gives birth to quintuplets. The three boys and two girls, weighing under two and a half pounds each, are doing well.
2001 With two outs in the ninth inning at PNC Park, Brian Giles erases a three-run deficit with a walk-off grand slam, defeating an astounded Astros squad, 9-8. Houston’s All-Star closer, Billy Wagner, gives up the Pittsburgh left fielder’s ‘Sayonara Slam.’
2002 During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow playing in the background and with a copy of The Wizard of Oz in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy’s away trip from Kansas. The 47-year-old, citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with the Cardinals and Padres, tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage to persevere, which the Lion lacked.
2002 The Giants trade two minor league pitchers, right-hander Felix Diaz and left-hander Ryan Meaux, to obtain veteran center fielder Kenny Lofton from the White Sox. The 35-year-old outfielder will finish the season with the second-place club, hitting .267 in 46 games before signing as a free agent with the Pirates.
2002 Gary Sheffield’s team record of reaching base ends at 52 straight games in the Braves’ 7-1 loss to the Phillies at Turner Field. The Atlanta right fielder surpassed Dale Murphy’s previous mark of 48 consecutive contests.
2004 Troy Percival strikes out Alfonso Soriano and gets Mark Teixeira to ground out to nail down a 2-0 Angels victory over Texas in Anaheim. The 34-year-old right-hander becomes the 18th major league closer to record 300 career saves and the fifth-fastest to reach the milestone.
2005 At Whataburger Field, a trio of pitchers of Frisco RoughRiders (Rangers-AA) hurls nine perfect innings to beat the hometown Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros-AA), 3-0. A.J. Murray (6), Steve Karsay (2), and Scott Feldman (1) combine to throw only the third nine-inning perfect game, the first by a combination of hurlers, in the 117-year history of the Texas League.
2006 The Brewers have a busy day wheeling and dealing as the team sends All-Star left-fielder Carlos Lee and a minor league outfielder to the Rangers and acquire third baseman David Bell from the Phillies in separate deals. The Brew Crew gets reliever Francisco Cordero, fly chasers Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix, and a minor league southpaw from Texas and trade Class A right-hander Wilfrido Laureano to Philadelphia to get their new infielder.
2006 In an 8-7 loss to the Diamondbacks at Minute Maid Park, Luke Scott becomes the first rookie and sixth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. The Houston 28-year-old right-fielder, who had a three-run homer in the fourth, a fifth-inning triple, and a double in the seventh inning, completes the rare feat with a two-out single in the 11th inning.
2007 With the help of two day-night doubleheaders, MLB establishes a new daily attendance record when 717,478 go through the turnstiles for the 17 games played on Saturday. The former mark of 640,412, set on July 3, 1999, was accomplished with the same number of games played.
2011 The Mets acquire 21-year-old right-hander Zack Wheeler, a top minor league prospect, from the Giants in exchange for outfielder Carlos Beltran and cash considerations. New York bid farewell to their All-Star outfielder, who batted .289 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in the final season of his seven-year deal with the team.
2011 With their 10-9 victory, the visiting Mets complete a four-game sweep in Cincinnati for the first time in franchise history. The Great American Ball Park victory is especially rewarding because Carlos Beltran, the team’s best offensive player, was traded to San Francisco during the series.
2012 Ike Davis drives in all of the runs in the Mets’ 6-3 loss in Arizona when he becomes the ninth player in franchise history to hit three home runs in a game. The New York first baseman joins Steve Finley (2004, Diamondbacks), Eddie Murray (1980, Orioles), and Clyde McCullough (1942, Cubs) as only the fourth player in baseball history to account for all three of his team’s runs with solo homers in a defeat.
2013 After being elected by the Pre-Integration Veterans Committee in December, the induction of Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert, 19th-century backstop Deacon White, and umpire Hank O’Day marks the first time the Hall of Fame ceremony doesn’t include a living selection. The last time all the inductees were posthumously honored happened in 1968, with the enshrinement of Pud Galvin, the game’s first 300-game winner, 63 years after his death.
2017 In his second appearance with the independent San Rafael Pacifics, 37-year-old southpaw Lou Evans sings the Star-Spangled Banner, becoming the first starting pitcher in professional baseball to perform the National Anthem before taking the mound. The 2001 Marlins’ nineteenth-round draft pick will retire after the game, ending his comeback from a 12-year hiatus due to injuries.
2023 In a 5-1 victory over the Nationals at Citi Field, Pete Alonso homers twice, becoming the second player in Mets history with four 30-homer seasons. The 28-year-old first baseman joins Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza in accomplishing the feat for the team.
July 29
1908 Rube Waddell fans sixteen of his former teammates when the Browns defeat the A’s at Sportsman’s Park, 5-4. During the off-season, Philadelphia’s owner/manager, a frustrated Connie Mack, traded his talented but free-spirit hurler to St. Louis.
1911 In the first game of a twin bill at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, Red Sox right-hander Joe Wood whiffs twelve Browns en route to a 5-0 no-hitter. ‘Smokey,’ a nickname coined due to his blazing fastball, throws the fifth hitless game in franchise history and the last accomplished in the Boston ballpark.
1911 The Giants establish a franchise mark with nine stolen bases in the team’s 8-0 rout of the Redbirds at Robison Field in St. Louis. Eight different New York players contribute to the record, with seven of the nine bags pilfered off Cardinals backstop Jack Bliss.
1915 Pirates’ third baseman Honus Wagner reaches Robins hurler Jeff Pfeffer for a grand slam in the eighth inning, helping Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn at Forbes Field, 8-2. The inside-the-park round-tripper makes the 41-year-old infielder the oldest player to hit a home run with the bases full, a record that will last until 1985.
1919 At Navin Field, Dutch Leonard decides to pitch around Bob Roth with two outs in the ninth inning to face Babe Ruth. Although the Boston slugger, who has already reached the Detroit southpaw with two doubles, responds by tying an American League record with his ninth homer of the month and sixteenth of the season, the Tigers prevail, 10-8.
1928 The Indians follow their eight-run first inning with nine more tallies in the next frame of their 24-6 rout of the Yankees at Dunn Field. The Tribe’s third baseman, Johnny Hodapp, collects two singles in the second and sixth frames.
1938 On the WGN’s White Sox pregame radio show, Yankee outfielder Jake Powel responds to a Bob Elson question concerning his offseason employment as a Dayton, Ohio policeman, quips, “I crack n*****s on the head.” Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis downplays the incident, describing the ballplayer’s comments as acting not “intentionally, but carelessly,” and will suspend the reserve flychaser for ten days.
1944 Annabelle Lee, the aunt of future major leaguer Bill Lee, pitches the first of five perfect games in the 12-year history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Minneapolis Millerettes southpaw knuckleballer, who will toss a no-hitter for the Fort Wayne Daisies precisely one year from this date, doesn’t allow any batters to reach first base in the 18-0 rout of the Kenosha (WI) Comets.
1955 Smoky Burgess hits three home runs and drives in nine runs in the Reds’ 16-5 rout of Pittsburgh at Crosley Field. In addition to his grand slam and pair of two-run round-trippers, the Cincinnati catcher also collects a run-scoring single.
1968 At Connie Mack Stadium, Reds’ right-hander George Culver faces 34 batters, throws a no-hitter, and beats the Phillies, 6-1. Philadelphia tallies an unearned run in the second inning when Dick Allen reaches base on a throwing error by the third baseman, goes to second on another miscue on the same play, and gets to third base on a groundout before scoring on a sacrifice fly.
1969 Eighteen years after his last game, Major League Baseball proclaims Joe DiMaggio as its greatest living player, a title the Yankee Clipper would proudly embrace until he died in 1999. Sportswriters determined the controversial nickname, considering Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron are among many worthy candidates, in a poll to coincide with professional baseball’s centennial.
1978 The Yankee Stadium crowd is pleasantly surprised as recently resigned manager Billy Martin returns to join in on the Old Timers’ Day festivities. Much to their delight, the fans respond with a seven-minute standing ovation when informed ‘Billy the Kid’ will return as the team’s skipper in 1980.
1983 Due to a dislocated thumb suffered in a collision at home plate in an attempt to score in the first game of the Padres’ doubleheader against Atlanta, first baseman Steve Garvey’s consecutive game streak ends in the nightcap at 1,207. At the time, the span is the third-longest in major league history without missing a game.
1986 Sparky Anderson, the first manager to win the World Series in each league, also becomes the first to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues when Detroit beats the Brewers, 9-5. The future Hall of Fame skipper finishes with a 2194-1834 (.545) record during his 26 years with Reds and Tigers, capturing five Pennants and three World Series.
1988 The Orioles deal pitcher Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling. Boddicker will have two successful years with Boston, and Anderson will become a productive leadoff hitter for Baltimore, with Schilling becoming one of baseball’s most dominant pitchers of his era.
1988 After home plate umpire Mike Reilly doesn’t grant his request for a time-out, Bo Jackson recovers to hit a home run despite not being set in the batter’s box when the pitch is delivered. The Royals left fielder’s fourth-inning three-run poke off Jeff Ballard contributes to Kansas City’s 6-3 victory over Baltimore at Memorial Stadium.
1989 The White Sox trade left fielder Fred Manrique and franchise home run leader Harold Baines to the Rangers for outfielders Scott Fletcher, Sammy Sosa, and southpaw Wilson Alvarez. Three seasons later, the Pale Hose will send Slammin’ Sammy to the Cubs, where the Dominican slugger will hit 545 home runs during his 13-year stay with their crosstown rivals.
1989 During a Veterans Stadium pregame ceremony, the Phillies retire Lefty’s jersey #32 on Steve Carlton Night, which features the future Hall of Famer receiving a ring with his uniform digits in diamonds and a trip around the world for his family. After being traded from the Cardinals in 1972, the left-hander posted 241 wins (1st in franchise history), compiled 3,031 strikeouts (1st), and threw 39 shutouts (2nd) during his 15-year tenure with the team.
1989 Rickey Henderson steals five bases and scores four runs without getting an official time at-bat. The improbable offensive output occurs when the A’s leadoff hitter is issued four bases-on-balls by Randy Johnson, the winner in the M’s 14-6 victory at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
1996 After a mild heart attack last month, Tommy Lasorda, the 68-year-old Dodger manager, announces his retirement due to his health. The future Hall of Fame skipper was named the National League Manager of the Year in 1983 and 1988, leading Los Angeles to four pennants and two World Series championships during his 21 seasons at the helm.
1996 Chris Sabo will be suspended for seven games, losing approximately $70,000 in salary, and the Reds will be fined $25,000 due to his use of a doctored bat in today’s 2-1 loss to Houston at Cinergy Field. The Cincinnati third baseman will claim the bat, which was hollowed out and filled with pieces of rubber balls, wasn’t his but one of three offered to him by the batboy after he had broken his bat during a plate appearance in the second inning.
1996 The Mets deal Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza. The trade, one of the worst in franchise history, will be a bust when Baerga hits only .267 in three non-productive seasons in the Big Apple, and Kent goes on to win an MVP award and posts Hall of Fame numbers for a second baseman during his 17-year tenure in the major leagues.
1998 Jon Garland, the Cubs’ first-round draft pick last season, is traded in a deadline deal for White Sox reliever Matt Karchner, who will struggle with a 5.14 ERA in 29 appearances for the crosstown rivals. The Pale Hose’s rookie right-hander will spend his first eight seasons with the South Siders, compiling a 92-81 (.532) record and an ERA of 4.41 for his new team.
2000 The Brewers hold Bob Wickman All-Star Poster Night a day after the team trades him along with Jason Bere and Steve Woodard to the Indians for a player to be named later (Marco Scutaro), Kane Davis, Paul Rigdon, and Richie Sexson. The Brew Crew distributes 30,000 pictures of their former closer, a member of the team for the past five seasons, on a night they are routed by the Rockies, 10-2, with Rigdon, one of the players in the trade, allowing four runs on seven hits over five innings in his Milwaukee debut.
2000 Recently acquired from Baltimore, the new Mets make a good first impression. Mike Bordick goes 2-for-3, including a home run on the first pitch he sees with the team. Rick White pitches a scoreless inning to get the win, and the other newcomer, Bubba Trammell, will homer in his first at-bat in his Met debut tomorrow.
2000 The White Sox trade catcher Brook Fordyce and three minor league pitchers to the Orioles for backstop Charles Johnson and designated hitter Harold Baines. The deal brings Baines, who will retire after playing a part-time role with the team for two seasons, back to Chicago, where he played a dozen of the most productive years of his 22-year tenure in the major leagues.
2000 With two outs in the ninth inning at Olympic Stadium, Eddie Taubensee knots the score at 3-3 with his game-tying home run off Expos starting pitcher Javier Vazquez. The Reds catcher then homers again in the 11th off Julio Santana for the game-winner in Cincinnati’s 4-3 win over Montreal.
2001 Texas rookie Craig Monroe homers in his first major league game, going deep in his second at-bat off Joe Kennedy. The 24-year-old right fielder’s fifth-inning blast contributes to the Rangers’ 2-0 victory over the Devil Rays at The Ballpark in Arlington.
2002 “To protect the game we all love and have given so much to, we suggest you agree to a qualified mediator that will allow you to find the common ground necessary to avoid a work stoppage.” – TEXT FROM 40 HALL OF FAMERS, sent to Bud Selig and Donald Fehr. A letter signed by 40 Hall of Famers and sent to baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr urges all sides ‘to protect the game we all love and have given so much to, we suggest you agree to a qualified mediator that will allow you to find the common ground necessary to avoid a work stoppage” is released. The former outstanding players, including Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays, and Warren Spahn, believe another work stoppage in baseball would be a terrible mistake.
2002 After playing the annual Hall of Fame exhibition game in Cooperstown, the White Sox and the Rockies announce a trade that sends veteran catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. to Colorado and class A minor-league right-hander Enemencio Pacheco to Chicago.
2002 The Phillies trade 27-year-old third baseman Scott Rolen and minor league reliever Doug Nickle to the Cardinals in exchange for infielder Placido Polanco, southpaw Bud Smith, and reliever Mike Timlin. The former Philadelphia third sacker reportedly rejected a ten-year pact estimated to be worth $140 million due to his feud with manager Larry Bowa.
2003 Bill Mueller becomes the first switch-hitter to blast two grand slams in the same game, batting left and right-handed. Not known for his power, the Red Sox third baseman, batting eighth in the Boston lineup, also goes deep in the third inning, collecting 9 RBIs in the team’s 14-7 victory over the Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington.
2004 In a 10-1 victory over the Expos, Eric Valent becomes the eighth player in franchise history to complete the cycle. After singling in the second, doubling in the third, and homering in the fifth, the Mets’ utility player triples in the seventh to join Phillies David Bell, Pirates Daryle Ward, and Chad Moeller of the Brewers to accomplish the feat this season.
2006 With a 19-6 rout of the Yankees at the Stadium, the Devil Rays tie a franchise record for runs. Batting last, Tampa Bay third baseman Tomas Perez adds to the barrage with four doubles, equaling the major league mark for two baggers in one game.
2006 Julio Franco becomes the oldest player to pinch run when he takes Carlos Delgado’s place on the basepaths after a pitch hits the Mets’ infielder in the fourth inning. The 47-year-old pinch-runner, who will stay in the game to play first, steals second base and advances to third on the catcher’s error in the Mets’ 11-4 win over Atlanta at Turner Field.
2008 With a tip of his helmet, Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the Rangers fans’ ovation for his achievement of reaching 3,000 hits in professional baseball. The 34-year-old Mariners outfielder had collected 1,278 hits with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan’s Pacific League, and his first-inning single off Texas right-hander Luis Mendoza was his 1,722nd hit with Seattle during eight seasons with the team.
2008 In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th consecutive game, establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.
2008 In a surprising pre-deadline trade, the banged-up Braves and the first-place Angels exchange first basemen. Atlanta sends switch-hitting slugger Mark Teixeira, acquired from Texas last July in a seven-player deal that included backstop Jarrod Saltalamacchia, to Los Angeles for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitching prospect Steve Marek.
2009 The first-place Phillies obtain Cliff Lee from the Indians to upgrade their starting rotation. The defending World Champs also get outfielder Ben Francisco in the deal, trading pitching prospects Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp, infielder Jason Donald, and catcher Lou Marson to get last season’s AL Cy Young Award Winner.
2009 The Pirates spend a busy day on the trading block, sending 2006 batting champ Freddy Sanchez to the Giants for 20-year-old former first-round draft pick Tim Alderson, a right-hander with excellent control. The Bucs also deal shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell to the Mariners for shortstop Ronny Cedeno and four minor leaguers, including triple-A catcher-first baseman Jeff Clement.
2009 The Royals play an entire game without registering a single defensive assist for the first time in franchise history in their 7-3 loss to Baltimore at Camden Yards. During Kansas City’s eight innings in the field, the team records 24 outs via nine strikeouts, 13 flyouts, and two unassisted groundouts handled by first baseman Billy Butler.
2010 After Roy Oswalt approves a trade from the Astros to the Phillies, Philadelphia sends J.A. Happ, outfielder Anthony Gose, and shortstop Jonathan Villar to Houston for the three-time All-Star hurler and a considerable amount of cash. The 32-year-old right-hander compiled a respectable 3.24 ERA but posted only a 6-12 record due to a severe lack of run support.
2010 The front-running Padres traded Double-A right-hander Wynn Pelzer to the Orioles to obtain veteran infielder Miguel Tejada. San Diego hopes the 36-year-old former American League Most Valuable Player’s 14 years of major league experience can help the potential playoff team on the field and at the plate.
2010 The Orioles hire 54-year-old Buck Showalter to become the club’s 19th skipper. The two-time American League Manager of the Year (1994 Yankees and 2004 Rangers) took over a team with the worst record in the major leagues, 31-70, guiding Baltimore 11 games over .500 in the remaining 57 games of the season after taking the reins on August 2.
2010 The Twins acquire Matt Capps (3-3, 2.74 ERA, 26/30 saves) and $500,000 from the Nationals for highly touted catching prospect Wilson Ramos and southpaw minor leaguer Joe Testa. Minnesota will use Washington’s only All-Star as its closer, filling a void created during spring training when Joe Nathan underwent Tommy John surgery.
2011 The Phillies acquire Hunter Pence from the last-place Astros for a trio of highly-touted minor leaguers, Jarred Cosart, Jon Singleton, and Josh Zeid. The 28-year-old right-fielder joins Philadelphia with a .309 average, 11 homers, and 62 RBIs.
2013 Jason Giambi (42 years, six months, 22 days) becomes the oldest major leaguer to stroke a walk-off homer, pinch-hitting a two-run blast off Ramon Troncoso in the Indians’ 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the White Sox at Progressive Field. Hank Aaron (42 years, five months, seven days) previously held the distinction with his game-winning round-tripper against Texas on July 11th, 1976.
2014 In the longest game (by time) in Cubs history, John Baker became the first position player to earn a victory since Orioles first baseman Chris Davis accomplished the feat in 2012. In the six-hour and 27-minute marathon played at Wrigley Field, the backup catcher tosses a scoreless 16th inning and then scores the winning run in the bottom of the frame, giving Chicago a 4-3 victory over Colorado.
2016 The Nationals accomplish the first 3-3-5 triple play in major league history when, with the bases loaded, Brandon Crawford lines out to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who steps on the bag for the second out before throwing to third baseman Anthony Rendon to catch Denard Span for the third out. Washington’s eighth-inning triple killing, the team’s first since moving from Montreal twelve years ago, contributes to the first-place club’s 4-2 victory over the Giants at AT&T Park.
2022 In a deadline deal, the Mariners acquire Luis Castillo, sending four prospects to the Reds for the 29-year-old All-Star right-hander. The surging Seattle squad, which recently put together a 14-game winning streak, retains control of their new ace until the end of next season.
July 30
1917 — Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Ossie Vitt, each went 5-for-5 in Detroit’s 16-4 romp over Washington.
1933 — Dizzy Dean struck out 17 Cubs for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat Chicago 8-2.
1947 — The New York Giants defeated Ewell Blackwell and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 in 10 innings, ending Blackwell’s 16-game winning streak.
1959 — Willie McCovey had four hits in four at-bats in his major league debut, with the San Francisco Giants. His hits included two triples in a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1962 — The American League, led by homers from Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito, powered past the National League 9-4, in the second All-Star Game of the year. Wagner of the Angels was named MVP.
1968 — Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still won the game 10-1.
1969 — Houston, behind grand slams by Denis Menke and Jim Wynn, scored 11 runs in the ninth inning to pound the New York Mets 16-3 in a doubleheader opener at Shea Stadium. Mets pitchers Cal Koonce and Ron Taylor gave up the slams, marking the first time this century that two grand slams were hit in the same inning of a National League game.
1973 — Jim Bibby of the Texas Rangers pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s.
1980 — Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome and underwent surgery to remove a blood clot behind his right collarbone.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves returned Chief Noc-A-Homa and his teepee to left field after losing 19 of 21 games and blowing a 10½-game lead. The teepee was removed for more seats. The team recovered to regain first place.
1988 — John Franco of the Cincinnati Reds set a major league record with 13 saves in one month. Franco was tied with Sparky Lyle, Bruce Sutter and Bob Stanley.
1990 — George Steinbrenner was forced to resign as general partner of the New York Yankees by Commissioner Fay Vincent.
2008 — Kelly Shoppach of Cleveland tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the ninth, but Detroit beat the Indians 14-12 in 13 innings. Shoppach had two homers and three doubles.
2009 — A story in the New York Times states that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are among the 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The test results were supposed to be kept secret, but Alex Rodriguez’s presence on the list of those who tested positive had already been leaked earlier this year. Ortiz states that he was not aware he had tested positive six years earlier and denies using steroids.
2011 — The New York Yankees broke loose for 12 runs in the first inning of the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader, setting a franchise record en route to a 17-3 rout of Baltimore.
2012 — Kendrys Morales homered from both sides of the plate during a nine-run sixth inning, capping the burst with a grand slam that sent the Los Angeles Angels romping past the Texas Rangers 15-8. Morales became the third switch-hitter in major league history to homer as a lefty and righty in the same inning. Carlos Baerga did it for Cleveland in 1993 and Mark Bellhorn of the Chicago Cubs duplicated the feat in 2002.
2017 — Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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July 31
1930 — Lou Gehrig drove in eight runs with a grand slam and two doubles, and the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 14-13.
1932 — Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium opened and Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia A’s beat the Indians 1-0 before 76,979 fans.
1934 — The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings at Cincinnati as Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitas both went the distance.
1954 — Joe Adcock hit four home runs and a double to lead the Milwaukee Braves to a 15-7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Adcock’s 18 total bases set a major league record at the time. Adcock homered in the second inning off Don Newcombe, doubled in the third and homered in the fifth off Erv Palica. He connected off Pete Wojey in the seventh and off Johnny Podres in the ninth. Adcock saw only seven pitches and his double off the left-center field fence just missed going out by inches.
1961 — The All-Star Game ended in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park because of heavy rain.
1981 — The second baseball strike ended after 42 days.
1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, won his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.
2002 — Mike Mussina became the second pitcher in major league history to give up six doubles in one inning, during the New York Yankees’ 17-6 loss to Texas. Hall of Famer Lefty Grove allowed that many with Boston in 1934 against Washington.
2003 — John Smoltz broke his own record as the fastest pitcher to record 40 saves by pitching a scoreless ninth in Atlanta’s 7-4 win over Houston. Last year, he got his 40th save on Aug. 8, en route to breaking the NL record with 55.
2007 — The New York Yankees tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs, including two by Hideki Matsui, in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox. New York last hit eight homers in a game in a doubleheader opener at the Philadelphia Athletics on June 28, 1939.
2010 — Carlos Gonzalez hit a game-ending home run to complete the cycle, and Colorado rallied to a 6-5 win after blowing a three-run lead in the eighth inning to the Chicago Cubs.
2011 — Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and Florida handed the Atlanta Braves the 10,000th loss in franchise history. With the 3-1 loss, the Braves become the second big league team with 10,000 losses. The Phillies reached that mark in 2007.
2015 — New York’s Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate for the record 14th time, hitting his 10th grand slam and a two-run homer that led the Yankees past the Chicago White Sox 13-6.
2021 — Seby Zavala becomes the first player in MLB history to record his first three home runs in the same game.
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Aug. 1
1906 — Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched 10 2-3 innings of no-hit ball before Claude Ritchey of Pittsburgh singled. McIntire weakened in the 13th and lost 1-0 to the Pirates on an unearned run, finishing with a four-hitter.
1937 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in a 14-5 rout of the St. Louis Browns. It was the second cycle of Gehrig’s career. Gehrig hit a two-run homer in the first inning, doubled in the second, singled in the fourth and tripled in the seventh.
1941 — New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez walked 11 St. Louis batters in a 9-0 victory to set a major league record for walks in a shutout.
1962 — Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox 1-0 at Chicago.
1970 — Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.
1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader with five home runs and two singles. San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves in both games, 9-0 and 11-7.
1977 — Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including his 18th career grand slam, a total that still leads the National League.
1978 — Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak as the Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4.
1986 — Bert Blyleven threw a two-hitter and struck out 15 to become the 10th major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland A’s. Puckett tripled in the first inning, doubled in the fifth, singled in the sixth homered in the eighth. Puckett finished 4 for 5 with three runs and two RBIs. It was the first cycle to happen at the Metrodome.
1994 — Baltimore’s Cal Ripken became the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games, and the Orioles edged Minnesota 1-0.
1998 — Switch-hitter Tony Clark set an AL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this year, powering the Detroit Tigers past Tampa Bay 8-0.
2005 — Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days following a positive test for steroids, less than five months after the Baltimore Orioles first baseman emphatically told Congress: “I have never used steroids. Period.”
2006 — Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle in Detroit’s 10-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
2009 — The Oakland A’s retire Rickey Henderson’s uniform number 24.
2017 — Evan Longoria hits for the cycle, becoming the second player in team history to pull off the feat, as the Rays defeat the Astros, 6 – 4. It takes a video review to confirm that he slid safely into second base in the 9th for the missing double that completes the quartet of hits.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
July 28
1913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.
1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.
1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.
1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.
1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.
1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.
1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N.J.
1991 — Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game for the Montreal Expos, who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
1992 — American Mike Barrowman sets a world record in winning the 200-meter breaststroke, and Russian Evgueni Sadovyi becomes the Summer Olympics’ first triple gold medalist, also smashing a world record in the men’s 400-meter freestyle.
1994 — On the night baseball players set an Aug. 12 strike date, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitches a perfect game for a 4-0 victory over California.
2000 — Blaine Wilson, America’s pre-eminent gymnast, wins his fifth straight championship in St. Louis. He becomes the first gymnast to win five straight national titles since George Wheeler did it from 1937-41.
2009 — Germany’s Paul Biedermann hands Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in four years, setting a world record in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Rome. Phelps, a body length behind, loses for the first time in a major international meet since Ian Crocker beat him in the 100 butterfly final at the 2005 worlds.
2011 — Ryan Lochte celebrates the first world record set since high-tech bodysuits were banned 1 1/2 years ago. Lochte edges Michael Phelps in 200-meter individual medley at the world championships at Shanghai.
2013 — Brek Shea scores less than a minute after entering the game as a second-half substitute, giving the United States a 1-0 victory over Panama in the Gold Cup final. It’s the fifth Gold Cup title for the Americans but their first since 2007.
2016 — Mirim Lee shoots a 10-under 62 to match the Women’s British Open record and take a three-stroke lead in the major championship at tree-lined Woburn (England) Golf Club.
2016 — Stephan Jaeger shoots a 12-under 58 in the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic in Hayward, Calif., for the lowest score in major tour play. The German finishes with a 10-foot birdie putt.
2019 — 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes the first Colombian and Latin American cyclist to win the Tour de France.
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July 29
1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats the challenger, M. Petit of France, in 25 minutes.
1934 — Paul Runyan beats Craig Wood on the 38th hole to win the PGA Championship at Park Country Club in Williamsville, N.Y.
1956 — Cathy Cornelius wins a playoff over Barbara McIntyre to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1957 — At the Polo Grounds in New York, Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson at 1:52 of the 10th round to retain the heavyweight title.
1960 — The first American Football League preseason game is played in Buffalo, N.Y. The Boston Patriots, led by quarterback Butch Songin, beat the Bills 28-7 before 16,474 fans at War Memorial Stadium .
1979 — Amy Alcott shoots a 7-under 285 to beat Nancy Lopez in the Peter Jackson Classic, later named The du Maurier Classic. The du Maurier is one of the LPGA Tour’s major championships from 1979-2000.
1986 — The U.S. Football League wins and loses in its lawsuit against the NFL. The jury finds the NFL violated antitrust laws, as the USFL claimed, but awards the USFL only $1 in damages.
1989 — Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor becomes the first person to high jump 8 feet, breaking his world record at the Caribbean Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He surpasses his mark of 7-11½.
1990 — Beth Daniel shoots a 66 to overcome a 5-shot deficit and win the LPGA Championship — her first major title in 12 years on the tour. Daniel beats Rosie Jones by one stroke and pockets $150,000, the largest in LPGA Tour history.
1992 — The U.S. 400-meter freestyle relay team wins the gold medal, with Matt Biondi and Tom Jager becoming the first U.S. male swimmers to win golds in three Olympics.
1996 — Michael Johnson sweeps to victory in an Olympic 400-meter record 43.49 seconds, while Carl Lewis leaps into history in Atlanta. Lewis’ long jump of 27 feet, 10¾ inches earns him his ninth gold medal, equaling the American mark held by swimmer Mark Spitz.
2001 — Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores winner as home team Columbia edge Mexico, 1-0.
2008 — Disgraced ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy admits he brought shame on his profession as a federal judge sentenced him to 15 months behind bars for a gambling scandal.
2012 — Kimberly Rhode wins the Olympic gold medal in women’s skeet shooting, becoming the first American to take an individual-sport medal in five consecutive Olympics.
2012 — Dana Vollmer of the U.S. sets a world record to win the 100-meter butterfly at the London Olympics. Vollmer hits the wall in 55.98 seconds to shave 0.08 off the mark set by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden at the 2009 world championships in Rome.
2015 — Russia’s Natalya Ishchenko wins a record 18th career synchronized swimming gold medal at the world championships at Kazan, Russia.
2021 — Sunisa Lee wins the women’s all-around gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo.
July 30
1870 — Monmouth Park opens with a five-day meet.
1930 — Host Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer’s first World Cup in Montevideo.
1932 — The 10th modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles.
1961 — Jerry Barber edges Don January by one stroke in a playoff to win the PGA title at Olympia Fields in Illinois.
1966 — England beats West Germany 4-2 at London’s Wembley Stadium to capture soccer’s World Cup.
1968 — Washington’s Ron Hansen pulls off an unassisted triple play in a 10-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
1971 — In the NFL Chicago All-Star Game, the Baltimore Colts beat the All-Stars 24-17.
1976 — Bruce Jenner sets the world record in the Olympic decathlon with 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov’s mark by 164 points.
1980 — Houston pitcher J.R. Richard suffers a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome.
1984 — Michael Gross of West Germany sets a world record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.44 at a meet in Munich.
1996 — The American softball team wins the gold medal, beating China 3-1 behind a controversial two-run homer from Dot Richardson in the first Olympic competition in that sport.
2009 — Seven more world records on the fifth night of the world swimming championships in Rome are set, pushing the total to 29 and moving past last summer’s Beijing Olympics. Ryan Lochte gets things rolling by breaking Phelps’ mark in the 200-meter individual medley. The Chinese women finish it off, eclipsing the 800 freestyle relay mark by more than two seconds, with the Americans also breaking the previous record but only getting silver.
2012 — In London, Missy Franklin, a 17-year-old from Colorado, wins the women’s 100-meter backstroke. Franklin has a brief 13-minute break after taking the final qualifying spot in the 200 freestyle semifinals before she had to get back into the water for the backstroke final. Ruta Meilutyte, 15, becomes the first Lithuanian to win an Olympic swimming medal by holding off a late charge from world champion Rebecca Soni of the U.S. in the 100 breaststroke.
2013 — Katie Ledecky crushes the world record in the 1,500 freestyle for her second gold medal at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain. The 16-year-old American finishes with a time of 15:36.53 to beat the previous mark by more than 6 seconds — Kate Ziegler’s 15:42.54 in 2007.
2015 — North Korea wins its first gold medal at the world aquatics championships through 16-year-old Kim Kuk Hyang in women’s 10-meter diving. In her first international competition, Kim produces a stunning final dive, earning two perfect 10 scores from the seven judges, for a total of 397.05 points. On the next dive, the leader up to that point, world champion Si Yajie of China, makes an error to drop to fourth.
2021 — South African swimmer Tatjana Shoemaker sets a new women’s 200m breaststroke world record of 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics.
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July 31
1932 — France beats the U.S. 3-2 for its sixth consecutive Davis Cup championship.
1934 — Britain, led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, defeats the U.S. 4-1 at Wimbledon to win the Davis Cup title.
1942 — Jockey Bill Turnbull wins seven of nine races at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H.
1954 — Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to lift the Milwaukee Braves a 15-7 victory over Brooklyn.
1963 — The Cleveland Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs. No. 8 hitter Woody Held hits a two-out homer off Paul Foytack and pitcher Pedro Ramos follows with his second homer of the game before Tito Francona and Larry Brown’s first major league homer finish this odd power surge. Foytack is the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.
1973 — Julius Erving, the American Basketball Association’s leading scorer, is traded by the cash-strapped Virginia Squires to the New York Nets for forward George Carter and cash.
1983 — Jan Stephenson beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by one stroke to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1990 — Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.
1993 — Mike Aulby becomes the third player in PBA history to win a tournament by rolling a 300 game in the title game. Aulby beats David Ozio 300-279 in the Wichita Open.
1994 — Sergei Bubka sets a world pole vault record for the 35th time in his career at a meet in Sestriere, Italy. Bubka soars 20 feet, 1¾ inches, adding a half-inch to his mark set in Tokyo in 1992.
2000 — Dorothy Delasin becomes the LPGA’s youngest winner in 25 years by beating Pat Hurst on the second extra hole to win the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. The 19-year-old Delasin is the youngest winner on the tour since Amy Alcott took the Orange Blossom Classic at age 19 in 1975.
2005 — Grant Hackett becomes the first swimmer to win four straight world titles in the same event, capturing another 1,500-meter freestyle. The Aussie stretches out his own record for world championship medals to 17.
2007 — All-Star Kevin Garnett is traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to Boston for five players and two draft picks. The Celtics obtain the former MVP and 10-time All-Star from Minnesota for forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff and two first-round draft picks.
2011 — Yani Tseng wins the Women’s British Open for the second straight year, beating Brittany Lang by four strokes and becoming the youngest woman to capture a fifth major title. The 22-year-old top-ranked Taiwanese shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 16-under 272.
2012 — Michael Phelps breaks the Olympic medals record with his 19th, helping the U.S. romp to a 4×200-meter freestyle relay victory at the London Games. With 19 medals spanning three Olympics, Phelps moves one ahead of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who got her haul in 1956, 1960 and 1964.
2012 — The team of Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber lives up to all the hype, winning the first U.S. Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996.
2021 — Katie Ledecky wins the women’s 800m gold in Tokyo. This is the third consecutive Olympics she has won the race.
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Aug. 1
1936 — The Berlin Olympics begin.
1945 — New York’s Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714 and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more.
1963 — Arthur Ashe becomes first African-American tennis player to be named in the US Davis Cup team.
1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves, 9-0 and 11-7.
1982 — American Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives in winning 3m springboard gold, World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1987 — Mike Tyson wins the undisputed heavyweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker in Las Vegas.
1992 — Eric Griffin, a two-time world champion at 106 pounds, loses to Rafael Lozano of Spain under the new electronic scoring system at the Olympics. All five judges credit him with more blows than his opponent as did five jury members used as a backup in case the computer failed.
1994 — Baltimore’s Cal Ripken becomes the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games when the Orioles beat Minnesota 1-0.
1996 — Michael Johnson wins Olympic gold in the 200 meters in a record 19.32 seconds, becoming the first male Olympian to win the 200 and 400 in a single games. Dan O’Brien wins gold in the decathlon, four years after failing to make the U.S. Olympic team.
2002 — In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history.
2004 — Karen Stupples wins her first major title with a record-tying 19-under 269 at the Women’s British Open. Stupples ties the low score in a major, set by Dottie Pepper at the 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore.
2009 — Rachel Alexandra rolls past the boys again to win the $1.25 million Haskell Ivitational at Monmouth Park, establishing herself as one of the greatest fillies. Ridden by Calvin Borel, she beats Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird by six lengths.
2010 — Stuart Appleby hits golf’s magic number, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic. He is the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the milestone.
2010 — Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins the Women’s British Open by one stroke for her third major title and second of the year to go with the Kraft Nabisco.
2010 — Bob and Mike Bryan win their record 62nd career doubles title on the ATP Tour. The twins were tied with Hall of Famers Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde of Australia.
2012 — Four teams are kicked out of the women’s badminton doubles at the London Games for trying to lose on purpose. The eight players from China, South Korea and Indonesia are cited for conduct “clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.”
2021 — Marcel Jacobs becomes the first Italian athlete to win the 100m dash in 9.80 at the Tokyo Olympics.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| OLYMPICS | TIME ET | TV |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: Italy vs Spain | 3:00am | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Handball: Brazil vs Hungary | 3:00am | Peacock |
| Rowing | 3:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball: Italy vs Dominican Republic | 3:00am | Peacock |
| Archery, Fencing, Gymnastics, Shooting | 3:30am | Peacock |
| Badminton | 4:00am | USA Peacock |
| Archery | 4:00am | CNBC Peacock |
| Men’s Beach Volleyball: Netherlands vs Italy | 4:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: Belgium vs China | 4:00am | Peacock |
| Judo, Table Tennis, Boxing | 4:00am | Peacock |
| Equestrian | 4:30am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: Germany vs Japan | 4:30am | Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: Australia vs Spain | 4:30am | Peacock |
| Boxing, Swimming | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Men’s Basketball: South Sudan vs Puerto Rico | 5:00am | CNBC Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: Brazil Japan | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Men’s Gymnastics | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Handball: South Korea vs Slovenia | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Gymnastics | 5:40am | Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: Germany vs France | 6:00am | Peacock |
| Sailing, Skateboarding, Shooting, Tennis | 6:00am | Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: Serbia vs Japan | 6:05am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: Australia vs South Africa | 6:45am | Peacock |
| Skateboarding | 6:45am | CNBC Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: Germany vs France | 7:00am | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball: Poland vs Japan | 7:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: Great Britain vs Spain | 7:15am | Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball: Italy vs Japan | 7:30am | Peacock |
| Swimming | 7:30am | NBC Peacock |
| Archery | 8:15am | USA Peacock |
| Cycling | 8:30am | NBC Peacock |
| Women’s Gymnastics | 8:50am | E! Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: USA vs Itay | 9:00am | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: USA vs Itay | 9:30am | NBC Peacock |
| Women’s Rugby | 9:35am | CNBC Peacock |
| Archery | 10:10am | USA Peacock |
| Swimming | 10:15am | NBC Peacock |
| Equestrian | 10:30am | E! Peacock |
| Rugby: Australia vs South Africa | 10:35am | CNBC Peacock |
| Archery | 10:45am | USA Peacock |
| Skateboarding | 11:00am | CNBC Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: New Zealand vs Columbia | 11:00am | Telemundo Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: Brazil vs Japan | 11:00am | Universo Peacock |
| Men’s Volleyball: France vs Serbia | 11:00am | Peacock |
| Men’s Basketball: USA vs Serbia | 11:15am | NBC Peacock |
| Men’s Field Hockey: Belgium vs New Zealand | 11:30am | Peacock |
| Canoeing | 11:35am | USA Peacock |
| Gymnastics | 12:00pm | E! Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: Netherlands vs Lithuania | 12:30pm | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: Croatia vs Montenegro | 12:45pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Surfing, Equestrian | 1:00pm | NBC Peacock |
| Fencing, Tennis | 1:00pm | Peacock |
| Women’s Handball: Angola vs Spain | 1:00pm | Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: Spain vs Nigeria | 1:00pm | Telemundo Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: Australia vs Zambia | 1:00pm | Peacock |
| Men’s Soccer: USA vs New Zealand | 1:00pm | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Rugby | 1:00pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Rugby, Shooting | 1:30pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: France vs Hungary | 1:30pm | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: USA vs Argentina | 1:45pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Rowing, Boxing, Table Tennis | 2:00pm | USA Peacock |
| Rugby: USA vs Brazil | 2:05pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Men’s Field Hockey: South Africa vs Great Britain | 2:05pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Men’s Swimming | 2:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Rugby: France vs Japan | 2:40pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: USA vs Germany | 3:00pm | USA Telemundo Peacock |
| Women’s Swimming | 3:00pm | NBC Peacock |
| Men’s Volleyball, Tennis | 3:00pm | Peacock |
| Women’s Soccer: France vs Canada | 3:00pm | Universo Peacock |
| Men’s Water Polo: Romania vs Greece | 3:05pm | Peacock |
| Gymnastics | 3:10pm | Peacock |
| Fencing | 3:45pm | CNBC Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: USA vs Czech Republic | 4:10pm | NBC Peacock |
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Reds at Rays | 11:35am | Bally Sports Sun Bally Sports Ohio |
| Guardians at Phillies | 1:35pm | MLBN Bally Sports Great Lakes NBC Sports Philadelphia |
| Padres at Orioles | 1:35pm | MLBN MASN Padres.TV |
| Rangers at Blue Jays | 1:37pm | Bally Sports Southwest Sportsnet1 |
| Braves at Mets | 1:40pm | Bally Sports Southeast SNY |
| Twins at Tigers | 1:40pm | Bally Sports North Bally Sports Detroit |
| Cubs at Royals | 2:10pm | MARQ Bally Sports Kansas City |
| Dodgers at Astros | 2:10pm | ESPN+ SNLA SCHN |
| Mariners at White Sox | 2:10pm | ROOT NBC Sports Chicago |
| Marlins at Brewers | 2:10pm | Bally Sports Florida Bally Sports Wisconsin |
| Nationals at Cardinals | 2:15pm | MASN2 Bally Sports Midwest |
| Rockies at Giants | 4:05pm | MLBN Rockies.TV NBC Sports Bay |
| Athletics at Angels | 4:07pm | NBC Sports Califorina Bally Sports West |
| Pirates at Diamondbacks | 4:10pm | MLBN YurView ATTSN-PIT |
| Yankees at Red Sox | 7:00pm | ESPN NESN YES |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Formula One: Belgian Grand Prix | 8:55am | ESPN |
| Ferrari Challenge Racing Series | 1:00pm | CBSSN |
| FIA Formula E World Championship Racing | 2:00pm | CBSSN |
| NHRA: Sonoma Nationals | 4:00pm | FOX |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| Senior Open Championship | 7:30am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: 3M Open | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: 3M Open | 3:00pm | CBS |
| LPGA Tour: Canadien Open | 6:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Friendly: Tokyo Verdy vs Brighton & Hove Albion | 5:30am | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Banfield vs Talleres Córdoba | 2:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Estudiantes vs Gimnasia La Plata | 2:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Friendly: Benfica vs Feyenoord | 3:00pm | Fubo |
| Primera División: Racing Club vs Unión Santa Fe | 4:15pm | Paramount+ |
| Canadian Premier League: Pacific vs Valour | 5:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Primera División: River Plate vs Sarmiento | 5:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Liga MX Femenil: Cruz Azul vs Atlas | 5:45pm | VIX |
| NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Washington Spirit | 6:00pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: Seattle Reign vs Tijuana | 6:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Instituto vs Boca Juniors | 7:30pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: Houston Dash vs Tigres UANL | 8:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Liga MX Femenil: Necaxa vs Santos Laguna | 8:00pm | VIX |
| Leagues Cup: New York City vs Querétaro | 8:00pm | FS1 MLS Season Pass Fubo |
| Leagues Cup: Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire | 9:00pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Leagues Cup: León vs Portland Timbers | 10:00pm | FS1 MLS Season Pass Fubo |
| LACROSSE | TIME ET | TV |
| PLL: Philadelphia vs. New York | 3:00pm | ABC |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Atlanta-ATP Singles Final | 4:00pm | TENNIS |
TV SPORTS MONDAY
| OLYMPICS | TIME ET | TV |
| Men’s Beach Volleyball: Italy vs Australia | 3:00am | USA Peacock |
| Fencing, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Handball | 3:00am | Peacock |
| Archery, Rowing, Shooting | 3:30am | Peacock |
| Table Tennis | 4:00am | USA Peacock |
| Badminton | 4:00am | E! Peacock |
| Judo, Men’s Field Hockey, Men’s Beach Volleyball | 4:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey | 4:30am | Peacock |
| Women’s Basketball, Women’s Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Equestrian, Men’s Handball | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Swimming | 5:00am | USA Peacock |
| Diving, Rowing | 5:00am | E! Peacock |
| Windsurfing, Tennis, Shooting | 6:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball | 6:15am | Peacock |
| Men’s Field Hockey | 6:45am | Peacock |
| Equestrian | 7:00am | E! Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball | 7:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey: Spain vs USA | 7:15am | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Basketball | 7:30am | Peacock |
| Women’s Rugby, Men’s Handball, Cycling, Badminton, Women’s Water Polo | 8:00am | Peacock |
| Archery | 8:15am | Peacock |
| Tennis | 8:30am | Peacock |
| Cycling | 8:45am | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball, Tennis | 9:00am | Peacock |
| Water Polo, Rugby | 9:30am | USA Peacock |
| Canoeing, Boxing | 9:30am | Peacock |
| Men’s Handball, Judo, Table Tennis, Women’s Volleyball | 10:00am | Peacock |
| Diving | 10:45am | NBC Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball: USA vs China | 11:00am | USA Peacock |
| Canoeing | 11:00am | E! Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball, Women’s Field Hockey, Tennis | 11:00am | Peacock |
| Women’s Basketball | 11:15am | USA Peacock |
| Canoeing | 11:20am | USA Peacock |
| Gymnastics | 11:30am | NBC Peacock |
| Fencing | 12:15pm | E! Peacock |
| Women’s Water Polo | 12:30pm | Peacock |
| Archery | 1:00pm | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball | 1:00pm | E! Peacock |
| Fencing, Men’s Handball, Surfing, Tennis | 1:00pm | Peacock |
| Badminton | 1:30pm | Peacock |
| Rowing, Shooting | 1:45pm | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Field Hockey | 1:45pm | Peacock |
| Men’s Beach Volleyball | 2:00pm | E! Peacock |
| Boxing, Women’s Rugby, Table Tennis | 2:00pm | Peacock |
| Swimming | 2:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Women’s Basketball: USA vs Japan | 3:00pm | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball, Men’s Handball, Rugby, Tennis | 3:00pm | Peacock |
| Women’s Beach Volleyball: USA vs Australia | 4:00pm | NBC Peacock |
| Men’s Handball | 4:45pm | USA Peacock |
| Women’s Volleyball: USA vs China | 5:00pm | NBC Peacock |
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Blue Jays at Orioles | 3:05pm | MASN Sportsnet1 |
| Blue Jays at Orioles | 6:35pm | MASN Sportsnet1 |
| Guardians at Tigers | 6:40pm | MLBN Bally Sports Great Lakes Bally Sports Detroit |
| Yankees at Phillies | 6:40pm | MLBN YES NBC Sports Philadelphia |
| Cubs at Reds | 7:10pm | MARQ Bally Sports Ohio |
| Mariners at Red Sox | 7:10pm | ROOT NESN |
| Twins at Mets | 7:10pm | SNY Bally Sports North |
| Rangers at Cardinals | 7:45pm | ESPN+ Bally Sports Southwest Bally Sports Midwest |
| Braves at Brewers | 8:10pm | Bally Sports Southeast Bally Sports Wisconsin |
| Pirates at Astros | 8:10pm | ATTSN-PIT SCHN |
| Royals at White Sox | 8:10pm | NBC Sports Chicago Bally Sports Kansas City |
| Nationals at Diamondbacks | 9:40pm | YurView MASN2 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Argentina Primera División: Barracas Central vs Atlético Tucumán | 2:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Defensa y Justicia vs Platense | 3:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Central Córdoba SdE vs Vélez Sarsfield | 5:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Tigre vs Deportivo Riestra | 5:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Argentinos Juniors vs Lanús | 8:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Belgrano vs Godoy Cruz | 8:00pm | Paramount+ |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Washington, D.C.-ATP/WTA Early Rounds | 11:00am | TENNIS |