Sports by Hartley Friday, July 7th as of 12:05 a.m.
Major League Baseball:
First baseman Jared Young of Prince George went 0-for-4 in the Chicago Cubs’ 6-5 loss to the Brewers Thursday afternoon in Milwaukee.
In nine regular-season games with Chicago this year, the 27-year-old Young is 5-for-26 at the plate for a .192 batting average with one homer and four RBIs.
The (40-46) Cubs visit the (48-40) New York Yankees tonight (Friday 4:05 PT) to start a weekend series.
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Toronto Blue Jays 6 Chicago White Sox 2 (1st game)
All the runs in the first game of a doubleheader came in the 11th inning.
Toronto Blue Jays 5 Chicago White Sox 4 (2nd game)
The (48-40) Jays visit the (38-48) Detroit Tigers in a weekend series starting today (Friday 3:40 PT)
Toronto is tied with the N.Y. Yankees for 3rd in the American League East.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
CFL: (Week 5)
Saskatchewan 12 Edmonton 11
The (3-1) Riders scored nine points in the last 70 seconds of the 4th quarter to erase an 11-3 deficit and end a 7-game regular season home losing streak.
The Elks slipped to 0-5.
In the CFL tonight (Friday 5:30 PT), (1-2) Calgary visits (3-1) Winnipeg.
The Saturday game (4:00 PT) has (1-2) Ottawa at (0-3) Hamilton.
The (3-1) B.C. Lions host the (2-1) Montreal Alouettes Sunday afternoon at 4:00.
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Hockey:
Saskatoon Blades defenceman Tanner Molendyk has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Nashville Predators.
The 18-year-old from McBride was selected in the first round, 24th overall by the Predators in the NHL Draft last week.
Tanner Molendyk has signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the Nashville Predators 📄🖊️
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— Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) July 6, 2023
The L.A. Kings have re-signed their 35-year-old Captain Anze Kopitar a two-year contract extension worth $14 million.
The NHL Trade Tracker is here.
Column:
“Steal of the draft”, “the complete package”, “he comes to play” & “he is a winner.”. These are terms from the #Draft dictionary. More in this week’s Hart Attack #column. https://t.co/c4gpea7Rt4
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) July 7, 2023
Tennis:
Canadian Denis Shapovalov won his second-round match at Wimbledon.
Two other Canadians, Milos Raonic and Leylah Fernandez lost in round two.
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu won her opening-round match Thursday and her second-round match today (Friday) while another Canadian Rebecca Marino lost in round one.
Matches are behind schedule due to rain this week.
Wimbledon results are here.
Prince George Senior Lacrosse: (2nd game in the best of 3 semifinals)
PG Devils 29 Mackenzie 5
(The Devils won the series 2-0 to advance to the championship series against the Bandits starting Monday night at 8:00)
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