MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 13, Chicago White Sox 1
Cubs were off
Tigers 13, White Sox 1 – Carpenter hits 3 homers as the Tigers reach 40 wins by pounding the White Sox 13-1
Kerry Carpenter hit a career-high three homers and drove in five runs to help the Detroit Tigers pound the lowly Chicago White Sox 13-1. Dillon Dingler and Wenceel Pérez also went deep as Detroit became the first major league team to reach 40 wins this season. Parker Meadows had two hits and scored three times in his season debut after being sidelined by an arm injury. Jack Flaherty pitched six innings of one-run ball in his second straight win. The Tigers improved to 22-9 in their last 31 games. It was their 11th consecutive win at the White Sox dating to Sept. 1, 2023, matching a franchise record for the longest such streak in an opponent’s ballpark. Chicago finished with five hits in its seventh loss in eight games. Chase Meidroth singled and scored on Vinny Capra’s groundout in the sixth, accounting for the team’s only run. Carpenter became the first player to hit three homers for Detroit since Victor Martinez on June 16, 2016, at Kansas City.
Tonight
Chicago Cubs (Horton 2-0) at Washington (Williams 3-5), 6:45 p.m.
Detroit (TBD) at Chicago White Sox (Smith 1-3), 7:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 7:15p
MLB – Meadows makes season debut with Tigers after being sidelined by an arm injury
Parker Meadows had a big smile on his face. It had been a long time since he had played in a major league game. Meadows was activated by the Detroit Tigers after missing the start of the season because of a nerve issue in his upper right arm. He started in center field and led off for the opener of a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers optioned infielder/outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy to Triple-A Toledo after Sunday’s 1-0 victory at Kansas City. To make room for Meadows on the 40-man roster, right-hander Ryan Cusick was designated for assignment. Meadows was injured in Detroit’s spring training opener Feb. 22 on a throw from center field.
NFL – Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow retires after 7 seasons, 4 Pro Bowls
Detroit center Frank Ragnow, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who was key to coach Dan Campbell’s Lions revival, has announced his retirement from the NFL after seven seasons. The 29-year-old Ragnow posted to social media that he has tried to convince himself he’s feeling well enough to play, but he said he’s not. Ragnow battled through multiple injuries during his career. In 2021, following a season in which he played with a fractured throat, general manager Brad Holmes made him the league’s highest paid center at the time with a $54 million, four-year extension.
NCAA – Michigan State announces Georgia Tech’s J Batt as its next athletic director
Michigan State has announced that J Batt was selected to be its vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics. Batt has been Georgia Tech’s athletic director since the fall of 2022. An introductory news conference is scheduled for Wednesday. The university’s Board of Trustees, which has approved the selection, is scheduled to vote on Batt’s hiring June 13. The school had been searching for an athletic director for a month. Alan Haller’s last day as AD was May 11. Batt is regarded as a strong fundraiser, an asset for any athletic department in this era of college athletics.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
Washington Mystics at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.
NBA – Pacers’ 25-year Finals drought is over; looking to overcome snake-bitten history
Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner beamed as they carried the Indiana Pacers shiny, new Eastern Conference championship trophy into their postgame news conferences Saturday night. Pascal Siakam needed help because he was also bringing the series MVP trophy. The Pacers have finally ended their 25-year NBA Finals drought. They enjoyed it with a fitting celebration for the team that plays in a state where basketball is treated like religion. These Pacers have managed to achieve the unthinkable after starting 10-15 and looking less like anything but a title contender. But now Indiana will try to exorcise the demons of its decades-long snake-bitten history when the Pacers take on the Oklahoma City .
NHL – Blackhawks hire Vellucci as an assistant coach under Blashill
The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Mike Vellucci as an assistant coach for Jeff Blashill’s first staff with his new team. The Blackhawks announced the addition of Vellucci. He joins Michael Peca and Anders Sorensen as Blashill’s assistants. Goaltending coach Jimmy Waite, video coach Matt Meacham and assistant video coach Adam Gill round out the staff. Vellucci spent the previous five seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Blashill, 51, took over as Chicago’s head coach last month. He spent the last three seasons as an assistant to Jon Cooper with the Tampa Bay Lightning, before that he was the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings and won a Calder Cup Championship with the Grand Rapids Griffins on the AHL.
NCAASFT – Texas Tech ends Oklahoma’s 4-year run as champs with walk-off 3-2 win
Oklahoma’s run of four straight Women’s College World Series titles ended when Lauren Allred’s walk-off sacrifice fly gave Texas Tech a 3-2 victory in the semifinals. Coach Patty Gasso’s Sooners were down to their last strike in the top of the seventh inning when Abigale Dayton summoned a bit of magic, hitting a tying two-run homer against Red Raiders ace NiJaree Canady. But the Red Raiders responded quickly in the bottom half. Mihyia Davis singled with one out and Hailey Toney followed with a double. Allred hit a fly ball to right field and Sydney Barker’s throw to the plate was wide, allowing Davis to score easily.
Tennis – Gauff reaches quarterfinals and jokes with Tiafoe about forgetting rackets
Coco Gauff has earned her fifth consecutive trip to the French Open quarterfinals with a straight-set victory but still is catching flak because she forgot to bring her rackets to an earlier match. The No. 2-seeded Gauff has been engaging in a bit of back-and-forth with another American and Roland-Garros quarterfinalist, Frances Tiafoe, over the equipment blunder. Gauff won the 2023 U.S. Open and was the runner-up in Paris in 2022. She beat No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 7-5 on Monday. Tiafoe teasingly called the 21-year-old Gauff “Mrs. Mature.”
Tennis – No. 1 Jannik Sinner dominates Andrey Rublev to reach the quarterfinals
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner’s latest dominant performance at the French Open is a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 17 Andrey Rublev. The result on Monday night put Sinner back in the quarterfinals in Paris and extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 18 matches. Sinner won the U.S. Open last September and the Australian Open this January. Now he’ll try to get to the semifinals at Roland-Garros for the second consecutive year and faces 62nd-ranked Alexander Bublik on Wednesday. Sinner hasn’t lost a set through the fourth round and has dropped just 30 games.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Tonight
Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.
Lansing Lugnuts at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. WSBT 6:45p
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Today
Girls Soccer (Regional Semifinals)
Division 1 at Grand Haven
Mattawan vs. Midland, 5:00 p.m.
Rockford vs. Byron Center, 7:00 p.m.
Division 2 at Battle Creek Harper Creek
Hudsonville Unity Christian vs. Adrian, 5:00 p.m.
Lakeshore vs. Otsego, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Fennville
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian vs. Quincy, 5:00 p.m.
Three Rivers vs. Allegan, 7:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Muskegon West Michigan Christian
Muskegon West Michigan Christian vs. Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Our Lady of the Lake vs. Byron Center Zion Christian, 7:00 p.m.