Channel Maker is this year’s Breeders’ Stakes winner. Rafael Hernandez rode the 8-to-5 favourite to victory in the final jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown at Woodbine Racetrack, taking the lead down the stretch to win the one-and-a-half-mile in 2 minutes 29-point-7 seconds.
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Pitcher Rob Phalen got the shutout Sunday in Kings County Baseball League action as the Peakes Bombers blanked Stratford 5-0. Game two of the double header at home then saw the Bombers come back from a 3- 0 deficit to edge the Northside Brewers 4 – 3.
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The Blue Jays were on the wrong side of a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field. Alex Avila singled home two runs in the bottom of the 10th as the Chicago Cubs edged Toronto 6-5. The Blue Jays had taken a 5-3 lead in the top of the 10th before Roberto Osuna allowed three runs in the bottom of the frame.
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Jackie Bradley Junior tripled in two runs and singled in another to help the Red Sox beat New York 5-1, extending their A-L East lead over the Yankees to five games.
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NFL pre-season on Sunday had rookie running back James Conner set up Pittsburgh’s winning fourth-quarter touchdown pass in the Steelers’ 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. And in California, the New Orleans Saints beat the Los Angeles Chargers 13-7.