Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman has a contusion on his right elbow after being struck by a 108 mile an hour comebacker off the bat of Mark Trumbo in the 2nd inning last night. X-rays came back negative.
Stroman says he can make his next start.
The Jays used three home runs from Kevin Pillar, Josh Donaldson and Darwn Barney to sink the Baltimore Orioles, 7-2.
Chase Headley and Matt Holliday homered to drop the 1st place Boston Red Sox, 5-1. The Yankees are 4.5 out.
Some high scoring affairs. Minnesota rocked Kansas City, 17-0.
The Cubs over Atlanta, 14-12, and Houston outlasted the NY Mets, 12-8.
Cleveland has won 10 in a row. The A.L. Central leaders were 5-2 winners over Detroit.
San Diego swept the suddenly cooled off Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-5 and 7-2. L.A. leads the N.L. West by a big margin but has lost 8 of 11 games since August 22nd. Rookie Cody Bellinger his 35th homer in the opener
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The Summerside Western Capitals were shutout 4-0 by the visiting Pictou County Crushers in Maritime Jr. exhibition hockey. Jaden Mason had two goals and two assists. The Caps are 1-1-1.
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UPEI blanked Mount St. Vincent, 1-0 in the Mulligan Cup in soccer.
The Panthers are 1-1.
The women Panthers downed th Mystics, 6-0.
They play again at 9 and 11 this morning.
Holland College men lost 2-1 at the University of Moncton.
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UPEI dropped Acadia, 24-17 in the Truro Invitational in women’s rugby after being bombed 76-0 by defending national champion St. F.X.
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Corey MacPherson with a big night that included five wins at Red Shores in Charlottetown in harness racing.
He won his 5th race in the 13th with Painted Desert in in 1.57/1.
Nogreatmischief won the featured 12th for Walter Cheverie in 1.55/4.
Ron Matheson returned to the sulky after being out with a leg injury since April. He won with Starcastic in the 8th in 1.58/2.
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The Charlottetown Islanders will try to stave off elimination when they play the Fisher Cats in Moncton tonight at 7.00 in the New Brunswick Senior baseball first round playoffs. The Islanders are down 2-0 in the Best of 5. Game 4 on Monday night at Memorial Field if necessary.
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The Kings County baseball semi-finals continue today with Stratford playing Northside in Morell at 4.00. The Brewers up p1-0.
Morell at Peakes at 2.00 in their second game. Morell ahead, 1-0 in the best of 5.