The Blue Jays made it two straight in Boston, edging the Red Sox, 5-4.
Toronto survived a nervous 9th Kevin Keirmairer made a catch at the Green Monster and doubled off Reese McGuire who was being waived to third base.
Brandon Belt homered and drove in another run with a single for the Jays.
Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer for the Sox.
Toronto is 2.5 up on Seattle in the wild card race and one back of Houston for the second wild card spot.
The Mariners edged the Angels, 3-2.
The Yankees pushed Boston into last place in the AL East with a 3-1 win over the Astros.
Baltimore is 3 up on Tampa Bay in first place in the East with a 7-3 win over the Mets. Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer.
Detroit over the Rays, 4-2.
The improving Chicago Cubs won 8-6 facing Atlanta.
PEI lost 10-0 to Quebec in the National U22 championship in Stonewall, Manitoba. Ben MacDougall took the loss and had one of two hits for the Islanders.
PEI plays Saskatchewan for 7th place this afternoon.
Canada won its 24th gold medal since 1991 in the Hlinka Gretzky World Under 18 hockey championship on Saturday.
Canada edged Czechia, 3-2 in overtime with Malcolm Spence of the OHL Erie Otters scoring the winner.
Canada has won eight gold in international tournaments since last year.
Summerside’s Doug MacLean has a new book called “Draft Day” coming out on October 3rd. It’s about how hockey teams pick winners or get left behind. MacLean is a former NHL coach and GM and broadcaster. He’s written the book with Scott Morrison.
In the CFL, Hamilton over Montreal, 27-14.
Harness racing in Charlottetown was postponed to Monday night at 6.00 due to heavy rain.
Red Shores in Summerside has the PEI Colt Stakes for two and three year old colts and fillies today at 1.00 and 18 dashes on the program.
The Hambletonian was won by Tactical Approach and driver Scott Zeron in 1.50/3 at the Meadowlands in the million dollar race. Zeron wins his third Hambeltonian.
Zeron won the 2010 Gold Cup and Saucer with Part Shark in Charlottetown.
On Today: The PEI Colt Stakes for two and three year old colts and fillies will go at Red Shores in Summerside with post time at 1.00 for the 18-dash card.
The first place Charlottetown Islanders visit the Moncton Fisher Cats at 7.00 in New Brunswick Senior Baseball.
Andrews Hockey Annual Benefit hockey game is set for this evening at 7.00 at the Bell Aliant Centre with proceeds to go toward Leo Knott and his family to help with his battle against cancer.
Jerseys from the game will go in a silent auction. Several NHL, AHL and other rising stars will play including Ross Johnston, Zack MacEwen, Jordan Spence, Noah Dobson and Jeremy McKenna as Team Blue meets Team Red.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
CFL
Montreal 27 Hamilton 14
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
Toronto 5 Boston 4
Seattle 3 L.A. Angels 2
N.Y. Yankees 3 Houston 1
Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 2
Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland 4
National League
Chicago Cubs 8 Atlanta 6
Washington 7 Cincinnati 3
St. Louis 6 Colorado 2
San Diego 8 L.A. Dodgers 3
Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2 (10 innings)
Interleague
Baltimore 7 N.Y. Mets 3
Texas 9 Miami 8
Philadelphia 9 Kansas City 6
Oakland 2 San Francisco 1
Minnesota 12 Arizona 1
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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Round of 16
Spain 5 Switzerland 1
Japan 3 Norway 1
Netherlands 2 South Africa 0
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HLINKA GRETZKY CUP
Championship
Canada 3 Czechia 2 (OT)
Third Place
United States 5 Finland 2
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Sunday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
CFL
Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.
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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Round of 16
Sweden vs. United States, 5 a.m.
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LEAGUES CUP
Round of 16
Miami at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
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MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox (Scholtens 1-4) at Cleveland (Curry 3-1), 12:05 p.m.
Toronto (Bassitt 10-6) at Boston (Bernardino 1-1), 1:35 p.m.
Houston (Urquidy 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Rodon 1-4), 1:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Glasnow 5-3) at Detroit (Manning 3-3), 1:40 p.m.
Seattle (Miller 7-4) at L.A. Angels (Silseth 3-1), 4:07 p.m.
National League
Washington (Irvin 3-5) at Cincinnati (Richardson 0-0), 1:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Oviedo 5-11) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-0), 2:10 p.m.
Colorado (Gomber 8-8) at St. Louis (Thompson 2-3), 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Morton 10-9) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 12-3), 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lynn 7-9) at San Diego (Hill 7-10), 7:10 p.m.
Interleague
Kansas City (Greinke 1-11) at Philadelphia (Walker 12-4), 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Quintana 0-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 7-6), 1:35 p.m.
Arizona (Gallen 11-5) at Minnesota (Keuchel 0-0), 2:10 p.m.
Miami (Alcantara 4-9) at Texas (Heaney 8-6), 2:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Cobb 6-3) at Oakland (Medina 3-8), 4:07 p.m.
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CANADIAN ELITE BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Scarborough at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Western Conference Semifinal
Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
(The Canadian Press)
