Pitcher Chris Bassitt reached 200 innings for the first time, leading the Toronto Blue Jays one step closer to an A-L wild-card berth by beating the New York Yankees 6-0. The Seattle Mariners won 3-2 over the Texas Rangers and pulled within one game of the idle Houston Astros in the race for the final A-L wild-card berth. Seattle also holds the tiebreaker over the Astros. The Jays are one game up on Houston and 2 games up on Seattle. Baltimore blanked Boston 2-0.
The Islanders have advanced to the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League Final thanks to an 8-3 Game 7 win over the Moncton Fisher Cats to win their semifinal series. The Islanders will face the Fredericton Royals for the title. The series starts in Charlottetown on Sunday.
At Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Thursday night, the Melissa Rennie stable swept the final two races, including Woodmere Rollily with the fastest trip of the night in the finale in 1:56 flat. Live racing continues Saturday evening at 6 P.M. at Red Shores Charlottetown. Red Shores Summerside races Sunday afternoon with a 1 P.M. opening post.
Trentyn Crane netted the hat trick, while Reid Vos and Robbie Rutledge each scored a pair as the Summerside Western Capitals beat the Pictou County Weeks Crushers 10-7.
SCOREBOARD
Thursday’s Scoreboard
Major League Baseball
American League
Toronto 6 N.Y. Yankees 0
Baltimore 2 Boston 0
Seattle 3 Texas 2
Detroit 7 Kansas City 3
Oakland 2 Minnesota 1
National League
Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 3
Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 0
Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 2
Colorado 14 L.A. Dodgers 5
Miami at N.Y. Mets (Delayed by rain)
Interleague
Chicago White Sox 3 Arizona 1
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NFL
Detroit 34 Green Bay 20
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NHL Pre-Season
Seattle 3 Vancouver 1
Chicago 2 St. Louis 1 (OT)
Minnesota 4 Colorado 2
Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 1
Washington 4 Detroit 3
New Jersey 3 N.Y. Rangers 2
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Friday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
Major League Baseball
American League
Cleveland (Quantrill 3-7) at Detroit (Wentz 3-12), 6:40 p.m.
Boston (Pivetta 9-9) at Baltimore (Means 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Civale 7-4) at Toronto (Ryu 3-3), 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Rodon 3-7) at Kansas City (Lyles 5-17), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Waldichuk 4-8) at L.A. Angels (Silseth 4-1), 9:38 p.m.
Texas (Eovaldi 12-4) at Seattle (Woo 4-5), 10:10 p.m.
National League
Miami (TBD) at Pittsburgh (TBD), 6:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Walker 15-5) at N.Y. Mets (Megill 8-8), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Williams 6-10) at Atlanta (Winans 1-2), 7:20 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-8) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 5-1), 8:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Williamson 4-5) at St. Louis (Woodford 2-2), 8:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lynn 12-11) at San Francisco (Winn 1-2), 10:15 p.m.
Interleague
San Diego (Martinez 5-4) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 7-8), 7:40 p.m.
Minnesota (Ryan 11-10) at Colorado (Blach 3-3), 8:10 p.m.
Houston (France 11-6) at Arizona (Gallen 17-8), 9:40 p.m.
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CFL
Toronto at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Saskatchewan at B.C., 10:30 p.m.
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WNBA Playoffs
Semifinals
New York at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-five series tied 1-1)
Las Vegas at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
(Las Vegas leads best-of-five series 2-0)
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NHL Pre-Season
Carolina at Florida, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Anaheim at San Diego, 10 p.m.
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(The Canadian Press)
