Miguel Cabrera hit a long-awaited and much-needed home run on Thursday night to lift Detroit to a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. In the bottom of the ninth, on a 2-1 count, Cabrera smacked a two-run homer to right field for the Tigers’ second walk-off win of the season. It was Cabrera’s sixth home run of the year and first since May 20.
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Few themes around baseball have been as consistent the past two seasons as Daniel Murphy’s superhero act and the Mets’ injury woes. So it came as little surprise that on a day in which the Mets absorbed troubling news on four of their players, Murphy took no mercy with another standout performance against his former team to pace the Nationals’ 8-3 thumping of the Mets at Citi Field.
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A look at what’s happening all around the majors Friday:
”I was teeing off and I looked up and saw it on fire, and I felt sick to my stomach,” Jamie Lovemark said after his opening round in one of golf’s four majors. Golfer Brandt Snedeker said he spotted something while on the course at Erin Hills, about 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
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Sergio Garcia is one of just two top-10 players under par heading into the second round. Can he gain some momentum for the weekend?
Republicans and Democrats stood on their feet together on Thursday night at Nationals Park, as the 57th Annual Congressional Baseball Game — on the heels of Wednesday’s shooting during a practice — offered a chance to unite with our national pastime.
There’s a lot to love here for the Montreal Canadiens. But again, credit where it’s due: GM Marc Bergevin played this perfectly.
