MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew Vaughn hit a grand slam and had a career-high six RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-3. Milwaukee’s Jackson Chourio and Chicago’s Ian Happ left the game early. Chourio had a right hamstring spasm. Happ fouled the ball off his left leg. The Brewers won for the 15th time in 18 games to extend their NL Central lead over Chicago to two games. Vaughn’s grand slam off Ryan Pressly gave Milwaukee a 9-2 lead in the sixth.
Series finale this afternoon. Pregame at 12:35pm. First pitch at 1:10pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Story homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Lucas Giolito pitched six strong innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5. Giolito gave up one run on five hits and two walks while striking out five. Jarren Duran also homered, doubled and stole a base for the Red Sox. Brooks Lee homered twice and drove in all five Minnesota runs. Lee entered the game in the third inning to replace Carlos Correa, who left with a migraine. Twins starter Pierson Ohl, making his major league debut, held the Red Sox scoreless for two innings, but he couldn’t limit the damage in Boston’s four-run third.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins placed All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list due to a rib injury. The move, retroactive to Sunday, comes after Buxton was removed from the Twins’ game against the Washington Nationals in the seventh inning on Saturday with soreness in his side. An MRI on Sunday revealed irritation in the cartilage in his rib cage. Buxton is in the midst of a career season. In 85 games, Buxton is hitting .282 with 23 home runs and 59 RBIs. He’s also 17 for 17 in stolen bases.
Former Green Bay Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe will join his younger brother Shannon Sharpe in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. The elder Sharpe had an outstanding seven-year NFL career that was cut short by a neck injury at age 29 after he’d led the league in receptions three times. He was named first-team All-Pro three times and earned five Pro Bowl berths in his truncated career that followed a stellar stint at South Carolina. The Sharpes are the first pair of brothers to be enshrined in Canton.