• The Canadian Press

    William Contreras hits 2-run homer and Brewers beat Red Sox 7-2

    BOSTON (AP) — William Contreras hit a two-run home run, Christian Yelich had three hits and Bryce Wilson tossed 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Friday night. Blake Perkins had two hits and two stolen bases for the NL Central-leading Brewers. Wilson (3-1) came in with two down in the first inning and struck out seven. Willy Adames and Yelich also drove in runs for Milwaukee, which played the seventh game of a nine-game road trip. Jarren Duran

  • The Canadian Press

    Cubs-Cardinals game rained out, rescheduled as part of July 13 doubleheader

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals was rained out Friday night and was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 13. The day game was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CDT and the night game for 7:15 p.m. Chicago, third in the NL Central at 27-24, has lost seven of nine games. St. Louis has won eight of 10 games and is third in the NL Central at 23-26. __ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Associated Press, The As

  • The Canadian Press

    Kirilloff homers and Twins get strong relief pitching to edge the skidding Rangers 3-2

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Kirilloff hit a go-ahead home run in the fourth inning and Minnesota retired 15 of the last 16 hitters as the Twins edged the slumping Texas Rangers 3-2 on Friday night. Carlos Correa, Christian Vázquez and Jose Miranda each had two hits for the Twins, who won their third straight since snapping a seven-game losing streak. Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in the first, but the Rangers were blanked the rest of the way. Texas has lost 11 of its last 13 and has failed to sco