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      We recap the 2021-2022 athletic year for Benton Harbor, Lakeshore, and Bridgman…      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Furry Friends Friday, brought to you by The Mason Jar Cafe, featuring Polly from Cass County Animal Control/Shelter.   Meet Polly! She is an adorable, lovable dog who has been looking for a loving home. Polly prefers a home where she is the only animal around to give you all the affection and cuddles you need. She is around 4 years old and has not yet been spayed. Her adoption fee is $65. Please reach out to Cass County Animal Control (323 M-62 North, Cassopolis, MI 49031; Phone 269-445-3701) to learn more about adorable Polly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Tampa Bay Rays 6, Detroit Tigers 1 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Rays 6, Tigers 1 – Paredes homers twice, Rodriguez leaves early, Rays win 6-1 Isaac Paredes homered twice against his former teammates to double his career big league total, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on an afternon Eduardo Rodriguez left in the first inning and headed to the injured list. Rodriguez lasted just one out and averaged 91.9 mph for his fastball, 2.4 mph below his season average, and left the mound with Tigers head athletic trainer Doug Teter. Drew Rasmussen allowed four hits in five shutout innings with seven strikeouts and no walks, improving to 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA in his last five starts. Royals 6, White Sox 2 – Witt homers off Giolito, Melendez connects as KC tops Chisox Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez homered and fellow rookie Emmanuel Rivera hit a go-ahead triple to lead the Kansas City Royals

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Tampa Bay Rays 8, Detroit Tigers 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0 – Game 1 Kansas City Royals 2, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 2 Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Rays 8, Tigers 1 – Kiermaier, Phillips, Arozarena homer, Rays beat Tigers 8-1 Kevin Kiermaier, Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena each homered and drove in two runs, Shane McClanahan struck out seven in seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1. Ji-Man Choi also drove in two runs for the Rays, who broke Detroit’s four-game winning streak. Jeimer Candelario homered off McClanahan in the fifth for the Tigers, his third of the season. Kiermaier had three hits including a leadoff homer in the second off Detroit starter Beau Brieske. It was his fourth homer of the season. White Sox 3, Royals 0 & Royals 2, White Sox 1 – White Sox and Royals split doubleheader Brady Singer outdueled Davis Martin as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 – 10 innings Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Tigers 3, Rays 2 – Castro homers in 9th, Tigers top Rays 3-2 for 4th straight Harold Castro hit his first home run of the year with two outs in the ninth inning, a tiebreaking shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 for their season-best fourth straight victory. Castro connected off Andrew Kittredge. Michael Fulmer got the win in relief and Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven tries. Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homer that put Tigers rookie Alex Faedo in position for his first major league win, but Brett Phillips helped the Rays erase their 2-0 deficit with a home run in the sixth and a leadoff double in the eighth. Phillips scored on Wander Franco’s sacrifice fly to tie it. White Sox 5, Royals 3 – F/10 – Robert powers White Sox past Royals in 10 after Cueto’s gem Luis Rob

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 1 New York Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Tigers 5, Orioles 1 – Cabrera homers, Skubal strikes out 11 as Tigers top Orioles Miguel Cabrera blasted his 505th career home run, Tarik Skubal equaled his career high with 11 strikeouts, and the Detroit Tigers completed their first series sweep this season by defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5-1. Cabrera had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in two more for the Tigers, who have won three straight. Harold Castro added three hits, a run scored and two RBIs. Skubal lasted six innings, limiting Baltimore to three hits and two walks. Trey Mancini’s homer off Rony Garcia in the ninth prevented the Orioles from being shut out in back-to-back games. Yankees 5, White Sox 1 – Cortes pitches 8 crisp innings as Yankees beat White Sox 5-1 Nestor Cortes pitched a career-high eight innings and the New York Yankees took advantage of Michae

It’s Furry Friends Friday, sponsored by The Mason Jar Cafe, featuring “Sandy” from Berrien County Animal Control.   Hi! My name is Sandy and I am a strong lady! I am an American Terrier Mix, aged 2-4 years old, UTD on shots and spayed. I am HW+, but I have almost completed my heartworm treatment thanks to Friends of Berrien County Animal Control. I love to go, so an active family is a must! Toys and food are a plus for me, as I am very treat-motivated. Once I get all my zoomies out, I will be your cuddle buddy. Sometimes I forget my own strength, so older kids might work best for me because I am a bull in a china shop! I’m picky about other dogs so a meet and greet is a must! Come and visit with me at Berrien County Animal Control (1400 South Euclid Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI 49022) or call my friends at 269-927-5648. We can get our zoomies out together! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Oakland A’s 5, Detroit Tigers 3 New York Yankees 15, Chicago WHITE Sox 7 Cubs were off A’s 5, Tigers 3 – Brown hits go-ahead HR in 8th, A’s take 4 of 5 from Tigers Seth Brown hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3. Michael Fulmer got the first two outs of the eighth, but Jed Lowrie drew a walk and Brown homered. The Tigers have lost nine of 10. Oakland came to Comerica Park this week with a nine-game losing streak, but won four times in an unusual five-game series. The Athletics’ only loss came when they were the official home team in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader — a game they were originally supposed to host before the season’s first series was postponed by the lockout. Miguel Cabera made it 3-all in the Detroit sixth with his 601st career double, tying Barry Bonds for 17th all-time. Yankees 15, White Sox 7 – Stanton homers twice as Ya

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Oakland A’s 9, Detroit Tigers 0 Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox, PPD – Covid Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego Padres 5 A’s 9, Tigers 0 – Logue pitches gem in 2nd start, A’s pound Tigers 9-0 Zach Logue pitched seven scoreless innings in his second major league start and the Oakland Athletics spoiled the debut of Joey Wentz by thumping the floundering Detroit Tigers 9-0. Sean Murphy and Kevin Smith each drove in two runs and Christian Bethancourt supplied three hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the A’s. Oakland, which entered Detroit on a nine-game losing streak, is 3-1 in the five-game series. The Tigers have lost eight of their last nine, scoring two runs or less in each of those defeats. Guardians at White Sox, PPD/Covid – COVID outbreak postpones Guardians-White Sox game Major League Baseball has its first coronavirus-related postponement of the season. Today’s series finale in Chicago between the White Sox

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland A’s 0 – Game 1 Oakland A’s 4, Detroit Tigers 1 – Game 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Guardians 1 San Diego Padres 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Tigers 6, A’s 0 / A’s 4, Tigers 1 – Road teams sweep unusual A’s-Tigers doubleheader Tarik Skubal led the Tigers to a 6-0 win over Oakland as the visiting team in the opener of a unique doubleheader caused by Major League Baseball’s lockout. With the Athletics as the visiting team in the second game, 25-year-old Adrian Martinez (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his major league debut to help Oakland to a 4-1 victory. In a matchup of last-place teams, Detroit ended a 27-inning scoreless streak in the opener. Oakland (12-19) then won for the second time in 12 games and sent the Tigers (9-21) to their seventh loss in eight games. White Sox 4, Guardians 1 – Sheets homers, Anderson 2 RBIs, White Sox top Guardians 4-1 Gavin Sheets homered in his second stra

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Oakland A’s 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Cleveland Guardians 12, Chicago White Sox 9 – 11 Innings Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego Padres 0 Athletics 2, Tigers 0 – A’s beat Tigers 2-0 as Blackburn improves to 4-0 Paul Blackburn threw 6 2/3 strong innings to improve to 4-0 as the Oakland A’s shutout the Detroit Tigers 2-0 to snap a season-high nine-game losing streak. Tony Kemp hit a solo home run in the third and Chad Pinder added an RBI single in the fourth. Blackburn gave up four hits and struck out three before leaving in the seventh inning. Despite walking two batters, rookie Dany Jiménez escaped damage and earned his fifth save to finish off the four-hitter. Guardians 12, White Sox 9 – F/11 – Naylor powers big comeback, Guardians stun White Sox in 11 Josh Naylor hit a tying grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning and a three-run homer in the 11th, powering a huge comeback that carried the Cleveland Guardians to a wild 12-9 victory ov

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Houston Astros 5, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 1 Astros 5, Tigers 0 – Grand slam by Diaz vs. Tigers helps Astros to 7-0 homestand Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam, Jake Odorizzi threw five innings of one-hit ball and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 for a four-game sweep and their seventh straight win. Díaz’s second home run of the season came in the third inning on a 92 mph fastball from Tigers reliever Drew Hutchison. It went 347 feet to left-center field, scoring José Altuve, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez for a 4-0 lead. Houston finished a red-hot homestand against Seattle and Detroit 7-0. When the homestand began, they were 11-11. White Sox 3, Red Sox 2 – Abreu gets 2-run double; White Sox complete sweep over BoSox Dallas Keuchel halted his three-start losing streak with six solid innings, José Abreu hit a two-run double and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red

      Lakeshore Girls’ Track and St. Joe Girls’ Soccer are featured this week on The Coaches from Red Coach Donuts…      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Furry Friends Friday, sponsored by The Mason Jar Cafe, with Eva from Paws Of Hope!   Eva is an elegant little Brown Tabby Cat, believed to be almost one year old. Sassy and tough best describes our Eva who, as a kitten, was living on the streets with a compound fracture to her right front leg. Eva’s bravery and intelligence kept her alive. Eva’s broken leg was causing her to be in pain, so it has been amputated and she is maneuvering well. She is learning that people offer comfort. However, being around other cats makes her feel anxious, so her perfect home will not have cats, dogs, or young children. Give Eva your love and patience, and you won’t be disappointed! Eva is spayed, up to date on vaccinations, and tested negative for FeLV-FIV. Please contact Paws of Hope at information@pawsofhope.org, or send a private message to our Facebook page, to learn more about our beautiful and brave warrior princess, Eva. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Houston Astros 3, Detroit Tigers 2 Cubs and White Sox were off Astros 3, Tigers 2 – Tucker’s RBI in 9th lifts Astros to 3-2 win over Tigers Jose Altuve and rookie Jeremy Peña hit solo homers and Kyle Tucker’s RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Yordan Alvarez singled off Gregory Soto with no outs in the ninth and was replaced by pinch-runner Chas McCormick. Yuli Gurriel walked before Tucker singled on a groundball to center field to score McCormick and give Houston its fourth straight victory. Tucker’s hit helped the Astros bounce back after closer Ryan Pressly blew the save in the top of the inning in his return from the injured list. Today L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 1-3), 2:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 1-2) at Boston (Eovaldi 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Brieske 0-1) at Houston (Garcia 1-1), 8:10 p.m.             WSJM/WCSY 7:50 MLB – Whi

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – Game 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Detroit Tigers 2 – Game 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 3, Pirates 2 – Pirates 7, Tigers 2 – Pirates beat up Tigers’ bullpen to split doubleheader Bryan Reynolds doubled in Pittsburgh’s two-run seventh inning, and the Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 to split a doubleheader. The Tigers won the first game 3-2 with the help of two key errors by the Pirates. After pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings in the first game, the Tigers’ bullpen struggled in the nightcap. Gemel had five hits in across the two games. Tigers reliever Drew Hutchinson (0-2) got the loss in the second game, while Alex Lange got the win in the first. Pirates reliever Zach Thompson got the win in the first game, and Bryse Wilson was charged with the loss. White Sox 4, Cubs 3 – Giolito gets help in pitching White Sox past Cubs 4-3 Lucas Giolito struck out 10, Luis Robert made a game-s

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers, PPD to today White Sox 3, Cubs 1 – Anderson homers as White Sox beat Cubs 3-1 at rainy Wrigley Tim Anderson homered and José Abreu made two nice plays at first base, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 at rainy, chilly Wrigley Field. Looking to dig themselves out of a rough start, the banged-up White Sox won for the third time in four games. Michael Kopech pitched four-plus scoreless innings, and Jake Burger had two hits. Anderson led off the third with a drive to right-center on Keegan Thompson’s first pitch of the inning, making it 3-0 with his fourth homer. The dynamic shortstop is batting .359 in his last 10 games. Pirates at Tigers, PPD – Pirates-Tigers game rained out, doubleheader Wednesday The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers has been rained out. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday. The postponement at C

It’s the final episode of the 2022 season as hosts Tim Dunaj and Bryan Sorenson host 2Paw Robotics, Team #5462 from Paw Paw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Chicago White Sox 3, Los Angeles Angels 0 Tigers and Cubs were off White Sox 3, Angels 0 – Cease, White Sox shut down Trout, Angels; Ohtani pinch hits Dylan Cease struck out 11 to match a career best and gave up just one hit in seven sparkling innings, propelling the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout struck out in all four at-bats, three against Cease. The Angels star, who homered and doubled in a win Sunday, fanned against Liam Hendriks to end the game. Angels two-way start Shohei Ohtani didn’t start, a day after making an early exit because of groin tightness. The reigning AL MVP grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The White Sox won for the third time in 12 games. Los Angeles has won seven of nine. Tonight Pittsburgh (Wilson 0-0) at Detroit (Pineda 1-1), 7:10 p.m.         WSJM/WCSY 6:50 Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Smyly 1-2), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Detroit Tigers 3 Los Angeles Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Dodgers 6, Tigers 3 – Dodgers beat Tigers 6-3; Cabrera hits 503rd homer Walker Buehler pitched five scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 and overcame Miguel Cabrera’s 503rd career home run and his first this season. Cabrera hit a two-run homer off reliever Phil Bickford in the eighth inning to help the Tigers avoid the shutout. Cabrera got his 3,000th career hit last week and on Sunday tied George Brett for 18th in major league history with 1,119 extra-base hits. Buehler scattered six hits and struck out five and walked one. Tigers starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed eight hits and gave up six runs, four earned, in 5 2/3 innings. Angels 6, White Sox 5 – Trout HR, Lorenzen, Angels hold off Chisox; DH Ohtani exits Mike Trout homered, doubled and scored three runs, Michael Lorenzen pitched into