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THIS WEEK’S MIDWEST FAMILY PLAYER OF THE WEEK IS TAYLOR HOLLAND FROM SOUTH HAVEN SOFTBALL. IN A RECENT GAME AGAINST PLAINWELL, TAYLOR WAS 5 FOR 5 WITH A DOUBLE, TRIPLE AND 4 RBI’S. AGAINST WATERVLIET, TAYLOR WAS 5 FOR 8 WITH 2 DOUBLES AND HAS PITCHED 10 AND 2/3rds INNINGS TO KEEP THE RAMS IN THE GAMES. SHE IS A SOPHOMORE WITH A POINT 769 AVERAGE, A 3.482 GPA AND PLAYS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL FOR THE RA...

Golf – Senior PGA – Steven Alker, Bob Estes share Senior PGA lead at 64 On a day when birdies were flying around Harbor Shores in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship, Steven Alker began soaring with an eagle. The 50-year-old New Zealander, who already has won twice and leads the PGA Tour Champions money list with almost $1.2 million, started his round with a 25-foot downhill eagle putt...

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 – 10 Innings Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1 Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Twins 2 – 10 Innings – Candelario’s homer in 10th lifts Tigers in 4-2 win vs. Twins Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning for the Detroit Tigers to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Harold Castro...

Golf – Senior PGA – Steve Stricker out of Senior PGA with positive COVID-19 test Former Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has pulled out of the Senior PGA Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. Stricker revealed his positive test Tuesday on Twitter. He says he was “super bummed” and that it was “just a small setback.” Stricker was out of competition for six...

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 4 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 4 White Sox were off Twins 5, Tigers 4 – Kepler hits slam, Urshela and Twins walk off Tigers 5-4 Max Kepler hit an early grand slam, and Gio Urshela’s infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Urshela hit a grounder...

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Guardians 2 Chicago Cubs 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Chicago White Sox 3, New York Yankees 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 0 – Game 2 Tigers 4, Guardians 2 – Tigers top Guardians 4-2 for Faedo’s first big league win Rookie Alex Faedo allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings for his first major league win and Miguel Ca...

      We recap the 2021-2022 athletic year for Benton Harbor, Lakeshore, and Bridgman…       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 Edu...

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 stru...

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...

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 swee...

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...

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...

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 opene...

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 losi...

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...

      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.

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...

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 d...

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...

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 stru...

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 fir...

      This week on The Coaches, we spotlight Lakeshore Boys’ Track, Michigan Lutheran Softball, Our Lady of the Lake Baseball, and Benton Harbor Baseball from Red Coach Donuts…       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL Draft – Lions take Hutchinson at No. 2, trade up to take Williams The Detroit Lions have selected Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 pick, addressing a desperate need with a hometown star. The 6-foot-6, 265-pound edge rusher was a sack-master for the Wolverines whose consistency and relentlessness helped lead them to their first College Football Playoff. Detroit also traded...