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Raynel Delgado drives in 2 in the eighth as the Astros beat the Tigers 4-2

Michigan Sports June 18, 2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Raynel Delgado drove in two runs in the eighth inning in his second major league game to help lift the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. With Houston down 2-1, Delgado hit a single to center field that sent Yainer Diaz and Cam Smith home. The Astros added another run later in the inning, after Joey Loperfido ran home on Jeremy Peña's groundout to first. After review, Peña was ruled safe at first and the run counted. Diaz returned from the injured list after being out for more than two months with an oblique strain. Starting ...

US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history

National Sports June 18, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills. The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ...

Backcountry Village earns split in majors softball

Local Sports June 18, 2026

HURONTOWN — It was the tale of two games for the Backcountry Village in Portage Lake Little League Majors softball action Tuesday. The girls in green had a slow start in their opening contest against Superior Service Towing losing, 5-1. However, their bats came alive in their second game ...

Hilary Knight is heading to Hockeytown in PWHL sign-and-trade deal between Detroit and Las Vegas

Michigan Sports June 17, 2026

DETROIT — Hilary is officially headed to Hockeytown. With the PWHL's trade freeze lifting on Tuesday, the league announced five-time U.S. Olympian Hilary Knight's trade to Detroit as part of a sign-and-trade agreement reached with fellow expansion team Las Vegas last week. Las Vegas is ...

GrandBridge softball shuts out Wildlife Refuge, 10-0

Local Sports June 17, 2026

HURONTOWN — Pitching was almost perfect for GrandBridge Properties minor softball team on Monday night. The girls in the circle combined for 11 strikeouts and allowed just two hits in a five-inning shutout over Wildlife Refuge Cabins. In the end, the girls in gray scored in every inning to ...

PWHL draft in Detroit will double as Team USA gold medal reunion, with 5 Olympians up for selection

Michigan Sports June 17, 2026

DETROIT — The Olympics are long over for Gina Kingsbury, and the now-former Team Canada women's hockey executive is ready to put aside cross-border rivalries and whatever lingering sting remains from losing to the Americans in February. As GM of the Toronto Sceptres, Kingsbury is looking ...