LOCAL SPORTS
The X-Men Football squad opens the regular season hosting the Saint Mary’s Huskies. Kick-off at St. FX Stadium is at 2pm.
Meanwhile, the X-Women Rugby team plays a pre-season exhibition match at 1:30 at the Halifax Wanderers Grounds against the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Mike Trout hit a two-run home run to become the highest-scoring player in Angels history, Reid Detmers and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, and Los Angeles snapped a six-game losing streak by crushing the host Toronto Blue Jays 12 -0 on Friday. Jo Adell hit two home runs and Andrew Velasquez had a two-run blast for the Angels. Alek Manoah will pitch for the Jays on Saturday when they face Shohei Ohtani and the Angels in the second game of a three-game series.
McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw 3 touchdown passes and Jamal Peters returned one of his three interceptions 67 yards for a major as the Toronto Argonauts defeated the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-20 on Friday in CFL action. In the late game, the BC Lions first game without injured star quarterback Nathan Rourke was difficult as the Leos lost 23-16 to the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Drew Lock threw for a touchdown and three interceptions before the Dallas Cowboys rallied to beat the Seahawks 27-26 on Friday night in Seattle’s final NFL pre-season game before deciding Russell Wilson’s replacement. Geno Smith, regarded as the leader in the competition with Lock, played 1 offensive series, moving the Seahawks to the Dallas 19-yard line but had to settle for Jason Myers’ 53-yard field goal.
LPGA Tour rookie Narin An of South Korea put herself in a good position to win at the CP Women’s Open in Ottawa. An shot a 6-under 65 Friday to take a two-shot lead, at the Canadian women’s golf championship. American Nelly Korda, Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea and first-round leader Paula Reto of South Africa are all tied for second at 11-under. Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., was the low Canadian. She is tied for 13th at seven under.
Switzerland and Czechia have made winning starts at the women’s world hockey championship in Denmark. The Swiss beat Japan 3-1 in Herning and Czechia routed Hungary 7-1 in Frederikshavn. The Swiss face defending champion and title favorite Canada today.
The United States scored three goals in the second period and Gabby Graves-Wake and Hope Bevilhymer combined for the shutout as they defeated Canada 5-0 in Friday’s opening game of the four-team Para Ice Hockey Women’s World Challenge in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Canada will play twice on Saturday. They’ll face Team World at 10 am Eastern, then play Great Britain at 1:30 pm
Friday’s Scores
CFL
Toronto 37 Hamilton 20
Saskatchewan 23 BC 16
Women’s World Hockey Championship – Preliminary Round
at Herning, Denmark
Switzerland 3 Japan 1
at Frederikshavn, Denmark
Czechia 7 Hungary 1
MLB
American League
LA Angels 12 Toronto 0
Seattle 3 Cleveland 2 (11 innings)
Boston 9 Tampa Bay 8
Texas 7 Detroit 6
Baltimore 2 Houston 0
NY Yankees 3 Oakland 2
National League
LA Dodgers 10 Miami 6 (10 innings)
Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 3 (10 innings)
Cincinnati 7 Washington 3
Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4
NY Mets 7 Colorado 6
Atlanta 11 St. Louis 4
Interleague
Arizona 7 Chicago White Sox 2
San Diego 13 Kansas City 5
Minnesota 9 San Francisco 0
MLS
Austin FC 4 Los Angeles FC 1
Portland 2 Seattle 1
NFL Exhibition
Carolina 21 Buffalo 0
New Orleans 27 LA Chargers 10
Dallas 27 Seattle 26
Las Vegas 23 New England 6
Saturday’s Games (All times Eastern)
Women’s World Hockey Championship – Preliminary Round
at Herning, Denmark
Finland vs. United States, 9 am
Switzerland vs. Canada, 1 p.m
at Frederikshavn, Denmark
Sweden vs. Germany, 9:30 am
Denmark vs. Czech Republic, 1:30 p.m
CFL
Ottawa at Edmonton, 7 p.m
MLB
American League
LA Angels (Ohtani 10-8) at Toronto (Manoah 12-6), 3:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Springs 6-3) at Boston (Hill 5-5), 4:10 p.m
Detroit (Rodriguez 2-3) at Texas (Arihara 1-1), 7:05 p.m
Baltimore (Kremer 5-4) at Houston (Javier 7-8), 7:10 p.m
NY Yankees (German 2-2) at Oakland (Oller 2-6), 9:07 p.m
Cleveland (Plesac 2-11) at Seattle (Castillo 5-5), 10:10 p.m.
National League
Pittsburgh (Beede 1-3) at Philadelphia (Gibson 8-5), 6:05 p.m
LA Dodgers (May 1-0) at Miami (Alcantara 11-6), 6:10 p.m
Cincinnati (Cessa 3-2) at Washington (Espino 0-5), 7:05 p.m
Chicago Cubs (Smyly 5-7) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 9-3), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Freeland 7-8) at NY Mets (Peterson 6-3), 7:10 p.m
Atlanta (Morton 6-5) at St. Louis (Montgomery 7-3), 7:15 p.m.
Interleague
Arizona (Kelly 10-5) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 2-3), 7:10 p.m
San Diego (Darvish 10-7) at Kansas City (Lynch 4-8), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Cobb 4-6) at Minnesota (Gray 7-4), 7:15 p.m
MLS
Houston at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m
Miami at New York, 7 p.m
Toronto FC at Charlotte FC, 7 p.m
Columbus at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m
Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m
CF Montreal at Chicago, 8 p.m
San Jose at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m
Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 9 p.m
Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m
NFL Exhibition
Jacksonville at Atlanta, 3 p.m
LA Rams at Cincinnati, 6 p.m
Arizona at Tennessee, 7 p.m
Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m
Philadelphia at Miami, 7 p.m
Washington at Baltimore, 7 p.m
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m
Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m