Adrian, MI – Here is today’s Sports Update!
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Local runner, who just so happens to be the principal at Adrian High School, Sam Skeels recently completed the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run…which is considered the world’s oldest 100 mile trail race.
The run begins in Olympic Valley and ends in Auburn, California. He completed the race in 26 hours and 8 minutes, earning a sub-30-hour bronze belt buckle for his efforts.
Skeels was recently on 96.5 The Cave and talked about the terrain of the race…
He highlighted the different elements towards the end of the journey, what about the experience as a whole…
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In Little League Baseball on Wednesday, hosted at Tecumseh’s Mitchell Park…
Plymouth Canton beat Tecumseh, 4-2
Ash Carleton over Clinton, 17-0
And Van Buren bested Adrian, 8-0
Coming up today…
Blissfield will take on Ash Carleton
Hudson versus Van Buren
The winner of those two games will advance to Friday.
Tecumseh will play Friday’s victor on Saturday morning.
Plymouth Canton has advanced to the championship series, set to begin Sunday morning
8-10 yr old softball @ Tate Park in Clinton
On Wednesday…
Clinton defeated Adrian, 13-4
Clinton will play Tecumseh in the championship series. If Clinton wins today, an ‘if necessary’ game will happen Friday. All games are at 6pm.
The Toledo Mud Hens battled through a high-scoring matchup but fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers, 13-7, on Wednesday night.
Jace Jung went 4-5 with a double and an RBI. Akil Baddoo homered, went 2-5, picked up 2 RBI’s and scored a run.
The Mud Hens continue their six-game road series against Omaha tonight at 8:05 p.m.
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First-time All-Star Junior Caminero homered and scored twice and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Detroit 7-3 on Wednesday to end the major league-leading Tigers’ winning streak at five games.
Detroit’s Gleyber Torres doubled in the fourth to extend his on-base streak to 22 games — the longest active streak in the majors. It matched his career high, done twice for the New York Yankees, most recently last August.
The Tigers are off today before starting a home series with Seattle on Friday. Tarik Skubal is set to pitch, giving him an extra day of rest before the All-Star Game.
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Joe Coleman, a lanky right-hander who won 142 games in 15 major league seasons and was an All-Star in 1972 with Detroit, died Wednesday morning, his son said. He was 78.
Casey Coleman said his father died in his sleep in Jamestown, Tennessee.
The son and father of major leaguers, Coleman became the No. 3 pick in baseball’s inaugural amateur draft in 1965 when he was selected by the Washington Senators. His father, also named Joe — who pitched in the majors from 1942-55 — negotiated a club-record $75,000 signing bonus.
After the 1970 season, Coleman was traded to Detroit in a deal that sent Denny McLain to Washington. He enjoyed his greatest individual success with the Tigers, going 88-73 with a 3.82 ERA from 1971-76.
In his All-Star season, he made his only postseason appearance, striking out a then-playoff-record 14 batters to shut out the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the five-game American League championship series. The Tigers lost the series 3-2 and Oakland went on to beat Cincinnati in the World Series.
Coleman also pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. In his final season, he made 10 relief appearances for the 1979 Pirates, who went on to win the World Series.
After retiring as a player, Coleman worked as a pitching and bullpen coach for the California and Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners along with several minor-league clubs.
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Detroit Tigers utility man Zach McKinstry was picked Wednesday to replace injured Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña in the All-Star game.
He will join Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres and outfielders Javier Báez and Riley Greene — all AL starters — and staff ace Tarik Skubal, who also is among the candidates to start the All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
The five All-Stars for Detroit is tied for the most with the World Series champion Dodgers.
Along with playing every infield position besides catcher, and both corner outfield spots, McKinstry entered Wednesday hitting .283 with seven homers and 27 RBIs. The 30-year-old needs just three more homers and nine RBIs to set career highs.