MLB

SF Giants def Chicago Cubs 4-2

The Cards and Sox were off

(Indy–jc)  Nascar Driver Chase Elliott sees the Indy Road course at the Brickyard on Sunday as a major challenge. Elliott hopes to do better this weekend…

Nascar Driver Chase Elliott. 

. You can hear the race live on Sunday starting at 12-30pm

E-I Baseball-Sunday

Sunday is the final weekend of regular season E-I Baseball action.

The Buckley Dutchmasters are the regular season champion.

The Dutchmasters take on the Royal Giants at Schiewe Field in Buckley.

The Paxton Swedes finish the regular season at home at Memorial Field in Paxton against the Arcola Riders. Both double headers start at 1 on Sunday afternoon

Saturday on WPXN its Special coverage of the Rankin 150th celebration. It starts with a few conversations with longtime Rankin residents at 10:30. Then at 11am we’ll cover the parade. 

Then its IndyCar racing coverage with the “Gallacher Grand Prix.

Following IndyCar racing its the Nascar Xfinity series race at 2pm with the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard. 

On Sunday the Nascar Cup Series race is the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. That race has a 12-30pm start time on WPXN.

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals def Toronto Blue Jays 6-1

Colorado Rockies def Chicago White Sox 6-5

Cubs were off

(Indy–jc)  The Nascar cup series heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday with the Pennzoil at the Brickyard. Nascar Cup series Driver Denny Hamlin says he prepares more for road course tracks than oval tracks…

Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin

You can hear three races from Indianapolis this weekend. The IndyCar, “Gallacher Grand Prix follows the live parade in Rankin on Saturday. Then on Saturday its the Nascar Xfinity series race at 2pm with the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard. On Sunday the Nascar Cup Series race is the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. That race has a 12-30pm start time on WPXN.

E-I Baseball-Sunday

Sunday is the final weekend of regular season E-I Baseball action.

The Buckley Dutchmasters are the regular season champion.

The Dutchmasters take on the Royal Giants at Schiewe Field in Buckley.

The Paxton Swedes finish the regular season at home at Memorial Field in Paxton against the Arcola Riders. Both double headers start at 1 on Sunday afternoon

MLB

The Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants 8-45 first pitch

The St Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox have the day off

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2

Toronto Blue Jays def St. Louis Cardinals 10-3

Chicago White Sox def Colorado Rockies 2-1

MLB

Chicago White Sox at Colorado Rockies 2-10 start

St Louis Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays 6-0h-7 first pitch

Cubs are off today

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2

Cards and Sox were off

(Pocono–jc)  Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the next stop on the Nascar Cup Series circuit. It’s the road course at Indy with the Verizon 200. Nascar Cup Series Driver Christopher Bell says road course experience is a help going into Indy on Sunday…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Christopher Bell

You can hear the race live on Sunday starting at 12-30 here on WPXN

MLB

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs 1-20pm first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays 6-07pm

Chicago White Sox at Colorado Rockies 8-40 start

Tonight on WPXN it’s Nascar Live. Hear the latest news of Nascar from 6pm to 7pm 

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Philadelphia Phillies 4-3

Cincinnati Reds def St. Louis Cardinals 6-3

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 6-3

E. I. Baseball

The Buckley Dutchamsters have clinched the regular season title with a double header sweep of the Arcola Riders. Buckley took game 1, 11-7 and finished up with a 14-3 win.

The Paxton Swedes split a double header with the Royal Giants with a walk off 3-2 win in game 2. Royal took the first game 10-0.

NASCAR 

Chase Elliott has been declared the winner of the M &M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono after Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified during post race inspection. With the disqualification, Tyler Reddick and Daniel Suarez moved up to second and third. 

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series race will be held at Pocono Raceway this Sunday with the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400. Nascar Cup Series Driver William Byron explains how he wasn't able to get much practice in this week… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver William Byron 

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds – 5:40pm 

Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies – 6:05pm 

Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox – 7:10pm 

Tonight at the Farmer City Raceway it’s the 12th Annual Junior Kimler Memorial Race with $3 thousand dollars to win for Late Models plus full show and pro-mods. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $12 for adults, veterans get in for $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

E.I. Baseball on Sunday

Buckley Dutchmasters at Arcola Riders

Paxton Swedes at Royal Giants

Double Headers begin at 1pm

Saturday on WPXN its Xfinity Racing with Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 from Pocono Raceway

On Sunday its the NASCAR Cup Series Race M &M's Fan Appreciation 400 from Pocono Raceway 

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series race will be held at Pocono Raceway this Sunday with the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400. Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski says there's been tests done; It shows the corners at Pocono to be quite tricky for the next gen cars… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski

E. I. Baseball on Sunday

Buckley Dutchmasters at Arcola Riders

Paxton Swedes at Royal Giants

Double Headers begin at 1pm

MLB

All Star game

AL def NL 3-2

Updated 630am from tues pm  

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series race will be held at Pocono Raceway this Sunday with the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400. Nascar Cup Series Driver Corey Lajoie says its best to focus on the three corner turns at Pocono… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Corey Lajoie 

MLB

Juan Soto won the homerun derby becoming the second youngest winner at the age of 23. He took down Jose Ramirez in the first round, Albert Pujols in the second round and knocked off Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez 19-18 in the final round. 

All Star game tonight at 7pm

Tonight on WPXN its NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

MLB

Chicago Cubs def NY Mets 3-2

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 11-0 

Cardinals and Reds were postponed

E.I. Baseball

The Buckley Dutchmasters won a pair of close games on Sunday at Schiewe Field in Buckley over the Paxton Swedes. In the first game the Swedes took a huge 5 to nothing lead in the top of the first inning. The Dutchmasters scored crooked numbers in the 2nd, third and 4th innings to take a 7 to 6 lead. The Swedes scored single runs in the top of the 6th and 7th to retake the lead at 8 to 7. The Dutchmasters tied the game in the bottom of the 6th. Buckley scored twice in the bottom of the 7th for the 10 to 8 win. 

Nate Walker, Drew Schrodt and Evan Regez all had three hits for Buckley

It was good pitching in the nitecap at Buckley on Sunday. Both teams scored a single run in the 4th inning and Buckley scratched across a run in the top of the 6th for a 2 to 1 win.

The Royal Giants took a pair from Arcola  by scores of 13 to 3 and 12 to nothing. There are two more weeks of the regular season left for E. I. Baseball.

Golf

Cameron Smith was unstoppable Sunday shooting 8 under par 64 to win the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. He beat Tiger Woods lowest score 19 under at St. Andrews in 2000 and  tied the tournament scoring record at 20 under. He joins Jack Nicklaus as the only men to claim the Players Championship and The Open in the same year.

NASCAR

Christopher Bell is the 14th driver to earn a spot in the 16 driver playoff field after he won the Ambetter 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He held off Chase Elliott for the win. Bubba Wallace was third, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick. 

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

MLB

NY Mets def Chicago Cubs 8-0

LA Dodgers def St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 12-2

The Fighting Illini Basketball team will be traveling to New York to play Texas in the Jimmy V Classic. The game is scheduled for Dec 6th and will be televised on ESPN. The other game that night is Duke vs Iowa.

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series Race will be this Sunday with the Ambetter 301 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Chase Elliott thinks the race may snowball into many pit stops and caution flags… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Chase Elliott

MLB

Mets @ Chicago Cubs – 1:20pm

Chicago White Sox @ Twins – 7:10pm 

 Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals – 7:15pm

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action tonight at the Farmer City Raceway. It’s the Baum Chevrolet Buick UMP summer Nationals rescheduled from last week, with $10 thousand to win for Late Models. Plus a full show. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  Street Stocks and Pro-Mods. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $25 for adults,  kids 12 and under are free. 

E. I. Baseball

Paxton Swedes at Buckley Dutchmasters

Arcola Riders at Royal Giants

Double headers begin at 1pm

Saturday morning on WPXN its our Live Action Auction. Bid Buy and Save from 8-10am.

Saturday afternoon its Xfinity racing with the Crayon 200 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 12:30 start time.

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Ambetter 301 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 1pm start time.

MLB

Baltimore Orioles def Chicago Cubs 7-1

LA Dodgers def St. Louis Cardinals 7-6

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 2-1

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series Race will be this Sunday with the Ambetter 301 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski says Newhampshire is both unique and challenging, especially without practice this year… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski

MLB

Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals – 6:15pm 

Chicago White Sox @ Twins – 6:40pm 

Mets @ Chicago Cubs – 7:05pm 

MLB

Baltimore Orioles def Chicago Cubs 4-2

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Dodgers 7-6

Cleveland Guardians def Chicago White Sox 4-1, White Sox win nightcap 7-0

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series Race will be this Sunday with the Ambetter 301 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski says that without practice, this race is a real wildcard… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Brad Keselowski 

MLB

Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians – 6:10pm 

Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals – 6:45pm 

Orioles @ Chicago Cubs – 7:05pm 

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals def Philadelphia Phillies 6-1

Cleveland Guardians def Chicago White Sox 8-4

Cubs were off

MLB 

Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians – 12:10pm ***Again at 6:10pm 

Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals – 6:45pm 

Orioles @ Chicago Cubs – 7:05pm 

Tonight on WPXN its NASCAR live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7

MLB

LA Dodgers def Chicago Cubs 11-9

St. Louis Cardinals def Philadelphia Phillies 4-3

Chicago White Sox def Detroit Tigers 4-2

E.I. Baseball

The Buckley Dutchmasters won the first game on Sunday at Schiewe Field against the Royal GIants 6 to 1. The Dutchmasters scored a single run in the bottom of the first and added three insurance runs in the 7th for the win. The Dutchmasters completed the sweep in exciting fashion scoring 5 runs in the top of the 7th for an 8 to 6 win

In Paxton, the Arcola Riders scored three times in the first inning of game one but the Swedes came back with two runs in the button half of the frame and added 3 runs in the 4th inning on their way to a 7 to 4 win. Paxton scattered 16 hits in the second game to win 12 to 1. Current standings show the Buckley Dutchmasters in first place with an 11 and 1 record followed by the Royal Giants in second with a record of 8 and 4.

NASCAR

Chase Elliot took the checkered flag at Atlanta in the Quaker State 400 to join his father Bill Elliot, as the only Georgia born drivers to win at Atlanta. They now join Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the only father-son duo to win at Atlanta.

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7. 

MLB 

LA Dodgers def Chicago Cubs 5-3

St. Louis Cardinals def Atlanta Braves 3-2 in 11 innings

Detroit Tigers def Chicago White Sox 2-1

(Chicago-jm) – The Chicago Blackhawks made huge waves last night on the opening night of the NHL draft. The Blackhawks traded Kirby Dach to Montreal for 2 picks. The team also traded Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa for 2 picks in this draft and a 2024 3rd rounder. Chicago also received goaltender Petr Mrazek and a 1st round pick from  Toronto.

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series Race will be the Quaker State 400 from the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Denny Hamlin says he's a bit nervous about the track conditions this year with the heat… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Denny Hamlin 

Driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. compares speedways, such as Talladega and Daytona, to Atlanta… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 

(Chicago-jm) – NASCAR could be returning to the Chicagoland area. CBS sports is reporting an announcement could be coming later this month of a 3 year partnership starting next year to bring a street course race to Chicago.

MLB 

Detroit Tigers @ Chicago Whitesox – 7:10pm

Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals – 7:15pm

Chicago Cubs @ Dodgers – 9:10pm

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action tonight at the Farmer City Raceway. It’s the Baum Chevrolet Buick UMP summer Nationals with $10 thousand to win for Late Models. Plus a full show. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  Street Stocks and Pro-Mods. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $12 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

E.I. Baseball on Sunday

Arcola Riders at Paxton Swedes

Royal Giants at Buckley Dutchmasters

Double headers begin at 1pm

Saturday on WPXN its Xfinity racing with the Alsco Uniforms 250 from Atlanta Motor Speedway with a 3:30 pm start time.

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Quaker State 400 from Atlanta Motor Speedway with a 1pm start time.

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Milwaukee Brewers 2-1

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 3-0

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 9-8 in 10 innings

(Nascar-tr) – The next Nascar Cup Series Race will be the Quaker State 400 from the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Tyler Reddick explains how smaller race courses, like Atlanta, can be mentally draining…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Tyler Reddick 

MLB 

St. Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves – 6:20pm

Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox – 7:10pm

Chicago Cubs @ Dodgers – 9:10pm 

E.I. Baseball on Sunday

Arcola Riders at Paxton Swedes

Royal Giants at Buckley Dutchmasters

Double headers begin at 1pm

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Milwaukee Brewers 8-3

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 7-1

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 8-2

MLB

Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers – 1:10pm 

Twins @ White Sox – 1:10pm

St Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves – 6:20pm 

(Nascar-tr) – Nascar Drivers are preparing for one hot race this weekend with the Quaker State 400 from the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Nascar Cup Series Driver Denny Hamlin has his concerns about the state of track this year… 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Denny Hamlin 

You can hear the race live on WPXN Sunday, starting at 1pm 

MLB Scores

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 5-2 in 10 innings

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 6-3

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 6-3 in 10 innings

MLB Today

St. Louis Cardinals (Andre Pallante) @ Atlanta Braves (Ian Anderson) 6:20

Chicago Cubs (Kyle Hendricks) @ Milwaukee Brewers (Jason Alexander) 7:10

Minnesota Twins (Chris Archer) @ Chicago White Sox (Michael Kopech) 7:10

Tonight on WPXN its NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

MLB Scores

Boston Red Sox def Chicago Cubs 4-2 11 innings

Philadelphia Phillies def St. Luis cardinals 4-0

Chicago White Sox def San Francisco Giants 13-4

(Gilman-jm) – Iroquois West offensive lineman Cannon Leonard is making it two Big Ten players in the family, as the junior committed to play college football at Iowa. The Leonard’s will be on opposite sidelines, as Cannon’s older brother Clayton starts his freshman season at Illinois this season.

(Chicago-jm) – The Chicago Bulls have agreed to a one-year contract with veteran point guard Goran Dragic. He ended up playing just 16 regular-season games for Brooklyn and struggled some after sitting out most of the season with the Toronto Raptors. However, Dragic found his form in the playoffs, averaging 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists while shooting 56% from the field in just under 20 minutes per game.

NASCAR

Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Road America, continuing the season-long trend of first time winners on road courses. De defeated defending race champion Chase Elliott by 3 seconds. Kyle Larson was third followed by Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez.

MLB Today

Chicago Cubs (Justin Steele) @ Milwaukee Brewers (Eric Lauer) 3:10

St. Louis Cardinals (Dakota Hudson) @ Atlanta Braves (Kyle Wright) 6:20

Minnesota Twins (Dylan Bundy) @ Chicago White Sox (Johnny Cueto) 7:10

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6 until 7.

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Cincinnati Red 15-7

Cards and White Sox were off

NCAA

One Powerhouse conference has added 2 schools. UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. The Big Ten will go from 14 teams to 16 teams in 2024. 

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action tonight at the Farmer City Raceway. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  and Street Stocks. The Vintage Racing of Illinois series will be there as well. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. It’s Fan Appreciation night $5 for all Fans with  kids 12 and under free, plus fireworks afterwards.

MLB today

Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs 1:20pm

St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies 5:05pm

Chicago White Sox at SF Giants 9:15pm

No E. I. Baseball this weekend

Saturday morning on WPXN its our Live Action Auction from 8-10.

Saturday on WPXN its Xfinity racing with the Henry 180 Road America Course from Elkhart, Wisconsin at 1pm.

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup series racing with the Quik Trip 250 Road America Course at 1pm.