WEDNESDAY SPORTS, AUGUST 6, 2025
CLASS B AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT
Parkston 1, Dakota Valley 0 – Parkston advanced to the title game despite getting no-hit by Grady Ramos of Dakota Valley. Taite Klumb scored the only run of the game on a double steal in the second inning. Parkston’s Carter Sommer threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, allowing three hits, four walks and nine strikeouts.
Dell Rapids 11, Parkston 0 (5 innings) – Dell Rapids wons its second Class B Legion baseball title in the past three years, while Parkston finishes runner-up for the second straight year. Dell Rapids scored three runs in the second inning and six more in the third.
AMATEUR BASEBALL
— KORN News Radio FM 101.3/AM 1490 will have complete coverage of all seven area teams in this year’s 2025 Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament in Brandon at First National Bank Field: Alexandria, Kimball/White Lake, Parkston Mudcats, Parkston Rays, Plankinton, Platte and Wessington Springs.
Wednesday
Flandreau Cardinals vs. Parkston Mudcats, 5:30 pm
Lake Norden vs. Alexandria, 7:30 pm
Thursday
Dell Rapids PBR vs. Plankinton, 5:30 pm
Parkston Rays vs. Madison, 7:30 pm
Friday
Groton vs. Kimball/White Lake, 1 pm
Saturday
Platte vs. Redfield, 1 pm
Wessington Springs vs. Tabor, 7:30 pm
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— Dakota Wesleyan women’s soccer will host Gillette Community College in an exhibition match on Monday at 3 pm at the Pepsi Cola Soccer Complex.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s soccer will host Gillette Community College in an exhibition match on Monday at 5 pm at the Pepsi Cola Soccer Complex.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State women’s soccer started its season on Tuesday with a 0-0 draw vs. Nebraska at Fishback Soccer Park in Brookings. Nebraska finished the contest with an 11-9 edge in shots. SDSU hosts its final exhibition match on Friday against Iowa Lakes Community College at 7 pm. The Jacks start the regular season on Thursday, August 14 at Missouri.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD women’s soccer host Minnesota in an exhibition match on Sunday at 11 am in Vermillion. The Coyotes start the regular season on Thursday, August 14 vs. Northern Iowa.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Luke Keaschall hit his first homer in the majors and Trevor Larnach went deep against former teammate Chris Paddack, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3. Keaschall was activated from the 60-day injured list earlier in the day and hit a two-run homer in the first inning to give Minnesota a 3-0 lead. His RBI single in a two-run fifth put the Twins ahead 6-1. Rookie Zebby Matthews allowed one run while striking out six over five innings.
MLB
— Nathan Eovaldi pitched eight innings, while Rowdy Tellez blooped a two-run single on a 10-pitch at-bat in the eighth, as the Texas Rangers spoiled Aaron Judge’s return with a 2-0 win over the Yankees. Judge was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts as the designated hitter after being activated from the 10-day injured list. Judge has a tendon strain in his right elbow, and the Yankees plan to start a throwing program Wednesday to see how soon Judge can return to the outfield. The Yankees have lost five in a row and 19 of their past 24 road games.
— Shea Langeliers homered three times and finished with five hits as the Athletics beat the Washington Nationals 16-7. Langeliers scored four times and finished with 15 total bases. He became the fourth catcher with multiple three-homer games in a career.
— Freddy Peralta allowed only one run in five innings, while Andrew Vaughn singled in two runs in Milwaukee’s four-run fourth as the Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2. Milwaukee (69-44) extended its winning streak to five games to improve Major League Baseball’s best record.
— Zack Littell struck out eight in seven innings in his Cincinnati debut as the Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1. Littell allowed three hits in his first start since he was acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay last week.
— Max Kepler and Brandon Marsh homered and Taijuan Walker pitched six scoreless innings as the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-0.
— Steven Kwan singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the seventh inning, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the New York Mets 3-2. The Mets have dropped seven of eight since a seven-game winning streak. They fell 2 1/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.
— Garrett Crochet scattered four hits over seven innings and Trevor Story hit a blooper into center field to break a sixth-inning tie to lead the Boston Red Sox to their seventh straight win, 6-2 over the Kansas City Royals. Crochet struck out eight to win his ninth consecutive decision and help Boston win for the ninth time in 10 games.
— Daulton Varsho hit a pair of two-run homers and a two-run double as the American League-leading Toronto Blue Jays went deep five times in a 10-4 win over the Colorado Rockies.
— Luis Arráez had the go-ahead single in the 11th inning, while Ramón Laureano added three hits and three RBIs, as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-5. San Diego has won eight of its past 10 games.
— Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homered twice and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Dodgers picked up a 12-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
— Eugenio Suárez homered and Bryan Woo pitched seven innings, helping the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Suárez hit a tiebreaking two-run HR in the fourth inning for his 37th homer of the season. It was his first homer since he was reacquired by Seattle in a trade with Arizona last week.
— Jose Altuve and Yainer Diaz homered to help the Houston Astros beat the Miami Marlins 7-3.
— Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer and Jake Mangum had a two-run single during Tampa Bay’s’ seven-run fourth inning in a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
— Logan Webb struck out 10 in six innings as the San Francisco Giants hit three home runs on their way to an 8-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was Webb’s sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season.
NFL
— Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison has been suspended for three games by the NFL. The suspension is due to a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy related to a drunken driving case from last year. Addison avoided a trial by pleading no contest to a lesser charge last month. He was arrested in July 2024 when found asleep in his vehicle. Addison will miss the first three games of the season against Chicago, Atlanta and Cincinnati.
— Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has not spoken to Micah Parsons since the star defensive end publicly requested a trade on Friday. Jones spoke to reporters Tuesday following a joint practice between the Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams, his second such media session in four days after Parsons took to social media amid a breakdown in negotiating a contract extension. Jones again said that the Cowboys organization has not has direct contact with Parsons’ agent before reiterating that he does not consider the holdup in talks unusual.
— The NFL is banning the use of smelling salts during games, citing safety concerns and the potential to mask concussion symptoms. The league sent a memo to teams on Tuesday explaining the decision. The memo references a 2024 FDA warning about the lack of evidence supporting the safety or efficiency of ammonia inhalants. The NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Committee recommended the ban.
MEDIA
— The NFL has entered into a nonbinding agreement to sell NFL Network and other media assets to ESPN. The league will receive a 10% equity stake in ESPN in return. The deal still requires a final agreement, the approval of NFL owners and regulatory clearance. ESPN plans to include NFL Network in its upcoming direct-to-consumer service. The NFL will continue to own and produce the RedZone channel but will allow ESPN to distribute it. NFL Fantasy Football will merge with ESPN Fantasy Football. Viewers are unlikely to see changes until next year.
— WrestleMania will be part of ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service, starting in 2026, thanks to an agreement between WWE and ESPN. The deal, announced this morning, includes two-night events like WrestleMania and SummerSlam, plus other WWE Premium Live events, including the Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and Money in the Bank. WWE will produce the events for ESPN platforms, which will serve as their exclusive U.S. domestic home. ESPN is paying WWE an average of $325 million per year for five years.
MLB
— The 2025 MLB Speedway Classic was the most-watched sporting event on Saturday, despite being rain-shortened. FOX’s rain-delay coverage of the game out-performed all other prime-time telecasts that night with 1.7 million viewers. A record crowd of 91,032 for a regular-season Major League Baseball game got to see all the hype leading up to the event at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, before rain postponed the game in the bottom of the first inning. Atlanta beat Cincinnati 4-2 when play resumed on Sunday.