MLB suspends Cordero
Major League Baseball suspended Chicago White Sox reliever Jimmy Cordero for three games Saturday and fined him an undisclosed amount for hitting the Cubs' Willson Contreras with a pitch.
Manager Rick Renteria was suspended for one game, and he and pitching coach Don Cooper were also fined. Renteria, who served his suspension on Saturday, expected Cordero to appeal his punishment.
Cordero, Renteria and Cooper were ejected from Friday's 10-0 loss by plate umpire Dan Bellino after Cordero hit Contreras with a pitch in the seventh inning. Cordero said after the game it was unintentional and he simply threw a bad pitch.
Contreras hit a three-run shot off Dylan Cease in the third, then exited the batter's box with sky-high bat flip.
BASEBALL
Four-time all-star outfielder Hunter Pence announced his retirement Saturday following 14 major league seasons.
Pence, 37, was a fan favorite for the San Francisco Giants, helping the club to a pair of World Series championships after being acquired from the Phillies at the 2012 trade deadline.
Brennaman resigns: The Cincinnati Reds said broadcaster Thom Brennaman has resigned following his use of an anti-gay slur on air last month.
Brennaman, 57, used the slur moments after the feed from the Fox Sports Ohio telecast returned from a commercial break before the seventh inning in the first game of a doubleheader at Kansas City on Aug. 19.
GOLF
Adam Long took over the lead with a stretch of three straight birdies on the back nine and finished with key par saves for an 8-under 64 and a two-shot lead in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the Dominican Republic.
Hudson Swafford had to settle for nothing but pars on the back nine for a 69 and was two shots behind.
AUTO RACING
Lewis Hamilton took a step closer to equaling the Formula One win record by clinching pole position at the Russian Grand Prix.
Hamilton charged to a track-record time of 1 minute, 31.304 seconds, beating the Red Bull of Max Verstappen by .563 for his fifth straight pole position. Hamilton can achieve his 91st career win in the race on Sunday, matching the record held by Michael Schumacher.
HOCKEY
Kevin Shattenkirk scored in overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars, 5-4, Friday night in Edmonton to take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
Saturday night's Game 5 ended too late for this edition.
From Journal Sentinel wire reports
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