Sports News of the Day (7/14)

MLB News: The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees at the Rogers Centre in Toronto 16-7.
    The big news is that Blue Jays star Jose Bautista left the game in the fourth inning with ankle injury when he slid into third base. Bautista has 31 home runs and leads all of baseball.
    Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz and Baltimore Oriole pitcher Kevin Gregg were both suspended for four games for their actions in last Friday's bench clearing melee between the two teams. Oriole pitcher Mike Gonzalez and Oriole manager Buck Showalter were both suspended a game, but both have decided to appeal their suspensions.
   The Cincinnati Reds begin a three game series against the St Louis Cardinals tomorrow at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds (45-47) are currently four games behind the Milwaukee Brewers while the Cardinals (49-43) are tied for first place. The pitching match-up is expected to be Jake Westbrook (STL,7-4) vs Johnny Cueto (CIN, 5-3). The game starts at 7:10 PM

GOLF: The 2011 Open Championship started today at the Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. 20 year old Tom Lewis  and Thomas Bjorn(65. -5) are currently leading the pack. Lewis is only an amateur and was the big surprise of the first round.
    Notable Performances: Lucas Glover (66, -4)-tied for third, Grame McDowell and Martin Kaymer (68, -2)- tied for sixth, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, Steve Stricker, Roger Allenby (69, -1)-tied for 18th, Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard, Stuart Cink, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler (70, even)-tied for 36th, YE Yang, Lee Westwood, Ben Crane, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald (71, +1)-tied for 51st.
Second round begins tomorrow.

MMA: A heavyweight battle between Matt Mitrione (MMA 5-0, UFC 5-0) and Cheick Kongo (MMA 16-6-2, UFC 9-4-1) is slated for the October 29 card, UFC 137, which will be at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The UFC Welterweight Championship fight between Georges St Pierre and Nick Diaz will headline the card.
   Mitrione has notables wins over Kimbo Slice, Joey Beltran, and Christian Morecraft. Kongo is coming off an incredible fight at UFC Live in June where he came from almost being knocked out to knocking out Pat Barry in stunning fashion.
   Roy Nelson (MMA 15-6, UFC 2-2) is expected to take on Mikro Cro-Cop (MMA 27-9-2, UFC 4-5) at UFC 137 as well.
   Nelson is coming off back to back losses from Frank Mir and Junior Dos Santos while Cro-Cop is also coming off two losses against Brendan Schaub and Mir.
   The loser of this fight could be released from the UFC.