Pretty much all of my bandwidth for sports consumption goes to the NFL, college football, NBA, college basketball and MLB. As such, I don’t normally follow other leagues and tournaments. The slower summer months tend to offer an opportunity for that to change, and I’ve seized it this year.

The U.S. Open is this weekend. I watched maybe a minute of coverage yesterday, but I’ll be following the leaderboard today through Sunday. I wagered on Ludvig Aberg and David Puig to win. The Puig bet — a long shot — is already a lost cause, but Aberg is hanging in there, tied for ninth place after a suspended Round 1.

MLB

Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3

Life isn’t too difficult in the AL wild-card race this season. The Blue Jays opened the year with a post-World Series hangover, but it didn’t knock Toronto out of the postseason chase by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, after this victory — the Blue Jays’ third straight — the defending American League champions (37-38) rest in the league’s third and final wild-card position.

Toronto built a small 2-0 lead yesterday. A Trey Yesavage-Sonny Gray pitcher’s duel then left the affair tied at three after eight innings, placing the contest in the hand’s of the bullpens. Normally, that would favor Boston and the electric Aroldis Chapman, but the flamethrowing closer allowed a go-ahead double to Brandon Valenzuela in the top of the ninth.

Chapman’s ERA is still a sparkling 0.83. Expect the 38-year-old to command significant interest leading up to next month’s trade deadline.

Guardians 4, Brewers 2

What a gritty win for the Guardians.

Cleveland will be without franchise icon Jose Ramirez for the next six or so weeks due to a fractured hamate bone in his left hand, a malady that could’ve sent the Guardians spiraling. To be clear, Ramirez’s absence still can, but victories like this should keep Cleveland afloat in a weak AL Central.

The club also has closer Cade Smith to lean on. The right-hander tallied his 24th save yesterday, putting him on pace to earn over 50 this year. The last pitcher to save 50 or more games in a season was Edwin Diaz in 2018, when he closed out 57 contests for the Mariners.

This game first turned for the Brewers on a tying David Fry home run in the third inning. It would’ve been a fantastic play, but Jackson Chourio mistimed his jump in attempting to rob the long ball. The young outfielder has struggled making that type of catch — again, a challenging one — all season.