MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 2
New York Mets 10, Chicago Cubs 1
Tigers 7, White Sox 2 – Faedo fans a career-best 10, helping Tigers to a 7-2 win over White Sox
Alex Faedo struck out a career-high 10 batters in six innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2. Faedo (1-2) has 22 strikeouts and one walk in four starts this season. He allowed two runs on three hits against the White Sox. Lucas Giolito (3-4) matched a career-high with seven walks and allowed four runs in 3 2/3 innings. Giolito gave up six hits, including a home run, and struck out four. He was also called for two pitch-clock violations. In all, the White Sox walked 11 hitters, but failed to draw any themselves.
Mets 10, Cubs 1 – Alonso hits MLB-best 19th HR, Carrasco gets 1st win as Mets rout Cubs 10-1 to avoid sweep
Pete Alonso launched his major league-leading 19th home run and Carlos Carrasco earned his first win this season as the New York Mets routed the Chicago Cubs 10-1 to avoid a three-game sweep. Brett Baty knocked in New York’s first two runs and the Mets pounded out 15 hits on a chilly night at Wrigley Field to ruin Kyle Hendricks’ season debut for the Cubs in his return from a serious shoulder injury. Jeff McNeil had three hits and scored three times. New York got four straight hits with two outs in a three-run third inning and took a 4-1 lead on Starling Marte’s two-run single. Alonso added a two-run homer in the seventh and Brandon Nimmo laced a two-run triple in the eighth. Dansby Swanson homered for Chicago.
Tonight
Cincinnati (Greene 0-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 6-1), 2:20 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Lynn 3-5) at Detroit (Wentz 1-4), 6:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15
MLB – Manfred: Vote on Athletics’ Las Vegas move could take place at June meetings
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics’ prospective move to Las Vegas potentially could come when the league’s owners meet next month. Manfred noted that “it’s very difficult to have a timeline” regarding the move “until there’s actually a deal to be considered.” The MLB owners meetings take place June 13-15 in New York. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said Wednesday that legislative leaders and the Athletics had reached a tentative agreement on a $1.5 billion stadium funding plan that would lure the franchise to Las Vegas.
NHL – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7)
Last Night
Western Conference Finals
Dallas Stars 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2 – OT (VGK leads 3-1)
Stars 3, Golden Knights 2 – OT –Pavelski scores OT power play, Stars beat Golden Knights 3-2 to avoid West sweep
Joe Pavelski scored on a power play at 3:18 of overtime and the Dallas Stars avoided a sweep in the Western Conference final with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. Jason Robertson scored twice for his first career multigoal playoff game for Dallas, which played without suspended captain Jamie Benn. Jake Oettinger had 37 saves, two nights after he was pulled 7:10 into Game 3 after allowing three goals on five shots. Benn was suspended two games by the NHL on Wednesday for his cross-check with his stick landing near the neck of Vegas captain Mark Stone in the first two minutes of Game 3 on Tuesday night. William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault scored for Vegas.
NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7)
Last Night
Eastern Conference Finals
Boston Celtics 110, Miami Heat 97 (MIA leads 3-2)
Celtics 110, Heat 97 – Celtics thrive on 3s, beat Heat 110-97 in Game 5 to extend East finals
Derrick White had 24 points, including six 3-pointers, helping lead the charge as the Boston Celtics dominated the Miami Heat 110-97 in Game 5 on to extend the Eastern Conference finals. Marcus Smart had 23 points and five steals. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points apiece as the Celtics claimed their second straight win and trimmed Miami’s series lead to 3-2. It keeps alive Boston’s hopes of becoming the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Saturday in Miami. Duncan Robinson led the Heat with 18 points.
NFL – Suspended Lions WR Williams says he wasn’t aware of NFL rules on gambling
Detroit Lions receiver Jameson Williams, suspended for the first six games of the season, said he was unaware of the NFL gambling policy that he violated. Williams told reporters Thursday that the suspension hit him out of the blue. The league suspended former Lions players Quintez Cephus and C.J. Moore along with Washington’s Shaka Toney for the entire 2023 season in April for betting on NFL games last year, adding they may petition for reinstatement. Williams and teammate Stanley Berryhill were benched for six games for betting on non-NFL games at a league facility.
NFL – Jaguars sign ex-Broncos PK Brandon McManus, trade Riley Patterson to Lions
The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed Brandon McManus in hopes of upgrading their special teams. The move came two days after Denver dropped the veteran kicker and former team captain. The Jaguars initially waived kicker Riley Patterson to make room for McManus on their 90-man roster but ended up trading him to Detroit for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2026. Patterson was with the Lions in 2021 and during training camp in 2022. McManus had been scheduled to count nearly $5 million against Denver’s salary cap in 2023. The 31-year-old McManus connected on a franchise-most 42 field goals of 50 yards or longer in the regular season and the playoffs.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
Washington Mystics at Chicago Sky, 8:00 p.m.
Golf – PGA – Harry Hall crashes the ‘Block’ party at Colonial with 62.
So much for the Block party at Colonial. California club pro Michael Block had a dream week at the PGA Championship when he made a hole-in-one and tied for 15th. He came back to reality in the Charles Schwab Challenge. Block had three double bogeys on the last four holes and shot 81. He in last place in the 120-man field. Harry Hall of England shot a 62 and leads Harris English by three shots. Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Sam Burns opened with 67s. Jordan Spieth shot a 72. Block says he had a day when everything went wrong.
Indy 500 – 4 years after missing 500 with Alonso, McLaren Racing very much a contender
McLaren Racing missed the Indianapolis 500 in 2019 with Fernando Alonso in a humiliating defeat that could have stopped the team from making a full-time move to IndyCar. But McLaren did enter the series in 2020 and has slowly built itself into a top contender. Arrow McLaren will start all four of its cars in the top 12 in Sunday’s 107th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The team believes the chemistry it has built inside the organization has helped turn it into one of IndyCar’s elite.
Indy 500 – IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson has surgery to repair fracture in back
IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson had surgery to repair a fractured vertebrae that he sustained in practice for the Indianapolis 500. His car owner Don Cusick said Thursday that Wilson was “in great spirits and feeling better.” He was injured during practice on Monday when his car was hit from behind by Katherine Legge, sending both into the wall. Legge was able to climb from her car uninjured. Her team repaired her car and she will start Sunday’s race. Wilson was replaced in the Dreyer & Reinbold entry by Graham Rahal, who failed to qualify in his own Rahal Letterman Lanigan car.
Boxing – Shields to fight Cornejo after Gabriels removed
Claressa Shields has a new opponent for her marquee fight in the Motor City. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and women’s middleweight champion is now scheduled to face top-ranked contender Maricela Cornejo on June 3 at Little Caesars Arena. Shields was scheduled to box Hanna Gabriels, but the Costa Rican was removed from the card on Thursday due to results from a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test earlier this month. The 36-year-old Cornejo is ranked No. 1 among contenders in the 160-pound division after winning three straight fights.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
West Michigan 4, Lake County 0
Dayton 4, South Bend 2
Fort Wayne 8, Lansing 1
Great Lakes 2, Peoria 1
Tonight
Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.
Dayton Dragons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m
MHSAA – High School Sports
Yesterday
Baseball
Lawrecnce 6, Our Lady Of The Lake 4 – Game 1
Lawrence 13, Our Lady Of The Lake 3 – Game 2
Eau Claire 16, Benton Harbor 1
Watervliet 5, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1
Watervliet 3, Berrien Springs 0 – Game 2
Coloma 11, River Valley 1 – Game 1
Coloma 5, River Valley 2 – Game 2
Coldwater 5, Otsego 2 – Game 1
Coldwater 3, Otsego 2 – Game 2
Allegan 18, Comstock 3 – Game 1
Allegan 16, Comstock 1 – Game 2
Decatur 8, Cassopolis 3 – Game 1
Decatur 11, Cassopolis 1 – Game 2
Gobles 6, Lawton 5 – Game 1
Gobles 10, Lawton 9 – Game 2
Softball
Mattawan 1, Lakeshore 0 – Game 1
Mattawan 11, Lakeshore 5 – Game 2
Coloma 14, Gobles 1 – Game 1
Coloma 10, Gobles 3 – Game 2
Dowagiac 11, Decatur 6 – Game 1
Dowagiac 10, Decatur 6 – Game 2
Cassopolis 15, Lawton 3 – Game 1
Cassopolis 11, Lawton 5 – Game 2
Girls Soccer – Districts
Division 2 at Lakeshore (Round 1 at local sites)
Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0
Division 3 at Unity Christian (Round 1 at local sites)
Allegan 6, Hopkins 1
Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (Round 1 at local sites)
Bridgman 2, Brandywine 0
Division 4 at Kalamazoo Hackett (Round 1 at local sites)
Schoolcraft 8, Comstock 1
Today
Baseball
Lakeshore Round Robin
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Lakeshore, 3:00 p.m.
Grand Blanc at Lakeshore, 5:15 p.m.
Other games
Sturgis at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m.
Bridgman at Niles, 4:00 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Centreville, 4:30 p.m.
Fennville at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Bangor at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m.
Schoolcraft at Edwardsburg, 4:30 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Centreville, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Districts
Division 3 at Unity Christian (Round 1 at local sites)
Delton-Kellogg at Fennville, 5:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (Round 1 at local sites)
Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Hartford (Round 1 at local sites)
Covert at Bangor, 5:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Kalamazoo Hackett (Round 1 at local sites)
Vermontville Maple Valley at Kal. Hackett, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
Baseball
Lakeshore Round Robin
Lakeshore vs Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 10:00 a.m.
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s vs Grand Blanc, 12:00 p.m.
Lakeshore vs Grand Blanc, 2:00 p.m.
