MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Minnesota Twins 10, Chicago White Sox 5
Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 0
Tigers 4, Cardinals 1 – Kenta Maeda gets first win for Tigers, 4-1 over Cardinals
Kenta Maeda got his first win for Detroit, allowing four hits over six innings in a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals as the Tigers took two of three games in the series. Matt Vierling had three RBIs for the Tigers, who are 31-16 against St. Louis in interleague play. The teams also met in three World Series, with the Cardinals winning in 1934 and 2006, and Detroit taking the title in 1968. Maeda allowed a fourth-inning home run to Willson Contreras that landed in shrubbery above the center-field fence. He struck out five and walked none.
Twins 10, White Sox 5 – Twins rally late for 10th straight win, 10-5 over White Sox
Max Kepler and José Miranda hit run-scoring singles to put Minnesota ahead in the seventh, and the Twins rallied late for their 10th straight win, 10-5 over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Miranda added his third hit for another RBI in a four-run ninth that put it away for the Twins, whose winning streak is their longest since June 2008 and the longest in baseball this season. Willi Castro added an RBI single to cap a three-hit day. Alex Kirilloff hit a solo shot, and Ryan Jeffers knocked in two runs with a double for Minnesota. Tommy Pham hit his first homer with the White Sox and added an RBI double.
Cubs 1, Mets 0 – Imanaga stellar again, Cubs end game with double play to edge Mets 1-0
Shota Imanaga continued the historic start to his big league career, throwing seven innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 win over the New York Mets. Imanaga who improved to 5-0, allowed three hits and walked one with seven strikeouts to lower his ERA to 0.78. That’s the fourth-lowest mark by a pitcher through his first six career starts since earned runs became official in 1913. The Cubs ended the game with a controversial double play. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to score Matt Mervis. New York starter Jose Butto fell to 0-2.
Today
Chicago Cubs (Brown 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Houser 0-3), 1:10 p.m.
Tigers and White Sox are off
NBA – 2024 NBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Boston Celtics 118, Miami Heat 104 (BOS wins 4-1)
Dallas Mavericks 123, Los Angeles Clippers 93 (DAL leads 3-2
Tonight
Milwaukee Bucks at Indiana Pacers, 6:30 p.m. (IND leads 3-2)
New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers, 9:00 p.m. (NYK leads 3-2)
NHL – 2024 NHL Stanely Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Dallas Stars 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2 (DAL leads 3-2)
Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (EDM wins 4-1)
Tonight
Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs, 8:00 p.m. (BOS leads 3-2)
NCAAMBB – USC, UCLA to play two men’s basketball games apiece at Big Ten’s east schools
Southern California and UCLA will play two road games apiece against the Big Ten’s easternmost schools while fellow conference newcomers Oregon and Washington will make one cross-country trip each during the 2024-25 men’s basketball season. The Big Ten announced each of the 18 teams will have 20 conference games, playing three schools home and away and the other 14 teams once. Game dates will be announced later. USC and UCLA both will have games at Rutgers and Maryland, and Oregon and Washington both will visit Penn State. The former Pac-12 schools will play each other twice.
NFL – Governor’s office says Bears’ plan for stadium remains ‘non-starter’ after meeting
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office says the Chicago Bears’ proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter." Top aides of the governor met with the team on Wednesday. The Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion plan calling for public funding last week for an enclosed facility to be built next to their longtime home at Soldier Field. Though the governor did not rule out more discussions, the team clearly is facing an uphill battle. The Bears described the meeting with chief of staff Anne Caprara and deputy governor Andy Manar as “productive.” The teams says it shares “a commitment to protecting the taxpayers of Illinois and look forward to further discussions.”
NFL – Bears waive punter Trenton Gill after drafting Iowa’s Tory Taylor
The Chicago Bears waived punter Trenton Gill after drafting Iowa’s Tory Taylor in the fourth round last week. The Bears ranked near the bottom of the NFL in punting last season, with Gill averaging 38 net yards per attempt in his second season. Taylor set an NCAA mark last year with 4,479 yards punting while playing for a team with the worst offense in the nation. The Australian is the Hawkeyes’ career leader in punts and yards punting.
WNBA – Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself in Russian jail
WNBA star Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges. Griner spoke for the first time about her monthslong detention in Russia during an hourlong interview that aired Wednesday night on ABC. Her memoir, “Coming Home,” is set to be released on May 7. Griner was detained after arriving at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges allegedly containing oil derived from cannabis. She says she had suicidal thoughts “more than once” but decided against it.
WNBA – WNBA teams look for bigger arenas when the Fever come to town
WNBA teams have started experiencing the Caitlin Clark effect and the top overall draft pick hasn’t even played her first game. To capitalize on Clark’s popularity, the Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics have moved games against the Indiana Fever to bigger arenas. When Clark played road games in college last season at Iowa, they were either sellouts or set attendance records at every single one. The two-time reigning WNBA champion Aces relocated their game on May 25 from the 12,000-seat Michelob Ultra Arena to the 18,000-seat T-Mobile Arena. The Mystics game against Indiana on June 7 will be played at Capital One Arena — Washington’s former home.
NCAAFB – Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football
Gamers’ appetites for immersive sports video games have not changed much since the heyday of EA Sports’ college football. Society, however, has. Video-game developer EA Sports is breaking back into the college football world 11 years after lawsuits over using players’ likeness without compensation froze the franchise. EA Sports announced in 2021 it would be rebooting the game with college athletes receiving the go-ahead to profit from their brand. The developer will seek to differentiate its game from other offerings in the market — sports franchises that have had the advantage of time to evolve.
NCAAFB – QB Battles begin in Big Ten
Big Ten quarterback competitions that started in the spring will carry over to the fall. Only four of the 14 teams appear set at the position. That doesn’t include any of the four teams from the Pac-12 that join the conference in August. Michigan will go into preseason practice with a three-man competition. Alex Orji and Davis Warren were the starters in the Wolverines’ spring game and Jack Tuttle joins the fray in the fall. Kansas State transfer Will Howard is battling Devin Brown at Ohio State. Iowa and Northwestern lost their 2023 starters to the transfer portal after their spring games.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
South Bend 9, Lansing 3
Great Lakes 9, Wisconsin 8
West Michigan 13, Dayton 11
Tonight
South Bend Cubs at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m
West Michigan at Dayton, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.
AHL – 2024 AHL Calder Cup Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 5)
Last Night
Rockford IceHogs 5, Grand Rapids Griffins 1 (Series tied 1-1)
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Ass
Today
Baseball
Lake Michigan College at Glen Oaks Community College, 2:00 p.m./4:00 p.m. (DH)
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Girls Soccer
SMAC
St. Joseph 8, Battle Creek Central 0
Lakeshore 2, Mattawan 1
Gull Lake 5, Battle Creek Lakeview 0
Portage Central 3, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0
Kalamazoo Central 2, Portage Northern 1
Wolverine
Plainwell 3, Otsego 1
Vicksburg 8, Sturgis 0
Paw Paw 4, Three Rivers 4 – TIE
BCS
Michigan Lutheran 1, New Buffalo 0
Our Lady of the Lake 7, Covert 0
Lakeland
Dowagiac 1, Buchanan 1 – TIE
SAC
Fennville 1, Watervliet 1 – TIE
Allegan 8, Constantine 0
Kalamazoo Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 0
Kalamazoo Hackett 9, Parchment 0
Southwest 10
Comstock 3, Bangor 0
Marcellus 1, Hartford 0
Softball
Dowagiac 9, Michigan Lutheran 1 – Game 1
Dowagiac 8, Michigan Lutheran 5 – Game 2
Girls Tennis
St. Joseph 8, Battle Creek Central 0
Boys Golf
SMAC West at St. Joseph (Point O’ Woods)
- Portage Central 149
- Mattawan 162
- St. Joseph 167
- Lakeshore 170
- Portage Northern 203
St. Joseph
- Charles Uzelac 38
- Chase Murrin 41
- Dylan Walters 43
- Brady Ross 49
- Cole Caplea 45
Lakeshore
- Jack Carlisle 39
- Cody Harmon 43
- Will Hundt 44
- Cameron Harding 44
Today
Baseball
St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Christian at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Holland Black River at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Bridgman at Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gobles at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Paw Paw at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Niles at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Allegan at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Cassopolis at Bangor, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
White Pigeon at Bloomingdale, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Centreville at Comstock, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawrence at Hartford, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Decatur at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gull Lake at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
BC Lakeview at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Portage Central at Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Parchment at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Softball
St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Christian at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gobles at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Wyoming Lee at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Allegan at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Edwardsburg at Niles, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Cassopolis at Bangor, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
White Pigeon at Bloomingdale, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Centreville at Comstock, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawrence at Hartford, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Decatur at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gull Lake at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
BC Lakeview at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Portage Central at Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Parchment at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Girls Soccer
Niles at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Dowagiac at Eau Claire, 5:00 p.m.
Jackson Lumen Christi at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Holland Black River at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m.
Schoolcraft at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Dowagiac at Our Lady of the Lake/Bridgman, 4:30 p.m.
St. Joseph, Zeeland East and Zeeland West, 3:00 p.m.
Lakeshore at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m.
