MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Detroit Tigers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Baltimore Orioles 9, Chicago Cubs 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Tigers 5, Pirates 3 – Rain man: Skubal wins 4th straight as Tigers top Pirates 5-3
Tarik Skubal pitched seven steady innings to win his fourth straight decision and Harold Castro hit a two-run single to lead the Detroit Tigers to a rain-delayed 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. After the start was pushed back more than two hours, Skubal gave up three runs and six hits while striking out nine and walking one. The left-hander has worked a career-high seven innings in three consecutive outings and is 4-0 with a 1.60 ERA in his last seven starts. Castro’s hit, a liner up the middle, capped a three-run fourth that put the Tigers in front 4-1. Rookie Spencer Torkelson drove in the first run with a double.
Orioles 9, Cubs 3 – Orioles hit 5 home runs, cruise past Cubs 9-3
Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini hit successive homers, sparking a power surge that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Chicago Cubs 9-3. Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays and Ramón Urías also connected for the Orioles, who beat the Cubs for the first time in seven tries since 2008. Reliever Bryan Baker earned the win after allowing one run and one hit over 1 1/3 innings. Christopher Morel homered on the game’s first pitch off rookie Kyle Bradish and has reached base safely in 21 consecutive games to begin his career, extending his Cubs’ record. Morel also had an RBI triple in the sixth.
White Sox 4, Dodgers 0 – Kopech, Pollock lead White Sox to 4-0 win over Dodgers
Michael Kopech pitched six innings of one-hit ball, pinch-hitter AJ Pollock delivered a two-run double against his former team and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0. Pollock’s clutch swing off the bench sparked a four-run sixth that sent the White Sox to their third consecutive victory. It was the fourth time this season Kopech worked at least five innings and limited an opponent to one hit. The right-hander struck out eight and walked one, lowering his ERA to 1.94. The NL West-leading Dodgers dropped their third straight.
Today
Detroit (Skubal 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Keller 2-5), 12:35 p.m. WSJM/WCSY 12:15
Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-5) at Baltimore (Lyles 3-4), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 6-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cueto 0-2), 8:10 p.m.
MLB – Angels fire manager Joe Maddon amid 12-game losing streak
The Los Angeles Angels have fired manager Joe Maddon with the team mired in a 12-game losing streak. Third base coach Phil Nevin will be the Angels’ interim manager when they host Boston on Tuesday night. Maddon went 130-148 with the Angels, who hired him before the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season. After finishing with losing records in Maddon’s first two seasons, the Angels were off to a strong 27-17 start before their current losing streak began. They are one loss shy of tying the longest skid in franchise history.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals
Last Night
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, New York Rangers 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Lightning 4, Rangers 1 – Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final
Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves , helping the Tampa Bay Lightning shut down the New York Rangers 4-1 and even the NHL’s Eastern Conference final at two games apiece. Kucherov took a pass from Ondrej Palat in the middle of the ice and skated in on goaltender Igor Shesterkin to give the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions a two-goal lead just over 13 minutes into the second period. Palat, Pat Maroon and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning, who have rebounded from losing the first two games of the series on the road to keep their bid to become the first team in nearly 40 years to win three consecutive Stanley Cup titles alive. Game 5 is Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals
Tonight
Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics, 9:00 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics, 8:00 p.m.
WNBA – Los Angeles Sparks fire coach and GM Derek Fisher
The Los Angeles Sparks have fired head coach and general manager Derek Fisher the team announced. Fisher took over the team before the 2019 season and became the GM a year later. He finished his career with a 54-46 record as coach. The Sparks missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2011 and bolstered their roster by adding All-Star Liz Cambage in the offseason. They had a difficult schedule to start the season with nine of their first 12 games on the road and are 5-7.
WNBA – Griner’s fate tangled up with other American held in Russia
Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American locked up by a foreign country. But the WNBA star’s case is tangled up with that of another prisoner few Americans have ever heard of. Paul Whelan has been held in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage charges he and the U.S. government say are false. He was left out of a prisoner exchange in April that brought home yet another detainee, Marine veteran Trevor Reed. That resolution escalates pressure on the Biden administration to avoid a repeat scenario of another one-for-one swap that does not include Whelan.
Golf – LIV – Dustin Johnson quits PGA membership to play in Saudi league
Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson says he has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The first LIV Golf Invitational, which offers $25 million in prize money, is taking place outside London starting Thursday. Johnson says he “had to think long and hard” about leaving the PGA Tour, seemingly ending his hopes of competing in the Ryder Cup for the United States. Johnson is No. 15 in the world, the highest-ranked player in the field.
Golf – Tiger Woods says his leg not ready and he won’t play US Open
Tiger Woods has pulled out of the U.S. Open and says his body "needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf.” He said he hopes to be ready to play in a charity pro-am event in Ireland ahead of the British Open at St. Andrews in July. The U.S. Open is next week at The Country Club at Brookline outside of Boston. Woods made a surprise return to golf at the Masters just 14 months after he broke bones in his right leg and ankle in a car crash. He later played the PGA Championship at Southern Hills but withdrew after the third round. Woods has won the U.S. Open three times, most recently in 2008.
Golf – US Open to accept Mickelson and all eligible players
Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and other players competing in the Saudi-funded rival golf league are free to play the U.S. Open next week. That was always expected but confirmed Tuesday by the USGA. The USGA says if a player earned his way into the the U.S. Open, should that be taken away because he is playing a different league? It felt the answer was no. CEO Mike Whan says more than 9,000 people signed up for the U.S. Open and the USGA is not in the business of policing what they stand for.
NFL – Rodgers unsure how long he will play beyond this season
Aaron Rodgers says he’s unsure how much longer he will keep playing football. But he’s definitive about at least one element of his playing future. The four-time MVP quarterback expects to retire as a Green Bay Packer. That scenario seemed uncertain when Rodgers skipped the Packers mandatory minicamp last year in a standoff with team officials. That relationship has since improved enough that Rodgers signed a contract extension with the Packers after producing his second straight MVP season. Rodgers said Tuesday at the Packers minicamp that he doesn’t know yet whether he will play beyond this upcoming season.
Olympics – Figure Skating – Figure skating minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 Olympics
No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events has been passed by the International Skating Union that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The limit will be phased in with 16-year-olds allowed to compete in the 2023-24 season. It will then rise to 17 for the season before the Olympics.
NCAASFB – Coaches: Doubleheaders in WCWS semis threaten player safety
Oklahoma bounced back from losing a Women’s College World Series semifinal to UCLA on Monday, dominating the Bruins in a game that started 30 minutes after the first one. Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said the turnaround should not have been so quick. Gasso called it a player safety issue. She likes that the NCAA’s Division I Competition Oversight Committee added a day between the semifinals and the finals in changes made before this season, but she would give it up for time between semifinal games.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
West Michigan Whitecaps 9, Lansing Lugnuts 5
Cedar Rapids Kernels 7, South Bend Cubs 1
Dayton Dragons 14, Great Lakes Loons 8
Today
Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Last Night
Girls Soccer – Regional Semifinals
Division 1 at Caledonia
Portage Central 2, Traverse City West 0
Hudsonville 1, Rockford 0
Division 3 at Otsego
Otsego 8, Brooklyn Columbia Central 0
Hudsonville Unity Christian 4, South Haven 0
Division 4 at Portage Northern
Kalamazoo Christian 1, Lansing Christian 0 – 2 OT
Our Lady of the Lake 2, Saugatuck 1
Tonight
Girls Soccer – Regional Semifinals
Division 2 at Battle Creek Harper Creek
Gull Lake vs. Mason, 5:30 p.m.
St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 7:30 p.m.
Baseball – Regional Semifinals
Division 1 at Portage Northern
Mattawan vs. Hudsonville, 4:00 p.m.
Division 2 at Edwardsburg
Berrien Springs vs. Vicksburg, 4:30 p.m.
Division 3 at Centreville
Buchanan vs. Climax-Scotts, 5:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Kalamazoo College
Michigan Lutheran vs. Gobles, 4:30 p.m.
Division 4 at Decatur
Decatur vs. Colon, 4:30 p.m.
