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MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Houston Astros 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Tampa Bay Rays 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Colorado Rockies 2, Chicago Cubs
Astros 5, Tigers 4 – Altuve, Springer homer to help Astros defeat Tigers 5-4
Jose Altuve led off Houston’s first inning with a solo home run and had three RBIs, and George Springer also hit a solo homer to help the Astros defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 Sunday for their first series win this season. Springer singled in the first and scored on Anibal Sanchez’s wild pitch, and Springer hit his second home run in as many days leading off the third. Altuve made it 5-0 with a two-run single in the fourth. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and J.D. Martinez hit solo homers for Detriot. Ian Kinsler had a two-run homer and the second baseman made a heads-up play in the fifth when he let a Tyler White pop up in the infield fall in front of him in order to throw out Colby Rasmus out at second. Mike Fiers (1-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts.
Rays 3, White Sox 2 – Moore strikes out 10, Rays beat White Sox 3-2
Matt Moore struck out 10 over 6 1-3 innings, Brandon Guyer tied a career high with four hits and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday. Moore (1-0) allowed two runs and five hits, and improved to 4-1 in five career starts against the White Sox. After Enny Romero worked a perfect inning, Alex Colome got the final five outs for the Rays’ first save this season. Jose Quintana (1-1) gave up three runs, seven hits and had six strikeouts in six innings for Chicago, which has lost two straight after winning five in a row. The left-hander entered with a four-game winning streak dating to last season.
Rockies 2, Cubs 0 – Arenado homers twice, leads Chatwood, Rockies over Cubs
Nolan Arenado hit two home runs, Tyler Chatwood threw seven shutout innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Sunday. Chatwood, Miguel Castro and Jake McGee combined to hold the Cubs to three hits. McGee struck out Kris Bryant with two runners on base to end it for his third save. The Rockies took two of three for their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2011. The Cubs were trying to reach 10 wins in the first 12 games for the first time since 1969.
Tonight
Chicago Cubs (Lackey 2-0) at St. Louis Cardinals (Leake 0-1), 8:09 p.m.
Los Angeles Angels (Santiago 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Tigers are off
NBA – 2016 NBA Playoffs
Yesterday
Cleveland Cavaliers 106, Detroit Pistons 101 (CLE leads 1-0)
Miami Heat 123, Charlotte Hornets 91 (MIA leads 1-0)
San Antonio Spurs 106, Memphis Grizzlies 74 (SAN leads 1-0)
Los Angeles Clippers 115, Portland Trailblazers 95 (LAC leads 1-0)
Cavaliers 106, Pistons 101 – Irving, Love lead Cavs to 106-101 win over Pistons in Game 1
Kyrie Irving scored 31 points in his first playoff game since being injured in last year’s NBA Finals and Kevin Love added 28, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 106-101 win over the young and confident Detroit Pistons in the opener of their first-round playoff series Sunday. LeBron James added 22 points and 11 assists for the top-seeded Cavs, who are favored to win the Eastern Conference again but got all they could handle from the Pistons. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 and Marcus Morris 20, but just one after halftime, for the Pistons, making their first playoff appearance since 2009. Andre Drummond had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Tonight
Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors, 7 p.m. (IND leads 1-0)
Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder, 8 p.m. (OKC leads 1-0)
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, 10:30 p.m. (GSW leads 1-0)
NHL – 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1
Last Night
St. Louis Blues 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (STL leads 2-1)
Detroit Red Wings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 0 (TBL leads 2-1)
New York Islanders 4, Florida Panthers 3 – OT (NYI leads 2-1)
Nashville Predators 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (NAS leads 2-0)
Blues 3, Blackhawks 2 – Blues rally for 3-2 win over Blackhawks in Game 3
Jaden Schwartz scored at 13:32 of the third period with Patrick Kane in the penalty box for high-sticking, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday for a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Patrik Berglund also scored in the third as St. Louis rallied for the win after a difficult 3-2 loss in Game 2 that included two key coach’s challenges that went against the Blues. Brian Elliott made 44 saves, keeping St. Louis in the game during Chicago’s strong second period. Kane, the NHL’s leading scorer this season and one of the favorites for league MVP, got four minutes for a high stick on defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, and St. Louis made the most of the chance to go in front. Vladimir Tarasenko passed down low to David Backes, who sent it right to Schwartz in the slot. He beat Crawford low on the glove side for his third career playoff goal and a 3-2 lead with 6:38 left.
Red Wings 2, Lightning 0 – Red Wings beat Lightning 2-0, cut series deficit to 2-1
Andreas Athanasiou and Henrik Zetterberg scored, Petr Mrazek made 16 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 Sunday night. Detroit cut its deficit to 2-1 in the first-round series. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Joe Louis Arena. Game 5, which is now necessary, will be at Tampa Bay. After brawling late in the last game, gloves were dropped, fists flew and there were piles of players on the ice when the Game 3 ended. Ben Bishop made 28 saves for the Lightning, who had their top line of Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn shut down after each of the three had six points apiece in the first two games of the series.
Tonight
Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, 7:00 p.m. (WAS leads 2-0)
Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 8:30 p.m. (DAL leads 2-0)
Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, 10:30 (SJ leads 2-0)
NASCAR – Carl Edwards wins Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Speedway
Carl Edwards avoided tire issues that hampered his teammates and took off on the final restart to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Starting on the pole for the second straight week, Edwards led 276 of 500 laps in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota en route to his first victory of the season and fourth on the half-mile oval. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second, followed by Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott and Trevor Bayne. Edwards’ flawless day contrasted the right-front tire problems endured by teammates Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin after all of them started in the top five. Busch, the defending series champion and points leader, had trouble throughout the race. He exited after his car smacked the wall on Lap 259 and sustained heavy damage, failing to finish a race for the first time since June at Michigan.
NASCAR – Super Bowl champ Manning attends NASCAR race at Bristol
For one day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the second most popular guy at a NASCAR race. That’s what happens when the race is in Tennessee and former Volunteers great and Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning is in the house. Manning was a guest of the NASCAR driver for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race. The five-time NFL MVP got big cheers when he was introduced at the prerace drivers meeting and was understandably in demand while making his way around the Bristol Motor Speedway infield. Fans who normally crowd behind Earnhardt’s hauler seemed more focused on Manning as they screamed and shoved items at him to autograph. One admirer even
yelled at the recently retired champion to return to Rocky Top as a coach.
Golf – PGA – Grace earns title
South Africa’s Brandon Grace had five birdies on the front side en route to a 5-under 66 to win the RBC Heritage tournament. It was Grace’s first win on the PGA tour and his 11th worldwide. Grace finished 9-under par for a two-shot win over Luke Donald and Russell Knox. It’s Donald’s sixth top-three finish since 2009 at Harbour Town.
Golf – Champions – Austin wins in a playoff
Woody Austin tied the Mitsubishi Electric Classic record with an 8-under 64 and beat Wes Short Jr. with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. The 52-year-old Austin has two victories in the last three events on the Champions Tour. Short could have avoided the playoff, but he missed a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to tie Austin at 11-under.
NCAA Women’s Basketball – UConn coach Auriemma hospitalized with undisclosed illness
UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness. The school released a statement saying the 62-year-old Auriemma had boarded a plane Saturday morning at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, but decided to deplane because he was not feeling well. The school says he was taken to a hospital for observation and is resting comfortably. The Hall of Fame coach guided the Huskies to an unprecedented 11th national title this month. But, he missed the victory parade in Hartford last weekend and did not accompany the team when it was honored by lawmakers at the state Capitol this week, because he was feeling ill. He attended the WNBA draft Thursday, but did not speak with reporters. Auriemma is 955-134 in 31 seasons at UConn.
Running – Champs back in Boston but top Americans are resting for Rio
With the top American marathoners resting for the Rio Olympics, Neely Spence Gracey could be the best U.S. hope for a podium finish in Boston today. The 26-year-old Coloradan will be making her marathon debut. But the marathon has always been a part of her life. Her father, Steve Spence, was a bronze medalist at the 1991 world championships. He finished 19th in Boston in 1989 and was the No. 2 American overall. And Neely was born while her father was running Boston in 1990. Defending champions Lelisa Desisa and Caroline Rotich will lead the field of more than 30,000 runners across the start in Hopkinton this morning for the 26.2-mile trek to Boston’s Back Bay.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Lake County Captains 4, Great Lakes Loons 2
Dayton Dragons 1, West Michigan Whitecaps 0
South Bend Cubs 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps4
Bowling Green Hot Rods 5, Lansing Lugnuts 2
Tonight
Dayton Dragons at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.
Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.
Bowling Green Hot Rods at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m.
AHL – 2016 AHL Calder Cup Playoffs
Round 1 – Central Division Semifinals (Best of five)
C1-Milwaukee Admirals vs. C4-Grand Rapids Griffins
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 22 – Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 23 – Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 3 – Tue., Apr. 26 – Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 4 – Wed., Apr. 27 – Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., Apr. 30 – Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 8:00
ECHL – Kelly Cup Playoffs
Tonight
South Carolina Stingrays at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. (SCS leads 2-0)
MHSAA – High School Sports
Today
Baseball
Edwardsburg at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
River Valley at Cassopolis, 4:15 p.m.
Bridgman at Parchment, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Howardsville Christian at Lake Michigan Catholic, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Bloomingdale at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Hartford at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Coloma at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Bangor at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawrence at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Eau Claire at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Softball
Edwardsburg at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
River Valley at Cassopolis, 4:15 p.m.
Bridgman at Parchment, 4:15 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Fennville, 4:30 p.m.
Hartford at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.
Coloma at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:30 p.m.
Bangor at Lawton, 4:30 p.m.
Lawrence at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m.
Eau Claire at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m.
Marcellus at Constantine, 4:30 p.m.
Martin at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:45 p.m.
Lakeshore at Kalamazoo Central, 6:45 p.m.
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Niles, 5:30 p.m.
Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:45 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 6:45 p.m.
South Haven at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.
Edwardsburg at Coldwater, 6:45 p.m.
Sturgis at Jonesville, 5:30 p.m.
Harper Creek at Three Rivers, 6:45 p.m.
Otsego at Wayland, 6:45 p.m.
Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Vicksburg, 6:45 p.m.
Buchanan at Cassopolis, 5:00 p.m.
Bridgman at New Buffalo, 5:00 p.m.
Delton-Kellogg at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Marcellus at Harford, 5:00 p.m. (Cancelled)
Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Bangor at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:00 p.m.
Fennville at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.
