MLB – Major League Baseball – League Championship Series (best of 7)
Last Night
Houston at N.Y. Yankees, PPD Rain (HOU leads 2-1)
ALCS Game 4 postponed for rain, Yanks-Astros resume Thursday
Rain has pushed Game 4 of the AL Championship Series to Thursday night. The Houston Astros and New York Yankees will play tomorrow night instead, with Game 5 on Friday at Yankee Stadium and Game 6 in Houston on Saturday if necessary. Houston leads the series 2-1. It’s expected that Houston will start Zack Greinke against the Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka in a rematch of Game 1. Tanaka pitched six sterling innings as New York won the opener 7-0. Both clubs had planned to use bullpen openers Wednesday, and the day off will be welcome for New York after manager Aaron Boone used five relievers to cover 4 2/3 innings Tuesday. Of course, now the teams might play the final four games without a day off, culminating in Game 7 on Sunday. With the Yankees leaning heavily on their bullpen this month, the starter-driven Astros could be at an advantage. Greinke, a 2009 Cy Young Award winner acquired from Arizona at the July 31 trade deadline, has struggled through two starts this postseason. He allowed six runs and couldn’t finish the fourth inning against Tampa Bay in Game 3 of the AL Division Series, and the Yankees hammered two homers and scored three runs against him in six innings in the ALCS opener.
Tonight
Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 8:08 p.m. (HOU leads 2-1)
MLB – Joe Maddon returns to Los Angeles Angels as new manager
Joe Maddon has agreed to become the Los Angeles Angels’ manager. Maddon and the Angels agreed to terms on a deal to reunite the veteran manager with the organization where he spent the first three decades of his baseball career. Maddon left the Chicago Cubs by mutual consent last month after they missed the playoffs for the first time in his five-year tenure. In 2016, he led the Cubs to their first World Series title in 108 years. Maddon signed with the Angels as an undrafted catcher in 1975, and he spent the next 31 seasons working at almost every level of the organization as a player, coach and manager. He served as a big league assistant coach under five managers, and he had two stints as the Angels’ interim manager. Maddon replaces Brad Ausmus, who was fired after one season when the Angels finished with their worst record since 1999.
NHL – National Hockey League
Tonight
Detroit Red Wings at Calgary Flames, 9:00 p.m.
NFL – National Football League – Week 7
Tonight
Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 8:20 p.m. 106.1 & 1400 WSJM Sports 8:00
NBA – National Basketball Association Preseason
Last Night
Detroit Pistons 116, Charlotte Hornets 110
Pistons 116, Hornets 110 – Pistons beat Hornets
Andre Drummond and Markieff Morris each scored 17 points and visiting Detroit held off Charlotte 116-110. Drummond also had 15 rebounds, and Langston Galloway scored a team-high 18 points, with five 3-pointers, off the bench. Tim Frazier added 15 points and 12 assists for Detroit (3-2), which was without Blake Griffin. Drummond had 12 points and nine rebounds in the first half as the Pistons led 61-58. Malik Monk led Charlotte (2-3) with 18 points and seven assists. Cody Zeller was one of four Hornets with 12 points.
Tonight
Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m.
Boxing – Boxer Patrick Day has dies 4 days after fight
Boxer Patrick Day has died four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight with Charles Conwell. Promoter Lou DiBella said Day died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 27. Day had brain surgery after being knocked out in the 10th round Saturday night at Wintrust Arena. Knocked down twice earlier in the bout, the junior middleweight was taken from the ring on a stretcher. From Freeport, New York, Day had a career record of 17-4-1 with six knockouts.
NCAAFB – NCAA reports FBS targeting penalties are down 32%
Enforced targeting penalties are down 32% in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision compared with the first seven weeks of the 2018 season. Targeting is the act of striking a defenseless opponent above the shoulders or using the crown of the helmet to contact an opponent. It has been a major player-safety concern for a decade. National coordinator of officials Rogers Redding points to three possible factors for the decline: More players are using better tackling technique; players are mindful of a new rule calling for a full-game suspension if a player commits three targeting fouls in the same season; and video review officials are required to overturn targeting calls if any element of the penalty cannot be confirmed. Previously, video review officials could let the call on the field stand.
MCCAA – Junior College Sports
Last Night
Men’s Soccer
Jackson College 1, Lake Michigan College 0
Women’s Soccer
Delta College 6, Lake Michigan College 0
Tonight
Women’s Volleyball
Grand Rapids Community College at Lake Michigan College, 6:30 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Athletics
Last Night
Boys Soccer – Districts
Division 2 at Paw Paw – Semifinals
Mattawan 5, Lakeshore 0
-Mattawan will face St. Joseph, Saturday at Noon at Paw Paw for the district championship
Division 3 at Coloma – District Championship
Dowagiac 4, South Haven 2
-Dowagiac wins 3rd straight district championship
Division 1 (Portage Central) – Semifinals
Portage Northern 1, Portage Central 0
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 0
-Lakeview forfeits due to playing too many regular season games
Girls Volleyball
St. Joseph 3, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 1
Edwardsburg 3, Lakeshore 2
Niles 3, Kalamazoo Central 1
Mattawan 3, Battle Creek Lakeview 0
Lake Michigan Catholic 3, Covert 0
New Buffalo 3, Michigan Lutheran 0
White Pigeon 3, Hartford 0
Tonight
Boys Soccer – Districts
Division 2 at Harper Creek – District Championship
Coldwater vs. Marshall, 5:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Saugatuck – District Championship
Fennville vs. Holland Christian, 6:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Hartford – District Championship
New Buffalo vs. Hartford, 5:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Hillsdale Academy – District Championship
Kalamazoo Hackett vs. Hillsdale Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball
Paw Paw at South Haven, 6:15 p.m.
Allegan at Edwardsburg, 6:00 p.m.
Dowagiac at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
Otsego at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m.
Plainwell at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.
Watervliet at Berrien Springs, 6:30 p.m.
Coloma at Constantine, 6:30 p.m.
Gobles at Kalamazoo Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Watervliet at Lawton, 6:30 p.m.
Fennville at Schoolcraft, 6;30 p.m.
Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m.
