Sports Radio 1400 WSJM @wsjmsports wsjmsports.com Tuesday, April 21, 2015
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 1
Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Tigers 2, Yankees 1 – Tigers rally in 7th off Sabathia, beat Yankees 2-1
J.D. Martinez and Yoenis Cespedes hit consecutive RBI singles in the seventh inning, and Joba Chamberlain got Jacoby Ellsbury to hit into a crucial double play in the eighth, helping the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night. CC Sabathia (0-3) faced the minimum number of hitters through the first six innings, but with two out and a man on second in the seventh; the Yankees intentionally walked Victor Martinez. J.D. Martinez followed with a sharp single that shortstop Didi Gregorius was unable to keep in the infield, and Cespedes’ single scored Martinez. The Yankees had men on first and third with one out in the eighth when Chamberlain relieved Alfredo Simon (3-0). Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
White Sox 4, Indians 3 – White Sox rally for 4-3 victory over Indians
Melky Cabrera capped Chicago’s four-run ninth inning with an RBI single off Cody Allen, sending the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night. Six consecutive batters reached safely before Cabrera drove a fastball into left-center for his first game-ending hit since he signed with Chicago over the winter. Alexei Ramirez doubled home two runs and Gordon Beckham had a tying RBI single. David Robertson (1-0) worked a perfect ninth for his first win with the White Sox. Allen (0-2) recorded just one out in his first blown save in four chances. Chicago had managed just four hits before the big finish.
Cubs 5, Pirates 2 – Bryant’s 3 RBIs lead Cubs over Pirates 5-2
Kris Bryant turned his tiebreaking two-run double into a Little League homer with some heads-up baserunning, and the star rookie had three hits and three RBIs Monday night to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bryant’s double off the base of the left-center field fence in the seventh inning snapped a 1-all tie. He scored on the play when he advanced to third base on the throw home, and he raced across the plate when catcher Francisco Cervelli missed the throw for an error. Bryant, who tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth, is 6 for 14 (.429) with four RBIs in four games since his much-anticipated callup from Triple-A Iowa on Friday. Jake Arrieta (2-1) allowed 1 run and 3 hits in 7 innings for the win.
Tonight
Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-0) at Detroit (Lobstein 1-0), 7:08 p.m. WSJM-AM/WCSY-FM 6:40
Cleveland (Carrasco 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
NBA – 2015 NBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Chicago Bulls 91, Milwaukee Bucks 82 (CHI Leads 2-0)
Golden State Warriors 97, New Orleans Pelicans 87 (GSW Leads 2-0)
Game 2 – Bulls 91, Bucks 82 – Butler scores 31, Bulls beat Bucks 91-82 to go up 2-0
Jimmy Butler set a playoff career-high for the second straight game with 31 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Milwaukee Bucks 91-82 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. After scoring 25 points in Game 1, Butler trumped that with another terrific performance. He was at his best down the stretch, scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter. Chicago’s Derrick Rose scored all of his 15 points in the second half after dominating in the series opener. Pau Gasol added 11 points and 16 rebounds and Mike Dunleavy Jr. scored 12 points as the third-seeded Bulls grabbed a commanding lead in the series. Game 3 is Thursday at Milwaukee. Khris Middleton led the sixth-seeded Bucks with 22 points, Michael Carter-Williams scored 12.
Tonight
Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers, 7:00 p.m. (CLE Leads 1-0)
Washington Wizards at Toronto Raptos, 8:00 p.m. (WSH Leads 1-0)
Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets, 9:30 p.m. (HOU Leads 1-0)
NHL – 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7)
Last Night
New York Rangers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (NYR Leads 2-1)
Minnesota Wild 3, St. Louis Blues 0 (MIN Leads 2-1)
Anaheim Ducks 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 – OT (ANA Leads 3-0)
Tonight
Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. (Series Tied 1-1)
Washington Capitals at New York Islanders, 7:30 p.m. (NYI Leads 2-1)
Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks, 9:30 p.m. (CHI Leads 2-1)
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, 10 p.m. (CGY Leads 2-1)
NHL – Red Wings’ Abdelkader expected back in Game 3
The Detroit Red Wings expect to have left wing Justin Abdelkader back from a hand injury in Game 3 of their playoff series against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. Abdelkader hasn’t played since April 4. The 6-foot-2 Abdelkader scored 23 goals during the regular season, more than doubling his previous career high. His return will allow coach Mike Babcock to split up Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Datsyuk was centering a line with Zetterberg at left wing and Gustav Nyquist on the right in the first two games. Now Datsyuk is expected to play with Darren Helm and Tomas Tatar, and Zetterberg will center Abdelkader and Nyquist. The series is tied 1-1.
NHL – Blackhawks rookie goaltender steals the show in Chicago
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville says rookie Scott Darling will make his second straight start in goal in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against Nashville on Tuesday night. Darling, a native of the Chicago suburb of Lemont, made 35 saves to help the Blackhawks to a 4-2 victory over the Predators on Sunday and a 2-1 series lead. He also replaced Corey Crawford in Game 1 and had 42 stops as the Blackhawks rallied for a 4-3 victory in double overtime. Quenneville says the 6-foot-6 Darling earned another start with his solid play. Quenneville also said Monday that he was pleased with the play of forward Antoine Vermette in Game 3 in his first action of the series. Forward Daniel Carcillo is almost ready after being sidelined with an upper-body injury, but Quenneville declined to reveal any roster changes for Game 4.
NHL – Todd McLellan out as Sharks head coach
After seven years of great regular-season success and playoff disappointments, coach Todd McLellan and the San Jose Sharks have parted ways. McLellan was the winningest coach in Sharks franchise history but the team missed the playoffs this year for the first time since 2003.
NFL – Former Chicago Bears linebacker Doug Buffone dead at 70
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Doug Buffone has been found dead in his home. Chicago Police spokesman Officer Thomas Sweeney says paramedics and police were summoned Monday to a home on the city’s West Side and found a 70-year-old man dead due to natural causes. The man was later identified as Buffone, who played 14 seasons for the Bears. Buffone retired after the 1979 season with 24 career interceptions, the most for any Bears linebacker. He also held the team’s record for most games played with 186. During his career, Buffone had 10 fumble recoveries, nine forced fumbles and 37 sacks. Buffone in recent years hosted a Bears postgame radio show on WSCR-AM with former teammate Ed O’Bradovich.
Boston Marathon
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa and Kenya’s Caroline Rotich won the men’s and women’s divisions of the Boston Marathon. Desisa won the 119th version of the annual race in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 17 seconds for his second victory in the race. He also won in 2013, the year of the Boston Marathon bombing.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Fort Wayne 12, West Michigan 2
Lansing 11, Dayton 3
South Bend 3, Great Lakes 0
Today
West Michigan at Great Lakes, 6:05 p.m.
Lake County at South Bend, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Lansing, 7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Yesterday
Baseball
St. Joseph 5, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 1
Eric Engel went 2 for 3 with 3 RBI’s as St. Joe beat Edwardsburg 5-3 in game 1.
St. Joseph 1, Edwardsburg 0 – Game 2
Softball
Edwardsburg 6, St. Joseph 5 – Game 1 – 9 Innings
Edwardsburg 9, St. Joseph 4 – Game 2
Girls Soccer
St. Joseph 5, Battle Creek Lakeview 1
Dominique Thomas scored four goals as St. Joseph beat Battle Creek Lakeview 5-1. Corel Carmichael added the other St. Joseph tally. Summer Hoffman added two assists, while Hayden Prillwitz, Alyssa Berry, and Aneesha Jain had single assists. Tyler Newman made 6 saves for the win as the Bears improve to 5-1
Lakeshore 4, Kalamazoo Central 1
Lakeshore got two goals from Carley Dubbert and one goal each from Lindsay Ebeling and Sydney Cason in the Lancers 4-1 win over Kalamazoo Central. Cason also contributed 2 assists and Ebeling another helper as Lakeshore improves to 7-0-1.
Michigan Lutheran 2, New Buffalo 0
Hailey Maas and Mackenzie Zabel had the scores as Michigan Lutheran beat New Buffalo 2-0.
Lake Michigan Catholic 8, River Valley 0
Brianna Watts and Emily Kryska each scored twice, while Sarah McCoy, Katie Sullivan, Hannah Christensen and Andi Ives also had goals in Lake Michigan Catholic’s 8-0 win over River Valley. McCoy also had 4 assists as Catholic goes to 6-1 on the season.
Holland Black River 5, South Haven 0
Cassopolis 5, Buchanan 1
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, Niles 0
Portage Central 4, Mattawan 3 – 2 OT
Portage Northern 8, Battle Creek Central 0
Coldwater 1, Three Rivers 0
Today
Baseball
St. Joseph at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Portage Central at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Plainwell at South Haven, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Niles at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Lake Michigan Catholic at Bangor, 4:30 p.m.
Howardsville Christian at Michigan Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
St. Joseph at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Portage Central at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Niles at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Plainwell at South Haven, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Lake Michigan Catholic at Bangor, 4:30 p.m.
Track and Field
Benton Harbor at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m.
Niles at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m.
