MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Houston Astros 9, Detroit Tigers 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 – 10 Innings
Cleveland Guardians 7, Chicago White Sox 0
Astros 9, Tigers 3 – Justin Verlander dominates former team as Houston Astros rout Detroit Tigers 9-3
Justin Verlander dominated his former team and Kyle Tucker homered as the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3. Verlander pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out eight. He now has 3,365 career strikeouts, two behind former teammate and friendly rival Max Scherzer for 11th on the all-time list. Mauricio Dubón had four hits for Houston and Jake Meyers went 3 for 3 with three RBIs despite not entering the game until the seventh inning. Jack Flaherty took the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Verlander retired the first 14 Tigers before Colt Keith beat out a slow dribbler to short, and he was promptly thrown out trying to steal second.
Cubs 5, Pirates 4 – F/10 – Patrick Wisdom homers in the 10th, lifting Chicago Cubs to 5-4 win over Pittsburgh
Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead single before Patrick Wisdom added insurance with a home run in the 10th inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates for a series victory. Bellinger led off that inning Sunday by dribbling a ball through the left side of the infield off Aroldis Chapman, scoring automatic runner Seiya Suzuki before getting caught in a rundown between first and second. Wisdom drove a two-out sinker, the seventh pitch of the at-bat, 412 feet into the center-field bushes.
Guardians 7, White Sox 0 – Fry and Giménez homer, Allen with 6 scoreless innings, Guardians beat White Sox 7-0
David Fry hit a two-run homer and Andrés Giménez lined a solo shot in Cleveland’s three-run fourth inning, and the Guardians blanked the Chicago White Sox 7-0 on Sunday to end a three-game losing streak. Logan Allen tossed six scoreless innings to help Cleveland salvage the finale of a four-game series in Chicago and remain in first place in the AL Central. The left-hander allowed six hits, walked one and struck out three. Nick Sandlin, Hunter Gaddis and Sam Hentges followed with a scoreless inning each. Chicago’s season-high four-game winning streak ended and the White Sox were shut out for the 10th time this season, most in the majors.
Tonight
Miami (Sánchez 0-1) at Detroit (Manning 0-1), 6:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15
Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 5-0) at Atlanta (López 2-1), 7:20 p.m.
Washington (Williams 4-0) at Chicago White Sox (Flexen 2-3), 7:40 p.m.
NHL – 2024 NHL Stanely Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Florida Panthers 3, Boston Bruins 2 (FLA leads 3-1)
Vancouver Canucks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (VAN leads 2-1)
Panthers 3, Bruins 2 – Disputed tying goal helps Panthers beat Bruins 3-2 and take 3-1 lead in East semifinl
Aleksander Barkov slipped through three Bruins defenders to score the go-ahead goal and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over Boston and a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. One year after Florida knocked out the record-setting Bruins in the first round on its way to the Stanley Cup Final, the Panthers won their third straight to send Boston to the brink of elimination. Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers. Florida scored three times in a row to rally from a two-goal deficit. The Panthers can advance to the Eastern Conference finals with a win in Game 5 at home on Tuesday.
Canucks 4, Oilers 3 – Boeser, Lindholm score 2 each as Canucks beat Oilers 4-3 to take 2-1 lead
Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist, Elias Lindholm also scored twice, and the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 to take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoff series. Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller each had two assists, and rookie goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 42 shots for the Canucks. Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard scored for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner stopped 11 of 15 shots before he was replaced by Calvin Pickard to start the third period. Pickard finished with three saves in his NHL playoff debut.
Tonight
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers, 7:00 p.m. (NYR leads 3-1)
Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. (DAL leads 2-1)
NBA – 2024 NBA Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7)
Yesterday
Indiana Pacers 121, New York Knicks 89 (Series tied 2-2)
Denver Nuggets 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 107 (Series tied 2-2)
Pacers 121, Knicks 89 – Haliburton, Pacers take advantage of short-handed Knicks to even series with 121-89 win
Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 points, T.J. McConnell added 15 points and 10 assists and the Indiana Pacers rolled to their third-biggest postseason victory ever, beating the New York Knicks 121-89 on Sunday to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. Haliburton also had six rebounds, five assists and four 3-pointers as the Pacers led by 43 points during a start-to-finish romp. They fell just short of their most lopsided playoff victory, when they beat Cleveland by 34 points in April 2018. Game 5 of the series will be played Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
Nuggets 115, T-Wolves 107 – Nuggets confidently tie series with Timberwolves in 115-107 win in Game 4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 16 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and Aaron Gordon had 27 points on 11-for-12 shooting to propel the Denver Nuggets to a series-tying 115-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 in the Western Conference semifinals. Jamal Murray had 12 of his 19 points in the third quarter for the Nuggets in a momentum carryover from his buzzer-beating swish from behind half court. Anthony Edwards scored 44 points in another spectacular performance for Minnesota. The series goes back to Denver for Game 5 on Tuesday night.
Tonight
Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers, 7:00 p.m. (BOS leads 2-1)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks, 9:30 p.m. (DAL leads 2-1)
NBA – Hawks win NBA lottery in year where there’s no clear choice for No. 1 pick
The Atlanta Hawks won the NBA draft lottery, landing the No. 1 pick and a potential cornerstone player in a year where there’s no clear-cut choice. The Hawks hit the jackpot despite just 3% odds after finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference at 36-46. They dropped their final six regular-season games and lost to the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the play-in tournament. The Hawks haven’t won a postseason series since a surprising run to the Eastern Conference finals in 2021. They got knocked out in the first round in 2022 and 2023. Washington, Houston, San Antonio and Detroit rounded out the top five. Despite having the worst record in the league for the 2nd straight season, the Pistons will pick at number 5, just as they did last season. The draft is June 26-27 in Brooklyn.
WNBA – Like Bird, Caitlin Clark, focus of talks about race and double standards in sports
WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years ago, is involuntarily the focus of discussions about race and her transition to professional basketball. She is – and from all indications is content with — just being another basketball player trying to win a title. And though Clark hasn’t said anything to fuel the Black-white narrative surrounding her, talks are about a double standard are being had. Still, the race-based debate over perceived slights to Black players or favoritism toward Clark is not going away as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft prepares for her first regular-season game.
Golf – PGA – Rory McIlroy rallies to win record 4th Wells Fargo Championship title
Rory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship for a record fourth time Sunday, overcoming a two-stroke deficit to beat Xander Schauffele by five strokes. No other player has won the event more than twice. McIlroy closed with a 6-under 65, playing the final 11 holes in 6 under even with a double bogey on the 18th hole. He finished at 17-under 267 after four straight rounds in the 60s and won his second straight PGA Tour event after teaming with Shane Lowry to take the Zurich Classic two weeks ago. Schauffele shot 71. McIlroy won the event in 2010, ‘15 and ’21.
Golf – LPGA – Rose Zhang wins Founders Cup to end Korda’s record-tying winning streak
Rose Zhang won the Cognizant Founders Cup on Sunday to end Nelly Korda’s record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak, rallying to beat Madelene Sagstrom by two strokes. Zhang birdied four of the final five holes to overcome a three-shot deficit in a thrilling final-round duel with Sagstrom after the two broke away from the field Saturday. Zhang shot a 6-under 66, birdieing Nos. 14, 15, 17 and 18 at Upper Montclair Country Club. Sagstrom bogeyed the 16th in a 69. Korda had a second straight 73 and tied for seventh at 7 under. Zhang, a two-time NCAA champion at Stanford, who won last year at nearby Liberty National in her pro debut. She finished at 24 under 264 total.
NASCAR – Keselowski wins at Darlington Raceway, ending his 3-year NASCAR drought
Brad Keselowski moved to the front when Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick hit each other with nine laps left and held on to win the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. It was Keselowski’s first victory since 2021 and his first triumph since rejoining magnate Jack Roush as a co-owner at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. It was Keselowski’s 36th career win and his second at Darlington. He snapped a 110-race winless drought since taking the checkered flag at Talladega in April 2021. Ty Gibbs finished second and Josh Berry third.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
Lansing Lugnuts 4, Great Lakes Loons 3
Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, West Michigan Whitecaps 6
Cedar Rapids Kernels 4, South Bend Cubs 2
Tonight
No games tonight
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Association
Saturday
Softball
NJCAA District Championship
Lake Michigan College 3, Mott Community College 1
Lake Michigan College now advances to the NJCAA Division 2 National Tournament at Spartanburg, South Carolina May 20-25.
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Today
Girls Soccer
SMAC Tournament
4 Lakeshore at 1 Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.
3 Loy Norrix at 2 Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.
8 Kalamazoo Central at 5 Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.
7 Battle Creek Lakeview at 6 St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.
10 BC Creek Central at 9 Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.
SAC
South Haven at Parchment, 6:30 p.m.
Bridgman at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.
Holland Black River at Allegan, 6:30 p.m.
Saugatuck at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.
Southwest 10
Marcellus at Bangor, 6:30 p.m.
Hartford at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m.
Non-Conference
Edwardsburg at Harper Creek, 6:30 p.m.
Niles at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m.
Covert at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Eau Claire at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m.
Comstock at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.
Constantine at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.
Three Rivers at Coldwater, 5:00 p.m.
Otsego at Grand Rapids Covenant Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Dowagiac at Paw Paw, 6:30 p.m.
Baseball
Our Lady of the Lake at Bridgman, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Saugatuck at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Watervliet at Kalamazoo Central, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Berrien Springs at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Buchanan at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Hackett at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Centreville at Bangor, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Cassopolis at Bloomingdale, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Comstock at Lawrence, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Hartford at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Decatur at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Mattawan at Gull Lake, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Softball
Eau Claire at Howardsville Christian, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Paw Paw at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Bridgman at South Haven, 4:30 p.m.
Buchanan at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Fennville at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Centreville at Bangor, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Cassopolis at Bloomingdale, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Comstock at Lawrence, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Hartford at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Decatur at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Parchment at Constantine, 4:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Hackett at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Harper Creek at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Mattawan at Gull Lake, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
