MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Miami Marlins 2, Detroit Tigers 0
Chicago White Sox 2, Washington Nationals 0
Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta Braves 1
Marlins 2, Tigers 0 – Trevor Rogers and the Marlins bullpen shut out the Tigers for the second straight day
Bryan De La Cruz homered, Trevor Rogers pitched five scoreless innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Miami (13-32) has won two straight and three of four after a four-game losing streak. They shut out the Tigers on Tuesday and Wednesday to win the three-game series. Four relievers finished, with Tanner Scott pitching the ninth for his fifth save. One day after Ryan Weathers pitched eight shutout innings, Rogers (1-6) held the Tigers scoreless for five innings. He allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six.
White Sox 2, Nationals 0 – White Sox blank Nationals 2-0 for their 2nd consecutive win
Korey Lee went 3 for 3 with an RBI, Garrett Crochet tossed five scoreless innings and the Chicago White Sox topped the Washington Nationals 2-0 for their second straight win. Tommy Pham and Andrew Benintendi each singled and doubled for last-place Chicago. Pham drove in the White Sox’s first run as they won their second straight series and improved to 11-8 since a 3-22 start to the season. Jared Shuster followed with two hitless innings. Jordan Leasure pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. Michael Kopech worked around two walks in the ninth, striking out two, for his fifth save.
Cubs 7, Braves 1 – Javier Assad shuts down Braves as Cubs roll to 7-1 win in series finale
Javier Assad pitched six shutout innings and the Chicago Cubs avoided their first sweep of the season by beating the Atlanta Braves 7-1. Assad allowed just four hits and walked one while matching a season high with seven strikeouts. Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2 for 4 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored, and Seiya Suzuki and Mike Tauchman homered for the Cubs, who had 13 hits after mustering just eight while being shut out in the first two games of the series. Charlie Morton lasted just three innings for the Braves, giving up four runs — three earned — and five hits.
Tonight
Pittsburgh (Jones 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 0-0), 7:40 p.m.
Tigers and White Sox are off
NBA – 2024 NBA Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Boston Celtics 113, Cleveland Cavaliers 98 (BOS wins 4-1)
Dallas Mavericks 104, Oklahoma City Thunder 92 (DAL leads 3-2)
Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98 – Jayson Tatum scores 25 to lead Celtics past Cavaliers 113-98
Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 on to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight season. Al Horford added 22 points, 15 rebounds and six of Boston’s 19 3-pointers to post their third consecutive win of the series and earn a 4-1 win. The Cavaliers played shorthanded without star Donovan Mitchell (calf), center Jarrett Allen (rib) and key reserve Caris LeVert (knee). Cleveland stayed close and pulled within 88-85 early in the fourth. Boston then went on a 13-2 run to take a 101-87 lead. Evan Mobley scored a playoff career high 33 points. Marcus Morris Sr. had five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points.
Mavericks 104, Thunder 92 – Doncic posts 31-point triple-double as Mavericks top Thunder to take 3-2 series lead
Luka Doncic scored 31 points in a triple-double to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-92 and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. He made 12 of 22 field goals and had 11 assists and 10 rebounds in Game 5 for his sixth career playoff triple-double. Derrick Jones Jr. scored 19 points and P.J. Washington added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Dallas. The Mavericks can advance to the Western Conference Finals with a win Saturday at home. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 30 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the top-seeded Thunder.
Tonight
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. (DEN leads 3-2)
NHL – 2024 NHL Stanely Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7)
Last Night
Colorado Avalanche 5, Dallas Stars 3 (DAL leads 3-2)
Avalanche 5, Stars 3 – Makar scores 2 goals and Avalanche beat Stars 5-3 in Game 5 to stay alive in playoffs
Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored two goals, the second after Casey Mittelstadt’s go-ahead tally in the third period and the Avalanche beat top-seeded Dallas 5-3 in Game 5. The Avs snapped their three-game losing streak and extended the second-round Western Conference Series. Game 6 is Friday night in Colorado. Mittelstadt scored just 1:12 into the third period to make it 3-2. Maker added an unassisted goal about three minutes later. Avalanche goalie Alexandar Georgiev had 23 saves. Stars goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots. Joe Pavelski had his first goal of these playoffs for the Stars. Miro Heiskanen and rookie Logan Stankoven scored the other Dallas goals, and Jason Robertson had two assists.
Tonight
New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m. (NYR leads 3-2)
Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, 10:00 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers
Last Night
Dallas Wings 87, Chicago Sky 79
Wings 87, Sky 79 – Ogunbowale owns fourth quarter, Wings pull away from Sky 87-79 in season opener
Arike Ogunbowale scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Teaira McCowan and Natasha Howard had double-doubles and the Dallas Wings pulled away down the stretch for an 87-79 win over the Chicago Sky in their season opener. Trailing 75-73 with 3:16 to go, the Wings scored the next 14 points, capped by a deep 3-pointer by Ogunbowale for an 87-75 lead with 31 seconds left. Howard finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds and McCowan had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Marina Mabrey had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Sky, who had all five starters in double figures.
Tonight
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.
WNBA – Clark’s WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game
ESPN’s broadcast of the Connecticut Sun’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever had the highest viewership of a WNBA game on the network. The Sun’s 92-71 win over the Fever in Clark’s WNBA debut on the league’s opening night on Tuesday drew an average of 2.1 million viewers on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+, including a high of 2.3 million viewers between 7:45 p.m. and 7:59 p.m. That topped ESPN’s previous mark of nearly 1.5 million viewers for a Phoenix Mercury-Connecticut Sun game on May 22, 2004, in Diana Taurasi’s rookie season.
NFL – Nine 9 playoff rematches include Ravens-Chiefs and Rams-Lions on opening week
Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs begin their quest for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in the Kickoff Game while the Los Angeles Rams are at the Detroit Lions in the Sunday night game on Sept. 8. The two playoff rematches on Week 1 are among nine on this year’s regular schedule, which was released by the league Wednesday night.
NFL – Netflix will carry NFL games on Christmas Day for 3 years, including 2 this season
Netflix and the NFL announced a three-year deal for the streaming giant to carry games on Christmas Day. Netflix will have both games this year and at least one game in 2025 and ’26. Netflix announced during its upfront presentation to advertisers that it will have defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City at Pittsburgh followed by Baltimore at Houston. Netflix began airing NFL programming last year with the series “Quarterback.” A series on wide receivers will premiere this year. Netflix began airing live sports events last year, but it was exhibition events in golf and tennis. It is also scheduled to air the July 20 bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul and next year will start carrying World Wrestling Entertainment’s flagship show, “Raw.”
AHL – American Hockey League – Calder Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 5)
Last Night
Grand Rapids Griffins 4, Milwaukee Admirals 2 (GRG leads 1-0)
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Lake County 3, Lansing 2
Fort Wayne 3, South Bend 2
Great Lakes 8, Dayton 5
West Michigan 3, Peoria 1
Today
West Michigan Whitecaps at Peoria Chiefs, 1:05 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m.
Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m.
South Bend Cubs at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Girls Soccer
SMAC Tournament Finals
1 Portage Central 4, 2 Gull Lake 1 SMAC Championship Game
4 Lakeshore 4, 3 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 2 3rd place game
6 St. Joseph 2, 5 Mattawan 1 5th place game
7 Battle Creek Lakeview 2, 8 Kalamazoo Central 0 7th place game
Portage Northern (9th place), Battle Creek Central (10th place)
BCS
New Buffalo 2, Covert 1
SAC
Constantine 3, Coloma 2
South Haven 1, Delton-Kellogg 0
Fennville 3, Lawton 0
Holland Black River 9, Parchment 1
Lakeland
Dowagiac 8, Brandywine 1
Non-Conference
Hartford 7, Eau Claire 2
Three Rivers 3, Niles 0
Otsego 1, Kalamazoo Hackett 0
Kalamazoo Christian 4, GR Covenant Christian 0
Baseball
South Haven 10, Allegan 3
Niles 3, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1
Niles 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2
Softball
Paw Paw 10, Niles 2 – Game 1
Paw Paw 22, Niles 8 – Game 2
Vicksburg 8, Otsego 0 – Game 1
Vicksburg 7, Otsego 1 – Game 2
Today
Baseball
St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Battle Creek Central at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Eau Claire at River Valley, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Coloma at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Niles at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Brandywine at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
South Haven at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Bangor at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Bridgman at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Lawton at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gobles at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawrence at Centreville, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Vicksburg at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 3:30 p.m. (DH)
Harper Creed at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Softball
St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Lakeshore at New Prairie (IN), 5:00 p.m.
Coloma at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Niles at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. (DH)
Brandywine at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
South Haven at Delton-Kellogg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Bridgman at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Lawton at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Gobles at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Lawrence at Centreville, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Harper Creed at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Girls Soccer
Michigan Lutheran at Three Rivers, 5:00 p.m.
Bridgman at Saugatuck, 6:00 p.m.
Plainwell at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Girls Tennis – Regionals
Division 3 at Allegan, 8:00 a.m.
Lakeshore, Allegan, Grand Rapids South Christian, Hamilton, Hastings, Otsego, Paw Paw, Plainwell, Wayland
