MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Chicago White Sox 2
Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 – 10 Innings
Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers, PPD Rain
Blue Jays 7, White Sox 2 – Schneider and Gausman lead the Blue Jays past the sliding White Sox 7-2
Davis Schneider had three hits and three RBIs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the sliding Chicago White Sox 7-2. Justin Turner drove in two runs for Toronto, which finished with 13 hits. George Springer had two hits, walked three times and scored two runs. Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman pitched six innings of one-run ball. The 33-year-old Gausman has won his last four decisions. Chicago dropped its seventh straight game. At 15-41, the White Sox are off to the worst 56-game start in franchise history.
Cubs 6, Brewers 3 – F/10 – Brown goes 7 innings of no-hit ball and Cubs score 5 runs in 10th to beat Brewers 6-3
Mike Tauchman hit a go-ahead single in Chicago’s five-run 10th inning that appeared to bounce off Trevor Megill’s throwing elbow, and the Cubs stopped a five-game skid by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3. Ben Brown struck out a career-high 10 in seven hitless innings, continuing the Brewers’ season-long futility against Cubs starting pitchers. The Brewers got their first hit on Sal Frelick’s one-out single off Hayden Wesneski in the eighth. Brown threw 93 pitches, 64 for strikes, in the rookie right-hander’s sixth start and 13th appearance. Cubs starters have combined to throw 32 1/3 shutout innings against the Brewers so far this season.
Pirates at Tigers, PPD – Tigers and Pirates rained out, will play doubleheader on Wednesday
The game between the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed because of storms in the area. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader starting at 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday. Left-hander Tarik Skubal and righty Jack Flaherty are expected to start the doubleheader for the Tigers, while right-hander Jared Jones and righty Paul Skenes will pitch for Pittsburgh. Skenes was the first overall pick in the 2023 draft. He will be making his fourth career start on his 22nd birthday.
Today
Pittsburgh (Jones 3-4) at Detroit (Skubal 6-1), 12:40 p.m. – Game 1 News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:15
Pittsburgh (Skenes 1-0) at Detroit (TBD), 4:10 p.m. – Game 2
Toronto (Manoah 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Flexen 2-4), 7:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 5-0) at Milwaukee (Wilson 3-1), 7:40 p.m.
NBA – 2024 NBA Playoffs – Round 3 – Conference Finals (Best of 7)
Last Night
Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Dallas Mavericks 100 (DAL leads 3-1)
T-Wolves 105, Mavericks 100 – Towns, Edwards lift Wolves over Mavs 105-100 to avoid sweep in West finals
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 to avoid a sweep in the Western Conference finals. Anthony Edwards had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. The Wolves stayed alive in their first trip to the conference finals in 20 years, and just the second in the franchise’s 35 seasons. Now third-seeded Minnesota heads home for Game 5 on Thursday night to see if it can make the series even more interesting against No. 5 seed Dallas. Luka Doncic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his sixth triple-double of these playoffs. But he and co-star Kyrie Irving were just 13 of 39 from the field.
NHL – 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 3 – Conference Finals (Best of 7)
Last Night
Florida Panthers 3, New York Rangers 2 – OT (Series tied 2-2)
Panthers 3, Rangers 2 – OT – Reinhart scores in OT, Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in OT of Game 4 of East final
Sam Reinhart scored a power-play goal 1:12 into overtime, and the Florida Panthers topped the New York Rangers 3-2 to even the Eastern Conference Final at two games apiece. It was the third straight OT game in the series — and the first time Florida got a win in those matchups. Blake Wheeler, playing his first game for the Rangers since mid-February, was called for hooking Aleksander Barkov 59 seconds into the extra session. And it didn’t take long for the Panthers to cash in, with Barkov setting up Reinhart in front. Sam Bennett and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida. Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafrenière scored for the Rangers.
Tonight
Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers, 8:30 p.m. (DAL leads 2-1)
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers
Last Night
Los Angeles Sparks 88, Indiana Fever 82
Seattle Storm 77, Chicago Sky 68
Sparks 88, Fever 82 – Nurse, McDonald spur 2nd half rally to lead Los Angeles Sparks past Indiana Fever 88-82
Kia Nurse scored 22 points and Aari McDonald added a season-high 21 to help the Los Angeles Sparks rally for a 88-82 victory over the Indiana Fever, handing Caitlin Clark her third straight home loss. Clark finished with a season-best 30 points. The game featured the top two picks in last month’s WNBA draft, Clark and forward Cameron Brink, and the league’s only one-win teams. Brink finished with three points, three rebounds and two assists. Los Angeles swung the game with a 28-8 second half run that turned a 55-48 deficit into a 76-63 lead midway through the fourth quarter. The Fever never recovered.
Storm 77, Sky 68 – Seattle wins third straight game to move above .500 for the first time since the 2022 season
Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 21 points, Jewell Loyd added 19 and the Seattle Storm pulled away in the third quarter for a 77-68 victory over the Chicago Sky on Tuesday night. Seattle won its third straight game to move above .500 for the first time since the 2022 season. Seattle led by one point at halftime before outscoring Chicago 26-15 in the third quarter to take control. Diggins-Smith and Loyd combined to score 19 points in the third quarter. Seattle went on an 11-0 run spanning the third-quarter break to go ahead 71-52, but Chicago scored the next 12 points. The Storm regained control when Loyd intercepted a long pass and sent it ahead to Diggins-Smith for a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 76-68 with 2:25 left.
NCAA – Changes for likely to upend scholarship limits and roster sizes across
Scholarships are not going away in college athletics. But how many there are and which sports they will apply to in coming years are among the many questions stemming from a mammoth antitrust settlement and athlete revenue-sharing plan proposed by the NCAA and its five largest conferences. Nearly $2.8 billion in damages over 10 years must come from somewhere. Schools are scrambling to find out how much more money will be necessary to compensate athletes in sports like baseball and softball, many who previously only got a fragment of what their classmates who play football or basketball received.
NASCAR – Stewart-Haas Racing to close NASCAR teams at end of 2024 season,
Stewart-Haas Racing will close its NASCAR teams at the end of the 2024 season. The announcement comes after nearly a year of rumors that the four-car Cup Series team was looking to sell its charters and either scale back or exit the series completely. Gene Haas founded the team in 2002 and landed Stewart as a co-owner ahead of the 2009 season. Stewart in his debut season gave the team its first Cup Series victory and its first Cup title in 2011. Kevin Harvick added a second championship in 2014. The move also affects a two-car Xfinity Series team.
Tennis – Djokovic begins his bid for a 25th Grand Slam title with a first-round win
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has won his first-round match at the French Open by beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Tuesday’s victory began Djokovic’s bid to become the first player in tennis history to claim 25 Grand Slam singles trophies. He has won three of his 24 so far at Roland Garros. He will need to make it back to the final if he wants to retain his No. 1 ranking. Djokovic has not reached a final at any tournament this year and his record is just 15-6 overall.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Lansing 4, Peoria 3
West Michigan 4, Great Lakes 0
Quad Cities 10, South Bend 5
Today
Peoria Chiefs at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m.
Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 11:05 a.m.
South Bend Cubs at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m.
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Girls Soccer – District Semifinals
Division 1 at Portage Central
Battle Creek Lakeview 2, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 1
Portage Central 2, Mattawan 1
Division 2 at Vicksburg
Vicksburg 6, Edwardsburg 0
Lakeshore 2, St. Joseph 0
-Lakeshore’s Preslee Perkins scored off of a corner kick from Megan Wurster in the second half, and Emily Lockman added another goal as Lakeshore beat St. Joseph 2-0.
Division 2 at Wayland
Gull Lake 2, Plainwell 1 – Shootout
Otsego 2, Harper Creek 0
Division 3 at Dowagiac (2nd round at local site)
South Haven 4, Buchanan 0
Three Rivers 7, Constantine 0
Division 4 at Bridgman
Our Lady of the Lake 8, Coloma 0
Division 4 at Fennville
Grandville Calvin Christian 5, Zion Christian 1
Fennville 4, Bloomingdale 0
Division 4 at Kalamazoo Christian
Kalamazoo Christian 8, Schoolcraft 0
Kalamazoo Hackett 8, Kalamazoo Heritage 0
Baseball – District Quarterfinal
Division 1 at Kalamazoo Central
Kalamazoo Central 9, Loy Norrix
Division 2 at St. Joseph
Lakeshore 7, Dowagiac 0
Division 2 at Edwardsburg
Three Rivers 5, Vicksburg 3
Division 2 at Jackson Northwest
Harper Creek 8, Marshall 0
Division 3 at Parchment
Kalamazoo Christian 9, Delton-Kellogg 5
Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake (Eaton Park)
Michigan Lutheran 17, Eau Claire 0
Division 4 at Gobles
Kalamazoo Hackett 2, Gobles 1
Baseball – Regular Season
Gull Lake 9, Haslett 2 – Game 1
Gull Lake 11, Haslett 6
Mattawan 6, Grandville 4
Paw Paw 5, Buchanan 1
Softball – District Quarterfinals
Division 2 at Otsego
Vicksburg 10, Gull Lake 0
Division 2 at Dowagiac
Edwardsburg 6, Dowagiac 3
Division 3 at Brandywine
Buchanan 17, Cassopolis 0
Division 3 at Bronson
Constantine 10, Schoolcraft 2
Division 3 at Parchment
Parchment 20, Comstock 0
Softball – Regular Season
Lakeshore 4, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1
Lakeshore 6, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2
Michigan Lutheran 8, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1
Michigan Lutheran 16, Eau Claire 1 – Game 2
Three Rivers 16, Coldwater 7 – Game 1
Three Rivers 11, Coldwater 3 – Game 2
Otsego 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1
South Haven 6, Otsego 2 – Game 2
Today
Girls Soccer – District Semifinals
Division 2 at Mason
Marshall vs. Parma Western, 5:00 p.m.
Mason vs. Coldwater, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Hopkins
Delton-Kellogg vs. GR South Christian, 4:00 p.m.
Hopkins vs. Allegan, 6:00 p.m.
Division 4 at Bridgman
Brandywine vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.
