“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA BASEBALL SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS
NORTH
CLASS 4A AT LAPORTE (SCHREIBER FIELD)
G1: HOMESTEAD VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, 11:30 A.M.
G2: PENN VS. LAKE CENTRAL, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
CLASS 3A AT OAK HILL
G1: HERITAGE VS. FRANKFORT, 11 A.M.
G2: ANDREAN VS. NORWELL, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
CLASS 2A AT KOKOMO (MUNICIPAL STADIUM)
G1: WESTVIEW VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, 11 A.M.
G2: WINCHESTER VS. DELPHI, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER | 8 PM ET
CLASS A AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (LOEB STADIUM)
G1: FW BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN VS. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, 11 A.M.
G2: WES-DEL VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
SOUTH
CLASS 4A AT PLAINFIELD
G1: NEW PALESTINE VS. CASTLE, 11 A.M.
G2: CENTER GROVE VS. BROWNSBURG, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
CLASS 3A AT SOUTHRIDGE (LEAGUE STADIUM)
G1: BISHOP CHATARD VS. TRI-WEST, 11 A.M.
G2: SILVER CREEK VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
CLASS 2A AT MOORESVILLE (PIONEER FIELD)
G1: COVENANT CHRISTIAN VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, 11 A.M.
G2: MITCHELL VS. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M
CLASS A AT JASPER (RUXER FIELD)
SHAKAMAK VS. RISING SUN, 11 A.M.
BARR-REEVE VS. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN, 2 P.M.
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER, 8 P.M.
INDIANA SOFTBALL STATE FINALS
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL | NORTH POSEY 3, ANDREAN 0
VIKINGS’ ERIN HOEHN – ALSO WITH RECORD 15 K – BLASTS DRAMATIC WALKOFF HR FOR HER SCHOOL’S FIRST CROWN
BOX SCORE: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-23%202A%20SB%20Box%20Score.pdf
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL | NEW PRAIRIE 4, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS 2
NEW PRAIRIE SCORES TWICE IN 6TH, WINS FIRST SOFTBALL CROWN
BOX SCORE: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-23%203A%20SB%20Box%20Score.pdf
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
CASTON (22-4) VS. TECUMSEH (24-9)
CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT
PENN (27-4-1) VS. RONCALLI (31-3-1)
INDIANA BOYS GOLF
REGIONALS
1. LAKE CENTRAL | SANDY PINES GC | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 1-5)
2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | STONEHENGE GC RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 6-10)
3. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | COYOTE CROSSING GC RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 11-15)
4. MUNCIE CENTRAL | THE PLAYERS CLUB RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONAL 16-20)
5. WASHINGTON | COUNTRY OAKS GC | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 21-25)
6. PROVIDENCE | CHAMPIONS POINTE GC | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 26-30)
COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS FRIDAY
FLORIDA 5 SOUTH CAROLINA 4
DUKE 5 VIRGINA 4
OREGON 9 ORAL ROBERTS 8
TCU 4 INDIANA STATE 1
NBA FINALS
DENVER 108 MIAMI 95
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
ARIZONA 11 DETROIT 6
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2 MIAMI 1
OAKLAND 5 MILWAUKEE 2
TAMPA BAY 8 TEXAS 3
BALTIMORE 3 KANSAS CITY 2
BOSTON 3 NY YANKEES 2
MINNESOTA 3 TORONTO 2 (10)
CLEVELAND 10 HOUSTON 9 (14)
LA ANGELS 5 SEATTLE 4
PHILADELPHIA 5 LA DODGERS 4
PITTSBURGH 14 NY METS 7
ATLANTA 3 WASHINGTON 2
ST. LOUIS 7 CINCINNATI 4
SAN DIEGO 9 COLORADO 6
CHICAGO CUBS 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
OMAHA 6 INDIANAPOLIS 2
QUAD CITIES 12 FORT WAYNE 11
LANSING 5 SOUTH BEND 4
WNBA SCORES
LIBERTY 106 DREAM 83
WINGS 90 MERCURY 77
FEVER 71 LYNX 69
SPARKS 77 SKY 62
MYSTICS 73 STORM 66
TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES
NBA PLAYOFFS
NUGGETS NOW IN FULL COMMAND OF NBA FINALS, TOP HEAT 108-95 FOR 3-1 LEAD
MIAMI (AP) The mission for the Denver Nuggets was clear: Come to Miami, get two wins and head back home with a chance to finally become NBA champions.
It’s officially there for the taking.
The 47-year wait for Denver might be over as soon as Monday, with Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets now just one win away from getting the title that he’s wanted for so long. Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Jokic added 23 and the Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
“We haven’t done a damn thing yet,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We have to win another game to be world champions.”
Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets, who won their fifth straight road game to grab complete command. They’ll have three chances to win one game for a title, two of those in Denver, the first in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere for Game 5.
Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists – his fourth consecutive double-digit assist game – for Denver.
“Today was a team effort.” Murray said. “I can’t even name one person. Everybody locked in. We’ve got one more to go.”
Jimmy Butler scored 25 points for Miami, which has now fallen into 3-1 holes in each of its last three finals appearances – this one joining 2014 and 2020. Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, while Kyle Lowry added 13 points.
The Heat walked off the floor in silence, fully aware of how much trouble they’re in now.
“Now we’re in a must-win situation, every single game – which we’re capable of,” Butler said. “It’s not impossible.”
The Nuggets were overwhelming favorites to start the series, for obvious reasons. Denver was the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed; Miami was the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed. The Nuggets had won nine of the last 10 regular-season meetings between the teams, and their run of success over the Heat has continued through four games of the finals.
“Our guys are locked in, man,” Malone said. “We’re focused.”
Denver led by 13 going into the fourth, and Miami came out for the final quarter with appropriate desperation. The Heat scored the first eight points, Jokic committed his fifth foul and had to go to the bench with 9:24 left – and it was down to 86-81 when Butler converted a three-point play with 8:42 remaining.
But the Nuggets – who fell apart in the fourth quarter of Game 2 for their lone loss of the series – didn’t fold, even with their two-time MVP still out. Murray made a 3-pointer to stop Miami’s 8-0 spurt, and Jeff Green made a huge corner 3 from near the Heat bench for a 94-85 edge with 6:21 left.
“We have guys that can step up, night in and night out,” Gordon said.
Jokic checked out with Denver up 10. He came back with the Nuggets up nine. Miami didn’t take advantage of that chance, and now finds itself on the wrong end of history. A team that had to scramble just to make the playoffs now needs to pull off the ultimate scramble to win a championship.
“This is what this year’s been all about for this group, so definitely not going to hang our heads or quit,” Heat guard Duncan Robinson said. “That’s not an option. It’s not going to happen. So we’ll band together and get on this flight tomorrow and find a way to figure it out.”
Teams that take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals have won 35 out of 36 previous times, and the Heat will have to buck that trend to keep Denver from winning its title.
“We have an incredibly competitive group,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ve done everything the hard way and that’s the way it’s going to have to be done right now – again. And all we’re going to focus on is getting this thing back to the 305. Get this thing back to Miami. And things can shift very quickly.”
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Jokic tweaked his right ankle when he landed on the back of Max Strus’ foot midway through the opening quarter. He briefly retreated to the Denver locker room before the start of the second quarter and played the rest of the way with no evident issues. … Murray played with tape protecting the bottom of his left hand, thanks to a nasty floor burn he got in Game 3. … It was Denver’s 25th win on the road this season, tying a franchise record set last season. … Michael Porter Jr. scored 11.
Heat: It was retiring 20-year veteran Udonis Haslem’s 43rd birthday and rookie Nikola Jovic’s 20th birthday. Jovic was 58 days old when Haslem signed his first Heat contract. … If it was Miami’s home finale this season, then the Heat went 613-299 in its home arena during his career. … Miami started the playoffs 6-0 at home. The Heat are 0-4 on their home floor since. … Robinson and Kevin Love each scored 12, and Caleb Martin scored 11.
SLOW START
Miami led 21-20 after one quarter. The 41 combined points were the fewest in the first quarter of the last 24 finals games; the first quarter of Game 4 of the Toronto-Golden State series in 2019 had 40 points.
CELEB WATCH
Kentucky coach John Calipari was in the crowd, as was Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields and twins Haley and Hanna Cavinder – who helped the Miami Hurricanes make the Elite Eight in this year’s NCAA women’s tournament.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB ROUNDUP: PIRATES WIN SLUGFEST, EXTEND METS’ SKID
Ke’Bryan Hayes was 5 for 5 with four RBIs Friday in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 14-7 drubbing of the visiting New York Mets.
Every starter for the Pirates had a hit. Carlos Santana and Jack Suwinski homered, Austin Hedges added a two-run double and Josh Palacios had two RBI singles. Pittsburgh starter Rich Hill (6-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings.
Francisco Lindor homered, Luis Guillorme added an RBI double and Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez had RBI singles for the Mets, who have lost a season-worst seven straight.
New York starter Tylor Megill (5-4) gave up nine runs, seven earned, and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Guardians 10, Astros 9 (14 innings)
Will Brennan hit a walk-off double in the 14th inning after Tyler Freeman doubled in the tying run, and host Cleveland handed Houston its fourth straight loss.
Houston moved ahead on Kyle Tucker’s RBI single off Xzavion Curry (3-0) in the top of the 14th inning. In the bottom half, Freeman hit a leadoff double off Seth Martinez (1-2) to score automatic runner Josh Naylor, and Brennan’s one-out double gave the Guardians their third straight win.
Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer and Jeremy Pena had four hits for the Astros, who went 6-for-28 with runners in scoring position, leaving 14 men on base.
Rays 8, Rangers 3
Isaac Paredes hit two homers and drove in a career-high six runs and Tyler Glasnow pitched six strong innings to lead Tampa Bay past Texas in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Paredes finished 3-for-4 with an RBI double in the first, a three-run homer in the third and a two-run shot in the sixth to lead the Rays to their seventh straight win.
The Rays’ offensive outburst was more than enough for Glasnow (1-0), who allowed only a run on one hit to go along with six strikeouts and three walks.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2 (10 innings)
Michael A. Taylor hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to go with his two-run homer in the fifth and visiting Minnesota defeated Toronto.
Royce Lewis added a career-best four hits for the Twins, who ended their five-game losing streak. The Blue Jays had their three-game win streak stopped, although they have still won seven of their last nine.
Minnesota right-hander Sonny Gray allowed one run, five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings. Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi also lasted five innings, allowing two runs and four hits with one walk while striking out four.
Phillies 5, Dodgers 4
Kyle Schwarber hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning as host Philadelphia extended its winning streak to a season-best six games by beating Los Angeles.
Schwarber reached base four times, adding a triple and two walks, and finished off the victory with his 17th homer of the season by going deep against Dodgers left-hander Caleb Ferguson (3-2).
Trea Turner had two hits with an RBI against his former team as Philadelphia followed a walk-off win Thursday against Detroit with another in Friday’s series opener. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back home runs for the Dodgers while Los Angeles lost for the fifth time in its last six games — three by walk-off hits.
Braves 3, Nationals 2
Orlando Arcia provided the dramatics for the second straight night, this time driving in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to complete a two-run rally and give Atlanta a victory over visiting Washington.
The victory extended Atlanta’s winning streak to six games, the last four by coming from behind. Arcia, who hit the game-tying solo homer on Thursday in the ninth inning of a 13-10, 10-inning win over the New York Mets, singled off the glove of shortstop CJ Abrams to score Eddie Rosario with the go-ahead run.
Washington has lost five in a row. Nationals starter Josiah Gray pitched five innings and allowed one run on two hits, four walks and six strikeouts — lowering his road ERA to 2.36.
Cardinals 7, Reds 4
Jordan Montgomery threw six scoreless innings to earn his first victory since April 8 as St. Louis defeated visiting Cincinnati.
Montgomery (3-7) struck out six and allowed just three hits and one walk. Giovanny Gallegos got the final four outs to earn his eighth save. Nolan Arenado, Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman hit two-run homers as the Cardinals won their second straight.
Reds starter Ben Lively (3-4) allowed seven runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings. Stuart Fairchild had two hits and two RBIs for Cincinnati.
White Sox 2, Marlins 1
Luis Robert Jr. delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning for Chicago, which continued surging with a win over visiting Miami for its best-in-the-majors sixth walk-off win this season.
The White Sox earned their sixth win in seven games, while the Marlins saw their six-game winning streak, a season-high, come to an end.
Liam Hendriks (2-0), making his fifth appearance since returning from cancer treatment, recorded the win by tossing a perfect top of the ninth. Yasmani Grandal homered in the second inning and finished with three hits for the White Sox. Joey Wendle hit a homer for the Marlins, who were limited to four hits.
Diamondbacks 11, Tigers 6
Corbin Carroll homered twice, including a grand slam, and Arizona overpowered slumping Detroit.
Carroll’s grand slam capped a seven-run seventh. Emmanuel Rivera had two hits, scored three runs and knocked in another, while Geraldo Perdomo supplied two hits and drove in two runs. Arizona starter Merrill Kelly (8-3) gave up three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Jake Rogers homered twice for the Tigers, who have lost seven straight. Zack Short added two RBIs and Javier Baez chipped in a solo shot. Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen (2-3) was charged with six runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Red Sox 3, Yankees 2
Rafael Devers hit another home run off Gerrit Cole, Kenley Jansen worked out of a jam in the ninth inning and visiting Boston hung on for a victory over New York in the first meeting of the season between the longtime rivals.
Triston Casas had two hits and an RBI and Enrique Hernandez homered as the Red Sox ended a six-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium and won for the sixth time in their past 18 games overall.
Josh Donaldson homered for the Yankees, who lost for the third time in four games and dropped to 1-19 when scoring two runs or fewer this season. Cole (7-1) allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings for his first loss since his final regular-season start of last season. Cole struck out six and walked one.
Orioles 3, Royals 2
Austin Hays homered and doubled and starting pitcher Tyler Wells worked into the seventh inning as host Baltimore edged Kansas City in the opener of a three-game series.
Gunnar Henderson rapped three singles and scored a run for the Orioles, who have won back-to-back games for the first time since May 24-25. Wells (5-2) gave up two runs on five hits 6 2/3 innings. Felix Bautista pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 17th save.
Starter Daniel Lynch (0-2) allowed Hays’ homer on his first pitch of the game. In six innings, he gave up three runs on eight hits and a walk. He struck out four. The Royals have lost four games in a row and seven of their last eight.
Athletics 5, Brewers 2
Ramon Laureano rapped a two-run triple for one of his two hits to lead Oakland to a series-opening win at Milwaukee, giving the major-league-worst Athletics a third consecutive win for the first time this season.
Oakland reliever Luis Medina (1-5) pitched five innings for the win, surrendering two runs on three hits. Trevor May struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.
Brewers starter Adrian Houser (2-2) allowed five runs on six hits in four-plus innings. Owen Miller had two hits and a stolen base for Milwaukee.
Padres 9, Rockies 6
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado homered and had two hits each, Brandon Dixon, Trent Grisham and Gary Sanchez also went deep, and San Diego beat Colorado in Denver.
Jake Cronenworth had three hits and Juan Soto and Xander Bogaerts had two hits apiece for San Diego, which has won two games in a row for the first time since May 25-26. Padres starter Yu Darvish (5-4) allowed four runs on five hits and four walks while striking out six in 5 1/3 innings. Josh Hader pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 14th save.
Mike Moustakas homered among his two hits and Randal Grichuk and Ryan McMahon also had two hits each for Colorado. The Rockies have lost five straight.
Angels 5, Mariners 4
Shohei Ohtani gave up three runs in five innings on the mound and finished a triple shy of the cycle at the plate, and a two-run homer by Mickey Moniak propelled Los Angeles to a victory over Seattle in Anaheim, Calif.
Los Angeles posted its fifth consecutive win, while Seattle lost for the fifth time in six games. Ohtani matched a season high with five walks while allowing three hits and striking out six. He hit a two-run homer in the third inning, and his pitching duties ended with the score 3-3.
Moniak broke the tie while facing Mariners starter Luis Castillo (4-4) with one on and two outs in the sixth. The Angels right fielder smashed a 97 mph fastball over the fence in right-center for his fifth homer of the year and a 5-3 lead.
Cubs 3, Giants 2
Pinch hitter Nico Hoerner delivered a go-ahead, two-run single in a three-run seventh inning and Chicago opened a three-game road series with a victory over San Francisco.
Marcus Stroman (7-4) won his fifth straight start as the Cubs snapped a four-game losing streak. Stroman gave up two runs on six hits and four walks, and he struck out five. Seiya Suzuki had three hits and Tucker Barnhart drove in Chicago’s other run.
Joc Pederson had four hits and an RBI, and Thairo Estrada doubled in a run. Anthony DeSclafani (4-6) took the loss, charged with two runs on three hits. He walked four and struck out two. The Giants saw their three-game winning streak end.
MLB HOMER LEADER PETE ALONSO TO IL WITH BONE BRUISE, SPRAIN IN WRIST
PITTSBURGH (AP) The New York Mets will have to dig out of an early-season hole without star first baseman Pete Alonso.
The leading home run hitter in the majors will miss three-to-four weeks with a bone bruise and a sprain in his left wrist.
The Mets placed Alonso on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to June 8. Alonso was hit in the wrist by a 96 mph fastball from Charlie Morton in the first inning of a 7-5 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.
Alonso traveled to New York for testing on Thursday. X-rays revealed no broken bones, but the Mets will be missing one of the premier power hitters in the game as they try to work their way back into contention in the NL East.
“We got better news than it could have been,” New York manager Buck Showalter said. “So we take that as a positive. It could have been worse.”
New York had lost six straight heading into a three-game series at Pittsburgh that began Friday. Mark Canha started at first for the Mets in the opener. Mark Vientos could also be an option, though Showalter said the coaching staff may have to use its “imagination” in thinking of ways to get by without Alonso.
“I’m not going to say someone has to step up and all that stuff,” Showalter said. “You’ve just got to be who you are.”
Even with Alonso in the lineup, the Mets have struggled to score consistently. New York is 16th in the majors in runs scored.
The team also said Friday that reliever Edwin Uceta had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Uceta initially went on the IL in April with what the team called a sprained left ankle. He is expected to be out for at least an additional eight weeks.
New York recalled infielder Luis Guillorme and left-handed reliever Zach Muckenhirn from Triple-A Syracuse. The Mets sent catcher Tomás Nido to Triple-A and designated reliever Stephen Nogosek for assignment.
Nogosek is 0-1 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 games this season.
CHRIS SALE OUT UNTIL AT LEAST AUGUST BECAUSE OF SHOULDER, LATEST INJURY SETBACK
NEW YORK (AP) Boston left-hander Chris Sale will be sidelined until at least August because of a stress reaction in his left scapula, the latest in a series of setbacks since the Red Sox agreed to a long-term deal before the 2019 season that guaranteed him $160 million.
Sale left a June 1 start against Cincinnati in the fourth inning because of shoulder soreness, an outing in which his velocity started to drop in the third. The 34-year-old went on the 15-day injured list the following day and Boston moved him to the 60-day IL on Friday. He won’t throw for three-to-four weeks, and the earliest he can return is Aug. 1.
“Now we’ve just got to be patient,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said before a series opener at the New York Yankees. “No surgical procedure, and that’s huge for us.”
Kutter Crawford likely will take a turn in the rotation on Tuesday against Colorado.
As part of a flurry of moves, pitcher Matt Dermody was designated for assignment, a day after he made his first major league start and said he regretted posting a homophobic tweet two years ago.
Boston also activated outfielder Adam Duvall from the 60-day injured list after he recovered from a broken left wrist and selected the contract of left-hander Joe Jacques Triple-A Worcester.
Sale is 16-15 with a 4.21 ERA in 47 starts since agreeing in March 2019 to a deal that added $145 million over five years through 2024. He had been an All-Star for seven straight seasons at the time of the contract, going 103-62 with a 2.89 ERA in his first nine big league seasons.
Sale was limited to one start from late July to mid-September in 2018 because of shoulder inflammation, then returned and helped the Red Sox win the World Series.
He didn’t pitch after Aug. 13 in 2019 because of left elbow inflammation, missed all of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season following Tommy John surgery that sidelined him until Aug. 14, 2021. and didn’t pitch until July last year because of a stress fracture in a rib on his right side. He returned for two starts, then broke his left pinkie when hit by a line drive off the bat of the Yankees’ Aaron Hicks. Before Sale could return from that, he broke his right wrist in a bike accident.
“He’s used to it,” Cora said. “He’s been through a lot since 2018. … It takes a toll.”
Sale is 5-2 with a 4.58 ERA in 11 starts this season.
“In the beginning it was a little bit rough, but it was part of the progression,” Cora said. “When he got going, it was very close to the guy that pitched in ’17 and ’18 here. Velocity was up, the slider was getting there and the changeup was a work in progress. And he dominated big league lineups.”
ASTROS PLACE SLUGGER YORDAN ALVAREZ ON IL WITH SORE OBLIQUE
CLEVELAND (AP) Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, who leads the majors with 55 RBIs, has been placed on the 10-day injured list with right oblique discomfort.
Alvarez was removed after one at-bat Thursday in a 3-2 loss at Toronto, telling reporters that he initially felt discomfort during batting practice. It’s his seventh career IL stint.
The 25-year-old outfielder returned to Houston for additional evaluation. Alvarez is hitting .272 with 17 homers in 57 games.
“It’s not easy to figure it out, but we’ll make adjustments,” manager Dusty Baker said before the Astros’ game against the Cleveland Guardians. “You don’t have a choice, you just have to go forward.”
Alvarez ranks second in the AL in homers and slugging percentage behind Aaron Judge of the Yankees. The Cuban National Series veteran was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2019 and made his first All-Star team last season, when he hit .306 with 37 homers and 97 RBIs.
Mauricio Dubón filled in for Alvarez in left field as Houston opened a three-game series at Cleveland.
BLUE JAYS CUT PITCHER ANTHONY BASS AFTER LATEST ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS
TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass on Friday, one day after the right-handed reliever said he didn’t think an anti-LGBTQ+ social media post he shared last month was hateful.
The team now has seven days to trade Bass or put him on waivers.
The move came hours before Bass was set to catch a ceremonial first pitch from Toronto LGBTQ+ activist leZlie Lee Kam before Friday’s game against Minnesota as the Blue Jays begin their fourth annual Pride Weekend celebration.
The Blue Jays said pitcher Kevin Gausman would catch the first pitch instead of Bass.
Bass apologized before a May 30 game against Milwaukee, one day after sharing a post on his Instagram calling for boycotts of Target and Bud Light over support they showed for the LGBTQ+ community. Both companies are dealing with fallout from those campaigns, which have included hostile and homophobic criticisms and calls from LGBTQ+ activists not to cave to the pressure.
Bass, who was booed by Toronto fans in his two home appearances since the apology, spoke to a group of media before Thursday’s win over Houston, saying he stood by his “personal beliefs.”
He also said he is “working hard” to educate himself, including meeting with the executive director of activist group Pride Toronto.
Before Friday’s game, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said the decision to cut Bass was primarily motivated by performance and not by the pitcher’s off-the-field circumstances.
“There’s a myriad of variables,” Atkins said. “Performance is usually the driving one and performance was a large aspect of this decision. Distraction was a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
Atkins refused to say whether Bass would still be on the team if his performance had been better.
“We’re trying to build the best possible team we can build,” Atkins said. “This was a baseball decision to make our team better.”
Atkins also said it was not “a realistic option” for Bass to land in Toronto’s minor league system.
“We won’t stand in his way to be with another organization,” Atkins said.
Bass, 35, is a 12-year veteran who has also played in Japan. He was 0-0 with a 4.95 ERA in 22 games.
To replace Bass, Toronto activated right-hander Mitch White (right elbow) from the 60-day injured list.
MEN’S TENNIS
NOVAK DJOKOVIC OUTLASTS CARLOS ALCARAZ TO REACH FRENCH OPEN FINAL
Novak Djokovic moved to within one victory of his record 23rd Grand Slam title on Friday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 win over top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open in Paris.
Djokovic, the tournament’s third seed and a two-time winner of the event, split the first two sets before Alcaraz dealt with an apparent cramp in his right calf at the start of the third. The 20-year-old Spaniard even conceded his service game at 1-1 in order to rush treatment from the on-court physician on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Alcaraz wasn’t the same, however. Djokovic was able to take advantage of a clearly ailing Alcaraz and end the match in 3 hours and 23 minutes. The Serbian will face No. 4 seed Casper Ruud of Norway in the final.
“I feel for him. I feel sorry. … I hope he can recover very soon,” Djokovic said of Alcaraz. “I told him at the net, he knows how young he is. He has plenty of time ahead of him. He’s going to win this tournament, I’m sure, many, many times.”
Alcaraz said tension from the first two sets caused the cramping.
“I would say the first set and the second set was really, really intense and I started to cramp in my arm,” he said. “At the beginning of the third set I started to cramp every part of my body, not only the legs. The arms, as well, every part of the legs.
“The tension. The tension of the match. I started the match really nervous. The tension of the first set, the second set, it was really intense two sets.”
Djokovic, 36, evened his all-time record at 1-1 against Alcaraz. The latter recorded a three-set win in the semifinals in Madrid in May 2022.
Djokovic can regain the No. 1 spot in the world by winning the French Open final Sunday, which will mark his 34th Grand Slam final appearance — tying him with Chris Evert for the most in men’s or women’s tennis in the Open Era.
Djokovic will look to snap a tie in major titles with Rafael Nadal when he battles Ruud.
Ruud, who lost in the finals here to Nadal last year, returned to the championship match with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 victory against No. 24 Alexander Zverev of Germany in 2 hours and 9 minutes.
“I didn’t come into Roland Garros thinking I was a favorite to reach the final,” Ruud said afterward. “Not at all. I was trying to think one match at a time, and let’s see how it goes from there.
“Obviously I (thought then that I) would love to be back in the final like last year, and I (was) always thinking about trying to defend this final spot from last year, but here we are, two weeks later.”
Ruud saved eight of nine break points and converted six of 10. He finished with 25 winners and 19 unforced errors compared to 31 and 37, respectively, for Zverev.
“Today just went really well,” Ruud said. “From the beginning to the last point everything was going my way, luckily, and I’m just very happy to win this match.”
The 24-year-old Ruud, who also reached the 2022 U.S. Open final, is still looking for his first Grand Slam title. He is 0-4 and has yet to win a set against Djokovic.
MEN’S GOLF
PGA TOUR ROOKIE CARL YUAN LEADS BY 1 AT CANADIAN OPEN; MCILROY 3 BACK
TORONTO (AP) Carl Yuan moved into position to turn around a forgettable rookie year on the PGA Tour, shooting a 5-under 67 in cool, rainy conditions on Friday to take a one-shot lead at the midway point of the RBC Canadian Open.
Two-time defending champion Rory McIlroy gave himself a chance heading into the weekend at Oakdale. He shot 67 and was three shots back of Yuan’s two-day total of 9-under 135.
“I felt like I putted pretty well (Thursday). But iron play was better, wedges were definitely better, got it in play a little more off the tee,” said McIlroy, who had never seen the course before the opening round. “So yeah, it was a better, more solid round.”
Corey Conners, seeking to become the first Canadian to win his national open since 1954, shot 69 and was one shot back. Joining him were Tyrrell Hatton – who shot 64 to set the course record for Oakdale’s composite routing – C.T. Pan (66) and Aaron Rai (69).
“Really happy with the start,” Conners said. “Fun playing in front of the Canadian fans. Just enjoying the walk out there.”
Conners is coming off a tie for 12th in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
“I would say this week I’ve been a lot more relaxed than even I was there and I felt like I was quite relaxed at the PGA Championship,” he said. “So I’m feeling good about my game and able to play with freedom and confidence. I’m just having a lot of fun.”
Yuan, a 26-year-old from China who played college golf at Washington, has made 7 of 20 cuts this season, with his best finish a tie for 21st at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. With his playing status very much in jeopardy, Yuan is trying to block out the stress and have fun on the course.
“That’s my goal coming into the week. That’s my No. 1 goal,” Yuan said. “Not a result goal, just like being in the present, hitting shot by shot and, yeah, being out here trying to have the most fun. All of it.”
Yuan said the weather reminded him of his college days in the Pacific Northwest.
“I think this is right up my alley,” said Yuan, who was born in Dalian, China. “I went to school in Seattle. … That’s exactly what we deal with in the wintertime.”
Brendon Todd and first-round co-leader Justin Lower were among six players two shots back on a bunched leaderboard. Justin Rose, paired with McIlroy the first two days, shot consecutive 69s to match him at 6 under.
Former top-ranked amateur Ludvig Aberg made the cut in his pro debut. The former Texas Tech player from Sweden was 3 under after an opening 69 and a second-round 72.
WOMEN’S GOLF
HOLMQVIST SURPRISE LEADER AFTER FIRST ROUND OF SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC
GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) Dani Holmqvist shot a career-best 7-under 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Jenny Shin and Chinese rookie Yan Liu after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Two-time ShopRite winner Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall were in a group of five two shots off the lead in the 54-hole event on the Bay Course at Seaview, close to the casinos in Atlantic City.
Having Holmqvist in front is a surprise. The 35-year-old Swede, who has never won on tour, had missed the cut in all five events she played this year. She had five birdies and an eagle playing in the afternoon groupings. She has two previous 65s, one here in 2018.
Holmqvist said she’s had a slow start to the season and hasn’t played enough to get herself into a rhythm. Being in front is a good feeling though.
“That’s what we all strive to do,” she said. “Some weeks you’re better than others, and some weeks you feel like you’re losing. So it’s fun to actually come up on top for you once. This game is tough, and just got to cherish the moments when you actually put together a good one.”
The 30-year-old Shin, from South Korea, had six birdies in a bogey-free round in search of her first win since 2016. It is her only win on tour but she has been a steady earner, pocketing $5.4 million since turning pro in 2010.
“Bogey-free rounds are always very happy rounds,” said Shin, who hit 12 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens. “I dropped the putts when I needed to and I hit some good shots coming into the par-5s and gave myself really good opportunities for birdie. So, yeah, good round overall.”
The 25-year-old Liu had a wild round that featured two eagles – on Nos. 9 and 18 – five birdies and three bogeys, all in her first five holes. She was 1 over heading to No. 9 and played the last 10 in 7 under. Her tie for 21st last week at Mizuho was were best finish of the year.
Had her early morning score held, it would have been her first time as the leader.
“I just want to stay focus my game, and like today, easy golf,” she said.
Hall, who has five top-10 finishes including consecutive runner-up spots in March, had eight birdies and three bogeys. She is ranked No. 9 in the world and is looking for her third LPGA Tour victory.
“I really like this golf course,” said Hall who is returning home next week to rest. “It’s a little bit linksy, so reminds me of home a bit. And the greens are a little bit slow like they are in England, so I wanted to come play this week. And, obviously, a win is a win.”
Nordqvist won in 2015 and ‘16. The 35-year-old Swede played a bogey-free round in her quest for a 10th title, the last the Women’s British Open in 2021.
“I feel like when you do well at a golf course there is a lot of good memories, so I think that gives you a little bit of confidence and just like puts you in a really good state,” Nordqvist said.
American Sarah Schmelzel, Soo Bin Joo of South Korea and Paula Reto of South Africa were also at 5 under, a shot ahead of a large group that included Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Ayaka Furue of Japan, who both played well at the Mizuho Americas Cup last week in Jersey City.
Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang, who stunned the golf world by winning last week in her first start as a professional, is taking this week off.
Defending champion Brooke Henderson and Aditi Ashok of India were in a group at 2 under.
NFL NEWS
JETS’ ZACH WILSON PUTTING STRUGGLES BEHIND, EMBRACING CHANCE TO LEARN FROM AARON RODGERS
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) Zach Wilson never expected to be here at this point in his NFL career.
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft is the New York Jets’ backup quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers. It has been a two-year stretch that has seen Wilson go from the future of the franchise to a reclamation project.
And learning from the player he has always wanted to be like.
“It’s interesting, right?” Wilson said Friday, the first time he spoke with reporters since the end of last season. “Of course I wish things had gone differently the past two years and I would’ve played amazing. But I truly believe things happen for a reason.”
Trying to discern what that reason is has been part of what has been a tumultuous journey for Wilson, who has shown brief flashes of why he was so highly coveted. But overwhelming struggles have marked his short time in the NFL.
In 22 starts, Wilson has 15 touchdowns and 18 interceptions with a lowly 55.2 completion percentage and an unsightly 70.9 quarterback rating. As his production dipped, so did his confidence – to the point he was benched twice last season and coach Robert Saleh insisted Wilson needed a mental reset.
Meanwhile, the Jets knew they needed to address the quarterback position in the offseason. They were open with Wilson, telling him they’d bring in a veteran who presumably would take over as the starter.
“I can’t be bitter at the situation,” Wilson acknowledged. “I didn’t perform well.”
General manager Joe Douglas pulled off the trade that shook up the NFL in April, when he acquired Rodgers from Green Bay after months of speculation.
Wilson, who in January declared he would make an incoming veteran’s life “hell” at practice, was suddenly going to be teammates with his idol.
“How old is he 40?” a smiling Wilson said. “He’s double my age. I’m like, ‘You’re like my big brother I never had.’ Sometimes your little brother has to make your life hell.”
The 39-year-old Rodgers, however, said the 23-year-old Wilson has “been incredible” this offseason.
“He hasn’t made my life hell every day,” he said with a grin. “He’s been a joy to work with and I give him so much credit because it’s a tough situation what he went through.”
Rodgers attended every voluntary practice this offseason while getting to know his new teammates and helping offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett install his system. And that’s after the four-time NFL MVP hadn’t attended voluntary sessions his last few seasons with the Packers.
“The last six weeks have been about the most fun I’ve had in a while,” Rodgers said. “It’s fun to come to work and be excited about what we’re doing.”
Rodgers’ presence has raised expectations for a franchise that has failed to make the playoffs the last 12 seasons, the longest active drought in the NFL.
He has insisted he is no savior. But he might be exactly that for Wilson.
“They have a really nice relationship and because of it, guards are down and there’s really good communication back and forth,” Saleh said of Wilson and Rodgers. “I think there’s a level of trust in the quarterback room right now between the coaches and the players amongst one another where communication isn’t met with cynicism.
“It’s met with acceptance and because of it, I think it’s going to help him get better.”
Wilson was thrust into the starting job as a rookie, learning life in the NFL on the fly – and taking plenty of criticism along the way. Now, the pressure is off. Wilson can watch Rodgers and get a mental blueprint of what success at this level looks like.
“The QB room being with Aaron, I think it’s feeling like every single day there’s so much to learn,” Wilson said. “You know, it’s like every day I’m just like, ‘Wow, like I just learned 10 different things about playing the quarterback position.’”
Wilson spent time with Rodgers in January in California, several weeks before Rodgers decided he wanted to continue playing – and intended to do so for the Jets. The two, who hit it off when the Jets and Packers had joint practices in Green Bay two summers ago, talked a little football.
There’s plenty of that now.
Wilson, who said he was humbled by his struggles, is now hopeful about his future.
“Like I said, I think everything happens for a reason,” Wilson said. “Am I going to have this opportunity to learn from the greatest quarterback of all time and this staff if things didn’t happen the way they did?
”So, I’m very optimistic about it.”
NOTES: Saleh and the Jets are not rooting to be selected to appear this summer on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series. “I know there’s several teams that would love for ‘Hard Knocks’ to be in their building,” he said, “but we’re just not one of them.” … TE C.J. Uzomah left practice with what appeared to be a right leg injury. He pulled up lame while going out for a pass from Rodgers and limped off the field.
TOP INDIANA RELEASES
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL
The Indiana boys All-Stars lost to Kentucky for just the third time in the last 27 meetings Friday night 94-90. Indiana trailed 14-0 early before Kentucky extended the lead at 22-3 and 32-14.
Indiana did rally after trailing by 12 at halftime and 77-58 with only seven minutes remaining. Indiana went on a 20-0 run to make it 77-71 and then took the lead 82-79 with 3:08 to go.
Kentucky took control late to take the win.
“I’m extremely disappointed with the effort,” Indiana All-Star Head Coach Carlisle said. “But I am extremely impressed they came back from down 20 in the second half and came back and took the lead. You always have to look for the positives. They were down 20 and fought and clawed, showed some heart and grit.”
Penn’s Marcus Burton led the Indiana All-Stars scoring 33 points. The Notre Dame recruit shot 13-for-25 from the field and added six rebounds and five assists.
INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
INDIANA ALL-STARS LOSE TO KENTUCKY
The Indiana All-Stars dropped the opening game of the annual series with Kentucky 72-62 Friday night at Owensboro, Kentucky. Kentucky’s Haven Ford scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the win.
Indiana shot just 9-40 from the field in the first half and committed 12 turnovers.
Laila Hull led Indiana with 22 points, all in the second half.
The Indiana All-Stars festivities Saturday will begin at noon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with the girls Futures Game, followed by the boys. The girls Indiana All-Stars will play Kentucky at 5 p.m. with the boys to follow at about 7:30 p.m.
INDIANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
(IHSAA RELEASE)
2A
WEST LAFAYETTE – It doesn’t get any more opposite-ends-of-the-state than Andrean vs. North Posey.
Geographical differences aside, however, the 59ers and Vikings take on the look of kindred spirits when softball becomes the sport of choice.
On Friday, North Posey’s third appearance in a Class 2A championship game proved to be the charm, as it claimed a thrilling 3-0 victory beneath a cloudless sky at Purdue’s Bittinger Stadium.
Senior pitcher Erin Hoehn, who had already established a 2A title game record with 15 strikeouts while throwing a no-hitter, broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh inning with a three-run home run over the center field fence.
She had battled Andrean junior pitcher Abbey Bond to a full count before swinging her way into the history books.
“Man, hitting that home run just felt great, and I’m just so happy,” said Hoehn, who’ll play next season at the University of Michigan. “She threw me an outside fastball, I’m pretty sure.”
And to think Hoehn prefers to be pitched inside.
The victory capped the Vikings’ perfect 29-0 season one year after dropping a 2-1 heartbreaker to Eastside in the 2A final. North Posey was also the 2A runner-up in 2007.
Sixteen of the Vikings’ wins this season were shutouts.
“It’s awesome,” Hoehn added after finishing her final prep campaign with a spotless 20-0 mark. “We’ve worked so hard the whole season for this, and we were determined to make it back to the state championship game.”
North Posey looked like it would strike first in the bottom of the first after sophomore second baseman Alyssa Heath nearly delivered a one-out solo home run.
Her launch to deep left field caromed off the padding near the top of the wall for a double. Bond responded for the 59ers by striking out the next two batters to end the inning.
The Vikings loaded the bases with one out in the third, but, again, Bond and the 59ers slammed the door shut. Lauren Kihn hit into a fielder’s choice and a force out at home plate, while Bond struck out junior catcher Sibyl Renshaw.
Finally, in the seventh, North Posey broke through.
Sophomore designated player Morgan LaVanchy, the No. 7 hitter in coach Gary Gentil’s lineup, connected with Bond’s first pitch for a single that was just missed by the second baseman and ended up in center field.
A fielder’s choice bunt by senior right fielder Maddy Olander moved LaVanchy to second; the No. 9 hitter, junior first baseman Ashton Elpers, drew a walk to set the table for Hoehn’s heroics.
Gentil, in his 15th season as North Posey’s coach, said the experience of the team’s loss at Bittinger Stadium a year ago, painful as it was, played a major role with what the 2023 squad was able to accomplish.
“That experience helped immensely throughout this year,” Gentil said. “With the schedule high school teams have anymore, it’s hard to believe anybody can finish undefeated.
“(Hoehn) is a once-in-a-generation girl. I’ve just been fortunate enough to have her for four years. She’s just such a humble young lady and is a team person.”
Renshaw, who rocket-armed throws from behind the plate in both the first and second innings to remove would-be Andrean base stealers, could, in time, see her stellar defensive performance dwarfed by Hoehn’s performance.
Rest assured, they were big.
“It was a dream. I was worried all day about how the outcome would come out. It was everything to me,” said Renshaw. “Losing here last season fired us up every day. Me and Erin worked almost every single day, and worked as hard as we could to get right back here.”
North Posey finished with six hits, led by Heath’s two. Andrean, which was making its ninth visit to a state championship game, winning the last of its three titles in 2012, finished with a 29-8 record.
Bond, who entered the game with a 21-3 record, had eight strikeouts and three walks.
3A
WEST LAFAYETTE – The navy and old gold pile of humanity that made a mess of a small area of infield dirt was a long time in the making.
New Prairie is a state champion.
The Cougars’ softball team picked up the school’s first title in any sport by defeating Tri-West, 4-2, in the Class 3A championship game at Purdue’s Bittinger Stadium on Friday night.
“It feels amazing,” said New Prairie senior third baseman and future Indiana State player Abby Robakowski, who despite standing only 5-feet tall led her team with 23 home runs, 13 doubles and 73 RBI this spring.
“I mean, I feel like that’s cliché, but it really feels amazing. “There are a lot of people involved in this. It’s not just about us personally. It’s about a bigger picture, and that just feels really great.”
Seventeen years had passed since New Prairie softball made its only other finals appearance. That resulted in a 5-0 loss to Boonville in a game played at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
This time around, the Cougars (31-5), aided by three Bruins’ errors in the top of the sixth inning, broke free from a 2-2 deadlock with two runs to account for the final tally.
Robakowski started things by reaching first on an error, and would make her way to third base on a throwing miscue. She made it home despite a last-ditch attempt by the Bruins to throw her out at the plate.
Junior leftfielder Emily Mrozinski then singled to right to widen the lead. Tri-West looked as though it might mount a rally, but stalled with runners at first and second in the bottom of the seventh.
“This is huge. Look at the crowd,” said sixth-year New Prairie coach Derek Hicks. “All these fans coming all the way here to watch us play. Our players were just very loose, and they weren’t going to quit.
“We got down there, I think, by a run, and they just weren’t going to have it. They fought back and played like they know how to play. They kept their heads about them and stayed in this game.”
New Prairie sophomore pitcher Ava Geyer gave up six hits and struck out nine to improve her season record to 28-2.
“Well, she’s well beyond a sophomore,” said Hicks. “She’s, like, probably a junior in college it seems like. The maturity level. She’s just a great player, and out best pitcher, by far, so she’s the one we’ve got to go with all the time.”
Tri-West (27-6), the state 3A runner-up for a second consecutive season, was led by Sullivan with two hits. Junior pitcher Audrey Lowry, a lefthander, allowed only three hits and struck out nine for a final mark this season of 20-5.
New Prairie got on the board first courtesy of senior catcher Makayla Collins blasting her ninth home run of the season, a solo shot over the wall in center field, in the top of the opening frame.
The Bruins countered in their half of the first with leadoff hitter Nicole Mathews reaching first on an errant throw, and advancing all the way to third after the Cougars misplayed a pop fly.
Lowry tied the score with a sacrifice fly to left field.
Tri-West took a 2-1 lead after bringing home a run in the bottom of the third.
Senior Lainey Price hit an opposite-field single into left, which was followed by Mathews’ fielder’s choice and Price eventually advancing to third. Sullivan’s two-out single to left put the Bruins on top.
The advantage was short-lived, however, as Mrozinski hit a two-out single to center in the fourth to tie the score.
Afterward, as is state finals custom, New Prairie players and coaches took the Indiana-shaped championship trophy into right field so that photographers could click away.
Smiles were in abundance.
New Prairie had broken new ground. As a school, and as a community.
“The people who support us, we’re lucky enough to have them,” said Robakowski. “I think that’s really what makes it good for us.”
INDIANS BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS – Nick Gonzales belted his sixth home run of the season, but the Omaha Storm Chasers prevailed over the Indianapolis Indians in their series-clinching victory on Friday night at Victory Field, 5-1.
Omaha (27-32) scored in the first inning for the fourth consecutive contest this week. Indians starter Kent Emanuel (L, 4-2) loaded the bases before fanning Johan Camargo for the first out. First basemen Logan Porter lined a two-run single for the game’s first runs and Jakson Reetz later followed with an RBI double.
Facing an early 3-0 deficit, leadoff hitter Nick Gonzales lifted an opposite field home run on the second pitch of the game, delivered by Omaha starter Max Castillo (W, 1-6). Gonzales’ blast extended his on-base streak to 10 games.
The Storm Chasers padded their lead with two runs in the fourth and another in the eighth. Left fielder Brewer Hicklen ripped an opposite field two-run homer in the fourth and shortstop Johan Camargo plated a run with an RBI groundout.
In the bottom of the eighth, Endy Rodríguez singled and Miguel Andújar doubled before Cal Mitchell drive in Rodríguez for Indy’s final run of the contest. With the knocks, Rodríguez extended his hitting streak to nine games, Andújar extended his respective streak to 14 games.
The Indians and Storm Chasers continue their series on Saturday at 7:05 PM ET at Victory Field. Left-hander Anthony Veneziano (1-0, 6.92) will take the mound for Omaha. Indy has yet to name a starter.
INDY ELEVEN W
WESTFIELD, Ind. (Friday, June 9, 2023) – A pair of second half goals lifted Indy Eleven over Lexington SC, 2-0, on Friday night at the Grand Park Sports Campus. With the victory, Indy improves to 5-0-1 atop the USL W League’s Valley Division, while Lexington SC falls to 2-3-1.
Second half sub Katie Soderstrom broke the scoreless tie with her third goal of the season to put the Eleven ahead in the 60th minute. Soderstrom had a pair of chances just three minutes earlier that were denied by the Lexington keeper but connected on a through ball from Addie Chester into the lower right side of the net.
Indy’s leading scorer Maisie Whitsett did what she does best and doubled the Eleven’s lead with an 81st-minute header off a Soderstrom cross. It was Whitsett’s sixth goal of the season to give the Girls in Blue a 2-0 lead.
Indy also dominated the first half of play, led by Kanna Matsuhisa who had three of the Eleven’s four shots in the frame. The Girls in Blue had the upper hand for the final 10 minutes of the half as well, as Lexington’s Kelsey Kiesling was ejected in the 35th minute, and the visiting team was forced to finish the match a player down.
The Eleven outshot Lexington 19-4 in the match, including 15 in the second half, led by Soderstrom’s six. Emily Edwards earned her third shutout of the season in goal, making three saves.
The Girls in Blue are back in action Thursday when they host St. Charles FC. Indy took the first meeting of the season 8-0 on the road in the season opener. Kick is slated for 7 p.m. ET at the Grand Park Sports Complex.
USL W League
Indy Eleven 2:0 Lexington SC
Friday, June 9, 2023
Grand Park Sports Campus | Westfield, Ind.
2023 USL W League Records
Indy Eleven: 5W-0L-1D (+16GD), 16pts
Lexington SC: 2W-3L-1D (-1 GD), 7pts
Scoring Summary
IND – Katie Soderstrom (Chester) 60’
IND – Maisie Whitsett (Soderstrom) 81’
Discipline Summary
LEX – Lesley Kiesling (Ejection) 35’
Indy Eleven lineup: Emily Edwards, Jenna Chatterton, Grace Bahr, Alia Martin, Lizzie Sexton (Rafferty Kugler 61’), Maria Vanegas (Hal Hershfelt 46’), Greta Kraszula (Maisie Whitsett 46’), Ella Rogers, Addie Chester (Merel Houweling 79’), Trinity Watson (Maddy Williams 61’), Kanna Matsuhisa (Katie Soderstrom 46’)
IND substitutes: Nona Reason
INDY ELEVEN MEN
#INDvHFD Preview
Indy Eleven vs Hartford Athletic
Saturday, June 10, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Carroll Stadium – Indianapois, Ind.
2023 USL Championship Records:
Indy Eleven: 4W-5L-3D (-1 GD), 15 pts; 7th in Eastern Conference
Hartford Atheltic: 2W-7L-3D (-9), 9 pts; 12th in Eastern Conference
Community Health Network Sports Medicine Indy Eleven Injury Report:
OUT: DF R. Dambrot (L knee), MF B. Rebellon (L hamstring), R. King (R quad), Y. Boudadi (L shoulder)
QUESTIONABLE: None
Discipline Report:
IND: none
HFD: none
SETTING THE SCENE
The Boys in Blue return to The Mike on Saturday to host eastern division foe Hartford Athletic at 7 p.m. Indy is coming off a 4-0 win over division leader Charleston and sits seventh in the eastern division at 4-5-3. The four goals against Charleston tie for the most in a USL Championship match for the club, having registered four on six occasions. Indy is looking for its first set of back-to-back wins this season.
Hartford is last in the division at 2-7-3 following a 0-0 draw vs. Louisville City.
SERIES VS. HARTFORD ATHLETIC
Friday marks the sixth meeting between the two sides with Indy holding the 3-2 all-time advantage. Saturday will be the first of two meetings between the two sides in 2023, with the second meeting taking place June 24 at Hartford.
Indy leads: 3-2
GF 8, GA 5
Recent Meetings
8.13.22 at HFD L, 2-1
4.30.22 Home W, 1-0
7.29.20 Home W, 4-1
Last Match
2022 USL Championship – Matchday 23
Hartford Athletic 2 : 1 Indy Eleven
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Trinity Health Stadium – Hartford, Conn.
Scoring Summary:
HFD – Danny Barrera (unassisted) 19’
HFD – Ariel Martinez (Prince Saydee) 26’
IND – Ayoze (penalty kick) 47+’
QUINN NAMED TO USL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OF THE WEEK
JUNE 6, 2023
A pair of goals off penalty kicks in Friday’s 4-0 win over division-leading Charleston earned Aodhan Quinn USL Championship Team of the Week honors.
Just 19 seconds into the match, Sebastian Guenzatti earned the Eleven a chance from the spot setting up Quinn for his second penalty of the season. Quinn converted just 1:28 into the match, giving him the USL Championship’s fastest goal of the 2023 season and his second tally of the year. His team-leading third goal of the season came in the same fashion, this time thanks to a Charleston foul of Harrison Robledo. Quinn also converted on 74 of 81 passes and recorded two chances created.
This is the first honor of 2023 for Quinn, giving the Eleven its fifth player to earn a spot on the USL Team of the Week along with a pair of bench appearances.
LAST TIME OUT
JUNE 2, 2023
CHS 0:4 IND
Indy Eleven defeated USL Championship Eastern Conference leader Charleston on the road Friday night, 4-0.
Scoring Summary:
IND – Aodhan Quinn (pk) 2’
IND – Aodhan Quinn (pk) 72’
IND – Roberto Molina (Douglas Martinez) 75’
IND – Own Goal 80’
Discipline Summary:
CHS – Leland Archer (ejection) 1’
IND – Jesus Vazquez (caution) 8’
CHS – Deklan Wynne (caution) 29’
IND – Douglas Martinez (caution) 59’
IND – Gustavo Rissi (caution) 61’
CHS – Trey Muse (caution) 71’
CHS – Arthur Paterson (caution) 88’
INDY ACQUIRES MIDFIELDER SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ
JUNE 8, 2023
Indy Eleven it has acquired midfielder Sebastian Velasquez via transfer from USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC. Per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed. Velasquez will be available for Indy’s match against Hartford Athletic Saturday.
Velasquez signed with Memphis on February 24, 2023 after three seasons (2019, 2021-22) in El Paso where he made 42 appearances for the Locomotive scoring a pair of goals and notching an assist. He spent the 2020 season with Miami FC. Velasquez is the second player to reunite with Indy Eleven Head Coach Mark Lowry this season, joining Macauley King who also played under him at El Paso for two seasons.
Since joining the USLC with Real Monarchs SLC in 2017, Velasquez has made 112 appearances with 28 goals and 18 assists.
The Colombian was signed by Real Salt Lake in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft and played three seasons with the club before joining New York City FC for the 2015 campaign. He has 55 MLS caps, two goals and two assists.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Friday, June 9, 2023) – Indy Eleven announced Friday that it has acquired midfielder Sebastian Velasquez via transfer from USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC. Per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed. Velasquez will be available for Indy’s match against Hartford Athletic Saturday pending league and federation approval.
Velasquez signed with Memphis on February 24, 2023 after three seasons (2019, 2021-22) in El Paso where he made 42 appearances for the Locomotive scoring a pair of goals and notching an assist. He spent the 2020 season with Miami FC. Velasquez is the second player to reunite with Indy Eleven Head Coach Mark Lowry this season, joining Macauley King who also played under him at El Paso for two seasons.
Since joining the USLC with Real Monarchs SLC in 2017, Velasquez has made 106 appearances with 27 goals and 18 assists.
The Colombian was signed by Real Salt Lake in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft and played three seasons with the club before joining New York City FC for the 2015 campaign. He has 55 MLS caps, two goals and two assists.
Sebastian Velasquez
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-6
Weight: 145
Date of Birth: February 11, 1991
Age: 32
Birthplace: Medellin, Colombia
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Indy Eleven Roster as of 06-09-23
Goalkeepers (4): Cayden Crawford, Yannik Oettl, Tim Trilk, Hayden Vostal
Defenders (7): Younes Boudadi, Robby Dambrot, Adrian Diz Pe, Mechak Jerome, Macauley King, Gustavo Rissi, Jesus Vazquez
Midfielders (7): Jack Blake, Cam Lindley, Aodhan Quinn, Bryam Rebellon, Harrison Robledo, Diego Sanchez, Sebastian Velasquez
Forwards (8): Solomon Asante, Benji Chavarria, Grayson Elmquist, Sebastian Guenzatti, Luca Iaccino, Douglas Martinez, Roberto Molina, Juan Tejada
INDIANA FEVER
Kelsey Mitchell scored 22 points while NaLyssa Smith and Aliyah Boston each recorded double-doubles Friday night as the Indiana Fever nipped the Minnesota Lynx 71-69 in Minneapolis.
Mitchell’s three-point play with 1:54 left gave Indiana (2-5) a 67-66 lead. Smith converted a layup on the next possession for a three-point advantage, and Erica Wheeler sank two foul shots to make it 71-66 at the 1:03 mark.
Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier drained a 3-pointer with 1:01 remaining to cut the deficit to two points. After the Fever turned the ball over, the Lynx (1-7) had two shots on their next possession. However, Kayla McBride couldn’t hit a 3-point attempt and Collier misfired on a pullup jumper.
Wheeler was fouled and missed two foul shots with 4.8 seconds on the clock, but Minnesota couldn’t get off a shot before time expired.
Smith finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds, while Boston added 10 points and 11 boards. Wheeler also contributed 10 points.
Collier pumped in a game-high 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while McBride scored 11 but made only 3 of 9 attempts from the field. The Lynx canned just 38.1 percent of their field-goal tries, while the Fever made 40.6 percent.
As might befit a matchup of teams that entered with a combined 2-11 record, both started slowly. Neither team got to double figures until Mitchell canned a 3-pointer with 2:24 left in the first quarter. Indiana took a 16-14 edge after Boston converted a layup with 6.2 seconds remaining in the opening period.
Neither team led by more than five in a tightly contested second quarter. Minnesota’s 30-25 cushion was quickly erased as the Fever went on an 11-4 surge over the last 3:44, getting a pullup jumper from Wheeler on their last possession to earn a 36-34 advantage at the break.
The score was tied 46-46 late in the third quarter before the Lynx got back-to-back 3-pointers from McBride and Rachel Banham, and a layup from Collier that gave them a 55-51 edge going to the fourth period.
INDIANA MEN’S TRACK
AUSTIN, Texas – Noah Koch, making his national debut at the Division One level, finished 21st in the men’s discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin on Friday evening (June 9).
Koch, who was twice a Division Two All-American in the discus at Ashland, recorded a mark of 55.40m/181-9 on his final throw of the night to secure a 21st-place finish.
Heading into the NCAA East Prelims, Koch was 61st in the nation in the event with a mark of 56.26m/184-7 from the Big Ten Championships. He improved on that mark with an outstanding personal best of 58.70m/192-7 at the NCAA East Prelims.
In the span of one month, Koch climbed 40 spots nationally in his primary event. He ends his debut season for the Hoosiers having finished sixth in the Big Ten and 21st in the NCAA. Koch was also IU’s first men’s qualifier to the national meet in the discus since 1994.
PURDUE MEN’S TRACK
AUSTIN, Texas – Purdue sophomore Praise Aniamaka earned Second Team All-America Honors with a ninth-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas, on Friday night.
At his first NCAA Championships, Aniamaka improved his top-10 mark in the Boilermaker record books with his All-America performance. He jumped 16.10 meters to earn a berth in the final and place ninth overall in the nation after entering the meet as the No. 16 seed.
Aniamaka will be recognized with Second Team All-America honors by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). It is the first career All-America award for the Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, native.
On a hot evening under the lights at Texas’ Mike A. Myers Track & Soccer Stadium, Aniamaka’s collegiate-best jump of 16.10m came on his second attempt to secure the final appearance and a top-nine finish. He also posted jumps of 15.97m and 14.93m.
The PR improves Aniamaka’s place at No. 7 in school history and eclipses a mark of 16.03m earned on May 14, which won Aniamaka the Big Ten championship.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
FORT WORTH, Texas – No. 14 Indiana State was not able to keep pace with TCU on Friday afternoon as the Sycamores fell in the opening game of the Fort Worth Super Regional at Lupton Stadium, 4-1.
Matt Jachec (7-4) twirled a gem for eight strong innings as the right-hander held off the TCU (41-22) lineup for a majority of the contest in the Super Regionals opener. The redshirt junior battled back after allowing a pair of home runs in the third inning to shut down the powerful Horned Frogs lineup that tuned up the Fayetteville Regional for 44 runs over their three games. Jachec allowed seven hits and four runs while walking three and striking out seven in taking the loss.
Keegan Watson had two of Indiana State’s (45-16) four hits in the game including a home run, while Luis Hernandez connected on a double off the wall to highlight the Sycamores in the game. Randal Diaz added a single in the first inning.
The Sycamores struggled at times against TCU starter Kole Klecker (10-4) as the freshman went 7.0 innings allowing three hits and a walk while striking out nine. Luke Savage (S, 2) went the final 2.0 frames allowing just the Watson home run in the bottom of the ninth in closing out the game.
TCU got on the board in the top of the third inning on Austin Davis’ solo home run and Cole Fontenelle’s two-run shot to go ahead 3-0. The Horned Frogs added a late RBI sacrifice fly from Kurtis Byrne to give TCU the 4-0 lead.
The Sycamore lineup was stymied throughout a majority of the contest as ISU struggled to put together their trademark late-inning rally. Hernandez nearly put ISU on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth with a one-out double off the wall in center field, but Klecker retired the next two batters to the Sycamores scoreless.
Indiana State pushed their lone run across with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as Watson worked a 2-2 count before launching the ball over the right field wall to provide the final 4-1 margin.
How They Scored
TCU took the 3-0 lead in the top of the third inning on Austin Davis’ solo home run to left and Cole Fontenelle’s two-run shot to centerfield.
Kurtis Byrne added insurance for the Horned Frogs with a sacrifice fly to centerfield in the top of the ninth inning scoring Fontenelle to make it a 4-0 game.
Keegan Watson connected on a late solo home run to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to put the Sycamores on the scoreboard and provide the final 4-1 margin.
News & Notes
Indiana State fell to 46-15 overall on the season with Friday’s loss to the Horned Frogs.
The Sycamores were playing in the first Super Regional game in program history in Friday’s contest.
Indiana State suffered its first non-conference loss since March 21 with Friday’s decision, a span of 42 games.
Adam Pottinger saw his on-base streak end at 36 consecutive games after going 0-for-4 on Friday afternoon. The Sycamore outfielder’s streak was the longest in the Mitch Hannahs era dating back to April 2 against UIC.
Matt Jachec went at least 8.0 innings for the fifth time in the 2023 season and first since hurling a complete game at Bradley back on May 5, 2023.
Jachec’s seven strikeouts marked the eighth time he recorded at least seven strikeouts in a single game this season.
Jachec’s 104 strikeouts in 2023 mark the first 100-strikeout season in his career and ISU’s first since Jeff Degano posted 126 strikeouts back in the 2015 season.
Zach Davidson posted a scoreless frame for the 11th consecutive outing dating back to March 31 against UIC. The junior left-hander has gone 22.0 consecutive innings without allowing a run during the span.
Randal Diaz ran his on-base streak to 19 consecutive games with his leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning.
Up Next
Indiana State continues the weekend Fort Worth Super Regionals on Saturday evening as the Sycamores look to even the series against the Horned Frogs. First pitch at Lupton Stadium is set for 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT. The game will be carried live on ESPNU and 105.5 The Legend.
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SPORTS EXTRA
MLB STANDINGS
| American League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Tampa Bay | 47 | 19 | .712 | – | 30 – 6 | 17 – 13 | 16 – 9 | 12 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 8 – 2 | W 7 |
| Baltimore | 39 | 24 | .619 | 6.5 | 18 – 12 | 21 – 12 | 11 – 7 | 12 – 5 | 8 – 6 | 5 – 5 | W 2 |
| NY Yankees | 37 | 28 | .569 | 9.5 | 20 – 16 | 17 – 12 | 10 – 11 | 8 – 8 | 8 – 5 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| Toronto | 36 | 29 | .554 | 10.5 | 18 – 12 | 18 – 17 | 6 – 15 | 10 – 4 | 8 – 5 | 7 – 3 | L 1 |
| Boston | 32 | 32 | .500 | 14 | 17 – 16 | 15 – 16 | 9 – 10 | 8 – 4 | 5 – 5 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Minnesota | 32 | 32 | .500 | – | 18 – 14 | 14 – 18 | 7 – 10 | 12 – 8 | 5 – 4 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| Cleveland | 30 | 33 | .476 | 1.5 | 15 – 16 | 15 – 17 | 7 – 8 | 8 – 11 | 9 – 5 | 6 – 4 | W 3 |
| Chi White Sox | 29 | 36 | .446 | 3.5 | 17 – 15 | 12 – 21 | 4 – 12 | 15 – 11 | 4 – 6 | 7 – 3 | W 1 |
| Detroit | 26 | 35 | .426 | 4.5 | 14 – 14 | 12 – 21 | 2 – 14 | 9 – 7 | 4 – 5 | 1 – 9 | L 7 |
| Kansas City | 18 | 45 | .286 | 13.5 | 9 – 23 | 9 – 22 | 2 – 6 | 5 – 12 | 3 – 9 | 3 – 7 | L 4 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Texas | 40 | 22 | .645 | – | 21 – 9 | 19 – 13 | 6 – 5 | 7 – 2 | 14 – 5 | 7 – 3 | L 2 |
| Houston | 36 | 28 | .563 | 5 | 18 – 14 | 18 – 14 | 5 – 5 | 7 – 10 | 13 – 6 | 4 – 6 | L 4 |
| LA Angels | 35 | 30 | .538 | 6.5 | 19 – 13 | 16 – 17 | 8 – 9 | 7 – 5 | 11 – 10 | 6 – 4 | W 5 |
| Seattle | 30 | 32 | .484 | 10 | 17 – 15 | 13 – 17 | 3 – 6 | 5 – 5 | 11 – 9 | 3 – 7 | L 2 |
| Oakland | 15 | 50 | .231 | 26.5 | 7 – 24 | 8 – 26 | 1 – 9 | 3 – 3 | 4 – 23 | 5 – 5 | W 3 |
| National League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Atlanta | 39 | 24 | .619 | – | 19 – 14 | 20 – 10 | 16 – 5 | 6 – 0 | 6 – 7 | 7 – 3 | W 6 |
| Miami | 35 | 29 | .547 | 4.5 | 21 – 13 | 14 – 16 | 8 – 12 | 5 – 4 | 9 – 10 | 7 – 3 | L 1 |
| Philadelphia | 31 | 32 | .492 | 8 | 18 – 10 | 13 – 22 | 5 – 8 | 6 – 4 | 7 – 10 | 6 – 4 | W 6 |
| NY Mets | 30 | 34 | .469 | 9.5 | 15 – 12 | 15 – 22 | 12 – 11 | 2 – 8 | 8 – 8 | 3 – 7 | L 7 |
| Washington | 25 | 37 | .403 | 13.5 | 12 – 21 | 13 – 16 | 6 – 11 | 4 – 3 | 7 – 11 | 2 – 8 | L 5 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Pittsburgh | 33 | 29 | .532 | – | 17 – 15 | 16 – 14 | 3 – 1 | 10 – 4 | 9 – 6 | 7 – 3 | W 1 |
| Milwaukee | 34 | 30 | .531 | – | 18 – 14 | 16 – 16 | 3 – 0 | 8 – 5 | 7 – 13 | 6 – 4 | L 2 |
| Cincinnati | 29 | 35 | .453 | 5 | 17 – 18 | 12 – 17 | 7 – 9 | 9 – 12 | 4 – 5 | 4 – 6 | L 2 |
| Chi Cubs | 27 | 36 | .429 | 6.5 | 15 – 16 | 12 – 20 | 6 – 10 | 3 – 8 | 8 – 7 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| St. Louis | 27 | 37 | .422 | 7 | 13 – 16 | 14 – 21 | 0 – 3 | 10 – 11 | 7 – 10 | 3 – 7 | W 2 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Arizona | 38 | 25 | .603 | – | 20 – 14 | 18 – 11 | 9 – 8 | 6 – 3 | 16 – 9 | 8 – 2 | W 3 |
| LA Dodgers | 36 | 28 | .563 | 2.5 | 20 – 10 | 16 – 18 | 8 – 5 | 12 – 11 | 12 – 7 | 4 – 6 | L 1 |
| San Francisco | 32 | 31 | .508 | 6 | 17 – 16 | 15 – 15 | 9 – 7 | 9 – 6 | 5 – 7 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| San Diego | 30 | 33 | .476 | 8 | 15 – 18 | 15 – 15 | 9 – 7 | 6 – 8 | 10 – 9 | 6 – 4 | W 2 |
| Colorado | 26 | 39 | .400 | 13 | 15 – 18 | 11 – 21 | 11 – 10 | 8 – 7 | 3 – 14 | 2 – 8 | L 5 |
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1902 Baseball lifer Horace Fogel, also known for his career as a sportswriter, is fired as the Giants’ manager just 44 games into the season. The 51-year-old former skipper, who will go on to an administrative position with the Phillies, will be best remembered for his attempt to turn future Hall of Fame sophomore hurler Christy Mathewson, a 20-game winner last year, into a position player.
1930 After seven consecutive victories from the start of the season, A’s right-hander Lefty Grove loses in eleven innings to the White Sox, 7-6. The future Hall of Famer will finish the season 28-5, along with a 2.54 ERA for the eventual World Champion club.
1937 The Senators trade Bobo Newsom (3-4, 5.85) and outfielder Ben Chapman (.262, 0, 12) to the Red Sox for the brother battery of Wes (3-6, 7.61) and Rick Ferrell (.308, 1, 4), as well as outfielder Mel Almada (.236, 1, 9). Rick, the catcher, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984, but his brother Wes, the pitcher, will hit more career home runs.
1938 With his team trailing Chicago, 13-1, at Fenway Park, Red Sox manager Joe Cronin lets Bill Lefebvre bat for himself in the eighth inning and watches the rookie hurler homer off Monty Stratton. The 22-year-old southpaw from Natick (RI), who will have only one at-bat this season, doesn’t fare as well on the mound when he gives up six runs in four innings in his only appearance on the mound this season.
1944 “I was pitching against seventh, eighth, and ninth graders, kids 13 and 14 years old… All of a sudden, I look up, and there’s Stan Musial and the likes. It was a very scary situation.” – JOE NUXHALL, speaking of his major league debut as a 15-year-old. Six weeks shy of his 16th birthday, Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest player in a major league contest in this century, beginning a 60-year tenure with the Reds organization, including becoming best known as the voice for the team’s radio broadcasts. After being called in the ninth inning into a 13-0 rout by the eventual World Champions Cardinals at Crosley Field, the 15-year-old high school southpaw retires George Fallon, the first batter he faces but is unable to get out of the inning, yielding five walks, two hits, one wild pitch, and five runs.
1953 Against five different pitchers, Jimmy Piersall ties a major league record, going 6-for-6 when Boston bombs the Browns in the first game of a doubleheader, 11-2. The Red Sox right fielder is hitless in the Sportsman’s Park nightcap and is sent sprawling to the ground by Satchel Paige, a pitcher he had infuriated during a game in his rookie season by mimicking the right-hander’s every move.
1954 At County Stadium, Bill Taylor’s pinch home run in the 10th inning off Gene Conley gives the Giants an eventual 1-0 win over Milwaukee. Taylor’s first major league home run accounts for all the scoring, making it the first time a solo pinch-hit round-tripper is the game’s only tally.
1954 Reds’ southpaw Fred Baczewski goes the distance, blanking Pittsburgh at Crosley Field, 6-0. ‘Lefty,’ a former college basketball player at the University of Tennessee, gives up 11 hits and walks a batter, but the Pirates strand 12 players on the bases.
1959 In Baltimore, Rocky Colavito becomes the sixth player to hit four home runs in one game, helping the Indians defeat the Orioles, 11-8. The New York City native joins Lou Gehrig as the only player to accomplish the feat with four consecutive shots.
1966 Indian hurler Sonny Siebert throws the season’s only no-hitter, defeating the Senators, 2-0. The right-hander strikes out seven batters in his Cleveland Stadium gem, walking only one.
1966 In his big league debut, Dick Rusteck pitches a four-hit masterpiece, blanking the Reds at Shea Stadium, 4-0. The 24-year-old rookie southpaw will pitch in seven more games, including two more starts, without ever winning another major league contest, finishing his career with a 1-2 record and a 3.00 ERA.
1967 In front of his family and friends, Astros outfielder Jimmy Wynn, a Cincinnati native, hits the longest home run in the history of Crosley Field. The Toy Cannon’s monstrous shot off the right-handed Mel Queen in the team’s 9-4 loss to the Reds clears the 58-foot scoreboard in left-center and bounces onto Interstate 75 outside the stadium.
1969 The Mets win their 11th consecutive game, a 9-4 victory over the Giants at Candlestick Park, to establish a franchise record. Later in the season, the Amazins will also post a ten-game (Sept. 6-13) and a nine-game winning streak (Sept. 21-Oct. 1).
1972 Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays, moving into second place on the all-time home run list. The Braves outfielder connects for a grand slam, his 14th, to tie Gil Hodges’ NL mark against the Phillies for his 649th career homer, 65 shy of Babe Ruth’s total.
1973 Ranger reliever Charlie Hudson accidentally shoots himself in the middle finger of his pitching hand while cleaning a .38 revolver at home. The 24-year-old left-handed knuckleballer returns to the team at the end of July and, as a starter, blanks the Twins, 2-0, on September 2 at Arlington Stadium.
1974 Mike Schmidt collects one of the longest singles in big-league history when the umpires rule the ball he hit off Astros hurler Claude Osteen that carom off the public address speaker hanging 117 feet in the air and 329 feet from home plate in play due to the ballpark’s ground rules. The Rice University mathematics department calculates the Astrodome blast would have traveled 550 feet if left unimpeded.
1979 Trailing by a run, Orioles right-hander Dennis Martinez induces Ranger third baseman Buddy Bell to line into a 5-4-3 triple play to end the sixth inning. Baltimore’s triple killing, their eighth since moving to the Charm City, contributes to the team’s 5-4 walk-off victory at Memorial Stadium.
1992 A’s first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 200th career home run when he goes deep in the second inning off Chris Bosio in the team’s 5-2 victory over Milwaukee at County Stadium. The 28-year-old slugger will end the season with 42 round-trippers en route to a career total 583.
1995 Jeff Manto hits his fourth consecutive home run over three games, equaling Johnny Blanchard’s 1961 accomplishment. The Orioles’ third baseman, who hit two homers against the Angels last night and one the previous night off of the Mariners’ Rafael Carmona, goes deep in the bottom of the second inning during Baltimore’s 6-2 victory over the Halos at Camden Yards.
1995 Legendary Hall of Fame announcer Lindsey Nelson, who for 17 years, along with Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner, made up the original broadcast team for the expansion Mets in 1962, dies of complications of Parkinson’s disease at 76. In addition to doing play-by-play for the San Francisco Giants from 1979 to 1981, the colorfully attired announcer also called football games, including 26 Cotton Bowls, five Sugar Bowls, four Rose Bowls, and announced syndicated Notre Dame gridiron contests for 14 years.
1997 Marlins’ hurler Kevin Brown no-hits the Giants at Candlestick Park, 9-0. The right-handed sinkerballer, who faces 28 batters, misses a perfect game when he barely grazes Marvin Benard with a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the eighth inning.
2000 In a pregame ceremony at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals commemorate David Glass’s ownership of the team. The former Walmart executive, who became Kansas City’s interim CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1993, had his $96 million offer to buy the team approved by the Board in April, despite a competing bid of $120 million by New York-based attorney Miles Prentice.
2000 Darin Erstad’s second-inning two-run double off Arizona’s Omar Daal is the Angels’ leadoff hitter’s 100th hit of the season. The two-bagger, coming in the Halos’ 61st game, makes the 26-year-old left fielder the fastest major leaguer to reach the milestone since Hall of Famer Heinie Manush accomplished the feat with the Senators in 1934.
2002 Former Japanese Orix Blue Wave teammates Ichiro Suzuki and So Taguchi play against each other when the Mariners blank the Cardinals, 10-0. The Safeco Field contest marks the first time two Japanese position players have played in the same major league game.
2002 In front of 45,698 fans at Yankee Stadium, Marcus Thames becomes the 17th player in history to hit a home run on the first pitch he sees in the major leagues. The New York rookie, who hit his two-run dinger off four-time Cy Young winner Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson, joins John Miller (1966) as the second Yankee to homer in his first at-bat.
2003 In a game against the Orioles at Camden Yards, Sammy Sosa becomes the target of a man who runs onto the field throwing corks. Last week, the umps discovered the Cubs’ slugger used the illegal substance after breaking his bat in a game against the Devil Rays.
2005 The document, believed to be the precursor to the ‘Curse of the Bambino,’ is acquired for $996,000 when Gotta Have It Collectibles submits the winning bid for the 1919 contract, signed by owners Harry Frazee of the Red Sox and Jacob Ruppert of Yankees, which sold Babe Ruth to New York. The cost of the five typed pages is nearly ten times the value the ‘Bronx Bombers’ paid to get the emerging ‘Sultan of Swat.’
2005 For the first time in nearly 90 years, the Red Sox play the Cubs in Chicago, making their first visit to Wrigley Field. The two teams that had their fates influenced by curses last met at Comiskey Field, the more spacious home of the White Sox, in the 1918 World Series, won by Boston in six games behind the solid pitching of Babe Ruth.
2006 Using a fishing rod with a baseball attached to the hook at the end of a heavy-duty line he designed, Pro Bass Angler Kevin Wirth throws out the ceremonial “First Cast” from the pitcher’s mound before the Louisville Bats take on the Indianapolis Indians at Slugger Field. The catcher uses a fishing net to capture the CITGO Bassmaster Elite Series Angler toss at home plate.
2006 In the Royals’ 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay at Kauffman Stadium, Reggie Sanders hits his 300th career home run off Chad Harville. The Kansas City outfielder becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 300 home runs and steal 300 bases, joining Barry and Bobby Bonds, Andre Dawson, and Willie Mays.
2007 Masumi Kuwata becomes the first Japanese player in Pirates’ history, making his major league debut in the team’s 13-6 loss to the Yankees in the Bronx. The 39-year-old Osaka native, the oldest person to start a big-league career in the post-World War II era except for Satchel Paige and Diomedes Olivo, gives up two runs in two innings when Alex Rodriguez takes him deep.
2007 In addition to the Reds wearing a dark patch with the word “NUXY” printed in white on their uniform, the team honors broadcaster Joe Nuxhall, Marty Brennaman, and Waite Hoyt, with replica microphones to hung on the wall near the radio booth. The recognition commemorates the 63rd anniversary of the ‘ol’ left-hander’ becoming the youngest person to play in the major leagues in the modern era.
2008 Tiger general manager Dave Dombrowski announces the team is optioning Dontrelle Willis, acquired in an off-season blockbuster trade, to their Class A minor league team in Lakeland. The former Marlin southpaw, the 2003 National League Rookie of the Year, compiled a 22-10 record with the Fish just two years later and recently signed a three-year deal worth $29 million with Detroit.
2010 White Sox third baseman Omar Vizquel becomes the fourth player to hit a home run in four different decades when he goes deep off Max Scherzer in the first inning of the team’s 3-0 victory over Detroit at U.S. Cellular Field. The 43-year-old Venezuelan infielder, who made his major league debut in 1989, joins Ted Williams (1939-1960), Willie McCovey (1959-1980), and Rickey Henderson (1979-2003) on the shortlist of big leaguers who have accomplished the rare feat.
2011 Tony La Russa manages his 5,000th major league game, a disappointing 8-0 Cardinal loss to Milwaukee at Miller Park. The 66-year-old skipper, whose 33-year managerial career includes stints with the A’s and White Sox, is the second manager to reach the milestone but remains far behind Connie Mack’s record of 7,755 contests.
2011 Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Michael Acosta, a longtime Twins fan, gets to manage the team for a day. ESPN SportsCenter’s “My Wish” episode features the testicular cancer survivor’s big day at Target Field.
2012 The Orioles win their ninth straight extra-inning game when Matt Wieters lines a one-out RBI double in the 10th to give the club a 5-4 walk-off victory over Philadelphia at Camden Yards. The streak of overtime victories, which includes yesterday’s 12-inning win, breaks the team’s previously twice-accomplished record of eight.
2012 Bobby Abreu, tied with Mickey Mantle for 109th place on the all-time hit list, surpasses the Yankee legend with a second-inning double in L.A.’s 8-2 interleague victory over Seattle at Safeco Field. The 38-year-old outfielder has collected 2,416 hits for the Astros, Phillies, Yankees, Angels, and Dodgers.
2012 The Red Sox pass the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers for the most consecutive sellouts for a North American pro franchise with their 745th straight capacity crowd at Fenway Park. The streak, featuring an average paid attendance of 36,544 fans, started on May 15, 2003, a year after the team’s new ownership bought the Boston ball club.
2019 The Diamondbacks (8) and Phillies (5) hit the most combined home runs in a single game, collectively going deep 13 times in Arizona’s 13-8 victory at Citizens Bank Park. The Tigers and White Sox, accomplishing the feat twice, first on May 28, 1995, and then on July 2, 2002, set the previous mark of 12.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
FOOTBALL RELATED NOTABLES FOR JUNE 10
June 10, 1720- Durham, England’s very own Mrs. Clements markets the first of its kind mustard in a paste form. She found that when mustard seeds were ground into a fine powder like flour, it had a distinct flavor. Clements shared the paste with her neighbors and word spread all the way to King George I who patented the substance for Mrs. Clements. Think about this 300 year old event the next time you are chowing down a “dog” or burger with mustard at a football game.
June 10, 1898- Teddy Roosevelt leads his Rough Riders to victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. The event helped propel Roosevelt into the White House a few years later where in 1906 he helped save the game of football from being abolished for excessive brutality.
The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day comes from the Winnipeg Tribune in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with the June 11, 1930 headline of:
Tiger Grid Club Changes Name
They were of course referring to the June 10, 1930 meeting Winnipeg, Canada when three football clubs formerly known as the Winnipeg Tigers grew and expanded, and on this 1930 day all three clubs amalgamated and formed the Winnipeg Winnipegs Rugby Football Club, and became a member of the Western Rugby Football Union (WIFU) according to the CommunityStories.ca website. The Winnipeg Victorias, the Winnipeg St. John’s, who were a team consisting of students from the University of Manitoba, and the Royal School of Infantry were all part of the Manitoba Rugby Union that had been playing since 1888. Winnipeg made their first Grey Cup appearance in 1935, when the Winnipegs defeated the Hamilton Tigers 18-12, making Winnipeg the first Western city to win the Grey Cup. This Grey Cup was the first and last time the Winnipeg Winnipegs would ever win a Grey Cup. The Canadian rugby game morphed and emerged as the Canadian Football League in the 1950’s straying from the game of rugby and playing the rules of the gridiron. The area in the Manitoba Province has been well represented since then in the CFL by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
JUNE 10 FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME BIRTHDAYS
June 10, 1880 – Syracuse, New York – Notre Dame’s fine fullback from the seasons of 1900 to 1903, Louis “Red” Salmon was born. Louis Salmon received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
June 10, 1951 – San Francisco, California – Dan Fouts Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee and former NFL Quarterback of the San Diego Chargers who later became a top TV Color Analyst. Dan attended Oregon where he excelled on the college gridiron as he set a total of 19 team records, including those of 5995 career passing yards and 5871 yards of total offense. According the ProFootballHOF.com website, the Chargers stole Fouts in the third round of the 1973 NFL draft as he became a staple in the lightning bolt offense. In 15 NFL seasons, Fouts completed 3,297 passes for 43,040 yards with 254 touchdowns. He also rushed for 476 yards and scored 13 touchdowns with his legs. When Dan retired, he was one of only three quarterbacks to pass for more than 40,000 yards. He led the NFL in passing yardage four straight years from 1979 to 1982, and became the first player in history to throw for 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons.
June 10, 1963 – Los Angeles, California – David Williams the University of Illinois wide receiver of the seasons of 1983 to 1985 arrived into the world. According to the National Football Foundation records, David at the end of his Illini career was second all-time receiver in NCAA history with 245 receptions and 3,195 yards. Mr. Williams was a two-time unanimous All-America selection in both 1984 and 85 as he led the NCAA with 101 receptions as well as 1278 receiving yards in 1984. The voters from the National Football Foundation inducted the collegiate records of David Williams into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. David after college spent two seasons in the NFL in 1986 and 87, then Williams made the jump north to become a marquee player in the CFL, where he was named a five-time all-star and league MVP in 1988.
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
43 – 14 – 44
June 10, 1944 – Get’em throwing young, was the cry of the day for the Reds. Cincinnati totted the youngest player in MLB history to the mound when relief pitcher Joe Nuxhall, Number 43 at 15 years, 316 days, debuted for the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately the Reds fell to the St Louis Cardinals in the game 18-0. Nuxhall gave up 5 earned runs in a small portion of the inning he was in the game. He retired and then resumed hos MLNB career in 1952 where he pitched a total of 15 additional years earning All-Star status twice.
June 10, 1952 – Chicago White Sox Number 14 outfielder Sam Mele is only the 6th player in MLB history to record 6 RBI’s in an inning when he exploded in the 4th stanza during a 15-4 win over the A’s in Philadelphia.
June 10, 1972 – When Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron hit a milestone he did it with fireworks! Number 44, Aaron’s grand slam, the 14th of his career, tied him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moved him ahead of Willie Mays as number 2 HR hitter for a career at 649.
TV SATUDAY
| BOXING | TIME ET | TV |
| TEOFIMO LOPEZ VS. JOSH TAYLOR (JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS) | 10:00PM | ESPN |
| COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES | TIME ET | TV |
| WAKE FOREST VS. ALABAMA | 12:00PM | ESPN |
| VIRGINIA VS. DUKE | 12:00PM | ESPN2 |
| LSU VS. KENTUCKY | 3:00PM | ESPN |
| SOUTHERN MISS VS. TENNESSEE | 3:00PM | ESPNU |
| TCU VS. INDIANA STATE | 6:00PM | ESPNU |
| STANFORD VS. TEXAS | 6:00PM | ESPN2 |
| OREGON VS. ORAL ROBERTS | 9:00PM | ESPNU |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA: CANADIAN OPEN | 2:30PM | GOLF |
| LPGA: SHOPRITE CLASSIC | 5:30PM | GOLF |
| PGA: CANADIAN OPEN | 5:30PM | CBS |
| HORSE RACING | TIME ET | TV |
| BELMONT STAKESS | 6:30PM | FOX |
| LACROSSE | TIME ET | TV |
| PLL: WHIPSNAKES VS. ATLAS | 3:00PM | ABC |
| MLB REGULAR SEASON GAMES | TIME ET | TV |
| ARIZONA AT DETROIT | 1:10PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS |
| MIAMI AT CHI. WHITE SOX | 2:10PM | MLBN NBCS-CHI BALLY SPORTS |
| CINCINNATI AT ST. LOUIS | 2:15PM | BALLY SPORTS |
| MINNESOTA AT TORONTO | 3:07PM | BALLY SPORTS SPORTSNET |
| SAN DIEGO AT COLORADO | 3:10PM | ATTSN-RM BALLY SPORTS |
| KANSAS CITY AT BALTIMORE | 4:05PM | MASN/2 BALLY SPORTS |
| LA DODGERS AT PHILADELPHIA | 4:05PM | MLBN NBCS-PHI SPECTRUM |
| NY METS AT PITTSBURGH | 4:05PM | ATTSN-PIT SNY |
| TEXAS AT TAMPA BAY | 4:10PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS |
| OAKLAND AT MILWAUKEE | 4:10PM | NBCS-CA BALLY SPORTS |
| WASHINGTON AT ATLANTA | 4:10PM | MASN/2 BALLY SPORTS |
| HOUSTON AT CLEVELAND | 6:10PM | ATTSN-SW BALLY SPORTS |
| BOSTON AT NY YANKEES | 7:35PM | FOX NESN YES |
| CHI. CUBS AT SAN FRANCISCO | 7:35PM | FOX MARQ NBCS-BAU |
| SEATTLE AT LA ANGELS | 10:07PM | MLBN ROOT SPORTS BALLY SPORTS |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS: THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL | 3:00PM | PEACOCK |
| XFINITY: DOORDASH 250 | 8:00PM | FS1 |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 4: VEGAS AT FLORIDA | 8:00PM | TNT |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MANCHESTER CITY VS INTERNAZIONALE | 3:00PM | CBS PARAMOUNT+ |
| BRASILEIRÃO: CORITIBA VS SANTOS | 3:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: PLATENSE VS TIGRE | 3:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| BRASILEIRÃO: BOTAFOGO VS FORTALEZA | 5:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| BRASILEIRÃO: CORINTHIANS VS CUIABÁ | 5:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| BRASILEIRÃO: ATLÉTICO MINEIRO VS RB BRAGANTINO | 5:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| NWSL: WASHINGTON SPIRIT VS ANGEL CITY | 7:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: BOCA JUNIORS VS LANÚS | 7:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| MLS: ATLANTA UNITED VS DC UNITED | 7:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: CF MONTRÉAL VS MINNESOTA UNITED | 7:30PM | FOX |
| MLS: CHARLOTTE VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC | 7:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: NEW ENGLAND VS INTER MIAMI | 7:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: ORLANDO CITY SC VS COLORADO RAPIDS | 7:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: TORONTO FC VS NASHVILLE SC | 7:30PM | APPLE TV |
| BRASILEIRÃO: BAHIA VS CRUZEIRO | 8:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: TALLERES CÓRDOBA VS ARSENAL | 8:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| MLS: CHICAGO FIRE VS COLUMBUS CREW | 8:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: HOUSTON DYNAMO VS LOS ANGELES FC | 8:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: SPORTING KC VS AUSTIN | 8:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: REAL SALT LAKE VS NEW YORK CITY | 9:30PM | APPLE TV |
| FRIENDLY: MEXICO VS CAMEROON | 10:00PM | UNIVISION |
| NWSL: CHICAGO RED STARS VS NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE | 10:00PM | FOX |
| NWSL: OL REIGN VS KANSAS CITY CURRENT | 10:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| MLS: SJ EARTHQUAKES VS PHILADELPHIA UNION | 10:30PM | APPLE TV |
| MLS: VANCOUVER WHITECAPS VS CINCINNATI | 10:30PM | APPLE TV |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| FRENCH OPEN: WOMEN’S FINAL | 9:00AM | NBC |
| USFL | TIME ET | TV |
| MICHIGAN AT PITTSBURGH | 12:00PM | FOX |
| NEW ORLEANS AT MEMPHIS | 3:00PM | NBC PEACOCK |