“THE SCOREBOARD”
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
DALEVILLE 9 MUNCIE CENTRAL 8
LAPEL 11 PARK TUDOR 1
RUSHVILLE 11 CENTERVILLE 1
COWAN 20 TRI 1
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 13 ANDERSON PREP 5
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 11 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 1
HERRON 23 INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 0
OAK HILL 5 ANDERSON 4
BEN DAVIS 3 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 2
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 17 NEW CASTLE 2
NORTH DECATUR 9 MOORESTOWN 6
SHENANDOAH 14 NORTHEASTERN 4
IRVINGTON PREP 13 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 9
BATESVILLE 6 CONNERSVILLE 5
DELTA 10 MADISON GRANT 0
WESTFIELD 21 TROUSDALE COUNTY 0
NORTH PUTNAM 12 MONROVIA 5
SOUTH PUTNAM 29 EMINENCE 0
PLAINFIELD 13 DANVILLE 3
WARREN CENTRAL 16 INDIANAPOLIS TECH 0
SHELBYVILLE 19 TRITON CENTRAL 7
PIKE 15 BEECH GROVE 5
FISHERS 2 ZIONSVILLE 1
CENTER GROVE 13 JEFFERSONVILLE 0
TRI-WEST 10 LAWRENCE NORTH 3
BROWNSBURG 3 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1
BREBEUF 8 CATHEDRAL 7
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 14 LEBANON 4
AVON 6 NOBLESVILLE 3
DECATUR CENTRAL 6 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 5
SCOTTSBURG 4 COLUMBUS EAST 2
WESTFIELD 14 FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN 6
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
FISHERS 4 NEW PRAIRIE 2
ZIONSVILLE 5 CASTLE 1
EDWARDSVILLE 2 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1
HAGERSTOWN 12 WAPAHANI 2
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 4 DAVIESS COUNTY 0
COLUMBUS EAST 15 BROWN COUNTY 0
NORTH DECATUR 17 MOORESTOWN 2
TIPTON 24 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 10
SOUTHMONT 6 GREENCASTLE 0
NORTH MONTGOMERY 12 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 1
PERRY MERIDIAN 7 LEBANON 3
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 16 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 3
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 21 RITTER 16
UNION CITY 11 SOUTHERN WELLS 2
ALEXANDRIA MONROE 20 DELTA 0
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 16 TAYLOR 4
GREENWOOD 16 PIKE 1
TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 21 MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 6
COVENANT CHRISTIAN 10 BEECH GROVE 3
BATESVILLE 10 S. RIPLEY 0
NEW PALESTINE 10 PLAINFIELD 2
FRANKLIN COUNTY 9 NORTHEASTERN 5
CLOVERDALE 12 CRAWFORDSVILLE 6
GREENFIELD CENTRAL 7 MADISON GRANT 6
TECUMSEH 6 CARMEL 3
PENN 9 AVON 6
EDGEWOOD 9 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 1
TERRE HAUTE NORTH 16 PARIS 5
PERU 13 KOKOMO 11
FLOYD CENTRAL 19 EASTERN HANCOCK 4
ZIONSVILLE 12 CASCADE 4
ST. CHARLES NORTH 16 AVON 6
MARTINSVILLE 10 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 4
BROWNSBURG 20 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 6
MOORESVILLE 21 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 7
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
PIKE 3 TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 0
BROWNSBURG 3 HERRON 0
CENTRAL INDIANA BOYS LAX SCORES
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7 HOMESTEAD 6
BROWNSBURG 18 AVON 3
CATHEDRAL 12 CULVER ACADEMIES 10
FRANKLIN 12 LAWRENCE NORTH 5
CINCINNATI ELDER 4 BISHOP CHATARD 3
CENTRAL INDIANA GIRLS LAX SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
INDIANA COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES
NOTRE DAME 2 BOSTON COLLEGE 0
BOSTON COLLEGE 6 NOTRE DAME 5
VILLANOVA 13 BUTLER 1
ILLINOIS 4 INDIANA 2
PURDUE 2 RUTGERS 1
WRIGHT STATE 4 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3
BALL STATE 7 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 5
ILLINOIS STATE 17 EVANSVILLE 8
INDIANA STATE 9 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7
MISSOURI STATE 5 VALPARAISO 4
TENNESSEE TECH 11 SOUTHERN INDIANA 6
INDIANA COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES
CREIGHTON 13 BUTLER 5
WISCONSIN 6 INDIANA 5
MIAMI OHIO 7 BALL STATE 4
INDIANA STATE 6 MISSOURI STATE 2
ILLINOIS STATE 2 VALPARAISO 1
DRAKE 8 EVANSVILLE 0
COLLEGE HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
INDIANA MEN’S LAX SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
INDIANA WOMEN’S LAX SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NBA SCOREBOARD
ATLANTA 124 PHILADELPHIA 110
MILWAUKEE 125 DETROIT 119
ORLANDO 129 INDIANA 115
BOSTON 130 CHARLOTTE 94
CLEVELAND 108 NEW YORK 102
CHICAGO 119 WASHINGTON 89
MIAMI 153 NEW ORLEANS 104
DALLAS 124 TORONTO 102
DENVER 117 MEMPHIS 109
MINNESOTA 117 BROOKLYN 91
OKLAHOMA CITY 145 UTAH 111
LA CLIPPERS 101 SACRAMENTO 100
GOLDEN STATE 103 PORTLAND 86
PHOENIX 117 SAN ANTONIO 98
LA LAKERS 140 HOUSTON 109
NHL SCOREBOARD
DETROIT 4 TAMPA BAY 3 OT
PITTSBURGH 4 NEW JERSEY 2
OTTAWA 5 MONTRÉAL 2
EDMONTON 4 SAN JOSE 2
CALGARY 4 MINNESOTA 2
MLB SCOREBOARD
CLEVELAND 7 KANSAS CITY 0
CINCINNATI 5 PITTSBURGH 3
SAN FRANCISCO 9 NY YANKEES 1
TAMPA BAY 6 ATLANTA 3
WASHINGTON 7 MIAMI 4
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 11 BOSTON 1
DETROIT 7 MINNESOTA 6
HOUSTON 14 LA ANGELS 3
ST. LOUIS 2 PHILADELPHIA 0
MILWAUKEE 7 ARIZONA 0
SAN DIEGO 8 COLORADO 0
SEATTLE 5 TEXAS 3
NY METS 7 LAS VEGAS 6
LA DODGERS 3 CHICAGO CUBS 0
TORONTO AT BALTIMORE POSTPONED
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
INDIANAPOLIS 6 LOUISVILLE 3
SOUTH BEND 4 PEORIA 3
FT. WAYNE 5 DAYTON 1
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
GOLF NEWS
JUSTIN ROSE CLINGING TO SLIM LEAD AT MASTERS
There’s no shortage of stars jockeying for position midway through the Masters. Englishman Justin Rose is eager to see how this plays out.
Rose maintained the lead through the second round by shooting 1-under-par 71 on Friday in Augusta, Ga.
He’s aiming for his first victory at Augusta National Golf Club, though this is the third time he has been at the top of the leaderboard through 36 holes in the tournament.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to knock on the door,” Rose said. “… You’re going to have to play great golf, and you’re going to have to go out there and want it and go for it and get after it.”
Rose stands at 8-under 136 but his lead has been reduced from three strokes to one, and there are several big-name golfers in close pursuit. Bryson DeChambeau is in second place after shooting a 68.
“This is what golf is about. Got a lot of great names up there, and looking forward to an unbelievable test of golf,” DeChambeau said.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (66 on Friday) is tied at 6 under with Canada’s Corey Conners (70).
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler (71), Matt McCarty (68), England’s Tyrrell Hatton (70) and Ireland’s Shane Lowry (68) are at 5 under. It looked like Hatton might be in position to catch Rose until bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17.
“We’ve got some great guys on top of the leaderboard, so it should be a fun weekend,” Scheffler said.
Rose has captured one major, the 2013 U.S. Open, and he likes being in the conversation in the big tournaments.
“That’s the company that I expect to keep, and that’s where I have tried to be my whole career,” Rose said. “That’s where I’ve been for a lot of my career.”
Rose had four birdies and three bogeys. After sinking a 7-foot birdie at the par-3 17th hole to get to 9 under, he found the sand on No. 18 and couldn’t save par.
DeChambeau, who holed out from a bunker for birdie on No. 4, played the front nine in 4 under before making a bunch of pars interrupted only by a bogey on No. 16 and a birdie on the next hole.
Patience will be crucial for DeChambeau this weekend.
“It’s not easy to try and be more conservative when you know the leaders are starting to run away from it,” he said.
McIlroy got rolling on the back nine with three birdies and an eagle at the par-5 13th, where he drove it into the pine straw but hit a perfect second shot to 9 feet of the pin.
He said he tried not to be consumed with the notable names on the leaderboard.
“I was just looking for my name,” he said, drawing laughter. “I was not really worried about the others.”
Scheffler, who has won two of the past three Masters, had a couple of costly three-putts Friday. He finished with six birdies and five bogeys.
“Extremely challenging when you get greens this fast and you get that much wind, especially when it’s gusty,” Scheffler said. “It can be quite challenging.”
McCarty, in the Masters for the first time, had a horrid start at 3 over through two holes but bounced back with eight birdies, including four in a row at Nos. 6-9. Even with a bogey on the last hole, he’s at 5 under for the tournament.
Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard (67), Norway’s Viktor Hovland (69) and Australia’s Jason Day (70) are at 4 under.
South Korea’s Sungjae Im reached 6 under for the tournament through 14 holes but slumped late in the round. His 70 left him at 3 under.
Along with Im, the group at 3 under includes Patrick Reed (70), Collin Morikawa (69), Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (68) and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg (73).
Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer of Germany missed the cut by one stroke at 3 over after missing a par putt on the final hole. He shot rounds of 74 and 73 in his 41st and final Masters.
“Coming up 18 was mixed emotions because I was still inside the cut line, and even when I made bogey, I wasn’t sure I’m totally out of there or not,” Langer said. “I actually thought 3-over would make the cut, as windy as it was.”
Langer, 67, received countless ovations through the tournament’s first two rounds.
“I always appreciated the beauty of this golf course and the challenges you have to face, pretty much on every shot,” he said. “The support of the patrons and so much more.”
Others falling outside the cut line include Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley at 3 over, Fred Couples and Spain’s Sergio Garcia at 4 over, and Brooks Koepka, Australian Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson at 5 over.
“It felt like this was a good week, a good opportunity for me, and unfortunately I didn’t score,” said Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion. “It’s disappointing because I felt I was playing well enough to at least be in the hunt.”
NFL NEWS
JOE FLACCO IS RETURNING TO THE CLEVELAND BROWNS ON A 1-YEAR DEAL
CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco is heading back to Cleveland.
The veteran NFL quarterback agreed to terms with the Browns on a one-year deal on Friday. Flacco will have a base salary of $4 million but can earn more with incentives.
He won the league’s Comeback Player of the Year award in 2023 after leading an inspiring late-season surge that carried the Browns to the playoffs for only the second time since their return in 1999.
Flacco, 40, spent last season in Indianapolis, throwing for 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions in eight games, including a 2-4 mark as a starter.
The Browns are in flux at quarterback with Deshaun Watson potentially missing the entire season as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in January, just three months after he initially injured the tendon against Cincinnati.
Cleveland acquired former Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett in a trade with Philadelphia. Pickett started one game last season for the Eagles while backing up Jalen Hurts. He was 14-10 as a starter in two years with the Steelers.
The well-traveled Flacco has bounced around since his prime in Baltimore in the 2010s, a stretch in which he led the Ravens to a Super Bowl. He spent a year in Denver, three with the New York Jets, one in Cleveland and one in Indianapolis.
Now it’s back to the Browns, who made the somewhat curious decision not to re-sign him after he went 4-1 as a starter in 2023 and averaged more than 300 yards passing per game. They decided to stick with the problematic Watson instead, a decision that has backfired repeatedly since they sent a bevy of first-round picks to Houston for him and then signed him to a massive deal that looks like one of the worst in NFL history.
Cleveland owner Jimmy Haslam admitted recently that the team took a big swing for Watson and missed badly.
“We’ve got to dig ourselves out of that hole,” Haslam said in March.
The Browns hold the second overall pick in the NFL draft in two weeks following a disastrous 3-14 season. While there may be a couple of high-profile quarterbacks available in what is considered a quarterback-light draft, there’s a good chance Cleveland sees what they have in Pickett and decide to add talent elsewhere on the roster.
“I think the message is if the right person’s there, we’re going to take him,” Haslam said. “If not, we’ll figure it out for a year or two until we get the right person. There’s good football players in this draft and we’ve got to make sure we get the right ones for us.”
WNBA NEWS
PAIGE BUECKERS IS PROJECTED TO GO NO. 1 IN WNBA DRAFT TO DALLAS WINGS
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is set to welcome its new rookie class, headlined by Paige Bueckers when the league holds its annual draft Monday night.
The UConn star, who is fresh off leading the Huskies to their 12th national championship, is projected to go No. 1 to the Dallas Wings. Bueckers will be a big piece on and off the court for the Wings.
Seattle has the second pick and potentially could take France’s Dominique Malonga. The 19-year-old helped France win the silver medal at the Paris Olympics this past summer. If she’s drafted second, she’d be only the fifth foreign player to go in the first two picks in the history of the league. Margo Dydek went first in 1998 and Lauren Jackson was the No. 1 pick three years later. Liz Cambage was drafted second in 2011 and Awak Kuier went No. 2 in 2021.
The Washington Mystics will control the direction of the draft after the top two picks, having the third, fourth and sixth picks. Washington has a new coach and general manager.
“This is a year where Washington is a team that you want to be drafted by because they have so many roster spots available,” ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo said. “This is a team that if you go there, you’re going to have a chance to, one, make the roster, and two, become a part of their rotation.”
Five teams don’t have picks in the opening round as New York, Indiana, Phoenix and Atlanta all traded away their picks. Las Vegas forfeited its pick following an investigation by the league in 2023 that found the franchise violated league rules regarding impermissible player benefits and workplace policies.
Here are some other tidbits for Monday night’s draft:
Foreign flavor
The 6-foot-6 Malonga isn’t the only foreign player in the draft who has honed her skills in France. Juste Jocyte, Malonga’s Lyon teammate in the French basketball league, is also expected to be taken in the first round.
Jocyte is a versatile player who can play any of the guard positions and is really effective in the pick and roll. The Lithuanian, who is also 19 years old, scored 22 points against Belgium in EuroBasket qualifying a few months ago. She has a toughness about her and is fundamentally sound.
“She’s left-handed and knows how to play with or without the ball in her hands,” former Mystics coach Mike Thibault said. “Not a true point guard, but can handle the ball. She’s a smart player who knows how to use screens.”
Ajsa Sivka of Slovenia also could be a first round choice. She’s a multilevel scoring forward with efficient shot-making ability. She made over 42% from the 3-point line. At 6-foot-4, she is a difficult matchup to defend.
“She has all the skills to be a good player in the WNBA,” Thibault said.
Starting from scratch
The Golden State Valkyries are entering the league as an expansion franchise and have the fifth pick in the draft. The Valkyries had their expansion player draft and will now look to potentially find a cornerstone player to go with them. Potential candidates for the Valkyries include Southern California’s Kiki Iriafen and LSU’s Aneesah Morrow.
“I do think a rookie could come in and contribute because this is — it’s a new team,” ESPN analyst Andraya Carter said. “It’s a new team that is developing, and I think this pick will be chosen specifically to try and fit what the Valkyries are trying to build. They’re starting their franchise, so I expect the Valkyries to be very intentional with this pick, as someone that fans will be excited about, that will fit the culture, fit the system.”
New venue
The draft will be held in New York at The Shed and will have fans in attendance for the second consecutive year. The league will hold an Orange Carpet for the arrival of the draftees.
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: BAM ADEBAYO, KEL’EL WARE LEAD HEAT TO RECORD WIN
Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware had double-doubles, eight of their Miami teammates scored in double figures and the visiting Heat made history in a 153-104 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.
The Heat posted the highest-scoring game in franchise history, topping a 149-141 double-overtime win over the Denver Nuggets on March 19, 2018. Miami also wound up with its second-biggest margin of victory, trailing just a 60-point win over the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.
The Pelicans took the biggest regular-season loss in franchise history and set a team mark for most points allowed.
Adebayo finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds while Ware had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Miami, which is assured of finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference and a Wednesday play-in game on the road against the ninth-place Chicago Bulls.
Timberwolves 117, Nets 71
Rudy Gobert matched his career-high with 35 points as Minnesota defeated Brooklyn in Minneapolis.
Gobert also had 11 rebounds while fellow frontcourt veteran Julius Randle added 21 points — including 5 of 6 on 3-point attempts — as Minnesota moved into seventh-place in the Western Conference, in a cluster of four teams who could all end up with the same record after Sunday’s regular-season finale.
The only concern for the Timberwolves was a technical foul called against superstar guard Anthony Edwards — his 18th of the season — with 6:29 remaining in the first half. That leaves Edwards, who was held to nine points, poised to be suspended for Minnesota’s regular-season finale against the Utah Jazz on Sunday.
Clippers 101, Kings 100
Behind James Harden’s triple-double and Kawhi Leonard’s 20-point first half, Los Angeles extended its season-best winning streak to seven games by topping host Sacramento.
Harden finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Clippers, who are tied with the Denver Nuggets for the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference.
Down by nine late in the fourth quarter, the Kings rallied as Zach LaVine scored 10 of his team-high 26 points in the final 3:39. However, DeMar DeRozan’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer was no good.
Cavaliers 108, Knicks 102
Darius Garland scored 13 fourth-quarter points for Cleveland, which overcame a 23-point first-half deficit to beat host New York.
Despite the loss, the Knicks clinched the third seed in the Eastern Conference by virtue of the Indiana Pacers’ loss to the Orlando Magic earlier Friday. New York is one game ahead of the Pacers and owns the tiebreaker after winning their season series 2-1.
The Knicks will face the sixth-seeded Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs, which begin next week while the top-seeded Cavaliers will await the results of the play-in tournament.
Warriors 103, Trail Blazers 86
Jimmy Butler III had 24 points and seven assists and visiting Golden State got a win it needed, beating Portland.
The Warriors sit a game behind the Los Angeles Clippers as four teams sit within a game of each other in the Western Conference with one game to play. Golden State will host the Clippers on Sunday.
Buddy Hield finished with 16 points off the bench for the Warriors. Jabari Walker led the Blazers with 19 off the bench. The 86 points were a season low for Portland, who fell to the Warriors for the ninth straight meeting.
Bucks 125, Pistons 119
Giannis Antetokounmpo notched a triple-double with 32 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds and Milwaukee clinched the Eastern Conference’s No. 5 seed in the playoffs with a win over host Detroit.
Bobby Portis had 17 points and 10 rebounds off the bench and Kevin Porter Jr. contributed 16 points and seven assists. Brook Lopez tossed in 15 points while Taurean Prince and Kyle Kuzma added 10 apiece for the Bucks, who will face the Pacers in the playoffs’ first round. The Bucks pushed their winning streak over the Pistons to 12 games.
Cade Cunningham carried the Pistons (44-37) with 36 points and 12 assists. Malik Beasley had 21 points, Tobias Harris supplied 17 and Dennis Schroder added 12 with eight assists. Detroit will be the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and will take on the Knicks in the first round.
Bulls 119, Wizards 89
Julian Phillips posted career highs with 23 points and nine rebounds as Chicago cruised past visiting Washington.
Nikola Vucevic added 15 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Bulls, who clinched the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference with the win, meaning they will host No. 10 Miami in a play-in game. Chicago won its fifth in the past six games.
Justin Champagnie finished with 22 points and a game-high 14 rebounds to lead the Wizards, who have lost five in a row.
Lakers 140, Rockets 109
Luka Doncic recorded 39 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Los Angeles clinched the Western Conference’s No. 3 seed with a solid victory over visiting Houston.
LeBron James had 14 points and eight assists in 22 minutes before sitting out the final 19:27 with an apparent injury. James, who has been bothered by a left groin injury, grimaced just before being pulled in the third quarter and had his left leg/hip area taped but the team didn’t immediately announce an ailment. Austin Reaves contributed 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Cam Whitmore established career highs of 34 points and seven 3-pointers for the Rockets (52-29), who held out several players for the second straight game. Reed Sheppard scored 14 points, Nate Williams added 12 and Aaron Holiday tallied 11.
Celtics 130, Hornets 94
Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score a game-high 22 points and Derrick White added 19 points, seven assists and four blocked shots as Boston crushed visiting Charlotte.
Jayson Tatum had 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Celtics, who are locked into the No. 2 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Charlotte was eliminated from playoff contention last month.
The Celtics led by one point at halftime but outscored the Hornets 76-41 over the final 24 minutes despite not playing their starters in the fourth quarter.
Mavericks 124, Raptors 102
Anthony Davis notched his fourth career triple-double, tallying 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Dallas to a blowout of visiting Toronto.
Max Christie and Brandon Williams each scored 17 points off the bench for the Mavericks, who will face a play-in game against the Sacramento Kings next week. Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak.
Scottie Barnes finished with 26 points and nine rebounds and Ochai Agbaji added 24 points for the Raptors, who used only seven players.
Nuggets 117, Grizzlies 109
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists for Denver, which outscored Memphis 14-1 in the final six minutes to beat the visiting Grizzlies.
Jokic guaranteed he will be the third player to average triple-double for a season, and the first center. He has 34 triple-doubles this season and 164 in his career. Denver rallied from down 15 to stay in the top six in the Western Conference. Nuggets interim head coach David Adelman has won his first two games since taking over for the fired Michael Malone. Aaron Gordon had 33 points and Jamal Murray scored 15 in his return after missing six games with a hamstring injury. Russell Westbrook recorded 14 points, Christian Braun contributed 12 and Michael Porter Jr. finished with 12 rebounds.
Desmond Bane had 24 points for the Grizzlies (47-34), who lost for the second straight night and dropped to the No. 8 spot with a game remaining Sunday against the visiting Dallas Mavericks. Memphis is assured of a play-in berth. Ja Morant scored 21 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. contributed 18 points and Luke Kennard had 12 points.
Thunder 145, Jazz 111
Aaron Wiggins scored 35 points and Isaiah Joe drained 10 3-pointers en route to 32 points as Oklahoma City defeated Utah in Salt Lake City.
With both teams relying on reserves, the Thunder hit 56 percent from the field and made 24 of 53 3-point attempts (45.3 percent). Oklahoma City’s Jaylin Williams tallied 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Svi Mykhailiuk registered a career-high 27 points and hit five 3-pointers off the bench for the Jazz, who were coming off a rare win. Utah, which went 17-for-63 (27 percent) from 3-point territory, lost for the 20th time in 22 games.
Suns 117, Spurs 98
Ryan Dunn scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to help host Phoenix earn a win over San Antonio, ending an eight-game losing streak.
Bradley Beal added 21 points for the Suns, with Devin Booker scoring 18. Phoenix hadn’t won since downing the Milwaukee Bucks on March 24 for its fourth victory in a row.
Julian Champagnie put up 23 points for the Spurs, who took their fourth loss in five games.
Magic 129, Pacers 115
Trevelin Queen scored a career-high 25 points and Anthony Black had 21 as Orlando beat Indiana in Indianapolis for its fifth straight win. Both teams opted to sit all their starters, and the Magic led by as many as 35 points.
Jett Howard finished with 17 points for seventh-place Orlando, which will host eighth-place Atlanta on Tuesday in an Eastern Conference play-in game.
Bennedict Mathurin led the Pacers with 20 points. No. 4 seed Indiana will have home-court advantage against No. 5 Milwaukee in the first round of the playoffs.
Hawks 124, 76ers 110
Trae Young recorded 36 points and 11 assists, and Caris LeVert added 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting as Atlanta clinched the No. 8 seed in the Easter Conference playoffs with a win at Philadelphia.
Georges Niang chipped in 16 points and Mouhamed Gueye notched 10 points and 18 boards for Atlanta, which will visit the seventh-seeded Orlando Magic as part of the play-in tournament next week.
Jared Butler scored 25 points and Marcus Bagley produced career-bests of 20 points and 10 rebounds for Philadelphia, which only had eight players available and is now guaranteed to finish with one of the five worst records in the NBA. The Thunder have the 76ers’ pick in the draft but it is top-six protected.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
FORMER PITT GUARD LOWE LANDS AT KENTUCKY, FORMER XAVIER GUARD CONWELL HEADS TO LOUISVILLE
Former Pittsburgh point guard Jaland Lowe is heading to Kentucky.
Wildcats coach Mark Pope announced Friday that Lowe has joined the Southeastern Conference power in the transfer portal.
Lowe spent two seasons at Pitt, averaging 13.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 64 games while playing for coach Jeff Capel. He led the Panthers in points (16.8) and assists (5.5) as a sophomore, though he also struggled with turnovers, averaging 3.0 as Pitt saw a promising start fizzle into a 17-15 season.
The 6-foot-3 Lowe was a third-team All-ACC selection.
“Jaland is an incredibly explosive, playmaking, veteran point guard,” Pope said in a statement. “He’s a great kid who has a tremendous work ethic and most importantly, loves this game and wants nothing more than to win.”
While Lowe is moving to Lexington, former Xavier guard Ryan Conwell is heading about an hour west. The rising senior has transferred to Louisville.
Conwell was named to the All-Big East third team after averaging 16.5 points, including a career-best 38 against Marquette in the Big East Tournament. Conwell finished in the top 10 in the Big East in 3-point percentage (41%), field goal percentage (45%) and free-throw percentage (83%).
Louisville is Conwell’s fourth stop in as many seasons. He previously played at South Florida and Indiana State before joining Xavier.
MLB NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: DODGERS BLANK CUBS, STAY PERFECT AT HOME
Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six scoreless innings and Tommy Edman hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers remained perfect at home this season with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
Yamamoto (2-1) gave up two hits and had nine strikeouts and one walk while beating the Cubs for the second time this season. Tanner Scott pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save as the Dodgers improved to 7-0 at home with their first shutout of the year.
Los Angeles’ Freddie Freeman scored a run but went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in his return from the injured list. Shohei Ohtani finished 0-for-4 and fanned twice.
The Cubs were held to two hits as they lost consecutive games for the first time since dropping the first two games of the season against the Dodgers last month in Japan. Chicago starter Matthew Boyd (1-1) opened with five scoreless innings before faltering in the sixth. He allowed three runs on four hits in six innings.
Reds 5, Pirates 3
Jeimer Candelario broke an 0-for-15 slump with a two-run homer and Cincinnati turned in a pair of key defensive plays in a win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Brady Singer (3-0) won his third straight start to open the season, allowing three runs on two hits in five innings. Taylor Rogers, Graham Ashcraft and Emilio Pagan combined for four scoreless innings of relief, with Pagan pitching the ninth to earn his third save in as many chances.
The Pirates broke through in the fifth when Tommy Pham lined an RBI double into the left field corner and Adam Frazier followed with his first homer of the season. Bailey Falter (0-2) struggled all night with his command, walking five while allowing five runs in five innings.
Padres 8, Rockies 0
Nick Pivetta fanned 10 hitters over seven shutout innings while Jose Iglesias poked two RBI singles in a six-run fifth inning as San Diego blanked visiting Colorado.
Pivetta (2-1) gave up just three hits and a walk. The Padres got two hits and two RBIs from Elias Diaz.
German Marquez (0-2) matched Pivetta until unraveling in the fifth inning. He yielded seven hits and six runs, five earned, in 4 2/3 innings.
Tigers 7, Twins 6
Dillon Dingler finished 3-for-5 with an RBI, Zach McKinstry drove in two, and Detroit held on for a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Trey Sweeney and Javier Baez each doubled and drove in a run for the Tigers, who won for the eighth time in 10 games. Reliever Will Vest (1-0) got the win, and Tommy Kahnle allowed a run in the ninth inning but earned his second save.
Byron Buxton had a home run, two RBIs and a stolen base to lead the Twins. Ty France and Edouard Julien each had three hits. Jorge Alcala (0-2) gave up four runs out of the bullpen without recording an out.
Rays 6, Braves 3
Danny Jansen went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, Taj Bradley threw six strong innings and Tampa Bay posted a victory over visiting Atlanta.
Bradley (2-0) allowed just one run on five hits while striking out seven and walking two. Christopher Morel also went 3-for-4 with a homer for the Rays, who had dropped six of their previous seven games.
Bryce Elder (0-1) threw six innings and gave up five runs and nine hits. Marcell Ozuna and Ozzie Albies each homered for Atlanta, which took its 10th loss in 13 tries.
Nationals 7, Marlins 4
Nathaniel Lowe, who was scratched from the start due to an illness, entered the game in the eighth inning, slugging a pinch-hit, three-run, go-ahead double to give visiting Washington a win over Miami.
Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams left the game in the fourth inning due to an unspecified injury. He has been dealing with thigh tightness over the past week. Josh Bell, who started at first base in place of Lowe, slugged a two-run homer against his former team. James Wood hit a solo homer for the Nationals.
Miami’s Edward Cabrera, who made his 2025 MLB debut, left with the lead but got a no-decision. In 5 2/3 innings, Cabrera allowed four hits and two runs. Kyle Stowers went 2-for-5 including a two-run double and a triple for the Marlins.
Cardinals 2, Phillies 0
Andre Pallante and two relievers combined for a three-hitter as St. Louis blanked visiting Philadelphia.
Pallante (2-0) held the Phillies to two hits and two walks over seven innings. He struck out four. Ryan Helsley worked around a single in the ninth for his second save. Yohel Pozo went 3-for-4 with an RBI double for the Cardinals, who saw shortstop Masyn Winn exit after the first inning due to back spasms.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola (0-3) allowed two runs on five hits and four walks in five innings. He fanned seven.
Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 0
Milwaukee left-hander Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings in his team and season debut as the Brewers shut out Arizona in Phoenix.
Jackson Chourio singled and scored in the Brewers’ two-run fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Brice Turang had three hits, including a two-run single in a four-run ninth. The Brewers, who have won eight of 10 since opening the season 0-4.
The Diamondbacks had four hits, all singles. Arizona starter Eduardo Rodrigez (0-1) gave up six hits and three runs, two earned, in 6 1/3 innings.
Mariners 5, Rangers 3
Cal Raleigh hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning as Seattle defeated visiting Texas.
Jorge Polanco and Rowdy Tellez also went deep for the Mariners, who won for the third time in four games. Reliever Carlos Vargas (1-1) got his first major league victory after throwing one scoreless inning. Andres Munoz worked the ninth for his fifth save.
Josh Jung homered for the Rangers, who lost for the third time in four games. Jacob deGrom lasted just four innings, permitting three runs on three hits and four walks and four strikeouts.
Mets 7, Athletics 6
Pete Alonso homered and finished with three hits and three RBIs to lead New York to a win over the Athletics in the opener of a three-game series in West Sacramento, Calif.
Alonso had an RBI double in the fifth and lofted a sacrifice fly in the sixth before homering for what proved to be the decisive run in the eighth. Luisangel Acuna added two hits for the Mets, who have won seven of eight.
Miguel Andujar was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs for the Athletics, who lost for the fourth time in five games and fell to 1-6 at home. JP Sears (1-2) allowed three runs on six hits over four-plus innings.
Astros 14, Angels 3
Yainer Diaz clubbed his first career grand slam and produced a career-high five RBIs as Houston thumped visiting Los Angeles.
The Astros sent 20 batters to the plate across the fifth and sixth innings and totaled 10 runs in those frames. Diaz landed the decisive blow in the six-run fifth when he greeted Angels reliever Garrett McDaniels with a 382-foot shot to left-center field that extended Houston’s lead to 7-2.
An inning later, Diaz contributed to the Astros’ four-run frame with a run-scoring double that scored Walker and lifted Houston to a 10-2 lead. Mike Trout hit his sixth home run of the season in the fourth for the Angels.
Giants 9, Yankees 1 (6 innings)
Jung Hoo Lee hit a three-run homer in a five-run first inning off Marcus Stroman as visiting San Francisco withstood heavy rain to roll past New York in a game that was called during the top of the sixth.
Lee and LaMonte Wade Jr. drove in three runs apiece as the Giants mixed 11 walks and six hits to win for the 10th time in 13 games. Rodney Ray (3-0) allowed one run on two hits in four innings but walked four while fanning seven.
Austin Wells contributed an RBI double in the second for the Yankees, who lost for the fourth time in five games. Stroman (0-1) allowed five runs and four hits before getting chased with two outs in the first for his shortest career start. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the game that Stroman would have X-rays on his left knee.
White Sox 11, Red Sox 1
Omar Narvaez had three RBIs, Jacob Amaya and Miguel Vargas each delivered two-run doubles and Davis Martin pitched six-plus strong innings as host Chicago routed Boston to end an eight-game losing streak.
The White Sox capitalized on five Red Sox errors to score six unearned runs and send Boston to its fourth loss in five games.
Martin (1-1) pitched into the seventh inning for the first time in 22 major league starts. He permitted one run and six hits while walking one.
Guardians 7, Royals 0
Gabriel Arias clubbed a fourth-inning, three-run homer for one of his three hits, and five Cleveland pitchers held visiting Kansas City to five hits as the Guardians won their fourth straight game.
Angel Martinez also had three hits and a sacrifice fly for Cleveland, which improved to 3-1 against the Royals this season. Tim Herrin (2-0) got the win in relief.
Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and walked twice for the Royals, who have been held to five runs over the past four contests and have been shut out twice during that stretch. Kris Bubic (2-1) permitted three runs, two earned, in six innings.
NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: SENATORS THWART HABS’ BID TO CLINCH
Shane Pinto scored twice for the Ottawa Senators, who kept the Montreal Canadiens from clinching a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory on Friday that also snapped a six-game winning streak for the visitors.
The 24-year-old center’s two goals give him 50 for his career. Ridly Greig scored a goal and assisted on Pinto’s first while Dylan Cozens ended a 10-game stretch without a goal. Linus Ullmark earned his sixth win in his past seven starts by turning away 20 shots.
Christian Dvorak and Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal, which got 28 saves from Sam Montembeault but saw his personal five-game winning streak came to an end.
Ottawa fans were already celebrating before the game as the Senators played their first home game since clinching a playoff spot earlier this week. Pinto only added to their jubilation as he scored from the slot on the first shift just 28 seconds after the opening faceoff.
Oilers 4, Sharks 2
Corey Perry broke a tie in the third period, Connor McDavid had four assists and host Edmonton defeated San Jose to clinch a playoff spot for the sixth consecutive season.
Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist and Ty Emberson and Connor Brown also scored for the Oilers. Adam Henrique had two assists and Calvin Pickard made 22 saves. McDavid reached 70 assists for the seventh time in his career, joining Wayne Gretzky (16 times) and Mario Lemieux (eight times) as the only players to accomplish that feat.
Will Smith and Henry Thrun got the goals for the Sharks, who lost their eighth in a row. Georgi Romanov stopped 30 shots.
Flames 4, Wild 2
Calgary provided a huge boost to its slim playoff hopes with a home-ice victory over Minnesota.
Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri and Ryan Lomberg all scored and Dustin Wolf made 16 saves for the Flames, who improved to 3-0-2 in the past five games. Calgary is three points back of the Wild and St. Louis Blues, who hold the two Western Conference wild-card positions. The Flames have a game in hand.
Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist replied with late goals for Minnesota, which had a two-game winning streak snapped. Wild starting goalie Filip Gustavsson surrendered four goals on 29 shots before being pulled in the final frame. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all three shots he faced in relief.
Red Wings 4, Lightning 3 (OT)
Detroit rookie Marco Kasper netted the tying and winning goals, and the Red Wings stayed alive in the playoff race with a comeback win over host Tampa Bay.
After leveling the score at 3-3 with a goal at 12:59 of the third period, Kasper collected the puck in the neutral zone in OT and sped in from the left side to beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy at 3:22.
The Red Wings ended a two-game skid, but their only hope of reaching the postseason is to win their last three games while the Canadiens drop their final three.
Penguins 4, Devils 2
Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal to snap a tie with 6:39 remaining in the third period, fueling Pittsburgh to a victory in Newark, N.J.
Bryan Rust, Crosby and Evgeni Malkin finished with a goal and an assist apiece and Tristan Jarry made 26 saves for the Penguins, who overcame an early two-goal deficit to improve to 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Ondrej Palat and Erik Haula scored for the Devils, and Jake Allen stopped 20 shots. New Jersey has lost two in a row.
TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
INDIANA TIES (TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATE)
Luke Almodovar, So., St. Francis, Ind./NAIA (Noblesville): 20.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
Landen Babusiak, R-Fr., Stetson (Hanover Central/Bosco Institute): 1.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.5 apg
Reggie Bass, Jr., Lindenwood (Tech): 12.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.7 apg
Flory Bidunga, Fr., Kansas (Kokomo): 5.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg — COMMITTED TO RETURN TO KANSAS
Jalen Blackmon, Sr., Miami, Fla. (Marion): 6.9 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.4 apg
Vincent Brady II, Jr., Missouri State (Cathedral): 13.5 ppg, 38% on 3s
Jayden Brewer, Jr., FIU (Ben Davis): 14.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.7 apg
Xavier Booker, So., Michigan State (Cathedral): 4.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg — COMMITTED TO UCLA
Kanon Catchings, Fr., BYU (Overtime Elite/Brownsburg): 7.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Myles Colvin, So., Purdue (Heritage Christian): 5.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.5 apg — COMMITTED TO WAKE FOREST
Tayshawn Comer, Jr., Evansville (Cathedral): 16.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.1 apg
Ryan Conwell, Jr., Xavier (Pike): 16.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.5 apg — COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE
DaJohn Craig, So., Oregon (Lawrence Central): 1.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 0.5 apg — COMMITTED TO COASTAL CAROLINA
AJ Dancler, So., Le Moyne (Southport): 15.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.4 apg — COMMITTED TO COASTAL CAROLINA
Koron Davis, Jr., Lafayette (Gary Bowman): 8.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.4 apg
Micah Davis, Fr., Eastern Kentucky (Franklin): 0.8 ppg, 0.3 rpg, 0.3 apg — COMMITTED TO IU INDY
Tae Davis, Jr., Notre Dame (Warren Central): 15.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg — COMMITTED TO OKLAHOMA
Owen Dease, Jr., Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Evansville Reitz): 7.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.3 apg
Keaton Dukes, Jr., Purdue Fort Wayne (Wawasee): 1.5 ppg, 0.3 rpg
Jaxon Edwards, Jr., St. Bonaventure (Cathedral): 3.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.5 apg — COMMITTED TO IU INDY
Michael Eley, Jr., Tulane (Veritas Prep – from Fort Wayne): 8.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 0.8 apg
Gus Etchison, Sr., Marian/NAIA (Hamilton Heights): 19.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, So., Illinois (McCutcheon et al.): 4.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.5 apg
Maximus Gizzi, Sr., Huntington/NAIA (New Palestine): 10.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.7 apg
Landin Hacker, Jr., Bellarmine (Center Grove): 5.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.9 apg
Cameron Haffner, Jr., Evansville (Westfield): 12.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.4 apg — COMMITTED TO WESTERN KENTUCKY
Brit Harris, Jr., SC Upstate (Michigan City Marquette/Bosco Institute): 11.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.7 apg
Connor Hickman, Sr., Cincinnati (Bloomington South): 8.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.8 apg
Nick Hittle, Sr., Southern Indiana (Culver Academy): 4.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 0.5 apg
Curt Hopf, Jr., Bellarmine (Barr-Reeve): 4.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.8 apg
Drew Kegerreis, Fr., IU Indy (Roncalli): Redshirted this past season.
J.R. Konieczny, Jr., Notre Dame (South Bend St. Joseph): 4.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 0.8 apg
Jalen Jackson, Jr., Purdue Fort Wayne (FW Northrop): 19.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.1 apg — COMMITTED TO BUTLER
Shilo Jackson, Jr., Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (North Central): 5.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.4 apg
Kamari Jones, Fr., Western Carolina (Lawrence Central): 3.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.3 apg
RaSheed Jones, So., Coastal Carolina (Marion): 11.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.1 apg
Jeffrey ‘JT’ Langston Jr., Fr., Southern Utah (San Gabriel Academy – from Fort Wayne): 6.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.6 apg
Jordan Lomax, Fr., Purdue Fort Wayne (Brownsburg): N/A
AJ Lux, Fr., Bellarmine (Crown Point): 3.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 0.5 apg
David Meriwether, East Tennessee State (Lawrence North): 1.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Tytan Newton, R-So., Morgan State (Richmond): 1.1 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.3 apg
Mason Nicholson, R-Jr., Jacksonville State (Gary West Side): 7.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg — COMMITTED TO VANDERBILT
Okechukwu Okeke, Sr., FIU (East Chicago Central): 4.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.1 apg
Nijel Pack, Gr., Miami (Lawrence Central): 14.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.2 apg — COMMITTED TO OKLAHOMA
Quimari Peterson, Sr., East Tennessee State (Gary West Side): 19.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 apg — COMMITTED TO WASHINGTON
Kiyron Powell, Jr., Western Illinois (Evansville Bosse): 2.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 0.2 apg
Zach Reed, R-So., Bellarmine (Brebeuf Jesuit): 3.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.3 apg
JaQualon ‘JQ’ Roberts, So., Vanderbilt (Bloomington North): 1.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Ron Rutland III, Fr., IU Indy (Crispus Attucks): 2.2 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.6 apg
Tyler Schmidt, Sr., Valparaiso (Victory Christian): 10.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.6 apg — COMMITTED TO TOWSON
Sheridan Sharp, So., Southern Illinois (Ben Davis): 4.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 2.3 apg
Tyler Shirley, Sr., Florida A&M (Pebblebrook Ga., from Gary): 3.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.6 apg
Billy Smith, Jr., Bellarmine (Brebeuf Jesuit): 14.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.6 apg
Isaiah Stafford, Sr., Valparaiso (Crispus Attucks): 16.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.1 apg
Jahni Summers, So., Indiana State (Evansville Harrison): 5.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 0.6 apg
Tucker Tornatta, Fr., UIndy (Evansville Memorial): 7.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg
Cayden Vasko, So., Central Michigan (Lowell/Bosco Institute): 7.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.6 apg
Leland Walker, Jr., Florida Atlantic (North Central/Hargrave Military): 9.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.1 apg
Jalen Washington, Jr., North Carolina (Gary West Side): 5.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 0.5 apg — COMMITTED TO VANDERBILT
Ashton Williamson, Fr., FIU (Gary 21st Century): 7.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.7 apg
Harold Woods, Jr., Northeastern (Hammond): 11.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.4 apg
INDIANA PACERS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 115, MAGIC 129
In their final home game of the regular season, the Pacers (49-32) fell to the Orlando Magic (41-40), 129-115.
Both teams elected to rest their starters on Friday with their postseason destinies largely fulfilled.
The Magic, who are locked into the seventh seed and will take part in the Play-In Tournament, held out Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Wendell Carter Jr.
The Pacers, who were on the second night of a back-to-back and had already secured homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs, were without their entire starting five of Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner.
Friday’s loss cemented the Pacers as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They also now know they will face the Milwaukee Bucks in a best-of-seven series that will begin next weekend, as Milwaukee secured the fifth seed with a victory on Friday night in Detroit.
Quenton Jackson scored seven points off the bench and T.J. McConnell added six for Indiana in an opening frame that featured five ties and five lead changes and ended with the score knotted at 29.
Rookie guard Johnny Furphy brought the entire bench to its feet in the second quarter, driving into the lane and rising up for a vicious right-handed jam over former Pacer Goga Bitadze.
“I thought I started the game off pretty slow,” Furphy said of what led to the dunk. “Just not as aggressive as I wanted to be. We came out of the timeout and one of the coaches came up to me and said he thinks I’ve got another level to get to, another gear. So I just went out and tried to be as aggressive as possible.”
But aside from Furphy’s slam, the second quarter was all Orlando, as the visitors surged ahead quickly, outscoring the Pacers 43-20 in the frame, building a lead as large as 29 points before Indiana showed some life just before halftime with a 10-4 spurt.
But the Magic squashed any comeback hopes shortly after the break, opening the third quarter with a 17-5 run that pushed the margin to 35.
Orlando took a 109-76 lead into the fourth quarter and cruised to a comfortable victory.
Eight Pacers reached double figures on the night.
Bennedict Mathurin led Indiana with 20 points and eight rebounds on the night, going 5-for-17 from the field but 9-for-13 from the free throw line. Second-year wing Jarace Walker tallied 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting (2-of-3 from 3-point range) and eight boards.
Furphy finished with a career-high 17 points, six rebounds, and three assists in a career-high 32 minutes. Jackson scored 13 points off the bench, fellow reserve Tony Bradley had 10 points and nine rebounds, and RayJ Dennis scored a career-best 10 points. Starters T.J. McConnell (12 points and three assists) and Thomas Bryant (10 points and four boards) also reached double figures.
Former Pacer Trevelin Queen had a career-high 25 points for the Magic off the bench, going 9-for-10 from the field and 5-for-5 from 3-point range. Fellow reserve Anthony Black added 21 points, six rebounds, and seven assists.
The Pacers will close out the regular season on Sunday in Cleveland. Their first round playoff series with the Bucks will begin at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on either Saturday, April 19 or Sunday, April 20.
Inside the Numbers
Mathurin reached 20 points for the 23rd time this season.
Walker has reached double figures in seven of his last nine games.
Dennis, playing in his 10th career game, reached double figures for the first time.
Orlando’s 43 points in the second quarter and 72 points in the first half were both season highs by a Pacers opponent.
Queen’s 25 points were eight more than his previous career high.
PACERS, BUCKS SET TO MEET AGAIN IN FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS
There are still two days remaining in the 2024-25 regular season, but the Pacers already know their seed and opponent for the first round of the playoffs. Friday’s results locked in seeds three through six in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers will be the fourth seed, meaning they will have homecourt advantage in their best-of-seven first round series, and they will be facing a very familiar opponent. For the second straight year, Indiana will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the opening round of the postseason.
Milwaukee was the third seed and had homecourt advantage over sixth-seeded Indiana last year, but the Pacers knocked off the Bucks in six games, stealing Game 2 in Milwaukee and then winning all three of their games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to secure the series victory.
This year, however, the Pacers have the better seed and will open the series at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the first time the Pacers have entered a playoff series with a true homecourt advantage since they were the top seed in the East in 2014. Indiana was the fourth seed in their 2020 first round series with Miami, but the entire postseason that year was held in the NBA bubble in Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pacers have been very tough to beat at Gainbridge Fieldhouse this season. Indiana finished the regular season 29-10 at home. That is the Pacers’ best regular season home record since 2013-14, when they went 35-6.
The Blue & Gold have been especially strong at home in the second half of the season. Prior to Friday, when they held out all their starters on the second night of a back-to-back, the Pacers had won their last five home games and 13 of their last 14. They are 15-3 at home since the All-Star break and 21-5 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse since Jan. 1.
Indiana also went 6-0 at home in the first two rounds of the playoffs last year en route to an Eastern Conference Finals appearance.
“Being in the playoffs, we know how important our crowd is to us and how well we’ve played at home,” All-Star forward Pascal Siakam said earlier this week. “So being able to get home court advantage is going to be great for us.”
“A Game 1 in this building sounds really good,” star point guard Tyrese Haliburton added.
One difference in this year’s series will be who is available for Milwaukee. Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the entire series last year with a calf strain, but is healthy and on track to participate this year. The supporting cast around Antetokounmpo is very different, however. All-Star guard Damian Lillard has been sidelined indefinitely since March 18 due to deep vein thrombosis in his right calf and his status for the playoffs is uncertain. Milwaukee also traded three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton to Washington in a four-team deal in February, getting forward Kyle Kuzma and center Jericho Sims back in the deal.
The Bucks won three of four regular season games against Indiana this year, winning both games in Milwaukee on Nov. 22 and March 15 and taking the first matchup at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Dec. 31. The Pacers’ one win over the Bucks was a memorable one, though, with Indiana coming away with a dramatic 115-114 win on March 11 thanks to Haliburton’s four-point play in the closing seconds of a nationally televised showdown between the two Central Division rivals.
This will be the fourth time the Pacers and Bucks have met in the playoffs. Indiana has won each of the three previous series, sweeping Milwaukee in three games in the first round in 1999 and winning in five games in the first round the following year en route to the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance (the first round of the playoffs moved to a best-of-seven format in 2003).
The NBA has not yet announced the schedule for the Pacers-Bucks series, but we know that Game 1 will be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on either Saturday, April 19 or Sunday, April 20.
INDIANPOLIS INDIANS
YORKE GOES YARD AS INDIANS DEFEAT BATS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, 6-3
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nick Yorke launched his first home run of the season and Henry Davis notched two doubles to lead the Indianapolis Indians to a 6-3 victory over the Louisville Bats on Friday night at Louisville Slugger Field.
With the game tied at two apiece in the top of the fourth frame, Davis roped his second double of the contest to lead off the inning and was brought home on Liover Peguero’s single. Peguero moved to second when Billy Cook worked a walk, then scored on a single from DJ Stewart. The two-run inning gave the Indians (4-5) an advantage they would not relinquish.
Ji Hwan Bae led off the first inning with a stand-up double to left field, and Davis followed with a double of his own down the left-field line to drive in the game’s first run. In the top of the third, Nick Solak sent the first pitch he saw from Carson Spiers (L, 0-1) over the wall in left field to extend Indy’s lead to two.
Louisville (6–6) battled back to even the score in the bottom of the inning, sparked by Tyler Callihan’s RBI triple to right. He crossed home later in the frame on a sacrifice fly from Austin Hays. Jack Rogers added an RBI single to cut the deficit to one, but it was not enough. Yorke’s solo shot in the fifth added insurance, and Davis scored again in the eighth when Cook grounded into a fielder’s choice. That run capped the scoring and secured the win for Indianapolis.
Indians starter Carson Fulmer (W, 1-0) tossed 5.0 innings, surrendered three runs on five hits, and recorded four strikeouts. David Bednar, Randy Labaut and Eddy Yean (S, 1) threw 4.0 shutout innings in relief, yielding just 2 hits as Indians pitching kept the Bats off the board after the fourth inning.
The Indians and Bats continue the series with a doubleheader on Saturday at Louisville Slugger Field. First pitch for Game 1 is set for 2:05 PM, and the second game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first contest. RHP Mike Burrows (0-0, 1.50) is the probable starter for Indy in the opener against LHP Drew Parrish (0-1, 5.79). In Game 2, RHP Aaron Wilkerson (1-1,7.71) will toe the rubber for Louisville, while Indianapolis has yet to name a starter.
INDY FUEL
FUEL CLINCH PLAYOFFS IN SHOOTOUT LOSS TO KALAMAZOO
FISHERS- The Fuel hosted the Kalamazoo Wings on Friday night. In front of their fifteenth sell out crowd of the season, the Fuel honored the fans for Fan Appreciation Night. After forcing overtime, the Fuel earned a point which clinched a playoff spot for them but ultimately fell 5-4 to the K-Wings in a shootout.
1ST PERIOD
Kalamazoo’s Drake Pilon opened the scoring with a goal at 6:29 to make it 1-0.
He followed it up with a power play goal after Fuel captain Chris Cameron took a slashing penalty at 7:04.
Quinn Preston took a slashing penalty at 10:18, putting the Fuel on the power play for the first time but the K-Wings killed it off.
Kalamazoo’s Phil Beaulieu took another slashing penalty at 19:53 that would carry over into the second frame.
After one period, Indy was outshooting Kalamazoo 14-10.
2ND PERIOD
With three seconds left on that power play, Kevin Lombardi scored with the help of Colin Bilek and Bryan Lemos to make it 2-1.
At 4:04, Ryan Naumovski scored to make it 3-1 in favor of the K-Wings.
Darby Llewellyn took a slashing penalty at 14:32 to put the Fuel on the penalty kill once again.
Nathan Burke scored his 21st goal of the season at 18:03 to make it 3-2. Lombardi and Adam McCormick claimed the assists on that goal.
Time expired on the period soon after. The Fuel outshoot the K-Wings 14-9 in that frame.
3RD PERIOD
Both teams battled hard through the third period and after two lengthy reviews, the pressure was on.
Owen Robison scored his first professional goal to tie the game up 3-3 at 13:44. That goal was assisted by Lemos and Ty Farmer.
Lucas Brenton and Kalamazoo’s Lee Lapid took offsetting roughing minor penalties with 2:14 to go in the third period after a scuffle in front of Indy’s goal.
The K-Wings pulled their goaltender to have the 5-on-4 advantage with two minutes to go but Lemos was able to steal the puck and score on the empty net to put the Fuel up 4-3. Cameron had the lone assist.
The K-Wings pulled Ty Young from net again and this time it paid off as Max Humitz scored at 19:19 to tie the game once more.
Kalamazoo took a timeout after that and for the third time, pulled the goalie from his net after gaining possession. The Indy net was knocked off and play stopped again.
The Fuel cleared the puck a few times before time expired and the game headed to overtime. While this effectively clinched the playoffs for the Fuel and eliminated the K-Wings from playoff contention, the game played on in overtime.
OVERTIME
At 3:35, Zach Okabe was called for a high sticking double minor that gave the Fuel four minutes on the power play after almost a full minute on a delayed power play.
The K-Wings killed it off though and the game continued. Time expired after just one shot for Kalamazoo and they headed to a shootout.
Burke shot first for Indy and did not score, while Pilon did for Kalamazoo. After Hausinger also did not score, Okabe won the game for the K-Wings with their second shootout goal.
Despite the loss, the Fuel did eliminate the K-Wings from playoff contention and claimed the fourth and final spot in the Central division playoff standings.
INDIANA BASEBALL
OFFENSE STALLS IN SERIES OPENER
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Indiana Baseball team (19-15, 9-7 B1G) couldn’t find any rhythm at the plate on Friday (April 11) evening in Champaign, dropping a 4-2 contest to Illinois at Illinois Stadium. The Hoosiers finished with just five hits and went 1-for-7 (.143) with runners in scoring position.
Illinois starter Tyler Schmitt had his best outing of the season, going seven innings and never allowing the Hoosier bats to get going. IU scored just once in the first seven innings of the game, an unearned run that started with a double from junior outfielder Devin Taylor.
That hit for Taylor was the 200th of his illustrious IU career, making him the 25th player in program history to record 200 hits for the Hoosiers. He had the chance to play hero on the same time he reached the milestone but grounded into a double play with two runners on and no outs in the ninth.
IU’s pitching staff kept the visitors in the game despite most guys throwing on short rest. Redshirt junior Pete Haas and senior Ryan Kraft combined for six scoreless frames and nine strikeouts. Junior lefty Anthony Gubitosi (L, 1-1) was tagged for a three-run home run in the third inning, the difference-making hit on the night.
The Hoosiers will look to even the series up on Saturday (April 12) afternoon with graduate student right-handed pitcher Ben Grable on the bump. Three times last year, IU lost the weekend opener in a Big Ten series and came back to win the series. First pitch is set for 4:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CT tomorrow.
Scoring Recap
Top Third
The Hoosiers struck first on a cold night in Champaign. Devin Taylor doubled and advanced Jake Stadler to third base. Illinois attempted to get Taylor out at second base but the ball trickled out of the infield and allowed him to go to third while Stadler scored.
Indiana 1, Illinois 0
Bottom Third
With two outs and two strikes, Vytas Valincius crushed a three-run home run over the left field fence. That swing would ultimately decide the contest.
Illinois 3, Indiana 1
Top Eighth
Hogan Denny came up with a run to get back into the game. He pinch hit with two outs and singled through the right side to score Tyler Cerny. Cooper Malamazian was left stranded at third base on the next pitch.
Illinois 3, Indiana 2
Bottom Eighth
Illinois promptly got that run back in the home half, putting together three-straight singles. Grant Ross drove a pitch through the shift on the right side that allowed Colton Quagliano to score.
Illinois 4, Indiana 2
Top Hoosier Performers
#29 Kraft, Ryan
4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K
#51 Haas, Pete
2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K
#15 Malamazian, Cooper
1-3, BB
Inside the Box Score
• IU’s offense was held to just two runs on five hits.
• The Hoosiers went errorless in the field.
• Pitchers for IU recorded nine strikeouts but also walked five.
Notes to Know
• Junior outfielder Devin Taylor became the 25th member of the 200-hit club at Indiana with his third-inning double. He is the second player to do it in the last two years. Taylor’s teammate Josh Pyne did it in a game against Ball State in 2024.
• Senior pitcher Ryan Kraft moved into a tie for fifth in program history with his 75th career appearance on the mound. He becomes the sixth player all-time at IU to make at least 75 pitching appearances and the first since Scott Effross closed out his career in 2015.
• In his career in Champaign, the native Illinoisan – Ryan Kraft – has tossed a combined 10 scoreless frames. He threw six shutout innings in 2023 before following that up with four more tonight in 2025. In those 10 innings, Kraft has allowed just eight hits while striking out seven batters.
• IU’s pitching staff was effective on Friday against Illinois, holding the home team to just four runs on seven hits. It’s the seventh time in the last two years that the Hoosiers have failed to win a game in which it allowed five-or-fewer runs. It’s the first time it’s happened since the season opener this year against UNLV (L, 2-4).
Up Next
The Hoosiers continue the weekend slate with Illinois tomorrow (April 12th) at 4:00 p.m. ET. All the games this weekend will be broadcasted on B1G+. The series with Illinois can also be heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.
INDIANA SOFTBALL
INDIANA DROPS CLOSE GAME IN SERIES OPENER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Indiana and Wisconsin were in a back-and-forth battle on Friday night at the Goodman Softball Complex before falling in a 6-5 game late in the final frame.
Wisconsin led 4-1 through the majority of the game and carried a 6-3 lead entering the top of the seventh. Then, Brianna Copeland hit a two-run home run to cut it down to 6-5.
The Hoosiers got the tying run on after that but couldn’t pull ahead.
With the loss, Indiana’s season record falls to 27-11 and 6-6 in the Big Ten.
WISCONSIN 6, INDIANA 5
KEY MOMENTS
• Wisconsin struck first in the opening frame with an RBI single down the left field line from Hillary Blomberg to make it a 2-0 game.
• Later in the frame, Hannah Conger took home when Emma King stole second for the Badgers to make it 3-0.
• Alex Cooper got Indiana on the board in the top of the second inning when she hit an RBI single to the right center gap to bring home Josie Bird and make it 2-1.
• Kendra Lewis singled up the middle in the bottom of the second to extend the Wisconsin lead to 4-1.
• The defense dictated the game over the next few innings and the scoring stalled until the sixth inning.
• In the top of the sixth, Avery Parker and Kinsey Mitchell each doubled to the gaps to score Taylor Minnick and Peyton Drummond, respectively, to cut the lead down to 4-3.
• Wisconsin upped their lead to 6-3 on a 2-run home run by Blomberg.
• Brianna Copeland responded with a 2-run home run of her own in the top of the seventh to cut the lead down to 6-5.
NOTABLES
• Brianna Copeland hit her 42nd career home run to extend her own program record.
• Four Hoosiers recorded an RBI: Copeland (2), Avery Parker (1), Kinsey Mitchell (1) and Alex Cooper (1).
• Jenae Berry entered in the circle in the fourth inning and only gave up two hits and two runs while striking out three batters in three innings of work.
• Parker and Mitchell each hit a double.
• The two teams were tied in total hits, 10-10.
UP NEXT
Indiana will play game two of the series on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. (ET)/12 p.m. (CT) at Goodman Softball Complex.
PURDUE BASEBALL
DOORN, VALLONE, COOK TEAM UP FOR A DOZEN K’S AS PURDUE SNAPS SKID
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sergio DeCello homered, Brandon Rogers saved a run with another great catch in center field and three pitchers teamed up for a dozen strikeouts as Purdue Baseball won a 2-1 nailbiter vs. Rutgers on Friday at Alexander Field.
The Boilermakers (21-12, 4-9 Big Ten) snapped their eight-game losing streak and improved to 6-1 vs. RU dating back to 2023.
The Scarlet Knights (16-18, 5-8 Big Ten) out hit Purdue 10-4 but left 15 runners on base. They were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, including 0-for-5 with the bases loaded. The visitors left the bases loaded twice, including the bottom of the ninth, and stranded multiple runners in five different frames.
Avery Cook struck out RU’s 6- and 7-hole hitters with the bases loaded to end the game, punctuating a six-out save.
Rogers robbed cleanup hitter Brennan Hyde of a two-out RBI double with a diving catch in the left-center gap in the seventh inning.
The Boilermakers’ four hits were their fewest in a victory since recording three in a 3-0 shutout in a April 2023 series opener at Minnesota.
Carter Doorn (6), Michael Vallone (3) and Cook (3) teamed up for 12 strikeouts and made the big pitches when necessary to get Purdue out of numerous jams. The Boilermakers also turned a pair of double plays, including one with the bases loaded to end the third inning.
Five of the 12 strikeouts came with a runner on third base with less than two outs as Rutgers was 0-for-6 overall in getting that runner home in those scenarios. Doorn worked around a game-opening triple with a pair of strikeouts. The Knights had runners on second and third with no outs in the fourth inning and Doorn again kept the visitors off the scoreboard with strikeouts vs. the 7- and 9-hole hitters.
With Purdue leading 1-0 after an unearned run in the second inning, DeCello tomahawked a pitch up in the zone over the bullpen past the right field wall for his first home run at Alexander Field. Logan Sutter and DeCello both had a pair of hits and each scored a run to account for all the Boilers’ offense.
Purdue found a way to win on a night when the opposition’s Friday starter was dealing. Freshman Landon Mack struck out seven and did not issue a walk over seven innings of four-hit ball. He induced 11 ground ball outs. Mack worked a trio of 1-2-3 innings, retiring the 1-2-3 portion of the lineup in order in both the first and third innings. That trio in Boilers’ lineup was a combined 0-for-11 with a walk. Conversely, Rutgers’ 1-2-3 combination was 5-for-11 with three walks and a hit by pitch.
Vallone retired eight of the 12 batters he faced and induced a key double play ball, erasing an inning-opening error in the top of the seventh. It proved even more significant when a hit by pitch and Rogers’ diving catch followed.
Vallone was the only Boilermaker to retire Rutgers’ top hitter, Trevor Cohen. Vallone struck him out as the first batter he faced after taking over for Doorn following a leadoff single in the fifth inning. Cohen entered the weekend as the most difficult batter to strike out in the Big Ten, fanning for just the seventh time in 159 plate appearances.
Game 2 of the series is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. The probable starting pitchers are Cole Van Assen for Purdue and Quinn Berglin for Rutgers.
IRISH SPLIT FRIDAY DOUBLEHEADER WITH EAGLES
BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Notre Dame baseball team took the opener over Boston College by a 2-0 score before coming up short in a 6-5 final in game two of a conference doubleheader on Friday.
GAME ONE
The Irish threatened in the top of the second in the opener. Connor Hincks singled to right field, and Nick DeMarco added a single to left field. Back-to-back outs, however, cut the scoring chance short for Notre Dame in the second stanza. The bottom half of the inning saw the defense halt the Eagles after Boston College tallied a lead-off single. DeMarco tracked down a pop up in foul territory before Jared Zimbardo chased down a deep fly ball on the run in left field for the second out. The Eagles kept the inning alive with a two-out single, but DeMarco closed out the inning after scooping up a grounder and getting the force out at second.
Parker Brzustewicz led off the top of the fourth with a four-pitch walk, but the Irish were unable to capitalize on the lead-off runner. The bottom of the fourth saw Carson Tinney cut down a runner trying to steal second base as the game remained scoreless through four complete.
The Irish retired the side in order in the bottom of the fifth. DM Jefferson had a diving catch to rob a base hit from the Eagles while Estevan Moreno made routine work out of a pair of grounders as the game stood at 0-0 through five.
The top of the sixth had Carson Tinney start things off by getting hit by a pitch. Estevan Moreno legged out a bunt single, and Parker Brzustewicz used a sacrifice bunt to move the pair into scoring position. Connor Hincks drove a sacrifice fly to right-center field, which allowed Tinney to score and Moreno to move to third. A passed ball by the Eagles then put the Irish ahead 2-0 midway through the sixth. Jack Radel then needed just nine pitches to retire the side in order in the bottom half of the inning.
The Irish tried to add to the lead in the top of the seventh. Bino Watters laced a two-out single to center field, Carson Tinney added a single to center field, and Estevan Moreno was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The two-out rally, however, was stopped short as the game remained 2-0 in favor of Notre Dame.
The defensive side remixed a pair of efforts from earlier in the game. DM Jefferson made his second diving highlight catch in center field, and Carson Tinney shut the door on the inning with a perfect throw to second to cut down another runner trying to steal as the Irish maintained the 2-0 lead. Brady Gumpf started the bottom of the eighth with a running catch in right field, and back-to-back outs with a runner on kept the Eagles off the scoreboard.
Boston College made a late push in the opener and used a pair of singles to get two runners on base. Tobey McDonough, however, wrapped up the game and the save with a strikeout to give the Irish the 2-0 victory.
Jack Radel and Tobey McDonough earned the combined shutout effort on the hill for the Irish. Radel went 6.1 innings with a strikeout while scattering five singles on his way to the victory. McDonough earned his fifth save of the year after going 2.2 with three strikeouts.
Connor Hincks went 2-for-3 with an RBI sacrifice fly for the Irish. Bino Watters added a 2-for-4 effort at the dish while Carson Tinney and Estevan Moreno each had a hit and scored a run. Jared Zimbardo and Nick DeMarco each tallied a hit in the win.
GAME TWO
The Irish got on the scoreboard right away in the nightcap. Jared Zimbardo ripped a rocket of a single to lead off the game before stealing second base. Bino Watters drew a walk, and Carson Tinney battled his way to a full-count walk to load the bases. Davis Johnson added the third walk in as many plate appearances by the Irish to plate the first run of the game. Connor Hincks punched a one-out single to left field to drive in another run, and Estevan Moreno added a seeing-eye hit up the line for a double while plating two more for a 4-0 lead as the Eagles made a pitching change with just one out gone. Nick DeMarco used a sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Connor Hincks for a 5-0 lead. DM Jefferson drew a full-count walk as the Irish went all the way through the batting order. The scoring in the inning stopped there as Notre Dame jumped out to the five-run lead.
The Eagles plated a run in the bottom of the first on a one-out single to left field. Rory Fox then retired the side in order in the second. Fox got out of a jam in the third with two runners on base. He recorded the first out of the inning before a soft line drive turned into a double play with the Eagles’ baserunner going on the hit-and-run play. Fox had another three-up, three-down effort in the fourth as the Irish continued to lead 5-1.
The Irish put a runner on base in the fifth but left the pair on base to end the frame. The Eagles, meanwhile, pushed a run across in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 5-2 game.
DJ Helwig came on in relief in the bottom of the fifth and retired the side in order in the bottom of the sixth. The top of the seventh saw the Irish put two runners on base with no outs. Carson Tinney drew a walk, and Davis Johnson punched a single to right-center. The Eagles, however, recorded three consecutive outs to move the game ahead.
Boston College pulled even in the bottom of the seventh with three runs on a walk and a pair of hits. Ricky Reeth came up with a big tag at home plate after Carson Tinney tracked down a pitch that got away. The play on the field was called an out with Reeth’s tag getting the runner out trying to score on the play. After a review, the play stood as the game moved ahead to the eighth knotted up at 5-5.
Jayce Lee powered a pinch hit single up the middle in the top of the eighth, but back-to-back outs stopped the scoring chance short for Notre Dame in the inning. The Eagles used a one-out single followed by a double down the left field line to go ahead 6-5. Reeth picked off the runner at second moments later, and the right-hander induced a one-hop ground out to Parker Brzustewicz two batters later to end the inning.
Down to their final at-bats, the Irish were unable to put together the late-game rally in the 6-5 setback.
Rory Fox went 4.1 innings of work and struck out a pair in a no-decision effort. DJ Helwig went 2.0 with two strikeouts, and Ricky Reeth shouldered the late-game loss in 1.2 innings of relief.
Connor Hincks went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run, and Jared Zimbardo was 2-for-5 at the plate with a run. Estevan Moreno walked once and was 1-for-3 with a two-RBI double. Davis Johnson collected a hit, scored a run, and drove in a run for the Irish. Bino Watters tallied a hit and a run at the plate. Nick DeMarco added an RBI, and Jayce Lee posted a hit in game two.
The Irish (16-16, 4-13 ACC) are scheduled to take on Boston College for game three of the series on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. For any schedule changes or updates, please follow Notre Dame baseball on Instagram and X/Twitter.
BUTLER SOFTBALL
BUTLER SOFTBALL FALLS AT CREIGHTON
OMAHA, Neb. – The Butler softball team lost to Creighton by the final score of 13-5 in game one of a three-game BIG EAST series. The Bulldogs (21-16, 10-6 BIG EAST) held a two-run lead in the middle of the second, but the Bluejays (16-20, 6-7 BIG EAST) quickly retook the lead and outscored Butler, 8-1, in the final four innings.
Game 1: Creighton 13, Butler 5 (6 innings)
Three singles in the first inning allowed Creighton to take a 2-0 lead.
With runners on second and third, Kieli Ryan put the ball in play, allowing Paxton Law to beat the throw home. On batter later, Sydney Carter cleared the bases with a home run over the left field wall. Butler regained the lead, 4-2.
In the bottom of the second, the Bluejays retook the lead, 5-4, using three walks and a pair of hits. With two runners on and no outs, Katie Petran replaced Gwen Baker in the circle and retired the side.
One inning later, Creighton added three runs using three singles and a triple.
In the top of the fourth, Olivia Moxley hit a solo shot, but the Bulldogs still trailed, 8-5. In the fifth, the Bluejays answered with a solo home run of their own, and then a bases-loaded triple pushed the Creighton lead to seven.
The home team walked it off in the sixth inning, scoring on a bloop single.
Baker (10-5) started in the circle for Butler, was knocked out early in the second inning, and took the loss. She gave up five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out one. Petran (3.2 IP, 5R, 4ER, 5H, 1BB, 2K) lasted into the fifth and Kayla Noerr (1.0 IP, 3R, 1ER, 3H, 2BB) finished the game.
Bulldog Bits
Sydney Carter’s home run was her third this season and of her career.
Olivia Moxley’s home run was her second of the season and the sixth of her career.
Paige Dorsett’s double was her eighth of the season and the 30th of her career.
Up Next
Butler remains in Omaha for game two of the series with Creighton on Saturday, Apr. 12.
BUTLER BASEBALL
WILDCATS WIN GAME ONE AT BUTLER
Villanova recorded a 13-1 win over Butler on Friday afternoon to open the BIG EAST series with their 18th win of the season. Wildcat ace Luke McCollough dominated on the mound limiting BU to just one run while striking out nine.
McCollough threw seven full innings and only walked one batter. Butler’s lone run came courtesy of a sac fly. Jack Moroknek hit his first triple of the season and was able to tag up and score in the bottom of the sixth on AJ Solomon’s fly out to left.
Villanova scored five in the third, four in the fourth and two more in the fifth to take control of the game. Michael Whooley was excellent on Friday going 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Nova’s 3-4-5 hitters combined for eight RBI’s on the day.
Andrew Hendrickx took the loss on the mound for Butler. He threw the first three innings and Tre Benjamin took over for the next four. Aidan Hatcher threw the eighth and ninth for BU.
These two teams will come back together tomorrow for a 2 p.m. start.
BALL STATE BASEBALL
EARLY OFFENSE LEADS BASEBALL TO 7-5 WIN VS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored six runs in the first three innings of the game in a 7-5 win over Northern Illinois on Friday afternoon at Shebek Stadium.
The Cardinals (24-11, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) took the series opener with the Huskies (12-20, 3-10 MAC) thanks to scoring four times in the second frame and twice in the third to build a 6-0 lead.
After the visitors plated four runs of their own in the fourth, the bullpen duo of Owen Quinn and Garrett Harker limited NIU over the remainder of the game to lead Ball State to its fourth straight win in conference play.
Clay Jacobs got the scoring started in the bottom half of the second on a single that plated Garrett Arnold. Brayden Huebner followed with a grounder that scored Blake Bevis, and Gavin Balius put a cap on the inning with a two-run single through the right side to bring the score to 4-0 in the hosts’ favor.
Huebner extended the Ball State advantage in the third on a two-run knock, and Bevis added an insurance run with an RBI single up the middle that brought home Dylan Grego and gave the Cardinals a 7-4 edge.
Quinn (2-1) entered the game in the fifth and struck out three in 4.1 innings of one-run ball to earn the win, while Harker got the final two outs to pick up his sixth save of the season.
“An outstanding relief performance from Owen Quinn gave our team a big lift,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “An excellent team effort. Offensively a lot of guys contributed.”
Northern’s starter Adam Brouwer (3-3) surrendered six runs in four frames to suffer the loss.
Ball State and NIU are set to play the middle game of the series at 1 p.m. on Friday.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
SYCAMORES RALLY EARLY, HOLD OFF SIU LATE IN 9-7 FRIDAY NIGHT WIN
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State took advantage of early Southern Illinois pitching and fielding woes and held off a late Saluki rally in claiming Friday night’s series opener at Bob Warn Field, 9-7.
The Sycamores (17-16, 6-4) built an early 8-1 lead through four innings as Indiana State took advantage of eight SIU walks, three hits-batsmen, and three Matt Schark errors in taking command of the game early. Southern Illinois (23-10, 6-4) rallied back over the middle innings with a four-run sixth inning highlighted by Jaxon Holder’s two-run double on their way to cutting the Sycamores’ lead down to 8-7 in the eighth.
After Gavin Morris (S, 2) worked the Sycamores out of an eighth-inning jam, Indiana State’s patience at the plate bore fruit with insurance in the bottom of the frame. Keegan Garis was plunked for the second time to put the Sycamores on the base paths. He advanced his way around the bases on a Jeremy Martinez ground out and a wild pitch on Emil Estrella’s walk, before Jackson Taylor dropped down a safety squeeze bunt down the first base line scoring Garis to make it a 9-7 Indiana State lead.
Morris made the lead stand in the top of the ninth as the senior reliever retired the Salukis in order with strikeouts to both Cecil Lofton and Kaleb Hall to close out the contest for his second save of the season.
Indiana State took the early lead in the first inning without recording a hit as two walks and back-to-back hit-by-pitches brought home Carter Beck, before Taylor connected on a bases-loaded, two-run single through the left side of the infield to put the Sycamores ahead 3-0. Indiana State added to the lead in the second as a pair of errors led to three more runs scoring, while Mason Roell added an RBI double to highlight a two-run fourth inning giving the Sycamores an 8-1 lead.
Beck and Taylor both had multi-hit games for Indiana State as the Sycamores connected on nine hits against the Salukis’ pitching staff. Roell connected on a run-scoring double, while Keegan Garis was 1-for-1 with three runs scored after reaching base in all five plate appearances.
Max McEwen (4-2) took the win after going 5.2 innings in the Friday night start. The redshirt sophomore battled through the middle innings allowing seven hits and six runs while striking out five, before turning the ball over to the bullpen.
Zac Laird, Jack Armstrong, and Morris went the rest of the way combining to allow three hits and one run while striking out four to close out the victory.
Kaleb Hall and Tim Simay had two hits apiece as SIU combined for 10 hits overall. Holder doubled and Petrucelli tripled in the loss.
Tyler Timmerman (5-2) struggled to find the zone early in taking the loss after going 1.0 innings allowing two hits and five runs (three earned), while walking two. Dylan Petrey worked the second inning, while Cole Koonce was the heavy lifter in the middle frames going 3.2 innings allowing five hits and two runs as SIU battled back into the game. Matt Irvine and Tanner Gerdes closed out the game on the mound.
How They Scored
Jeremy Martinez was plunked by an early pitch from SIU starter Tyler Timmerman with the bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning with Carter Beck crossing the plate to give Indiana State the 1-0 lead.
Jackson Taylor followed two batters later with a two-run single through the left side of the infield bringing home Keegan Garis and Carlos Pena to give the Sycamores the 3-0 lead in the first.
Indiana State added to the lead in the bottom of the second as the Sycamores took advantage of two SIU errors in the frame. Garcia dropped down a run-scoring single as the SIU throw went down the right field line allowing both Beck and Thomas Emerich to score making it a 5-0 Sycamore lead.
Jeremy Martinez drove in Garcia on a fielder’s choice later in the inning giving the Sycamores the 6-0 lead after two at Bob Warn Field.
John Lemm plated the first Salukis run in the game as the SIU catcher followed Gabe Petrucelli’s triple to right center with an RBI ground out to second base to cut the deficit to 6-1.
Indiana State plated two more runs in the fourth as Emil Estrella’s sacrifice fly to the wall scored Pena, while Mason Roell snuck an RBI double down the third base line scoring Garis to make it 8-1 Sycamores.
Jordan Bach made it an 8-2 game with a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Mason Schwalbach in the top of the fifth inning.
The Salukis plated four in the top of the sixth with Schwalbach (RBI fielder’s choice) and Jaxon Holder (two-run double) driving in runs, while Holder capped the scoring coming across on a wild pitch to make it an 8-6 ballgame.
Southern Illinois continued the comeback in the eighth as Holder scored on Matt Schark’s line drive sacrifice fly to left field cutting the Indiana State down to 8-7.
The Sycamores added insurance in the bottom of the eighth inning as Taylor dropped a safety squeeze bunt down the first base line scoring Garis to provide the final 9-7 scoring margin.
News & Notes
Carlos Pena ran his on-base streak to 27 consecutive games after drawing a first inning walk. He finished 1-for-4 from the plate with two runs scored.
Jackson Taylor drove in a career-high three RBIs on Friday evening with his two-run single in the first and RBI bunt in the eighth.
Mason Roell connected on his second double of the 2025 season.
Keegan Garis continued to be a ball magnet at the plate drawing his MVC-leading 14th and 15th hit-by-pitches in the game. It marked the second time he’s been hit by multiple pitches in the same game in 2025.
Max McEwen picked up five strikeouts in Friday’s contest giving him a team-leading 50 on the season. It marked his seventh game with at least five Ks and sixth start in a row he’s reached the mark.
Gavin Morris recorded his second save of the season and first since February 18 against Florida Gulf Coast.
Indiana State improves to 3-1 in MVC series openers in the 2025 season.
Up Next
Indiana State continues the three-game weekend series against Southern Illinois at Bob Warn Field tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. and will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
INDIANA STATE SOFTBALL
SYCAMORES SECURE 6-2 WIN TO OPEN SERIES AGAINST MISSOURI STATE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State kicked off its series against Missouri State with a commanding 6-2 win in Game 1, fueled by a quick start and a stellar pitching performance from Hailey Griffin.
Hannah Welch led the way at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Lauren Marsicek also had a strong performance, collecting three hits and driving in a run.
Morgan Goodrich contributed with a 2-for-4 outing, adding an RBI, while Kenzie Cornwell recorded a double, drove in an RBI, and walked once. Peyton Simmons scored twice and recorded a double.
The Sycamores wasted no time getting on the board, capitalizing on timely hitting and a Missouri State miscue to jump out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
Madison Poulson led off with a triple down the right-field line and scored on a throwing error. Sophie Esposito reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second, and came around to score on Hannah Welch’s RBI single.
Welch later crossed the plate on Kenzie Cornwell’s RBI double to center, giving Indiana State early momentum.
The offensive rhythm continued in the second. Peyton Simmons drew a walk and moved to third on a single by Lauren Marsicek.
Morgan Goodrich followed with a clutch RBI single to left center, scoring Simmons and extending the Sycamore lead to 4-0.
Hailey Griffin was in command from the start, striking out the side in the third inning and holding Missouri State hitless through four.
The Bears finally broke up the no-hit bid in the fifth with a single by Merced, but Griffin remained composed in the circle.
Indiana State tacked on another run in the fifth as Esposito reached on an error and scored on Welch’s second RBI single of the day.
Marsicek added an insurance run in the sixth with an RBI single to make it 6-0.
Missouri State made a push in the top of the seventh, scoring their only two runs of the game.
After a strikeout to open the frame, Baber and Struder singled before Derryberry delivered a 2-RBI triple to put the Bears on the board.
However, Griffin shut the door with her eighth strikeout of the game to preserve the 6-2 win.
Griffin went the distance for the Sycamores, improving to 7-6 on the season. She allowed just four hits and two earned runs with no walks and eight strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
Up Next: The Sycamores and Bears will face off in Game 2 at Price Field tomorrow at 2 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL
HALL HOMERS AND DOUBLES IN 4-3 LOSS AT WSU
DAYTON, Ohio – Kevin Hall collected two extra base hits, but the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons fell to the Wright State Raiders 4-3 on Friday (April 11) in Horizon League baseball play.
Hall’s second hit was a solo home run in the ninth inning. It made the score 3-2 in favor of Wright State. Dylan Chargo singled after Hall’s home run in the ninth. Chargo was pinch ran for by Garrett Maish. Maish then came around on a Ryan Jenkins sacrifice fly to tie the game. But the Raiders followed with a single run in the ninth to win it. Will Cook had the game-winning RBI single for the Raiders.
Dillon Fischer threw a strong eight innings for the Mastodons. He gave up three runs with two strikeouts. Warren Hartzell got the win for Wright State. He is 4-0. Trent Murphy took the loss for the Mastodons. He is 1-4.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 6-25 (5-7 Horizon League). Wright State improves to 19-13 (11-2 Horizon League). The two teams will play game two of the series on Saturday (April 12) on ESPN+.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
SMALL MISTAKES ADD UP IN LOSS TO ILLINOIS STATE
NORMAL, Ill. – The University of Evansville baseball team had another night trying to contain a red-hot offense in a 17-8 loss to the Illinois State Redbirds.
The Purple Aces’ defense had a tough time containing Illinois State on Friday night as the Redbirds scored almost half of their 17 runs from defensive or pitching miscues. UE kept competing at the plate with its 14th game of the season with 10+ hits. Four separate Evansville batters had two hits on the night, with catcher Matt Flaherty (Lake Zurich, Ill. / Bellarmine) also adding two RBIs.
“We didn’t set a tone on the mound or defensively tonight,” said Head Coach Wes Carroll after the game. “We put ourselves in another tough situation on the road to get back in the series tomorrow.”
Both starting pitchers had to work early on Friday evening, as neither faced the minimum number of batters. Illinois State took the first lead in the bottom of the first inning on a double down the left field line that scored one. The Aces got the final out right after the double to limit the Redbirds to only one run with two left on.
UE took its only lead of the game in the top of the second. Evansville had three hits in four batters, scoring one run and having two runners in scoring position with only one out. A ground out from third baseman Drew Howard (Ferdinand, Ind. / Forest Park HS) scored first baseman Jake McGhee (Fenton, Mo. / Christian Brothers College HS). On the play for Illinois State, the first baseman had a throwing error to help score the Aces’ go-ahead run in shortstop Drew McConnell (Blue Springs, Mo. / Blue Springs HS).
The Redbirds didn’t wait long to answer UE’s offensive outburst in the top of the second. Illinois State retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and didn’t look back with four runs on five hits and one error. After only two innings, the Redbirds had a 5-3 advantage and continued to extend it. Evansville wasn’t able to get on base in the third while Illinois State added another run.
The Aces got back within two runs in the top of the fourth when Flaherty hit his first RBI single to score center fielder Ty Rumsey (Evansville, Ind. / North HS). But with two outs on the board already, UE didn’t bring home another run until the top of the sixth. Meanwhile, the Redbirds had back-to-back three run innings, taking an eight-run advantage just over halfway through the game.
Evansville had a strong start to the sixth inning, loading up the bases with no outs on a McConnell single, a hit by pitch, and a walk. A walk to left fielder Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind. / Seymour HS) gave the Aces their first run of the inning. Flaherty followed up with his second RBI single of the game to score Howard and bring it back to a six-run gap.
But Illinois State kept its bats going in the bottom of the sixth with their biggest offensive frame of the night. The Redbirds added five runs on four hits and a sacrifice fly to try and get a run rule win with a 17-6 lead after two-thirds of the game. UE’s offense was able to continue its hot start to innings in the seventh with a lead off double for pinch hitter Aaron Nehls (Evansville, Ind. / North HS).
McGhee added a single right after Nehls and McConnell being hit by a pitch loaded up the bases for Evansville. The Aces brought in another pinch hitter in freshman Mason McCue (Bourbonnais, Ill. / Bishop McNamara HS), who delivered with an RBI single to left for UE’s seventh run. The single also kept the bases loaded, so when Rumsey hit a fly ball to left field, Evansville was able to score an eighth run to avoid a run rule loss. The Aces’ next two batters flew out to go to the bottom of the seventh.
Freshman pitcher Jack Wills (Shelbyville, Ky. / Shelby County HS) came onto the mound for UE in the bottom of the seventh and helped Evansville get its first scoreless inning on defense. While Wills didn’t throw a strikeout, he did pitch two innings for the Aces without allowing a run to score, not allowing a hit, and only giving up two walks. But UE wasn’t able to make up the nine-run deficit in the final two innings of the night, falling to Illinois State 17-8.
Evansville gets back to work against the Redbirds on Saturday afternoon. First pitch for the second game of the series is set for 3 p.m. from Duffy Bass Field on Saturday, April 12.
SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL
USI LOSES SLUGFEST IN SERIES OPENER WITH TTU
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not overcome an early deficit, but fell to Tennessee Tech University, 11-6, Friday evening in Cookeville, Tennessee. USI is 16-17 overall and 7-3 in the OVC, while TTU goes to 22-13 overall, 7-3 OVC.
USI was in a hole after three innings, 8-0, before it could get the bats going in the fourth inning. USI sophomore rightfielder Cameron Boyd put the Screaming Eagles on the scoreboard with a two-run, ground-rule double to get the offense going.
USI junior catcher Micajah Wall finished the Screaming Eagles scoring in the fourth, 8-3, with an RBI single up the middle.
The Screaming Eagles closed the gap to 8-5 during the fifth when sophomore third baseman Parker Martin hit a two-run blast over the right field fence. TTU, however, responded in the bottom half of the fifth with two more runs to re-extend its lead to 10-5.
The Golden Eagles pushed the margin back to six, 11-5, before the Screaming Eagles scored the final run in the eighth for the eventual 11-6 final. USI junior shortstop Clayton Slack drove in the Screaming Eagles’ final run with a ground out.
For the game, Martin led USI with three hits, a run scored, two RBIs, and a home run.
USI freshman right-hander Sage Stout started and took the loss. Stout (3-2) allowed eight runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out a season-high batters in three innings of work.
Up Next for the Eagles:
The Screaming Eagles and the Golden Eagles continue the three-game series Saturday at 3 p.m. before concluding the series Sunday at 1 p.m.
Following the series at TTU, USI continues the nine-game road swing with a visit to Northern Kentucky University April 15; a three-game series at Southern Illinois University at Edwardwardsville; and a single game at Saint Louis University.
VALPO BASEBALL
THAXTON CONNECTS ON GAME-TYING BLAST, MISSOURI STATE RESPONDS WITH WALK-OFF HOMER
Ninth-inning magic is becoming a staple for the Valparaiso University baseball team, as the Beacons surged from behind in the final frame for the second straight game on Friday night at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo. This time, a game-tying blast by redshirt freshman Aidan Thaxton (Chicago, Ill. / St. Ignatius College Prep) that came with Valpo down to its final strike was not enough, as Missouri State’s Zack Stewart hit a walk-off job in the bottom of the inning to lift the first-place Bears to a 5-4 victory on a night where starting pitcher Connor Lockwood (Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville) put together another strong start for the Brown & Gold.
How It Happened
Lockwood worked scoreless ball while facing just one over the minimum over the first two innings and struck out each of the first two batters in the third. However, a walk and a two-run homer by Nick Rodriguez gave the Bears a 2-0 lead.
Lockwood zipped through the bottom of the fourth to keep the deficit at two. The first two Beacons in the top of the fifth were sent down, but back-to-back hit batters set the stage for senior Connor Giusti (Hoffman Estates, Ill. / Fremd), who drilled a three-run shot onto the grassy berm area in left to give Valpo a 3-2 lead.
Lockwood continued to roll in the fifth and sixth, sending down the side in order in each of those frames. In total, he retired 11 straight after the third-inning home run, but Missouri State broke through with three hits in the seventh including a two-out, two-run double to take a 4-3 lead.
A diving catch in left by Patrick Ilitch (Detroit, Mich. / University Liggett) helped the Beacons pitch a scoreless eighth and keep the deficit at one.
Valpo was down to its final strike with nobody on base in the top of the ninth, when Thaxton lifted a home run to left to tie the game and send the third-base dugout into a state of jubilation.
In the bottom of the inning, Stewart’s two-out home run ended the contest.
Inside the Game
Giusti’s home run was his sixth of the season and his 13th in a Valpo uniform. He leads the team in the home run department and has 23 total collegiate home runs.
Thaxton’s home run was his second of the season and first since March 15 at Illinois.
Lockwood received no decision despite another strong outing, going eight innings and allowing four runs on six hits while walking two and striking out seven. The right hander has pitched eight or more innings three times this season including each of the last two games.
Lockwood has struck out seven or more four times this year. He is up to a league-leading 56 strikeouts for the season with his seven on Friday, surpassing his season total of 50 from last year, which tied for the team lead.
This marked the second straight game where Valpo rallied to tie the score in the ninth after the Beacons scored two to get even and eventually won 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday vs. Illinois State.
This game also brought back memories of the last time Valpo played a Friday night series opener in Springfield – a 4-3, 10-inning defeat on April 28, 2023. Patrick Ilitch hit a game-tying three-run homer with two outs in the ninth before Missouri State won 4-3 on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th.
Three of Valpo’s last four games have been decided by the slimmest of margins. Five of the team’s last six have been decided by two runs or fewer. Of the team’s seven conference losses, four – one each weekend – have come in one-run games.
Valpo’s last two road games have both ended on walk-off home runs.
Valpo’s six hits all came from different players on Friday as no Beacons had multi-hit games.
Friday’s setback came against the team that was picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference and currently sits atop the standings.
Up Next
The Beacons (8-20, 3-7) will continue the series in Springfield by battling the Bears at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The game will air on ESPN+.
VALPO SOFTBALL
SOFTBALL DROPS ONE-RUN DECISION TO ILLINOIS STATE
The Valpo softball team had a pair of golden opportunities Friday to overcome a late one-run deficit in its series opener at the Valpo Softball Complex against Illinois State, but the Beacons were unable to convert on either chance as they fell to the visiting Redbirds, 2-1.
How It Happened
Valpo opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning. Azalya Lopez (Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt [MSU Moorhead]) lined the first pitch of the inning the opposite way for an infield single, and three batters later, Kim Rodas (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) swatted a pitch through the left side of the infield to plate Lopez and give the Beacons the 1-0 lead.
Illinois State jumped in front in the top of the third, stringing together three straight hits to score its first run before a second scored on an infield groundout.
A heads-up play by Lopez in the top of the fifth helped keep it a one-run game. With runners on first and second and nobody out, the Redbirds attempted a sacrifice bunt, which was popped over the head of the charging third baseman. Lopez came out of the circle to field it and was able to beat the lead runner to third base for a force.
Illinois State threatened to extend its lead in the top of the sixth, putting runners on the corners with nobody out and then stealing second with one out to put two in scoring position. But Lopez got a line-drive out to Natalie Bush (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) at the hot corner for the key second out and then took care of business herself, closing the inning with a three-pitch strikeout.
Valpo had its own great chance at tying or taking the lead in the bottom of the sixth, starting with a leadoff single by Mack Gallagher (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East [MSU Moorhead]). Pinch-runner Kyndal Shively (Normal, Ill./University) took second on a passed ball and Lopez followed with a double to the wall in left-center, but Shively had to hold near second to be able to tag if it was caught, so the freshman was able only to advance to third on the two-bagger.
With second and third and nobody out, the Redbirds got the first out at first on a grounder with the infield in. Another infield grounder was bobbled by the ISU shortstop, but her throw home beat Shively for the second out, and a caught stealing on an attempted first and third steal play ended the inning with no runs scoring.
Rodas walked to lead off the Beacons’ half of the seventh and a grounder got the potential tying run to second with one out. But the Redbirds cut down the lead runner on a grounder back to the circle for the second out, and a strikeout ended the game.
Inside the Game
Friday was Valpo’s 14th one-run game out of 36 contests this season, the loss dropping its record in such games to 9-5.
Six of the Beacons’ last 11 games have been decided by a single tally.
Valpo was held to just four hits in the loss, the second straight game the offense has picked up only four hits — the first time this year it has been held to four hits or fewer in consecutive games.
The standout for the Beacons Friday in all respects was Lopez. The junior reached in all three of her plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with a walk — her fifth multi-hit game of the year and extending her on-base streak to six straight games.
In the circle, Lopez entered in the fourth inning and spun four innings of shutout softball. It was the fifth time in her last six pitching appearances she has not allowed an earned run.
Rodas reached base twice as well on Friday, going 1-for-2 with a walk.
Gallagher extended her on-base streak to 17 consecutive games with her sixth-inning single.
Erin Metz (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) started in the circle and took the loss, falling to 6-3 on the season.
Next Up
Valpo (17-19, 6-9 MVC) continues its three-game set against the Redbirds on Saturday afternoon at the Valpo Softball Complex. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
April 12
1906 — Johnny Bates of Boston became the first modern player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. Irv Young allowed one hit as Boston beat Brooklyn 2-0.
1909 — The Philadelphia Athletics opened Shibe Park with an 8-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Shibe Park was the first concrete and steel stadium.
1911 — The Washington Senators opened Griffith Stadium with an 8-5 win over the Boston Red Sox.
1912 — The Chicago Cubs’ Tinker-Evers-Chance double play combination played its final major league game together.
1927 — Bill Terry of the New York Giants hit the first grand slam ever hit on opening day. The Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 15-7.
1955 — In their first game in Kansas City, the transplanted Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 at Municipal Stadium. The standing-room crowd of 32,147 was the largest paid crowd for any event in Kansas City.
1960 — The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in the first game at Candlestick Park.
1965 — The first National League home run in the Houston Astrodome was hit by Richie Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies off Bob Bruce in a 2-0 victory over the Astros.
1966 — A crowd of 50,671 welcomed the Braves to Atlanta, but Willie Stargell spoiled the occasion with a two-run homer in the 13th inning to give the Pirates a 3-2 victory.
1970 — Plaques honoring Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle are dedicated at Yankee Stadium.
1980 — In an awesome display of power, Cecil Cooper and Don Money each hit grand slams in the second inning of Milwaukee’s 18-1 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
1992 — Boston’s Matt Young pitched eight no-hit innings at Cleveland but lost 2-1. In the second game, the Indians managed only two hits off Roger Clemens to set a major league record for fewest hits (2) in a doubleheader.
1994 — Scott Cooper hit for the cycle and drove in five runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 22-11 rout of the Kansas City Royals. Cooper went 5-for-6 with two doubles and completed the cycle with a single in the ninth.
2004 — Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies hits the first home run in the new Citizens Bank Park.
2009 — For the second time in a week, a team draws four bases-loaded walks in one inning, as the Chicago Cubs score 4-runs in the 4th inning.
2010 — The Minnesota Twins inaugurate their new outdoor ballpark, Target Field, with a 5-2 win over the Red Sox.
2018 — Shohei Ohtani hit a bases-loaded triple in Los Angeles’ five-run seventh inning, helping the Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 for their fifth straight victory. The pitcher-outfielder was tied with Mike Trout for the Angels’ lead with 11 RBIs in 26 at-bats.
2020 — The Chinese Professional Baseball League, based in Taiwan, is the first pro circuit to open its season since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the global sports world in early March.
2021 — The Twins postpone tonight’s game against the Red Sox after tensions engulf the city following the killing of a black motorist by a policewoman during a traffic stop in the suburb of Brooklyn Center, Minn., a reminder to everyone of the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis a year ago.
2022 — Alyssa Nakken, the first female coach in the history of Major League Baseball, sets another milestone as she becomes the first woman to appear in uniform on the field during a game when in the top of the 3rd inning she replaces Antoan Richardson, who has just been ejected, as first base coach of the Giants in a game against the Padres.
2024 — With a homer off Mike King in the 1st inning of today’s game, Shohei Ohtani ties Hideki Matsui’s record for most homers in the U.S. major leagues by a Japanese player with 175. The Padres have the last laugh, however, defeating the Dodgers, 8-7, in 11 innings.
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April 13
1914 — The first Federal League game was played in Baltimore and the Terrapins defeated Buffalo, 3-2, behind Jack Quinn. A crowd estimated at 27,000 stood 15 rows deep in the outfield to witness the return of major league baseball to Baltimore.
1921 — With new U.S. President Warren G. Harding, former president Woodrow Wilson, and VP Calvin Coolidge watching, the Washington Senators lose their home opener, 6-3, to the Boston Red Sox.
1933 — Sammy West of St. Louis went 6-for-6 in an 11-inning win over the Chicago White Sox. He had five singles and a double off Ted Lyons.
1953 — For the first time in half a century, a new city was represented in the American or National leagues. The Braves moved from Boston to Milwaukee and opened in Cincinnati, where Max Surkont set down the Reds, 2-0.
1954 — Henry Aaron made his major league debut in left field for the Milwaukee Braves and went 0-for-5 in a 9-8 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati’s Jim Greengrass hit four doubles in his first major league game.
1963 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds tripled off Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend for his first major league hit.
1972 — The first player strike in baseball history ended.
1984 — Montreal’s Pete Rose got his 4,000th hit, a double off Philadelphia pitcher Jerry Koosman. The hit came exactly 21 years after his first hit. Rose would score on Tim Raines one out single, sliding into home to give Montreal a 4-1 lead in their eventual 5-1 victory.
1987 — The San Diego Padres set a major league record when the first three batters in the bottom of the first inning hit homers off San Francisco starter Roger Mason in their home opener. The Padres, trailing 2-0, got homers from Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk.
1993 — Lee Smith became the all-time saves leader as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7. Smith got his 358th save, surpassing Jeff Reardon of the Cincinnati Reds.
1998 — Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone.
1999 — Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez drove in nine runs in the Rangers’ 15-6 victory at Seattle.
2004 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit his 661st homer, passing Willie Mays to take sole possession of third place on baseball’s career list.
2009 — Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Randy Johnson and San Francisco 11-1.
2009 — Jody Gerut christened the Mets’ new home, Citi Field, with a leadoff homer in San Diego’s 6-5 win over New York. Gerut’s shot off Mike Pelfrey marked the first time in history that the first batter homered in a regular-season opener at a major league ballpark.
2011 — A federal jury convicted Barry Bonds of a single charge of obstruction of justice, but failed to reach a verdict on the three counts at the heart of allegations that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone and lied to a grand jury about it.
2018 — Houston’s Gerrit Cole struck out a career-high 14 batters in seven innings to lead the Astros to a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers. Cole joined Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers in major league history to strike out at least 11 in three consecutive starts to start a season. Cole also set an major league record with 36 strikeouts in his first three starts with a new team, surpassing Randy Johnson in 1999 with Arizona (34).
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April 14
1910 — William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the first ball at a baseball opener in Washington.
1910 — Chicago’s Frank Smith pitched a one-hitter in the season opener to give the White Sox a win over the St. Louis Browns.
1915 — In the opening game at Philadelphia, left-hander Herb Pennock of the A’s blanked the Red Sox 5-0. He gave up only one hit — a scratch single by Harry Hooper with two outs in the ninth.
1917 — Ed Cicotte of the Chicago White Sox pitched an 11-0 no-hitter over the St. Louis Browns.
1925 — The Cleveland Indians opened the season with a 21-14 victory over the St. Louis Browns, the most runs scored by one club on opening day. The Indians scored 12 runs in the eighth inning when the Browns made five errors. Browns first baseman George Sisler had four errors in the game.
1925 — In the first regular-season Chicago Cubs game to be broadcast on the radio, Quin Ryan announces the contest from the grandstand roof for WGN.
1931 — Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Robins becomes the oldest pitcher to start an Opening Day game at 47 years old.
1961 — The “new” Washington Senators franchise wins its first game, defeating the Cleveland Indians, 3-2.
1964 — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his ninth complete game without allowing a walk.
1967 — Boston rookie Bill Rohr lost a no-hit bid in his first major league start when Elston Howard singled in the ninth inning for the New York Yankees’ only hit in a 3-0 loss to the Red Sox.
1969 — The first major league game outside the United States was played in Montreal’s Jarry Park with the Expos defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7.
1976 — In the 6th inning of today’s 6-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs, Mets’ Dave Kingman hits what will become widely regarded as the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley Field, estimated at 600 feet.
1991 — Nolan Ryan becomes the 12th pitcher in major league history to surpass 5,000 innings pitched.
1999 — John Franco struck out the side in the ninth inning of the New York Met’s 4-1 win over the Florida Marlins, becoming only the second pitcher to reach 400 career saves. The only reliever with more saves than Franco is Lee Smith, who retired with 478.
2004 — A day after Yankees teammate Mike Mussina earned his 200th career victory, Kevin Brown reaches the same plateau.
2005 — Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield got into a brief scuffle with a fan along the right-field fence at Fenway Park during New York’s game against the Boston Red Sox.
2010 — Jorge Cantu homered, making him the first player in major league history to have at least one hit and one RBI in each of his team’s first nine games, and the Florida Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3.
2014 — Neil Walker and Gaby Sanchez hit back-to-back homers twice, and the Pirates and Reds combined for 10 homers in only six innings before rain forced a suspension. Pittsburgh had three sets of back-to-back homers, only the third time that’s happened in major league history. The NL Central rivals completed the game the next day. Andrew McCutchen doubled and came around on Russell Martin’s single in the seventh inning, giving the Pirates an 8-7 win.
2016 — Bryce Harper makes the 100th home run of his career his first-ever grand slam.
2017 — The Braves open their new ballpark, SunTrust Park, with a 5 – 2 win over the Padres before a sellout crowd of 41,149.
2021 — Carlos Rodon of the White Sox throws the second no-hitter of the season, blanking the Indians, 8-0.
April 15
1909 — Leon Ames of the New York Giants pitched a no-hitter for 9 1-3 innings on opening day, but lost 3-0 to Brooklyn in 13 innings.
1915 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning 2-0.
1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game, for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a 5-3 victory over the Boston Braves in Brooklyn. He was the first black to appear in the majors since 1884.
1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.
1958 — Major league baseball came to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers played the first game on the Pacific Coast. Playing in Seals Stadium in San Francisco, Ruben Gomez blanked Los Angeles 8-0.
1968 — Houston and the New York Mets played 24 innings in a night game in the Astrodome before the Astros won 1-0. The game lasted more than six hours.
1976 — New York opened the refurbished Yankee Stadium with an 11-4 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
1977 — Hank Aaron becomes the first player to have his uniform number retired by two teams. The Atlanta Braves retire his No. 44 during a pre-game ceremony. The Milwaukee Brewers had previously retired Aaron’s number.
1987 — Juan Nieves threw the first no-hitter in Brewers history as Milwaukee beat Baltimore 7-0.
1993 — Sparky Anderson earned his 2,000th victory as a manager as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2.
1993 — Andre Dawson became the 25th player to hit 400 home runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3.
1997 — The 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking the color barrier in major league baseball is celebrated before 54,047 at Shea Stadium during a game between the NY Mets and the LA Dodgers.
1998 — The first-ever AL-NL doubleheader is held in New York’s Shea Stadium as the New York Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 and the New York Mets edge the Chicago Cubs 2-1. The Yankees draw a crowd of 40,743, a dramatic contrast to the gathering of 16,012 who show up for the Mets game at night.
2000 — Cal Ripken became the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lined a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. He reached the milestone with his third hit in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins and became the seventh player in major league history to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.
2004 — Fifty-seven years after the historic event, major league baseball begins the tradition of Jackie Robinson Day, an annual celebration marking the day the color line was broken.
2006 — Eric Chavez, Frank Thomas, and Milton Bradley all homered on consecutive pitches in Oakland’s 5-4 victory over Texas.
2008 — Jose Lopez became the 12th player in major league history to hit three sacrifice flies in a game, and the Seattle Mariners tied the team record for five sac flies in an 11-6 victory over Kansas City.
2009 — Every player in Major League Baseball wears number 42 today on Jackie Robinson Day, in honor of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line.
2009 — Ian Kinsler of Texas became the fourth player in team history to hit for the cycle, and was 6-for-6 in Texas’ 19-6 win over Baltimore.
2010 — Florida’s Jorge Cantu extended his major league season-opening record to 10 games with a hit in a 10-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
2011 — Texas tied an AL record by turning six double plays and the Rangers picked up where they left off last October, beating the New York Yankees 5-3. This was the 15th time an AL team made six DPs in a game. The major league mark for double plays in a game is seven by San Francisco in 1969.
2011 — Brennan Boesch hit a go-ahead two-run double with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and Detroit rallied to beat Oakland 8-4 for manager Jim Leyland’s 1,500th career win. Leyland became the 19th major league manager to reach 1,500 wins, doing so on his first attempt.
2012 — Vin Scully is back in the broadcast booth for a record 63rd season after missing a week with a bad cold.
2022 — Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated across North America on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in Major League Baseball.
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April 16
1929 — Cleveland’s Earl Averill became the first American League player to hit a home run in his first major league plate appearance. The Indians won the game 5-4 in 11 innings on Carl Lind’s double.
1935 — Babe Ruth, 40, made a sensational National League debut in Boston. His single and homer off Carl Hubbell led the Braves over the Giants 4-2.
1940 — Bob Feller of Cleveland defeated the Chicago White Sox 1-0 in the only opening day no-hitter in major league history.
1948 — WGN-TV televised a baseball game for the first time. It was an exhibition game at Wrigley Field with Jack Brickhouse doing the play-by-play. The White Sox defeated the Cubs 4-1.
1961 — Beginning his historic chase of Babe Ruth’s 60 home run season-record, Roger Maris connects for his first homer in the twelfth game of the season for the Yankees.
1972 — Burt Hooton of the Cubs no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 at Wrigley Field.
1978 — Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. Less than a year later, Bob’s brother Ken of the Houston Astros pitched a no-hitter against Atlanta. They are the only brothers to throw no-hitters.
1983 — LA Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey appears in his 1,118th straight National League game, breaking the mark held by Billy Williams.
1984 — Dave Kingman of the Oakland A’s hit three home runs, including a grand slam, in his first three at-bats. In total, he drove in eight runs in a 9-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
1989 — Kelly Gruber becomes the first player in Toronto Blue Jays history to hit for the cycle in a 15-8 victory against the Kansas City Royals.
1997 — The Chicago Cubs set the mark for worst start in National League history, making three more errors as they extended their losing streak to 12 with a 4-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Chicago broke the modern NL record of 0-10 set by Atlanta in 1988 and the overall NL record of 0-11 by the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.
2005 — Toronto’s Reed Johnson was hit by a major league record-tying three pitches — two with the bases loaded — in the Blue Jays’ 8-0 victory over Texas.
2006 — Albert Pujols hit three home runs, including a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, to give St. Louis an 8-7 win over Cincinnati.
2007 — The Cleveland Indians became the first team in nearly 55 years to win a game with their only hit coming in their first at-bat. Grady Sizemore led off Cleveland’s 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox with a double.
2009 — Ichiro Suzuki makes history as collects the 3,086th hit of his pro career, breaking the Japanese record held for decades by Isao Harimoto.
2009 — Grady Sizemore hit a grand slam and Cleveland ruined the first game at the new Yankee Stadium by beating New York 10-2.
2014 — Masahiro Tanaka and Michael Pineda pitched the New York Yankees to a 3-0, 2-0 sweep of the Chicago Cubs in a chilly day-night-doubleheader. The Yankees had not won by shutout twice in one day since April 9, 1987, against Kansas City. No team in the major leagues had done it since Minnesota swept Oakland on June 26, 1988.
2015 — Giancarlo Stanton becomes the Marlins all-time leading home run hitter when he slugs #155 for his career.
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April 17
1932 — New York first baseman Bill Terry tied an NL record with 21 putouts as the Giants beat Boston 5-0 behind Hal Schumacher’s two-hitter.
1951 — In his first major league game, Mickey Mantle went 1-for-4 in the New York Yankees’ 5-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
1953 — Mickey Mantle cleared the bleachers at Griffith Stadium with a 565-foot home run off Chuck Stobbs. The shot came in the fifth inning of a 7-3 win over the Senators.
1964 — The New York Mets lost their first game at Shea Stadium, falling 4-3 to the Pirates. Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell hit the first homer at Shea.
1969 — Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitched a 7-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th game of the Expos’ existence.
1976 — Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hit four consecutive home runs and a single in an 18-16, 10-inning victory over the Cubs in Wrigley Field. Hitting .167 going into the game, he connected twice off Rick Reuschel, once off Rick’s brother, Paul, and once off Darold Knowles. He drove in eight runs.
1983 — Nolan Ryan strikes out seven Expos in a 6-3 Houston victory to become only the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,500 career strikeouts.
2000 — Major League Baseball owners vote to approve the $96 million sale of the Kansas City Royals to team chairman David Glass.
2001 — Barry Bonds became the 17th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. Bonds’ two-run, eighth-inning drive off Terry Adams went into San Francisco Bay to lead the Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.
2008 — Troy Tulowitzki’s RBI double with two outs in the 22nd inning scored Willy Taveras and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the longest game in the majors in nearly 15 years, a 6-hour, 16-minute marathon.
2008 — Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann hit consecutive home runs in a span of 12 pitches in the fifth inning off Florida’s Ricky Nolasco in Atlanta’s 8-0 win.
2009 — Jason Kubel completed the ninth cycle in Twins history with a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning that helped Minnesota to an 11-9 victory over the Angels.
2010 — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in the Colorado Rockies’ 18-year history, dominating the Atlanta Braves in a 4-0 victory. Jimenez (3-0) walked six — all in the first five innings. He was helped by Dexter Fowler’s diving backhanded catch in left-center field in the seventh inning.
2010 — Jose Reyes hit a sacrifice fly in the 20th inning and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in the longest game in the majors in two years. Jeff Francoeur also had a sacrifice fly for New York in the 19th inning, snapping a scoreless tie, but Yadier Molina singled in Albert Pujols with two out in the bottom half. St. Louis left the bases loaded in the 10th, 12th and 14th and stranded 22 runners, including 14 in extra innings.
2012 — Jamie Moyer, 49, became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. He threw seven masterful innings and Dexter Fowler hit a two-run homer, helping the Colorado Rockies hold on for a 5-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Moyer’s 268th win tied him with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for 34th on the career list.
2014 — Major League Baseball suspended Seattle Mariners first baseman Ji-Man Choi 50 games following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
April 12
1939 — Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Chicago Black Hawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for a 3-1 series win; only team to win Cup with losing regular season record.
1941 — The Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 to cap a four-game sweep in the Stanley Cup finals.
1942 — Byron Nelson wins his second Masters, edging Ben Hogan by one stroke.
1945 — Toronto rookie goalie Frank McCool set a playoff record with his third consecutive shutout, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
1953 — Ben Hogan takes his second Masters with a five-stroke victory over Porky Oliver.
1954 — Sam Snead edges Ben Hogan by one stroke in a playoff round to win his third Masters.
1954 — 8th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3.
1958 — St. Louis’ Bob Pettit scores a record 50 points as the Hawks beat the Boston Celtics in six games for the NBA title. Pettit hit 19 shots from the field and 12 from the free-throw line in the Hawks 110-109 win.
1960 — Maurice Richard scored his NHL-record 82nd, and final, playoff goal in the Montreal Canadiens’ 5-2 victory against the Maple Leafs in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Richard retired before the 1960-61 season.
1964 — Arnold Palmer wins the Masters for the fourth time and comes within the course record by two strokes with a 274.
1980 — U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow Olympic games.
1981 — Tom Watson wins his second Masters with a two-stroke victory over Jack Nicklaus.
1987 — Larry Mize hits a 48-foot chip shot to defeat Greg Norman on the second hole of sudden death at the Masters.
1987 — Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55).
1988 — Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles.
1992 — Fred Couples wins the Masters by two strokes to end a string of four consecutive British victories. Couples beats Ray Floyd, who was attempting to become the oldest player to win a major at age 49.
1993 — American Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec).
1997 — Allen Iverson scores a career-high 50 points, for his fourth straight game with at least 40, as Philadelphia loses to Cleveland 125-118. Iverson breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s rookie record of three consecutive 40-point games, set during the 1959-60 season.
1998 — Mark O’Meara wins the Masters with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole. O’Meara becomes the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1960 to win by closing with two consecutive birdies.
2005 — Smithtown (N.Y.) High School’s co-ed badminton team defeats Miller Place (N.Y.) High School 10-5 to end Miller Place’s 504-match win streak, the longest sports winning streak in U.S. history. For Miller Place, it is the first loss in the program’s history, which began in 1973.
2009 — In Hameenlinna, Finland, the United States wins its second straight women’s World Hockey Championship title, beating Canada 4-1 behind defenseman Caitlin Cahow’s two goals.
2009 — 73rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ángel Cabrera wins his 2nd major title in a playoff with Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry; Cabrera, first Masters champion.
2015 — Jordan Spieth romps to his first major championship with a record-tying performance at the Masters, shooting an 18-under 270 to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the green jacket since 1976. Spieth is the first Masters champion to lead after every round since Raymond Floyd 39 years ago.
April 15
1901 — Boston Marathon won for second straight year by Canadian Jim Caffrey.
1907 — Boston Marathon won by Canadian Tom Longboat.
1927 — Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits MLB record 60 HRs is a season.
1937 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 3-0 to take the Stanley Cup in the fifth and final game.
1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball.
1952 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings holds the Canadiens to two goals in the four-game sweep.
1958 — 1st baseball game in California, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0.
1979 — 43rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Fuzzy Zoeller wins his only Masters with a birdie on the 2nd hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson.
1984 — Ben Crenshaw wins the Masters by two strokes over Tom Watson.
1985 — Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight title by stopping Tommas Hearns in the third round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which many consider the most electrifying three rounds in boxing history.
1990 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes.
1991 — Magic Johnson sets an NBA record for career assists in a 112-106 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Johnson, who needed nine assists to break Oscar Robertson’s record of 9,887, gets 19.
1993 — Sparky Anderson earns his 2,000th victory as a manager as the Detroit Tigers rally to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2.
1993 — Andre Dawson becomes the 25th player to hit 400 home runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3.
1997 — Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams.
1998 — The first-ever AL-NL doubleheader is held in New York’s Shea Stadium. The New York Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 and the New York Mets edge the Chicago Cubs 2-1.
2000 — Cal Ripken becomes the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lines a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. He reaches the milestone with his third hit in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins and becomes the seventh player in major league history to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.
2000 — NFL Draft: Penn State defensive end Courtney Brown first pick by Cleveland Browns.
2005 — Top-ranked Roger Federer’s 25-match winning streak ends when French teenager Richard Gasquet saves three match points before capturing a third-set tiebreaker at the Monte Carlo Masters. Federer’s 35-1 record this year is the best start on the men’s tour since John McEnroe was 39-0 in 1984.
2005 — Two-time Olympic champion Steven Lopez of the United States wins his third world taekwondo title, capturing the welterweight gold medal with a 3-2 victory over Ali Tajik of Iran.
2018 — Victor Oladipo scores 32 points and the Indiana Pacers hold off Cleveland’s second-half rally for a stunning 98-80 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference series, handing LeBron James and the Cavaliers’ their first loss in the opening round in eight years.
2019 — LA Clippers overcome an NBA record 31-point deficit to score an improbable 135-131 Game 2 playoff victory over the Golden State Warriors.
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April 16
1939 — Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; first best-of-7 SC Final series.
1940 — Bob Feller of Cleveland defeats the White Sox 1-0 in Chicago in the only opening day no-hitter in the major leagues.
1949 — The Toronto Maple Leafs win 3-1 to sweep the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year in the Stanley Cup Finals.
1953 — Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 for a 4-1 series win.
1954 — The Detroit Red Wings edge the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in the seventh game to win the Stanley Cup.
1957 — The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 to take the Stanley Cup in five games.
1958 — Arnold Palmer edges Doug Ford by one stroke to capture the Masters.
1961 — The Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in six games with a 5-1 triumph over the Detroit Red Wings.
1978 — Cardinals’ Bob Forsch no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0, in St. Louis.
1980 — Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1983 — Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games.
1987 — Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores 61 points in a 117-114 loss to the Atlanta Hawks and becomes the second player to surpass the 3,000-point mark in a season.
1989 — Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.
1990 — Gelindo Bordin becomes the first Olympic men’s champion to win the Boston Marathon. The Italian finishes in 2:08:19. Rosa Mota of Portugal wins the woman’s division in 2:25:24.
1991 — The St. Louis Blues become the eighth team in NHL playoff history to come back from a 3-1 deficit, beating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in the seventh game.
1995 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Raymond Floyd wins by 5 strokes.
2000 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Doug Tewell wins first of 2 Champions Tour major titles.
2001 — Lee Bong-ju of South Korea wins the Boston Marathon, ending a 10-year victory streak for Kenyan men. Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba wins the women’s race.
2003 — The Anaheim Mighty Ducks beat the Detroit Red Wings in a 3-2 overtime victory, making the Red Wings the first defending Stanley Cup winner in 51 years to be swept the following season in a four-game opening series.
2003 — Washington Wizards’ Michael Jordan plays his final NBA game.
2008 — Jason Kidd gets the 100th triple-double of his career with 27 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in Dallas’ 111-98 victory over New Orleans.
2013 — Two bombs explode in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 270 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs. Earlier in the day, Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia wins the 117th edition of the marathon and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya takes the women’s race.
2018 — Desiree Linden runs through icy rain and a near-gale headwind to win the Boston Marathon, the first victory for an American woman since 1985.
2019 — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history with a 4-year $140m extension.
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April 17
1939 — Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper at 2:20 of the first round in Los Angeles to retain the world heavyweight title.
1947 — Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit.
1951 — NY Yankee Mickey Mantle’s 1st game.
1967 — Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats American Emile Griffith in a 15 round points decision to win world middleweight crown.
1976 — Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive home runs and drives in eight runs as the Philadelphia Phillies overcome a 13-2 deficit to beat the Cubs 18-16 in 10 innings at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
1976 — Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her second WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Chris Evert.
1982 — The Denver Nuggets’ Alex English, Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe each average 20 points a game, the first front court to do so since Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan and Clyde Lovellette of St. Louis in 1961.
1983 — Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
1994 — Carl Lewis and his Santa Monica Track Club teammates rewrite their world record in the 800-meter relay at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays. Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Floyd Heard are timed at 1:18.68, breaking the record of 1:19.11 they had set on April 25, 1992.
1995 — Wayne Gretzky reaches 2,500 career points when he sets up a power-play goal by Rob Blake in Los Angeles’ 5-2 loss to Calgary.
1997 — The New Jersey Devils’ Martin Brodeur becomes the second NHL goalie to score in the playoffs. Brodeur’s empty net goal caps a three-goal third period that gives the Devils a 5-2 win and a 1-0 lead in a first-round series against Montreal.
1999 — Quarterbacks go 1-2-3 in the NFL Draft as Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb and Akili Smith go to Cleveland, Philadelphia and Cincinnati — the first quarterback trifecta since 1971.
2001 — Barry Bonds becomes the 17th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. Bonds’ two-run, eighth-inning drive off Terry Adams leads the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.
2006 — Sidney Crosby, scores three assists in Pittsburgh’s 6-1 win over the New York Islanders to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season. The 18-year-old becomes the seventh NHL rookie to reach the 100-point mark.
2010 — Ubaldo Jimenez pitches the first no-hitter in the Colorado Rockies’ 18-year history, dominating the Atlanta Braves in a 4-0 victory.
2011 — Jimmie Johnson wins the Aaron’s 499, edging Clint Bowyer by about a foot. The official margin of 0.002 seconds, ties for the closest finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.
2018 — Brayden McNabb scores against his former team in the second period, lifting Vegas to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings that makes the Golden Knights the first expansion team in NHL history to sweep its first playoff series. Marc-Andre Fleury turns in another stellar performance, stopping 31 shots as the Knights finish off their fourth one-goal victory of the series.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Detroit at Minnesota | 2:10pm | FanDuel Sports DET Twins.TV |
| Philadelphia at St. Louis | 2:15pm | FanDuel Sports MW NBCS-PHI |
| San Francisco at NY Yankees | 3:05pm | FS1 NBCS-BAY YES |
| NY Mets at Athletics | 4:05pm | SNY NBCS-CA |
| Toronto at Baltimore | 4:05pm | Sportsnet MASN |
| Atlanta at Tampa Bay | 4:10pm | FanDuel Sports South FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Boston at Chi. White Sox | 4:10pm | NESN CHSN |
| Washington at Miami | 4:10pm | MASN2 FanDuel Sports FL |
| Kansas City at Cleveland | 6:10pm | CleGuardians.TV FanDuel Sports KC |
| Pittsburgh at Cincinnati | 6:40pm | Apple TV+ FanDuel Sports Ohio ATTSN-PIT |
| LA Angels at Houston | 7:10pm | FanDuel Sports West SCHN |
| Milwaukee at Arizona | 8:10pm | FanDuel Sports WI DBacks.TV |
| Colorado at San Diego | 8:40pm | Rockies.TV Padres.TV |
| Chi. Cubs at LA DOdgers | 9:10pm | SNLA MARQ |
| Texas at Seattle | 9:40pm | RSN ROOT |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets | 12:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| New York Islanders vs Philadelphia Flyers | 12:30pm | ESPN+ MSG NBCS-PHI |
| New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes | 3:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings | 4:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Wes ALT |
| Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers | 6:00pm | ESPN+ Scripps MSG-BUF |
| Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs | 7:00pm | ESPN+ Sportsnet |
| Winnipeg Jets vs Chicago Blackhawks | 7:00pm | NHLN CHSN Sportsnet |
| Utah Hockey Club vs Dallas Stars | 8:00pm | ESPN+ Utah16 Victory+ |
| Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks | 10:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports North Sportsnet |
| Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights | 10:00pm | ESPN+ Scripps FanDuel Sports South |
| St. Louis Blues vs Seattle Kraken | 10:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports MW KONG |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| Houston at Memphis | 2:30pm | ESPN |
| COLLEGE HOCKEY | TIME ET | TV |
| NCAA Championship | 7:30pm | ESPN2 |
| COLLEGE BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Texas at Kentucky | 12:00pm | SECN |
| Wake Forest at North Carolina | 1:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Missouri at Florida | 5:00pm | SECN |
| Stanford at Clemson | 6:00pm | ACCN |
| COLLEGE LACROSSE | TIME ET | TV |
| North Carolina at Duke | 4:00pm | ACCN |
| Virginia at Notre Dame | 5:00pm | ESPNU |
| COLLEGE SOFTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| LSU at Texas A&M | 3:00pm | SECN |
| Oklahoma at Alabama | 4:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Tennessee at Texas | 6:00pm | ESPN |
| South Carolina at Arkansas | 8:00pm | SECN |
| Washington at UCLA | 9:00pm | FS1 |
| Syracuse at Georgia Tech | 6:00pm | ACCN |
| Texas at Missouri | 6:00pm | SECN |
| Alabama at LSU | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| AMA Monster Energy Supercross Championship | 3:00pm | NBC |
| Xfinity: SciAps 300 | 5:00pm | CW |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| The Masters | 2:00pm | CBS |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Manchester City vs Crystal Palace | 7:30am | USA Peacock |
| La Liga: Real Sociedad vs Mallorca | 8:00am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Venezia vs Monza | 9:00am | Paramount+ |
| Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Borussia M’gladbach vs Freiburg | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Bochum vs Augsburg | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Holstein Kiel vs St. Pauli | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| EPL: Nottingham Forest vs Everton | 10:00am | USA Peacock |
| EPL: Southampton vs Aston Villa | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City | 10:00am | Peacock |
| La Liga: Getafe vs Las Palmas | 10:15am | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Monaco vs Olympique Marseille | 11:00am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Cagliari | 12:00pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| EPL: Arsenal vs Brentford | 12:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| La Liga: Celta de Vigo vs Espanyol | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Toulouse vs Lille | 1:00pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| MLS: Toronto FC vs Minnesota United | 2:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Atlanta United vs New England | 2:45pm | FOX MLS Season Pass |
| Serie A: Juventus vs Lecce | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Leganés vs Barcelona | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Strasbourg vs Nice | 3:05pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| MLS: Orlando City SC vs New York RB | 4:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: Pumas UNAM vs Juárez | 7:00pm | FS2 fuboTV |
| Liga MX: León vs Puebla | 7:00pm | VIX |
| MLS: DC United vs Cincinnati | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: New York City vs Philadelphia Union | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Austin | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: CF Montréal vs Charlotte | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Dallas vs Seattle Sounders FC | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Nashville SC vs Real Salt Lake | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL vs Monterrey | 9:00pm | fuboTV |
| Liga MX: Atlas vs Toluca | 9:05pm | VIX |
| MLS: Colorado Rapids vs San Diego | 9:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Los Angeles FC vs SJ Earthquakes | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: América vs Cruz Azul | 11:10pm | VIX |
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Toronto at Baltimore | 1:35pm | Sportsnet MASN |
| San Francisco at NY Yankees | 1:35pm | NBCS-BAY YES |
| Kansas City at Cleveland | 1:40pm | CleGuardians.TV FanDuel Sports KC |
| Pittsburgh at Cincinnati | 1:40pm | FanDuel Sports Ohio ATTSN-PIT |
| Atlanta at Tampa Bay | 1:40pm | FanDuel Sports South FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Washington at Miami | 1:40pm | MASN2 FanDuel Sports FL |
| LA Angels at Houston | 2:10pm | FanDuel Sports West SCHN |
| Detroit at Minnesota | 2:10pm | FanDuel Sports DET Twins.TV |
| Boston at Chi. White Sox | 2:10pm | NESN CHSN |
| Philadelphia at St. Louis | 2:15pm | FanDuel Sports MW NBCS-PHI |
| NY Mets at Athletics | 4:05pm | SNY NBCS-CA |
| Milwaukee at Arizona | 4:10pm | FanDuel Sports WI DBacks.TV |
| Colorado at San Diego | 4:10pm | Rockies.TV Padres.TV |
| Texas at Seattle | 4:10pm | RSN ROOT |
| Chi. Cubs at LA Dodgers | 7:10pm | ESPN |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Chicago Bulls vs Philadelphia 76ers | 1:00pm | CHSN NBCS-PHI |
| Detroit Pistons vs Milwaukee Bucks | 1:00pm | FanDuel Sports WI FanDuel Sports DET |
| Washington Wizards vs Miami Heat | 1:00pm | MNMT FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks | 1:00pm | FanDuel Sports FL FanDuel Sports ATL |
| Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 1:00pm | FanDuel Sports IND FanDuel Sports Ohio |
| New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets | 1:00pm | MSG YES |
| Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics | 1:00pm | FanDuel Sports CHA NBCS-BOS |
| Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets | 3:30pm | ALT SCHN |
| Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers | 3:30pm | Rip City Spectrum |
| Los Angeles Clippers vs Golden State Warriors | 3:30pm | NBCS-BAY FanDuel Sports SoCal |
| Oklahoma City Thunder vs New Orleans Pelicans | 3:30pm | GCSN FanDuel Sports OKC |
| Dallas Mavericks vs Memphis Grizzlies | 3:30pm | KFAA FanDuel Sports MEM |
| Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves | 3:30pm | FanDuel Sports North KJZZ |
| Toronto Raptors vs San Antonio | 3:30pm | Sportsnet FanDuel Sports SW |
| Phoenix Suns vs Sacramento Kings | 3:30pm | AFSN NBCS-CA |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils | 1:00pm | TNT MAX |
| Philadelphia Flyers vs Ottawa Senators | 1:00pm | ESPN+ NBCS-PHI Sportsnet |
| Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins | 3:30pm | TNT MAX |
| Toronto Maple Leafs vs Carolina Hurricanes | 5:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports South Sportsnet |
| Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning | 6:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Sun MSG-BUF |
| Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals | 6:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Ohio MNMT |
| Edmonton Oilers vs Winnipeg Jets | 7:00pm | ESPN+ Sportsnet |
| San Jose Sharks vs Calgary Flames | 8:00pm | ESPN+ NBCS-CA Sportsnet |
| Colorado Avalanche vs Anaheim Ducks | 10:00pm | ESPN |
| NCAA BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Texas at Kentucky | 12:00pm | SECN |
| Evansville vs. Illinois St. | 2:30pm | ESPNU |
| Stanford at Clemson | 3:00pm | ACCN |
| Tennessee at Mississippi | 3:00pm | SECN |
| NCAA SOFTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Georgia Tech at North Carolina | 1:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Syracuse at Virginia | 1:00pm | ACCN |
| Notre Dame at Virginia Tech | 6:00pm | ACCN |
| Oklahoma at Alabama | 6:00pm | SECN |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix | 11:00am | ESPN |
| NASCAR Cup: Food City 500 | 3:00pm | FS1 |
| IndyCar: Grand Prix of Long Beach | 4:30pm | FOX |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| San Antonio at Michigan | 12:00pm | ABC |
| D.C. at St. Louis | 3:00pm | ABC |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| The Masters | 2:00pm | CBS |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Atalanta vs Bologna | 6:30am | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Osasuna vs Girona | 8:00am | ESPN+ |
| EPL: Liverpool vs West Ham United | 9:00am | USA Peacock |
| EPL: Chelsea vs Ipswich Town | 9:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur | 9:00am | Peacock |
| Serie A: Hellas Verona vs Genoa | 9:00am | Paramount+ |
| Serie A: Fiorentina vs Parma | 9:00am | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Saint-Étienne vs Brest | 9:00am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Bundesliga: Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Deportivo Alavés vs Real Madrid | 10:15am | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Angers SCO vs Montpellier | 11:15am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Ligue 1: Le Havre vs Rennes | 11:15am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| EPL: Newcastle United vs Manchester United | 11:30am | USA Peacock |
| Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Heidenheim | 11:30am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Como vs Torino | 12:00pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Real Betis vs Villarreal | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Valencia vs Mallorca | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| MLS: Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers | 2:15pm | FOX MLS Season Pass |
| Serie A: Lazio vs Roma | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Auxerre vs Olympique Lyonnais | 2:45pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| La Liga: Athletic Club vs Rayo Vallecano | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| MLS: Chicago Fire vs Inter Miami | 4:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: St. Louis City vs Columbus Crew | 7:00pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: Saint-Étienne vs Brest | 7:00pm | VIX |