“THE SCOREBOARD”
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
FISHERS 12 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 3
VALPARAISO 5 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 4
LAFAYETTE JEFF 10 MUNCIE CENTRAL 0
LAFAYETTE JEFF 10 MUNCIE CENTRAL 0
FRANKLIN COUNTY 3 UNION COUNTY 2
FRANKLIN COUNTY 12 UNION COUNTY 2
HANOVER CENTRAL 19 MOORESVILLE 8
ZIONSVILLE 7 FRANKLIN 5
ANDREAN 17 GUERIN CATHOLIC 8
CONNERSVILLE 5 SILVER CREEK 3
HANOVER CENTRAL 5 CATHEDRAL 1
VALPARAISO 10 FRANKLIN 7
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
CONNERSVILLE 16 S. DEARBORN 0
LAKE CENTRAL 11 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 9
FRANKLIN COUNTY 12 UNION COUNTY 2
FRANKLIN COUNTY 18 UNION COUNTY 7
CONNERSVILLE 21 S. DEARBORN 2
FISHERS 16 LOWELL 1
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 19 EDWARDSBERG 5
FISHERS 3 LOGANSPORT 2
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
NORTH CENTRAL 2 GUERIN CATHOLIC 0
MADISON 2 TRI-WEST 0
ZIONSVILLE 2 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 1
GREENWOOD 2 WARREN CENTRAL 0
CATHEDRAL 2 CENTER GROVE 0
NOBLESVILLE 2 WARSAW 0
NEW PALESTINE 2 LAWRENCE NORTH 0
RONCALLI 2 WESTFIELD 0
CATHEDRAL 2 N. CENTRAL 0
LAWRENCE NORTH 2 MARTINSVILLE 0
CENTER GROVE 2 HARRISON 1
LAFAYETTE JEFF 2 WARSAW 0
MUNSTER 2 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 1
MONROVIA 3 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 0
BISHOP CHATARD 3 BROWNSBURG 0
NORTH CENTRAL 2 HARRISON 0
CATHEDRAL 2 GUERIN CATHOLIC 0
MADISON 2 WARREN CENTRAL 0
RONCALLI 2 FRANKLIN 0
GREENWOOD 2 TRI-WEST 0
BOONE GROVE 2 LAFAYETTE JEFF 1
IRVINGTON PREP 3 KIPP LEGACY 0
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 3 CARMEL 2
NOBLESVILLE 2 AVON 0
CATHEDRAL 2 HARRISON 0
LAWRENCE NORTH 2 COLUMBUS EAST 0
ZIONSVILLE 2 LAFAYETTE JEFF 0
HARRISON 2 GUERIN CATHOLIC 0
NOBLESVILLE 2 MUNSTER 0
WESTFIELD 2 FRANKLIN 0
CENTER GROVE 2 N. CENTRAL 0
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 2 KOKOMO 0
IRVINGTON PREP 3 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 0
CENTRAL INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL LAX
BLOOMINGTON NORTH 16 COLUMBUS NORTH 1
BROWNSBURG 19 EVANSVILLE NORTH 2
PERRY MERIDIAN 26 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 0
CROWN POINT 11 CENTER GROVE 8
GUERIN CATHOLIC 26 RONCALLI 5
BROWNSBURG 21 CASTLE 2
FORT WAYNE CARROLL 7 AVON 6
NOBLESVILLE 18 FORT WAYNE CARROLL 2
CENTRAL INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL LAX
BISHOP CHATARD 19 PENN 4
OLENTANGY LIBERTY 6
INDIANA COLLEGE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
NOTRE DAME 11 STANFORD 0
BUTLER 14 GEORGETOWN 10
MARYLAND 17 INDIANA 4
PENN STATE 13 PURDUE 6
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 10 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 4
BALL STATE 16 BOWLING GREEN 12
MURRAY STATE 5 VALPARAISO 1
EVANSVILLE 11 INDIANA STATE 10 (11)
INDIANA COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD
NOTRE DAME 6 DUKE 5
NEBRASKA 12 INDIANA 4
PURDUE 7 ILLINOIS 3
PURDUE FORT WAYNE 5 ROBERT MORRIS 2
BELLMONT 2 VALPARAISO 1
BRADLEY 3 INDIANA STATE 0
MURRAY STATE 4 EVANSVILLE 3
INDIANA COLLEGE MEN’S LAX
NOTRE DAME 12 NORTH CAROLINA 6
INDIANA COLLEGE WOMEN’S LAX
DENVER 21 BUTLER 3
NBA PLAYOFF SCHEDULE/SCORES
SATURDAY
INDIANA 117 MILWAUKEE 98
DENVER 112 LA CLIPPERS 110 OT
NEW YORK 123 DETROIT 112
MINNESOTA 117 LA LAKERS 95
ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME
(1) CLEVELAND VS. (8) MIAMI
• GAME 1: MIAMI AT CAVALIERS (SUN. APRIL 20, 7 ET, TNT)
• GAME 2: MIAMI AT CAVALIERS (WED. APRIL 23, 7:30 ET, NBA TV)
• GAME 3: CAVALIERS AT MIAMI (SAT. APRIL 26, 1 ET, TNT)
• GAME 4: CAVALIERS AT MIAMI (MON. APRIL 28, TBD)
• GAME 5: MIAMI AT CAVALIERS (WED. APRIL 30, TBD)*
• GAME 6: CAVALIERS AT MIAMI (FRI. MAY 2, TBD)*
• GAME 7: MIAMI AT CAVALIERS (SUN. MAY 4, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(2) BOSTON VS. (7) ORLANDO
• GAME 1: MAGIC AT CELTICS (SUN. APRIL 20, 3:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 2: MAGIC AT CELTICS (WED. APRIL 23, 7 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: CELTICS AT MAGIC (FRI. APRIL 25, 7 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 4: CELTICS AT MAGIC (SUN. APRIL 27, 7 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: MAGIC AT CELTICS (TUE. APRIL 29, TBD)*
• GAME 6: CELTICS AT MAGIC (THU. MAY 1, TBD)*
• GAME 7: MAGIC AT CELTICS (SAT. MAY 3, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(3) NEW YORK VS. (6) DETROIT
• GAME 1: NEW YORK 123 DETROIT 112 (NEW YORK LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: PISTONS AT KNICKS (MON. APRIL 21, 7:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: KNICKS AT PISTONS (THU. APRIL 24, 7 ET, TNT)
• GAME 4: KNICKS AT PISTONS (SUN. APRIL 27, 1 ET, ABC)
• GAME 5: PISTONS AT KNICKS (TUE. APRIL 29, TBD)*
• GAME 6: KNICKS AT PISTONS (THU. MAY 1, TBD)*
• GAME 7: PISTONS AT KNICKS (SAT. MAY 3, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(4) INDIANA VS. (5) MILWAUKEE
• GAME 1: INDIANA 117 MILWAUKEE 98 (INDIANA LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: BUCKS AT PACERS (TUE. APRIL 22, 7 ET, NBA TV)
• GAME 3: PACERS AT BUCKS (FRI. APRIL 25, 8 ET, ESPNU/NBA TV)
• GAME 4: PACERS AT BUCKS (SUN. APRIL 27, 9:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: BUCKS AT PACERS (TUE. APRIL 29, TBD)*
• GAME 6: PACERS AT BUCKS (FRI. MAY 2, TBD)*
• GAME 7: BUCKS AT PACERS (SUN. MAY 4, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
WESTERN CONFERENCE
ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME
(1) OKLAHOMA CITY VS. (8) MEMPHIS
• GAME 1: MEMPHIS AT THUNDER (SUN. APRIL 20, 1 ET, ABC)
• GAME 2: MEMPHIS AT THUNDER (TUE. APRIL 22, 7:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: THUNDER AT MEMPHIS (THU. APRIL 24, 9:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 4: THUNDER AT MEMPHIS (SAT. APRIL 26, 3:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: MEMPHIS AT THUNDER (MON. APRIL 28, TBD)*
• GAME 6: THUNDER AT MEMPHIS (THU. MAY 1, TBD)*
• GAME 7: MEMPHIS AT THUNDER (SAT. MAY 3, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(2) HOUSTON VS. (7) GOLDEN STATE
• GAME 1: WARRIORS AT ROCKETS (SUN. APRIL 20, 9:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 2: WARRIORS AT ROCKETS (WED. APRIL 23, 9:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: ROCKETS AT WARRIORS (SAT. APRIL 26, 8:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 4: ROCKETS AT WARRIORS (MON. APRIL 28, 10 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: WARRIORS AT ROCKETS (WED. APRIL 30, TBD)*
• GAME 6: ROCKETS AT WARRIORS (FRI. MAY 2, TBD)*
• GAME 7: WARRIORS AT ROCKETS (SUN. MAY 4, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(3) LOS ANGELES LAKERS VS. (6) MINNESOTA
• GAME 1: MINNESOTA 117 LOS ANGELES 95 (MINNESOTA LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: TIMBERWOLVES AT LAKERS (TUE. APRIL 22, 10 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: LAKERS AT TIMBERWOLVES (FRI. APRIL 25, 9:30 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 4: LAKERS AT TIMBERWOLVES (SUN. APRIL 27, 3:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 5: TIMBERWOLVES AT LAKERS (WED. APRIL 30, TBD)*
• GAME 6: LAKERS AT TIMBERWOLVES (FRI. MAY 2, TBD)*
• GAME 7: TIMBERWOLVES AT LAKERS (SUN. MAY 4, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
(4) DENVER VS. (5) LA CLIPPERS
• GAME 1: DENVER 112 LOS ANGELES 110 (OT) (DENVER LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: CLIPPERS AT NUGGETS (MON. APRIL 21, 10 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: NUGGETS AT CLIPPERS (THU. APRIL 24, 10 ET, NBA TV)
• GAME 4: NUGGETS AT CLIPPERS (SAT. APRIL 26, 6 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: CLIPPERS AT NUGGETS (TUE. APRIL 29, TBD)*
• GAME 6: NUGGETS AT CLIPPERS (THU. MAY 1, TBD)*
• GAME 7: CLIPPERS AT NUGGETS (SAT. MAY 3, TBD)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0
> CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
THE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS WILL BEGIN MAY 5-6, BUT CAN MOVE UP TO MAY 3-4.
> CONFERENCE FINALS
THE CONFERENCE FINALS WILL BEGIN MAY 20-21, BUT CAN MOVE UP TO MAY 18-19.
MAY 20: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 1 ON ESPN, 8:30 P.M. ET (POSSIBLE SERIES MOVE UP TO MAY 18)
MAY 21: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 1 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET (POSSIBLE SERIES MOVE UP TO MAY 19)
MAY 22: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 2 ON ESPN, 8:30 P.M. ET
MAY 23: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 2 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET
MAY 24: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 3 ON ABC, 8:30 P.M. ET
MAY 25: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 3 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET
MAY 26: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 4 ON ESPN, 8:30 P.M. ET
MAY 27: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 4 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET
MAY 28: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 5 ON ESPN, 8:30 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
MAY 29: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 5 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
MAY 30: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 6 ON ESPN, 8:30 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
MAY 31: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 6 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
JUNE 1: WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 7 ON ESPN, 8 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
JUNE 2: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – GAME 7 ON TNT, 8 P.M. ET (IF NECESSARY)
> NBA FINALS
THE 2025 NBA FINALS WILL BEGIN JUNE 5, WITH ABC AS THE EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTER.
JUNE 5: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 1 ON ABC
JUNE 8: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 2 ON ABC
JUNE 11: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 3 ON ABC
JUNE 13: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 4 ON ABC
JUNE 16: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 5 ON ABC (IF NECESSARY)
JUNE 19: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 6 ON ABC (IF NECESSARY)
JUNE 22: NBA FINALS 2025 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV – GAME 7 ON ABC (IF NECESSARY)
NHL SCOREBOARD/SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
WINNIPEG 5 ST. LOUIS 3
COLORADO 5 DALLAS 1
EASTERN CONFERENCE
OTTAWA SENATORS (WC2) VS. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (1A)
GAME 1: SENATORS AT MAPLE LEAFS, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 7 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, ESPN2
GAME 2: SENATORS AT MAPLE LEAFS, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 7:30 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, ESPN2
GAME 3: MAPLE LEAFS AT SENATORS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 7 P.M. ET; SNE, SNO, SNP, CBC, TVAS, ESPN2
GAME 4: MAPLE LEAFS AT SENATORS, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 7 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS, TRUTV, MAX
GAME 5: SENATORS AT MAPLE LEAFS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, TBD *
GAME 6: MAPLE LEAFS AT SENATORS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, TBD *
GAME 7: SENATORS AT MAPLE LEAFS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
FLORIDA PANTHERS (3A) VS. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (2A)
GAME 1: PANTHERS AT LIGHTNING, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 8:30 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS2, FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS
GAME 2: PANTHERS AT LIGHTNING, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 6:30 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SN360, TVAS2, FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS
GAME 3: LIGHTNING AT PANTHERS, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX,, SN, TVAS, FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS
GAME 4: LIGHTNING AT PANTHERS, MONDAY, APRIL 28, TBD
GAME 5: PANTHERS AT LIGHTNING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, TBD *
GAME 6: LIGHTNING AT PANTHERS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, TBD *
GAME 7: PANTHERS AT LIGHTNING, SUNDAY, MAY 4, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
MONTREAL CANADIENS (WC2) VS. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (1M)
GAME 1: CANADIENS AT AT CAPITALS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 7 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, MNMT
GAME 2: CANADIENS AT CAPITALS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 7 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS, MNMT
GAME 3: CAPITALS AT CANADIENS, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 7 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, TRUTV, MAX, MNMT
GAME 4: CAPITALS AT CANADIENS, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 6:30 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS, TRUTV, MAX, MNMT
GAME 5: CANADIENS AT CAPITALS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, TBD *
GAME 6: CAPITALS AT CANADIENS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, TBD *
GAME 7: CANADIENS/AT CAPITALS, SUNDAY, MAY 4, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
NEW JERSEY DEVILS (3M) VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES (2M)
GAME 1: DEVILS AT HURRICANES, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 3 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN, SN360, TVAS, FDSNSO, MSGSN
GAME 2: DEVILS AT HURRICANES, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 6 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS2, FDSNSO, MSGSN
GAME 3: HURRICANES AT DEVILS, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 8 P.M. ET; TBS, MAX, SN360, TVAS2, FDSNSO, MSGSN
GAME 4: HURRICANES AT DEVILS, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 3:30 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SN, SN360, TVAS, FDSNSO, MSGSN
GAME 5: DEVILS AT HURRICANES, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, TBD *
GAME 6: HURRICANES AT DEVILS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, TBD *
GAME 7: DEVILS AT HURRICANES, SUNDAY, MAY 4, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
WESTERN CONFERENCE
ST. LOUIS BLUES (WC2) VS. WINNIPEG JETS (1C)
GAME 1: WINNIPEG 5 ST. LOUIS 3 (WINNIPEG LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: BLUES AT JETS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 7:30 P.M. ET; CBC, TVAS2, ESPN2, FDSNSW
GAME 3: JETS AT BLUES, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 9:30 P.M. ET; ESPN2, SN, CBC, TVAS, FDSNSW
GAME 4: JETS AT BLUES, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS, FDSNMW
GAME 5: BLUES AT JETS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, TBD *
GAME 6: JETS AT BLUES, FRIDAY, MAY 2, TBD *
GAME 7: BLUES AT JETS, SUNDAY, MAY 4, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
COLORADO AVALANCHE (3C) VS. DALLAS STARS (2C)
GAME 1: COLORADO 5 DALLAS 1 (COLORADO LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: AVALANCHE AT STARS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 9:30 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS-D, VICTORY+, ALT
GAME 3: STARS AT AVALANCHE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 9:30 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS2, VICTORY+, ALT
GAME 4: STARS AT AVALANCHE, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 9:30 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SN, TVAS, VICTORY+, ALT
GAME 5: AVALANCHE AT STARS, MONDAY, APRIL 28, TBD *
GAME 6: STARS AT AVALANCHE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, TBD *
GAME 7: AVALANCHE AT STARS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, TBD*
* IF NECESSARY
MINNESOTA WILD (WC1) VS. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1P)
GAME 1: WILD AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 10 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN, SN360, TVAS, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS
GAME 2: WILD AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 11 P.M. ET; ESPN, SN, SN360, TVAS, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS
GAME 3: GOLDEN KNIGHTS AT WILD, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 9 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SN360, TVAS2, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS
GAME 4: GOLDEN KNIGHTS AT WILD, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 4 P.M. ET; TBS, TRUTV, MAX, SNW, SNP, SN1, TVAS, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS
GAME 5: WILD AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, TBD *
GAME 6: GOLDEN KNIGHTS AT WILD, THURSDAY, MAY 1, TBD *
GAME 7: WILD AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
EDMONTON OILERS (3P) VS. LOS ANGELES KINGS (2P)
GAME 1: OILERS AT KINGS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 10 P.M. ET; ESPN2, SN, TVAS2, FDSNW
GAME 2: OILERS AT KINGS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 10 P.M. ET; TBS, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS, FDSNW
GAME 3: KINGS AT OILERS, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 10 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS2, TNT, TRUTV, MAX, FDSNW
GAME 4: KINGS AT OILERS, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 9:30 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS, TRUTV, MAX, FDSNW
GAME 5: OILERS AT KINGS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, TBD *
GAME 6: KINGS AT OILERS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, TBD *
GAME 7: OILERS AT KINGS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, TBD *
* IF NECESSARY
MLB SCOREBOARD
PHILADELPHIA 11 MIAMI 10
DETROIT 3 KANSAS CITY 1
CHICAGO CUBS 6 ARIZONA 2
SEATTLE 8 TORONTO 4 (12)
CLEVELAND 3 PITTSBURGH 0
NY METS 3 ST. LOUIS 0
BALTIMORE 9 CINCINNATI 5
TEXAS 4 LA DODGERS 3
TAMPA BAY 10 NY YANKEES 8 (10)
WASHINGTON 12 COLORADO 11
BOSTON 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 (10)
LAS VEGAS 3 MILWAUKEE 1
HOUSTON 3 SAN DIEGO 2
ATLANTA 4 MINNESOTA 3
SAN FRANCISCO 3 LA ANGELS 2
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
INDIANAPOLIS 6 TOLEDO 2
WEST MICHIGAN 10 SOUTH BEND 9 (10)
LAKE COUNTY 11 FT. WAYNE 3
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD
AUSTIN 1 LA GALAXY 0
MIAMI 1 COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE 3 NASHVILLE 0
PHILADELPHIA 3 ATLANTA 0
DC UNITED 2 NEW YORK RED BULLS 1
NEW ENGLAND 2 NEW YORK CITY 0
MONTRÉAL 0 ORLANDO 0
CHARLOTTE 3 SAN DIEGO 0
VANCOUVER 0 ST. LOUIS 0
MINNESOTA 0 DALLAS 0
HOUSTON 2 COLORADO 2
CINCINNATI 3 CHICAGO 2
TORONTO 1 SALT LAKE 0
PORTLAND 3 LOS ANGELES 3
KANSAS CITY 5 SAN JOSE 3
UFL SCOREBOARD
ARLINGTON 30 ST. LOUIS 15
BIRMINGHAM 23 HOUSTON 16
INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD
BAY AREA 57 FISHERS 41
WOMEN’S PRO VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD
GRAND RAPIDS 3 INDY IGNITE 1
TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: JALEN BRUNSON LEADS KNICKS’ 4TH-QUARTER RALLY PAST PISTONS
Jalen Brunson overcame a slow start to score 34 points as the New York Knicks dominated the fourth quarter in a 123-112 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Saturday.
Game 2 will be Monday in New York before the series shifts to Detroit on Thursday.
The Knicks overcame an eight-point deficit by outscoring the Pistons 33-14 over the final 9:16. New York seized control with a massive 21-0 run that spanned nearly 4 1/2 minutes and gave the Knicks a 111-98 lead. Brunson scored eight points in the burst — all in the paint — and gave the Knicks the lead for good when his difficult 2-footer over Tim Hardaway Jr. with 7:16 left snapped a 98-98 tie.
OG Anunoby added 19 of his 23 points in the first half and Karl Anthony-Towns contributed 13 of his 23 in the second half to go along with 11 rebounds and five assists overall. Reserve Cameron Payne added 14 points, including the tying 3-pointer in New York’s extended run.
Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 25 points, but Detroit dropped its 15th straight postseason game dating to Game 4 of the 2008 Eastern Conference finals.
Nuggets 112, Clippers 110 (OT)
Aaron Gordon had six of his 25 points in overtime, Russell Westbrook came up with a big defensive play in the final seconds and host Denver rallied to beat Los Angeles in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Nikola Jokic finished with 29 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, Jamal Murray scored 21 points, Westbrook finished with 15 and Christian Braun had 11 for Denver, which hosts Game 2 on Monday night.
James Harden led Los Angeles with 32 points and had 11 assists, Ivica Zubac finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard scored 22, Norman Powell contributed 12 and Kris Dunn finished with 11.
Timberwolves 117, Lakers 95
Jaden McDaniels collected 25 points with nine rebounds and Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists as visiting Minnesota rolled to a victory over Los Angeles in the opener of a first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Naz Reid scored 23 points and Julius Randle had 16 as the No. 6 seed Timberwolves improved to 5-0 in first-round games over the past two seasons. Minnesota shot 51.2 percent from the floor and went 21 of 42 from 3-point range. Edwards departed to the locker room late in the third quarter with an apparent left leg injury before he returned. Reid was also injured late.
Luka Doncic scored 37 points with eight rebounds, and LeBron James added 19 points for the No. 3 seed Lakers, who shot 39.8 percent from the floor. Austin Reaves had 16 points after a slow start for Los Angeles, which was outscored 25-6 on fast-break points and 43-13 in bench points.
Pacers 117, Bucks 98
Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam combined for 27 points in a runaway first half, Tyrese Haliburton directed a high-efficiency offense with 12 total assists and host Indiana thumped Milwaukee to open their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series in Indianapolis.
Siakam finished with 25 points, Myles Turner added 19 and Nembhard had 17, helping the fourth-seeded Pacers gain the early edge in the best-of-seven series. Haliburton added 10 points and seven rebounds, while Bennedict Mathurin totaled 13 points.
Giannis Antetokounmpo powered his way to 36 points for the fifth-seeded Bucks, who played without star guard Damian Lillard, out with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. No other Milwaukee starter scored in double figures. AJ Green chipped in with 15 points off the bench, Gary Trent Jr. 14 and Kevin Porter Jr. 12.
CELTICS HAVE TUNNEL VISION ON MAGIC AS THEY BEGIN THEIR ATTEMPT TO REPEAT AS NBA CHAMPIONS
BOSTON (AP) — It’s been six months since Celtics star Jayson Tatum stood at center court in Boston’s TD Garden and addressed fans minutes after receiving his 2024 championship ring and watching the franchise’s 18th banner raised into the rafters.
Tatum welled with emotion as he thanked fans for their support during the title run. He then paused and expressed one final desire.
“Let’s do it again,” he said.
That quest begins Sunday when Boston, the East’s second seed, opens its first-round playoff series against the seventh-seeded Orlando Magic.
No team has won back-to-back NBA championships since the Golden State Warriors last did it in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
The Celtics are in good position to end the repeat drought, coming off their second straight 60-win season.
But Tatum said that is the farthest things from their minds at this point.
“We’re not worried about anything besides the Magic right now,” Tatum said. “We’re not looking past the second, third, or fourth round. We’ve got to try to make it out of this one. That’s all that’s on our mind is trying to get ready for Game 1.”
There is one big question mark for the Celtics entering the postseason, which is the health of last season’s conference and Finals MVP, Jaylen Brown, who has a lingering right knee issue that caused him to miss the final three games of the regular season.
Coach Joe Mazzulla confirmed that Brown received an injection in his knee recently, while also adding that Brown had no limitations and has been a full participant in practices this week.
“I’m not here to talk about my knee guys,” Brown said Saturday when asked about it’s current status. “It is what it is. I’m focused on Orlando.”
But he also acknowledged that playing through whatever pain he has in his knee is motivation.
“You could say that. I don’t put too much pressure on myself,” he said. “I just take it one day at a time and let things fall where they may. I’m very blessed and grateful to be in this position in the playoffs with a great opportunity. I’ve been playing basketball for a long time. I’m one of the best athletes in the world. It’s enough. We’ve got enough. So, we’ve just got to figure it out one day at a time.”
Orlando arrives in Boston as a team nobody expected to be in this position after guard Jalen Suggs was ruled out for the remainder of the season on March 4 after undergoing knee surgery, and forward Moritz Wagner was sidelined for the year after tearing the ACL in his left knee and having surgery on Jan. 9.
Yet, after ending the regular season by winning 11 of their final 15 games and then routing Atlanta in the play-in tournament, in his fourth season, coach Jamahl Mosley has the Magic back in the playoffs for the second straight season.
“However you get there, you get there,” Mosley said. “Sometimes the path is one way. And for us it was a lot of injuries, a lot of tough nights, a lot of close games lost, but then finding a way to get the job done now. That’s the goal, to get there. But also, to make some noise in there and not just settle for saying we just accept just being there. This group believes in what they’re capable of doing on any given night.”
Despite posting the best road season in team history (33-8), Boston lost the season series to the Magic 2-1, with both losses in Orlando.
Boston didn’t have Tatum in either loss. But what wasn’t a fluke is that the Magic held the Celtics to their fewest 3-point makes this season per 100 possessions during three matchups (11.3).
Orlando also enters the series coming off making 11 3-pointers against the Hawks, a strong sign for any team looking to compete with a Boston team that set a new NBA record with 1,457 3-point makes this season.
But Mosley said they don’t expect to try to go toe-to-toe with the Celtics in that department.
“You’re not going to try to get in a rat race with them. They shoot 50 3s a game, that’s not our identity and we won’t try to make it our identity,” he said. “But at the end of the day for our guys to go 11 for 29 (in play-in against Hawks) and still have 28 assists says something about this group, and for our ability to get the defensive stops, which is where we hang our hats.”
CLEVELAND’S KENNY ATKINSON WINS NBCA COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD AFTER LEADING CAVS TO 64-WIN SEASON
Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson was announced Saturday as the winner of the National Basketball Coaches Association’s coach of the year award, after leading the Cavaliers to a 64-win season and the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The NBA will also give out a coach of the year award in the coming weeks. The NBCA has done its own separate award since 2017 named for Michael H. Goldberg, the organization’s first executive director.
It is voted on by the league’s 30 head coaches. The NBCA does not release voting totals, but revealed that four other coaches — Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff, Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault, Houston’s Ime Udoka and former Denver coach Michael Malone also received votes. Malone was fired by the Nuggets with three games left in the regular season.
“Kenny Atkinson has long been respected by his peers as an innovative and humble servant to the game,” said Rick Carlisle, the coach of the Indiana Pacers and the NBCA’s longtime president.
The Cavaliers had the second-best record in the league this season behind Oklahoma City, and became the second team in league history to have three separate winning streaks of at least 12 games.
“Coaching the game of basketball has been an amazing journey for me and my family, and to be recognized by my peers for a job well done this season is extremely humbling,” Atkinson said. “I’ve had the pleasure of coaching some amazing players over my career and I would not be in this position without their commitment and sacrifice for the greater good of themselves and the Cleveland Cavaliers.”
Daigneault won the award last season. Other winners include Mike Brown in 2023, Monty Williams in 2021 and 2022, Mike Budenholzer and Billy Donovan in 2020, Budenholzer in 2019, Dwane Casey in 2018 and Mike D’Antoni and Erik Spoelstra in 2017.
Atkinson and the Cavaliers take on Spoelstra and the Heat in an Eastern Conference first-round series that starts in Cleveland on Sunday.
The NBA will release its coach of the year finalists — along with finalists for six other major awards — on Sunday night.
NHL NEWS
NATHAN MACKINNON LEADS AVS TO PLAYOFF-OPENING WIN OVER STARS
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a three-point performance and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won his Stanley Cup playoffs debut as the visiting Colorado Avalanche claimed a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday to open their series.
Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews and Charlie Coyle also scored for the Avalanche to begin the Western Conference first-round series.
Blackwood made 23 saves and Logan O’Connor collected a pair of assists.
Roope Hintz replied for Dallas, which opened the playoffs without its top defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, and its leading goal scorer in the regular season, Jason Robertson.
Jake Oettinger stopped 19 shots for the Stars, who have lost eight consecutive series-opening games.
Dallas, which finished four points ahead of Colorado to claim second place in the Central Division, also lost its final seven regular-season games (0-5-2).
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be Monday in Dallas.
Lehkonen opened the scoring at 9:30 of the second period with a lucky goal. His first shot off the rush was stopped, but he fell while heading to the net for the rebound and the puck went off his skate and into the cage.
MacKinnon doubled the lead at 16:38 of the period. During a power-play, the Colorado star sent a fluttering puck from the top of the left circle that eluded Oettinger.
Hintz finally put the Stars on the board with a power-play in the third period. From the slot, Hintz deflected Thomas Harley’s point shot to make it a one-goal game at 6:45.
However, Toews restored Colorado’s two-goal edge at 12:56 of the final frame. Moments after Blackwood stared down Mason Marchment’s wide open chance, Toews drove to the net and re-directed Josh Manson’s shot for the insurance tally.
MacKinnon added an empty-net goal with 3:08 remaining, and Coyle neatly finished a crisp passing play with Jack Drury 11 seconds later.
LATE GOALS LIFT JETS OVER BLUES IN GAME 1
Kyle Connor scored the tie-breaking goal with 1:36 remaining to help the Winnipeg Jets rally for a 5-3 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Saturday evening.
Connor scored on a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle to give the Jets a 4-3 lead. Adam Lowry sealed it with an empty-net goal with 53 seconds left.
Connor and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and two assists, Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Alex Iafallo also scored, Josh Morrissey had two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 14 saves for the Jets, who won the Presidents’ Trophy for the best record in the NHL during the regular season.
Robert Thomas, Oskar Sundqvist and Jordan Kyrou scored, Justin Faulk had two assists, and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for St. Louis, which went 13-2-1 over the final month of the regular season to earn the second wild card from the Western Conference.
The Blues took a 3-2 lead into the third period before the Jets tied it at 3 at 9:18.
Scheifele passed the puck from below the goal line to Iafallo at the side of the crease and he slid the puck into the far side of the net.
Thomas gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 9:31 of the first period when he scored with a wrist shot from the left circle while on a power play.
Winnipeg was on a power play when Scheifele received a pass just about the goal line and to the side of the net. He tried to pass to Cole Perfetti on the opposite side, but the puck went off the stick blade of St. Louis defenseman Ryan Suter and into his own net to tie it at 1 at 13:38.
The Jets took the lead 1:24 later when Anderson-Dolan deflected a point shot into the net to make it 2-1 at 15:02.
St. Louis tied it at 2 at 18:10 of the first when a blocked shot went into the slot and Sundqvist shot the loose puck over Hellebuyck’s left shoulder and into the top of the net.
St. Louis scored on its second power play when Kyrou hit the net from just above the right circle for a 3-2 lead at 1:13 of the second period.
NEW YORK RANGERS FIRE COACH PETER LAVIOLETTE AFTER MISSING THE PLAYOFFS
Peter Laviolette was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Saturday, ending his tenure after two seasons, the second of which was a massive underachievement of missing the playoffs.
General manager Chris Drury made the move less than 48 hours after the finale of a lost season that followed a trip to the Eastern Conference final last year and set the stage for Stanley Cup-contending aspirations. Instead, the result was inconsistent, uninspired hockey that caused New York to get eliminated from contention, finish six points out and cost Laviolette his job.
Assistant Phil Housley was also fired. Owner James Dolan and Drury are expected to start the search for a full-time head coach soon, and roster changes are all but certain to happen in the coming weeks and months.
“Today I informed Peter Laviolette and Phil Housley that we’re making a coaching change,” Drury said. “I want to thank them both and wish them and their families all the best going forward. Peter is first class all the way, both professionally and personally, and I am truly grateful for his passion and dedication to the Rangers in his time as head coach.”
Current assistants Michael Peca and Dan Muse are expected to have the opportunity to interview for the head coaching job. It is unclear what kind of style of coach the Rangers are looking for as Laviolette’s successor, and Drury’s pick from a wide range of experienced options will show the direction of the organization moving forward.
Whoever is in charge will have a lot of work to do after the Rangers fell apart over the past several months.
The collapse was marked by two veteran players being unceremoniously shown the exit: Forward Barclay Goodrow put on waivers and claimed by last-place San Jose in June and captain Jacob Trouba threatened with the same before agreeing to waive his no-trade clause to get shipped off to Anaheim in December. Players who stayed appeared to regress, from top center Mika Zibanejad and defensemen Adam Fox and K’Andre Miller to goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who posted by far his worst save percentage of his career in North America.
Laviolette was in his sixth head-coaching job in the NHL after getting hired in June 2023. He spent the previous three with Washington and also coached Nashville, Philadelphia, Carolina and the Islanders, winning the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006.
The Rangers making a change came hours after the Anaheim Ducks fired Greg Cronin, creating the first vacancy of many expected around the league. Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia have interim coaches with searches also expected to get underway soon, and Vancouver could also be launching one if Rick Tocchet does not return.
After David Quinn and Gerard Gallant, Laviolette is the third coach Drury has dismissed since getting the job in May 2021 when Dolan abruptly fired then-president of hockey operations John Davidson and GM Jeff Gorton and put him in charge of hockey operations.
GREG CRONIN FIRED AS COACH OF ANAHEIM DUCKS AFTER 2 SEASONS
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Greg Cronin was fired Saturday as coach of the Anaheim Ducks after two seasons, general manager Pat Verbeek announced.
“He is responsible in many ways for the improvement we’ve seen from our young core. However, after several weeks of careful evaluation, I concluded we needed a change in direction and a new voice,” Verbeek said in a statement about Cronin. “This was an extremely difficult decision for me to make, but I felt it was necessary to continue our progress toward becoming a Stanley Cup contender that I know we can be.”
Cronin is the first coach fired since the regular season ended on Thursday with more changes expected around the league. Chicago and Philadelphia have interim coaches.
The Ducks missed the playoffs for the seventh straight season, finishing 35-37-10. Their 80 points were a 21-point improvement over last year, but weren’t enough to save Cronin’s job.
Cronin posted a 62-87-15 record in two seasons. He joined the Ducks after five seasons with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. The Eagles are an affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche.
The next coach of the Ducks will have a talented young core to work with.
Anaheim’s 178 points from players age 22 or younger (74 goals, 104 assists) were second to San Jose. That young cast includes center Mason McTavish, who led the team with 22 goals and was second in points with 52.
Center Leo Carlsson, the second overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft, had 20 goals and 44 points while left wing Cutter Gauthier had 20 goals and 44 points in his first full season. The core also features defensemen Pavel Mintyukov and Olen Zellweger.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB ROUNDUP: PHILLIES HANG ON FOR 11-10 WIN OVER MARLINS
Bryson Stott had three hits and three RBIs, Trea Turner rapped four hits and drove in two runs, and the host Philadelphia Phillies survived Miami’s six-run uprising in the ninth inning to beat the Marlins 11-10 on Saturday.
Johan Rojas added three hits and three runs, and Max Kepler also had two RBIs for the Phillies, who have won three in a row.
Miami dropped its fifth straight but did not go quietly, tagging Phillies closer Jordan Romano with all six runs. Dane Myers hit a three-run homer in the ninth, Graham Pauley added an RBI double and Liam Hicks slammed a two-run homer before Jose Alvarado came on to record the final out for his fifth save of the season.
The Phillies tagged Marlins starter Cal Quantrill (1-2) with seven runs in his 3 1/3 innings. Philadelphia starter Taijuan Walker left after four innings due to right shoulder tightness, and Matt Strahm (1-0) pitched a scoreless fifth inning to get the win.
Rangers 4, Dodgers 3
Adolis Garcia hit a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth inning to give Texas the win over Los Angeles in the middle game of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.
Garcia’s blast over the left field wall came off the Dodgers’ Kirby Yates — who was the Rangers’ closer in 2024 — and followed a leadoff double by Josh Smith. The home run was Garcia’s fourth of the season, and it made a winner out of Jacob Webb (2-0). Yates (1-1) had his first blown save of the year.
Six players had one hit each for Los Angeles, which had a four-game winning streak snapped. Texas managed just five hits but evened the series while winning for the fourth time in five games. Shohei Ohtani missed his second straight game while on the paternity list. His wife gave birth to a daughter, it was announced Saturday.
Rays 10, Yankees 8 (10 innings)
Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning after Tampa Bay tied the game with four runs in the ninth against visiting New York.
The Rays snapped their four-game losing streak on Aranda’s fourth homer this season, a 365-foot shot against Yoendrys Gomez (1-1) into the right-center field seats. Edwin Uceta (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief to earn the win for Tampa Bay, which ended New York’s five-game winning streak. Yandy Diaz had three hits and two RBIs.
The Rays scored four runs with one out in the bottom of the ninth against Yankees closer Devin Williams. Trent Grisham hit a solo homer and Aaron Judge had three hits and three RBIs for New York, which led 6-4 before adding two runs in the ninth.
Giants 3, Angels 2
Matt Chapman hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Landen Roupp surrendered two solo shots to Mike Trout but just three other hits, and visiting San Francisco held on to beat Los Angeles.
Willy Adames singled home what proved to be the difference-making run in the third inning for the Giants, who stopped a two-game losing streak. The Angels lost for the fifth time in six games. Chapman’s fourth homer of the season came four batters into the game. Angels starter Kyle Hendricks (0-2) walked Adames with one out and gave up Chapman’s blast with two outs.
Roupp (2-1) gave up homers to Trout in the fourth and sixth innings, giving him eight for the season. It was Trout’s 28th multi-homer game, and his second this season. He homered twice at Tampa Bay on April 10.
Tigers 3, Royals 1
Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Casey Mize pitched seven solid innings and host Detroit edged slumping Kansas City.
Mize (3-1) gave up one run and four hits in his longest outing since the 2021 season. Will Vest notched his first save.
Freddy Fermin homered for the Royals, who have lost six straight.
Braves 4, Twins 3
Alex Verdugo had four hits and drove in the go-ahead run to help Atlanta defeat visiting Minnesota and win back-to-back games for the first time this season.
In his second game since joining the club, Verdugo was 4-for-5 with two doubles, and his single in the sixth inning brought home the go-ahead run. Atlanta beat Minnesota for the 10th straight time, dating back to 2019. Starter Chris Sale pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on six hits, three walks and struck out a season-high eight.
The Twins used Justin Topa as an opener. In his first career start, Topa pitched one inning and allowed one run on three hits. Minnesota then brought in bulk pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson (1-2), who pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits.
Athletics 3, Brewers 1
Luis Severino allowed one run on three hits over eight innings to pick up his first win of the season as the visiting Athletics edged Milwaukee.
Brent Rooker and Shea Langeliers homered for the Athletics, who won for the fourth time in five games. Severino (1-3) signed the largest free-agent contract in franchise history in December (three years, $67 million). Mason Miller pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his sixth save in six tries, striking out two, including Christian Yelich on a 102.1 mph fastball to end the game.
Garrett Mitchell doubled and scored a run for Milwaukee, which had a three-game win streak snapped. Chad Patrick (1-1) took the loss, allowing two runs on seven hits over six innings.
Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 2
Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch hit back-to-back homers to cap a four-run second inning and host Chicago beat Arizona.
Busch had two hits and two RBIs, Kyle Tucker notched two RBIs and Dansby Swanson posted two hits for the Cubs, who have won five of their last seven games.
Corbin Carroll had three hits, including a leadoff homer to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, for the Diamondbacks. He has reached base in all 21 games this season and 27 straight dating to last September.
Mariners 8, Blue Jays 4 (12 innings)
Rowdy Tellez hit a grand slam in a five-run 12th inning and visiting Seattle defeated Toronto.
It was the second homer of the series and the fifth career grand slam for Tellez, a former Blue Jay. Randy Arozarena had an RBI single prior to Tellez’s blast.
Ben Williamson had his first career homer, a solo shot, and a double for the Mariners, who evened the three-game series.
Mets 3, Cardinals 0
Kodai Senga tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Pete Alonso continued his hot start by knocking in two runs as New York blanked visiting St. Louis.
Senga (3-1) allowed just three hits in an 89-pitch performance. Three relievers finished up, with Edwin Diaz pitching a 1-2-3 ninth to garner his fifth save.
Matthew Liberatore (1-2) pitched well but was saddled with the loss, lasting 6 2/3 innings and permitting two runs on six hits.
Guardians 3, Pirates 0
Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Kyle Manzardo hit a rare home run off Pirates ace Paul Skenes to help Cleveland beat host Pittsburgh.
Skenes (2-2) tossed seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He put together his fourth consecutive start of six or more innings and collected his 200th career strikeout.
The Guardians picked up their second consecutive win as starter Ben Lively (1-2), Cade Smith, Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis and closer Emmanuel Clase combined for Cleveland’s third shutout of the season while scattering six hits.
Orioles 9, Reds 5
Ramon Laureano came off the bench to hit two home runs and Cedric Mullins, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg added homers as Baltimore overcame two early deficits to defeat Cincinnati.
Laureano entered after starting left fielder Heston Kjerstad was hit on the elbow during his first-inning at-bat. Laureano wound up with three RBIs in his first two-homer game since June 30, 2022, when he was with the Athletics. Seranthony Dominguez (2-0) threw a scoreless inning in relief of starter Brandon Young, who allowed three runs on seven hits over four innings in his major league debut.
Reds starter Hunter Greene (2-2) saw his 18-inning scoreless streak end as he allowed five runs over three innings. Jake Fraley and former Oriole Austin Hays homered for Cincinnati, while TJ Friedl went 4-for-4.
Red Sox 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
Triston Casas hit an RBI single that allowed Alex Bregman to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Boston extended its winning streak to four games by beating visiting Chicago.
Casas singled off Chicago reliever Mike Vasil (0-1) with one out and the bases loaded.
Rafael Devers hit a three-run home run for the Red Sox, who received six scoreless innings from starting pitcher Garrett Crochet. Garrett Whitlock (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th.
Nationals 12, Rockies 11
MacKenzie Gore equaled a career high with 13 strikeouts, Dylan Crews hit two home runs and Washington held off Colorado in Denver.
Gore (2-2) allowed two runs on four hits over six innings. Crews drove in four and James Wood went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. Jose Tena drove in three for Washington, which snapped a two-game skid.
Mickey Moniak homered, scored three runs and drove in four while Jordan Beck drove in three as the Rockies dropped their seventh in a row.
Astros 3, Padres 2
Christian Walker slugged a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning before Isaac Paredes produced a tiebreaking single an inning later as Houston rallied past visiting San Diego to secure this three-game interleague series.
Houston recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
With two outs in the seventh and runners on first and second, Paredes deposited a flare single into shallow center field off Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada (0-1). That plated Victor Caratini and snapped a 2-2 deadlock.
GOLF NEWS
AKIE IWAI’S 64 GOOD FOR 3-WAY TIE ATOP LA CHAMPIONSHIP
Akie Iwai of Japan fired a third-round 64 on Saturday to move into a three-way tie for first place at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.
Iwai began her round with an eagle on the par-5 first hole and made five birdies on the back nine to go 8 under for the day after the bogey-free round. She goes into the fourth round tied atop the leaderboard at 199 with Lauren Coughlin (66 on Saturday) and Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad (68).
Iwai, who was coming off a second-round 69, said she felt she was “getting better than yesterday. … We did five meters (and then) birdie putt most of them.”
She is looking for her first LPGA Tour win. Her best finish was tying for seventh in last year’s British Women’s Open.
Lindblad, who also has not won on the tour, was coming off a 9-under-par 63 at El Caballero Country Club on Friday. She took a bogey on the ninth hole, her only bogey of the day, and had five birdies, including four on the back nine.
“You know, obviously, it felt like I got off to a little slower start. Yesterday I just made so many birdies the first couple holes, but kind of just didn’t make as many putts as yesterday, but obviously still played well. I thought I hit it in the water on 9, managed to make bogey. Then I hit a great drive on 10, so kind of got some momentum going into the back nine doing that.”
Coughlin also played bogey-free golf and enjoyed the most success early and late in the day. She birdied four of her first five holes, then two of her last three.
“I hit some OK putts and some not-OK putts there in the middle, but I felt like I hung in there really good. Made some good par saves toward the middle third of the round and then was able to finish it off well,” said Coughlin, who is a two-time winner on tour, both coming last summer.
Alone in fourth place at 201 is Ina Yoon of South Korea (64). Rio Takeda of Japan (64), Nelly Korda (67) and Minjee Lee of Australia (70) are tied for fifth at 14 under.
Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa, who began the day tied for the lead with Lindblad, followed rounds of 63 and 68 with a 77 on Saturday. She had five bogeys on her first 14 holes and struggled to a double-bogey six on No. 18.
JOEL DAHMEN UP 3 AT CORALES PUNTACANA ENTERING FINAL ROUND
Joel Dahmen, who has led the field since the first round, shot a 1-under-par 71 on a windy Saturday and will bring a three-shot lead into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Dahmen bogeyed two of his first five holes and added another bogey in his toughest round of the weekend, but finished with four birdies and sits at 17-under 199.
“It was a challenge, for sure,” Dahmen said. “It’s always tough teeing off with a bigger lead. I feel like I hit some good shots early that didn’t end up in a good spot. Then I screwed up all the easy stuff early, so really frustrating.”
Chan Kim (69 on Saturday), Michael Thorbjornsen (70) and South Africa’s Garrick Higgo (70) sit three shots back at 14-under 202.
Kim bogeyed the par-5 third hole, but bounced right back to pick up an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole and added a pair of birdies to stay within striking distance.
“On 4, hit a really good drive down there and hit a 7-iron that, you know, at that point because it’s so far downwind, we’re just thinking back edge is a great shot, then the chip will be back into the wind,” Kim said. “Somehow I got it to stop pretty nicely and read the putt really well. Yeah, so it was a pleasant surprise when we got up there.”
Thorbjornsen opened his round with three birdies on his first four holes, but stumbled with double bogeys on the par-4 fifth hole and par-4 eighth hole. He turned it around on the back nine, notching a trio of birdies.
“It was very tough,” Thorbjornsen said. “Got off to a really hot start, 3 under through four. Nothing’s guaranteed or given out here. I made two doubles from there on, but I know even though I was 3 under through four, it’s going to be tough throughout the whole day.”
With the low round of the day at 66, Vince Whaley moved up 17 spots into a tie for fifth with Ben Martin (67) and Germany’s Jeremy Paul (67). Whaley overcame a bogey on the par-5 fourth hole with seven birdies, including three out of four holes on the front nine as he seeks his first PGA Tour victory.
“I think guys are so good,” Whaley said. “I know this is opposite field event or whatever, but everyone’s so good, you’ve got to go out there and still attack. It’s going to be even windier tomorrow but there’s no slowing down, you’ve got to keep going and just see how low you can go.”
SI WOO KIM SHOOTS 66, HOLDS THIRD-ROUND LEAD AT RBC HERITAGE
South Korea’s Si Woo Kim shot 5-under-par 66 to move into the lead in the RBC Heritage in Saturday’s third round as second-round leader Justin Thomas hit rough patches at Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Kim is at 15-under 198, holding a one-shot edge on Thomas and Andrew Novak going into Sunday’s final round at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Thomas (69 on Saturday) and Novak (66) both have three sub-70 rounds in the tournament. Maverick McNealy (65) is fourth at 13 under.
Kim, 29, will be aiming for his fifth PGA Tour victory and his first in more than two years. His lead was reduced on the final hole when he had his only bogey on No. 18 while Thomas, who was in the final pairing with him, was notching a birdie.
Brian Harman (66) and England’s Tommy Fleetwood (68) are tied for fifth at 12 under.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler shot 68, moving to 11 under and tied for seventh place with Russell Henley (70).
Thomas held a 36-hole tournament lead for the first time since 2022, up two on Kim and Henley, but he had an eventful third round.
Thomas was assessed a one-stroke penalty on the second hole, when he caused the ball to move in a waste bunker. Still, he ended up with par-5 on the hole.
Later, he hit out of a water hazard on No. 11 and didn’t recover as well, taking his first bogey of the round. His bogey on No. 15 dropped him three strokes behind Kim.
Then at par-3 No. 17, Thomas was off the green following his tee shot but he ended up with par.
Novak had a bogey-free round, with two of his five birdies coming on par-3 holes.
McNealy recorded his second 65 in a row, boosted by a 5 under front nine. He birdied all three par-3 layouts during the round.
TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
PORTAL DESTINATIONS (INDIANA TIES)
Luke Almodovar, So., St. Francis, Ind./NAIA (Noblesville): 20.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 apg — COMMITTED TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
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 — COMMITTED TO HIGH POINT
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 — COMMITTED TO GEORGIA
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 — COMMITTED TO VALPARAISO
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 — COMMITTED TO COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
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. — COMMITTED TO MISSOURI BAPTIST
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 — COMMITTED TO DAVIDSON
Ron Rutland III, Fr., IU Indy (Crispus Attucks): 2.2 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.6 apg — COMMITTED TO MARIAN (NAIA)
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
Brian Waddell, Jr., Purdue (Carmel): 2.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg
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 — COMMITTED TO INCARNATE WORD
PORTAL NEWS
FOOTBALL
Purdue adds DL Ian Jefferies (Arkansas State)
Purdue adds OL Bradyn Joiner (Auburn)
Purdue football spring transfer portal additions
Ryan Browne North Carolina QB
Chalil Cummings Memphis DB
Sanders Ellis Tennessee Tech LB
Ian Jeffries Arkansas State DT
Bradyn Joiner Auburn OL
Jude McCoskey Tulane/Indiana State OL
Marcus Moore Jr. Bowling Green DL
Corey Smith Tulsa WR
INDIANA PACERS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 117, BUCKS 98 (GAME 1)
The Pacers fought all season to get homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They gave the sellout crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse plenty of reasons to cheer on Saturday afternoon, making a major statement to open their best-of-seven series with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Indiana jumped out to a 24-point halftime lead in Game 1 and ultimately cruised to a 117-98 victory.
Six players scored in double figures for the Blue & Gold, with All-Star forward Pascal Siakam leading the way with 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting (3-of-5 from 3-point range) and seven rebounds.
Myles Turner added 19 points, five boards, and four blocks, going 7-for-12 from the field and 4-for-6 from beyond the arc, while Andrew Nembhard chipped in 17 points, four rebounds, and five assists while going 8-for-13 from the field.
Tyrese Haliburton narrowly missed out on a triple-double, finishing with 10 points, seven rebounds, and 12 assists while committing just one turnover.
“Every time you step on the floor, you want to take care of business,” Siakam said. “I thought our energy was good in the beginning, just sticking to the game plan, doing what we were supposed to do, playing as a team, communicating…It feels good to get the first game, but as we know it’s the first to get four.”
Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 36 points and also pulled down 12 rebounds while going 14-for-23 from the field and 8-for-15 from the free throw line.
But the Pacers did a good job of limiting Milwaukee’s supporting cast. The other four Bucks starters combined for just 14 points and Milwaukee shot 8-for-35 (22.9 percent) from 3-point range.
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The Pacers started hot on Saturday, hitting six of their first eight shots to race out to an early 15-8 lead. Turner opened the scoring with a three on the first possession of the playoffs, Nembhard attacked the rim for three buckets, and Siakam and Aaron Nesmith added threes in the opening onslaught.
The Bucks’ offense heavily centered around Antetokounmpo in the early going. The two-time MVP scored 12 of Milwaukee’s first 19 points and got to the line for eight free throws in the opening frame, though he made just four of them.
The Pacers, meanwhile, kept up their strong start, shooting 66.7 percent in the first quarter. Siakam and Nembhard scored eight points apiece in the frame as the Blue & Gold led by as many as 12 and took a 33-25 lead into the second quarter.
The hosts remained in front all the way until halftime. They maintained a multi-possession lead throughout the second quarter, but really surged ahead in the latter half of the frame. Bennedict Mathurin scored nine points during a 24-9 run to close the half. Nembhard hit a deep three to cap the run, giving Indiana a 67-43 cushion heading into the intermission.
Turner did his part to keep the momentum rolling in the third quarter, scoring nine straight Indiana points over one stretch. On the other end, he tied up Antetokounmpo on a drive on one possession, then later blocked a Bobby Portis shot to spring a fastbreak that resulted in a dunk for Obi Toppin.
“Around the rim, he’s a big factor and he got some big rebounds and he hit some important shots,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said about Turner’s impact.
Indiana led by as many as 28 points in the frame, but the visitors did mount a charge late in the frame. The Bucks put together an an 11-1 run to trim the deficit down to 15. A Tyrese Haliburton jumper just before the third quarter buzzer added two points back to the lead, as Indiana entered the fourth quarter with a 93-76 advantage.
The Pacers pushed the lead back to 21 in the fourth quarter before the Bucks made one last charge. Threes from AJ Green, Gary Trent Jr., and then Green again trimmed Indiana’s lead to 107-95 with 5:24 to play.
Neither team scored over the next three-plus minutes. Turner finally broke the drought, swishing a stepback three with 1:59 remaining that served as the proverbial dagger.
Mathurin had 13 points and five rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench in his playoff debut, going a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Fellow reserve T.J. McConnell added 11 points and five assists.
Green had 15 points off the bench for the Bucks, going 5-for-11 from 3-point range. Trent added 14 points, while Kevin Porter Jr. tallied 12 points, five rebounds, and five assists.
Bucks All-Star guard Damian Lillard did not play as he ramps up his return to play conditioning after being out since March 18 with a blood clot in his leg. Lillard was cleared to return to practice this week and expected to play at some point in the series.
The two teams will have two days off before returning to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Game 2 on Tuesday night. The series then shifts to Milwaukee for Games 3 and 4 next weekend.
“The series is one seventh over,” Carlisle said. “Game 2 will be monumentally more difficult than this one.”
Inside the Numbers
The Pacers shot 51.9 percent from the field while the Bucks shot just 41.7 percent. Indiana was 13-for-34 (38.2 percent) from 3-point range, while Milwaukee was 9-for-37 (24.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
Siakam once again had a strong start to the playoffs, scoring a team-high 25 points and matching the team high with seven rebounds. He had 36 points and 11 rebounds last year in Game 1 in Milwaukee.
After shooting 45.3 percent from 3-point range in the playoffs last year, Turner went 4-for-6 from beyond the arc.
Haliburton recorded his fifth career playoff double-double, finding a way to make a major impact despite going just 3-for-13 from the field and 0-for-7 from 3-point range.
Indiana had just eight turnovers, resulting in just three points on the other end. The Pacers scored 13 points off 10 Milwaukee giveaways.
The Pacers outscored the Bucks 22-5 in fastbreak points.
Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma, acquired by Milwaukee from Washington at the trade deadline in exchange for three-time All-Star Khris Middleton, did not record a counting stat aside from two fouls in 21:35. Kuzma went 0-for-5 from the field and 0-for-2 from the free throw line and the Bucks were -24 with him on the floor.
Green went 5-for-11 from 3-point range, but the rest of the Bucks were just 4-for-26 from beyond the arc.
INDIANS BASEBALL
GORSKI’S DOUBLE DOSE OF HOMERS DRIVES THE INDIANS TO A 6-2 VICTORY
INDIANAPOLIS – Matt Gorski powered the Indianapolis Indians to a 6-2 victory against the Toledo Mud Hens on Friday night at Victory Field, tallying his sixth career multi-home run game and kicking off a four-run sixth inning that propelled Indy to its first series victory of the season.
With the game knotted at 1-1 in the sixth inning, Gorski drove in the eventual game-winning run with a double to bring around Nick Solak. The Indians (9-8) continued their big inning as Liover Peguero roped a two-run double down the left field line and traded places with Eli Wilson two batters later.
After some small ball provided the Mud Hens (5-15) with a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth, Gorski deposited his first home run of the night 400 feet over the left field fence to tie the game. His second home run, third hit and third RBI of the night in the seventh inning padded the lead for the Indians.
Toledo attempted a comeback against Jarod Bayless in the top of the ninth, loading the bases and cashing in one run. However, Bayless stranded the bases loaded with a trio of strikeouts to end the frame. The outing also capped off an impressive 4.1 one-run innings from the bullpen, spurred by Eddy Yean (W, 1-2).
Gorski racked up 10 total bases, which eclipsed the most by an Indians hitter in a single game this season. Four other Indians hitters also racked up multiple hits, including Nick Solak, Liover Peguero, Eli Wilson and Tsung-Che Cheng. Solak also pushed his International League-leading active hitting streak to 10 games.
Indy concludes its series against Toledo and looks to pick up its fifth straight win on Sunday at 1:35 PM. RHP Braxton Ashcraft (1-2, 4.15 ERA) is set to toe the rubber against fellow righty Matt Manning (0-1, 6.91 ERA).
ELEVEN SOCCER
RECAP
Indianapolis- Indy Eleven forward Elvis Amoh scored his first goal for the Boys in Blue, but it wasn’t enough as the hosts fell, 3-1, to USL Championship Eastern Conference rival Charleston Battery at Carroll Stadium. Amoh thought he scored in the 87th minute off a pass from captain Aodhan Quinn, but it was ruled offside. In the 94th minute, Amoh got a second chance and he scored off a pass from defender James Musa (his first Indy Eleven assist).
After Charleston raced to a 2-0 lead in the first eight minutes, the Boys in Blue got the attack going in the 16th minute when Quinn played a long ball to forward Maalique Foster, who spun and centered it to forward Edward Kizza, but Charleston goalkeeper Luis Zamudio made the save.
Defender Pat Hogan kept the deficit from increasing in the 18th minute when he cleared a ball off the line.
In the 24th minute, midfielder James Murphy played a through ball into midfielder Jack Blake, who chipped it just wide.
After Charleston added to its lead early in the second half, the Boys in Blue produced two scoring chances in three minutes, with midfielder Bruno Rendon’s header from Aedan Stanley in the 55th minute and Foster’s shot from the left side outside the box in the 57th.
Blake got another chance in the 64th off a short corner, and Quinn got a shot off a feed from forward Elliot Collier in the 70th. Defender Finn McRobb recorded his first shot on target for the Boys in Blue in the 85th minute.
Murphy threatened in the 93rd minute, but his shot hit the crossbar.
Indy Eleven makes its Jägermeister Cup debut next Saturday at Forward Madison FC at 7 pm on ESPN+. It will be a matchup of the Murphy brothers, with James on the Boys in Blue and midfielder John playing for the hosts.
The Boys in Blue’s next home match is on Saturday, May 3 vs. Detroit City at 7 pm at Carroll Stadium. Single-game tickets for all matches are available via Ticketmaster. Season, Flex Plan, Group, and Hospitality tickets are available here. For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com.
Indy Eleven Quotes
Coach Sean McAuley
- Positive Takeaway- “The character of the group is to never give in, and that is something we really value. I thought we showed real character and resilience.”
- “We’ve got to pay respect to the fact that we were playing against one of the best teams in the league, and they caught us, and you know, we just have to dig in. The mentality is to keep going, and that’s something that I’ll take as a root of a group.”
- Looking ahead to the Jägermeister Cup- “We’re looking forward to it and the Jägermeister Cup is something that we need to go for. We need a trophy, and I think that’s a trophy we should look into going and getting.”
Elvis Amoh
- “I believe in everyone on the field, those who started, those who came in, kept pushing and never gave up.”
- Mentality coming off the bench– “Mentality has been the same, just to come on and help the team as much as possible to win the game.”
- 2025 USL Championship
Indy Eleven 1:3 Charleston Battery - Sat., Apr. 19, 2025 – 7 p.m.
- Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis, Ind.
- Attendance: 10,080
- Weather: Cloudy, 57 degrees
2025 USL Championships Records
Indy Eleven: 1-2-2 (-1), 5 pts; 8th in Eastern Conference
Charleston Battery: 4-2-0 (+4), 12 pts; 4th in Eastern Conference
| Score | 1 | 2 | F |
| Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charleston Battery | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- Scoring Summary
- CHS – MD Myers (Juan David Torres) 4’
- CHS – MD Myers (Cal Jennings) 8’
- CHS – Arturo Rodríguez (Aaron Molloy) 49’
- IND – Elvis Amoh (James Musa) 90+4’
- Discipline Summary
- IND – Jake Blake (caution) 28’
- IND – Bruno Rendon (caution) 43’
- IND – Hayden White (caution) 67’
- CHS – Luis Zamudio (caution) 90+4’
Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, James Musa, Pat Hogan (Ben Ofeimu 60’), Hayden White, Aedan Stanley (Finn McRobb 60’), Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy, Bruno Rendon (Elliot Collier 60’), Jack Blake, Edward Kizza (Elvis Amoh 69’),Maalique Foster (Cam Lindley 81’).
Indy Eleven Subs not used: Josh O’Brien, Reice Charles-Cook, Ryan Hunsucker, Maverick McCoy.
Charleston Battery line-up: Luis Zamudio, Nathan Dossantos, Leland Archer (captain), Joey Akpunonu, Langston Blackstock (Chris Allan 65’), Aaron Molloy, Arturo Rodríguez (Emilio Ycaza 65’), Houssou Landry (Mark Segbers 79’), Juan David Torres (Josh Drack 90’), MD Myers, Cal Jennings (Johnny Klein 80’).
Charleston Battery subs not used: Christian Garner, Jackson Conway.
INDY IGNITE VOLLEYBALL
INDY FALLS AT GRAND RAPIDS IN FOUR SETS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 19, 2025) – As the matches grow in significance, the margin for error gets narrower and narrower. The Indy Ignite are seeing that firsthand as they work to secure a spot in the Pro Volleyball Federation postseason.
Indy lost at Grand Rapids today, the fourth straight setback for the Ignite over the past two weeks, including two to the Rise. Still, with a 12-12 record and sitting fourth in the league standings, the Ignite remain in control of their own playoff path. While there are a myriad of scenarios where Indy can clinch a playoff position, the simplest for the Ignite is to win at least two of their four remaining matches.
Indy has time to refocus and regroup following today’s defeat at Van Andel Arena by scores of 25-27, 25-21, 25-18 and 25-21. The Ignite’s next match comes Friday when they host Orlando, which at 14-10 has already clinched a postseason berth.
Opposite hitter Azhani Tealer had 12 kills and 12 digs today, her eighth double-double of the season. The PVF All-Star realizes the importance of these homestretch matches as the Ignite bid to reach the postseason in their inaugural season. She knows that it will just take minor refinement of their recent play.
If there was a bright spot in today’s loss, it was Indy’s resilience in the first set. The Ignite led 14-7 before the Rise went on an 11-2 run to temporarily take control. Indy fought off three Grand Rapids set points before a pair of Caitie Baird kills and an Anna DeBeer block completed the 27-25 set win.
Grand Rapids used momentum runs in each of the final three sets – 11-4 in set two, 11-3 in set three and 10-3 in set four – to pull away to the victory. The Ignite did rally to tie the fourth set at 21, but the Rise then reeled off four straight points to end the match. Fittingly, Grand Rapids’ last point came on its 21st block of the day, setting a PVF record for a four-setter. The Rise also collected a PVF-record 24 blocks in the five-set triumph over the Ignite a week ago.
“They’re just a solid blocking team from the middle out,” Ignite head coach George Padjen said. “We were practicing for it on the edges and going high on swings we need to. Just a little lack of execution today.”
In addition to Tealer, Baird (13 kills, 12 digs, three blocks) and setter Sydney Hilley (39 assists, 11 digs, four kills) compiled double-doubles for the Ignite. Middle blocker Lydia Martin added nine kills and a pair of blocks. Playing her first match of the season, middle blocker Nnedi Okammor came off the bench to add a kill and a block in limited court time.
“It was good energy,” Padjen said of Okammor. “She just kind of came in, got a block, got a kill. I was happy with her. She tries hard a lot in practice and she’s earned at least an opportunity.”
Friday’s match with Orlando at Fishers Event Center is Blue Out Night, with fans encouraged to wear blue Ignite attire to support their team. The match starts at 7 p.m. ET. Following that on Sunday, Indy hosts San Diego at 3 p.m. for the Indy 500 Match, the day including a fan fest with custom Indy cars on display, an interactive pit stop challenge, pedal car races, Indianapolis Motor Speedway giveaways and more.
FREIGHT FOOTBALL
FREIGHT FALL TO PANTHERS ON SATURDAY NIGHT
FISHERS- The Fishers Freight hosted the Bay Area Panthers on Saturday and after a high scoring battle, the Panthers claimed the 57-41 victory.
FIRST QUARTER
The Panthers scored first with a touchdown by quarterback Josh Jones. Kicker Axel Perez gave them the extra point early in the first quarter.
The Freight’s Keegan Shoemaker, in his first start, answered back with a rushing touchdown of his own just two minutes later. Freight newcomer, Victor Leventritt scored the extra point for his team as well.
Perez tried for a field goal that was successful with about six minutes to go in the first quarter and made it 10-7 in favor of the Panthers.
Shoemaker scored his second of the quarter, running the ball into the end zone again to put the Freight up 14-10.
Bay Area’s Joshua Tomas scored a touchdown but they missed the extra point. The score after one quarter was 16-14 in favor of the Panthers.
SECOND QUARTER
Four minutes into the second frame, Josh Jones scored the third touchdown for the Panthers and his second of the game to make it 23-14. They added two points to their lead with a deuce on the kick off by Axel Perez.
Shoemaker scored his third touchdown of the game for the Freight with under seven minutes to go in the second quarter. With a successful extra point from Leventritt, Fishers made it 25-21.
Tyrese Chambers caught a pass from Jones to extend the Panthers’ lead to 32-21, also after a successful extra point from Perez.
With one minute left in the first half, Shoemaker threw to Jordan Kress in the end zone to score the Freight’s fourth touchdown of the game. That made it 32-28 after a good kick.
THIRD QUARTER
The Panthers got the ball first in the second half and quickly got to work. Chambers scored his second touchdown of the game, catching an 18-yard pass from Jones. The extra point attempt was blocked so the score was 38-28.
The next score came from Bay Area’s Joshua Tomas with his second touchdown of the game to make it 45-28.
Shoemaker kept the Freight in it with his fourth touchdown of the night with under six minutes to go in the quarter. After a successful kick, it was 45-35.
The Panthers added to their lead with a field goal with under a minute to go.
FOURTH QUARTER
Bay Area’s Tyler Watson intercepted a pass intended for Shavarez Smith and ran it back for a touchdown to make it 54-35.
Jon Lewis scored for Fishers with just under eight minutes to go in the final quarter. The Freight attempted a two-point conversion but were not successful. This made it 54-41 in favor of the Bay Area.
Perez kicked a 48-yard field goal to secure the win for the Panthers late in the fourth quarter.
The Panthers advanced to 3-1 on the season while the Freight moved to 2-2 ahead of a match up with the Iowa Barnstormers next week. The Barnstormers will head into that game 0-3 after back-to-back losses to the Quad City Steamwheelers.
FUEL HOCKEY
FUEL WILL HOST TOLEDO WALLEYE FOR GAME THREE
INDIANAPOLIS- The Fuel will host the Toledo Walleye for the third game of the divisional semifinal round of the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs on Monday night. After two losses in Toledo, the Fuel will rely on home ice advantage to even the series.
LAST TIME OUT
The last time these two teams met was on Friday night in Toledo where the Walleye took a 5-2 victory to advance to 2-0 in the series. Matus Spodniak and Ethan Manderville had the two Fuel goals at even strength while Toledo’s Lewandowski scored twice and two power play goals in the third period sealed the deal for them.
STAY DISCIPLINED
In true playoff fashion, there haven’t been a lot of penalties handed out but it’s clear both teams are playing much more physically than they were in their regular season meetings. After four special teams goals through two games for Toledo and none from the Fuel, it will be important for Indy to feed off their own crowd, capitalize on power plays, and stay out of the box.
INDIANA BASEBALL
TAYLOR BREAKS PROGRAM HOME RUN RECORD IN DEFEAT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While trying to work through some pitching struggles in the middle of a heavy rainstorm, the Indiana Baseball team (21-18, 11-9 B1G) fell behind early and never recovered on Saturday (April 19) afternoon at Bart Kaufman Field.
Maryland hit five home runs and tallied up 17 runs to even the series in Bloomington with a dominant 17-4 (F/7) victory. The Hoosiers had an early lead on a solo home run from redshirt sophomore outfielder Korbyn Dickerson but 14 unanswered runs from the visitors – heading into a rain delay – made all the difference.
Junior outfielder Devin Taylor got over the hump and broke the program’s all-time home run record with a monster blast out of the stoppage. It was his 12th of the season and the 48th of his illustrious career for the Hoosiers. Sophomore infielder Jasen Oliver also got in on the action with a two-run blast.
Graduate student Cole Gilley (L, 7-2) didn’t have his normal stuff and struggled with command through the pouring rain. He was able to work just two innings in the start. Underclassmen Seth Benes and Brayton Thomas did a good job of powering through the final four innings out of the bullpen.
IU is now set up to play its fifth rubber match of the year tomorrow (April 20) against the Terrapins. It is still looking for the first win of the season in a series-deciding scenario after losses to Penn State, UCLA, USC and Illinois earlier in the year. First pitch is now set for Noon ET at Bart Kaufman Field.
Scoring Recap
Bottom First
Korbyn Dickerson opened the scoring with a mammoth home run to dead center field.
Indiana 1, Maryland 0
Top Second
Alex Calarco tied the game on a RBI single into left field. Maryland really blew it open with a grand slam from Elijah Lambros. Eddie Hacopian added one more run with a sacrifice fly.
Maryland 6, Indiana 1
Top Third
Things got out of hands as IU tried to pitch through the pouring rain. Brayden Martin walked with the bases loaded before Jacob Orr hit Maryland’s second grand slam of the weekend. Calarco added another home run with a three-run blast before the rain delay finally hit. Seth Benes came on to get the final out after the delay.
Maryland 14, Indiana 1
Bottom Third
Devin Taylor made IU history with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning – the 48th blast of his storied career.
Maryland 14, Indiana 2
Top Fourth
Orr grounded into a double play but a run came across to score.
Maryland 15, Indiana 2
Top Sixth
Lambros his second home run of the game.
Maryland 16, Indiana 2
Bottom Sixth
Jasen Oliver cut into the deficit with a two-run blast off the scoreboard.
Maryland 16, Indiana 4
Top Seventh
Maryland hit another solo home run in the seventh.
Maryland 17, Indiana 4
Top Hoosier Performers
#5 Taylor, Devin
2-4, HR, R, RBI
#20 Dickerson, Korbyn
1-4, HR, R, RBI
#2 Oliver, Jasen
1-1, HR, 2 RBI
Inside the Box Score
• Maryland hung 14 runs before the rain delay.
• All four of IU’s runs came via the long ball.
• The Hoosiers’ pitching staff allowed eight free passes.
• The Terrapins’ offense hit five home runs.
Notes to Know
• Junior outfielder Devin Taylor broke the program’s all-time home record with his 48th career long ball on Saturday afternoon. He came into the afternoon in a four-way tie for first place but mashed a fast ball to center field to move into sole possession of the school’s home run record.
• The 17 runs that IU allowed were the most in a game since giving up 30 to Iowa on the final weekend of the regular season in 2022. Most of the first 14 runs were allowed while IU’s pitching staff was trying to work through a downpour of rain on the mound. The Hoosiers needed five arms to get through seven innings on Saturday.
• The Hoosiers are set to play their fifth rubber match in Big Ten play tomorrow (April 20) afternoon. IU has lost all four series-deciding games in conference play this year but will look to break that streak with a big win at Bart Kaufman Field.
Up Next
The weekend set with Maryland finishes up tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on B1G+ and can also be heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.
INDIANA SOFTBALL
INDIANA AND NEBRASKA SPLIT TWO-GAME SERIES
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– In the second of two games on the weekend, Indiana fell short on Saturday afternoon at Bowlin Stadium in five innings, losing 12-4.
Nebraska led 4-1 early on before the Cornhuskers scored seven runs in the third inning to pull away and take full control of the game. They finished it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.
That loss split the weekend series as Indiana won 6-2 last night in Lincoln.
With the loss, Indiana is now 29-13 and 8-8 in the Big Ten
NEBRASKA 12, INDIANA 4 (F/5)
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana threatened in the top of the first inning when Brianna Copeland singled and Avery Parker and Kinsey Mitchell walked to load the bases. The Hoosiers couldn’t capitalize, though.
• Nebraska opened the scoring when Kacie Hoffman scored on an error at home to go up 1-0 in the bottom of the second. Then, Jordy Bahl was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 2-0.
• In the next at bat, Samantha Bland singled through the left side to bring the lead to 4-0.
• In the top of the third inning, Taylor Minnick got the Hoosiers on the board with a solo home run off the right field foul pole.
• Nebraska brought the lead to 10 in the third inning. Ava Bredwell stealing home, RBI singles from Bland, Ava Kuszak and Hoffman along with an RBI double from Lauren Camenzind made it an 11-1 game.
• In the top of the fourth, Parker hit a bases-clearing double to the right center gap to cut into the lead and make it 11-4.
• Camenzind finished the game with an RBI single to shortstop to bring home the winning run and make it a 12-4 run rule in the fifth inning.
NOTABLES
• Indiana is now done with their two, two-game series on the season. They previously played a two-gamer against Iowa at home (March 15-16).
• Avery Parker (3) and Taylor Minnick (1) each charted RBIs.
• Minnick’s home run was her 40th of her career.
• Indiana has seven regular season games remaining.
UP NEXT
Indiana will be back in action on Wednesday night for a midweek game against Ball State at 6 p.m. at Andy Mohr Field.
PURDUE MEN’S GOLF
SECOND-ROUND SURGE LIFTS PURDUE TO 36-HOLE LEAD AT BOILERMAKER INVITATIONAL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team overcame a sluggish start, finishing with a flurry to grab the 36-hole lead at the Boilermaker Invitational at Ackerman-Allen Golf Course.
The Boilermakers totaled a two-round tally of 19-under par 549 (281-268) to lead Marquette by four shots heading into Easter Sunday’s final round.
Michigan is third at 12-under par 556, while Michigan State and Notre Dame are at 11-under par 557 and Indiana is in sixth at 10-under par 558.
The morning round was played in a steady light rain, while conditions improved drastically in round two, as the 90 golfers shaved more than a stroke-and-a-half off the average from round one (72.88) to round two (71.22).
Purdue answered with one of its best rounds in school history, shooting a 16-under par 268, which tied for the second-lowest, 18-hole score in Purdue history. The four scores on Purdue’s counting team in round two had 17 birdies, one eagle and just three bogeys.
Leading the charge was sophomore Sam Easterbrook, who shares the 36-hole individual lead with Michigan State’s Caleb Bond and Marquette’s Patrick Adler at 7-under par 135. Easterbrook recorded rounds of 69 and 66, giving him 10 rounds in the 60s already this season – good for the fifth most in a season in school history.
Easterbrook is looking for his second win this spring after winning the Puerto Rico Classic.
Nels Surtani had a strong day, sitting in a tie for seventh at 5-under par 137 (68-69). Surtani had seven birdies against just two bogeys on the day.
Inserted into the lineup about 15 minutes before the start this morning, Kentaro Nanayama responded with a 36-hole total of 4-under par 138 (71-67) to be in a tie for ninth after the first day. Nanayama had just one bogey in his first 36 holes, and none in the last 30 holes.
Jenson Forrester is tied for 14th, moving up 32 spots after a second-round 66 for a two-round total of 3-under par 139 (73-66).
Supapon Amornchaichan is tied for 52nd at 1-over par 145 (73-72).
Purdue will be paired with Marquette and Michigan in Sunday’s final round, teeing off at 9 a.m. ET, off holes one through three.
PURDUE MEN’S TRACK
MEN’S 4X400M RELAYS SETS SCHOOL RECORD TO CLOSE OUT TOM JONES MEMORIAL
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Men’s 4x400m Relays Sets School Record to Close Out Tom Jones Memorial
4/19/2025 8:51:00 PM | Track & Field
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Purdue Outdoor Track & Field men’s 4x400m relay team set a school record in the Boilermakers’ final event to conclude the Tom Jones Memorial.
Men’s Notes
• The 4x400m relay team of Jahn Riley, Cameron Miller, Brett Otterbacher and Antoine Spencer ran 3:03.64 to finish as the third fastest college team at the meet. The time comes in at No. 7 in the NCAA and Spencer led the group with a 44.15 split.
• Otterbacher tied his open 400m personal best in 46.79 and split 46.37 in the 4x400m.
• Zach Mylenek ran a personal best 48.37 in the 400m. His previous best was 48.54.
Women’s Notes
• Blessing Ogundiran finished 16th in the 100m Invite in 11.44 – her fastest wind-legal time. The time propelled her to sixth in school history after she entered the meet ninth.
• The 4x400m relay team of Alyssa Tate, Alexia Smith, Mirai Bernard and Gia Clay rank 3:35.42 to move into the East Region top 20.
• Britannia Johnson took third in the discus throw collegiate (50.88m / 166-11). She has now finished top three in all three of her discus competitions this season.
• Jalen Elrod finished fifth in the 100m hurdles collegiate in 14.07 to mark the fastest wind-legal time of her career.
Next Up
Purdue has its first and only one-day meet of the season in a trip to Illinois Saturday, April 26.
PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF
BROWN’S CAREER BEST HELPS BOILERS MOVE UP B1G LEADERBOARD
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. – In the biggest tournament of her young collegiate golf career, freshman Samantha Brown fired a career-low 69 (-3) Saturday to lead Purdue Women’s Golf during the second day of the Big Ten Championships. The Boilermakers made a move up the leaderboard, shaving 12 strokes off their opening round score with a 4-over 292, joining Michigan in a tie for ninth (+16) after 36 holes.
Purdue passed Rutgers (+18) on moving day, while inching closer to new conference foes No. 7 USC (+10) and UCLA (+12) in the top half of the leaderboard. The Boilermakers limited their 3-putts in the second round after the putters held them back on Friday. No. 24 Michigan State (-3) went low on Saturday, using a 7-under 281 to vault into first place past No. 5 Oregon (E) and Illinois (+2)
Brown carved eight strokes off her own first round, soaring 37 spots on the individual leaderboard and into a tie for 22nd at 2-over. After parring her final five holes on Friday, she began the second round with seven pars in-a-row before a suffering a bogey at the par-3 17th. However, Brown quickly got the stroke back with a birdie on No. 18 to start a stretch of three birdies over the next four holes. Back-to-back birdies at Nos. 2 and 3 were followed by consecutive bogeys on the difficult fifth and six holes. Once again, the freshman battled back by hitting her tee shot on No. 7 to six feet, setting up an easy birdie. At the par-5 eighth, Brown found herself in the left rough, 45 yards away, for her third shot. Making the approach look easy, the chip landed 15 feet from the hole before finding the bottom of the cup for an eagle. A par at the last secured Brown’s first round in the 60s as a Boilermaker.
For the second straight day, Momo Sugiyama continued her consistency with an even-par 72 to move into the tournament’s Top 10. Three birdies and three bogeys balanced the senior’s Saturday, and Sugiyama finds herself tied for ninth to have a chance at making the all-tournament team (Top 5 following Sunday’s final round).
Jocelyn Bruch added a 75 (+3), cutting a stroke off her opening round. She made three birdies throughout the day, including one at the par-4 ninth to end on a strong note.
Coming off the bench, sophomore Jasmine Kahler carded a 76 (+4) to contribute to the team’s score. The Carlsbad, California, native finished strong herself, playing the final five holes 1-under par which included a birdie on the hardest hole on the course, the par-4 fifth.
Purdue begins the final round at 8 a.m. ET Sunday morning, going off the first tee alongside UCLA and No. 7 USC.
For updates throughout the final round, follow Purdue Women’s Golf on X and Instagram @PurdueWGolf.
BOILERMAKERS
T9. Momo Sugiyama: 72-72—144 (E)
T22. Samantha Brown: 77-69—146 (+2)
T50. Jocelyn Bruch: 76-75—151 (+7)
T61. Lauren Timpf: 75-78—153 (+9)
^–. Jasmine Kahler: 76 (+4)
*–. Natasha Kiel: 80 (+8)
*Round 1 Only
^Round 2 Only
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #24 Michigan State: 292-281—573 (-3)
2. #5 Oregon: 286-290—576 (E)
3. Illinois: 286-292—578 (+2)
4. #14 Ohio State: 288-294—582 (+6)
T5. #12 Northwestern: 293-291—584 (+8)
T5. Wisconsin: 293-291—584 (+8)
7. #7 USC: 294-292—586 (+10)
8. UCLA: 297-291—588 (+12)
T9. Purdue: 300-292—592 (+16)
T9. Michigan: 298-294—592 (+16)
11. Rutgers: 295-299—594 (+18)
T12. Maryland: 302-293—595 (+19)
T12. Minnesota: 307-288—595 (+19)
14. Penn State: 303-298—601 (+25)
15: Iowa: 303-300—603 (+27)
16. Washington: 314-296—610 (+34)
17. Indiana: 305-306—611 (+35)
18. Nebraska: 314-301—615 (+39)
PURDUE SOFTBALL
SIXTH INNING PUSH LEADS BOILERS TO VICTORY
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue (25-17, 8-8 Big Ten) defeated Illinois (18-23, 4-11 Big Ten) 7-3 to take game three of the series and the sweep. A sixth inning push, with five runs, brought the Boilers to victory.
Madi Elish started in the circle, and Julia Gossett took over in the sixth inning, earning Purdue the win. Freshman Maura Condon hit two home runs in the game, her second and third of her career.
BOILER BITS v. Opponent
Offensive Highlights:
Maura Condon: 2-for-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Ashlynn Campbell: 2-for-3, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R
Moriah Polar: 3-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 H, 1 HBP
Pitching Breakdown:
Madi Elish: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 K, 23 BF
Julia Gossett (W, 8-7): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 4 BF
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The first inning was quick with three outs at the top of the frame and no Boilermaker hits in the bottom. Illinois came back with a pair of hits, but Purdue stopped the damage with a double play on a caught line drive. Condon came up to the plate and hit her second career home run to put the Boilers on the scoreboard.
In the top of the third, the Illini went down in order. Ashlynn Campbell started off the bottom of the frame with a grounder up the middle. Khloe Banks moved her with a sacrifice bunt. Moriah Polar made it on base from an Illinois error and Delaney Reefe walked. A sacrifice fly by Gossett sent Campbell home, strengthening the Boilers’ lead.
The Boilers stayed strong in the field in the fourth and fifth innings, keeping the Fighting Illini from scoring. Polar beat out her single to shortstop to get on base at the bottom of the fifth, but was left on base.
Illinois pulled ahead with a two-RBI home run in the sixth inning, but Purdue tied up the ball game on Condon’s second home run of the game. Sage Scarmardo singled, Alivia Meeks doubled to right field, and Kylie Franks pinch-hit a single up the middle to send Scarmardo home, putting the Boilers back in the lead. Campbell then hit a two-RBI triple to continue the streak, and put another run on the board on Polar’s pop fly to left field.
The Boilermakers put up a swift three outs in the top of the seventh inning, giving them the win 7-3.
UP NEXT:
Purdue will play Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday, April 23, at 5 p.m. at Bittinger Stadium.
PURDUE BASEBALL
BIG INNINGS ADD UP FOR PENN STATE IN GAME 2 LOSS
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Purdue Baseball raced out to a fast start with a four-run first inning but Penn State responded with 10 unanswered runs for the second day in a row, defeating the Boilermakers 13-6 Saturday.
Purdue (23-15, 5-12 Big Ten) chased the PSU starter in the second inning and pounded out 11 hits on the day, but stranded 13 runners on base – a season-high total in a Big Ten game. The Boilermakers have dropped six straight on the road in conference play since March 9.
The Nittany Lions (24-13, 12-8 Big Ten) scored four times in the second and fourth innings while building a 10-4 lead. Their three-run bottom of the eighth also prevented Purdue from bringing the tying run to the plate in the ninth after the visitors loaded the bases.
On a day when both teams went to the bullpen in the second inning, it was the PSU relief corps that stabilized the game with six consecutive zeros over 7 2/3 innings of two-run ball. Gavin Beuter did his part as the third pitcher of the day for Purdue, working consecutive 1-2-3 innings and retiring 10 of 11 batters during his best stretch.
Brandon Anderson returned to the leadoff spot in the lineup and reached base safely four times, finishing the day 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Houston Russell was also on base four times via a single and three walks. Both Boilermakers scored from first base on a double to right-center in the four-run first inning.
Logan Sutter and Keenan Spence delivered the RBI doubles in the first inning. Sutter connected for a double for the third straight game and continues to lead the Big Ten with 18 two-baggers. He’s moved within three of matching Purdue’s single-season doubles record. Sutter has been on base in eight consecutive games and has scored a run in six straight games.
Purdue left the bases loaded in the second, seventh and ninth innings. The visitors also hit into three double plays.
Brandon Rogers made another highlight-reel catch in center field, robbing Paxton Kling of a double while crashing into the wall in the first inning. It was the only time the Boilermakers retired Kling on the day.
The 4-5-6 portion of the Penn State lineup burned the Boilermakers, teaming up for a 7-for-12 day that featured four extra-base hits, six RBI and eight runs scored. Jack Porter and Jesse Jaconski both reached base safely and scored a run in three consecutive innings while PSU reeled off its 10 unanswered runs. Jaconski connected for a double, two-run homer and RBI double during that stretch.
The series finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S LAX
MONSTER SECOND HALF CARRIES #9 IRISH IN 12-6 WIN AT #5 UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 9 Fighting Irish (7-3, 3-1 ACC) added a marquee win to their 2025 resume on Saturday, defeating No. 5 North Carolina by a score of 12-6 behind a huge second half performance on the road.
Notre Dame outscored the Tar Heels 11-2 over the final minutes of play and closed the contest by scoring the final seven goals.
Chris Kavanagh was the catalyst to the Irish attack, scoring a game-high four goals in the win. Jalen Seymour added two scores in the win, finishing with multiple goals for the second straight game.
On the defensive end Notre Dame suffocated the Tar Heels attack in the settled six-on-six all afternoon, allowing just four goals while at even strength. Will Donovan was everywhere, causing three turnovers while scooping up a career-high six ground balls.
The defensive duo of Shawn Lyght and Nate Schwitzenberg put the clamps on the prolific UNC attacking duo of Owen Duffy and Dominic Pietramala, holding the two to a combined one goal and one assist.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tar Heels jumped out to a four goal lead, outscoring Notre Dame 4-0 over the opening 15 minutes of play.
The Irish locked in on the defensive end in the second quarter, shutting out UNC to keep the game within reach for Notre Dame. Kavanagh got the Irish on the board in the final minute of the second stanza, cutting the deficit to three at 4-1 at the half.
Notre Dame’s offense came to life in the third quarter, scoring four of the first five goals of the half to level the game at 5-5 with just under four minutes left in the frame.
North Carolina responded with it’s sixth goal of the day to retake the lead at 6-5 but the Irish responded with goals from Kavanagh and Maheras in the final minute of the third to take its first lead of the game at 7-6 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Irish attack stayed hot entering the final frame, pushing the run to five straight as the Notre Dame midfield trio of Jordan Faison, Matt Jeffery and Seymour each scored to make the score 10-6 with 9:13 left in regulation.
Notre Dame wasn’t done scoring, as Ben Ramsey scored a transition goal for the second straight game before Devon McLane put an exclamation mark on the comeback with a goal in the final two minutes to seal the 12-6 victory.
STAT OF THE GAME
The Irish defense held the hosts to their lowest goal total of the season and handed the Tar Heels their largest margin of defeat of the year. Notre Dame is now 7-0 when holding teams to single digits in scoring.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
The Irish improved to 14-11 against North Carolina in the all-time series, posting wins in each of the last five matchups. All five victories have come by at least six goals.
Notre Dame is now 16-4 over the last four seasons of regular-season ACC play.
With four goals in the win, Kavanagh now has 140 career goals, which is the second best mark in program history.
Kavanagh’s four points give him 223 in his career. The senior is three points shy of passing his brother Matt (225) for third all-time in program history for career points.
Taylor’s goal gives him 124 in his career and he is just three goals shy of passing Mikey Wynne (126) for third on the all-time career scoring list at Notre Dame.
Thomas Ricciardelli finished with a .600 save percentage and has now recorded a save percentage of .600 or better in 8 of 10 contests.
UP NEXT
Notre Dame returns to Arlotta Stadium for the regular season finale, taking on Penn at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 2 in South Bend. The game will air on ESPNU and admission to the game is free.
NOTRE DAME BASEBALL
IRISH CLINCH SERIES WITH RUN-RULE WIN OVER CARDINAL
STANFORD, Calif. – Carson Tinney drilled two home runs and Rory Fox was dominant on the mound as the Notre Dame baseball team took an 11-0 win in seven innings at Stanford to clinch the ACC series against the Cardinal on Saturday afternoon.
Carson Tinney hit a one-out double in the top of the first inning for the Irish. Parker Brzustewicz drew a four-pitch, two-out walk to put runners on the corners, and Connor Hincks laced a first-pitch single to center field to drive in Tinney with the first run of the game. Rory Fox then retired the side in order in the bottom of the first to make quick work of Stanford early.
Jayce Lee led off the second with a single to center field, and Nick DeMarco drew a full-count walk to put a pair aboard. Brady Gumpf used a sacrifice bunt to advance Lee and DeMarco, and a hard ground out ball hit by Jared Zimbardo drove in Lee for a 2-0 Irish lead. The Cardinal got a runner on in the bottom half of the inning before a strikeout by Fox stranded the Stanford runner at third.
Davis Johnson laced a lead-off single in the third, and Connor Hincks used a ground-rule double to right field to drive in Johnson for the third run of the game for the Irish. Fox continued to deal and retired the side in order with a ground out and back-to-back strikeouts.
The Cardinal put their lead-off man on base in the bottom of the fourth with a single. Rory Fox induced a foul pop up to Parker Brzustewicz and dialed up a big strikeout to record a pair of kick outs. Carson Tinney then cut down the runner trying to steal second – his fourth caught stealing effort of the weekend – to close out the scoring threat.
Carson Tinney crushed a lead-off solo home run in the top of the fifth 415 feet over the left-center wall as the Irish offense kept steady. Fox and the defense again shut down a Stanford scoring chance by retiring back-to-back batters with a runner on base to maintain a 4-0 lead heading into the sixth.
Notre Dame capitalized on a pair of errors early in the sixth inning to add to the lead. Jayce Lee reached second base safely on an error to begin the inning, and a sacrifice bunt turned error on a ball put in play by Nick DeMarco allowed Lee to come around to score. Brady Gumpf reached on a fielder’s choice before walks by Jared Zimbardo and Carson Tinney loaded the bases. A sacrifice fly from Davis Johnson drove in Gumpf to make it a 6-0 lead for the Irish. Parker Brzustewicz drew a walk to keep things going, and Connor Hincks powered a single to right field, which allowed Zimbardo and Tinney to come in to score for the 8-0 lead.
Rory Fox again had a three-up, three-down effort in the bottom of the sixth as the junior right-hander scattered three hits in a quality start for the Irish.
Nick DeMarco drew a one-out walk, and Jared Zimbardo bounced a two-out single to shortstop. Carson Tinney had his second no-doubt-about-it home run as the Irish pushed the lead to 11-0 going into the bottom of the seventh.
Rory Fox closed out the seven-inning complete game shutout effort on the hill for the Irish. The junior right-handed pitcher induced a trio of fly ball outs after the lead-off man for Stanford reached base to secure the 11-0 win for the Irish in seven innings.
Fox earned the win by scattering four total hits and striking out six with no walks, no extra-base hits, and no runs in his longest outing of his career – seven complete. The junior needed just 96 pitches to pick up the victory on the mound for the Irish.
Carson Tinney went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double, four RBI, four runs, and a walk. Connor Hincks added a 3-for-4 effort with a double, a walk, and four RBI. Jared Zimbardo had a hit, drove in a run, and scored twice. Davis Johnson added a hit, an RBI, and a run. Jayce Lee collected a hit and scored twice. Nick DeMarco and Brady Gumpf each scored a run in the win.
The Irish (19-17, 6-14 ACC) look to sweep the series at Stanford on Sunday in the final game of the weekend. The series finale begins at 1:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT.
NOTRE DAME SOFTBALL
AMARAL’S BIG DAY LIFTS IRISH OVER #17 DUKE
DURHAM, N.C. – The Notre Dame softball team, behind a stellar performance from shortstop Addison Amaral, knocked off 17th-ranked Duke 6-5 Saturday in the final road game of the season. The Irish now have five ranked wins (#15 Missouri, #23 San Diego State, #22 Virginia twice, #17 Duke) and are 21-26-1 on the year and 7-14 in ACC play.
Amaral was unconscious at the plate. The sophomore notched her second career multi-home run game of her young career. She hit a 2-run home run in the top of the first and a second 2-run home run in the top of the sixth, both giving the Irish the lead. The sophomore shortstop now has nine homers on the year (one off her total from last season) and 43 runs batted in.
How it happened
It didn’t take long for the Irish to strike early. For the third straight game, Notre Dame struck in the first inning. With Emily Tran on first following an infield single, Amaral blasted a two-run homer to dead center field, her eighth of the season, to give the Irish an early 2-0 lead.
Shannon Becker made her sixth start of the season in the circle for Notre Dame. She tossed an inning of scoreless relief on Friday night, but allowed a run in the bottom of the first. Irish lead 2-1 after the opening frame.
After an inning of no runs, Micaela Kastor took over in the circle for Becker in the third. Kastor was coming off a complete game effort in last night’s game. She threw a scoreless bottom of the third after Rachel Allen picked off the runner at first to end the inning.
The Blue Devils knotted the game at two in the bottom of the second on an infield single to first. The game was all squared through four innings.
The game tilted Duke’s way in the bottom of the fifth. After a double play was overturned that would’ve got the Irish out of the inning, a double to right center by KK Mathis gave the Blue Devils its first lead of the game, 3-2 after five innings.
The lead didn’t last long. Amaral stepped back into the box and demolished her second two-run home run to left field, a no-doubter to put Notre Dame back up 4-3.
The Irish put up two insurance runs in the top of the seventh. An O’Brien sac fly scored Caitlyn Early for the fifth Notre Dame run. One batter later, Tran ripped a ball through the right side to score Olivia Levitt to make it 6-3 Irish.
Kastor came back out for the bottom of the seventh, going on her 11th inning in the past two days.
The Blue Devils made it interesting in the bottom of the seventh. Duke was able to score two runs to cut it to just a one run Irish lead. But Kastor dug in and induced a ground ball to Anna Holloway at second, securing the second-highest ranked win of the year for Notre Dame.
Notre Dame returns home for its final seven regular season games, starting Tuesday against Central Michigan. Gametime for that one is at 5 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF
BUTLER IN SECOND AFTER OPENING 18 OF BIG EAST WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bulldogs stand in second place after the opening day of the 2025 BIG EAST Women’s Golf Championship presented by JEEP. Butler posted a team score of 307 (+19) on the first day of the event.
The 54-hole event continues Sunday with the first group teeing off at 8 a.m. The championship runs through Monday.
The Bulldogs were led by Katie Steinman and Treva Dodd, who each carded a three-over 75 Saturday. Each posted a pair of birdies on the 6,195-yard Riverton Pointe course in Hardeeville, S.C.
Steinman and Dodd are among five players tied for third after the first 18 holes of the event. Seton Hall’s Marta Aguilar holds a two-shot lead after her one-under 71; Xavier’s Emma Welch is alone in second at 73 (+1).
As a team, Butler trails only Xavier on the six-team leaderboard. Xavier shot 298 (+10) Saturday, which is nine shots better than the Bulldogs (307) entering the second round. Butler will look to continue to hold off Georgetown (308) and Creighton (310), who are in third and fourth respectively.
THE BULLDOGS:
T3) Katie Steinman, 75 (+3)
T3) Treva Dodd, 75 (+3)
T13) Kelli Scheck, 78 (+6)
T17) Cybil Stillson, 79 (+7)
T21) Sophie McGinnis, 80 (+8)
TEAM STANDINGS – AFTER ROUND 1:
1) Xavier, 298 (+10)
2) Butler, 307 (+19)
3) Georgetown, 308 (+20)
4) Creighton, 310 (+22)
5) Seton Hall, 320 (+32)
6) St. John’s, 323 (+35)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS – AFTER ROUND 1:
1) Marta Aguilar, Seton Hall – 71 (-1)
2) Emma Welch, Xavier – 73 (+3)
T3) Kara Carter, Xavier – 75 (+3)
T3) Madison Reemsnyder, Xavier – 75 (+3)
T3) Eleanor Hudepohl, Xavier – 75 (+3)
T3) Treva Dodd, Butler – 75 (+3)
T3) Katie Steinman, Butler – 75 (+3)
T8) Katharine Marshall, Creighton – 76 (+4)
T8) Megan Gormley, Georgetown – 76 (+4)
T10) Gabriella Eifrig, Georgetown – 77 (+5)
T10) Claire Chen, Georgetown – 77 (+5)
T10) Morgan Becker, Creighton – 77 (+5)
The BIG EAST will crown a team champion which will receive the league’s automatic berth to the 2025 NCAA Championship. The individual medalist also earns an NCAA Championship invitation.
GKLive.TV will provide online streaming coverage of the Tournament. There are no subscription fees to watch the event. Live scoring for the event is also available.
BUTLER BASEBALL
BULLDOGS WIN WEEKEND SERIES AT GEORGETOWN
The Butler baseball team recorded a 14-10 win at Georgetown on Saturday afternoon to win the weekend series two games to one. The Bulldogs are now 14-25 overall and 3-6 in the BIG EAST
The Hoyas led 5-0 until the fourth inning when Danny Barbero delivered a grand slam! BU scored two more in the sixth and one in the seventh before posting seven runs over the final two innings to record the 14-10 victory.
Barbero, Jack Bello and Jack Moroknek all had multi-hit games for BU while seven different Bulldogs were credited with an RBI. The Bulldogs scored their 14 runs on 10 hits and got a solid six innings out of starter Marcus Goodpaster. The win went to Nate Rosser (2-2).
Rosser took command of the game over the last three innings. He struck out four and only allowed one Hoya hit.
Late game highlights came courtesy of Ryan Drumm and Tommy Townsend. Drumm hit a two-RBI double to left center in the eighth and Townsend hit a two-run homer in the ninth to break the 10-10 tie.
BU will ride this momentum into a Tuesday tilt against Eastern Illinois. The Bulldogs will host the action at 4 p.m.
IU INDY MEN’S GOLF
BOSWELL FIRST, JAGS TIED FOR SECOND AT #HLGOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – The IU Indianapolis men’s golf team rode a hot finish to climb the leaderboard at the Horizon League Golf Championships on Saturday (Apr. 19), finishing day one tied for second overall at 299, four shots back of leader Wright State. Sophomore Titus Boswell led the way, carding 3-under 69 to sit atop the leaderboard through 18 holes.
Boswell made four birdies on his final five holes to surge to 3-under, sandwiched around a tough par on No. 16. All total, he finished his round with a tournament best six birdies.
Fellow sophomore Brady Schier is tied for tenth at 3-over 75 and Sam McWilliams shot 5-over 77 and is tied for 24th. Morgan Tournemire rounded out the group of scorers at 6-over 78 and Noah Kirsch closed at 8-over 80. However, Kirsch played his back nine to even par 37 after a rocky start, providing some positive momentum heading into round two.
Schier played the back nine to 1-under 36, including a pair of birdies, while McWilliams shot even par 37 over his final nine holes. Schier’s lone bogey on the back nine was a ridiculous save on No. 15 after his tee shot fell woefully short of the island green.
Tournemire posted 1-over 38 on the back nine, including birdies on two of his final three holes of the round and a near miss on the par-3, No. 15 before that.
Behind Boswell, Wright State’s Shane Ochs and Green Bay’s Yinta Yang both shot 2-under 70.
The Jaguars led the field with 17 birdies on Saturday, but were last among the field with 43 pars.
Play will resume beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday (Apr. 20).
IU INDY WOMEN’S GOLF
WOJTCZAK LEADS WOMEN’S GOLF ON DAY ONE OF HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – IU Indy women’s golf sophomore Nina Wojtczak led the way with a 4-over 77 on day one of the Horizon League Championships on Saturday (Apr. 19) as the Jaguars posted an opening round 329. The Jaguars are currently tied for fifth among the eight-team field while Wojtczak is tied for third among the 39-player field.
Scoring was at a premium on day one as strong winds made an already tough El Campeon course even more challenging for the field. Wojtczak tamed the course, tying for the lead with 14 pars in round one.
Purdue Fort Wayne and Youngstown State are tied atop the lead at 313 while two other schools are tied for third at 327. Purdue Fort Wayne’s Lillian Gottman and YSU’s Sofia Perez Escarcena are tied individually at 3-over 76 and Wojtczak is in a three-way tie for third at 77.
After making bogey on three of her first seven holes, Wojtczak played her final 11 holes of the day to 1-over with 10 pars.
Junior Reagan Sohn carded 8-over 81 and is tied for 14th while classmate Yanah Rolston is tied for 22nd at 11-over 84. Both made a pair of birdies each to lead the team.
Freshman Cassidy Ayres closed at 14-over 87 to round out the scoring four and sophomore Sydni Zebrauskas closed at 21-over 94.
The Jaguars played the par-3’s well, tying for second among the field at 7-over for the day.
Play will resume, beginning at noon on Sunday (Apr. 20).
BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
MVB CONCLUDES SEASON IN FIVE SET LOSS TO LEWIS
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Ball State men’s volleyball fell 2-3 (20-25, 25-16, 18-25, 25-20, 11-15) to Lewis in the opening match of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) tournament Saturday night in Romeoville, Illinois.
As the higher seed, the fourth-ranked Flyers (22-8, 12-5 MIVA) hosted the fifth-ranked Cardinals (17-13, 9-8 MIVA) to begin postseason play. With the victory, Lewis will now move on to play top-seeded Loyola Chicago on Wednesday, April 23.
The whole match was a back-and-forth battle that started in favor of the Flyers. Lewis jumped ahead early on the Cardinals, taking a 6-1 lead to open the first and force Ball State to call a timeout. The Cardinals put down two out of the break but were never able to catch up with the Flyers’ offense, dropping the first frame 20-25.
Set two started on a different note, this time with Ball State taking a 6-2 advantage over the Flyers. Lewis was able to come within one point at 12-11, but a five-point run from the Cardinals shaped the direction for the rest of the set. Rajé Alleyne secured the second frame on a 25-16 kill.
At an even 1-1 score, the Cardinals looked to take the lead with a strong set three. However, Lewis jumped back into the driver’s seat, leading Ball State from the opening point. The Flyers took the third frame 25-18.
Momentum was traded back to the Cardinals after back-to-back kills from Patrick Rogers opened set four. Ball State surged through the frame, winning the point on a 25-20 kill from Alleyne and tying the match at two points each.
With the season on the line, the two teams entered the final set with a similar goal in mind. The Flyers took the first point, but Ball State was able to put together a 6-4 lead while trying to maintain control. However, Lewis fought back, ultimately winning the match from a 15-11 final frame.
First-Team All-MIVA honorees Rogers and Tinaishe Ndavazocheva were among the top players for the Cardinals, recording 16 and 13 kills respectively. Alleyne, the second team recipient was also a playmaker, adding 14 kills and two aces.
Despite the loss, Ball State was the superior team at the service line as the Flyers recorded 21 service errors in comparison to the Cardinals’ 11. Ball State also led in digs with 46 on the night.
BALL STATE BASEBALL
ANOTHER NINTH INNING RALLY LEADS BASEBALL TO SERIES-CLINCHING 16-12 WIN AT BOWLING GREEN
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State baseball team rode a ninth inning rally, highlighted by a go-ahead three-run triple by Dylan Grego, to beat Bowling Green 16-12 on Saturday afternoon at Steller Field.
The Cardinals (29-12, 15-3 Mid-American Conference) entered the final frame tied 11-11 with the host Falcons (25-13, 13-8 MAC), and Grego slashed a pitch down the right field line with two outs to score Ty Davis, Brett Griffiths and Alex Richter and propel the visitors to the series win.
Nick Husovsky followed Grego’s clutch knock with an RBI double, and Garrett Arnold added another insurance run on a run-scoring single to give Ball State a 16-11 lead. Owen Quinn (3-1) got the final eight outs of the game for the Cardinals’ pitching staff to earn the win.
Gabe Jones entered the game in the fifth inning and struck out three in 2.1 innings of one-run ball to slow down the Bowling Green offense and get the ball to Quinn to finish the game.
Arnold got the scoring started by singling in the first inning to bring home Grego. Ben Giovannetti plated Husovsky on a groundout to give the Cardinals an early 2-0 edge.
Davis extended the advantage on a solo home run to right field in the second before Bowling Green scored four runs in the second and two in the third inning to gain a 6-3 lead.
Blake Bevis hit a solo shot and Richter a three-run blast for a four-run fourth inning to pull the Cardinals ahead 7-6. After the hosts scored four runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame, Ball State put two runs on the board in both the fifth and seventh inning, tying the score at 10-10 on a run-scoring single by Balius and going ahead 11-10 thanks to a Richter sac fly that brought in Houston King.
Bowling Green hit a solo home run in the seventh to tie the score and set up the five-run ninth inning by the visitors, who plated six runs in the final frame of Friday’s 23-18 comeback victory.
Richter went 2-for-4 with five RBI and two runs scored. Arnold rapped out three knocks and two RBI, while Grego had the triple and a double along with the three runs batted in and two runs scored. Bevis and Davis also collected two hits on the day.
Grego finished the weekend compiling a double, a triple, four home runs and 13 RBI in three games.
“Our boys showed a lot of grit all weekend,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “Ninth inning rallies are hard to come by, but our guys believe in each other and battle until the end. So many different guys contributed to our success.”
Ball State’s next scheduled game is at 6 p.m. on Wednesday against Indiana at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
ACES TOP SYCAMORES IN EXTRA-INNINGS TO CLOSE OUT SERIES IN EVANSVILLE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Cal McGinnis tied the game up in both the bottom of the ninth and the 11th innings, and Kevin McCormick connected on the walk-off single as Indiana State was unable to hold off Evansville on Saturday evening at German American Bank Field with the 11-10 extra-inning loss.
The Sycamores (20-19, 8-7) appeared to seize control of the contest in the top of the 11th inning against Evansville (13-25, 7-8) reliever Drew Fieger (3-3). Carlos Pena drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on Keegan Garis’ single to left center. Thomas Emerich followed with his fourth hit of the contest, an RBI single back up the middle breaking an 8-8 tie as Pena slid across the plate.
Mason Roell followed two batters later with an RBI single in nearly the same spot allowing Garis to score as Indiana State took the 10-8 lead into the bottom of the 11th.
Similar to Evansville’s rally in the bottom of the ninth, the Aces put runners on base early as Ty Rumsey singled to left and advanced to second as Charlie Longmeier drew a walk against Indiana State reliever Zac Laird (0-1). After Aaron Nehls was hit by a pitch to load the bases, the Sycamores turned to Ryan Karst against McGinnis.
Karst worked a 1-1 count against the Evansville left-handed batter, before McGinnis turned on a pitch and connected on a two-run single to right field scoring both Rumsey and Longmeier evening the game at 10-10. McCormick followed three pitches later with a line drive single to left center scoring Nehls as the Aces walked the Sycamores off for the second consecutive game.
Indiana State built an 8-2 lead over the first four and a half innings as the Sycamores’ offense was rolling early against Evansville starter Owen Byberg. Jackson Taylor provided a key two-run double in the top of the second inning, while Eli Gipson drove in a pair of runs with an RBI double and RBI single to stake Indiana State to the lead.
Evansville rallied back making it an 8-5 game heading into the ninth and completed the comeback with McGinnis connected on a two-run single up the middle highlighting a three-run ninth inning rally to send the game into extra innings.
Seven different Sycamores recorded multi-hit games as Indiana State connected on 19 hits overall in the contest. Emerich finished 4-for-6 with a double and two runs scored, while Carter Beck, Keegan Garis, Taylor, and Gipson all doubled in the loss.
Grant Parson went 3.2 innings in his first action on the mound in over a month as the sophomore came back from injury. Breyllin Suriel worked 3.2 strong innings in relief with five strikeouts, while Gavin Morris struck out five hitters over his 2.0 innings on the mound.
Rumsey (3-for-6) and Matt Flaherty (3-for-5) paced the Evansville offense with six of the team’s 11 hits on the night as the Aces took advantage of six walks and a pair of hit batters to keep the bases occupied. McGinnis drove in four RBIs over the final three innings and added two hits in the win.
Fieger worked 4.0 innings allowing four hits and a pair of runs while striking out two in claiming the win. Byberg worked the first 3.0 innings allowing seven hits and five runs (four earned), while Max Hansmann went 4.0 innings allowing eight hits and three runs in relief.
How They Scored
Indiana State took the early lead in the top of the second inning as Jackson Taylor connected on a two-run double to right center scoring Thomas Emerich and Jeremy Martinez to put the Sycamores up 2-0.
Eli Gipson added to the lead in the second inning with a ground-rule RBI double to left center scoring Taylor, before Gipson came around to score on a caught stealing at second base to put Indiana State ahead 4-0 early.
The Sycamores added to the lead in the third inning as Keegan Garis doubled home Carlos Pena to make it a 5-0 game.
Pena made it 6-0 as the senior beat out an infield single to the shortstop bringing home Carter Beck in the top of the fourth inning.
The Aces made it 6-2 in the bottom of the fourth as Harrison Taubert connected on a two-run double down the left field line bringing home Matt Flaherty and Charlie Longmeier.
The Sycamores answered in the top of the fifth as Eli Gipson singled home Thomas Emerich, while Carter Beck added an RBI base hit scoring Taylor to put Indiana State ahead 8-2.
Ty Rumsey doubled home Jake McGhee, and then Flaherty singled home Rumsey to cut the Indiana State lead down to 8-4 in the bottom of the fifth.
McGhee added an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth scoring Evan Waggoner to make it an 8-5 Indiana State lead.
The Aces rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth with Flaherty doubling home McGhee, before Cal McGinnis connected on a two-run single bringing home Rumsey and Drew Howard to tie the game up at 8-8 and send it to extra innings.
Indiana State took the 10-8 lead in the top of the 11th as Emerich singled home Carlos Pena to put the Sycamores back on top. Mason Roell followed two batters later with an RBI single up the middle scoring Keegan Garis to give the Sycamores the two-run lead.
McGinnis came through in the clutch again for Evansville in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single to right field scoring Rumsey and Longmeier to even the game up at 10-10.
Kevin McCormick connected on the game-winning, walk-off single to left center scoring Aaron Nehls to provide the final scoring margin.
News & Notes
Thomas Emerich recorded his second four-hit game of the 2025 season on Saturday evening on his way to finishing up the Evansville series with a .571 batting average (8-for-14). He added his team-leading 13th double in the contest.
Saturday’s game marked the sixth time the Sycamores have connected on five or more doubles in the 2025 season after Carter Beck, Keegan Garis, Emerich, Jackson Taylor, and Eli Gipson all recorded doubles in the game.
Indiana State’s 19 hits marked the second-most by the Sycamores in a game this season trailing their 29-hit performance against Wagner back on February 16, 2025, in Gastonia, N.C.
The Sycamores dropped their second MVC series of the 2025 season and move to 8-7 in Valley play with four weekends to play.
All nine starters in the Indiana State lineup and 10 different players total recorded hits in Saturday’s game.
Seven different Sycamores recorded multi-hit games paced by Emerich’s four-hit contest.
Grant Parson returned to the mound on Saturday evening for the first time since March 8, 2025, against SEMO, after recovering from an injury that kept him out the last month.
Gavin Morris recorded his second game with five or more strikeouts over the weekend as the senior right-hander retired five batters on strikes over 2.0 innings of work.
Up Next
Indiana State starts a four-game homestand on Tuesday, April 22, as the Sycamores welcome Illinois to Bob Warn Field. First pitch between the Sycamores and the Fighting Illini is set for 6:30 p.m. ET and will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF
MASTODON WOMEN’S GOLF LEADS AFTER OPENING ROUND OF #HLGOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf team put together a strong opening round at the Horizon League Golf Championship, shooting 313 to tie for first place through 18 holes on Saturday (April 19).
The team’s 313 is the best round at a Horizon League Championship in program history.
Lillian Gottman shot a team-best 76 in round one, which was also good for first place in the field. It matched Youngstown State’s Sofia Perez Escarcena. Gottman started her day with a par on one and birdie on two. After a bogey on three, she rattled off four pars in a row. On hole five, she managed a tough up and down for par after putting her second shot in the greenside bunker. She splashed out to within a clublength. After that, she birdied nine and 14. She finished with back-to-back pars on the tough finishing holes.
Hunar Mittal was one shot back of Gottman thanks to the only eagle in the field. After her first shot of the round went right into pine straw, Mittal sank her third shot from 96 yards out. She finished even on the front nine with bogeys on four and five. On the back, she was even through 15 thanks to a birdie on 14, but finished 4-over in her last three. Despite that, her 77 was good for third place after day one.
Olivia Jang shot 78 in round one and is in a tie for sixth. She started with four pars and a birdie in her first five holes, the birdie coming on four. Jang managed to reach two par-5s in two, but took pars on both. She had six pars on the tougher back nine for her 78.
From the No. 5 spot, Louise Ekesall had her score taken on Saturday. She started her day by putting her approach on one within five feet and sank the putt for birdie. After a tough stretch on the front, she played better on the back, especially down the stretch. She parred 10, 11 and 12, then birdied 15 and 18. Her drive on 18 carried the pond hugging the entire right side of the hole. Ekesall is in a tie for 17th with her 82.
Natalie Papa shot 85 and is in a tie for 26th. She got birdies to fall on five and 10. She finished her day with pars on 16 and 18.
The Mastodons are tied with league favorite Youngstown State. They are 14 strokes ahead of Green Bay and Oakland.
The second round of the Horizon League Championship will begin for the ‘Dons at 12:20 p.m. on Sunday (April 20), with tee times starting with Natalie Papa. Lillian Gottman will start at 1:00 p.m. and will be the last for the ‘Dons.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE SOFTBALL
HOLLOPETER AND JONES MOVE INTO FOURTH IN CAREER CATEGORIES IN WIN AT RMU
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -Grace Hollopeter hit her 24th home run of her career on Saturday (April 19), lifting Purdue Fort Wayne to a 5-2 win over Robert Morris in game three of the series.
With the homer, Hollopeter moved into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time home runs list in Mastodon history. She has nine this season.
Jones secured the 25th win of her career from the pitcher’s circle, also moving in sole possession of fourth place in Purdue Fort Wayne history. This was her 10th win of the season, a career-best.
The ‘Dons got on the board early in the contest as Bailey Manos crossed home plate in the top of the first. Manos took first base in the first at bat of the game with a walk, advanced to second after Tori Countryman’s sacrifice bunt, stole third for her sixth stolen base of the year and was sent home by Addison Zimpleman’s sac fly.
Both teams scored a run in the third inning. The Mastodons extended their lead to 2-0 after Zimpleman’s triple pushed Manos across home plate for the second time. The Colonials managed to bring the deficit back to one in the bottom of the inning, scoring after a walk and a single.
Gwen McMenemy took advantage of being hit by a pitch to start the fourth inning when Alexa Carter found a gap in left center for a double, sending McMenemy around the horn to score a run. Robert Morris began to build some momentum, hoping for a two-out rally with runners on first and second. Jones quieted the RMU dugout with one of her five strikeouts on the day.
Countryman opened the fifth inning with a single on the first pitch of her at bat. Purdue Fort Wayne pulled away after Hollopeter’s two-run homer cleared the left center wall for her ninth home run of the season, second-most in the Horizon League.
Both teams finished with six hits.
Purdue Fort Wayne climbed to 14-22 and 10-8 in Horizon League play. RMU fell to 22-14, 14-6. The Mastodons will host a series against Northern Kentucky next week (April 25-26).
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
ACES BASEBALL HITS SECOND WALK-OFF WIN TO TAKE SERIES OVER INDIANA STATE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team took its first series win over the Indiana State Sycamores in three seasons with an 11-10 walk-off win in the 11th inning on Saturday.
The Purple Aces completed their largest comeback of the season on Saturday night in an 11-inning slug fest with Indiana State. After falling behind by six runs in under four innings, UE clawed its way back to an 8-8 tie in the bottom of the ninth. Evansville was able to end the game in the bottom of the 11th as singles from Ty Rumsey (Evansville, Ind. / North HS), Cal McGinnis (Kimberly, Wis. / Bradley), and Kevin McCormick (Orland Park, Ill. / St. Laurence HS) scored three runs for the 11-10 final.
“What an incredible game. Just Missouri Valley Conference baseball at its finest,” said Head Coach Wes Carroll after the win. “Rubber match games in this conference are always crazy, especially against rivals like Indiana State. For us, I’ve seen some unique baseball games on this field throughout my 17 years with a handful of walk-offs here and there.
“We showed so much grit and so much fight from a club that is pretty young. But if you see some of the guys that stepped up, Rumsey and Cal McGinnis. Just seeing our guys leave it out there when the season hasn’t been going as planned. We showed a lot of fight last night and tonight in all three facets of the game. Our offense really responded tonight.”
It was a three-up and three-down inning to start the game on both sides on Saturday night. Starting pitcher Owen Byberg (Barrie, Ontario) struck out the side for the Aces to have a strong start. But UE struggled over the next three innings on defense as the Sycamores scored six runs while blanking Evansville through the third.
The Aces broke the shutout in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs on three hits. Right fielder Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo. / Northeast CC) put a double down the left field line to score both left fielder Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind. / Seymour HS) and catcher Matt Flaherty (Lake Zurich, Ill. / Bellarmine). Indiana State answered back with two runs of its own in the top of the fifth inning.
But UE’s defense was able to keep the Sycamores scoreless for the next four innings of scheduled play. While the defense did its job, Evansville’s offense added runs in the bottom of the fifth and the bottom of the sixth. In the fifth, a lead-off walk to third baseman Jake McGhee (Fenton, Mo. / Christian Brothers College) became the Aces’ third run with a double from Rumsey. Rumsey also scored in the fifth as Flaherty had another long single to bring the outfielder home for UE.
Evansville had its fifth run in the sixth as another lead-off walk, this time to designated hitter Evan Waggoner (Bedford, Ind. / Bedford North Lawrence HS), became a run. Waggoner advanced on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice to move to third base, being 90 feet away from home. A sacrifice fly that almost went to the warning track from McGhee scored Waggoner to make it a three-run game.
The Aces’ offense went down in order over the next two innings but had a big bottom of the ninth to force extra innings. After a strikeout to begin the ninth, McGhee and Rumsey had back-to-back singles, had two on for UE. Another strikeout was put on the board for Evansville, but Flaherty knocked his third hit of the night to the right corner to score McGhee.
McGinnis was up to bat after Flaherty and faced four pitches before putting the ball just up the middle to tie the game at eight runs with two outs on the board. The Aces weren’t able to bring the winning run home in the ninth, sending the game to extras. It was an empty inning for both sides in the 10th, forcing an 11th inning.
Indiana State scored first in the 11th, bringing two runs home with three hits and a walk. UE faced a 10-8 deficit heading into the bottom of the 11th. The frame didn’t start well for Evansville with a looking strikeout. But Rumsey again came through with a hit for the Aces to get UE’s offense going.
Longmeier and pinch hitter Aaron Nehls (Evansville, Ind. / North HS) got free passes from Sycamores reliever Zac Laird to load the bases. With only an out on the board, Indiana State swapped pitchers before facing McGinnis. But a new pitcher didn’t phase the infielder as McGinnis had his second game-tying single of the night into right field.
The single scored Rumsey and Longmeier, again making it a tied 10-10 score. Evansville didn’t have to wait long with the score tied as Kevin McCormick came in to pinch hit for the Aces. McCormick saw a strike and a ball before making contact for a single that went through the left side, scoring Nehls as the game-winning run.
Reliever Drew Fieger (Fort Mitchell, Ky. / Lincoln Trail CC) picked up his second win of the weekend as he had his longest outing of the season so far against the Sycamores. Fieger pitched a full four innings for UE, where he allowed four hits, two runs, and a walk while striking out two batters. He is now tied for the Evansville lead in wins with LHP Kevin Reed (Martinsville, Ind. / Martinsville HS).
The Aces are back in action on the road on Tuesday night. UE makes the trip to Western Kentucky to complete its series with the Hilltoppers for a 6 p.m. game. Evansville will be back at German American Bank Field on Tuesday, April 29, to take on Indiana.
EVANSVILLE SOFTBALL
ACES DROP FINALE TO RACERS
MURRAY, Ky. – Four runs in the final three innings saw Murray State overcome a 3-0 deficit to defeat the University of Evansville softball team by a final score of 4-3 on Saturday at Racer Field.
A quick start saw Evansville take a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Taylor Howe opened the scoring in the top of the first. After hitting a leadoff triple, Howe scored on a wild pitch. After Gracie Hollingsworth saw the Racers down in order in the bottom of the first, the Purple Aces offense got back to work in the second.
Niki Bode’s 2-run single gave UE a 3-0 lead in the second. Miriah Powell and Zoe Frossard both scored on the play. A squeeze play saw MSU get on the board with a single run in the fourth before two more runs, including a solo home run, tied the game in the fifth.
Three hits by the Racers in the sixth gave them their first lead of the game at 4-3. Down to its final three outs, the Aces looked for a rally in the seventh. Kynadea Warner and Howe both reached on singles before a walk by Morgan Adams loaded the bases with one out. Unfortunately, two pop outs ended the contest.
UE completed the game with six hits including two by Howe. Hollingsworth gave up three earned runs in 4 2/3 frames while Kate Ridgway gave up a run in the final 1 1/3 innings. She took the loss.
Next weekend, Evansville travels to Bradley for a 3-game set.
VALPO BASEBALL
UNUSUAL TOP OF THE FIRST ACCOUNTS FOR DIFFERENCE AS MURRAY STATE TAKES SERIES FINALE
Murray State scored four times in a clunky top of the first inning and that held up as the difference in the game as each team produced just one run the rest of the way on a pitcher-friendly and chilly Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field. The Valparaiso University baseball team was on the wrong end of a 5-1 final to close out the three-game series.
How It Happened
The top of the first appeared to be over on two occasions, but both times Murray State challenged the final out and the play was overturned to extend the inning. The inning originally appeared to end with only one run across for the Racers. After a fly ball was caught in center for the second out of the inning, the runner at third originally held, but then tried to score when the throw to the cutoff man bounced away. The runner was originally ruled out at the plate on a 2-1 putout, but that call was overturned and the inning continued. Later in the inning, Valpo was originally ruled to pick off a runner at first to end the inning, but that play was once again challenged and overturned. Finally, a batter struck out to end the inning, and thankfully there was nothing to challenge about that, but by that time four runs had crossed the plate.
Valpo starting pitcher Spencer Boynton (Tampa, Fla. / Seffner Christian) was solid for the rest of his day, pitching scoreless ball in the second, third and fourth. He did not allow any hits or walks in those three innings, facing one over the minimum as the only batter who reached over his final three frames did so on an error.
Valpo went to the bullpen in the top of the fifth, and Murray State made it 5-0 on a solo homer by Carson Garner. The Beacons cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth as Patrick Ilitch (Detroit, Mich. / University Liggett) and Kevin Denty (Tinley Park, Ill. / Marian Catholic) started the inning with back-to-back doubles to make it 5-1.
That stood as the final score as neither team scored over the remaining four innings. Ryan Kruse (Detroit, Mich. / U of D Jesuit) and Adam Guazzo (Huntley, Ill. / Huntley) combined for four scoreless frames out of the Beacon bullpen. Kruse entered the game with two on and nobody out in the sixth and worked out of it with no damage.
Inside the Game
Valpo held a 6-5 edge in the hit column with Denty and Ilitch combining for five of the team’s six hits. Half of Valpo’s six hits were doubles.
Ilitch just missed his fifth home run in the last five games as his two-bagger banged off the wall. He added a bunt single to the mix, pushing his hitting streak to 11.
Denty’s three hits equaled a season high as this marked his fourth three-hit game of the year.
Redshirt sophomore Thomas Cooper (Brentwood, Tenn. / Ravenwood) made his first start since March 22, getting the nod at DH after missing time with a shoulder injury.
Up Next
The Beacons (8-26, 3-12 MVC) will host Northern Illinois on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Emory G. Bauer Field. Admission is free and the game will air on ESPN+ with links to live video and stats available on ValpoAthletics.com.
VALPO SOFTBALL
BEACONS EDGED BY BRUINS TO CLAIM SERIES
The Valpo softball team was within two innings of closing out a series win on the road at second-place Belmont Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn., but the host Bruins plated a pair of sixth-inning runs to earn the 2-1 victory.
How It Happened
Valpo struck immediately against Belmont ace Maya Johnson in the top of the first. Madison Vrastil (Oak Forest, Ill./Andrew) led off the game with an infield single, moved up 60 feet at a time on a sacrifice and a groundout before scoring on a two-out single from Azalya Lopez (Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt [MSU Moorhead]).
That proved to be Valpo’s last baserunner until the seventh inning, but for most of the game, that single tally looked like it might be enough. Sydney McDermott (Stout, Ohio/Portsmouth West) took care of the Bruins in the first two innings before handing the ball off to Lopez.
Lopez kept Belmont off the board in the third after the Bruins got a runner to second with one out, induced a double-play grounder to erase the leadoff batter reaching in the fourth and set the side down in order in the fifth.
Belmont was able to take advantage of its best chance of the game in the sixth, however. Back-to-back walks to open the inning put two runners aboard, both of whom came home on a one-out, two-run double to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
Valpo had one last chance to strike back and put together a threat in the seventh. Mack Gallagher (Frankfort, Ill.,/Lincoln-Way East [MSU Moorhead]) led off the inning with a full-count walk, and three batters later, Kim Rodas (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) worked a full-count walk of her own to put the potential tying run in scoring position. Kaia Garnica (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) lined a 1-0 pitch that looked like it was destined for shallow right field, but the Belmont second baseman made a lunging snag to end the game.
Inside the Game
Valpo was held to just two hits, tying a season low, but the trio of McDermott, Lopez and Erin Metz (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) were nearly as effective, limiting Belmont to just three hits.
Vrastil scored her team-best 26th run of the season, while Lopez’s RBI was her 21st of the campaign.
Lopez was charged with the loss in the circle, falling to 8-11 after her three innings of relief work.
Next Up
Valpo (18-24, 7-13 MVC) steps out of MVC play for the final time in the regular season on Wednesday afternoon, making the short trip to Notre Dame for a 4 p.m. CT first pitch.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
April 20
1910 — Addie Joss of Cleveland pitched the second no-hitter of his career, a 1-0 win over the White Sox in Chicago.
1912 — Fenway Park was opened in Boston and the Red Sox defeated the visiting New York Highlanders, later known as the Yankees, 7-6 in 11 innings. Tiger Stadium in Detroit also opened its doors as the Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-5.
1916 — The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park — renamed Wrigley Field in 1926 — defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
1920 — Manager Gavvy Cravath of the Philadelphia Phillies inserted himself as a pinch hitter and beat the New York Giants with a three-run homer, 3-0. It was his last home run in the majors.
1937 — Gee Walker hit for the cycle on opening day to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 win over Cleveland. Walker hit the cycle in reverse order: home run, triple, double, single.
1938 — Cleveland’s Bob Feller pitched the first of 12 career one-hitters, beating the St. Louis Browns 9-0.
1939 — In his first major league game, Ted Williams hit a 400-foot double in four at-bats as the Boston Red Sox lost 2-0 to New York at Yankee Stadium.
1941 — The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first major league team to wear protective headgear.
1967 — Tom Seaver of the New York Mets recorded his first major league victory with a 6-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Seaver went 7 2-3 innings and gave up eight hits and one run.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves recorded their 12th consecutive victory from the beginning of the season — a 4-2 decision over Cincinnati in Atlanta — and eclipsed the major league record set a year earlier by the Oakland A’s.
1988 — The Baltimore Orioles set a major league record with their 14th straight defeat at the start of the season, losing to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6.
1990 — Seattle’s Brian Holman lost his bid for baseball’s 13th perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on Ken Phelps’ pinch-hit home run in the Mariners’ 6-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
1997 — The Chicago Cubs stopped their season-opening losing streak at 14 games, rallying in the sixth inning to beat the New York Mets 4-3 in the second game of a doubleheader. The Mets won the opener 8-2. Chicago’s 0-14 start set a National League record and was the second worst behind the 1988 Baltimore Orioles, who began 0-21.
1999 — Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott agrees to sell her controlling interest in the Reds to a group headed by Carl H. Lindner, ending her 14-year tenure.
2001 — Carlos Delgado of the Blue Jays hit three homers for the second time this season, as Toronto beat the Kansas City Royals 12-4.
2006 — Julio Franco became the oldest player in major league history to hit a home run when he hit a two-run, pinch-hit shot in the eighth inning to help the New York Mets rally for a 7-2 win over San Diego. Franco, 47, replaced Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn in the record book who was 46 years, 357 days old when he homered on June 27, 1930.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with two home runs in a 7-6 loss to Boston and joined Mike Schmidt, who hit 12 homers in the first 15 games in 1976, as the fastest to reach a dozen in baseball history.
2008 — The Blue Jays release former superstar Frank Thomas, who has 516 major league home runs.
2010 — Pitcher Edinson Volquez of the Reds is suspended for 50 games for failing a PED test during spring training.
2011 — Commissioner Bud Selig steps in and takes control of the day-to-day operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt.
2012 — Drew Stubbs had three hits and drove in three runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-4 win over the Chicago Cubs — the 10,000th victory in franchise history.
2021 — Corbin Burnes strikes out 10 batters and walks none in 6 innings in a 6-0 Brewers win over the Padres.
April 21
1910 — The Cleveland Indians played their first game at League Park and lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-0, in front of 19,867.
1955 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-4 at Ebbets Field for their 10th consecutive victory from the start of the season — a major league record that lasted until 1981.
1957 — A power failure stops a major league game for the first time in history. The night game between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium is halted after five innings.
1961 — The Minnesota Twins, formerly known as the Washington Senators, play their first home game in Minnesota at Metropolitan Stadium, losing to the expansion “new” Washington Senators, 5-3.
1967 — After 737 consecutive games, the Dodgers were rained out for the first time since moving to Los Angeles. The St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 for their 13th straight victory.
1984 — In his second start since August 1982, Montreal pitcher David Palmer threw five perfect innings against the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-0 victory stopped by rain.
1987 — The Milwaukee Brewers’ 13-game winning streak from the start of the season ended with a 7-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Milwaukee shared the major league streak of 13 straight, set by the Atlanta Braves in 1982.
1994 — Eddie Murray set a major league record with his 11th switch-hit home run game, helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 10-6.
1996 — Brady Anderson led off the first inning with a home run for the fourth straight game for Baltimore. The Texas Rangers overcame that homer, beating the Orioles 9-6.
2002 — Randy Johnson struck out 17 batters while giving up two hits in Arizona’s 7-1 win over Colorado.
2002 — Atlanta’s Rafael Furcal tied a modern major league record and became the first Braves player in 46 years to hit three triples in a game, as Atlanta beat Florida 4-2.
2006 — Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox hits two home runs in the 12-inning, 7 – 6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Ramirez’s first homer is his 200th with the Red Sox and 436th for his career. He also hit 236 homers with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the fourth major leaguer to hit 200 homers with two different teams, after Jimmie Foxx, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro.
2006 — Albert Pujols hit his major league leading 11th homer of the season and drove in four RBIs in St. Louis’ 9-3 win over Chicago. Pujols’ first inning two-run blast was his 1,000th career hit. He became the fastest player in major league history to reach that milestone with 200 homers.
2012 — Phil Humber threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. It was baseball’s 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010.
2012 — Nick Swisher hit a grand slam to help the New York Yankees erase a nine-run deficit, then he added a two-run double to give them the lead as they posted back-to-back seven-run innings to beat Boston 15-9 at Fenway Park.
2014 — Ike Davis became the first player to hit grand slams for different teams in the same April, and Neil Walker had a game-winning single with two outs in the ninth inning for Pittsburgh. The Pirates twice overcame deficits to beat the Cincinnati 6-5.
2015 — Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier each hit two-out grand slams, powering the Cincinnati Reds past the Milwaukee Brewers 16-10. Elian Herrera hit a grand slam for the Brewers. It was the fourth time in major league history two teams combined for three grand slams.
2016 — Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter in a span of 11 regular-season starts, shutting down the Cincinnati Reds in a 16-0 rout.
2019 — Rangers slugger Joey Gallo ends a bizarre streak when he drives in a run on a sacrifice fly in the 4th inning, as part of a wild 11 – 10 win over the Astros. Gallo had gone 1,145 at-bats in his career without recording a sac fly, the longest such streak since it was introduced as an official statistic in 1954. In the game.
April 22
1876 — In the first National League game, Joseph Borden of Boston beat the hometown Philadelphia team 6-5.
1898 — Theodore Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and James Hughes of Baltimore each pitched no-hit ball games. Breitenstein no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit the Boston Braves 8-0.
1903 — The New York Highlanders lost their first game at Washington 3-1 before 11,950 fans.
1914 — At age 19, Babe Ruth plays his first professional game as a pitcher, as he throws a six-hit, 6 – 0 shutout for the Baltimore Orioles over the Buffalo Bisons.
1934 — Chicago’s Lon Warneke pitched his second consecutive one-hitter, beating St. Louis and Dizzy Dean 15-2.
1957 — John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last National League team to integrate.
1959 — The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs with only one hit in the seventh inning of a 20-6 rout of the Kansas City A’s. Johnny Callison had the hit — a single. In the inning, Chicago was the recipient of 10 walks — five with the bases loaded — three Kansas City errors and one hit batsman.
1962 — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 4-3 in a game in which two NL records were tied. Bill Mazeroski tripled in a run in the eighth to give the Pirates a 10-0 record, which matched the record for most consecutive wins since the start of the season set by the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. The Mets lost their ninth straight to match the mark set by Brooklyn in 1918 and tied by the Boston Braves in 1920.
1970 — Tom Seaver of the Mets struck out the last 10 Padres he faced for a 2-1 victory over San Diego. He gave up two hits and finished with a total of 19 strikeouts, tying Steve Carlton’s major league record.
1976 — Montreal’s Tim Foli hit for the cycle in a 12-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1978 — Andre Thornton of the Cleveland Indians hit for the cycle in a 13-4 win against the Boston Red Sox.
1980 — Ivan DeJesus of the Chicago Cubs hit for the cycle in 16-12 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1981 — Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela pitches his third shutout in four starts, strikes out 11, and has the game’s only RBI with a single in a 1 – 0 win against the Houston Astros.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves’ major league record for the fastest start was stopped at 13 straight victories when they lost 2-1 to the Cincinnati Reds.
1991 — San Francisco’s Robby Thompson hit for the cycle in a 7-5 loss to the San Diego Padres.
1993 — Chris Bosio pitched a no-hitter to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-0 win over the Boston Red Sox.
2007 — The Boston Red Sox hit four straight home runs against the New York Yankees, tying a major league record. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek connected in a span of 10 pitches during the third inning against Chase Wright, who was making his second major league start for New York. Boston won 7-6.
2008 — Atlanta’s John Smoltz became the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau in the Braves’ 6-0 loss to the Washington Nationals.
2014 — Albert Pujols became the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, driving in five runs to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 7-2.
2020 — The Commissioner issues his findings in his investigation into allegations of sign-stealing by the 2018 Boston Red Sox, in the wake of a similar investigation into the illicit doings of the 2017 Houston Astros. While the investigation reveals that the Red Sox’s scheme was more limited in scope than the Astros’, it was still illegal, and the person responsible for the team’s video room is issued a one-year suspension, while the team must forfeit its second-round selection in the 2020 amateur draft. While there is no additional punishment for manager Alex Cora, already handed a one-year suspension for his role with the Astros.
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April 23
1903 — The New York Highlanders won their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.
1913 — New York Giants ace Christy Mathewson beat the Phillies 3-1, throwing just 67 pitches.
1939 — Rookie Ted Williams went 4-for-5, including his first major league home run, but the Red Sox lost to Philadelphia 12-8 at Fenway Park.
1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field. Head was making his first start after a year’s military service.
1952 — Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians and Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns matched one-hitters. Cain wound up as the winner, 1-0.
1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.
1954 — Hank Aaron hit the first home run of his major league career. The drive came against Vic Raschi in the Milwaukee Braves’ 7-5 victory over St. Louis.
1962 — After an 0-9 start, the expansion New York Mets won their first game beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 behind Jay Hook.
1964 — Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s became the first pitcher to lose a nine-inning no-hitter when Pete Rose scored an unearned run to give the Cincinnati Reds a 1-0 victory.
1978 — Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds makes an error at second base, bringing his major league record of 91 consecutive errorless games to an end.
1989 — Nolan Ryan came within two outs of his sixth career no-hitter, losing it when Nelson Liriano tripled in the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1. Ryan finished with his 10th lifetime one-hitter.
1990 — Steve Lyons of the Chicago White Sox plays all nine positions during an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs.
1999 — Fernando Tatis of St. Louis became the first in major league history to hit two grand slams in one inning in a 12-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tatis also set the record with eight RBIs in one inning.
2008 — The Chicago Cubs won their 10,000th game, joining the Giants as the only franchise to reach that mark with a 7-6 10-inning victory at Colorado.
2009 — Ichiro Suzuki lined James Shields’ second pitch of the game for a home run, the only run of Seattle’s 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. It was the 22nd time a leadoff homer was the deciding run in a game, and it was just the second time it happened for the Mariners.
2012 — Ivan Rodriguez, who has caught more games than anyone in big league history, announces his retirement after a 21-year career.
2013 — B.J. Upton and his brother Justin hit back-to-back homers for the first time, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Colorado Rockies 10-2 to complete a doubleheader sweep. It was the 27th time in major league history that brothers homered in the same game, but only the second time they went deep in consecutive at-bats. Lloyd and Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates also accomplished the feat on Sept. 15, 1938.
2022 — Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers becomes the 33rd member of the 3,000 hit club.
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April 24
1901 — Chicago defeated Cleveland 8-2 in the first American League game. Three other scheduled games were rained out. The game lasted 1 hour, 30 minutes in front of a reported crowd of 14,000 at the Chicago Cricket Club.
1911 — Battle Creek of the South Michigan League turned two triple plays in the first two innings against Grand Rapids.
1917 — George Mogridge of the New York Yankees pitched a no-hitter against the Red Sox in Boston, winning 2-1.
1947 — Johnny Mize of the New York Giants hit three consecutive homers in a 14-5 loss in Boston. It was a major league-record fifth time in his career that Mize hit three home runs in one game.
1957 — The Chicago Cubs set a National League record by walking nine batters in the 5th inning of a 9-5 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.
1962 — Sandy Koufax struck out 18 Chicago Cubs and pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-2 victory at Wrigley Field.
1965 — Casey Stengel recorded his 3,000th victory as a manager as the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6.
1978 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels strikes out 15 batters for the 20th time in his career.
1994 — Julio Franco and Robin Ventura twice hit back-to-back homers in Chicago’s 7-6 loss to Detroit.
1996 — Greg Myers and Paul Molitor each had five RBIs as the Minnesota Twins set a team record for runs and routed the Detroit Tigers 24-11. It was the highest run total against the Tigers in 84 years, matching the mark set in a 24-2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics on May 18, 1912.
1998 — Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza ties a major league record hitting his third grand slam of the month.
1998 — Moises Alou drove in five runs and Carl Everett homered from each side of the plate to lead Houston to an 8-4 win over Montreal.
2001 — The American League celebrates its 100th anniversary as a major league.
2007 — Oakland set a major league record in a 4-2 win over Baltimore, keeping the Orioles off the scoreboard in the first inning. It was the 20th straight game in which the A’s did not allow a first-inning run, a record for the start of the season.
2009 — Zack Greinke continues to dominate opposing hitters as he pitches a second straight complete game for the Kansas City Royals.
2012 — Chipper Jones homers on his 40th birthday as the Braves beat the Dodgers, 4-3. He becomes the fifth player in major league history to do this, following Bob Thurman, Joe Morgan, Wade Boggs and Tony Phillips.
2014 — P Michael Pineda of the Yankees is handed a ten-game suspension after being caught using pine tar on the mound in the previous day’s game.
2015 — Rumors emerge that the Rangers have reached a tentative deal with the Angels to acquire troubled OF Josh Hamilton. Hamilton left Texas after the 2012 season to sign a five-year deal worth $125 million, but has not been as productive a player since the deal and suffered a relapse of dependency problems. He has yet to play a game this season.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
April 20
1912 — Fenway Park opens in Boston with the Red Sox beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in 11 innings. Tiger Stadium in Detroit also opens its doors as the Tigers defeat the Cleveland Indians 6-5.
1939 — Ted Williams’ first MLB hit.
1944 — NFL legalizes coaching from bench.
1958 — The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup for the third straight year with a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in the sixth game.
1967 — NY Mets pitcher Tom Seaver wins his 1st game
1986 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan sets an NBA single-game playoff scoring record with 63 points in a 135-131 double overtime loss to the Boston Celtics, in Game 2 of the first round in the Eastern Conference.
1990 — Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income.
1991 — Mark Lenzi becomes the first person to score 100 points on a single dive. On his last dive, Lenzi scores 101.85 points on a reverse 3½ somersault from the tuck position to win the 3-meter springboard title at the U.S. Indoor Diving Championships.
1996 — NFL Draft: Keyshawn Johnson from Southern Cal first pick by New York Jets.
1997 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan wins an unprecedented ninth scoring title with an average of 29.6 points, the first time in those nine seasons that he fails to average at least 30 points.
1997 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Defending champion Hale Irwin wins his second of 3 straight Senior PGA Championships.
2002 — NFL Draft: Fresno State quarterback David Carr #1 pick by Houston Texans.
2007 — Roger Federer wins his 500th career match, defeating David Ferrer 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters.
2008 — Danica Patrick becomes the first female winner in IndyCar history, capturing the Indy Japan 300 in her 50th career start. Patrick takes the lead from pole-sitter Helio Castroneves on the 198th lap in the 200-lap race and finishes 5.8594 seconds ahead of Castroneves.
2008 — Lorena Ochoa becomes the first LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks. Ochoa shoots a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Ginn Open and beats rookie Yani Tseng by three strokes for her fifth victory in six starts. Mickey Wright did it in 1963.
2014 — Bernard Hopkins, 49, becomes the oldest to win a unification light heavyweight bout as he captures a split 12-round decision over 30-year-old Beibut Shumenov of Kazakhstan. Hopkins, who improves to 55-6-2, retains his IBF title and wins the WBA and IBA belts.
2015 — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia wins the 119th Boston Marathon, his second victory here. Desisa, who finishes in 2:09:17, also won the 2013 race just hours before a pair of bombs exploded at the finish line. Caroline Rotich of Kenya wins the women’s race.
2017 — LeBron James finishes with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA postseason record by erasing a 25-point halftime deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 119-114 and take a 3-0 lead. Cleveland trailed by 26 in the first half and was still down 74-49 at halftime. The largest halftime deficit overcome to win a playoff game had been 21 points by Baltimore against Philadelphia in 1948.
2017 — Roman Josi scores twice, Pekka Rinne has 30 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 to complete a surprising sweep of the Western Conference’s top seed. It’s the first time a No. 1 seed is swept in the first round since the NHL adopted its current playoff format in 1994.
2021 — All six EPL clubs withdraw from the controversial European Super League just 3 days after it was announced – Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham.
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April 21
1904 — Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1948 — Basketball Association of America Finals: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 88-73 to take series, 4 games to 2.
1951 — Bob Davies’ two foul shots and Jack Coleman’s layup give the Rochester Royals a 79-75 triumph over the New York Knicks in the seventh game of the NBA championship series.
1951 — The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five years as they beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in the fifth game.
1955 — Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season.
1980 — Bill Rodgers wins his third straight Boston Marathon. Rosie Ruiz is disqualified eight days later as women’s champion when it’s discovered she did not run the entire distance.
1989 — George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become joint CEOs of the Texas Rangers.
1991 — NFL Draft: University of Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland first pick by Dallas Cowboys.
1991 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 4th of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes.
1995 — Defending champion Utah continues its domination of the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships, capturing its ninth national title since the event began in 1982 with a score of 196.650.
1996 — The Chicago Bulls wrap up the most successful regular season in NBA history with their 72nd victory, getting 26 points from Michael Jordan in a 103-93 decision over Washington. Jordan sets an NBA record by winning his eighth NBA scoring title, breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s record of seven.
1996 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Hale Irwin beats Japan’s Isao Aoki by 2 strokes for his first of 4 Senior PGA Championships.
2001 — Hasim Rahman flattens Lennox Lewis with a stunning right hand near the end of the fifth round to capture the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history in Brakpan, South Africa.
2001 — NFL Draft: Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick first pick by Atlanta Falcons.
2008 — Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya wins the Boston Marathon in 2:07:46 to become the fourth man to win the race four times. Ethiopia’s Dire Tune outkicks Alevtina Biktimirova after a back-and-forth last mile to win by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women’s race.
2012 — Phil Humber throws the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
2013 — Raphael Jacquelin of France wins a record-tying playoff at the Spanish Open, edging Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer on their ninth try at the 18th hole. The only other European Tour event decided by a nine-hole playoff was the 1989 Dutch Open.
2013 — Takuma Sato becomes the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
2013 — Rookie Marc Marquez wins his first MotoGP race, capturing the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The 20-year-old Spaniard, last season’s Moto2 champion, becomes the youngest winner at motorcycle racing’s top level.
2013 — Joe Scarborough, a 50-year-old self-employed electrical contractor, rolls the first 900 series in Professional Bowlers Association history — three straight perfect games. He opened the first round of qualifying in the PBA50 Sun Bowl with three games of 300, throwing 36 consecutive strikes.
2014 — American Meb Keflezighi wins the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured. No U.S. runner had won the race since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach took the women’s title in 1985; the last American man to win was Greg Meyer in 1983. Rita Jeptoo of Kenya successfully defends the Boston Marathon title, becoming the seventh three-time Boston Marathon champion.
2018 — Oakland A’s left hander Sean Manaea no-hits the Boston Red Sox.
April 22
1876 — The first official National League baseball game is played with Boston beating Philadelphia 6-5.
1914 — Babe Ruth’s 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win.
1945 — The Toronto Maple Leafs edge the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup in seven games.
1947 — The Philadelphia Warriors, behind Joe Fulks’ 34 points, beat the Chicago Staggs 83-80 in Game 5 to win the first Basketball Association of America title.
1954 — NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule.
1957 — All NL baseball teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy becomes the 1st Black player for the Philadelphia Phillies.
1962 — The Toronto Maple Leafs capture the Stanley Cup in six games with a 2-1 triumph over the Chicago Black Hawks.
1969 — Joe Frazier knocked out Dave Zyglewicz in 96 seconds to retain the heavyweight boxing title. Zyglewicz, 28-1 against journeymen, was fighting as the hometown hero at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston.
1981 — Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts.
1987 — The NBA grants expansion franchises to Charlotte, Miami, Minnesota and Orlando. Charlotte and Miami join the league in the 1988-89 season, while Minnesota and Orlando join in 1989-90.
1988 — New Jersey’s Patrik Sundstrom sets an NHL playoff record scoring eight points — three goals and five assists — in a 10-4 rout of Washington in the Stanley Cup quarterfinals.
1990 — NFL Draft: University of Illinois quarterback Jeff George first pick by Indianapolis Colts.
1993 — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils extends their NHL playoff record to 14 straight wins.
1994 — Shannon Miller wins the women’s all-around title for the second straight year at the World Gymnastics Championships in Brisbane, Australia.
1994 — American figure skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500.
1994 — Michael Moorer outpoints Evander Holyfield to win the IBF and WBA titles and become the first left-handed heavyweight champion.
1995 — George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas.
1995 — NFL Draft: Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter first pick by Cincinnati Bengals.
2003 — Minnesota and Vancouver become the first teams since 2000 to come back from 3-1 series deficits and win. The Wild take Game 7 in Colorado on Andrew Brunette’s overtime goal for a 3-2 win. The Canucks oust St. Louis with a 4-1 win.
2003 — Patrick Roy plays his final career NHL game.
2006 — New Jersey scores a playoff-record five power-play goals in its 6-1 win over New York.
2006 — In Berlin, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko stops Chris Byrd in the seventh round of a one-sided fight to gain the IBF heavyweight title.
2007 — The Boston Red Sox tie a major league record by hitting four straight home runs in a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek connect in a span of 10 pitches during the third inning against Chase Wright.
2008 — John Smoltz of Atlanta becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau in the Braves’ 6-0 loss to Washington.
2010 — NFL Draft: Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford first pick by St. Louis Rams.
2013 — Manchester United defeat Aston Villa to claim the 2012/2013 English Premier League.
2014 — Albert Pujols becomes the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, driving in five runs to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 7-2.
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April 23
1903 — The New York Highlanders, later renamed Yankees, win their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.
1939 — Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR.
1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field.
1950 — The Detroit Red Wings edge the New York Rangers 4-3 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup.
1950 — The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships by defeating the Syracuse Nationals 110-95 in Game 6 of the finals. George Mikan leads the Lakers with 40 points in a game marred by three fights, four Minneapolis players fouling out, and Nats coach Al Cervi being ejected for complaining too vociferously about a call.
1954 — The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock.
1954 — Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers.
1969 — Jerry West scores 53 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over Boston 120-118 in the opening game of the NBA finals.
1989 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum.
1989 — NFL Draft: #1 pick UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman by Dallas Cowboys.
1993 — The Dallas Mavericks avoid matching the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers as the worst team in NBA history, beating Minnesota 103-100 for their 10th triumph of the season.
1993 — Orlando’s Nick Anderson scores 50 points in the Magic’s 119-116 win over the New Jersey Nets at The Meadowlands. Anderson’s feat is overshadowed by Shaquille O’Neal, who rips down the backboard in the first quarter, delaying the game 45 minutes. 1999 — Fernando Tatis hits two grand slams in one inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-5 win over Los Angeles. Tatis becomes the first player in major league history to hit two grand slams in one inning and set the record with eight RBIs in an inning.
2002 — Brent Johnson of the St. Louis Blues ties an NHL record with three straight shutouts in the playoffs. That had not happened in 57 years. Johnson reaches the milestone with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
2005 — NFL Draft: University of Utah quarterback Alex Smith first pick by San Francisco 49ers.
2008 — The Chicago Cubs win their 10,000th game, joining the Giants as the only franchise to reach that mark with a 7-6 victory in 10 innings at Colorado.
2011 — The Portland Trail Blazers rally from 23 points down in the second half, including an 18-point deficit to start the fourth quarter to defeat Dallas 84-82 and tie the first-round series at 2-2. Portland’s Brandon Roy scores 18 in the fourth quarter, including a 4-point play and the go ahead jumper with 39 seconds left. Roy outscores Dallas 18-15 in the quarter.
2017 — Kenyan runner Mary Keitany breaks Paula Radcliffe’s women-only marathon world record with a third victory in London. Keitany completes the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 17 minutes and 1 second to shave 41 seconds off Radcliffe’s 12-year-old mark.
2020 — NFL Draft: LSU quarterback Joe Burrow first pick by Cincinnati Bengals.
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April 24
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who died in November 1944.
1962 — LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax’s 2nd career 18-strikeout, in a 10-2 win over Cubs in Chicago.
1963 — Bob Cousy ends his 13-year career by scoring 18 points as the Boston Celtics win their fifth consecutive NBA championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 112-109 in Game 6.
1967 — The Philadelphia 76ers win the NBA championship in six games with 125-122 comeback victory over the San Francisco Warriors. Billy Cunningham scores 13 points in the final 12 minutes as the 76ers overcome a five-point deficit entering the fourth quarter.
1974 — Tampa, Fla. is awarded the NFL’s 27th franchise.
1978 — Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game.
1981 — San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA regular season game record.
1988 — NFL Draft: Auburn tight end Aundray Bruce first pick by Atlanta Falcons.
1993 — George Branham III becomes the first black bowler to win a PBA Triple Crown event when he beats Parker Bohn III 227-214 in the Tournament of Champions.
1994 — David Robinson scores 71 points to win the NBA scoring title as the San Antonio Spurs end the regular season with a 112-97 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Robinson, the fourth NBA player to score more than 70 points in a game, edges Orlando’s Shaquille O’Neal for the scoring title.
1994 — NFL Draft: Ohio State defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson first pick by Cincinnati Bengals.
1996 — Petr Nedved scores a power-play goal with 44.6 seconds left in the fourth overtime, ending the longest NHL game in 60 years and giving the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.
2003 — Petr Sykora scores 48 seconds into the fifth overtime as Anaheim outlasts Dallas 4-3 to win the opener of the Western Conference semifinal series. The game is the fourth-longest in NHL history.
2004 — NFL Draft: Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning first pick by San Diego Chargers.
2010 — Jamaican Usain Bolt dazzles a capacity crowd with a lightning-fast final leg, overtaking USA Blue’s Ivory Williams to win the 4×100-meter relay at the Penn Relays. A quartet of Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson and Bolt finishes in 37.90 seconds for Jamaica Gold, setting a Penn Relays record. Trailing entering the final leg, Bolt takes the handoff and finishes the final 100 meters in an unofficial time of 8.79 seconds.
2016 — Klay Thompson scores 23 points and the Golden State Warriors set an NBA playoff record with 21 3-pointers to overcome another injury to Stephen Curry and beat the Houston Rockets 121-94 for a 3-1 series lead. The Warriors made eight 3s in the third quarter alone to set a franchise playoff record for 3-pointers in a period. Thompson led the way from long range, going 7 of 11, and Draymond Green made four.
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