Lee Hacksaw Hamilton – Tuesday April 7th, 2015

Tuesday April 7th, 2015

Padres-L-Dodgers (6-3)..Jimmy Rollins crushed 3R-HR off Shawn Kelley..Howie Kendrick RBI-double off Nick Vincent…Padres bullpen lets down…Adrian Gonzalez (3H)…Matt Kemp (2H-3RBI)..Clayton Kershaw 9K-99-pitch outing..James Shields 8K-91-pitch start…

Padres-Dodgers…Tuesday matchups Tyson Ross-vs-Zack Greinke.
Padres…Taking on $82M-Salaries owed to Craig Kimbrel-Melvin Upton after trade with Braves.
Padres…Team payroll just under 110M for opening of season.

Toronto-W-Yankees..Jays erupt 5R-3rd inning off Masahiro Tanaka..Edwin Encanarcion 2R-HR
Tigers-W-Twins..David Price (8.2inn-shutout ball) Tigers win..Philip Hughes gives up 2-homers early…Yoenis Cespedes double-triple for Detroit
Red Sox-W-Phillies..Bosox hit 4HRs off Cole Hamels..Dustin Pedroia-Hanley Ramirez 2HRs each for Boston.-
Rockies-W-Brewers..Troy Tulowitzki-single-2-doubles..Nolan Aranado HR in (10-0) blowout..Ryan Braun injures hip..
Orioles-W-Rays…Orioles hit 3HRs..Travis Snider (3H) for Baltimore..
Mets-W-Washington..Ian Desmond 2-errors..Max Scherzer retires 13-row..Luca Duda 2R-single to rally New York.
White Sox-L-Royals…Alex Rios (3H-3RHR) in KC (10-1) bombing.
Pirates-L-Reds..Todd Frazier (3R-HR) rallies Reds..Johnny Cueto (10K-7inn)
Marlins-L-Braves..Nick Markakis 2RBIs..Disjointed Braves after all trades-rally to win…
Indians-L-Astros..Dallas Keuchel (7inn-0R-3H)..George Springer RBI-single
Giants-W-Diamondbacks..Angel Pagan-Joe Panik combine 6H…Pagan 2-doubles…SF strafes Josh Collmenter 10H.
A’s-W-Rangers…Sonny Gray-carried no hitter into the 8th…Ben Zobrist double-HR for A’s…

Braves…Buyout contract newly acquired Carlos Quentin-8M…Orioles-Rangers may be interested in having him DH.
Braves-Arizona..Trade-Atlanta deals OF-Victor Reyes to Diamondbacks.
Rays..OF-Juan Francisco opts out of contract.
Blue Jays..Release P-Juan Oramos
Nationals..Release 1B-Mike Carp

MLB…Record (115) Players on Disabled List ot start the season.
Rays..Surgery-Burch Smith-ex Padres-needs Tommy John surgery..16th player to go down this spring.
Nationals..DL-OF-Jason Werth-OF-Dennard Span-3B-Anthony Rendon
Cubs..DL-OF-Chris Denorfia-hamstring

Atlanta..Legendary slugger Chipper Jones on housecleaning Braves roster “Once decide rebuild-better go all the way”.
Red Sox..Sign P-Ric Porcello to (4Y-$82M) extenison.

Duke-W-Wisconsin…Devils win NCAA title coming from 9-points back for (68-63) win…Duke’s freshman guards Tyus Jones-Grayson Allen combine for 29P in 2nd half..Jones scored 19-in the half to trigger win…Badgers built lead when Jahlil Okafor-Justise Winslow went to the bench with foul problems…Okafor went 26-minutes without a basket…Wisconsin went (5-22) shooting in 2nd half…Mike Kryzewski wins 5th NCAA title.

Lakers-Clippers…Lakers (20-56)…Tonite…Clippers have beaten Lakers 6-straight times this yer.
Spurs-Thunder…San Antonio (51-26)…Thunder (42-35)
Golden State-New Orleans…Warriors (63-14)
Hawks-Suns..Atlanta (57-19)

Naismith Hall of Fame…Names 11-enshrinees including Dikembe Mutombo..Spencer Haywood..JoJo White…Lisa Leslie..Dick Bavetta…John Calipari.

NFL…Distributes 145-Question survey to Chargers season ticket holders asking for opinions on Stadium location and how to finance stadium…Asks questions about PSL’s….Licenses that could cost anywhere from $2,500 per ticket in cheap seats, to $15,000 sideline seats, to $25,000 for Loge-Level Sideline seats.

Tennessean…Reports Titans front office discuss possibility of making trade offer for Chargers QB-Philip Rivers…Rivers and #17 pick for #2 choice…Titans have $26M-Cap Space this year-and-$51M next year-would allow them to sign Rivers to extension.

Cleveland..Browns OT Joe Thomas says Johnny Manziel lost trust of teammates in lockerroom last season…Due to be released from rehab this week.
Tampa Bay…Lawsuit-Bucs former kicker Lawrence Tynes files 20M-lawsuit against club for medical malpractice from Staph infection ended career..says 3-players contracted infections and training facilities were in violation on health codes.

Aaron Hernandez…Defense calls only 3-witnesses-final day of trial..Drug expert said use of PCP-can cause angry mood swings…Police-reviewed video of player 20-minutes before shooting in home…and half hour …Police confirm Hernandez DNA also found on shell casings under front seat of SUV and in dumpster….Closing comments today.

College Football Championships…Rejects request to move the Title playoff game from Monday nite so NFL have host wildcard games that lst weekend on Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon.

Kings-L-Canucks..(2-1).OT-SO...Chris Higgins scores in shootout for Canucks win……LA (92P),,stalled in 9th playoff spot..trail Winnipeg 2-points
Winnipeg-W-Minnesota..Jets huge road victory (94P)
Rangers-W-Blue Jackets…Martin St. Louis goal helps in overtime win..NY (109P) takes over top spot in NHL playoff race

Playoff Chase..

Tonite

Ducks…(107P)… have only 2-games left…play Wednesday vs Dallas.
Montreal..Longtime Canadiens defenseman Dollard St. Laurent-won 5-rings in 1950s-passes away (85Y)