Hacksaw’s Headlines-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-W-Dodgers (3-2)….Padres beat Dodgers for 6th time in 9-games…Friars go to (44-32) with win.
..Jake Cronenworth 2RHR off Clayton Kershaw
..Ha Kim solo HR
..Manny Machado snuffs out bases loaded rally with double play
..Blake Snell (5inn-0R-4H) 99-pitch outing
..Mark Meloncan 22nd save
..Biggest crowd of season..over 42,000
San Diego-LA..Wednesday pitchers..Joe Musgrove-vs-Trevor Bauer
Padres..SS-Ha Seong Kim treated for finger injury-back in lineup
Dodgers..Activate 1B-Max Muncy..OF-Cody Bellinger from DL
Dodgers..1B-Albert Pujols hitting (.263-6HR) since joining LA..hitting (.381) vs right handed pitching….Dodgers (22-10) since signing Pujols..were (22-18) prior to signing.
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Angels-L-Giants (5-0)..Wilmer Flores 2RHR…..Halos (36-37)…SF (47-26)
Angels-San Francisco..Wednesday pitchers..Shohei Ohtani-vs-Kevin Gausman.
Angels..Sign FA-P-Brian Johnson-ex Red Sox.
Angels..Move P-Jose Quintana to the bullpen
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(Scoreboard)
Reds-W-Twins..Taylor Naquin (4-4)..3R-HR in 10th for Cinn win
White Sox-L-Pirates..Brian Reynolds 2RBIs..Chisox (43-21)..Buccos (25-46)
Astros-W-Orioles..Myles Shaw HR-RBI single..Houston (45-20)..Baltimore (23-50)
Yankees-L-Royals..Ryan O’Hearn HR-2RBI
Washington-W-Phillies..Yon Gomes 2-run scoring singles
Braves-W-Mets..Dansby Swanson 3RHR
Red Sox-W-Tampa Bay…Hunter Renfroe 2RHR…Sox move into 1st place..Boston (44-29)..Rays (43-31)
Cardinals-L-Tigers..Jon Schoop 3RHR
Blue Jays-W-Marlins..Lourdes Gurriel RBI double
Indians-L-Cubs..Kris Bryant HR..Joc Pederson 2R-double
A’s-W-Texas…Matt Chapman 2RHR..Oakland (45-30)
Milwaukee-W-Arizona..Luis Urias 2R-single..Diamondbacks lost 18-of-19
Rockies-L-Seattle..Shed Long HR
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(Injuries)
Twins..OF-Byron Buxton-fractured hand
Texas..P-Joey Lucchesi-torn elbow ligament-seek 2nd opinion
Indians..P-Adam Civale-finger issue
Mariners..Put 1B-Evan White on 60-day DL
Mets..P-Joey Lucchesi to have elbow surgery..out 14-months
Washington..Activate P-Max Scherzer from DL
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(Roster Moves)
Brewers..DFA-P-Zach Godley
Brewers..DFA-OF-Derek Fisher
Mets..Sign FA-P-Robert Stock-ex Cubs-Padres
Twins..Sign FA-P-Beau Burrows-ex Tigers
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(MLB Notes)
Reds..1B-Joey Votto-1 game suspension for abuse umpires
Toronto..P-Alex Manoch-5 game suspension for beanball incident
Cubs..Ex 2B-Ben Zobrist files 6M-damages lawsuit against Priest who had sexual relationship with his wife while they were in counseling and also stole money from Zobrist charitable foundation.
MLB…Survey shows 133-pitchers had reduction in spin rates in the week following announcement of crackdown of pitchers doctoring balls.
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…(Basketball)…
(Scoreboard)
Clippers-L-Suns (104-103)…Suns lead series (2-0)
..C-DeAndre Ayton scored on slam dunk on inbounds pass (.7) left
..G-Paul George missed 2-free throws and 3-pointer in final (:07)
..Suns had 9-point leads twice in game-let LA creep back in
..Clippers missed 20-three point shots
..Suns only (6-25) shooting from the arc
..G-Devin Booker (6-16) shooting..suffered broken nose
..G-Cam Payne (28P) in win
..Ayton (24P-14R)
..George (10-23) shooting but (1-9) on 3s
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(Schedule)
Atlanta-Milwaukee…Game 1-of Eastern Conference finals..Wednesday
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NBA Draft Lottery-Tuesday night-Determine top picks in draft.
1..Detroit lands top choice
2..Houston will pick second
3..Cleveland gets 3rd pick
4..Toronto chooses fourth
5..Orlando gets 5th and 8th choices
6..Oklahoma City
7..Golden State will choose 7th and 14th
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(NBA Notes)
NBA Playoffs…TV Ratings Rounds 1-2…Up 39% from last year on TNT-ABC-ESPN….Up 22%-NBA League pass globally.
Portland..2nd interview with longtime coach Mike Dunleavy about Blazers coaching job.
New Orleans..Will interview Jacques Vaughn-Brooklyn Nets for Pelicans job.
76ers..Coach Doc Rivers say he has intensive offseason shooting plan to aid struggling G-Ben Simmons.
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(College Basketball)
Aztecs..sign 4th transfer recruit…6’7-F-Chad Baker-transfer Duquesne
Creighton..NCAA places Blue Jays on 2-years probation, stripped of 2-scholarships…2-year ban handed down to assistant coach for taking part in Adidas slush fund scandal.
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…(Football)…
Kansas City…Report DE-Frank Clark had 2nd illegal gun arrest in early March…Arrested in LA over weekend for felony possession of an Uzi in an SUV.
Carolina..Moving OC-Cam Erving to LT
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(Roster Moves)
Colts..workout FA-WR-Golden Tate..ex Giants-Lions
Bills..Sign DT-Nazair Jones-ex Seattle
Bills..LB-Bryan Cox-Torn Achilles-will miss the year
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(College Football)
NCAA…Says it has alot of contractual work to do with Bowls-TV network partners before it will vote on 12-team playoff format
Texas AM..Former Aggies coach RC Slocum-hospitalized with lymphoma-needs immediate chemo treatments.
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…(Hockey)…
(Scoreboard)
Montreal-W-Las Vegas (4-1)…Cole Caufield-Nick Suzuki score key goals in Habs upset win on Knights ice…Montreal leads series (3-2) heading back to home ice.
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(Schedule)
Tampa Bay-NY Islanders..Lightning lead (3-2) heading into Wednesday game.
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Ottawa…Veteran F-Jonathon Davidson signs with HV71-Sweden.
Vancouver..Hires former stars Daniel-Henrik Sedin as Assistant GMs to work in Player Personnel under GM-Jim Benning.
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…(General)…
Soccer…Manchester City-Hot Spur…discussing historic trade….City would sign Spurs star Harry Kane to a 100M-transfer fee deal…and would also trade Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to Tottenham as part of transaction.
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