Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Thursday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Brewers (2-1)…Rowdy Tellez RBI-double in win..Milwaukee bullpen dominant..Luiis Perdomo got 4-outs..Brad Boxberger 3-Ks-both ex Padres….Wasted Yu Darvish 3-hit outing… …San Diego (28-16)
Padres…Off day Thursday..open weekend series with Pirates on Friday
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Dodgers-L-Washington (1-0)….Cesar Hernandez RBI single for Nats….LA waste Julio Urias 4-hit pitching…….LA (29-14)
Dodgers-at-Arizona…Thursday game
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Angels-Texas….Angels trailed 4-1 at Press Time…Kole Calhoun- Mitch Garver HRs for Texas….Halos (27-17)
Angels-Blue Jays…Thursday game…Shohei Ohtani-vs-Hyun Ju-Ryu
Angels..Anaheim City Council votes unanimously to cancel potential sale of 150-acres of land to Owner Arte Moreno for 320M….Vote came hours after Mayor Henry Sidhu resigned in midst of FBI corruption investigation….Moreno has lease at Anaheim Stadium thru 2029 season
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(Scoreboard)
Rockies-L-Pirates..Josh Van Meter-Jack Suwinski 3R-HRs for Bucs
Tigers-W-Twins..John Candelario 2RHR for Det..
Mets-L-Giants..Evan Longoria 2HRs…SF hits 4-bombs in 9-run outburst
A’s-W-Mariners..Seth Brown-Elvis Andrus HRs for Oak
Cubs-L-Reds..Joey Votto HR-2R triple in Cinn win..
Marlins-L-Tampa..Harold Ramirez 2RHR for Rays.
Orioles-L-Yankees..Miguel Andujar RBI single for NY.
Phillies-L-Braves..Austin Riley-Will Contreras HRs for Atl
Red Sox-White Sox..Chicago led 3-1-Press Time…Jake Burger 3RHR
Cleveland-Houston..Astros led 2-0 Press Time
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(Roster Moves)
Seattle..Release OF-Steven Souza
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(Injuries)
Rockies…Put OF-Kris Bryant back on IR-strained back-2nd time
Twins..IR-P-Joe Ryan-Covid
Yankees..2B-DJ LeMahieu-hamstring issue
Yankees..DL-Giancarlo Stanton-Calf
Braves..OF-Ron Acuna-quad issue
Pirates..1B-Dave Vogelbach-hamstring
Pirates..SS-Kevin Newman-reinjures hamstring on rehab workout
Washington..P-Stephen Strasburg-first rehab outing (2.2inn-3R-4W)
Boston..P-Chris Sale-15 pitch bullpen session
Boston..P-James Paxton begins lo0ng toss workouts
Arizona..Activate C-Jose Herrera from Covid IR
Seattle..Activate SS-Kyle Lewis from IR
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…(Basketball)…
(NBA Playoffs-Scoreboard)
Boston-W-Miami (93-80)…Celtics rip off (18-2) run in 2nd half-blow game open to take series lead…Brown-Tatum combined for (47P) in win…Held Jimmuy Butler (4-18) shooting…Kyle Lowrie (0-6) shooting…Miami shot just 32%….Boston leads (3-2)…heading home for Game 6
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(NBA Playoff-Schedule)
Golden State-Dallas..Thursday game..Warriors lead (3-1)
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(NBA Notes)
Golden State…Owner Joe Lacob rips former coach Mark Jackson….’Did not get along with anyone in the organization….Used a gay racial slur about an opposing player…Used extreme religious rhetoric
Golden State..Coach Steve Kerr emotional tirate directed at Republican leaders over failure of GOP to work with Democrats on Gun Control.
Brooklyn…Fire assistant coaches Amare Stoudemire-Dave Vanterpool
Atlanta-Suns…Report Hawks interested in a John Collins-Deandre Ayton trade.
Detroit-Knicks..Discuss Mitchell Robinson possible sign and trade
Nevada…Wolfpack lose top 3-players…G-Grant Sherfeld transfers to Oklahoma..F-Desmond Cambridge-C-Warren Washington both transfer to Arizona State.
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……..(Football)………
Raiders…Bring in FA-QB-Colin Kaepernick for Wednesday workout…has not played in the NFL since 2016.
Chargers..Coach Brandon Staley says DE-Gerry Tillery needs to ‘earn his role’….disappointed Tillery ‘no show’ at workouts
Chargers…QB-Justin Herbert says this is 1st time in 7-years he won’t go thru a change in Offensive Coordinators….had gone thru 6-in-6 years with Oregon and Chargers.
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(NFL Notes)
Cleveland..3-women admitted they had consensual sex with QB-Deshaun Watson….19-other women confirmed they did not have sex with Watson…but all 22-filed sexual misconduct lawsuit against him
NFL…Wraps up hearing with QB-Deshaun Watson…..Files will be turned over to NFL Discipline officer who will determine sanctions against the quarterback
NFL…Commissioner Roger Goodell says NFL Pro Bowl format…’no longer works’…Meeting with Union to discuss possible skills competition or use of Madden Game Video to entertain fans
Seattle…Commissioner Roger Goodell says Seahawks franchise will not be put up for sale by owner Jody Allen
Steelers..Name Omar Khan-GM…Hire Sheldon White-ex Lions-Director Player Personnel…Hire Andy Weidl-ex Eagles in Player Scouting
Colts..Owner Jim Irsay impressed with Matt Ryan leadership
49ers..Praise QB-Trey Lance for leadership in OTA workouts
Saints..QB-Jameis Winston goes thru 1st workout-after knee surgery
Washington…DT-Deron Payne..WR-Terry McLaurin-not report for OTAs
Buffalo..S-Jordan Poyer boycotts OTAs
Colts..CB-Keeny Moore-no show at OTA
Bengals…OG-Alex Capps-suffers core muscle injury in OTA drills
Denver….LB-Johnathon Cooper-tendon damage in finger-needs surgery
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…(Hockey)…
(NHL Playoff Scoreboard)
Colorado-L-St Louis (5-4) OT…Blues rally from 3-0 deficit…Tie game with (:56) left…win at start of OT on Tyler Bozak goal…Av got 3-goals-1 assist from Nathan MacKinnon but lost…..Colorado still leads (3-2) heading back to St Louis for Game 6..
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(NHL Playoff Schedule)-Thursday
Edmonton-at-Calgary..Oilers lead (3-1)
Rangers-at-Carolina..Tied (2-2)
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(NHL Notes)
Montreal..Opens contract extension talks with Coach Martin St Louis..went (14-19-4) as interim head coach in place of fired Denis Ducharme.
Ottawa…Want to trade high #1 pick for frontline veteran defenseman or goal scorer.
Pittsburgh..Sign D-Jusso Riikola-Sweden
Columbus..Sign D-Marcus Bjork-Brynas-Sweden
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…(General)….
Soccer….AC Milan confirms legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss 8-months of action with knee surgery.
PGA…1st round action-Thursday Charles Schwab Invitational in Ft-Worth.
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