MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Chicago  Cubs 5, Washington Nationals 1

Tigers  and White Sox were off

Cubs  5, Nationals 1 – Swanson homers, Smyly sharp as Cubs beat Nationals 5-1

  Dansby  Swanson hit a two-run homer and Drew Smyly delivered seven solid innings as the  Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rough series at Miami to beat the Washington  Nationals 5-1. Swanson went 3-for-5, including a double and his second homer of  the season. His blast to left-center in the fifth inning made it 4-1 — a  welcome advantage for the Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid. All those losses  to the Marlins were by one run. Smyly allowed a homer by Lane Thomas in the  second inning but cruised from there, throwing just 84 pitches.

Tonight

  N.Y.  Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.     News/Talk/Sports  94.9 WSJM 6:15

  Chicago  Cubs (Wesneski 2-1) at Washington (Williams 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

  Minnesota  (Ryan 5-0) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

NHL  – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7)
Last Night – Round 1

  New  Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD  wins 4-3)

Devils  4, Rangers 0 – Devils blank Rangers in Game 7, face Canes in second round 

  Akira  Schmid rebounded from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the  New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers Monday night in an  entertaining first-round playoff series. Michael McLeod and Tomas Tatar scored  second-period goals in the series decider and Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt added  insurance goals in game between the long-time Hudson River rivals. Coming off a  franchise best 52-win season, the Devils will open the Eastern Conference  semifinals on Wednesday against the Metropolitan Division-winning Hurricanes in  Raleigh, North Carolina.

Tonight – Round 2

  Florida  Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:00 p.m.                   (Game 1)

  Seattle  Kraken at Dallas Stars, 9:30 p.m.                               (Game  1)

NBA  – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7)
Last Night

  Philadelphia  76ers 119, Boston Celtics 115                            (PHI  leads 1-0)

  Denver  Nuggets 98, Phoenix Suns 87                                      (DEN  leads 2-0)

Sixers  119, Celtics 115 – Harden scores 45, hits late 3 as 76ers down Celtics 119-115

  James  Harden matched his playoff career high with 45 points and hit a go-ahead,  step-back 3-pointer over Al Horford with 8.7 seconds left as the Philadelphia  76ers rallied without Joel Embiid to beat the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1  of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias  Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence  of MVP finalist Embiid, who sat out with a sprained right knee. Jayson Tatum  led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points.  Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night.

Nuggets  98, Suns 87 – Nikola Jokic’s 39 points leads Nuggets past Suns 97-87

  Nikola  Jokic scored 39 points and pulled down 16 rebounds on the eve of the NBA MVP  announcement to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday  night, giving them a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference  semifinals.  Devin Booker led Phoenix  with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24 but they combined to miss a whopping  32 shots, including 14 from long range. The Suns held Murray to 10 points 48  hours after he went off for 34 but they had no answers for Jokic. Aaron Gordon  added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4  from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased the 73-70  deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.

Tonight

  Miami  Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m.                                (MIA  leads 1-0)

  Los  Angles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m.            (Game 1)

Horse Racing – Forte is 3-1 favorite for Kentucky  Derby at Churchill Downs

  Todd Pletcher-trained colt Forte and Brad Cox’s filly  Wet Paint are the morning line favorites respectively for the 149th Kentucky Derby  and Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Forte, the 2-year-old champion whose 190  points led the Derby qualifying trail, drew the No. 15 post at 3-1 odds on  Monday for the $3 million premier race for 3-year-olds. Stablemate Tapit Trice  is the 5-1 second choice after drawing the No. 5 post, with Cox’s Angel of  Empire the 8-1 third choice after drawing the No. 14 post. Wet Paint drew the  No. 7 post for the Oaks at 5-2 odds.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

No games last night

Today

  Quad Cities River  Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 11:05 a.m.

  Dayton Dragons at  Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m.

  Cedar Rapids Kernels  at South Bend Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

  West Michigan  Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:05 p.m.

MHSAA – High School Sports
Yesterday
Girls  Soccer

  St.  Joseph 2, Gull Lake 1

  Eleah  Hedstrom’s second goal of the game came just 68 seconds after Gull Lake tied  the game and the Bears went on for a 2-1 road win over the 2nd  ranked Blue Devils.  Megan Painter had  the assist on the game winning goal and Clara Berry made 6 saves on 7 shots for  the win.  St. Joe improves to 8-3-1 and will  host Battle Creek Central on Wednesday

  Saugatuck  3, South Haven 0 

  Kalamazoo  Christian 8, Constantine 0 

  Schoolcraft  1, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – TIE 

  Portage  Central 2, Portage Northern 1

  Hastings  8, Sturgis 0

  G.R.  Covenant Christian 2, Otsego 2 – TIE 

  Plainwell  3, Harper Creek 0

Today
Baseball

  Our Lady of the Lake  at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m.

  Benton Harbor at Eau  Claire, 4:15 p.m.

  Berrien Springs at  Buchanan, 4:15 p.m.

  South Haven at Coloma,  4:30 p.m.

  River Valley at New  Buffalo, 4:15 p.m.

  Brandywine at  Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m.

  Sturgis at Otsego,  4:00 p.m.

  Three Rivers at  Plainwell, 4:00 p.m.

  Edwardsburg at Paw  Paw, Cancelled

  Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled

  Fennville  at Allegan, 4:30 p.m.

  Saugatuck  at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m.

  Martin  at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.

  Gobles  at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m.

  Schoolcraft  at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m.


  Softball

  Our Lady of the Lake  at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m.

  Howardsville Christian  at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m.

  Berrien Springs at  Buchanan, 4:15 p.m.

  South Haven at Coloma,  4:30 p.m.

  Brandywine at  Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m.

  Sturgis at Otsego,  4:00 p.m.

  Three Rivers at  Plainwell, 4:00 p.m.

  Edwardsburg at Paw  Paw, Cancelled

  Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled

  Fennville  at Allegan, 4:30 p.m.

  Saugatuck  at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m.

  Martin  at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.

Gobles  at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m.

Girls  Soccer

  Covert at Michigan  Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.

  Parchment at Allegan, 6:00  p.m.

  Calhoun Christian at  Marcellus, 5:30 p.m.

Track  and Field

  Portage Central at St.  Joseph, 4:00 p.m.

  Mattawan at Lakeshore,  4:00 p.m.

Girls  Tennis

  Buchanan at Lakeshore,  4:00 p.m. 

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Chicago Cubs 5, Washington Nationals 1 
Tigers and White Sox were off
Cubs 5, Nationals 1 – Swanson homers, Smyly sharp as Cubs beat Nationals 5-1 
 Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Drew Smyly delivered seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rough series at Miami to beat the Washington Nationals 5-1. Swanson went 3-for-5, including a double and his second homer of the season. His blast to left-center in the fifth inning made it 4-1 — a welcome advantage for the Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid. All those losses to the Marlins were by one run. Smyly allowed a homer by Lane Thomas in the second inning but cruised from there, throwing just 84 pitches.
Tonight 
 N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.     News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 
 Chicago Cubs (Wesneski 2-1) at Washington (Williams 1-1), 7:05 p.m. 
 Minnesota (Ryan 5-0) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-3), 7:10 p.m.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) 
 Last Night – Round 1 
 New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD wins 4-3)
Devils 4, Rangers 0 – Devils blank Rangers in Game 7, face Canes in second round 
 Akira Schmid rebounded from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers Monday night in an entertaining first-round playoff series. Michael McLeod and Tomas Tatar scored second-period goals in the series decider and Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt added insurance goals in game between the long-time Hudson River rivals. Coming off a franchise best 52-win season, the Devils will open the Eastern Conference semifinals on Wednesday against the Metropolitan Division-winning Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Tonight – Round 2 
 Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:00 p.m.                   (Game 1) 
 Seattle Kraken at Dallas Stars, 9:30 p.m.                               (Game 1)
NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) 
 Last Night 
 Philadelphia 76ers 119, Boston Celtics 115                            (PHI leads 1-0) 
 Denver Nuggets 98, Phoenix Suns 87                                      (DEN leads 2-0)
Sixers 119, Celtics 115 – Harden scores 45, hits late 3 as 76ers down Celtics 119-115 
 James Harden matched his playoff career high with 45 points and hit a go-ahead, step-back 3-pointer over Al Horford with 8.7 seconds left as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied without Joel Embiid to beat the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of MVP finalist Embiid, who sat out with a sprained right knee. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points. Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night.
Nuggets 98, Suns 87 – Nikola Jokic&#8217;s 39 points leads Nuggets past Suns 97-87 
 Nikola Jokic scored 39 points and pulled down 16 rebounds on the eve of the NBA MVP announcement to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, giving them a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.  Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24 but they combined to miss a whopping 32 shots, including 14 from long range. The Suns held Murray to 10 points 48 hours after he went off for 34 but they had no answers for Jokic. Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased the 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.
Tonight 
 Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m.                                (MIA leads 1-0) 
 Los Angles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m.            (Game 1)
Horse Racing – Forte is 3-1 favorite for Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs 
 Todd Pletcher-trained colt Forte and Brad Cox&#8217;s filly Wet Paint are the morning line favorites respectively for the 149th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Forte, the 2-year-old champion whose 190 points led the Derby qualifying trail, drew the No. 15 post at 3-1 odds on Monday for the $3 million premier race for 3-year-olds. Stablemate Tapit Trice is the 5-1 second choice after drawing the No. 5 post, with Cox&rsquo;s Angel of Empire the 8-1 third choice after drawing the No. 14 post. Wet Paint drew the No. 7 post for the Oaks at 5-2 odds.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
No games last night
Today 
 Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 11:05 a.m. 
 Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. 
 Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 6:05 p.m. 
 West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:05 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Yesterday 
 Girls Soccer 
 St. Joseph 2, Gull Lake 1 
 Eleah Hedstrom&rsquo;s second goal of the game came just 68 seconds after Gull Lake tied the game and the Bears went on for a 2-1 road win over the 2nd ranked Blue Devils.  Megan Painter had the assist on the game winning goal and Clara Berry made 6 saves on 7 shots for the win.  St. Joe improves to 8-3-1 and will host Battle Creek Central on Wednesday
 Saugatuck 3, South Haven 0 
 Kalamazoo Christian 8, Constantine 0 
 Schoolcraft 1, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – TIE 
 Portage Central 2, Portage Northern 1 
 Hastings 8, Sturgis 0 
 G.R. Covenant Christian 2, Otsego 2 – TIE 
 Plainwell 3, Harper Creek 0
Today 
Baseball 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. 
 Benton Harbor at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. 
 Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. 
 South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. 
 River Valley at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. 
 Brandywine at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. 
 Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. 
 Three Rivers at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Paw Paw, Cancelled 
 Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled 
 Fennville at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m. 
 Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. 
 Gobles at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m. 
 Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. 

 Softball 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. 
 Howardsville Christian at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. 
 Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. 
 South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. 
 Brandywine at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. 
 Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. 
 Three Rivers at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Paw Paw, Cancelled 
 Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled 
 Fennville at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m. 
 Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. 
Gobles at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer 
 Covert at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. 
 Parchment at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Calhoun Christian at Marcellus, 5:30 p.m.
Track and Field 
 Portage Central at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. 
 Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m.
Girls Tennis 
 Buchanan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m.

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