MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 – 10 Innings

  Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1

Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Tigers 4, Twins 2 – 10 Innings – Candelario’s homer in  10th lifts Tigers in 4-2 win vs. Twins

Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in  the 10th inning for the Detroit Tigers to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Harold  Castro went deep twice earlier as Tigers dodged another sweep and broke a  six-game winning streak by the Twins. The Tigers have 25 homers in 43 games for  the fewest in baseball. Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer for the Twins in the  fourth inning to spoil an otherwise-stellar start by Rony García pieced  together by Tigers relievers.

White Sox 3, Red Sox 1 – Burger’s homer off Hill lifts  White Sox over Red Sox

  Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off Rich Hill, Lucas  Giolito overcame a shaky first inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Red  Sox 3-1 to end Boston’s six-game winning streak. The White Sox won for the fourth  time in six games. Burger, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Charlotte after Luis  Robert was placed on the COVID-19 injured list, hit an 0-2 breaking pitch in  the fifth inning that traveled an estimated 444 feet. Giolito threw 27 pitches  in the first but still allowed fewer than two runs for the fourth time this  season. Hill held the White Sox hitless through four innings but lost his lead  quickly.

Reds 4, Cubs 3 – Votto homers, triples, shouts at  reliever as Reds beat Cubs

  Joey Votto homered and tripled, then shouted at Cubs  reliver Rowan Wick during a tense ending to the Cincinnati Reds’ 4-3 win over  Chicago. Votto had a solo homer in the second inning off Kyle Hendricks and a  two-run triple in the third as Cincinnati ended a two-game skid. Wick brushed  back the 16-year veteran in the eighth, then walked him. Votto barked at Wick  as he made his way to first base, and he also had words for Chicago’s dugout.  An inning later, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland plunked Patrick Wisdom. Cubs  manager David Ross was ejected by plate umpire Dan Merzel after leaving the  dugout to protest.

Today

  Chicago  Cubs (Steele 1-4) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-6), 12:35 p.m.

  Cleveland  (Pilkington 0-0) at Detroit (Skubal 3-2), 7:10 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY  6:50

  Boston  (Wacha 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 2-4), 8:10 p.m.

NBA  – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals
Last Night

  Boston Celtics 93, Miami Heat 80                                      (BOS  Leads 3-2) 

Tonight

  Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors, 9:00 p.m.      (GSW Leads 3-1) 

NHL  – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – 2nd Round
Last Night

  St. Louis Blues 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 – OT                          (COL  Leads 3-2)

Tonight

  New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.         (Series Tied 2-2) 

  Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, 9:30 p.m.                   (EDM  Leads 3-1)

Indy  500 – Penske ready for 300,000 guests in a full-capacity Indy 500

  Roger  Penske will at last be able to open the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a  capacity crowd this Sunday for his first true Indianapolis 500 since buying the  property in 2020. The pandemic forced his first 500 to be held without  spectators and only 40% capacity last year. He’s spent more than $30 million in  capital improvements to prepare the iconic speedway for Penske’s first true  housewarming party. He expects more than 300,000 people on property Sunday and  has been relentless in ensuring the speedway is in pristine condition for his  guests.

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association
Tonight

  Los Angeles Sparks at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.

WNBA – WNBA’s Fever fire Stanley, promote Knox as  interim coach

  The Indiana Fever have fired coach Marianne Stanley  following a 2-7 start. The New York Liberty are the only WNBA team with fewer  wins this season. The Fever announced that Carlos Knox is being promoted from  assistant coach to interim coach. Interim general manager Lin Dunn says Indiana  needed to go in a different direction with a young nucleus of players. Stanley  was in the final year of her contract. Knox was a star college player at nearby  IUPUI.

WNBA – Brittney Griner’s wife tells ABC she wants WNBA  star home

  Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe  Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the  WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three  months. Cherelle Griner became emotional detailing what little she knows about  Brittney’s detainment during an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning  America. The Phoenix Mercury center has been detained since Feb. 17 after vape  cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her  luggage at an airport near Moscow. The 31-year-old Griner is a two-time Olympic  gold medalist for the U.S. She faces drug smuggling charges that carry a  maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The Biden administration has determined  Griner is being wrongfully detained.

Tennis  – French Open – No. 1 Djokovic eases into 3rd round

  Novak  Djokovic has eased into the third round of his French Open title defense with a  straight-set victory over Alex Molcan. The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the  24-year-old Slovakian 6-2, 6-3, 7-6.  Molcan  was able to push Djokovic to a third-set tiebreaker but threw his racket down  in frustration after his 34th unforced error to fall behind 6-3.  Other second-round winners on the men’s side  were third seed Alexander Zverev and No. 6 Carlos Alcaraz, both in five sets.  Coco Gauff has reached the third round in the  women’s bracket by winning a second-set tiebreak. The 18-year-old American is  the youngest player remaining in the draw.   Two-time Grand Slam champ Victoria Azarenka also advanced, but U.S. Open  champion Emma Raducanu  and fourth-seeded  Maria Sakkari were ousted in the second round.

NFL  – NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails

  The  NFL says it will appeal a ruling denying the league’s request to move former Las  Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit over leaked emails from a public  courtroom into closed-door arbitration. In a statement, the NFL denied Gruden’s  claims that league officials or Commissioner Roger Goodell leaked racist,  sexist and homophobic emails by Gruden to force him to resign last October.  Judge Nancy Allf in Las Vegas refused requests to dismiss Gruden’s claim  outright or move it to out-of-court talks that could be overseen by Goodell.  Gruden emerged from the courtroom declaring “Go Raiders” and saying he was  going to let the process take care of itself. 

MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

  Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, suspended 

  Great Lakes Loons 4, South Bend Cubs 3

Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 4

Tonight

  Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.  (doubleheader)

  Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

  Lansing Lugnuts at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m.

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Yesterday
Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals
Division 2 

  St. Joseph 3, Paw Paw  0

  Lakeshore 6, Edwardsburg  1

  Vicksburg 7, Niles 0

Division 3

  Watervliet 3, Berrien  Springs 2 – OT 

  Three Rivers 3, Coloma  0

  GR South Christian 7, Fennville  1

  Parchment 8, Comstock  0 

  Portland 8, Delton-Kellogg  0

Division 4

  Michigan Lutheran 8,  Buchanan 2

  Bridgman 8, Brandywine  0

  Lawton 10, Covert 0

  Hartford 1, Bangor 0

Division 1

  Portage Central 5,  Holt 0

  BC Lakeview 6, Jackson  4

  Portage Northern 2, Grand  Ledge 1 – OT 

  Kalamazoo Loy Norrix  1, Lansing Everett 0

  Caledonia 6, Kalamazoo  Central 1

Baseball

  Lakeshore 8, Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix 3 – Game 1

  Lakeshore vs. Loy  Norrix – Game 2 Postponed

  Bridgman 6, Niles 4

  Watervliet 1, Martin 0

Softball

  Lakeshore 10,  Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 1

  Lakeshore 15,  Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 2

  South Haven 15,  Hartford 5

  Hartford at South  Haven – Game 2 Postponed

  Edwardsburg 15,  Plainwell 0 – Game 1

  Edwardsburg 15,  Plainwell 0 – Game 2

Today
Baseball

  Eau Claire at Michigan  Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. (DH)

  River Valley at White  Pigeon, 4:30 p.m.

  Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00  p.m. (DH)

  Otsego at Paw Paw,  4:00 p.m.

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

  Niles at Sturgis, 4:00  p.m.

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

  Mattawan at Battle  Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Kalamazoo Central at  Coldwater, 4:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo Loy Norrix  at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m.

Softball

  Coloma at Buchanan,  4:15 p.m.

  Hartford at Eau  Claire, 4:15 p.m.

  River Valley at White  Pigeon, 4:30 p.m.

  Howardsville Christian  at Lawrence, 4:15 p.m. (DH)

  Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00  p.m. (DH)

  Otsego at Paw Paw,  4:00 p.m.

  Cassopolis at Lawton, 4:30  p.m.

  Mattawan at Battle  Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Kalamazoo Central at  Coldwater, 4:00 p.m.

Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals
Division 4 (Buchanan)

  New Buffalo at  Marcellus, 4:30 p.m.

Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian)

  Kalamazoo Heritage at  Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.

MHSAA – Bloomingdale  adding girls soccer

  Bloomingdale high  school announced this week that the school will be adding girls soccer to their  list of available sports starting next season.   Bloomingdale currently has a boys soccer team, which plays in the  fall.  The new girls soccer team will  take to the field next spring.  The Cardinals  athletic department says more information will be coming over the next few  months as they build their girls soccer program. 

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 – 10 Innings 
 Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1 
Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Tigers 4, Twins 2 – 10 Innings – Candelario&#8217;s homer in 10th lifts Tigers in 4-2 win vs. Twins 
Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning for the Detroit Tigers to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Harold Castro went deep twice earlier as Tigers dodged another sweep and broke a six-game winning streak by the Twins. The Tigers have 25 homers in 43 games for the fewest in baseball. Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer for the Twins in the fourth inning to spoil an otherwise-stellar start by Rony García pieced together by Tigers relievers.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 1 – Burger&#8217;s homer off Hill lifts White Sox over Red Sox 
 Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off Rich Hill, Lucas Giolito overcame a shaky first inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 3-1 to end Boston&rsquo;s six-game winning streak. The White Sox won for the fourth time in six games. Burger, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Charlotte after Luis Robert was placed on the COVID-19 injured list, hit an 0-2 breaking pitch in the fifth inning that traveled an estimated 444 feet. Giolito threw 27 pitches in the first but still allowed fewer than two runs for the fourth time this season. Hill held the White Sox hitless through four innings but lost his lead quickly.
Reds 4, Cubs 3 – Votto homers, triples, shouts at reliever as Reds beat Cubs 
 Joey Votto homered and tripled, then shouted at Cubs reliver Rowan Wick during a tense ending to the Cincinnati Reds&rsquo; 4-3 win over Chicago. Votto had a solo homer in the second inning off Kyle Hendricks and a two-run triple in the third as Cincinnati ended a two-game skid. Wick brushed back the 16-year veteran in the eighth, then walked him. Votto barked at Wick as he made his way to first base, and he also had words for Chicago&rsquo;s dugout. An inning later, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland plunked Patrick Wisdom. Cubs manager David Ross was ejected by plate umpire Dan Merzel after leaving the dugout to protest.
Today 
 Chicago Cubs (Steele 1-4) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-6), 12:35 p.m. 
 Cleveland (Pilkington 0-0) at Detroit (Skubal 3-2), 7:10 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:50 
 Boston (Wacha 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 2-4), 8:10 p.m.
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals 
 Last Night 
 Boston Celtics 93, Miami Heat 80                                      (BOS Leads 3-2) 
Tonight 
 Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors, 9:00 p.m.      (GSW Leads 3-1) 
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – 2nd Round 
 Last Night 
 St. Louis Blues 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 – OT                          (COL Leads 3-2)
Tonight 
 New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.         (Series Tied 2-2) 
 Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, 9:30 p.m.                   (EDM Leads 3-1)
Indy 500 – Penske ready for 300,000 guests in a full-capacity Indy 500 
 Roger Penske will at last be able to open the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a capacity crowd this Sunday for his first true Indianapolis 500 since buying the property in 2020. The pandemic forced his first 500 to be held without spectators and only 40% capacity last year. He&#8217;s spent more than $30 million in capital improvements to prepare the iconic speedway for Penske&#8217;s first true housewarming party. He expects more than 300,000 people on property Sunday and has been relentless in ensuring the speedway is in pristine condition for his guests.
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Tonight 
 Los Angeles Sparks at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m.
WNBA – WNBA&#8217;s Fever fire Stanley, promote Knox as interim coach 
 The Indiana Fever have fired coach Marianne Stanley following a 2-7 start. The New York Liberty are the only WNBA team with fewer wins this season. The Fever announced that Carlos Knox is being promoted from assistant coach to interim coach. Interim general manager Lin Dunn says Indiana needed to go in a different direction with a young nucleus of players. Stanley was in the final year of her contract. Knox was a star college player at nearby IUPUI.
WNBA – Brittney Griner&#8217;s wife tells ABC she wants WNBA star home 
 Brittney Griner&rsquo;s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner&rsquo;s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months. Cherelle Griner became emotional detailing what little she knows about Brittney&rsquo;s detainment during an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning America. The Phoenix Mercury center has been detained since Feb. 17 after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. The 31-year-old Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the U.S. She faces drug smuggling charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The Biden administration has determined Griner is being wrongfully detained.
Tennis – French Open – No. 1 Djokovic eases into 3rd round 
 Novak Djokovic has eased into the third round of his French Open title defense with a straight-set victory over Alex Molcan. The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the 24-year-old Slovakian 6-2, 6-3, 7-6.  Molcan was able to push Djokovic to a third-set tiebreaker but threw his racket down in frustration after his 34th unforced error to fall behind 6-3.  Other second-round winners on the men&rsquo;s side were third seed Alexander Zverev and No. 6 Carlos Alcaraz, both in five sets.  Coco Gauff has reached the third round in the women&rsquo;s bracket by winning a second-set tiebreak. The 18-year-old American is the youngest player remaining in the draw.  Two-time Grand Slam champ Victoria Azarenka also advanced, but U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu  and fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari were ousted in the second round.
NFL – NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails 
 The NFL says it will appeal a ruling denying the league&rsquo;s request to move former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden&rsquo;s lawsuit over leaked emails from a public courtroom into closed-door arbitration. In a statement, the NFL denied Gruden&#8217;s claims that league officials or Commissioner Roger Goodell leaked racist, sexist and homophobic emails by Gruden to force him to resign last October. Judge Nancy Allf in Las Vegas refused requests to dismiss Gruden&rsquo;s claim outright or move it to out-of-court talks that could be overseen by Goodell. Gruden emerged from the courtroom declaring &ldquo;Go Raiders&rdquo; and saying he was going to let the process take care of itself. 
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, suspended 
 Great Lakes Loons 4, South Bend Cubs 3 
Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 4
Tonight 
 Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. (doubleheader) 
 Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. 
 Lansing Lugnuts at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Yesterday 
 Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals 
 Division 2 
 St. Joseph 3, Paw Paw 0 
 Lakeshore 6, Edwardsburg 1 
 Vicksburg 7, Niles 0
Division 3 
 Watervliet 3, Berrien Springs 2 – OT 
 Three Rivers 3, Coloma 0 
 GR South Christian 7, Fennville 1 
 Parchment 8, Comstock 0 
 Portland 8, Delton-Kellogg 0
Division 4 
 Michigan Lutheran 8, Buchanan 2 
 Bridgman 8, Brandywine 0 
 Lawton 10, Covert 0 
 Hartford 1, Bangor 0
Division 1 
 Portage Central 5, Holt 0 
 BC Lakeview 6, Jackson 4 
 Portage Northern 2, Grand Ledge 1 – OT 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 1, Lansing Everett 0 
 Caledonia 6, Kalamazoo Central 1
Baseball 
 Lakeshore 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 – Game 1 
 Lakeshore vs. Loy Norrix – Game 2 Postponed 
 Bridgman 6, Niles 4 
 Watervliet 1, Martin 0
Softball 
 Lakeshore 10, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 1 
 Lakeshore 15, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 2 
 South Haven 15, Hartford 5 
 Hartford at South Haven – Game 2 Postponed 
 Edwardsburg 15, Plainwell 0 – Game 1 
 Edwardsburg 15, Plainwell 0 – Game 2
Today 
 Baseball 
 Eau Claire at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. (DH) 
 River Valley at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. 
 Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Otsego at Paw Paw, 4:00 p.m. 
 South Haven at Gobles, 4:30 p.m. 
 Niles at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Christian at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. 
 Mattawan at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Kalamazoo Central at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m.
Softball 
 Coloma at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. 
 Hartford at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. 
 River Valley at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. 
 Howardsville Christian at Lawrence, 4:15 p.m. (DH) 
 Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Otsego at Paw Paw, 4:00 p.m. 
 Cassopolis at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. 
 Mattawan at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Kalamazoo Central at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m.
Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals 
 Division 4 (Buchanan) 
 New Buffalo at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m.
Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) 
 Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
MHSAA – Bloomingdale adding girls soccer 
 Bloomingdale high school announced this week that the school will be adding girls soccer to their list of available sports starting next season.  Bloomingdale currently has a boys soccer team, which plays in the fall.  The new girls soccer team will take to the field next spring.  The Cardinals athletic department says more information will be coming over the next few months as they build their girls soccer program.

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