INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL REGIONALS
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL REGIONALS
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS STATE FINALS
Semifinals | North Central HS | Sat, 10am ET
South Bend Saint Joseph 4, Harrison (West Lafayette) 1
Singles
1. Emma Gu (12)Harrisondef. Molly Bellia (12)Saint Joseph7-5, 5-7, 6-2
2. Ashi Amalnathan (12)Saint Josephdef. Madison Evans (11)Harrison6-0, 6-0
3. Anni Amalnathan (11)Saint Josephdef. Bella Maynard (12)Harrison6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Dani Graham (12) Libby Yergler (9)Saint Josephdef. Aubrey York (10) | Ella York (10)Harrison7-6 (7-4), 6-1
2. Ella Michaels (10) | Anna Walsh (10)Saint Josephdef. Elliot Flanery (10) | Sara Wang (11)Harrison6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Fishers 4, Franklin Community 1
Singles
1. Mischa Briggs (11)Fishersdef. Rylie Wilkison (12)Franklin6-0, 6-0
2. Marnie Moore (10)Franklindef. Madelyn Barron (12)Fishers3-6, 6-1, 6-2
3. Izzy Ireland (11)Fishersdef. Chelsie Rayl (12)Franklin6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles
1. Cassie Maurer (12) | Caroline Ober (12)Fishersdef. Kate Pinnick (11) | Kennedy Urban (12)Franklin6-1, 6-0
2. Emma Beehler (12) | Meredith Ober (12)Fishersdef. Meleah Murphy (11) | Emma Sappenfield (12)Franklin6-1, 6-3
State Championship | North Central HS | Sat, 5:30 pm ET(Match moved to Pearson Automotive Tennis Club, Zionsville)
South Bend Saint Joseph 3, Fishers 2
Singles
1. Molly Bellia (12)Saint Josephdef. Mischa Briggs (11)Fishers6-1, 6-3
2. Ashi Amalnathan (12)Saint Josephdef. Madelyn Barron (12)Fishers6-0, 6-1
3. Anni Amalnathan (11)Saint Josephdef. Izzy Ireland (11)Fishers6-1, 6-3
Douhles
1. Cassie Maurer (12) | Caroline Ober (12)Fishersdef. Dani Graham (12) Libby Yergler (9)Saint Joseph6-2, 2-6, 6-2
2. Emma Beehler (12) | Meredith Ober (12)Fishersdef. Ella Michaels (10) | Anna Walsh (10)Saint Joseph6-0, 6-0
BOYS STATE TRACK FINALS-JUNE 1
INDIANA TRACK RESULTS: HTTPS://IN.MILESPLIT.COM/RESULTS
INDIANA BOYS GOLF SECTIONALS
1. Valparaiso (10) | Forest Park Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT |Results
Boone Grove, Chesterton, Hammond Bishop Noll, Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Hobart, Portage, Valparaiso, Wheeler, River Forest, Whiting
2. Lake Central (13) | Palmira Golf & Country Club | Fri, 8 am CT |Results
Andrean, Calumet, Crown Point, DeMotte Christian, Griffith, Hanover Central, Highland, Illiana Christian, Lake Central, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, Kankakee Valley
3. LaPorte (12) | Beechwood Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT |Results
Glenn, Knox, LaPorte, Marquette Catholic, Michigan City, Morgan Township, New Prairie, North Judson-San Pierre, Oregon-Davis, South Central (Union Mills), Tri-Township, Westville
4. South Bend Riley (12) | Erskine Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Elkhart, Jimtown, LaVille, Mishawaka, Mishawaka Marian, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph, South Bend Washington, Trinity School at Greenlawn
5. Logansport (12) | Dykeman Park Golf Course | Fri, 9:30 am ET |Results
Caston, Frontier, Logansport, North Newton, Pioneer, Rochester Community, Rensselaer Central, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes, West Central, Winamac Community
6. Northridge (12) | Meadow Valley Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET |Results
Bremen, Bethany Christian, Concord, Elkhart Christian Academy, Fairfield, Goshen, Lakeland, Northridge, NorthWood, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview
7. East Noble (12) | Noble Hawk Golf Links – Kendallville | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Angola, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Central Noble, Churubusco, Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Eastside, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fremont, Garrett, Leo
8. Warsaw (11) | Eagle Glen Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Culver Academies, Culver Community, Huntington North, Manchester, Northfield, Plymouth, Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Warsaw Community, Wawasee, Whitko
9. Fort Wayne Canterbury (13) | Chestnut Hills Golf Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET |Results
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Heritage, Homestead, New Haven, Woodlan
10. Peru (12) | Rock Hollow Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Eastern (Greentown), Kokomo, Lewis Cass, Maconaquah, North Miami, Northwestern, Peru, Southwood, Taylor, Tri-Central, Wabash, Western
11. Lafayette Jefferson (12) | Battle Ground Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Delphi Community, Faith Christian, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Central Catholic, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Rossville, West Lafayette
12. Westfield (10) | Ulen Golf and Country Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Bethesda Christian, Carmel, Frankfort, Guerin Catholic, Lebanon, Sheridan, University, Western Boone, Westfield, Zionsville
13. Attica (11) | Harrison Hills Golf and Country Club | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Attica, Covington, Crawfordsville, Fountain Central, North Montgomery, North Putnam, Parke Heritage, Seeger, South Vermillion, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks
14. Decatur Central (10) | Winding River Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Ben Davis, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, Covenant Christian (Indpls), Decatur Central, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Pike, Purdue Polytechnic (Broad Ripple), Purdue Polytechnic (Downtown), Riverside, Speedway
15. Martinsville (11) | Foxcliff Golf Course | Mon, 9:30 am ET |Results
Avon, Brownsburg, Cascade, Cloverdale, Danville Community, Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, Plainfield, South Putnam, Greencastle
16. Norwell (12) | Timber Ridge Golf Club | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Adams Central, Bellmont, Blackford, Bluffton, Eastbrook, Madison-Grant, Marion, Mississinewa, Norwell, Oak Hill, South Adams, Southern Wells
17. Indianapolis Cathedral (11) | Maple Creek Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET |Results
Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, International School of Indiana, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Park Tudor, Warren Central
18. Noblesville (12) | Harbour Trees Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Alexandria Monroe, Anderson, Daleville, Elwood Community, Fishers, Frankton, Hamilton Heights, Hamilton Southeastern, Lapel, Noblesville, Pendleton Heights, Tipton
19. Monroe Central (11) | Hickory Hills Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Cowan, Delta, Jay County, Monroe Central, Muncie Burris, Muncie Central, Randolph Southern, Union City, Wapahani, Wes-Del, Winchester Community, Yorktown
20. Greenfield Central (11) | Hawk’s Tail of Greenfield | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Blue River Valley, Eastern Hanco*ck, Greenfield-Central, Knightstown, Morristown, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, New Palestine, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Tri
21. Terre Haute North (12) | Hulman Links | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Bloomfield, Clay City, Dugger Union, Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, North Central (Farmersburg), Northview, Shakamak, Sullivan, Terre Haute North Vigo, Terre Haute South Vigo, West Vigo, White River Valley
22. Vincennes Lincoln (13) | Cypress Hills Golf Club of Vincennes | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Barr-Reeve, Gibson Southern, North Daviess, North Knox, Pike Central, Princeton Community, South Knox, Tec*mseh, Vincennes Lincoln, Vincennes Rivet, Washington, Washington Catholic, Wood Memorial
23. Evansville Mater Dei (13) | Helfrich Hills Golf Course | Thurs, 7 am CT |Results
Boonville, Castle, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Christian, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz Memorial, Mt. Vernon, North Posey, Signature School
24. Jasper (14) | Sultan’s Run Golf Club | Thurs, 10 am ET |Results
Crawford County, Forest Park, Heritage Hills, Northeast Dubois, Jasper, Loogootee, Orleans, Paoli, Perry Central, Shoals, South Spencer, Southridge, Springs Valley, Tell City
25. Bloomington North (12) | Cascades Golf Course | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Brown County, Brownstown Central, Edgewood, Mitchell, Salem, Seymour, Trinity Lutheran, West Washington, Owen Valley
26. Franklin Community (13) | The Legends Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Beech Grove, Center Grove, Edinburgh, Franklin Central, Franklin Community, Greenwood Christian Academy, Greenwood Community, Indian Creek, Indianapolis Lutheran, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Southport, Whiteland Community
27. Union County (10) | Liberty Country Club | Mon 9 am ET |Results
Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Connersville, Franklin County, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Richmond, Rushville Consolidated, Union County, Oldenburg Academy
28. Greensburg (14) | Greensburg Country Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET |Results
Batesville, Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Greensburg, Hauser, Jac-Cen-Del, Milan, North Decatur, Shelbyville, South Decatur, South Ripley, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Waldron
29. Madison Consolidated (12) | Sunrise Golf Course | Mon, 11 am ET |Results
Austin, Charlestown, Henryville, Jennings County, Lawrenceburg, Madison Consolidated, Rising Sun, Scottsburg, Shawe Memorial, Southwestern (Hanover), South Dearborn, Switzerland County
30. Providence (14) | Covered Bridge Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Borden, Christian Academy of Indiana, Clarksville, Corydon Central, Crothersville, Eastern (Pekin), Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Lanesville, New Albany, North Harrison, Providence, Silver Creek, South Central (Elizabeth)
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6 (8:30 ET)
GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 9 (8 ET)
GAME 3: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
INDIANA 71 CHICAGO 70
NHL PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
NEW YORK RANGERS VS. FLORIDA
SCHEDULE:
GAME 1:FLORIDA 3 NY RANGERS 0 (FLORIDA LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2:NY RANGERS 2 FLORIDA 1 OT (SERIES EVEN 1 – 1)
GAME 3:NY RANGERS 5 FLORIDA 4 OT (RANGERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4:FLORIDA 3 NY RANGERS 2 OT (SERIES TIED 2-2)
GAME 5:FLORIDA 3 NY RANGERS 2 (FLORIDA LEADS SERIES 3-2)
GAME 6:FLORIDA 2 NY RANGERS 1 (FLORIDA WINS SERIES 4-2)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
DALLAS VS. EDMONTON
SCHEDULE:
GAME 1:EDMONTON 3 DALLAS 2 (2OT) (EDMONTON LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2:DALLAS 3 EDMONTON 1 (SERIES TIED 1-1)
GAME 3:DALLAS 5 EDMONTON 3 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4:EDMONTON 5 DALLAS 2 (SERIES TIED 2-2)
GAME 5:EDMONTON 3 DALLAS 1 (EDMONTON LEADS SERIES 3-1)
GAME 6:DAL @ EDM | JUNE 2, TBD ET* (TNT) |PREVIEW
GAME 7:EDM @ DAL | JUNE 4, TBD ET* (TNT) |PREVIEW
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PITTSBURGH 8 TORONTO 1
BALTIMORE 9 TAMPA BAY 5
OAKLAND 11 ATLANTA 9
SAN DIEGO 7 KANSAS CITY 3
CLEVELAND 3 WASHINGTON 2
BOSTON 6 DETROIT 3
ARIZONA 10 NY METS 5
HOUSTON 5 MINNESOTA 2
TEXAS 7 MIAMI 0
MILWAUKEE 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 (10)
SEATTLE 9 LA ANGELS 0
PHILADELPHIA 6 ST. LOUIS 1
CHICAGO CUBS 7 CINCINNATI 5
NY YANKEES 7 SAN FRANCISCO 3
LA DODGERS 4 COLORADO 1
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
OMAHA 4 INDIANAPOLIS 2
QUAD CITIES 13 SOUTH BEND 4
WISCONSIN 8 FORT WAYNE 1
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT
SOUTHERN MISS 6 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 0
HIGH POINT 10 VANDERBILT 9
WOFFORD 5 LONG ISLAND 2
ST. JOHN’S 10 PENNSYLVANIA 9 (12)
EAST CAROLINA 7 WAKE FOREST 6
KANSAS STATE 19 LOUISIANA TECH 4
INDIANA STATE 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN 4
GEORGIA TECH 4 ARMY 2
JAMES MADISON 8 BRYANT 1
NEBRASKA 7 NIAGARA 5
DUKE 6 ORAL ROBERTS 2
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE 9 LOUISIANA TECH 3
LOUISIANA 12 GRAMBLING 5
STETSON 4 ALABAMA 0
DALLAS BAPTIST 7 ARIZONA 0
TULANE 3 NICHOLLS 0
SAN DIEGO 7 FRESNO STATE 5
NORTH CAROLINA 6 LSU 2
CLEMSON 4 COASTAL CAROLINA 3
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 6 SOUTH CAROLINA 4
VIRGINIA 5 MISSISSIPPI STATE 4
KENTUCKY 6 ILLINOIS 1
GEORGIA 11 NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON 2
EVANSVILLE 17 VCU 11
TENNESSEE 12 INDIANA 6
OKLAHOMA STATE 7 FLORIDA 1
FLORIDA STATE 5 CENTRAL FLORIDA 2
KANSAS STATE 7 ARKANSAS 6
TEXAS A&M 4 TEXAS 2
CONNECTICUT 4 OKLAHOMA 1
WEST VIRGINIA 5 GRAND CANYON 2
OREGON 2 UC SANTA BARBARA 1
OREGON STATE 5 UC IRVINE 3
COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
OKLAHOMA 1 UCLA 0
TEXAS 10 FLORIDA 8
MLS
DC UNITED 2 TORONTO 2
PHILADELPHIA 2 MONTRÉAL 2
NY RED BULLS 1 ORLANDO 0
MIAMI 3 ST. LOUIS 3
CHICAGO 2 LA GALAXY 1
NEW ENGLAND 2 NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 3 KANSAS CITY 1
SALT LAKE 5 AUSTIN 1
LOS ANGELES 1 DALLAS 0
VANCOUVER 2 COLORADO 1
PORTLAND 2 HOUSTON 2
UFL
STALLIONS 20 PANTHERS 19
BATTLEHAWKS 13 BRAHAMS 12
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NHL PLAYOFFS
PANTHERS OUST RANGERS, RETURN TO STANLEY CUP FINAL
The Florida Panthers defeated the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 6 on Saturday to close out their third-round series and advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season.
Florida will play the winner of the Edmonton Oilers-Dallas Stars series with a chance to win its first championship in franchise history. The Oilers are currently ahead 3-2.
“It’s amazing, it’s tough to describe right now,” captain Aleksander Barkov told Sportsnet. “So proud of the guys, but we all know the job is not finished. We still want to get that big prize and work really hard for it.”
The Panthers’ Sam Bennett opened the scoring Saturday in the final minute of the first period. Vladimir Tarasenko added an insurance marker midway through the final frame before Artemi Panarin notched his first goal of the series to bring the Rangers within a goal.
Game 6 was the fifth consecutive one-goal contest between the teams, but Florida was the superior team over the series by most metrics. The Panthers controlled 57.23% of shot attempts, 60.85% of scoring chances, and 62.21% of expected goals at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick.
Igor Shesterkin was the primary reason New York put up a fight, as the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner posted a .930 save percentage in the series. The Rangers won the Presidents’ Trophy with 114 points, but the league’s top regular-season team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013.
The Panthers are the first team to return to the Stanley Cup Final the year after losing since the 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins, who won in their second attempt.
“It’s so special. It’s just so much buy-in, so much hard work. So much commitment to playing the right way,” winger Matthew Tkachuk told Sportsnet.
“Everybody who’s new this year has been awesome, and the returning guys really, really came back with this on their mind. We wanted to get back to this moment, and we’re here. Hopefully, we can keep this thing going.”
Florida will now have a week off, with Game 1 of the final scheduled for June 8. The Panthers will have home-ice advantage if Edmonton advances but will start on the road if Dallas prevails.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: BREWERS HAND WHITE SOX 10TH STRAIGHT LOSS
Willy Adames delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the host Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 comeback victory over Chicago on Saturday, handing the White Sox their 10th consecutive defeat.
William Contreras opened the 10th as the automatic runner against Michael Kopech (1-5). Christian Yelich was walked intentionally to open and both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Adames then lined a grounder to the left side that shortstop Zach Remillard knocked down but couldn’t corral, allowing Contreras to score.
Hoby Milner (3-0) tossed a perfect 10th inning for the victory.
Chicago, off to the worst 58-game start in franchise history, has lost 14 of its past 15 games and 16 of its past 19.
Pirates 8, Blue Jays 1
Ke’Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds hit two-run homers, right-hander Mitch Keller struck out eight and visiting Pittsburgh defeated Toronto. Pittsburgh gained a split of the first two games of a three-game series in ending Toronto’s four-game winning streak.
Jared Triolo had three hits for the Pirates, who are 2-2 on a five-game road trip. Keller (7-3) allowed one run, five hits and one walk in six innings. Luis L. Ortiz allowed one hit in three innings to earn his first career save.
Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (2-5) allowed six runs (five earned), nine hits and one walk while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings.
Mariners 9, Angels 0
J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam and Bryce Miller pitched six scoreless innings as Seattle blanked visiting Los Angeles.
Luke Raley also homered and Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the American League West-leading Mariners, who won for the sixth time in their past seven games. Miller (5-5) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine, one shy of his career-high.
The highlight for the last-place Angels, who have lost seven of eight, was backup infielder Cole Tucker pitching a scoreless inning of relief. Starter Reid Detmers (3-6) lost his sixth straight decision. The left-hander allowed five runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings, with four walks and three strikeouts.
Orioles 9, Rays 5
Ryan Mountcastle blasted a pair of two-run home runs as Baltimore beat visiting Tampa Bay in a game that featured plenty of early offense.
Anthony Santander and Jordan Westburg also homered as the Orioles won for the eighth time in nine games. Mountcastle hadn’t homered since May 8, and he had only six RBIs in all of May.
Yandy Diaz had three RBIs for the Rays, who have lost nine of their past 12. Jacob Webb (1-3) got the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Four more relievers followed Webb, and they combined to blank the Rays over the final four innings.
Athletics 11, Braves 9
Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker both homered and drove in four runs to help visiting Oakland outslug Atlanta and even the three-game series.
Andujar was 4-for-5, scored three runs and hit his second homer, and Rooker was 2-for-5 with his 12th homer. Max Schuemann went 4-for-4 and the A’s recorded 16 hits. The winning pitcher was Michael Kelly (3-2) and Dany Jimenez pitched the ninth to earn his first save.
Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. He has reached base in 25 straight games and leads the National League with 17 homers and 53 RBIs. Atlanta starter Chris Sale pitched only four innings and allowed season highs in runs (eight) and hits (nine), walked one and struck out four.
Red Sox 6, Tigers 3
Enmanuel Valdez recorded the second multi-homer game in as many days for Boston as the Red Sox used a stretch of five unanswered runs to move past visiting Detroit. Valdez finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored to lead Boston to its second consecutive win in the four-game series.
Jarren Duran added two hits and two runs, while Red Sox right-hander Cooper Criswell (3-2) held up his end of the effort on the mound, striking out five while allowing just one run on four hits across the first five innings.
Matt Vierling hit two doubles while Riley Greene and Gio Urshela (two-run home run) were all 2-for-4 for Detroit, which was outhit 10-7. Reese Olson (1-6) was charged with five runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Guardians 3, Nationals 2
Jose Ramirez had two infield singles and scored the decisive run with some aggressive baserunning as surging Cleveland won its ninth straight home game, beating Washington.
Ben Lively (5-2) continued his surprise season by allowing two runs over 5 2/3 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander combined with four relievers to hold the Nationals to six hits for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Cleveland has won 15 of 18 overall.
Cleveland led 2-0 entering the third when Ramirez reached on his second infield hit. He stole second, and with two outs, scored from second on rookie Mitchell Parker’s wild pitch that catcher Riley Adams initially couldn’t find. Joey Meneses and Jesse Winker delivered RBIs for Washington.
Padres 7, Royals 3
Ha-Seong Kim’s bases-clearing double led visiting San Diego past Kansas City. With one out in the fourth and the Padres trailing by a run, Kim drilled Alec Marsh’s sweeper to the center-field wall, plating three for a 5-3 advantage.
Kim also tripled as San Diego pounded Marsh (4-3) for five runs on seven hits, including four for extra bases. Marsh walked Manny Machado three times and hit a batter, completing five innings with three strikeouts.
San Diego starter Randy Vasquez (1-3) finished five innings, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts to earn his first win since Aug. 11.
Astros 5, Twins 2
Framber Valdez carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning while Yordan Alvarez produced his first multi-homer game in five weeks as Houston slugged four home runs in a win over visiting Minnesota.
Valdez (4-3) recorded his fifth quality start by working seven innings for the fourth time this season. He faced the minimum through six innings and had 65 pitches on his ledger entering the seventh. Twins right fielder Manuel Margot ended the no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the seventh.
Alvarez clubbed both of his homers off Twins starter Joe Ryan (4-4). Alvarez spotted the Astros a 2-0 lead in the first when he followed a Kyle Tucker walk with a 403-foot blast to right field for his 10th homer. Astros first baseman Jose Abreu slugged his first homer an inning later, an opposite-field shot to right-center that extended the lead to 3-0.
Rangers 7, Marlins 0
Michael Lorenzen logged 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Texas blanked host Miami.
Corey Seager went 3-for-4 with a run and a walk to headline the Rangers’ offense. He increased his hitting streak to 14 and has reached base in 24 straight appearances.
Josh Bell had the only extra-base hit for the Marlins, a double in the ninth. Miami scored 17 runs while winning its previous two games.
Diamondbacks 10, Mets 5
Christian Walker hit a third-inning grand slam for visiting Arizona, which rolled past New York in the third game of a four-game series.
Blaze Alexander, Randal Grichuk, Jake McCarthy and Kevin Newman had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks, who have collected 19 runs in their past two games — their most in consecutive contests since April 19-20, when Arizona beat the San Francisco Giants 17-1 before falling to the Giants 7-3.
Mark Vientos and Pete Alonso homered for the Mets, who were trying to win three straight games for the first time since a six-game winning streak from April 14-20.
Phillies 6, Cardinals 1
Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer and scored three times to power Philadelphia past visiting St. Louis.
Alec Bohm drove in two runs and scored another as Philadelphia won its third straight. Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez retired the six batters he faced. But he did not come out for the third inning due to a left-hand contusion he sustained when he was hit by Alec Burleson’s line drive to end the second inning.
That forced Philadelphia to deploy a string of relievers to get through the game. Jose Ruiz allowed one run on two hits in one inning, then Spencer Turnbull (1-0) blanked the Cardinals for three innings while striking out six. Orion Kerkering, Seranthony Dominguez and Gregory Soto each threw a scoreless inning to close out the victory.
Yankees 7, Giants 3
Aaron Judge homered for the third straight game, Giancarlo Stanton added a two-run insurance shot and New York beat host San Francisco.
New York starter Cody Poteet (2-0) combined with four relievers on a five-hitter, helping the Yankees clinch a third consecutive series win on their Western swing. New York can complete a three-game sweep of San Francisco on Sunday.
Casey Schmitt, promoted from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, had two of the Giants’ five hits.
Dodgers 4, Rockies 1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto went six strong innings to rebound from his first loss in over two months and Los Angeles went on to a victory over visiting Colorado.
Jason Heyward and Will Smith each had an RBI double and Enrique Hernandez added an RBI single as the Dodgers won one day after the Rockies took the opener of the three-game series.
Ezequiel Tovar had three hits for the second consecutive game, with Colorado still in line for a possible third consecutive series victory. After a standout May in which he posted a 1.71 ERA in five starts, Colorado right-hander Cal Quantrill (4-4) gave up four runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Cubs 7, Reds 5
Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to lift Chicago over visiting Cincinnati.
Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-4 with a grand slam for the Cubs and reliever Mark Leiter Jr. (2-3) tossed a scoreless eighth for the win. Hector Neris struck out a pair in the ninth for his seventh save.
Spencer Steer went 3-for-5 and Jeimer Candelario went 2-for-5 with an RBI for the Reds.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
WCWS ROUNDUP: OKLAHOMA BLANKS UCLA, ADVANCES TO SEMIFINALS
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kelly Maxwell struck out a season-high 11, going the distance as Oklahoma knocked off UCLA 1-0 on Saturday in a winner’s-bracket game in the Women’s College World Series.
The second-seeded Sooners (56-6) advance to Monday’s semifinals to play either Alabama or Florida. Oklahoma will have two opportunities to win one game to advance to the WCWS Championship Series.
The Bruins managed just two hits against Maxwell, going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Sixth-seeded UCLA (43-11) will take on Stanford on Sunday in an elimination game.
Oklahoma got all the offense it needed in the third on Tiare Jennings’ leadoff home run that barely cleared the center field wall.
Texas 10, Florida 0 (5 innings)
Mac Morgan allowed just one hit and the top-seeded Longhorns had two big innings at the plate to beat the Gators in five innings in a Women’s College World Series winner’s-bracket game.
The Longhorns, 2-0 in the WCWS for the first time since 2003, have allowed just two hits in their first two games. Florida (52-14) will take on Alabama in an elimination game on Sunday, while Texas advances to Monday’s semifinals.
The Longhorns (54-8) will take on UCLA or Stanford with two chances to win one game to advance to the WCWS Championship Series. Texas poured it on quickly, scoring five runs in the first, highlighted by Alyssa Washington’s three-run homer to left-center.
GOLF NEWS
ROD PAMPLING SURGES INTO LEAD AT PRINCIPAL CHARITY CLASSIC
Australian Rod Pampling fired a 7-under 65 on Saturday to grab a share of the lead after two rounds of action at the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.
Pampling carded nine birdies against two bogeys and now sits at 14-under 130 through 36 holes. He moved four spots up the leaderboard to join Ernie Els of South Africa in first. Els posted a 4-under 68 on Saturday after coming into the second round with a two-shot lead.
“Hit a little bit better today, so that was happy, made me happier,” Pampling said. “Making good putts, making the putts we’re supposed to and just not doing too many silly things, which has unfortunately been around a little bit too much the last month.”
With just one stroke separating him and Els from Germany’s Bernhard Langer and Canadian Stephen Ames, Pampling is planning to take Saturday’s game plan into the final round at Wakonda Club.
“If the pin allows (you) to be aggressive, you be aggressive. If not, play for the middle of the green and see if you can roll a few putts in,” Pampling said. “The greens are rolling beautiful for I don’t know how many months they are, but they’re rolling nicely out there. And I’m seeing them well, which obviously helps.
“Yeah, no change of strategy, just if it’s there, go for it.”
Langer had Saturday’s low round with a 9-under 63, a performance that was highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 eighth. He also had nine birdies, including three in a row at Nos. 16-18 to close his round.
“It always feels good to play well, especially breaking your age by three,” the 66-year-old Langer said. “I had some good starts the last few rounds I played and then often didn’t finish well because I don’t know whether the leg is swelling up so bad, my hip tightens up and my back feels stiff the longer the day goes.
“So it was nice to finish today with three birdies.”
Ames ended up with a 67 thanks in large part to a string of four straight birdies, an impressive run that started at the par-4 sixth.
David Duval (65 on Saturday), Kevin Sutherland (66) and Vijay Singh of Fiji (68) are tied for fifth, two shots back.
Chad Campbell (67) and Heath Slocum (68) are T8, and Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez, who ended up with a 70, sits in sole possession of 10th.
ROBERT MACINTYRE USES BLISTERING 3RD-ROUND FINISH TO SEPARATE AT CANADIAN OPEN
Robert MacIntyre’s eagle on the 17th hole Saturday catapulted the Scottish golfer to 4-under-par 66 and a four-shot lead in the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Hamilton, Ontario.
MacIntyre used a 5-under score across a four-hole stretch on the back nine to break free from a crowded cluster atop the leaderboard.
He’ll go into Sunday’s final round trying to fend off a trio of golfers, including Canadian Mackenzie Hughes (67), sharing second place. Ben Griffin (65) and Ryan Fox (70) of New Zealand are also at 10 under.
MacIntyre, 27, is seeking his first victory on the tour, though he had a strong showing by tying for eighth place in last month’s PGA Championship. Griffin and Fox are also without PGA Tour championships.
MacIntyre was 1 over for the round through 13 holes before a sizzling closing stretch. He had three straight birdies before the eagle at the par-5 17th.
Griffin made a charge with seven birdies, pulling into a share of the lead before a bogey on the final hole.
Hughes, a fan favorite who was adored by spectators throughout the round, sank a 29-foot birdie putt on the par-5 fourth hole despite missing the fairway on his tee shot.
Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, whose bogey-free 64 was the best score of the day, moved up to fifth place at 9 under in a tie with Sam Burns (67), Trace Crowe (67) and Joel Dahmen (69).
Fleetwood was the 2023 tournament’s runner-up, losing to Canadian Nick Taylor on the third playoff hole. Taylor missed the cut at 3 over this week.
Fox held a two-shot lead until bogeys on Nos. 11, 13 and 14 suddenly had him in a three-way tie for second place. He managed pars on the last four holes to come through with a steady finish.
Fox and MacIntyre entered the round tied atop the leaderboard at 10 under.
WICHANEE MEECHAI LEADS U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN AS NELLY KORDA MISSES CUT
Wichanee Meechai of Thailand kicked off her round with four straight birdies before signing for a 3-under 67 and taking a two-shot lead into the weekend at the U.S. Women’s Open on Friday at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club.
Meechai is 4-under 136 at the midway point of the major championship, one of only four players under par. Andrea Lee shot her second consecutive 69 to sit in second place at 2 under. Former U.S. Women’s Open champions Minjee Lee of Australia (69 on Friday) and Yuka Saso of Japan (71) are tied for third place at 1 under.
They’re all looking up at Meechai, a 31-year-old ranked 158th in the world who has never won in the United States.
“To be honest, before the tee time, I was so nervous,” Meechai said. “I just talked to my manager, like my hands just shaking, my brain just stop working. But trying to commit to the shot. I know that the course is hard; just go with the flow probably. That’s my point, and just have fun.”
Meechai began her round on the back nine and dialed up a tight approach shot 6 feet of the cup at the par-4 10th hole. She one-upped herself at the par-4 11th, landing her second shot inside 5 feet. Then came a 5-foot birdie putt at the par-3 12th and another at the par-5 13th.
“To be honest, I don’t know who she is the first four holes, but I’m glad that she came,” Meechai joked.
She cooled off and bogeyed three holes before getting back on the birdie train at the par-4 fourth. Her final birdie was a 9-foot putt at the par-3 eighth — her longest birdie putt of the day.
Lee also started on the back nine, playing it in 2-over 37 before a hot streak of her own.
The 25-year-old Californian hit out of a fairway bunker at the par-4 first and watched her ball roll from right to left up the green, finding the pin and dropping for an unlikely eagle.
“Pulled my driver off the tee but had a pretty good lie in the bunker, so I knew if I just hit it solid and got it up anywhere on the green I could two-putt and make a par,” Lee said. “As soon as I hit it, I knew it was a good shot. I saw it kind of land in the front portion of the green and then I saw it trickle from there. I looked away and I was like, it’s on the green, it’s fine.”
It gave her a shot of momentum and she birdied the next three holes to get to 4 under for the week, but a pair of late bogeys brought her back.
Saso, the 18-hole leader and 2021 U.S. Women’s Open champ, had two birdies to three bogeys on Friday. Minjee Lee, who won in 2022, had two birdies and two bogeys on the back nine (her first nine) and came home strong, with a birdie and eight pars on the front nine.
“There’s definitely higher scores out there. Pars and birdies feel like gold right now,” Lee said.
Amateurs Megan Schofill and Asterisk Talley are part of a large tie for fifth at 1 over. Talley, a 15-year-old high school freshman, is the youngest player in the field yet she’s having a better week than many of the best golfers in the world.
“I feel like my expectations were to at least make the cut,” Talley said. “That’s what I wanted to do. Then if I achieved that, I wanted to get low amateur. But I feel like that’s still achievable even after today’s round.”
The most notable player to miss the 8-over cut line was World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who followed Thursday’s disastrous 80 with an even-par 70 to miss the weekend by two shots.
“There’s not many low scores out here, and I was pretty far back,” Korda said. “Tried to give it my all. That’s what I do with every round. I had nothing to lose, so that was kind of like the mentality. Just go for it.”
Former champions Brittany Lang (9 over), Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (10 over), In Gee Chun of South Korea (12 over) and Allisen Corpuz (12 over) also missed the cut. Chun won in 2015 the last time the major was held at Lancaster, while Corpuz was the defending champion.
AUTO RACING NEWS
MICHAEL MCDOWELL NETS POLE AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY
MADISON, Ill. — It was with an obvious sense of pride that Michael McDowell reveled in his pole-winning run on Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
McDowell claimed his third Busch Light Pole Award of the season — and of his career. This one, however, came at a quirky flat track, not a superspeedway, where the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, a former Daytona 500 winner, is expected to excel.
McDowell toured the 1.25-mile irregularly shaped track in 32.468 seconds (138.598 mph) in the final round of time trials to claim the top starting position for Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
In the opening round, McDowell topped all qualifiers at a track-record pace of 139.241 mph (32.318 seconds)
Fellow Ford driver Austin Cindric will start beside McDowell on the front row after a final-round lap at 138.134 mph (32.577 seconds). Cindric’s Team Penske teammate, Ryan Blaney, qualified third at 137.982 mph.
Interestingly, McDowell and Cindric were the only two drivers in the final round to downshift to third gear in Turns 3 and 4 on their qualifying laps.
“In particular at Talladega and Atlanta (where McDowell won his first two poles this year), the driver’s not a big part of whether you’re going to qualify well,” McDowell said. “You still have to execute. You still have to get through the gears. I don’t want to take anything away from that standpoint, but it really is a matter of how fast a race car your team brought you.
“Even today, we’re on the pole because I have a really fast race car. I had more pressure to execute my part on a flat track like this, where you’re upshifting twice, downshifting twice… heavy brake zones-all those things. So it’s more rewarding from that point to go out there and execute and do it.”
Christopher Bell, last Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 winner, was fourth fastest at 137.669 mph. Tyler Reddick qualified fifth, followed by Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch, last year’s winner at WWTR.
Busch was the only Chevrolet driver to make the final round. For the first time this season, no Hendrick Motorsports driver qualified in the final 10.
–Reality of Stewart-Haas closure hits home with Noah Gragson
In his heart, Noah Gragson knew the news was coming, but the actual announcement that Stewart-Haas Racing was shutting down at the end of the season still struck like a body blow.
On Tuesday, when team co-owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas told their employees of the impending closure, rumor became reality.
“You see all the rumors, and you kind of hear different rumors and whatnot,” Gragson said Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway. “If it just came out cold turkey and you didn’t hear anything about it, it would be like ‘Whoa!’
“But we kind of saw it coming a little bit, so it didn’t hit us as hard, but when you hear those words from Tony, it’s a little different from seeing it on social media — when it’s a reality.”
In his first season at Stewart-Haas, Gragson is well on his way to rehabilitating his career after drawing a NASCAR suspension and losing his ride at Legacy Motor Club for “liking” a racially insensitive post on social media last year.
Gragson has scored five top-10 results in 14 starts this season, including a best result of third at Talladega in April. Last year he had no top 10s in 21 starts with Legacy.
It would be naïve to suggest that Gragson hasn’t started to think about where he’ll land in 2025. Nevertheless, he’s determined to make the most of the remainder of the current season.
“I keep on preaching to our guys and our group that we can only control what we can control,” said Gragson, who won eight NASCAR Xfinity Series races with JR Motorsports in 2022 before moving to NASCAR’s top division.
“We have an opportunity this weekend, and we’re not even halfway through the season yet. “We have a lot more races and weekends to enjoy together and to become a race team that’s championship level.”
–NASCAR Hall of Fame selection shocked former driver Carl Edwards
Perhaps it’s simply humility that accounts for Carl Edwards’ low expectations on May 21 Voting Day for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Whatever the case, Edwards was so convinced that he wouldn’t be elected to the Hall that he ignored a suggestion to be available by phone that afternoon and was on a plane when the results were announced.
After he landed, Edwards received a text from long-time communications manager Randy Fuller that he was part of the Class of 2025, along with fellow driver Ricky Rudd and team owner Ralph Moody.
“I didn’t expect this in any way,” Edwards said in a Zoom conference with reporters on Thursday. “I was shocked. I actually wasn’t available at 4 p.m. when they announced it, because I thought there’s no reason to be.
“It’s been a huge deal to me, much bigger than I ever would have expected.”
Edwards retired from NASCAR racing suddenly and unexpectedly after the 2016 season. He ended his career with 28 NASCAR Cup Series victories and two second-place finishes in the series championship.
The 44-year-old from Columbia, Missouri, also collected 38 victories and one title in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Last year, he was named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.
“The longer I’ve been away, I appreciate the sport more and more,” Edwards said. “Last year, just the honor of being part of those 75 drivers–it shocked me how much fun it was to come back to Darlington to be a part of that.
“I guess what I’m trying to say is the longer I’m away, the more I appreciate it, and this honor (the Hall of Fame) is over the top.”
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA FEVER
GAME RECAP: FEVER OPEN COMMISSIONER’S CUP PLAY WITH WIN AGAINST SKY
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever (2-8) snapped a three-game losing streak and secured its first home win of the season, 71-70, in the opening Commissioner’s Cup game against the Chicago Sky on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
All five of Indiana’s starters scored in double figures. Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana in scoring and tied a season-high with 18 points, as well as posted two rebounds, two assists and one steal. Fever forward NaLyssa Smith followed with 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block. Rookie guard Caitlin Clark totaled 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists and one steal to aid in Indiana’s win.
Center Aliyah Boston and guard Kristy Wallace both tallied 10 points in the Fever win. Boston pulled down eight rebounds, tied a career-high four blocks, added two assists and one steal. Wallace also rallied three rebounds, two assists and one steal. The Fever outscored the Sky in paint points (38-34) and distributed 19 assists as a team compared to Chicago’s 15.
On Chicago’s end, the Sky (3-4) were held to only 2-of-12 from 3-point range, which was a season-low makes for Fever opponents. Off the bench, Sky guard Chennedy Carter was Chicago’s top scorer with 19 points. Carter added four rebounds, six assists and one steal for the Sky. Sky guard Marina Mabrey followed with 15 points, nine rebounds, two assists and one steal. Guard Dana Evans was the only other Sky player who had a double-digit performance, scoring 12 points and tallying four rebounds and four assists.
Indiana held rookie forward Angel Reese to only eight points, but added a career-best 13 rebounds. Sky rookie forward Kamilla Cardoso made her WNBA debut on Saturday with 11 points and six rebounds. Chicago and Indiana tied in fast break points, 11-11.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
DAVIS HOMERS AS INDIANS FALL TO STORM CHASERS, 4-2
INDIANAPOLIS – Henry Davis launched a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, but three homers in three consecutive innings by the Omaha Storm Chasers handed the Indianapolis Indians a 4-2 loss at Victory Field on Saturday night.
Following a lengthy rain delay, Davis launched his seventh home run this season to begin the scoring. Omaha (38-16) then took a lead it would not relinquish with a two-run homer from CJ Alexander in the third inning, followed by solo shots from Cam Devanney and John Rave in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively. All three Storm Chasers homers came against Nick Dombkowski (L, 1-1).
Indianapolis (24-30) got one run back in the bottom of the eighth inning courtesy of an RBI single by Jack Suwinski. Carlos Hernández (S, 2) then stranded the game-tying run on first base to end the comeback attempt.
Jonathan Bowlan (W, 6-2) bounced back after surrendering nine runs (seven earned) in the series opener on Tuesday, tossing 6.0 one-run innings with eight strikeouts.
The Indians and Storm Chasers conclude their seven-game series tomorrow afternoon at 1:35 PM ET. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the contest.
INDY ELEVEN MEN’S SOCCER
GUENZATTI SCORES 73RD CAREER GOAL, STANLEY REGISTERS LEAGUE-LEADING SEVENTH ASSIST AS INDY’S UNBEATEN STREAK MOVES TO TEN
PITTSBURGH (Saturday, June 1, 2024) – Indy Eleven went on the road to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Saturday and came away with a 2-1 victory to move to 7-4-2 on the season. The loss drops Pittsburgh to 3-5-4.
With the win, the Boys in Blue are now unbeaten in ten straight matches across all competitions, including a club-best six wins in USL Championship matches. The last loss for Indy came on April 13 against Charleston Battery, who sits just five points ahead of third-place Indy in the Eastern Conference standings.
Josh O’Brien opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, getting his first tally as a Boy in Blue. The assist was from USL Championship assist leader Aedan Stanley, giving him his seventh of the season and ninth across all competitions. Stanley’s total not only leads the league, but also moves him up to a tie for fourth on Indy’s all-time USLC regular season list. He joins teammates Cam Lindley (3rd, 8) and Younes Boudadi (4th, 7) on the list.
The lead was doubled by Sebastian Guenzatti in the 46th minute when he scored his third goal of the season off an assist from Augi Williams. The goal is the 73rd career USL Championship regular season goal for Guenzatti, placing him in sole possession of sixth on the all-time list. It is also his 14th in an Indy Eleven jersey, giving him the number three spot for Indy.
Pittsburgh got one back in the match from Danny Griffin in the 57th minute.
Hunter Sulte registered a season-high five saves in the match.
The Boys in Blue have scored in 13 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 season, bringing their total to 25 goals. The streak is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same USLC season for the club, surpassing a 12-game streak in 2022.
Indy stays on the road to face Birmingham Legion FC Sunday, June 9. Kick is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET with action streaming on ESPN+ and available on SIRIUSXM FC Channel 157. Indy returns home to host San Antonio FC on June 15. Single-game tickets are available for all matches via Ticketmaster. For more information on all ticket options click here. For questions, please email tickets@indyeleven.com or give us a call at 317.685.1100.
USL Championship Regular Season
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1:2 Indy Eleven
Saturday, June 1, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Highmark Stadium – Pittsburgh
2024 USL Championship Records
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC: 3-5-4 (-3), 13 pts
Indy Eleven: 7-4-2 (4), 23 pts
Scoring Summary
IND – Josh O’Brien (Aedan Stanley) 23’
IND – Sebastian Guenzatti (Augi Williams) 46’
PIT – Danny Griffin (Langston Blackstock) 57’
Discipline Summary
IND – Josh O’Brien (caution) 39’
IND – Aedan Stanley (caution) 51’
IND – Ben Mines (caution) 59’
PIT – Bench (caution) 83’
IND – Elliot Collier (caution) 90+2’
PIT – Babacar Diene (caution) 90+3′
Indy Eleven line-up (4-3-3): Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley, Adrian Diz Pe, Josh O’Brien (Callum Chapman-Page 61’), Benjamin Ofeimu, Jack Blake (Elliot Collier 68’), Cam Lindley (captain) (Laurence Wootton 68’), Ben Mines, Sebastian Guenzatti (Tyler Gibson 61’), Augi Williams, Douglas Martinez (Max Schneider 84’)
Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl, Karsen Henderlong
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC line-up: Eric Dick, Dani Rovira (Bradley Sample 71’), Andul Illal Osumanu, Patrick Hogan, Sean Suber (Pablo Linzoain 90+1), Kenardo Forbes, Robbie Mertz, Edward Kizza (Emmanuel Johnson 77’), Danny Griffin, Langston Blackstock (Junir Etou 71’), Kazaiah Sterling (Babacar Diene 77’)
Pittsburgh subs: Pierre Cayet, Gabriel Perrotta, Jackson Walti
INDIANA BASEBALL
TOP-RANKED OPPOSITION PROVES TOO MUCH
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A flurry of late base hits over the final the final three innings made things interesting at the end of Saturday’s (June 1) ballgame. Ultimately, No. 1 Tennessee was just too much for the Indiana Baseball team (33-25-1) in a 12-6 defeat at Lindsey Nelson Field in Knoxville.
The defeat knocked IU back into an elimination game tomorrow at Noon against (2) Southern Miss. A win over the Golden Eagles on Sunday afternoon would push the Hoosiers into a regional final matchup against (1) Tennessee that same night. IU now has to win three games in two days to advance to a Super Regional.
IU didn’t get the start it wanted from sophom*ore right-hander Connor Foley (L, 4-2). He allowed eight earned runs and seven walks while tallying just seven of the game’s 27 outs. Junior left-hander Ryan Kraft and sophom*ore right-hander Ethan Phillips helped stabilize things but sixth-year senior reliever Ty Rybarczyk (3.1 IP, 4 K) had the most success against the high-flying Tennessee offense.
Even after going down by nine, IU continued to battle back to make the nation’s best team sweat it out down the stretch. Sophom*ore outfielder Devin Taylor hit a three-run, opposite field jack in the third inning to trim the lead to just six. The Hoosiers loaded the bases in the fourth but couldn’t add any runs to the board. IU compiled 11 hits from nine different players.
Freshman outfielder Andrew Wiggins came on in reserve for Taylor and recorded a multi-hit day. Junior third baseman Josh Pyne had a two-hit contest including an RBI-single in the eighth inning. IU left 12 runners on base in the contest including two in the bottom half of the eighth and ninth.
IU’s season will officially be on the line tomorrow at Noon against the second-seeded Golden Eagles. Sophom*ore right-hander Brayden Risedorph will get the start, looking to help force a rematch against the Volunteers tomorrow evening in the regional final.
Scoring Recap
Top Second
After getting through the top of the first unscathed, IU starter Connor Foley ran into trouble in the second. Dean Curley and Christian Moore each smashed two-run home runs to hand Tennessee an early four-run lead.
Tennessee 4, Indiana 0
Top Third
The Volunteers did more damage in the third, chasing Foley after recording only seven outs. Moore walked with the bases loaded, setting the table for Billy Amick to hit a grand slam over the left-field wall. Ryan Kraft came in and stranded the bases loaded but the damage had already been done.
Tennessee 9, Indiana 0
Bottom Third
The first sign of life from IU came in the third inning. Jake Stadler doubled and Morgan Colopy walked before Devin Taylor hit a massive three-run shot into the bleachers to cut into the deficit.
Tennessee 9, Indiana 3
Top Fourth
Tennessee answered right back in the fourth as Cal Stark hit a solo home run.
Tennessee 10, Indiana 3
Bottom Fourth
After Tyler Cerny got hit by a pitch, Carter Mathison brought him home with a double through the gap in right field. The Hoosiers got the bases loaded in the inning but Josh Pyne popped out to end the frame.
Tennessee 10, Indiana 4
Top Fifth
Kavares Tears singled through the right side as a pair of runners came into score. Dylan Dreiling scored on the hit while Hunter Ensley advanced home on a bobble from the left fielder.
Tennessee 12, Indiana 4
Bottom Eighth
IU broke a streak of scoreless innings with runs in the eighth. Colopy hit a hard groundout at the second baseman that scored Jasen Oliver. Pyne then singled through the right side to bring home TJ Schuyler. After a pitching change, the Hoosiers stranded Andrew Wiggins and Pyne on the bases.
Tennessee 12, Indiana 6
Top Hoosier Performers
#32 Pyne, Josh
2-5, 1 RBI
#5 Taylor, Devin
1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
#43 Rybarczyk, Ty
3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 K
Notes to Know
• Another base knock moved Brock Tibbitts closer to a big milestone as his junior comes near its end. He singled on Saturday evening, adding his 198th career hit to his all-time tally. He needs just two to become the 25th member of the 200-hit club at IU.
• Jasen Oliver’s eighth-inning double broke a single-season program team record. The Hoosiers have tallied 139 doubles on the season, smashing a 40-year-old school record. Seven different players have at least 10 doubles this year.
• Nick Mitchell is sitting on 199 career hits. 68 of those have come at Indiana while 131 of those came in two years as a member of Western Illinois.
• Josh Pyne is now 15th in program history in hits after recording a pair of base knocks against Tennessee. His 221 hits pass Craig Dedelow (220, 2014-17).
• The Hoosiers had 11 strikeouts on the mound on Saturday. On the season, IU has 579 punchies which is good for third in a single season in program history.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
INDIANA STATE ADVANCES TO SUNDAY IN LEXINGTON REGIONAL WITH 6-4 WIN OVER WESTERN MICHIGAN
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Indiana State took down Western Michigan in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon as the Sycamores advanced in the Lexington Regional with the 6-4 win at Kentucky Proud Park.
Indiana State (43-14) will take Illinois in an elimination game on Sunday afternoon. First pitch will be carried live on 105.5 The Legend with the television designation still to be determined. Western Michigan’s (32-23) season comes to an end with the loss.
The Sycamores sent all nine batters to the plate in the top of the first inning setting the offensive tone early in the contest. Randal Diaz connected on a leadoff single and Luis Hernandez drew a one-out walk before Mike Sears brought both home with a double to right center putting ISU ahead 2-0. Sears came around to score on Grant Magill’s RBI single and Dominic Listi crossed on Riley Iffrig’s sacrifice fly to put the margin at 4-0 early.
Indiana State added to the lead in both the second and third innings as Diaz connected on a leadoff second-inning home run off WMU starter Nolan Vlcek (5-4) to put the score at 5-0, while Pottinger connected on his 10th home run of the year in the third inning to stretch the lead to 6-0.
The Broncos fought their way back into the contest over the middle innings with Western Michigan scoring in the third, fourth, and fifth frames to halve the Indiana State lead. Jackson Kitchen plated with the first run with an RBI double in the third inning, while Grady Mee drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth to cut the deficit down to 6-2. Dylan Nevar made it 6-3 with an RBI single in the fifth chasing ISU starter Luke Hayden.
Cam Edmonson (6-2) entered the game for the Sycamores and recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat in the fifth and the redshirt senior left-hander took over from there. Edmonson pitched around the WMU lineup getting key strikeouts, while Luis Hernandez snagged a line drive and turned the double play in the seventh inning to highlight the Indiana State defense.
WMU cut the ISU lead down to two on Nevar’s leadoff solo home run in the bottom of the eighth before Edmonson pitched out of the jam to send the game into the ninth.
The Sycamores loaded the bases in the ninth inning but were unable to push across insurance in the inning keeping the two-run lead.
Edmonson retired the first two batters of the inning before CJ Richmond connected on a single through the left side looking to spark the WMU offense. However, Richmond’s turn around first carried him too far away from the bag and Hernandez applied the tag before he was able to slide back in safely for the final out to secure the Indiana State win.
Dominic Listi connected on his first four-hit game at Indiana State in Saturday’s win to pace ISU’s 11 hits at the plate on the day. Diaz and Pottinger added multi-hit games, while Stinson and Sears both doubled in the win. Hernandez added his fifth stolen base of the season.
Edmonson went 4.2 innings in relief on Saturday allowing four hits and a run while walking one and striking out four. Hayden went the first 4.1 innings allowing three hits and three runs while walking four and striking out seven.
Richmond and Nevar had two hits apiece for Western Michigan in the loss. Nevar reached base in all four plate appearances drawing a pair of walks in addition to his RBI single and home run.
Vlcek went 3.0 innings allowing seven hits and six runs in the loss. DJ Thompson went 3.0 innings of scoreless relief, while Luke Thelen, Hayden Berg, and Turner Doran closed out the contest on the mound.
How They Scored
Indiana State took the 4-0 lead in their first at-bats as Mike Sears connected on a two-run double to right center, while Grant Magill (RBI single) and Riley Iffrig (RBI sacrifice fly) brought home runs to stake ISU to the early edge.
Randal Diaz connected on a solo home run to left center to lead off the top of the second inning and give ISU the 5-0 lead.
Adam Pottinger added a solo home run over the center field wall in the top of the third inning to stretch the edge to 6-0.
Western Michigan put their first runs across the plate in the bottom of the third inning as Jackson Kitchen doubled home Grady Mee to cut the deficit to 6-1.
The Broncos took advantage of ISU wildness in the fourth inning with Mee drawing a bases-loaded walk to cut the lead down to 6-2.
Dylan Nevar connected on an RBI single to left center scoring CJ Richmond in the bottom of the fifth inning to narrow the gap to 6-3.
Nevar added a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning to provide the final scoring margin at 6-4.
News & Notes
Randal Diaz extended his hitting streak to 30 consecutive games and his on-base streak to 36 contests following his leadoff single in the first inning.
Diaz’s 30-game hitting streak is the longest in the Mitch Hannahs coaching era at Indiana State.
Diaz homered for the second consecutive game after also going deep in Friday’s opener against Illinois.
Diaz’s home run marked his 18th home run of the 2024 season and 34th of his Indiana State career.
Adam Pottinger reached double-digit home runs for the second consecutive season after connecting on his 10th homer of the 2024 season in the third inning.
He joins Mike Sears (23), Luis Hernandez (22), Randal Diaz (18), and Parker Stinson (15) in double-digits on the year.
Three of Adam Pottinger’s 21 career home runs have come in the NCAA Regionals including two in the 2023 season against Wright State (June 2, 2023) and Iowa (June 3, 2023).
Indiana State has won at least one game in the NCAA Regional round in each of their last four appearances following Saturday’s victory against the Broncos.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
BASEBALL ADVANCES TO REGIONAL FINAL WITH 17-11 WIN OVER VCU
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The University of Evansville baseball team exploded for 17 runs on Saturday, powered by four home runs, as the Purple Aces advanced to the Regional Final of the 2024 Greenville (N.C.) Regional with a 17-11 victory over third-seeded VCU at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
“Another great performance tonight by our ballclub,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “I thought that up and down our lineup, our guys were locked in tonight from the start, and Donovan Schultz did a great job of shutting VCU down early and giving everything that he had tonight on the mound for us.
“We have now put ourselves into a very special position, but the job is not done yet. We need to come to the park tomorrow with the same kind of mentality offensively, and we need to be ready for a battle, no matter who we face.”
Evansville jumped out early with three runs in the second inning on back-to-back RBI singles by senior shortstop Simon Scherry and graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger, and a sacrifice fly by senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse. The Purple Aces then tacked on three more runs two innings later on a run-scoring wild pitch and a laser two-run home run by graduate first baseman Chase Hug to take a 6-0 lead.
Evansville then exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning to grab a 13-0 lead, highlighted by a grand slam by graduate third baseman Brent Widder and a towering two-run home run by junior second baseman Cal McGinnis. After VCU used a pair of home runs to trim the deficit to 13-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, UE immediately responded with two more runs in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Shallenberger and a run-scoring double-play ground ball to take a 15-3 lead.
VCU would not go away, scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and five more in the seventh to cut UE’s lead to 15-10. Fougerousse would stop the bleeding for UE with a long two-run home run to center field in the top of the eighth inning to give UE a 17-10 cushion. VCU would score a run in the ninth inning, but would get no closer, as UE advanced to the Regional Final for the second time in school history (2006).
Shallenberger went 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored to help lead a 16-hit UE attack. Scherry and Fougerousse both had three-hit performances for UE as well, while McGinnis went 2-for-5.
Graduate left-hander Donovan Schultz (6-2) earned the victory by scattering five runs on seven hits in 6.0 innings of work, striking out five in a career-best 114 pitches.
Evansville will now await the winner of tomorrow’s elimination game between top-seeded and host East Carolina and VCU, which is set for 11 a.m. central time on Sunday. The Purple Aces will face the winner of that game on Sunday night at 5 p.m. central time in the Regional Final round. Sunday’s UE game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS and seen live on ESPN+.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 9 – 16
June 2, 1935 –After one last stint of a partial season in Boston with the Braves, Future Baseball Hall of Famer,Number 3, Babe Ruthformally announcedhis retirement as a player at 40 years of age. Ruth had started out playing in the MLB with the Boston Red Sox before the famous trade that led to years with the New York Yankees.
June 2, 1942 –As many brave men and women did in a sense of patriotism, Boston Red Sox starTed Williams, Number 9enlisted into the US military for World War II serviceas aNavy aviator.
June 2, 1958 –New York Yankees pitcherWhitey Ford, Number 16sat down 6 Chicago White Sox batters in a row to tie an AL record, and the Yanks went on to a 3-0 win.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Sound Broadcast
June 2, 1875– Alexander Graham Bell makes the first sound transmission. Though he didn’t patent the telephone until March 7, 1876 and didn’t ask Watson to “come here” until March 10, 1876 this day in 1875 was a milestone. Think of it in today’s world sound is transmitted everywhere around us! In the realm of football we see and hear sound transmissions on TV, radio, the internet, stadium PA systems and even in NFL helmets. The game definitely would not be the same without this great accomplishment.
June 2, 1896– In a somewhat related event Guglielmo Marconi applied for the US Patent of the radio on this day. His Patent was granted on July 2, 1897 in a fierce race with others to be the first to get the famous patent. Radio too as discussed above has had major bonuses for the game of football.
June 2, 1945– Legendary super athlete, Jim Thorpe married wife Patrica Askew on this date. Askew was Thorpe’s second wife and she remained at his side until his passing in 1953. The great athlete was previously married to Iva Miller for 15 years and they had four children together but divorced in 1941.
June 2, 1992– Former New York Giants Head Coach Bill Parcells underwentopen heart surgery.
June 2, 2020– The NFL announces that all teams will be required to run training camps at their home facility and not travel to alternate locations due to COVID-19 precautions and player/community safety.
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Hall of Fame Birthdays for June 2
June 2, 1895– Piffard, New York –Homer “Pop” Hazel, an end and fullback out of Rutgers University in 1916 and in 1923 and 1924 was born. Homer secured a place in the College Football Hall of Fame when he was inducted into the gridiron museum in 1951. Homer later served as Athletic Director as well as the football and basketball coach at the University of Mississippi for five years. Then even was a golf pro for four years.
June 2,1920–Tex Schrammthe president and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1989 was born. Tex guided the Cowboys from a start up franchise in the League all the way to Super Bowl Championships. Under his guidance the Cowboys enjoyed 20 consecutive winning seasons and was instrumental in the AFL/NFL merger of the late 1960’s.The Pro Football Hall of Fame website tells us that Schrammwas the NFL Competition Committee Chairman from 1966 through 1988 and was an integral part of the NFL instituting six divisions and even the Wild Card Playoff concept. He also was a proponent of extra field markings, instant replay and rules to enhance offensive scoring. Tex Schramm was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
June 2,1950–Jeff Siemonwas an 4 time Pro Bowl NFL linebacker for the Vikings for his 11 year career. He attended and played football at Stanford University from 1969 to 1971 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.The National Football Foundationshares that Siemon made 15 critical tackles in the 1971Rose Bowl game that helped the Cardinal upend heavily favored Ohio State 27-17, preventing the Buckeyes from claiming the National Championship. The very next year he led Stanford to the Rose Bowl once again and theis time they upset Michigan by 12 points. After his brilliant NFL career Jeff in his post football lifehas been active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and other Christian endeavors.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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June 2
1928 — Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit three home runs and a triple at Braves Field, but the Cincinnati Reds came away with a 20-12 triumph.
1928 — The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1. All the runs came from three pinch-hit home runs.
1941 — Lou Gehrig died in New York at age 37.
1949 — The Philadelphia Phillies hit five homers in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Andy Seminick hit two and Del Ennis, Willie Jones, and Schoolboy Rowe hit one apiece. Seminick had homered earlier in the game.
1959 — The Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox game at Comiskey Park was delayed for nearly half an hour as a swarm of gnats overcame the field. Groundskeepers tried using bug sprays and torches, but the gnats wouldn’t budge. A postgame fireworks display was brought in from center field and a smoke bomb was attached to the framework. The gnats left and the Orioles defeated the White Sox, 3-2.
1990 — Randy Johnson pitched the first no-hitter in the Seattle Mariners’ history as he beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. The 6-foot-10 left-hander, walked six and struck out eight while pitching the first no-hitter at the Kingdome, which opened for baseball in 1977.
1996 — Houston starter Darryl Kile tied the modern major league record by hitting four batters in a 2-0 loss at St. Louis, and the first to do it in the NL since Moe Drabowsky in 1957.
2000 — Tampa Bay’s Fred McGriff hit his 400th career home run, but the Devil Rays lost to the Mets 5-3.
2000 — Rick Aguilera of the Chicago Cubs became the 13th pitcher with 300 saves in a 2-0 win over Detroit. Aguilera reached the mark in 614 career appearances, third quickest.
2002 — Philadelphia pitcher Robert Person drove in seven runs with a grand slam and a three-run homer in an 18-3 win over Montreal. Person had just come off the disabled list and collected his first win of the season.
2005 — Kansas City completed a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-2 victory. The Royals, who have the worst record and second-lowest payroll in the major leagues, finished their first three-game sweep of the Yankees at home in 15 years.
2009 — Dan Uggla of the Marlins became the fastest second baseman to 100 homers in Florida’s 10-3 win over Milwaukee. Uggla’s two-run shot in the bottom of the second came in his 502nd game as a second baseman, beating Alfonso Soriano to 100 by 34 games.
2010 — Ken Griffey Jr. announces his retirement after 22 seasons in the major leagues. Hitting only .184 in part-time duty for the Mariners, he retires with 630 career home runs and six seasons of 40 or more homers. Most of his career was spent with Seattle and the Cincinnati Reds.
2010 — Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fielded Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and made an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball was there in time, and all of Comerica Park was ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signaled safe.
2011 — Aubrey Huff hit three home runs and matched his career best with six RBIs and the San Francisco Giants posted a 12-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Huff hit two-run homers in the fourth and ninth and a solo shot in the seventh.
2015 — In a memorable major league debut, Rangers 3B Joey Gallo hits a two-run homer in his second at-bat on the way to collecting 3 hits and 4 RBIs in leading Texas to a 15-2 beating of the White Sox.
2017 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers records his 2,000 career strikeout.
2018 — Jacob deGrom matches a career high set just two weeks earlier by racking up 13 strikeouts in 7 innings in a start against the Cubs.
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June 3
1918 — Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched his second no-hitter, blanking the Detroit Tigers 5-0.
1932 — Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four home runs in a game, helping the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia A’s 20-13. The event was overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants.
1954 — Henry Thompson of the New York Giants hit three home runs and drove in eight runs in a 13-8 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Willie Mays drove in the other five runs with two homers.
1971 — Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter, beating the Cincinnati Reds 1-0.
1978 — Dave Johnson became the first major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in a season. His grand slam in the ninth inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1989 — Los Angeles and Houston played 22 innings at the Astrodome in the longest night game in National League history — 7 hours and 14 minutes. The Astros won the game on Rafael Ramirez’s RBI single off Jeff Hamilton, normally the Dodgers’ third baseman. When the game ended, Fernando Valenzuela was playing first and Eddie Murray was at third.
1989 — Nolan Ryan pitched his 11th career one-hitter and struck out 11 as Texas beat Seattle 6-1. It was Ryan’s 16th low-hit game (no-hitter or one-hitter), breaking Bob Feller’s record of 15.
1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitched nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos 1-0 win.
2003 — Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago’s 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.
2006 — Damion Easley hit three homers and had seven RBIs in Arizona’s 13-9 victory over Atlanta.
2008 — Randy Johnson took sole possession of second place on baseball’s career strikeout list after getting the Milwaukee Brewers’ Mike Cameron to go down swinging in the first inning. It was Johnson’s 4,673rd career strikeout, breaking a tie with Roger Clemens and leaving the Arizona Diamondbacks’ veteran ace behind only Nolan Ryan, who had 5,714 strikeouts in his career.
2017 — Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run of his career, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7 – 2 Angels win. He is the ninth player to join the exclusive fraternity.
2017 — Endinson Volquez of the Mets throws the first no-hiitter of the year, defeating the Diamonbacks 3-0.
2018 — Blake Snell ties an American League record by striking out the first 7 batters he faces for the Rays against the Mariners.
2022 — With a disappointing 22-29 record after splurging on free agents over the past few years, the Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi, who has failed to take them to the postseason in his two-plus seasons at the helm. Bench coach Rob Thomson is named manager on an interim basis to finish the season.
June 4
1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.
1940 — The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman’s Park, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1.
1951 — Pittsburgh’s Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia.
1964 — Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia.
1968 — Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth straight shutout en route to a record 58 2-3 scoreless innings.
1972 — A major league record eight shutouts were pitched in 16 major league games: five in the American League, three in the National League. The Oakland Athletics swept a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2-0 scores.
1974 — The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium was forfeited to Texas. Umpire Nestor Chylak had problems with fans all night on 10-cent beer night. The crowd got out of control when Cleveland tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth.
1989 — Toronto beats Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six inngs. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson threw six scoreless innings before leaving in the seventh because of a foot blister. The Jays then scored two in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix’s home run. It was the biggest lead the Red Sox have blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
1990 — Ramon Martinez struck out 18 and pitched a three-hitter, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves 6-0.
1996 — Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system. The 21-year-old right-hander pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team.
2000 — Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 77th major league player to hit a home run in his first at bat, but just the fourth American League pitcher and the first since the Angels’ Don Rose in 1972, the year before the designated hitter rule took the bat out of AL pitchers’ hands.
2005 — Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit.
2007 — Mark Ellis hit for the cycle and Eric Chavez had a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston.
2009 — Randy Johnson became the 24th major league pitcher to win 300 games by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2012 — Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels manager became the ninth manager in AL history to manage 2,000 games with one club. The Mariners beat the Angels 8-6.
2018 — In a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge sets a record by striking out eight times.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
2022 — The rule preventing position players from pitching in a close game is invoked for the first time when Crew chief C.B. Bucknor objects to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calling on OF Zach McKinstry to pitch the 9th inning gainst the Mets with his team trailing, 9 – 4. The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. Roberts is thus forced to use a real pitcher, Evan Phillips, to pitch the final inning. In spite of the rule, the practice of using such “mystery pitchers” is continuing undiminished, with teams even resorting to them when they have built a huge lead late in the game, in order to rest their bullpens, something that was completely unseen before the decade started.
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June 5
1915 — Philadelphia’s Grover Cleveland Alexander lost his no-hitter when Artie Butler punched a single with two outs in the ninth. Alexander struck out Bob Bescher for the final out to beat St. Louis 3-0. Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season.
1929 — The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 romp over the Chicago Cubs.
1935 — Chicago White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses to St. Louis 2-0. It was his first loss after winning his first eight starts, an AL record for the start of a career.
1949 — Commissioner Happy Chandler lifted the ban on all players who jumped to Mexico, starting in 1946.
1955 — Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit a home run off Chicago’s Billy Pierce that traveled about 550 feet. The ball cleared the left-field upper deck at Comiskey Park.
1959 — Pittsburgh’s Dick Stuart hit the longest home run at Forbes Field. Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.
1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener 8-3 but dropped the second game 9-5.
1986 — San Diego’s Steve Garvey was ejected for the first time in his career when he argued a play at home plate. Garvey, the on-deck hitter, protested the last out of a triple play by the Atlanta Braves. Television replays showed that Bip Roberts was indeed safe. The Padres lost 4-2.
1989 — The Blue Jays lost their debut in the SkyDome as Glenn Braggs hit a two-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past Toronto 5-3. The $375 million complex featured a $100 million, four-section, retractable roof.
1997 — Alex Rodriguez of the Mariners became the first Seattle player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game. He completed the cycle with a double in the ninth of a 14-6 win at Detroit.
2001 — Colorado pitcher Mike Hampton had two homers, three RBIs and recorded his eighth win as Colorado defeated Houston 9-4.
2008 — Atlanta’s Chipper Jones became the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. Jones’ homer off Ricky Nolasco was one of his four hits in the 7-5 comeback win over Florida. Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray were the first two reach the milestone.
2013 — The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners played the first game in major league history when each team scored five or more runs in the game when it was scoreless through the ninth. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios each had an RBI single in the 16th inning, and Chicago won 7-5.
2015 — Oakland’s Pat Venditte became the first pitcher in 20 years to throw with both arms in the same game, but the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 4-2 on a night a fan sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a broken bat.
2021 — Team USA secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics by winning the Americas Olympic Qualifier.
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June 6
1918 — Casey Stengel, after being traded by Brooklyn in the offseason, made his return to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, stepped out of the batter’s box and doffed his cap. A bird flew out and the fans broke into laughter.
1934 — Myril Hoag hit a major league record six singles in the New York Yankees’ 15-3 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
1939 — The New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning in a 17-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. With two out, Harry Danning, Al Demaree, Burgess Whitehead, Manny Salvo and Joe Moore connected as the Giants scored eight runs in the inning.
1945 — In the first game of a doubleheader, Boston’s Boo Ferriss scattered 14 hits to beat Philadelphia 5-2. Ferris, 8-0 on the year, tied the AL mark held by Chicago’s John Whitehead for wins at the start of a career.
1975 — Cleveland manager Frank Robinson hit two three-run homers in a 7-5 win over the Texas Rangers.
1986 — San Diego Padres manager Steve Boros was ejected before the first pitch of the game with the Atlanta Braves when he tried to give umpire Charlie Williams a videotape of a disputed play in the previous night’s 4-2 loss to Atlanta.
1992 — Eddie Murray drove in two runs at Pittsburgh to pass Mickey Mantle (1,509) as the all-time RBI leader among switch-hitters.
1995 — J.D. Drew of Florida State hit a record-setting three homers in his final three at-bats in a 16-11 loss to Southern California in the College World Series. Drew finished 3-for-5 with five RBIs and 12 total bases, also a series record.
1996 — For the second time in major league history and first in the AL, a cycle and a triple play took place in the same game. Boston’s John Valentin hit for the cycle, while Chicago turned a triple play in the Red Sox’s 7-4 victory. In 1931, Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hit for the cycle in the same game that the Phillies turned a triple play against the Chicago Cubs.
2000 — The Rally Monkey is born, thanks to the Anaheim Angels’ video crew playing a clip from the 1994 film Ace Ventura, Pet Detective on the JumboTron. With the words Rally Monkey superimposed over a monkey jumping up and down in the Jim Carrey movie, the crowd goes wild as the Angels score two runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5.
2003 — Insisting the corked bat, designed to put on home run displays during batting practice, was accidentally used in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa is suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball. Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president of on-field operations, agrees that the Cubs outfielder’s use of an illegal bat was an “isolated incident,” but one that still deserves a penalty.
2007 — Trevor Hoffman became the first major leaguer with 500 career saves when he closed out the San Diego Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2017 — Scooter Gennett hit four home runs, matching the major league record, and finished with 10 RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds routed the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1. Gennett became the 17th player to homer four times in one game.
2022 — Eduardo Escobar hits for the cycle in an 11-5 win over the Padres; he is the first Mets player to do so since Scott Hairston in 2012, and the first player for any team to accomplish the feat at Petco Park.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY.
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June 2
1896 — Hastings, ridden by H. Griffin, edges Handspring by a neck to capture the Belmont Stakes.
1908 — Royal Tourist, ridden by Eddie Dugan, posts a four-length victory over Live Wire in the Preakness Stakes.
1909 — Joe Madden, ridden by Eddie Dugan, wins the Belmont Stakes by eight lengths over Wise Mason.
1935 — Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1935 — French Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
1942 — Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator.
1947 — After a six-year layoff, 13-year-old Honey Cloud wins the second race at Aqueduct. His jockey, Clarence Minner, takes his first ride in 10 years.
1962 — French Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
1971 — European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination.
1985 — Nancy Lopez beats Alice Miller by eight strokes to win the LPGA championship.
1991 — Andrettis finish 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway in Milwaukee. Mario Andretti finishes third, his son Michael wins the race and his nephew John finished second.
1996 — Annika Sorenstam closes with a 4-under 66 to win her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open. Sorenstam’s 8-under 272 is the best ever in the Open.
2002 — Annika Sorenstam matches the LPGA record for margin of victory in a 54-hole event while winning the inaugural Kellogg-Keebler Classic. Sorenstam finishes at 21-under 195 to win by 11 strokes.
2005 — Jockey Russell Baze records his 9,000th career victory aboard Queen of the Hunt in the eighth race at Golden Gate Fields.
2007 — Daniel Gibson scores a career-high 31 points as Cleveland beats Detroit 98-82 to advance to the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers are the third team to come back from an 0-2 deficit in a conference finals, joining the 1971 Baltimore Bullets and 1993 Chicago Bulls.
2008 — Pittsburgh outlasts Detroit 4-3 in three overtimes of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. Petr Sykora scores at 9:57 of the third overtime ending the fifth-longest finals game in NHL history.
2010 — Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers loses his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admits he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fields Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and makes an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball is there in time, and all of Comerica Park is ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signals safe.
2011 — Dirk Nowitzki makes the tie-breaking layup with 3.6 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks roar back from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 95-93 and tie the NBA finals at one game apiece. The Mavs outscore the Heat 22-5 down the stretch and pull off the biggest comeback win in an NBA finals since 1992.
2019 — US Open Women’s Golf, CC of Charleston: Lee Jeong-eun of South Korea wins her first major title; beats runners-up Lexi Thompson, Agel Yin and Ryu So-yeon by 2 strokes.
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June 3
1932 — Lou Gehrig becomes the first major league player to hit four consecutive home runs in a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia A’s. Gehrig’s feat, however, is overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants for 30 years.
1944 — Bounding Home, ridden by G.L. Smith, wins the Belmont Stakes by one-half length over Pensive, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
1959 — European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos.
1961 — Sherluck, ridden by Braulio Baeza, wins the Belmont Stakes. Carry Beck, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, finishes seventh.
1972 — French Open Women’s Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3.
1980 — NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1 overall.
1984 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by a record 10 strokes over Beth Daniel and Pat Bradley.
1991 — Thomas Hearns becomes a world champion for the sixth time, capturing the World Boxing Association’s light-heavyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Virgil Hill.
1992 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan scores a record 35 points, including a record six 3-pointers, in the first half as the Bulls beat Portland 122-89 in the opening game of the NBA Finals. Jordan finishes with 39 points and Chicago is only two points shy of the largest victory margin in the finals.
1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitches nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos’ 1-0 win.
1999 — Four days after her first LPGA Tour victory, Kelli Kuehne ties the Women’s U.S. Open record with an 8-under 64 in the first round to take a one-stroke lead over Juli Inkster.
2001 — Karrie Webb wins the U.S. Women’s Open in a runaway for the second year in a row. Webb shoots a 1-under 69 for an eight-stroke victory, the largest margin at a Women’s Open in 21 years.
2004 — Calgary ties an NHL record with its 10th road win of the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime victory over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. The New Jersey Devils also won 10 road playoff games during their championship seasons of 1995 and 2000.
2006 — Jeff Burton has the biggest come-from-behind win ever in a Busch race, overcoming a 36th-place starting position in the Dover 200 for his second victory of the season.
2006 — Russia’s Nikolai Valuev retains his WBA heavyweight title in Hanover, Germany, stopping Jamaican challenger Owen Beck with a right uppercut in the third round.
2011 — Roger Federer ends Novak Djokovic’s perfect season and 43-match winning streak, beating him 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the French Open semifinals. Federer advances to the title match against five-time champion Rafael Nadal. Nadal reaches his sixth final in seven years at Roland Garros by defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
2012 — Tiger Woods won his 73rd PGA tour victory with a two-stoke win over Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Course.
2017 — UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final.
2018 — Stephen Curry, Golden State, broke Ray Allen’s NBA Finals record for the most 3-pointers with nine in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher.
1927 — The United States wins the first Ryder Cup golf tournament by beating Britain 9½-2½.
1932 — Faireno, ridden by Tommy Malley, wins the Belmont Stakes by 1½ lengths over Osculator. Burgoo King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, doesn’t race.
1966 — Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle. Kauai King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, finishes fourth.
1974 — NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks.
1984 — 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
1987 — Danny Harris defeats Edwin Moses in the 400 hurdles at a meet in Madrid, ending the longest winning streak in track and field. Moses, had won 122 consecutive races dating to Aug. 26, 1977.
1988 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf beats 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union in 32 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to win the French Open for the second straight year.
1990 — Penn State is voted into the Big Ten. The school becomes the 11th member of the league and first addition to the Midwest-based conference since Michigan State in 1949.
1994 — Haile Gebrselassie becomes the first Ethiopian to set a world track record with a time of 12:56.96 in the men’s 5,000 meters at Hengelo, Netherlands.
1998 — Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy scores three goals in five minutes for the fastest hat trick in MLS history in an 8-1 rout of the Dallas Burn. The seven-goal margin sets an MLS record.
2005 — Justine Henin-Hardenne beats a rattled and fumbling Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the French Open, capping a comeback from a blood virus with her fourth Grand Slam title and her second at Roland Garros.
2005 — Eddie Castro sets a North American record for most wins by a jockey in one day at one track, winning nine races on the 13-race card at Miami’s Calder Race Course.
2008 — The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 .
2009 — Randy Johnson earns his 300th win, becoming the 24th major league pitcher to reach the milestone by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2011 — Li Na becomes the first Chinese — man or woman — to win a Grand Slam singles title. She beats Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final for her fifth career title and first on clay.
2016 — Garbine Muguruza wins her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
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June 5
1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to win three straight Belmont Stakes when he rides Panique to victory. He won with George Kinney (1883) and Forester (1882). McLaughlin repeats his feat in 1886-88. McLaughlin’s triple is matched by jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. in 1984.
1925 — Willie McFarlane beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in the second round of a playoff to capture the U.S. Open. Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club.
1927 — Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record.
1937 — War Admiral, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, wins the Triple Crown with a three-length victory over Sceneshifter in the Belmont Stakes.
1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Triple Crown by 25 lengths in the Belmont Stakes. Count Fleet goes at off at 1-20 odds in a race with no place or show betting.
1952 — Jersey Joe Walcott scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia to retain the world heavyweight title.
1961 — The newly formed American Basketball League adopts the 3-point field goal.
1977 — The Portland Trail Blazers hold off the Philadelphia 76ers 109-107 to win the NBA championship in six games. Portland becomes the first team in the 31-year history of the league to win four straight after losing the first two games.
1985 — Steve Cauthen wins the Epsom Derby aboard Slip Anchor and became the only American jockey to win both the English Derby and Kentucky Derby. Cauthen had ridden Affirmed to victory in the 1978 Kentucky Derby.
1993 — Julie Krone guides Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race.
1994 — Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Sergi Bruguera produce the best day of tennis in Spanish history. Sanchez Vicario beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 in the French Open final and Bruguera retains his title by defeating another Spaniard, Alberto Berasategui, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
1999 — Steffi Graf wins her sixth French Open title and her first Grand Slam championship in almost three years, beating top-ranked Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
1999 — Charismatic loses his bid to become the 12th Triple Crown winner when he fractures his left front cannon bone and sesamoid while finishing third to Lemon Drop Kid in the Belmont Stakes.
2004 — Smarty Jones loses his Triple Crown bid and his perfect record when Birdstone runs him down near the finish of a thrilling Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, a 36-1 long shot ridden by Edgar Prado, returns $74, $14 and $8.60.
2005 — Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal beats unseeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina in four sets to win the French Open men’s singles title. The No. 4-seeded Nadal becomes the youngest men’s Grand Slam champion since Pete Sampras won the U.S. Open at 19 in 1990.
2011 — Rafael Nadal wins his record-equaling sixth French Open title, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 in the final.
2016 — Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
2021 — Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to wins the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
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June 6
1919 — Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six lengths, covering the distance in 59 seconds.
1924 — Cyril Walker captures the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Bobby Jones.
1936 — Granville, ridden by James Stout, wins the Belmont Stakes by a neck over Mr. Bones. Bold Venture, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, does not run in the race.
1946 — The National Basketball Association is founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York.
1966 — NFL & AFL announce their merger.
1969 — Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar.
1976 — 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2.
1981 — Summing, ridden by George Martins, wins the Belmont Stakes, spoiling Pleasant Colony’s Triple Crown bid.
1987 — Bet Twice, ridden by Craig Perret, breezes to a 14-length victory in the Belmont Stakes to deny Alysheba the Triple Crown. Alysheba is a distant fourth.
1987 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf, eight days shy of her 18th birthday, becomes the youngest women’s champion of the French Open when she beats Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6.
1992 — NY Mets first baseman Eddie Murray records his 1,510th run batted in during 15-1 thrashing of Pittsburgh Pirates to pass Mickey Mantle as all-time RBI leader among MLB switch-hitters.
1998 — Real Quiet is denied the Triple Crown when Victory Gallop edges him at the wire in the Belmont Stakes.
1999 — Andre Agassi rallies to win the French Open and become the fifth man to complete a career Grand Slam. After losing the first two sets, Agassi surges back to beat Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Agassi won the 1992 Wimbledon, 1994 U.S. Open and 1995 Australian Open.
1999 — Juli Inkster wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a 16-under 272, the lowest 72-hole score in the championship’s 54-year history.
2007 — The Anaheim Ducks capture the Stanley Cup with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators, ending the series in five games.
2007 — Trevor Hoffman becomes the first major leaguer with 500 career saves when he closes out the San Diego Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2010 — Rafael Nadal wins his fifth French Open title and avenges his lone Roland Garros defeat, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves to 38-1 at Roland Garros, with the only loss to Soderling in the fourth round a year ago.
2011 — The Bowl Championship Series strips the Southern California Trojans of their 2004 title, leaving that season without a BCS champion. BCS officials vacated the championship after the Trojans were hit with heavy NCAA sanctions last year for rules violations committed during the 2004 and ’05 seasons.
2015 — American Pharoah leads all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5½ lengths, becoming the first horse in 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The bay colt, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Victor Espinoza, is the 12th horse and first since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown.
2015 — Serena Williams overcomes a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit to win her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.
2015 — Tiger Woods hits a new low with the highest score of his career — an 85 in the Memorial at Muirfield Village, the course where he has won eight times. Woods ends his front nine of the third round with back-to-back double bogeys and finishes with a quadruple-bogey 8.
2015 — UEFA Champions League Final, Berlin: FC Barcelona beats Juventus, 3-1 for 5th title and second treble (Spanish La Liga & Cup champions).
2018 — LeBron James passes Michael Jordan’s record of 109 for the most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in a 110-102 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
2023 — In a stunning development, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create its own for-profit entity to be run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Athletics at Atlanta | 1:35pm | NBC Sports California Bally Sports Southeast MLB.TV Fubo |
| St. Louis at Philadelphia | 1:35pm | Bally Sports Midwest NBC Sports Philadelphia MLB.TV Fubo |
| Tampa Bay at Baltimore | 1:35pm | MLBN Bally Sports Sun MASN2 MLB.TV Fubo |
| Detroit at Boston | 1:35pm | MLBN Bally Sports Detroit NESN MLB.TV Fubo |
| Pittsburgh at Toronto | 1:37pm | ATTSN-Pittsburgh Sportsnet MLB.TV Fubo |
| Arizona at NY Mets | 1:40pm | YurView PIX11 MLB.TV Fubo |
| Washington at Cleveland | 1:40pm | MASN Bally Sports Great Lakes MLB.TV Fubo |
| Texas at Miami | 1:40pm | Bally Sports Southwest Bally Sports Florida MLB.TV Fubo |
| San Diego at Kansas City | 2:10pm | Padres.TV Bally Sports Kansas City MLB.TV Fubo |
| Minnesota at Houston | 2:10pm | Bally Sports North SCHN MLB.TV Fubo |
| Chi. White Sox at Milwaukee | 2:10pm | NBC Sports Chicago Bally Sports Wisconsin MLB.TV Fubo |
| Cincinnati at Chi. Cubs | 2:20pm | Bally Sports Ohio MARQ MLB.TV Fubo |
| NY Yankees at San Francisco | 4:05pm | MLBN YES NBC Sports Bay Area MLB.TV Fubo |
| LA Angels at Seattle | 4:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports West Root Sports MLB.TV Fubo |
| Colorado at LA Dodgers | 4:10pm | Rockies.TV SNLA MLB.TV Fubo |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| West Finals Game 6: Dallas at Edmonton | 8:00pm | TNT |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| Arlington at DC | 12:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Houston at Memphis | 7:00pm | FOX |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: European Open | 6:30am | GOLF |
| PGA: Canadian Open | 1:30pm | GOLF |
| PGA: Charles Schwab Challenge | 2:30pm | CBS |
| US Women’s Open | 3:00pm | USA |
| US Women’s Open | 4:00pm | NBC |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| IndyCar: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | 12:00pm | USA |
| NASCAR Cup: Enjoy Illinois 300 | 3:30pm | FS1 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Atalanta vs Fiorentina | 12:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Argentina Primera División: Platense vs Boca Juniors | 1:30pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| MLS: Sarmiento vs Independiente Rivadavia | 4:45pm | FOX Fubo |
| Canadian Premier League: Valour vs Vancouver FC | 5:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Argentina Primera División: Central Córdoba SdE vs Talleres Córdoba | 5:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Argentina Primera División: Rosario Central vs Lanús | 5:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Argentina Primera División: Instituto vs Gimnasia La Plata | 7:15pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Argentina Primera División: River Plate vs Tigre | 7:15pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| French Open | 5:00am | TENNIS |
| French Open | 12:00pm | NBC Peaco*ck |
