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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1954 — The NBA adopts the Numbers Game 24-second shot clock. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Friday, April 23, 2021 NBA results | Thursday Major League Baseball results | Thursday Pelicans 135, Magic 100 rolled to a 99-86 victory over the Diamondbacks 14, Reds 11 (10) singles with two outs in the eighth. ninth for his third save, sending the Tigers tie — and maybe jarred New York from its ORLANDO, Fla. — Zion Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. CINCINNATI — David Peralta hit a three- With the score tied at 2, Baddoo nearly to their sixth loss in seven games. hitting funk — and sent the Yankees to a Williamson scored 23 points Walker was 11 of 17 from run triple in a six-run 10th inning to finish put the Tigers ahead, but Evans reached JaCoby Jones hit a solo homer for 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on in 23 minutes in his first game the field, hitting five 3-pointers. with five hits and a career-best seven RBIs, above the fence in left, and the ball Detroit in the fifth. Thursday night in the opener of a four- against Orlando, and New The Celtics were without Jaylen and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame bounced off his glove and back into the José Ureña allowed two runs in the first game series. Orleans beat the Magic to snap a Brown because of a sore left six Cincinnati home runs to beat the Reds. field of play. Baddoo wound up with a inning but held Pittsburgh scoreless for Odor was batting just .107 and in a four-game losing streak. shoulder, and Jayson Tatum Carson Kelly followed Peralta with a two- double, and he didn’t end up scoring. the next six. Bryan Reynolds hit an RBI 3-for-28 slide when he came up against Brandon Ingram added 29 struggled shooting for the second run homer as the Diamondbacks opened a With men on first and third and one out, single in the first, and González drove in Nick Wittgren (0-1). He slapped his single points for the Pelicans. straight game, going 3 of 17. He 14-8 lead. Arizona hung on in the bottom Sam Howard (2-1) came on and retired the second run with a single of his own. through the middle to score Aaron Judge Bucks 124, 76ers 117 had 15 points and 11 rebounds. half to complete a three-game sweep that Robbie Grossman and Willi Castro on Baddoo hit an RBI triple in the second. and Gleyber Torres to break a 3-3 tie as the MILWAUKEE — Giannis The Celtics led by 21 points in extended its winning streak to four. flyballs. Mitch Keller allowed two runs in five Yankees got just their second win in eight Antetokounmpo scored 27 the second half. They have won Pirates 4, Tigers 2 Adam Frazier had three hits for the innings for the Pirates. games. points, Khris Middleton had 24 nine of their last 11. DETROIT — Phillip Evans kept Akil Pirates, including a one-out single off For a second straight day, the teams Seattle at Boston, late and Milwaukee beat Philadelphia Coming off a victory in Baddoo’s drive to left field in the park in José Cisnero (0-1) in the eighth. Frazier played through snow flurries at times, to end a five-game home losing N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, late Philadelphia on Wednesday the seventh inning to help Pittsburgh advanced on a wild pitch and scored on although it was nothing major. streak. night, the Suns (42-17) dropped escape a jam, and the Pirates scored twice Moran’s single off Gregory Soto to give Yankees 6, Indians 3 L.A. Angels at Houston, late Bobby Portis added a season- two games behind idle Utah Jazz in the eighth to beat the Detroit Tigers. Pittsburgh the lead for good. CLEVELAND — Rougned Odor’s two-out, Miami at San Francisco, late high 23 points for the Bucks. for the best record in the NBA. Colin Moran and Erik González hit RBI Richard Rodríguez pitched a perfect two-run single broke a seventh-inning San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Celtics 99, Suns 86 Detroit at San Antonio, late BOSTON — Kemba Walker matched his season high with Charlotte at Chicago, late National Hockey League results | Thursday 32 points and the Boston Celtics Lakers at Mavericks late Bruins 5, Sabres 1 Nino Niederreiter and Jordan for Philadelphia, and Brian Elliott made over the New York Islanders on Thursday BUFFALO, N.Y. — David Pastrnak had Martinook also scored, Alex Nedeljkovic 33 saves. Ivan Provorov had two assists. night to reclaim sole possession of first a goal and two assists and Boston beat made 30 saves, and Martin Necas had Maple Leafs 5, Jets 3 place in the East Division. Planner Buffalo for its season-best sixth straight three assists. The Hurricanes have won six WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mitch Marner Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 shots victory. consecutive games against the Panthers had two goals and an assist, Auston through overtime for his second shutout COMING UP IN THE VALLEY Lightning 3, Blue Jackets 1 this season. Matthews scored his NHL-leading 34th of the season and third of his career. TAMPA, Fla. — Ondrej Palat scored the Penguins 5, Devils 1 goal and Toronto beat Winnipeg. Washington won for the seventh time in ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE tiebreaking goal in the third period and PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby and Bryan Wayne Simmonds and Jason Spezza 11 games. ■ Baseball: Saturday at Cerro Coso (DH), noon Curtis McElhinney stopped 24 shots, Rust each scored their 19th goals of the also scored and Jack Campbell made 34 Red Wings 7, Stars 3 ■ Softball: Tuesday at Mt.San Jacinto (DH),1 p.m. leading Tampa Bay past Columbus. season and Pittsburgh beat Devils. saves to help the North Division-leading ■ M Golf: May 3 at River Ridge VL, 10 a.m. DETROIT — Jakub Vrana scored four Blake Coleman had two goals, including Flyers 3, Rangers 2 Maple Leafs move six points ahead of ■ W Tennis: Saturday at Sequoias, noon goals in a game for the first time to help an empty-netter with 25 seconds left. NEW YORK — James van Riemsdyk Winnipeg. ■ Track: Today, Battle of Regions at B’field, 11a.m. Detroit rout Dallas and match its victory Hurricanes 4, Panthers 2 scored two power-play goals and Capitals 1, Islanders 0 total from last season. UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA) SUNRISE, Fla. — Sebastian Aho scored Philadelphia beat New York to snap a UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Evgeny Kuznetsov ■ Baseball: Today vs. Benedictine, 11 a.m. two short-handed goals and to help two-game slide. scored the deciding goal in a shootout, Colorado at St. Louis, late Carolina beat Florida. Jakub Voracek scored the deciding goal giving the Washington Capitals a 1-0 win Ottawa at Vancouver, late COMING UP IN SOCAL CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) OLF ■ Today at Houston, 5 p.m., BSSoCal G NASCAR MLB NHL NBA PGA Tour Zurich Classic of NASCAR Cup Series West Divison WESTERN CONFERENCE ■ Monday at New Orleans, 5 p.m., BSSoCal AMERICAN LEAGUE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pacific Division New Orleans Par Scores West Division ■ Thursday GEICO 500 Lineup x-Vegas 46 33 11 2 68 155 102 W L Pct GB Wednesday at Phoenix, 7 p.m., BSSoCal/ESPN After Saturday qualifying; race W L Pct GB Colorado 44 31 9 4 66 158 103 Phoenix 42 17 .712 — At TPC Louisiana Sunday Oakland 12 7 .632 _ Avondale, La. Minnesota 45 29 13 3 61 141 118 L.A. Clippers 42 19 .689 1 LAKERS (National Basketball Association) At Talladega Superspeedway Seattle 11 7 .611 ½ Arizona 47 20 22 5 45 124 150 Purse: $7.4 million L.A. Lakers 35 23 .603 6½ Talladega, Ala. St. Louis 44 19 19 6 44 126 139 ■ Saturday at Dallas, 5:30 p.m., ABC/SpectrumSN Yardage: 7,425; Par: 72 Angels 9 7 .563 1½ Golden State 29 30 .492 13 Lap length: 2.66 miles Texas 9 10 .474 3 San Jose 46 18 23 5 41 122 157 Sacramento 24 35 .407 18 ■ Monday at Orlando, 4 p.m., SpectrumSN First Round (Car number in parentheses) Hovland/Ventura .....................32-30—62 -10 Houston 7 10 .412 4 Kings 43 17 20 6 40 118 128 Southwest Division 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, .000 mph. Ducks 47 14 26 7 35 104 151 ■ Wednes.at Washington, 4:30 p.m., SpectSN/ESPN Garnett/Stallings ......................30-32—62 -10 East Division W L Pct GB 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, .000. East Division Champ/Finau...........................32-31—63 -9 W L Pct GB Dallas 31 26 .544 — 3. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, .000. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Horschel/Burns .......................33-30—63 -9 Memphis 29 28 .509 2 DUCKS (National Hockey League) 4. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, .000. Boston 12 7 .632 _ Washington 47 30 13 4 64 164 141 Bradley/Steele .........................31-32—63 -9 San Antonio 28 29 .491 3 ■ Saturday vs. Vegas, 6 p.m., BSSC/ESPN+ 5. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, .000. Tampa Bay 10 9 .526 2 Pittsburgh 47 30 14 3 63 164 133 Lee/Stanley ..............................31-32—63 -9 New Orleans 26 33 .441 6 6. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, .000. Baltimore 8 10 .444 3½ N.Y. Islanders 47 29 13 5 63 133 107 ■ Monday at Kings, 7 p.m., BSW/KDOC/ESPN+ Hubbard/Cappelen .................31-32—63 -9 Houston 15 44 .254 17 7.