Numbers Game Over Atlanta at Wrigley Field
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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1970 — Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Pat Jarvis in the Chicago Cubs’ 4-3 victory Numbers Game over Atlanta at Wrigley Field. Antelope Valley Press, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 C3 Planner Major League Baseball results | Tuesday Giants 4, Rangers 2 on Tuesday night. Yankees 3, Rays 1 ATLANTA — Vladimir Guerrero homered COMING UP IN THE VALLEY SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb set Bieber (4-2) struck out eight and has ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Jordan and drove in three runs and the Toronto a career high with 10 strikeouts in six now fanned at least that many in 20 Montgomery pitched six strong innings, Blue Jays took advantage of Atlanta’s ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE innings and the San Francisco Giants beat consecutive starts, a major league mark Aaron Judge and Gary Sánchez homered, ■ Baseball: Thursday at Allan Hancock (DH),noon Texas 4-2 Tuesday, keeping the Rangers he builds on every time out. The right- and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa indecisive fielding in the eighth inning, ■ Softball: Thursday at Taft (DH), 1 p.m. winless in interleague play this season. hander’s streak was in jeopardy, but he Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night. rallying past the Braves 5-3 Tuesday night. ■ M Golf: Mon. vs. Riverside at Canyon Crest, noon Swept in the two-game series, Texas got Nick Martini for strikeout No. 8 in the About two hours before the start, it was Philadelphia at Washington, late ■ W Tennis: Saturday at Mt. San Jacinto, noon dropped to 0-5 against NL opponents this seventh. announced that Yankees third base coach Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, late ■ Track: May 21, WSC meet at AVC, 10 a.m. year. The Rangers have lost a team-record Pirates 7, Reds 2 Phil Nevin is away from the team after a positive COVID-19 test. Kansas City at Detroit, late UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA) nine straight interleague games overall PITTSBURGH — Troy Stokes Jr. drove in ■ Baseball: Today at CalPac Conference Tourna- — their next try to end the drought will be runs with each of his first two major league Athletics 3, Red Sox 2 St. Louis at Milwaukee, late June 1 at Colorado. hits, JT Brubaker pitched six strong innings BOSTON Chris Bassitt struck out a ment vs. TBA at The Hangar LA Angels at Houston, late Indians 3, Cubs 2 and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally beat the season-high 10 over seven effective CLEVELAND — Shane Bieber pitched out Cincinnati Reds, 7-2 on Tuesday night. innings and the Oakland Athletics beat Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, late COMING UP IN SOCAL of some early trouble before extending his Two days after making his debut, Stokes the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Tuesday night San Diego at Colorado, late strikeout record and César Hernández hit hit an RBI single in the fourth inning. The in a matchup of American League division CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) leaders. Miami at Arizona, late ■ Thursday at Charlotte, 4 p.m., BSSoCal a two-run homer, sending the Cleveland right fielder also doubled in a run in the ■ Friday at Houston, 6 p.m., BSSoCal Indians to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs eighth. Blue Jays 5, Braves 3 Seattle at LA Dodgers, late ■ Sunday at Oklahoma City, TBD, BSSoCal LAKERS (National Basketball Association) NBA results | Tuesday NHL results | Tuesday ■ Today vs. Houston, 7:30 p.m., SpectrumSN ■ Saturday at Indiana, TBD, SpectrumSN Nuggets 117, Hornets 112 129-121 victory. Capitals 2, Bruins 1 who played largely a reserve squad. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Porter Jr. and That included nine players that entered ■ Sunday at New Orleans, TBD, SpectrumSN Nets 115, Bulls 107 WASHINGTON — Michael Raffl scored Nikola Jokic each scored 30 points, and CHICAGO — Kevin Durant had 21 points from a tight angle with 1.8 seconds Tuesday with fewer than 10 games KINGS (National Hockey League) the Denver Nuggets held off the Charlotte and eight assists, and Brooklyn beat Chicago remaining and the Washington Capitals this year and only six with 40 or more. ■ Today at Colorado, 6 p.m., BSW/ESPN+ Hornets 117-112 to snap a two-game slide. despite Zach LaVine’s 41 points. beat the short-handed Boston Bruins 2-1 Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves for ■ Thursday at Colorado, 6 p.m., BSW/ESPN+ Timberwolves 119, Pistons 100 Grizzlies 133, Mavericks 104 on Tuesday night in the teams’ regular the Bruins. End of Season DETROIT — Karl-Anthony Towns scored MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ja Morant had 24 season finale. Lazar opened the scoring midway 28 points and Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as Carl Hagelin also scored and through the second period when he ANGELS (Major League Baseball) snuck in front of the crease behind ■ Today at Houston, 5:10 p.m., BSW as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the the Memphis Grizzlies used a third-quarter Vitek Vanecek stopped 25 shots for defender Tom Wilson and guided in ■ Friday at Boston, 4:10 p.m., BSW/MLB undermanned Detroit Pistons 119-100 in a burst to beat the Dallas Mavericks 133-104. Washington in a game between teams Jarred Tinordi’s cross-ice pass. ■ Saturday at Boston, 1:10 p.m., BSW game with significant lottery implications. Philadelphia at Indiana, late who will meet in the first round of the playoffs. The Capitals also welcomed Hagelin tied it with 3:45 left to go in Heat 129, Celtics 121 Orlando at Milwaukee, late DODGERS (Major League Baseball) BOSTON — Tyler Herro scored 24 points right wing Alex Ovechkin and center the period, putting in a loose puck from ■ Today vs. Seattle, 7:10 p.m., SportsNetLA and the Miami Heat clinched a playoff New York at LA Lakers, late Nicklas Backstrom back from lower-body in close after Swayman stopped Zdeno ■ Friday vs. Miami, 7:10 p.m., SportsNetLA spot and locked the Boston Celtics into the Oklahoma City at Sacramento, late injuries. Chara’s initial shot. ■ Saturday vs. Miami, 6:10 p.m., SportsNetLA play-in tournament Tuesday night with a Phoenix at Golden State,late Curtis Lazar scored for the Bruins, Vancouver at Winnipeg, late LAFC (Major League Soccer) ■ Sunday at Seattle, 6:30 p.m., FS1 ■ May 22 vs. Colorado, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ GOLF NASCAR MLB NHL NBA PGA Tour Schedule West Divison WESTERN CONFERENCE ■ May 29 vs. New York, 3 p.m., UniMas Sept. 10-13 — Safeway Open (Stewart NASCAR Cup Series AMERICAN LEAGUE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pacific Division West Division Cink) x-Vegas 55 39 14 2 80 185 124 W L Pct GB Schedule-Winners W L Pct GB GALAXY (Major League Soccer) Sept. 17-20 — U.S. Open Championship Feb. 9 — Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Kyle x-Colorado 54 37 13 4 78 186 132 x-Phoenix 48 20 .706 — Oakland 22 15 .595 _ ■ Saturday vs. Austin FC, 12:30 p.m., Univision (Bryson DeChambeau) Busch) x-Minnesota 54 35 14 5 75 178 149 x-L.A. Clippers 46 23 .667 2½ Sept. 24-27 — Corales Puntacana Resort Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 Houston 19 17 .528 2½ x-St. Louis 54 25 20 9 59 158 167 L.A. Lakers 38 30 .559 10 at DAYTONA (Aric Almirola) ■ May 22 at Portland, 12:30 p.m., ABC & Club Championship (Hudson Swafford) Seattle 18 17 .514 3 Arizona 56 24 26 6 54 153 176 Golden State 36 33 .522 12½ Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 Sept. 25-27 — Ryder Cup, Kohler, Wis. Texas 18 20 .474 4½ Kings 54 21 26 7 49 142 159 Sacramento 30 38 .441 18 ■ May 29 vs. San Jose, 5 p.m., UniMas at DAYTONA (Austin Dillon) (canceled) Angels 16 19 .457 5 San Jose 55 21 27 7 49 151 193 Southwest Division Oct. 1-4 — Sanderson Farms Feb. 14 — DAYTONA 500 (Michael East Division W L Pct GB McDowell) Ducks 56 17 30 9 43 126 179 Championship (Sergio Garcia) W L Pct GB East Division Dallas 40 29 .580 — Oct. 8-11 — Shriners Hospitals for Feb. 21 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At Boston 22 15 .595 _ Memphis 36 33 .522 4 DAYTONA (Christopher Bell) GP W L OT Pts GF GA ON TV TODAY Children Open (Martin Laird) New York 19 16 .543 2 y-Pittsburgh 56 37 16 3 77 196 156 San Antonio 33 35 .485 6½ Oct. 15-18 — The CJ Cup @ Shadow Feb. 28 — Dixie Vodka 400 (William Toronto 18 16 .529 2½ New Orleans 31 38 .449 9 Byron) x-Washington 56 36 15 5 77 191 163 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Creek (Jason Kokrak) Tampa Bay 19 18 .514 3 Houston 16 53 .232 24 March 7 — Pennzoil 400 presented by x-Boston 56 33 16 7 73 168 136 ■ Southeastern Tournament: Mississippi St. vs. Mississippi, First Oct. 22-25 — ZOZO Championship @ Baltimore 16 20 .444 5½ Northwest Division Jiffy Lube (Kyle Larson) x-Islanders 56 32 17 7 71 156 128 Sherwood (Patrick Cantlay) Central Division W L Pct GB Round, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 9 a.m., SEC Oct. 29-Nov. 1 — World Golf March 14 — Instacart 500 (Martin Truex N.Y. Rangers 56 27 23 6 60 177 157 y-Utah 50 19 .725 — Jr) W L Pct GB Philadelphia 56 25 23 8 58 163 201 ■ Atlantic Coast Tournament: Georgia Tech vs. Syracuse, First Championships-HSBC Champions, Chicago 19 13 .594 _ x-Denver 45 24 .652 5 Shanghai (canceled) March 21 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip New Jersey 56 19 30 7 45 145 194 Round, Louisville, Ky., 10 a.m., ACC Cleveland 19 14 .576 ½ Portland 40 29 .580 10 Oct.