C8 SPORTS & SCOREBOARD SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 | KILLEEN DAILY HERALD

Baseball fans, meanwhile, appeared di- fans who just want to enjoy the game and vided on pulling the game from Georgia. support their team,” she said. “We need BRIEFS MLB Patrick Smith, a lifelong Braves fan in to take politics out of sports.” FROM PAGE C7 Ellisville, Mississippi, said he thinks the But Dick Pagano, a baseball fan in Elk Yordan Álvarez hits 3-run homer league made the right decision and noted Grove Village, Illinois, said he will not as Astros beat A’s again fi l ed a lawsuit over the measure, which that not taking a stand would have polar- watch or attend any games this year. adds greater legislative control over how ized some supporters. “They shot themselves in the foot,” OAKLAND, Calif. — Yordan Álvarez elections are run and includes strict “When governments restrict access said Pagano, who added he will be disap- hit a three-run homer and Houston identifi cation requirements for voting to the ballot box, someone has to step in pointed to miss the planned Hank Aaron kept thriving through all the boos, absentee by mail. to encourage these entities to roll back celebration during the All-Star Game, slugging its way to a third straight Critics say the law will disproportion- those measures,” he said. because he once saw him play in the 1957 win in a 9-1 victory over the Oakland ately affect communities of color. Lorre Sweetman, in Kahului, Hawaii, World Series. Aaron, who played for the Athletics on Saturday. Georgia Republicans say the changes said it was a poor move by MLB because Braves in Atlanta and Milwaukee for Houston has outscored Oakland 26-7 were needed to maintain voter confi - it wasn’t based on the actual new voting most of his career, faced extensive hate in three games against the defending dence in the election system, and the laws but on “political pandering” and mail and racism as he closed in on break- AL West champion A’s, who were elim- governor insists opponents have mis- misinformation. ing Babe Ruth’s home run record. inated by the Astros in a four-game AL characterized what the law does. Still, while some fans upset about the The league did not immediately re- Divsion Series last fall. Abrams, who has championed voting decision have called for a boycott of spond to a request for comment Saturday. Lance McCullers Jr. (1-0) did his part, rights since narrowly losing to Kemp professional baseball, she said she will MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred too. The Houston right-hander struck in the 2018 election, is among those who not stop watching games and her three previously said he made the call to move out seven and walked three in fi ve in- have spoken out against the law. The grandsons are still learning the sport. the All-Star events and the amateur draft nings, allowing two hits and one run. Democrat is being closely watched to see “They caved to pressure without from Atlanta after discussions with indi- if she seeks a 2022 rematch. considering the message this sends to vidual players and the Players Alliance.  Oklahoma hires Loyola Chicago’s Moser as basketball coach Bliss to cover it all up, and vided a muted soundtrack to scoring 17 himself. But the Porter Moser orchestrated one of NCAA sanctions that lasted the blowout inside the cavern- rest of the Cougars were 1 of the great underdog stories in sports in BAYLOR well into Drew’s own tenure. ous home of the Indianapolis 15 from the fi eld, including recent years, leading mid-major Loyola FROM PAGE C7 Yet somehow, the son of Colts. All-American guard Quentin Chicago to two deep NCAA Tournament longtime Valpo coach Homer The only cheering? That Grimes (0 for 5) and DeJon runs with the blessing of Sister Jean. 1 seed, or upstart UCLA on Drew always pictured the came from those in green and Jarreau (1 for 7), who earned Moser’s teams won’t surprise anyone Monday night for their fi rst very scene that unfolded Sat- gold. MVP honors in the Midwest now. national championship. urday night: His team playing The Bears controlled the Region. Oklahoma hired Moser as its bas- Marcus Sasser had 20 points selfl essly, almost effortlessly, game from the jump, unleash- Houston coach Kelvin ketball coach Saturday following Lon for the cold-shooting Cougars never once feeling the pres- ing a 14-3 run fueled by the Sampson, whose reputation Kruger’s retirement. Moser embraces (28-4), whose dream path to sure of college basketball’s kind of crisp passing, silky for being a master tactician the challenge of coaching at a Big 12 their fi rst Final Four since biggest stage. shooting and dastardly defense was stretched to the limit, program that reached the Final Four 1984 — they faced teams seed- Well, there were a few that made them unbeatable be- tried to get the guard-heavy in 2016 and has featured NBA talents ed 15th, 10th, 11th and 12th things Drew probably didn’t fore a 23-day COVID-19 pause Cougars to forget about the Buddy Hield and Trae Young. along the way — ended with picture. late in the regular season. 3-point line and go right to the “I’ve always said there are reasons a whimper against a team Instead of 70,000 fans When the Cougars fi nally basket in the second half. why you win,” Moser said in a state- focused squarely on this night reaching to the rafters, the scored, the Bears ripped off The Cougars cut their ment. “If you look at the standards since the moment last year’s Bears were cheered in the another 16-3 run, carving up defi cit to 16 at one point, but that the programs at Oklahoma have tournament was canceled lower bowl by thousands of the nation’s top 3-point fi eld- there was no coming back on set, there are reasons why they’ve won. because of the pandemic. cardboard cutouts — from the goal defense with ruthless effi - this night. The coaches, infrastructure and com- For Drew, the wait had been late Georgetown coach John ciency. Butler scored 11 points The big cushion down the munity are all championship caliber. even longer. Thompson to New Mexico during the run, and Mitchell’s stretch gave the Bears — mul- You just want to be a part of that. To He took over a program 18 State mascot Pistol Pete back-to-back 3-pointers to end let-haired Matthew Mayer, play in a premier league like the Big years ago embroiled in argu- — due to measures against the fi rst half gave the Bears MaCio Teague and Jonathan 12 and be a part of this championship ably the biggest controversy COVID-19 that have forced a 45-20 lead that felt insur- Tchamwa Tchatchoua in their culture excites me.” in the history of the sport: them to live in a bubble for the mountable. bright pink sneakers, Butler the graphic shooting death last three weeks. Probably because it just and Mitchell and the rest of Carlisle returns to Dallas bench of player Patrick Dennehy, The roughly 8,000 fans that about was. their guys lounging on the his teammate Devon Dotson were allowed through the Sasser did everything he bench — plenty of time to cel- a" er false positive pleading guilty to his murder, doors, socially distanced in a could to keep Houston alive, ebrate the program’s second WASHINGTON — Rick Carlisle is attempts by then-coach Dave vast ocean of blue seats, pro- hitting fi ve 3-pointers and trip to the national title game. back coaching the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night at Washington after missing Friday’s win in New York SCOREBOARD against the Knicks due to a positive COVID-19 test. Phoenix 34 14 .708 —Arizona 37 17 15 5 39 99 114 BASEBALL L.A. Clippers 32 18 .640 3 St. Louis 36 16 14 6 38 102 116 Carlisle, in his 13th season coaching AMERICAN LEAGUE L.A. Lakers 31 18 .633 3½ San Jose 36 16 16 4 36 102 120 the Mavericks, said he had been vac- East Division Today’s TV sports Golden State 23 26 .469 11½ Los Angeles 35 14 15 6 34 96 99 W L Pct GB AUTO RACING Sacramento 22 27 .449 12½ Anaheim 38 11 21 6 28 85 127 cinated with two shots in January and Tampa Bay 2 0 1.000 — Friday’s Late Games NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Baltimore 2 0 1.000 — 5 p.m. FS1 FIA Extreme E Championship: Atlanta 126, New Orleans 103 overtime loss. The top four teams in each was surprised to test positive. The test New York 1 1 .500 1 Final, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia Utah 113, Chicago 106 division will qualify for playoffs under this turned out to be a false positive. Toronto 1 1 .500 1 Phoenix 140, Oklahoma City 103 season’s temporary realignment.  Boston 0 2 .000 2 (taped) L.A. Lakers 115, Sacramento 94 Friday’s Late Games Herald wire reports Central Division Milwaukee 127, Portland 109 Edmonton 3, Calgary 2 W L Pct GB 9:30 p.m. NBCSN MotoGP: Grand Prix of Doha, Saturday’s Games Colorado 3, St. Louis 2  Detroit 2 0 1.000 — Dallas at Washington, late Arizona 4, Anaheim 2 Kansas City 2 0 1.000 — Losail International Circuit, Cleveland at Miami, late San Jose 3, Los Angeles 0 Chicago 1 1 .500 1 Doha, Qatar (taped) Minnesota at Philadelphia, late Saturday’s Games Minnesota 0 1 .000 1½ New York at Detroit, late Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1 Cleveland 0 2 .000 2 BOWLING Indiana at San Antonio, late Boston 7, Pittsburgh 5 West Division Orlando at Utah, late Nashville 3, Chicago 0 RECORD W L Pct GB 1 p.m. FS1 PBA: USBC Masters, Reno Milwaukee at Sacramento, late Columbus at Florida, late Houston 3 0 1.000 — Oklahoma City at Portland, late Dallas at Carolina, late Los Angeles 1 1 .500 1½ COLLEGE BASEBALL Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, late FROM PAGE C7 Seattle 1 1 .500 1½ 11:30 a.m.ESPN2 Wake Forest at Louisville Brooklyn at Chicago, 1 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, late Texas 0 2 .000 2½ L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, late Oakland 0 3 .000 3 COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Charlotte at Boston, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Vegas, late business. We took a photo of him hold- Friday’s Late Games Memphis at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, late Houston 9, Oakland 5 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 3X3U National Championship: Golden State at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, late ing the fi sh, we measured the fi sh with Chicago White Sox 12, L.A. Angels 8 From Indianapolis New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, ppd the mouth closed and tail lobes pinched San Francisco 6, Seattle 3 Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m. Sunday’s Games Saturday’s Games COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Detroit at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. together and photographed the fi sh on Houston 9, Oakland 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT Washington at New Jersey, 2 p.m. Kansas City 11, Texas 4 5 p.m. ESPN NCAA Tournament: Arizona vs. FINAL FOUR Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m. the ruler, and we weighed the fi sh on a Baltimore 4, Boston 2 Stanford, National Champion- At Lucas Oil Stadium Dallas at Carolina, 6 p.m. certifi ed scale, with a disinterested, un- Detroit 5, Cleveland 2 National Semifi nals Arizona at Anaheim, 8 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 ship, San Antonio Saturday, April 3 Toronto at Calgary, 8 p.m. related third-party present to witness Tampa Bay at Miami, late Baylor 78, Houston 59 Vancouver at Winnipeg, ppd Minnesota at Milwaukee, late COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Gonzaga vs. UCLA, late the weighing. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, late 3 p.m. ESPNU NCAA Selection Special National Championship The fi sh taped exactly 13 inches San Francisco at Seattle, late Monday, April 5 SPORTS ODDS Sunday’s Games GOLF Baylor vs. Gonzaga-UCLA winner, 8 p.m. NBA and weighed in at 1.375 pounds, thus Toronto (Zeuch 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG (Germán 0-0), 12:05 p.m. 7 a.m. GOLF Drive, Chip & Putt National NCAA WOMEN’S at CHICAGO OFF (OFF) Brooklyn qualifying the fi sh as the pending lake Baltimore (Zimmermann 0-0) at Boston Finals: From Augusta National TOURNAMENT at LA CLIPPERS 11 (215½) LA Lakers record for that species in the kept fi sh (Richards 0-0), 12:10 p.m. at BOSTON OFF (OFF) Charlotte FINAL FOUR at PHILADELPHIA OFF (OFF) Memphis Cleveland (Civale 0-0) at Detroit (Skubal Golf Club, Augusta, Ga. At Alamodome category. 0-0), 12:10 p.m. at ATLANTA OFF (OFF) Golden State Noon GOLF PGA: Valero Texas Open, Final National Semifi nals at HOUSTON OFF (OFF) New Orleans Griffi th fi shes from a Big Fish 120 Minnesota (Pineda 0-0) at Milwaukee Friday, April 2 (Houser 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Round, TPC San Antonio Stanford 66, South Carolina 65 at DENVER 12½ (215) Orlando kayak equipped with a Garmin Striker Texas (Lyles 0-0) at Kansas City (Singer Arizona 69, UConn 59 NHL 0-0), 1:10 p.m. 1:30 p.m. NBC PGA: Valero Texas Open, Final FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE 4 Plus Clear-Vu sonar unit and Scotty National Championship at TAMPA BAY -375 Detroit +345 Houston (Urquidy 0-0) at Oakland Sunday, April 4 (Manaea 0-0), 3:07 p.m. Round, TPC San Antonio Stanford vs. Arizona, 5 p.m. Washington -165 at NEW JERSEY +15 5 rod holders. The 11-foot All-Star rod Chicago White Sox (Cease 0-0) at L.A. at FLORIDA OFF Columbus OFF Angels (Ohtani 0-0), 7:37 p.m. 4 p.m. GOLF LPGA: ANA Inspiration, Final at CAROLINA OFF Dallas OFF was mated with an Optimus reel loaded Round, Mission Hills Country at WINNIPEG OFF Vancouver OFF with 6-pound test Berkley monofi l a- NATIONAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL Toronto -153 at CALGARY +143 East Division Club, Rancho Mirage, Calif. SATURDAY’S COLLEGE SCORES Arizona -123 at ANAHEIM +113 ment. The live minnow was fi shed on W L Pct GB EAST NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 2 0 1.000 — HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Bucknell 6, Lehigh 0 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE a #4 Tru-Turn crappie hook with a New York 0 0 .000 1 12:30 p.m.CBS Slam Dunk & 3-Point Champi- Delaware St. 37, Howard 28 Atlanta -130 at PHILADELPHIA +120 one-eighth ounce egg weight attached Washington 0 0 .000 1 Villanova 44, Maine 17 at CINCINNATI -105 St. Louis -105 Atlanta 0 2 .000 2 onships: From Indianapolis SOUTH at CHICAGO -167 Pittsburgh +157 approximately 24-inches above the Miami 0 2 .000 2 Ark.-Pine Bluff 24, MVSU 17 LA Dodgers -250 at COLORADO +220 Central Division (taped) Austin Peay 34, Murray St. 31 at SAN DIEGO -222 Arizona +202 hook. W L Pct GB ETSU 24, VMI 20 AMERICAN LEAGUE Once his record is reviewed and Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 — MAJOR LEAGUES Kennesaw St. 35, Robert Morris 0 at NEW YORK -156 Toronto +146 Chicago 1 1 .500 ½ Noon ESPN Atlanta at Philadelphia McNeese St. 43, Nicholls 31 Cleveland -130 at DETROIT +120 certifi ed by TPWD, Griffi th will receive Cincinnati 1 1 .500 ½ Mercer 26, Furman 14 at BOSTON -171 Baltimore +159 Pittsburgh 1 1 .500 ½ 3 p.m. MLBN Arizona at San Diego OR Hous- Monmouth (NJ) 48, Gardner-Webb 19 at KANSAS CITY -175 Texas +163 a certifi cate in hard copy by mail at- St. Louis 1 1 .500 ½ ton at Oakland Presbyterian 26, Stetson 3 at OAKLAND -105 Houston -105 testing to the record status of the fi sh. West Division SC State 14, Alabama St. 7 at LA ANGELS -120 Chicago +110 W L Pct GB 7:30 p.m. ESPN Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels SE Missouri 21, UT Martin 16 Interleague TPWD is currently working through San Diego 2 0 1.000 — Tennessee Tech 24, Tennessee St. 10 Minnesota -115 at MILWAUKEE +105 Colorado 1 1 .500 1 MEN’S SOCCER The Citadel 28, Wofford 24 Updated odds available at Pregame.com a COVID-19 related backlog of record Los Angeles 1 1 .500 1 MIDWEST San Francisco 1 1 .500 1 8 a.m. NBCSN Premier League: Tottenham Jacksonville St. 44, E. Illinois 23 applications. As I have reported previ- Arizona 0 2 .000 2 Hotspur at Newcastle United Morehead St. 35, Butler 14 TENNIS ously, TPWD now provides anglers Friday’s Late Games Valparaiso 10, Drake 7 MIAMI OPEN L.A. Dodgers 11, Colorado 6 10:25 a.m.NBCSN Premier League: Fulham at FAR WEST submitting records with the following Davidson 31, San Diego 25 Saturday; At Tennis Center at Cran- San Diego 4, Arizona 2 don Park; Miami; Purse: $3,343,785; San Francisco 6, Seattle 3 Aston Villa E. Washington 32, UC Davis 22 automated response: Weber St. 19, S. Utah 16 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Saturday’s Games 1:25 p.m. NBCSN Premier League: Brighton & (seedings in parentheses) “Thank you for contacting the Angler Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 1 WOMEN’S SINGLES Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0 Hove Albion at Manchester Championship Recognition Program of Texas Parks N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd United HOCKEY Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Bianca and Wildlife, your message has been Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 6 NHL Andreescu (8), Canada, 6-3, 4-0, ret. Tampa Bay at Miami, late NBA East Division received. While we try to answer Minnesota at Milwaukee, late GP W L OT Pts GF GA L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late 2:30 p.m. ABC L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers Washington 37 24 9 4 52 127 113 TRANSACTIONS requests for information promptly, Arizona at San Diego, late N.Y. Islanders 37 23 10 4 50 114 88 San Francisco at Seattle, late 6:30 p.m. NBATV Golden State at Atlanta Pittsburgh 38 24 12 2 50 126 102 BASEBALL we are currently experiencing a high Sunday’s Games 9 p.m. NBATV Orlando at Denver Boston 34 19 10 5 43 96 86 American League volume of application submissions and Atlanta (Anderson 0-0) at Philadelphia Philadelphia 35 17 14 4 38 107 129 MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 3B Josh (Efl in 0-0), 12:05 p.m. NHL N.Y. Rangers 36 17 15 4 38 115 96 Donaldson on the 10-day IL (retroactive application status requests. N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd. New Jersey 35 13 16 6 32 84 108 to April 2). Recalled OF Brent Rooker from St. Louis (Martínez 0-0) at Cincinnati 11 a.m. NBC Detroit at Tampa Bay Buffalo 36 7 23 6 20 79 126 alternate training site. “A n gler Recognition Award applica- (Hoffman 0-0), 12:10 p.m. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHP Ryan 2 p.m. NHLN Washington at New Jersey Central Division Sherriff on the restricted list. Selected the tions are being processed in the order Minnesota (Pineda 0-0) at Milwaukee GP W L OT Pts GF GA (Houser 0-0), 1:10 p.m. 6 p.m. NBCSN Dallas at Carolina Tampa Bay 37 26 9 2 54 129 88 contract of C Joseph Odom from alternate they were received. An email notifi ca- Pittsburgh (Keller 0-0) at Chicago Cubs Florida 37 24 9 4 52 122 101 training site. (Davies 0-0), 1:20 p.m. TENNIS Carolina 35 24 8 3 51 117 89 National League tion will be sent to you at the time your L.A. Dodgers (Urías 0-0) at Colorado Noon TENNIS Miami Open: ATP Singles Final Nashville 39 20 18 1 41 99 113 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed application begins the verifi cation (Gomber 0-0), 2:10 p.m. Chicago 39 17 17 5 39 109 122 SS Nick Ahmed on the 10-day IL (retroac- Arizona (Widener 0-0) at San Diego (Pad- Columbus 38 14 16 8 36 96 121 tive to March 31). Recalled SS Geraldo 2:30 p.m. TENNIS Miami Open: WTA Doubles Final Perdomo from alternate training site. process. Progress on the backlog of dack 0-0), 3:10 p.m.  Dallas 34 12 12 10 34 95 92 Detroit 39 12 22 5 29 83 124 ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled 3B Johan awards will be reported on the Fish Re- Camargo from alternate training site. North Division Placed 3B Ehire Adrianza on the 10-day IL. cord and Awards webpage as a special BASKETBALL Atlanta 25 24 .510 ½ Dallas 26 21 .553 — GP W L OT Pts GF GA Miami 25 24 .510 ½ San Antonio 24 22 .522 1½Toronto 37 24 10 3 51 121 93 CINCINNATI REDS — Sent RHP outright NBA to alternate training site. Claimed C Beau notice, we update this twice monthly. EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington 17 30 .362 7 ½ Memphis 23 23 .500 2½ Edmonton 38 23 14 1 47 125 109 Orlando 17 31 .354 8 New Orleans 21 27 .438 5½ Winnipeg 38 22 13 3 47 121 104 Taylor off waivers from Cleveland. Desig- “The Angler Recognition Program Atlantic Division nated C Deivy Grullon for assignment. W L Pct GB Central Division Houston 13 35 .271 13½ Montreal 33 16 8 9 41 108 88 team will work hard to deliver quality Brooklyn 34 15 .694 — W L Pct GB Northwest Division Calgary 38 16 19 3 35 98 115 Milwaukee 31 17 .646 — W L Pct GB Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 SOCCER Philadelphia 33 15 .688 ½ Major league soccer information and service to you regard- Boston 24 25 .490 10 Indiana 21 26 .447 9½ Utah 37 11 .771 — Ottawa 37 12 21 4 28 95 139 Chicago 19 28 .404 11½ Denver 30 18 .625 7 MINNESOTA UNITED — Signed fi rst- ing your inquiry or submission. We New York 24 25 .490 10 West Division round picks D Nabilai Kibinguchy and M Toronto 19 30 .388 15 Cleveland 17 31 .354 14 Portland 29 19 .604 8 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 14 34 .292 17 Oklahoma City 20 28 .417 17 Colorado 36 24 8 4 52 130 82 Justin McMaster to one-year contracts with appreciate your patience while the Southeast Division three option years. 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