LOCAL SPORTS
At the Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Cocagne, New Brunswick, the Antigonish Bulldogs got revenge on the team that denied them the provincial title. In last night’s semi-final, they defeated the Capstone Colts 2-1, with goals from Venel Campbell & Campbell Barrett. The Bulldogs face off at 1 today with the Cap Pele Knights, who eliminated the Kent Koyotes in the other semi-final 4-3.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Jake Sanderson scored at 17:42 of overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 to prevent a sweep in their first-round playoff series. David Perron, Tim Stutzle and Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators, who trail the series 3-1. John Tavares, Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for the Leafs, who host Game 5 on Tuesday.
Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in nearly three years and the Avalanche defeated the visiting Dallas Stars 4-0. Logan O’Connor, Nathan MacKinnon and Samuel Girard also scored for the Avs, who tied the best-of-seven series 2-2. Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves to record the shutout.
Stephen Curry scored 36 points and added nine assists as the Golden State Warriors beat the visiting Houston Rockets 104-93 on Saturday to take a 2-1 lead in their playoff series. Buddy Hield added 17 points for the Warriors, who trailed 49-46 at halftime. Game 4 is Monday in San Francisco.
Aaron Gordon slammed down Nikola Jokic’s miss as time expired to lift the visiting Denver Nuggets over the L-A Clippers 101-99 to tie their series 2-2. Video review confirmed the ball left Gordon’s hands above the rim just before the buzzer sounded. Jokic had 36 points, 21 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Nuggets. Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points for the Clippers.
Third baseman Eugenio Suárez of the Arizona Diamondbacks homered in his first four at-bats against the visiting Atlanta Braves. Suárez’s fourth homer tied the game 7-7 in the ninth inning. He’s the 19th player in M-L-B history to hit four homers in a game and first since J-D Martinez accomplished the feat in 2017 with the D-Backs. The Braves won 8-7 in 10 innings.
Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco led off with back-to-back home runs in the Seattle Mariners’ six-run first inning and Polonco connected again in the fourth in a 14-0 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins. Right-hander Luis Castillo allowed just one hit over six innings. Rodriguez homered off Connor Gillispie’s first pitch, a 417-foot shot. Polanco homered on the third pitch.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
NHL Playoffs First Round
Ottawa 4 Toronto 3 (OT) (Toronto leads best-of-seven series 3-1)
Tampa Bay 5 Florida 1 (Florida leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Vegas 4 Minnesota 3 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Colorado 4 Dallas 0 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
PWHL
Ottawa 3 Montreal 2
Boston 3 Toronto 0
NBA Playoffs First Round
Oklahoma City 117 Memphis 115 (Oklahoma City wins best-of-seven series 4-0)
Cleveland 124 Miami 87 (Cleveland leads best-of-seven series 3-0)
Denver 101 L.A Clippers 99 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Golden State 104 Houston 93 (Golden State leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
MLB
American League
Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 1
Chicago White Sox 10 Athletics 3
Kansas City 2 Houston 0
Detroit 4 Baltimore 3, first game
Detroit 6 Baltimore 2, second game
Cleveland 5 Boston 4, first game
Boston 7 Cleveland 3, second game
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.
National League
St. Louis 6 Milwaukee 5
Cincinnati 6 Colorado 4
N.Y. Mets 2 Washington 0
Philadelphia 10 Chicago Cubs 4
Atlanta 8 Arizona 7 (10 innings)
L.A. Dodgers 8 Pittsburgh 4
Interleague
Seattle 14 Miami 0
San Francisco 3 Texas 2
Tampa Bay 4 San Diego 1
MLS
New York City FC 1 Toronto FC 0
New York Red Bulls 1 CF Montréal 0
Cincinnati 2 Sporting Kansas City 1
Philadelphia 3 D.C. United 0
Orlando City 3 Atlanta 0
New England 1 Charlotte FC 0
Columbus 2 San Jose 1
Real Salt Lake 3 San Diego FC 1
Houston 2 Austin FC 0
Nashville 7 Chicago 2
Seattle 1 Colorado 1
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern)
NHL Playoffs First Round
Winnipeg at St. Louis, 1 p.m. (Winnipeg leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Carolina at New Jersey, 3:30 p.m. (Carolina leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Washington at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. (Washington leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. (Los Angeles leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
PWHL
New York at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
NBA Playoffs First Round
New York at Detroit, 1 p.m. (New York leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. (Minnesota leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m. (Boston leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Indiana at Milwaukee, 9:30 p.m. (Indiana leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
MLB
American League
Toronto (Gausman 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-0), 1:35 p.m., 1st game
Baltimore (Kremer 2-3) at Detroit (Skubal 2-2), 1:40 p.m.
Boston (Bello 1-0) at Cleveland (Allen 1-1), 1:40 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Soriano 2-3) at Minnesota (Ryan 1-2), 1:40 p.m.
Houston (Brown 3-1) at Kansas City (Bubic 2-1), 2:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Martin 1-3) at Athletics (Bido 2-2), 4:05 p.m.
Toronto (Bassitt 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Schmidt 0-1), 4:35 p.m., 2nd game
National League
N.Y. Mets (Megill 3-2) at Washington (Parker 3-1), 1:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Quintana 3-0) at St. Louis (Fedde 1-2), 2:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Lodolo 2-2) at Colorado (Feltner 0-1), 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Schwellenbach 1-1) at Arizona (Pfaadt 4-1), 4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Falter 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Glasnow 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (Taillon 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Interleague
Texas (Leiter 2-0) at San Francisco (Hicks 1-3), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Meyer 2-2) at Seattle (Miller 1-3), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Littell 0-5) at San Diego (Vásquez 1-2), 4:10 p.m.
MLS
Vancouver at Minnesota, 3 p.m.
FC Dallas at Miami, 5 p.m.
St Louis City at Los Angeles FC, 7 p.m.
Portland at LA Galaxy, 9 p.m.
