“THE SCOREBOARD” INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/baseball/scores/?date=5/14/2026 ====================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/softball/scores/?date=5/14/2026 ======================================= INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/boys/scores/?date=5/14/2026 ======================================= INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LAX SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/lacrosse/girls/scores/?date=5/14/2026 ====================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LAX SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/lacrosse/scores/?date=5/14/2026 ===================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES INDIANA SCOREBOARD PITTSBURGH 6 NOTRE DAME 3 BUTLER 7 ST. JOHN’S 3 INDIANA 10 ILLINOIS 4 IOWA 10 PURDUE 7 BALL STATE 6 BOWLING GREEN 3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 6 VALPO 4 EVANSVILLE 10 MURRAY STATE 6 SOUTHERN INDIANA 8 LINDENWOOD 4 https://d1baseball.com/scores/?date=20260514 ======================================= COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED ====================================== MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED ====================================== DIVISION 1 MEN’S LAX SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED ====================================== DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S LAX SCORES https://www.espn.com/womens-college-lacrosse/scoreboard/_/date/20260514 ======================================= NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS THE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PREVIOUS ROUND. (1) DETROIT VS. (4) CLEVELAND GAME 1: PISTONS 111, CAVALIERS 101 GAME 2: PISTONS 107, CAVALIERS 97 GAME 3: CAVALIERS 116, PISTONS 109 GAME 4: CAVALIERS 112, PISTONS 103 GAME 5: CAVALIERS 117, PISTONS 113 (OT) GAME 6: DETROIT AT CLEVELAND | FRIDAY MAY 15 (7 ET, PRIME VIDEO) GAME 7: CLEVELAND AT DETROIT | SUNDAY MAY 17* CAVALIERS LEAD SERIES 3-2 (3) NEW YORK VS. (7) PHILADELPHIA GAME 1: KNICKS 137, 76ERS 98 GAME 2: KNICKS 108, 76ERS 102 GAME 3: KNICKS 108, 76ERS 94 GAME 4: KNICKS 144, 76ERS 114 KNICKS WIN SERIES 4-0 (1) OKLAHOMA CITY VS. (4) LOS ANGELES GAME 1: THUNDER 108, LAKERS 90 GAME 2: THUNDER 125, LAKERS 107 GAME 3: THUNDER 131, LAKERS 108 GAME 4: THUNDER 115, LAKERS 110 THUNDER WIN SERIES 4-0 (2) SAN ANTONIO VS. (6) MINNESOTA GAME 1: TIMBERWOLVES 104, SPURS 102 GAME 2: SPURS 133, TIMBERWOLVES 95 GAME 3: SPURS 115, TIMBERWOLVES 108 GAME 4: TIMBERWOLVES 114, SPURS 109 GAME 5: SPURS 126, TIMBERWOLVES 97 GAME 6: SAN ANTONIO AT MINNESOTA | FRIDAY MAY 15 (9:30 ET, PRIME VIDEO) GAME 7: MINNESOTA AT SAN ANTONIO | SUNDAY MAY 17* SPURS LEAD SERIES 3-2 * = IF NECESSARY ==================================== NHL PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE MONTREAL CANADIENS (3A) VS. BUFFALO SABRES (1A) MONTREAL LEADS SERIES 3-2 GAME 1: BUFFALO 4, MONTREAL 2 GAME 2: MONTREAL 5, BUFFALO 1 GAME 3: MONTREAL 6, BUFFALO 2 GAME 4: BUFFALO 3, MONTREAL 2 GAME 5: MONTREAL 6, BUFFALO 3 GAME 6: BUFFALO AT MONTREAL — 8 P.M. ET, SATURDAY, MAY 16 (ABC, SN, CBC, TVAS) * GAME 7: MONTREAL AT BUFFALO — 7:30 P.M. ET, MONDAY, MAY 18 (ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS) * – IF NECESSARY COMPLETE COVERAGE OF CANADIENS-SABRES SERIES PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (3M) VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES (1M) CAROLINA WINS SERIES 4-0 GAME 1: CAROLINA 3, PHILADELPHIA 0 GAME 2: CAROLINA 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT) GAME 3: CAROLINA 4, PHILADELPHIA 1 GAME 4: CAROLINA 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT) COMPLETE COVERAGE OF FLYERS-HURRICANES SERIES WESTERN CONFERENCE MINNESOTA WILD (3C) VS. COLORADO AVALANCHE (1C) COLORADO WINS SERIES 4-1 GAME 1: COLORADO 9, MINNESOTA 6 GAME 2: COLORADO 5, MINNESOTA 2 GAME 3: MINNESOTA 5, COLORADO 1 GAME 4: COLORADO 5, MINNESOTA 2 GAME 5: COLORADO 4, MINNESOTA 3 (OT) COMPLETE COVERAGE OF WILD-AVALANCHE SERIES ANAHEIM DUCKS (3P) VS. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1P) VEGAS WINS SERIES 4-2 GAME 1: VEGAS 3, ANAHEIM 1 GAME 2: ANAHEIM 3, VEGAS 1 GAME 3: VEGAS 6, ANAHEIM 2 GAME 4: ANAHEIM 4, VEGAS 3 GAME 5: VEGAS 3, ANAHEIM 2 (OT) GAME 6: VEGAS 5, ANAHEIM 1 COMPLETE COVERAGE OF DUCKS-GOLDEN KNIGHTS SERIES ==================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PITTSBURGH 7 COLORADO 2 CINCINNATI 15 WASHINGTON 1 NY METS 9 DETROIT 4 MINNESOTA 9 FLORIDA 1 MILWAUKEE 7 SAN DIEGO 1 SEATTLE 8 HOUSTON 3 ST. LOUIS 5 LAS VEGAS 4 PHILADELPHIA 3 BOSTON 1 CHICAGO CUBS 2 ATLANTA 0 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 KANSAS CITY 2 LA DODGERS 5 SAN FRANCISCO 2 =================================== MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOUISVILLE 4 INDIANAPOLIS 2 FT. WAYNE 11 CEDAR RAPIDS 3 SOUTH BEND 25 WISCONSIN 6 =================================== WNBA LYNX 90 WINGS 86 LIBERTY 100 FIRE 82 =================================== UFL SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED =================================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED =================================== MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES/RELEASES NFL NFL WEEK 1 LINES: SEAHAWKS, RAMS LISTED AS FAVORITES FOR 2026 OPENERS The Seattle Seahawks opened as minor favorites for their season-opening Super Bowl LX rematch against the New England Patriots upon the release of the full schedule for the 2026 NFL season Thursday evening. The Seahawks, who beat the Patriots 29-13 to win their second championship on Feb. 8, open the season against New England on Wednesday, Sept. 9, in Seattle as 3.5- to 4.5-point favorites. That kicks off a hectic opening week that will see the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers face off in Melbourne, Australia, the Giants and Cowboys square off on “Sunday Night Football” and more. Here is a full list of odds for Week 1 of the 2026 season (all money lines from DraftKings): Wednesday, Sept. 9 New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks8:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Lumen Field, SeattleOdds: Seahawks -3.5 (DraftKings); -4.5 (FanDuel)Money line: Seahawks -192; Patriots +160Total: 44.5 points (DraftKings); 45.5 points (FanDuel) Thursday, Sept. 10 San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams8:35 p.m. ET on Netflix, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, AustraliaOdds: Rams -2.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Rams -155; Seahawks +130Total: 48.5 points (DraftKings); 49.5 (FanDuel) Sunday, Sept. 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals1 p.m. ET on Fox, Paycor Stadium, CincinnatiOdds: Bengals -3.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Bengals -198; Buccaneers +164Total: 50.5 points (DraftKings); 51.5 points (FanDuel) Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars1 p.m. ET on CBS, EverBank Stadium, JacksonvilleOdds: Jaguars -7 (DraftKings); -7.5 (FanDuel)Money line: Jaguars -285; Browns +230Total: 39.5 points (FanDuel); 40.5 points (DraftKings) Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts1 p.m. ET on CBS, Lucas Oil Stadium, IndianapolisOdds: Ravens -3.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Ravens -185; Colts +154Total: 49.5 points (DraftKings and FanDuel) New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions1 p.m. ET on Fox, Ford Field, DetroitOdds: Lions -7 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Lions -325; Saints +260Total: 48.5 points (DraftKings and FanDuel) Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers1 p.m. ET on Fox, Acrisure Stadium, PittsburghOdds: Steelers -2.5 (FanDuel); -3 (DraftKings)Money line: Steelers -175; Falcons +145Total: 41.5 points (FanDuel); 42.5 points (DraftKings) New York Jets at Tennessee Titans1 p.m. ET on CBS, Nissan Stadium, NashvilleOdds: Titans -2.5 (FanDuel); -3 (DraftKings)Money line: Titans -170; Jets +142Total: 38.5 points (FanDuel); 39.5 points (DraftKings) Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans1 p.m. ET on CBS, NRG Stadium, HoustonOdds: Bills -1.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Bills -112; Texans -108Total: 44.5 points (FanDuel); 45.5 points (DraftKings) Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers1 p.m. ET on Fox, Bank of America Stadium, CharlotteOdds: Bears -2.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Bears -135; Panthers +114Total: 44.5 points (DraftKings); 45.5 points (FanDuel) Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings4:25 p.m. ET on CBS, U.S. Bank Stadium, MinneapolisOdds: Packers -1.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Packers -125; Vikings +105Total: 44.5 points (DraftKings); 46.5 points (FanDuel) Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas Raiders4:25 p.m. ET on Fox, Allegiant Stadium, Las VegasOdds: Raiders -3 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Raiders -180; Dolphins +150Total: 40.5 points (FanDuel); 41.5 points (DraftKings) Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles4:25 p.m. ET on Fox, Lincoln Financial Field, PhiladelphiaOdds: Eagles -4.5 (FanDuel); -5.5 (DraftKings)Money line: Eagles -238; Commanders +195Total: 46.5 points (DraftKings); 47.5 points (FanDuel) Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Chargers4:25 p.m. ET on CBS, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif.Odds: Chargers -9.5 (FanDuel); -11.5 (DraftKings)Money line: Chargers -625; Cardinals +455Total: 45.5 points (DraftKings); 46.5 points (FanDuel) Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants8:20 p.m. ET on NBC, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.Odds: Cowboys -2.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Cowboys -130; Giants +110Total: 48.5 points (DraftKings and FanDuel) Monday, Sept. 14 Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas CityOdds: Chiefs -2.5 (DraftKings and FanDuel)Money line: Chiefs -155; Broncos +130Total: 42.5 points (DraftKings); 43.5 points (FanDuel) ===== SUPER BOWL REMATCH AND 10 OTHER GAMES TO WATCH IN 2026 Not only do the Los Angeles Rams have a reasonable shot at becoming the first team to win the Super Bowl on its homefield twice, the NFC West runner-up is by far the easiest team to find on the NFL’s 2026 broadcast schedule. Seven times the Rams are positioned for a primetime slot — tying a league record — barring a slip from contender status that would prompt networks to invoke the “flex” option and reassign Sean McVay’s team to an afternoon kickoff. We appreciate McVay’s offensive machine as much as the next NFL fan, but let’s survey the broader landscape for the 10 games we are circling on the 2026 schedule. 1. Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, Friday, Dec. 25Are the Packers still gutted by two heartbreaking losses to the Bears? They’ll never admit it. The drama on the field and sidelines restored one of the game’s best rivalries. Chicago’s schedule strength adds a degree of difficulty the Bears didn’t face rising from the bottom of the NFC North to a division title in Ben Johnson’s first season. The Packers had owned this series in recent years and want to pull the pendulum northward. Games 2. Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Nov. 26Thanksgiving Day amplifies whatever the state of the Dallas Cowboys happens to be, and this one should be extra spicy. It hasn’t happened since 2014 and will be the third Turkey Day meeting between the teams. Cowboys fans are crossing their fingers the results will be better than the last time (33-10 loss in ‘14) and 1989, when the Eagles used two Randall Cunningham-to-Cris Carter TDs and Philly’s defense ransacked Troy Aikman at Texas Stadium, 27-0. Philadelphia hosts the first meeting of the 2026 season with Dallas on “Monday Night Football” in October. 3. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 6Josh Allen ran the AFC East for nearly a decade and Drake Maye was more than the new kid on the block in 2025. He played like an MVP candidate — even winning in Buffalo — and the Patriots went 5-1 in the division. The only loss was a 35-31 barnburner at Gillette Stadium won by the Bills on Dec. 14. It was New England’s only loss between Sept. 28 and the Super Bowl. 4. Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks, Friday, Dec. 25Fine, we can talk Rams, too. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, the NFL wrapped up a matchup between teams who combined for 26 regular-season wins and took the division duel down to the wire last season. Lumen Field won’t be a present for the Rams, but Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay have usually done just fine in enemy territory. The game falls one week after the one-year anniversary of Seattle’s memorable fourth-quarter rally from 16 down, forced overtime and walked it off with a 38-37 victory over the Rams. 5. Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals, Thursday, Dec. 31Last season wasn’t a typical set of Bengals-Ravens games. The AFC North rivals split with an average margin of victory of 21 points. Rewind to 2025 and unleashed Lamar Jackson vs. bomb-happy Joe Burrow produced scores of 35-34 and 41-38 (overtime). If we get a New Year’s Eve snow game with division and playoff consequences, even better. 6. New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks, Wednesday, Sept. 9A Wednesday night opener ahead of the Thursday Rams-49ers matchup in Australia, we’ll find out if the Patriots are better prepared for a Super Bowl rematch with months to prepare. New England oscillated from disjointed to complete disarray in the February loss to Seattle and didn’t have all oars in the water during an offseason when Mike Vrabel’s off-field, ahem, affairs were a constant talking point. 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 8Baker Mayfield vs. Caleb Williams piques our interest in a midseason “Sunday Night Football” matchup with the undercard of Buccaneers head coach and defensive maestro Todd Bowles against Bears coach and offensive brain Ben Johnson. The Bucs fell short of the postseason in 2025 for the first time since 2019, while the Bears are trending upward after the franchise won a playoff game (well, two of them, actually) in January to snap a 15-year drought dating to 2011. 8. Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks, Monday, Dec. 7Crossover games with the NFC West add a degree of difficulty to the Dallas schedule this season. While we wait to offer judgment on the revamped defense, the Cowboys are likely to bring all the smoke to test Seattle’s versatile, attacking defense in a game sandwiched between matchups with the Eagles and Rams for Dallas. 9. Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 20Some called the Denver AFC West run last season but far fewer anticipated Jacksonville winning 13 games and dealing the Broncos one of the team’s three regular-season losses. First-year head coach Liam Coen reflects many of Broncos head coach Sean Payton’s qualities as a play-caller and designer, adding built-in entertainment value. 10. San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 27What will the 49ers have left in the tank? San Francisco is setting a record for miles traveled in a season thanks to international treks to Mexico and Australia and the closing stretch for the 49ers is some kind of minefield from NFL schedulers. Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy are familiar foes but 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has not beaten Andy Reid as a head coach (0-3). Two of those losses were agonizing Super Bowl defeats (LIV, 2020 and LVIII, 2024). After falling short of historical track and expectations in 2025, is the window closed on one or both of these longtime contenders? ================================= NBA VICTOR WEMBANYAMA-LED SPURS LOOK TO CLOSE OUT SERIES WITH TIMBERWOLVES Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs can reach their expected showdown with the Oklahoma City Thunder with a road win Friday night over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. When last seen in Minneapolis last Sunday in Game 4, Wembanyama was only a part-time participant, ejected in the fourth minute of the second quarter, a game the Timberwolves went on to win 114-109 to even the best-of-seven at 2-2. The unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year was not suspended for the flagrant foul in which he threw an elbow into the face of Minnesota’s Naz Reid. He returned to contribute 27 points and 17 rebounds to a 126-97 home win on Tuesday that put the Spurs one win from their first trip to the Western finals since 2017. Defense has been the key to the Spurs’ success in the series. Led by Wembanyama’s presence in the middle, San Antonio has harassed the Timberwolves into just 41.4% shooting overall and 33.3% on 3-pointers while blocking 8.2 shots per game. With six players averaging at least one steal, the Spurs have also swiped the ball an average of 9.6 times a game. The San Antonio defense has been especially harsh on Jaden McDaniels and Julius Randle, who have shot just 40.5% and 36.6%, respectively, after Randle led Minnesota in scoring with 115 points, shooting 43.0%, and McDaniels hit almost half his shots (49.4%) when the Timberwolves upset the Denver Nuggets in Round 1. Meanwhile, the Spurs have scorched the nets at a 48.3% clip against the Minnesota defense, which has averaged just 5.8 blocks and 3.8 steals. Dylan Harper (14.6 points per game, 54.0% shooting) and Stephon Castle (17.6 points per game, 50.9% shooting) have provided Wembanayama the type of support that Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has yet to receive. If the Timberwolves have been surprised by the performance of Harper, who had a scoreless game at Minnesota during the regular season, it’s nothing new to his Spurs teammates. NBA news updates “If he played for any other team in the league, he’d be starting and probably be winning the Rookie of the Year,” rookie Carter Bryant noted to reporters. “To see how he’s sacrificed and bought into his role, it’s amazing.” After having been a driving force in their triumph over Denver in the first round, the Timberwolves had hoped for more from McDaniels against the Spurs. But the defensive ace basically has been in foul trouble since the opening tip of Game 1 – he’s been whistled for five fouls three times and four fouls twice – and Edwards would like to see that change. “Everything starts with Jaden McDaniels, trying to keep him out of foul trouble,” Edwards expressed to the media about his teammate who had 32 points in the clincher against the Nuggets, but no more than 17 in any game so far in this series. “He’s so important to the team, he’s so important to us,” Edwards continued. “It hurts everybody when he gets in foul trouble. We try to avoid getting him in foul trouble; if we can do that, we give ourselves a great chance to win the ballgame.” The Timberwolves have been in this position before. Coming off a 15-point shellacking at Denver in Game 5 of the 2024 Western semis, they trailed the Nuggets 3-2 before responding with a 115-70 home romp to force a Game 7 and then a 98-90 shocker at Denver to earn a spot in the Western finals against Dallas. ===== DONOVAN MITCHELL, CAVS TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED AT HOME FOR GAME 6 VS. PISTONS Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell is one win away from exorcising the ghost of playoffs past, but he knows that victory will not come easy. The Cavaliers lead their Eastern Conference semifinal series over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons 3-2, setting up a potential clincher in Game 6 on Friday night in Cleveland. Seven-time All-Star Mitchell, who has qualified for the playoffs in all nine NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz (2017-22) and Cleveland, is seeking his first trip to a conference finals. It’s a significant blemish on his career resume. “My mind can’t even go there because we haven’t done that yet, we haven’t accomplished that,” said Mitchell, who is averaging a series-high 30.6 points. “Of course, I want to get to the highest level, but putting myself aside, this is good for the group. Games “It’s 3-2. It’s not over.” Fourth-seeded Cleveland pulled off a stunning comeback in Game 5 in Detroit, scoring the final nine points in regulation to force overtime in what became a 117-113 victory Wednesday. It marked the first win by a road team in the series. Evan Mobley scored the Cavaliers’ last seven points in the fourth quarter and Mitchell had seven points without missing a shot in OT. Cleveland hit the Pistons with a 13-0 run bridging the two periods, holding them scoreless for exactly five minutes. “We were playing with desperation,” Mobley said. “You need to get stops and we really wanted this one. We need big shots in the playoffs, and right now I feel good about taking them.” James Harden was dynamic for the Cavaliers with 30 points, eight rebounds and six assists in 43 minutes, Mobley had a near triple-double with 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Mitchell scored 21 points after shooting just 4-of-15 in regulation. All-Star guard Cade Cunningham stuffed the stat sheet with 39 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for Detroit, but he was limited to one basket in the final 11 1/2 minutes while being blanketed by Cleveland’s Max Strus. The Pistons did receive secondary scoring from Daniss Jenkins, who had a career playoff-high 19 points, but All-Star center Jalen Duren had just nine points and five rebounds before being benched for the entire fourth quarter and OT. “As long as we get the win, I’m good,” Duren said calmly. “It obviously didn’t come out how we wanted it to, but like I’ve said, we need to regroup. “Obviously, it was an emotional loss, but we’re still alive. We need to come back and bring it back to Detroit.” The Pistons will be in a win-or-go home scenario for the fourth time this spring, having rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the first round in eliminating the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic. They did split two games in Cleveland in the regular season. Detroit also has a chip on its collective shoulder after watching Harden receive 14 free-throw attempts in Game 5, while it attempted 20 as a team. It also believed Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen fouled Ausar Thompson on a loose ball as time expired in the fourth. But the official NBA report on the final two minutes and OT ruled that crew chief Tony Brothers were correct on every call and no-call, including the latter involving Allen and Thompson. “We knew it was a foul, but we don’t expect it,” Jenkins said. “That didn’t linger into overtime. We just didn’t execute well enough down the stretch.” The only players listed on either team’s injury report are Pistons guards Duncan Robinson (low back soreness), Caris LeVert (right heel contusion) and Kevin Huerter (left adductor strain), who are all questionable. Robinson sat out Game 5. Cleveland is 6-0 in the playoffs at home this season and 70-30 all-time in its downtown arena, including 11-1 all-time against the Pistons. The Cavaliers have not advanced to the East finals without LeBron James on their roster in 34 years. ================================= NHL GOLDEN KNIGHTS ELIMINATE DUCKS IN GAME 6 BEHIND FIRST-PERIOD BARRAGE Mitch Marner and Shea Theodore both scored once and added an assist during a three-goal opening period to spark visiting Vegas to a 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday in Game 6, advancing the Golden Knights to the Western Conference finals. Vegas will face the Colorado Avalanche for the conference title, with Game 1 scheduled for Wednesday in Denver. Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice while Brett Howden added a single tally for the Golden Knights, who beat the Ducks in the last two games of the best-of-seven series. Vegas goaltender Carter Hart made 31 saves. The Golden Knights are headed to the third round for the fifth time in nine seasons since joining the NHL as an expansion team in 2017-18. Vegas beat Colorado in the teams’ lone playoff meeting, in the 2021 second round. Mikael Granlund scored for Anaheim, and goalie Lukas Dostal stopped 16 shots. Marner opened the scoring 62 seconds into the clash with a highlight-reel-worthy goal. William Karlsson sprung him on a partial breakaway, and while holding off a defender, Marner tucked the puck through his own legs and tapped it into the net. Howden doubled the lead with a short-handed tally at the 8:30 mark. Marner pulled up while on a rush to give Howden time to become open at the far side of the net, and sent a perfect pass for a redirect chance that Howden converted for his third career postseason short-handed goal. Marner collected 11 points in the series (five goals, six assists). Theodore’s power-play goal made it a 3-0 game at 17:19 of the one-sided opening frame. After a faceoff win, Theodore fired a long wrist shot through a screen. Granlund’s power-play goal at 12:46 of the second period gave the Ducks a jolt of life, but Dorofeyev’s pair of third-period goals quashed any comeback hopes. Dorofeyev restored Anaheim’s three-goal edge at 2:52 of the third period when he unloaded a quick shot from the slot. He added another 11 minutes later from a sharp angle to round out the scoring, his ninth of the playoffs, which leads the league. Dorofeyev has five goals in the past three games. With defenseman Brayden McNabb serving a one-game suspension, Kaedan Korczak drew into the Vegas lineup. Jansen Harkins laced up for the Ducks with forward Ryan Poehling out due to the injury sustained when he was hit by McNabb. ===== Nick Suzuki scored a goal and set up two others while Juraj Slafkovsky notched three assists, lifting the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday in Game 5 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Canadiens closed the contest with four unanswered goals — including two on the power play — to seize a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Saturday in Montreal. Cole Caufield scored in a third straight game for the Canadiens, and Ivan Demidov had a goal and an assist. Alexandre Texier, Josh Anderson and Jake Evans also tallied. Phillip Danault and defenseman Lane Hutson each had two assists, and Jakub Dobes made 33 saves. Buffalo’s Jason Zucker, Josh Doan and Konsta Helenius each scored a goal in the first period. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned aside 18 of 23 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon for the Sabres, who saw their third one-goal lead go by the boards in the second period. Lyon stopped two of the three shots he faced. Hutson feathered a pass through traffic that Anderson converted from in front to forge a 3-3 tie at 8:01 of the middle period. Montreal secured its first lead of the contest at 4-3 with 3:45 remaining in the second period when Evans tapped home a loose puck after Demidov’s sharp-angle shot slipped past Luukkonen. Suzuki followed 78 seconds later by converting a one-handed pass from Slafkovsky, and the two set up Demidov’s power-play goal at 3:32 of the third. Buffalo seized a 3-2 lead after the teams combined for five goals in the first 10:15 of the game. Zucker deflected Jack Quinn’s shot from the point to open the scoring exactly two minutes into the first period. Caufield made Sabres defenseman Conor Timmins pay for an ill-advised pass toward the middle of the zone, with the former forging a 1-1 tie at 6:31 of the first. Doan extended his point streak to six games after converting a one-timer through traffic to give Buffalo a 2-1 lead at 7:45 of the first. Texier answered nine seconds later after the puck caromed off his skate and into the net. Helenius regathered a loose puck and wired a shot from the inner edge of the right circle to net the Sabres a 3-2 advantage just past the midpoint of the first period. ================================= MLB MLB ROUNDUP: WHITE SOX MOVE ABOVE .500 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2023 Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener. Grichuk hit a two-run home run in the first inning and then drove in two more with a single in third as Chicago won its fifth straight game. The White Sox also won five straight from April 27-May 2. The White Sox swept three games from the Royals to officially be the hottest team in baseball. The White Sox at 22-21 are at .500 after April for the first time since October 2022. Chicago starter Anthony Kay (3-1) gave up six hits and two runs in six-plus innings. The left-hander walked two and struck out four while throwing 97 pitches. Reds 15, Nationals 1 JJ Bleday homered twice and drove in six runs to help Cincinnati salvage a win in the three-game series against visiting Washington. Matt McLain and Dane Myers also homered and Spencer Steer had two hits and scored three times. Elly De La Cruz had two hits for his sixth straight multi-hit game and scored twice. Chase Burns (5-1) allowed two hits over six shutout innings. Washington left-hander Foster Griffin (4-2) was coming off three straight quality starts, but he was tagged for nine runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Mets 9, Tigers 4 Nolan McLean (2-2) tossed seven innings of three-run ball, lifting host New York past Detroit for its first series sweep of the season. The Mets’ Juan Soto hit the go-ahead single in the fifth inning and added a homer leading off the seventh. A.J. Ewing, Marcus Semien, Brett Baty and Mark Vientos also went deep for New York, which overcame a two-run deficit in all three games of the series. Gage Workman and Dillon Dingler hit home runs for the Tigers, who have lost eight of their past nine games. Keider Montero (2-3) yielded four runs in 4 2/3 innings. Cubs 2, Braves 0 Ian Happ homered and five Chicago pitchers combined to throw a five-hit shutout as the Cubs avoided a sweep with a victory at Atlanta. Ben Brown started and tossed four innings for the Cubs. Hoby Milner (1-0) threw two scoreless frames before Phil Maton and Jacob Webb handled one inning apiece. Daniel Palencia pitched the ninth inning and registered his third save as the Cubs snapped a season-worst four-game losing streak. Chris Sale (6-3) threw six innings, allowing one unearned run on five hits for the Braves, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Pirates 7, Rockies 2 Ryan O’Hearn homered and finished with three hits and two RBIs to lead host Pittsburgh to a victory over Colorado. O’Hearn’s two-run homer off Rockies starter Chase Dollander (3-3) in the bottom of the first inning capped a three-run frame and set the tone for Pittsburgh’s victory as the Pirates took two of three from Colorado, which lost for the fourth time in five games. Dollander gave up a double to Endy Rodriguez and walked Jared Triolo to open the bottom of the second inning before exiting the game after 28 pitches. Dollander was later diagnosed with right arm tightness. Mariners 8, Astros 3 Luke Raley and Mitch Garver hit home runs as Seattle defeated host Houston to take three of four games in the series. Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with a double and triple for the Mariners. Luis Castillo (1-4) allowed three runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings. Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-3 with a double and a homer for the Astros. Mike Burrows (2-5) surrendered seven runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Brewers 7, Padres 1 Luis Rengifo knocked in three runs and Kyle Harrison tossed five scoreless innings as Milwaukee topped visiting San Diego in the decisive game of a three-game series. Harrison (4-1) fanned seven for the Brewers, who lost the shutout bid in the ninth inning. Andrew Vaughn had two hits and two RBIs. Padres starter Griffin Canning (0-2) yielded six runs in 1 2/3 innings. Nick Castellanos was the only San Diego batter with two hits. Phillies 3, Red Sox 1 Kyle Schwarber hit his 18th home run of the season and Jesus Luzardo pitched six scoreless innings to help Philadelphia pick up a road victory over Boston. Schwarber’s home run came against Tyler Samaniego (0-1) in the eighth inning after Trea Turner led off the inning with a single. It was Schwarber’s seventh home run in his last seven games. Boston starting pitcher Ranger Suarez exited the mound after tossing 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up four hits and struck out eight. Twins 9, Marlins 1 Austin Martin and James Outman tallied three RBIs apiece and Minnesota coasted to a win over Miami Marlins in Minneapolis. Josh Bell hit a two-run double for Minnesota. Victor Caratini also drove in a run. Twins right-hander Zebby Matthews (1-0) shined in his season debut. He scattered four hits in seven scoreless innings. Otto Lopez went 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Marlins. Braxton Garrett (0-1) also made his season debut but struggled, giving five runs on four hits in 1 1/3 innings. Dodgers 5, Giants 2 Emmet Sheehan threw six strong innings, Alex Call hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth and Los Angeles closed a four-game series with a victory over visiting San Francisco. Will Smith opened the game with a home run and Teoscar Hernandez had three hits. Los Angeles had eight hits with a lineup that did not include Shohei Ohtani for the second consecutive game. Sheehan (3-1) allowed two runs on two hits. San Francisco’s Jung Hoo Lee had a two-run inside-the-park homer. Landen Roupp (5-4) gave up four runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings as the Giants lost consecutive games following a 4-1 run. Cardinals 5, Athletics 4 Ivan Herrera singled with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the game and Jordan Walker followed with a go-ahead double, rallying St. Louis to a win over the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif. Matt Svanson (1-1) tossed a scoreless eighth inning, and Riley O’Brien recorded his 13th save by working around a leadoff walk in the ninth. Walker and Victor Scott II homered for the Cardinals, while Zack Gelof and Nick Kurtz went deep for the A’s. St. Louis’ winning rally came against Jack Perkins (2-2). ================================= GOLF THREE SHARE LEAD AT QUEEN CITY, WITH WORLD NO. 1 AND 2 LURKING Ina Yoon, in search of her first career LPGA Tour win, carded an eagle on Thursday and is tied for the lead after the first round of the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati. Yoon and Chella Choi, both of South Korea, are level with Japan’s Rio Takeda after each shot 4-under-par 66 at Maketewah Country Club. Amanda Doherty, Lilia Vu and South Korea’s Jin Young Ko share fourth place at 3 under. New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and England’s Charley Hull are both at 2 under, tied for seventh. Twenty-one players, including world No. 1 Nelly Korda and world No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, are level at 1 under. Yoon finished strong to cap an up-and-down round. Starting on the back nine, she had four birdies and three bogeys through 15 holes. At the par-5 seventh hole, she recorded an eagle, and she added a birdie on the next hole before closing with a par. “(On) this course, the tee shot is really tough because fairways (are) super narrow and (it) was pretty windy today,” Yoon said. “So, yeah, I missed a lot of fairways today, but I think I made a lot of up and down and good (putts). Yeah, I think putting was great … That’s why I made a lot of par and birdies.” Yoon recently recorded her best-ever finish in a major, tying for fourth place at the Chevron Championship. Asked her approach entering this week, Yoon said, “Just try to focus what I’m working on, the range session and putting green. … Just try not to think of (the) result. Just try to focus what … I need to do.” Choi, whose lone tour win came in 2015, was atop the leaderboard at 6 under through 16 holes. However, she made her only two bogeys of the day to end the round at Nos. 8 and 9. Her right foot slipped on her tee shot at No. 8. “I was very good scrambling today and (had) some really good (par saves),” Choi said. Takeda logged five birdies and a lone bogey at No. 12, her third hole of the day. Korda, coming off back-to-back victories at the Chevron Championship and the Riviera Maya Open, finished with two birdies and one bogey. “It can get really frustrating out here,” Korda said of Maketewah. “The rough is really thick in some areas, so if you do find the rough it does get a little bit difficult, especially if they start to tuck the pin locations. So going to try and work on my driver a little bit to give myself some more opportunities.” Thitikul had a far more eventful day. She had a run of four bogeys in five holes on the front nine, then a stretch of five consecutive birdies, and later back-to-back bogeys. ===== WITH ‘ZERO TO LOSE,’ ’23 HERO MICHAEL BLOCK BACK IN THE MIX AT PGA NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The PGA of America knows what a Block party can look like when one really gets going. For now, it’s nothing too raucous, just a few dozen fans who stayed late Thursday afternoon to watch the end of teaching professional Michael Block’s first round of the PGA Championship. He two-putted for par to complete an even-par round of 70 at Aronimink Golf Club. “You’re in the hunt, Block!” one fan called out. “Way to go, buddy!” Indeed, Block was only three shots off the pace on a mild first day of the season’s second major championship. Three years removed from becoming a fan favorite at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill, Block is taking it all in with some additional perspective he’s gained along the way. “I have zero to lose,” Block said. “I’m about to be 50. I can see my wife and my kid up on the hill there right now, and my boss, they support me 100%. There’s zero losing this week. “They don’t expect me to play well. They hope I play well, and they know I could play well, but I could get last place, and I’m still going to be loved and have a great job and everything else, and that’s perfectly fine with me. That really gives you a lot of confidence, to be honest.” Block became a sensation in the golfing world when he not only made the cut at Oak Hill in 2023, but tied for 15th, with a hole-in-one on Sunday as a closing flourish. The head professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, Calif., Block was once again one of 20 players to qualify for the major via the PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. He spent Sunday through Wednesday playing nine holes a day at Aronimink, a course he’d previously never seen, with his son Ethan as his caddie for the week. Block posted two birdies and a double bogey over the first four holes as he settled into a groove. A 16 1/2-footer for birdie fell at the par-5 16th to get him back into red figures, and he spent much of the rest of the day at 1 under before a late bogey at the difficult par-3 eighth. His 70 was enough to beat his two playing partners, two-time major champ Dustin Johnson and Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard, each of whom shot 72. He outscored the likes of Rory McIlroy (74) and Bryson DeChambeau (76) by a wide margin. “I’m like, I’m with D.J., one of my idols, a guy I looked up to my whole life, and Rasmus, who’s an unbelievable player, he’s like 63 in the world,” Block said. “They both hit it 50 yards by me on every shot. I’m just going, ‘You got this, bud.’” Asked what he’s learned since 2023 that may help him this week, Block said it boiled down to confidence. “I know I can do it,” he said. “Very reminiscent of Oak Hill, to be honest. I just shot even par again, same thing I did at Oak Hill in 2023 in the first round.” He’ll be the first player off the tee Friday at 6:45 a.m. sharp, so he expects a quiet morning — both the wind and the hubbub around the course at that hour. “I feel like I could get out there and, you know, shoot another even par or something like that and put myself in halfway contention going into the weekend,” Block said. Should fans see his name on the leaderboard once they arrive in greater numbers, you can expect another scene like three years prior, the passionate Northeastern sports fans cheering on the ultimate underdog. “It’s amazing the support I’ve always gotten obviously from New York and now here,” Block said. “The cheers I was getting all day long from the fans here in Philly were amazing. I’m very lucky. I feel like a lot of people jump around with Blockie bandwagon. The Block party’s good, and yeah, it’s fun. “I feel really lucky and very fortunate to be sitting here right now with you guys.” ===== RORY MCILROY BLUNT AFTER OPENING PGA WITH 74: ‘S—‘ NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The PGA Championship press conference moderator asked Rory McIlroy to describe his opening round Thursday, and the six-time major winner needed just one word, not fit for print. “S—,” McIlroy said after he skidded to the finish line with bogeys on his final four holes for a 4-over-par 74. The Northern Ireland star and two-time reigning Masters champion was in danger of missing Friday’s cut to the top 70 players and ties. With the morning wave complete, only 16 players had posted worse scores than McIlroy, including LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau with a 6-over 76. McIlroy hit only five of Aronimink Golf Club’s 14 fairways in regulation, after saying earlier in the week that the course did not require much strategy off the tee since a renovation stripped away many of the trees. McIlroy also opened last year’s PGA Championship with a 74 and said he felt a “similar sense of frustration” to what he felt at Quail Hollow Club. “I’m just not driving the ball well enough,” McIlroy said. “It’s been a problem all year for the most part. “Yeah, I’ve sort of got, like I miss it right, and then I want to try to correct it. And then I’ll overdo it, and I’ll miss it left. It’s a little bit of back and forth that way. So that’s pretty frustrating, especially when like I pride myself on driving the ball well.” He also used a one-word answer to take a possible excuse off the table. Asked whether his pinky toe ailment bothered him at all during the round, he was quick with a flat, “No.” McIlroy revealed earlier in the week that he had a blister under the nail of his right pinky toe that was causing him discomfort and an occasional limp. He is wearing a golf shoe a half-size bigger to fit some cushion around the toe this week. Playing alongside Jordan Spieth and Spaniard Jon Rahm, McIlroy opened on the 10th hole with a bogey and erased it by birdieing No. 11. A string of 10 straight pars came next, then another bogey-birdie bounce-back at Nos. 4-5. But at Nos. 6-9, his tee shots put him behind the 8-ball every time. He pushed his drive at the sixth way to the right and missed a 6-foot par save. After another inaccurate drive at No. 7, he went rough to rough before reaching the green in three. The eighth was a 245-yard par-3, the toughest-playing hole all morning, and McIlroy failed to get up and down for par after leaving his tee ball short and right of the pin location. He traveled from rough to bunker at the par-5 ninth and left his third shot 70 feet away, leading to a three-putt bogey. “I didn’t have great angles, either,” McIlroy said of his misses. “Then obviously you start missing it just off the edges of these greens, it gets tricky. Yeah, I felt like I did OK. I made that birdie on 5 to get back to even-par after the soft bogey on 4, then I just got on that bogey train at the end.” He admitted the penalty for missing a fairway is “more than what I anticipated” after previewing Aronimink a few weeks ago, with the rough creating the chance for some poor lies. DeChambeau did not speak to reporters after his round, and he’s in danger of missing his third cut at the past four majors. He was a runner-up at each of the past two major championships. DeChambeau missed seven greens in regulation and needed 33 putts to get through his round, which did not see a birdie until his final hole, the ninth. ============================= INDIANA HEADLINES/RELEASES PREP BASEBALL INDIANA NEWS: https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/indiana ================================== INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL Former Park Tudor boys basketball coach Tim Adams has been named the new coach at Bishop Chatard. ================================= INDY 500 Pato O’Ward was happy with leading practice Thursday for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, but the Mexican and his 32 rivals already are looking ahead to the increased power and speeds of “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. O’Ward led at 227.308 mph in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, a lap he turned in traffic with the benefit of an aerodynamic tow in the first 35 minutes of the six-hour session. It was O’Ward’s fastest lap of the week and the third fastest overall, behind 228.080 by Conor Daly and 228.026 by reigning “500” winner Alex Palou in cooler conditions Wednesday. SEE: Practice Results “We got a race run in, we got some qualifying simulations in, and the car is in good balance,” O’Ward said. “Tomorrow when the boost comes up, it does change quite a bit. Yeah, so far it’s been very smooth.” Teams and drivers will shift their focus to four-lap qualifying simulations during practice from noon-6 p.m. ET Friday (noon-3 p.m., FS2; 3-5 p.m., FS1; 5-6 p.m., FS2; FOX One, INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls). The Honda and Chevrolet engines that power the field will feature approximately 100 more horsepower due to increased boost levels that also will be available during PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying on Saturday and Sunday. “Today, we noticed (reaching top speeds) over the course of two corners or like half a lap, but tomorrow you’ll go from the start of the exit of (Turn) 2 to the entry of (Turn) 3 almost like full beans, so it’s cool,” O’Ward said. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves was second at 226.977 in the No. 06 Cleveland Cliffs Honda of Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian, leading a banner day for the team with all three drivers in the top four. Marcus Armstrong was third at 226.841 in the No. 66 Acura Honda of MSR, followed by teammate Felix Rosenqvist at 226.626 in the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda. 2016 “500” winner Alexander Rossi rounded out the top five at 226.364 in the No. 20 Java House Chevrolet of Ed Carpenter Racing, a solid rebound after an engine change late Wednesday afternoon. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was the fastest car today without the benefit of an aerodynamic tow, with an eye ahead to qualifying simulations Friday and single-car qualifying runs Saturday and Sunday. Sato’s best “no-tow” lap was 223.828 in the No. 75 Amada Honda of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, the fastest solo lap of the week. Scott McLaughlin was second on the “no-tow” list at 223.738 in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet. All 33 cars entered in the event this year combined to turn 1,469 incident-free laps today, the lowest total this week as teams started to focus on qualifying simulations. Rossi turned a session-high 68 laps on the 2.5-mile oval. The 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge is scheduled for Sunday, May 24 (10 a.m. ET, FOX, FOX Deportes, FOX One, INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls). ===================================== COLTS FOOTBALL (COLTS RELEASE) The Colts on Thursday released their 2026 regular season schedule, which includes two primetime games, an international contest and a finale against the defending AFC South champions. For more on the Colts’ 2026 regular season schedule, catch Bill Brooks & Casey Vallier’s analysis on the Instant Reaction Podcast, which you can watch on YouTube and download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & all major platforms. The Colts’ full 2026 regular season schedule is below: WeekDateOpponentStadiumTimeTV NetworkBuy Tickets1Sept. 13Baltimore RavensLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets2Sept. 20@ Kansas City ChiefsGEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium8:20 p.m.NBCBuy Tickets3Sept. 27Houston TexansLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets4Oct. 4@ Washington CommandersTottenham Stadium9:30 a.m.NFL NetworkBuy Tickets5Oct. 11@ Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets6Oct. 18Tennesse TitansLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.FOXBuy Tickets7Oct. 25@ Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets8Nov. 1@ Jacksonville JaguarsEverBank Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets9Nov. 8Dallas CowboysLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.FOXBuy Tickets10Nov. 15Miami DolphinsLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets11Nov. 19@ Houston TexansReliant Stadium8:15 p.m.Amazon PrimeBuy Tickets12Nov. 29New York GiantsLucas Oil Stadium1 p.m.FOXBuy Tickets13BYE WEEK14Dec. 13@ Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field1 p.m.FOXBuy Tickets15Dec. 20@ Tennessee TitansNissan Stadium1 p.m.CBSBuy Tickets16TBDCincinnati BengalsLucas Oil StadiumTBDTBDBuy Tickets17Jan. 3@ Cleveland BrownsHuntington Bank Field1 p.m.FOXBuy Tickets18TBDJacksonville JaguarsLucas Oil StadiumTBDTBDBuy Tickets The Colts on Thursday also announced opponents, dates and times for their three preseason games. ================================== INDIANA FEVER Indiana Fever vs Washington MysticsFriday, May 15, 2026Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 p.m. ETFind Tickets >> Broadcast InformationTV: ION – Pat Boylan (play-by-play), Debbie Antonelli (analyst), Kelsie Kasper (sideline reporter)Radio: 93.1 WIBC – John Nolan (play-by-play), Bria Goss (analyst) Probable Starters Indiana Fever (1-1) Guard – Caitlin ClarkGuard – Kelsey MitchellForward – Sophie CunninghamForward – Monique BillingsCenter – Aliyah Boston Washington Mystics (1-1) Guard – Georgia AmooreGuard – Sonia CitronForward – Cassandra ProsperForward – Kiki IriafenCenter – Shakira Austin GAME PREVIEW: After picking up their first win of the season on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, the Fever return to Indianapolis to tip off a four-game homestand on Sunday against Washington. The Fever showed plenty of improvement on the defensive end from game one to game two. They allowed 60 points in the first half and 107 total in their season-opening loss to Dallas, but limited the Sparks to just 78 total points on Wednesday. Caitlin Clark had a team-high 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting and nine assists in the victory, while fellow All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting. Sophie Cunningham added 12 points and seven rebounds. Veteran forward Monique Billings made her Fever debut, tallying nine points, eight rebounds, and three assists in 27 minutes. The Mystics have been off since Sunday, when they lost in overtime to New York. Washington won its season opener last Friday in Toronto. Two second-year players have led the way for the Mystics early this season. Guard Sonia Citron and forward Kiki Iriafen were the third and fourth picks in the 2025 WNBA Draft and both were All-Stars as rookies. Citron is averaging 21.5 points over the first two games, while Iriafen is averaging 16 points and 14 rebounds. =================================== INDIANS BASEBALL Tyler Callihan clubbed a two-run home run to briefly give the Indianapolis Indians the lead in the third inning, but the Louisville Bats used three long balls and scored the game’s final three runs for a 4-2 triumph on Thursday evening at Louisville Slugger Field. Home runs provided nearly all the offense for both teams, and Louisville’s (25-17) Edwin Arroyo led off the bottom of the first with his ninth home run of the campaign. Michael Toglia and Rece Hinds would follow with solo shots of their own. The lone Bats run to not score on a long ball came across in the third when Héctor Rodríguez singled home Arroyo. Callihan came to the plate in the third inning with Shawn Ross aboard. He belted a pitch over the right field wall and gave Indianapolis (16-26) a brief lead, 2-1. Rodríguez’s single would negate the Indy advantage, and the added homers provided a lead and insurance for the Bats. Davis Daniel (W, 5-3) worked 5.0 innings and struck out seven to earn the victory. In his final inning of work, he fired an immaculate inning by striking out the side on nine pitches. Jose Franco (S, 1) fanned six and tossed the final three innings to pick up the save for Louisville. ================================== IU BASEBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The opening game of a Big Ten series has been kind to the Indiana Baseball team (22-30, 8-20 B1G) this season. For the third time in conference play, IU started the weekend by putting up double-digit runs in a commanding victory. The Hoosiers scored early and held on for a 10-4 win over Illinois (27-24, 13-15 B1G) on Thursday (May 14) evening at Bart Kaufman Field. Even as the team continues to be without a full-strength lineup, a young core of position players keeps battling to put runs on the board. Sophomore third baseman Hogan Denny, who is at the hot corner because of injuries, picked up a big three-hit day at the top of the order. He set the tone early with a leadoff single in the first inning. Sophomore outfielder Caleb Koskie scored him with an RBI double to take a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Freshman designated hitter Owen ten Oever has been IU’s best offensive player in the month of May. He put the game away on Friday with a three-run blast to left-center field. In the past 10 games, ten Oever is hitting .375 with four home runs and 14 RBIs. IU’s middle infield pairing – sophomore shortstop Will Moore and freshman second baseman Landen Fry – each had multi-hit games. Graduate student left-handed pitcher Tony Neubeck worked on short rest to provide another quality start, his seventh in conference play this season. Although he gave up eight hits, only three came around to score. An early walk was the only he would give up all day. He finishes Big Ten play with 61 strikeouts and just 18 walks. Neubeck made a start in all 14 weekends for the Hoosiers this year. IU will have a chance to win its third series of the year on Friday (May 15) evening. Senior day ceremonies will proceed the contest begins. Graduate student left-handed pitcher Conner Linn will make the final appearance of his collegiate career on the mound. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on B1G+. Scoring Recap Bottom First Caleb Koskie took advantage of an early baserunner with an RBI double into the gap. Indiana 1, Illinois 0 Bottom Second The Hoosiers put a big crooked number on the board. Brayden Ricketts singled to center field with the bases loaded. An RBI fielder’s choice from Hogan Denny extended the advantage. Jake Hanley provided an RBI single and Koskie added a sacrifice fly as IU took a big lead. Indiana 5, Illinois 0 Top Third Michael Farina lined out to the wall on a sacrifice fly to get Illinois on the board. Indiana 5, Illinois 1 Bottom Third Cal Gates responded with a hard groundball to first base to score another run. Indiana 6, Illinois 1 Bottom Sixth Owen ten Oever launched a three-run home run to left-center field. Indiana 9, Illinois 1 Top Seventh A two-run ground-rule double from Nick Groves cut the advantage by a pair of runs. Indiana 9, Illinois 3 Top Eighth Daniel Contreras grounded out to first base but brought home a fourth run of the game. Indiana 9, Illinois 4 Bottom Eighth A sacrifice fly off the bat of ten Oever got IU to double digits in the runs category. Indiana 10, Illinois 4 Top Hoosier Performers #26 ten Oever, Owen 2-3, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB #29 Neubeck, Tony 6.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K #2 Denny, Hogan 3-5, 2B, 3 R Inside the Box Score • IU put up double-digit runs for the 11th time this season. • Six different players produced at least one RBI for the Hoosiers. • IU’s pitching staff walked just three batters, compared to seven from Illinois. • The Hoosiers led the entire way on Thursday evening. Notes to Know • Graduate student left-handed pitcher Tony Neubeck ended his outstanding campaign by producing his seventh quality start in 10 Big Ten outings. He gave up eight hits but allowed just three runs while working into the seventh inning. He had five strikeouts to just one walk in his last win of the year. • Sophomore third baseman Hogan Denny produced a three-hit day in the win over Illinois. It’s the 21st multi-hit game of the season and the eighth time he’s recorded three-or-more in a game. On the season, Denny is tied for the team lead with 69 base knocks. • Freshman designated hitter Owen ten Oever hit his sixth home run of the season. His three-run home run broke the game open in the sixth inning. It was the second time this year that he’s had a game with at least four RBIs. He has homered in four of the last 11 contests for the Hoosiers. Up Next The Hoosiers will look to win the series tomorrow evening (May 15) against Illinois. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. and will be available on B1G+ and online via IUHoosiers.com/Audio. ================================== IU SOFTBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Indiana Softball had seven players recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Thursday afternoon for earning All-Region honors for the Great Lakes Region. Indiana’s Ella Troutt and Aly VanBrandt both earned First Team honors. Josie Bird and Alex Cooper both were named to the Second Team. Cassidy Kettleman, Avery Parker and Madalyn Strader were all selected for the Third Team. For Bird, Cooper, Kettleman and Troutt, it is the first all-region honor for each of them. This is VanBrandt’s third all-region selection and the first time being on the first team. Parker attained her fourth all-region pick as she has made an all-region team in every year of her collegiate career. Strader has been selected to an all-region team in both her freshman and sophomore year as she was on the first team in 2025. 2026 INDIANA NFCA ALL-REGION HONORS NFCA All-Region First Team Ella Troutt Aly VanBrandt NFCA All-Region Second Team Josie Bird Alex Cooper NFCA All-Region Third Team Cassidy Kettleman Avery Parker Madalyn Strader =================================== PURDUE SOFTBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue lands four players on the NFCA All-Region teams with Moriah Polar and Haley Painter landing on the First Team, while Anna Moore and Julia Gossett earned a place on the second team. The All-Region First Team accolade marks the second consecutive year Polar earned the honor after stellar seasons in both 2025 and 2026. The USA Softball Top 25 Player of the Year finalist put together one of best campaigns seen in Purdue softball history, breaking two individual Purdue records (single-season hits, single-season runs scored), tying the career-triples record, and writing herself into the Big Ten record book and NCAA record book, tying for second in single-season hits and taking the seven spot for single-season batting average, respectively. The current national leader in hits (101), and the Big Ten leader in hits, batting average (.555), and stolen bases (31), Polar adds to her postseason awards resume with her second-career All Region honor. Last week, the junior earned her first-career All-Big Ten First Team honor and her second-career Defensive Team honor. Painter became Purdue’s first designated player to make the All-Big Ten first team and the All-Region First Team for the first time since Katie Mitchell in 2007. The senior is no stranger to conference accolades, earning All-Mountain West Second Team in 2024 as well as NFCA All-West Region. In 2026, Painter finished the season batting .340 with 49 hits, 12 homers, and 58 RBI. She concludes her career with 48 home runs, hitting 36 in her three seasons at Nevada. Making her first appearance on the Second Team after being a Third-Team honoree in 2025, Gossett earned her first postseason award for the 2026 season. Gossett’s 2026 campaign included pitching a career-high 163.2 innings while also earning career-highs in wins (14), ERA (3.12), appearances (37), starts (21), complete games (14), and strikeouts (162). Gossett’s four saves this season also tie for second in the single-season Purdue records. In the Big Ten, the junior’s 3.12 ERA was good for ninth best, while she was fourth in saves, ninth in strikeouts, and third in innings pitched. Moore, alongside Polar, etched herself into the Purdue record book as one the program’s top first year players. The NFCA Top 25 Freshman of the Year finalist broke Purdue’s freshman home run record, broke the single-season RBI record, and tied the program’s single season record. The Indianapolis native finished the season hitting just below .400 (.393) with 59 hits, 61 RBI, and a team-leading 14 home runs. Moore earned her fourth and fifth Big Ten accolades this year, landing on both the All-Big Ten First Team, and the All-Big Ten freshman team, now taking her spot on the NFCA All-Region Second Team. Moore is the first freshman since Katy McJunkin in 2014 to earn a spot on an All-Region team. Purdue broke the 23-year-old program-record for longest win streak this season, setting a new mark at 14 games. As a team, Purdue broke five records this season: single-season RBI, single-season runs scored, single-season home runs, and single-season double plays. Freshman Anna Moore, junior Moriah Polar, and graduate student Haley Painter, each earned a spot on the All-Big Ten First team for the first time in their careers after helping Purdue to one of its best seasons in the history of the program. This is the first time since 2001 that Purdue has had three players land on the First Team, and the only other instance in its history. ===================================== NOTRE DAME TRACK LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Notre Dame completed the first day of the 2026 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Irish started strong with impressive performances in the Javelin from both Isabelle Esler and Chris White. Reese Sanders (400m hurdles) and Gretchen Farley (1500m) qualified for the finals for their respective events. Amaya Aramini, Obiora Okeke and Benjamin Pable all earned second-team All-ACC honors. Esler set the Notre Dame school record in the Javelin, having her best performance yet in an Irish uniform. Esler recorded a throw of 52.10m (170’ 11”), the best javelin mark in Notre Dame history. Esler finished second overall in the javelin final and earned first-team All-ACC honors. A very similar performance occurred in the men’s javelin for the Irish. White had his best performance while at Notre Dame with a mark of 66.00m (216’ 6”). This puts him fourth all-time in Notre Dame history in the javelin. White finished second overall in the javelin final and earned first-team All-ACC honors. Benjamin Pable finished fifth in the hammer with a throw of 65.86m (216’ 1”). Obiora Okeke set a personal best in the hammer with a mark of 65.28m (214’ 2”). Okeke finished sixth. Both Okeke and Pable earned second-team All-ACC honors. Sanders qualified for the finals of the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.60, finishing ninth overall. Farley qualified for the finals of the 1500m with a time of 4:16.10, finishing seventh overall. After day one in the Heptathlon, Lauren Huber leads the way for the Irish, currently in fifth with 3254 points. Huber is still in striking distance of the title heading into day two. Amaya Aramini finished fourth in the 10,000m with a time of 32:49.33. Aramini earned second-team All-ACC honors. Chisholm finished eighth with a time of 33:41.53. Women’s Results Heptathlon Day 1 5. Lauren Huber- 3254 points 13. Ellis Weekley-2999 points 14. Kate McGuiness- 2894 points Women’s Javelin 2. Isabelle Esler-52.10m (170’ 11”) 11. Sarah David-42.23m (138’ 6) Women’s Hammer 13. Jillian Stafford- 58.16m (190’ 10”) Women’s 400mH (Prelims) 9. Reese Sanders- 58.60 Women’s 1,500m (Prelims) 7. Gretchen Farley- 4:16.10 Women’s 10,000m (FINAL) 4. Amaya Aramini-32:49.33 8. Siona Chisholm-33:41.53 20. Addison Knoblauch-35:23.18 WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES 1. California 19 2. Louisville 18 2. Wake Forest 18 4. Duke 15 4. North Carolina 15 6. Florida State 14 6. Miami 14 6. Notre Dame 14 6. Virginia Tech 14 10 Virginia 12 11. NC State 3 – Boston College 0 – Clemson 0 – Pittsburgh 0 – SMU 0 – Stanford 0 – Syracuse 0 Men’s Results Men’s Javelin 2. Chris White-66.00m (216’ 6”) Men’s Hammer 5. Benjamin Pable-65.86m (216’ 1”) 6. Obiora Okeke- 65.28m (214’ 2”) MEN’s TEAM SCORES 1. Virginia 43 2. Duke 27 3. Virginia Tech 20 4. Louisville 18 5. Notre Dame 15 6. Wake Forest 10 7. California 7 8. NC State 6 8. North Carolina 6 10. Syracuse 3 11. Miami 1 – Clemson 0 Georgia Tech 0 -Stanford 0 =================================== IRISH BASEBALL PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Notre Dame baseball team had their nine-game winning streak snapped as the Irish fell in a 6-3 final at Pittsburgh in the series opener on Friday night. Mark Quatrani got the Irish on the scoreboard first with a two-out solo home run in the top of the first inning. Jack Radel, meanwhile, forced the Panthers into stranding a pair of runners on base in the bottom half of the first. Mason Barth and Shane Miranda hit back-to-back doubles to left field to double the Notre Dame lead at 2-0 in the second inning. Jack Radel then used three consecutive strikeouts in the bottom half of the inning to again force Pitt into leaving a runner on base in the second. After a leadoff double by the Panthers in the bottom of the third, Radel induced a groundout before using a strikeout and a routine flyout to shut the door on the scoring chance for Pitt. The junior righty continued to have an answer early to the Panthers’ threats as he induced a groundout to force Pitt into stranding the bases loaded in the fourth. Pittsburgh plated three runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. Noah Rooney put back-to-back shutout innings on the scoreboard in the sixth and the seventh to keep the Irish within striking distance. Pittsburgh used a three-run spot in the bottom of the eighth to push their lead to 6-2. Brandon Logan and Mark Quatrani both drew walks in the ninth, and Logan was running from the start on what turned into a dropped pop up as the freshman raced around from second to score. The rally, however, was halted there as the Irish fell by the 6-3 final score. Mark Quatrani was 1-for-3 with a home run and two walks. Mason Barth had a double and scored a run, and Shane Miranda had a double and an RBI. Drew Berkland and Dylan Passo each added a hit, and Brandon Logan scored a run. Jack Radel struck out seven and moved into sixth place all-time in single-season strikeouts in program history but shouldered the loss on the hill. Noah Rooney had two shutout innings on the mound with three strikeouts. Oisin Lee went two-thirds of an inning, and Will Jaisle added a third of an inning with a strikeout. The Irish (28-21, 11-17 ACC) look to even the series against the Panthers on Friday. Game two of the three-game series is set to start at 3 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh. =================================== IRISH MEN’S LAX SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 2-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish travel to Long Island for an NCAA quarterfinal matchup against Johns Hopkins at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, New York at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 16. The game will air on ESPNU. GAME DETAILSLocation: Hempstead, New York | James M. Shuart StadiumSchedule: May 16 — Noon ETTickets: Click HereTV: ESPNULive Stats: FightingIrish.comTwitter Updates: @NDlacrosseFor a more in-depth look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame POSTSEASON SUCCESS • The Irish have won two of the last three NCAA Championships, capturing the titles in 2023 and 2024. • Notre Dame owns a 31-26 record in its 29 trips to the NCAA Championship. • Notre Dame has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship in 14 of the last 16 NCAA Tournaments. The Irish are tied for the longest active quarterfinal streak with four straight appearances. • Notre Dame has reached the title game on Memorial Day four times in program history, including twice in the last three seasons. • The Irish have made seven trips to Championship Weekends, six coming since the 2010 season. • Notre Dame has made the NCAA Championship field in 19 of the last 20 tournaments. • This is the 16th time overall and 15th time in the last 18 seasons that the Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for the NCAA Championship. • Notre Dame is 26-12 over its last 14 NCAA Championship appearances. • Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA Championship final weekend in 2001, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023 and 2024 and played in the title game in 2010, 2014, 2023 and 2024. • The Fighting Irish have an all-time record of 18-11 in first round NCAA Tournament games, including a mark of 14-1 in their last 15 appearances. • The Irish are 12-3 in games played at Arlotta Stadium in NCAA Championships play. THE JOHNS HOPKINS SERIES • Saturday will mark the eighth meeting between the Irish and the Blue Jays, all coming in the NCAA Championships. • Notre Dame trails Johns Hopkins in the series with a record of 3-4 but has won each of the last two matchups. • The first Irish win came in the quarterfinal of the 2001 NCAA Championships, sending Notre Dame to its first semifinal appearance in program history. The Irish won the contest by a final score of 13-9 in Byrd Stadium in College Park, Maryland. • The Irish then won in the first round of the 2019 tournament, as the Irish turned in a dominant performance in a 16-9 victory at Arlotta Stadium. • In the most recent meeting Notre Dame defeated JHU by a score of 12-9 to advance to Championship Weekend during the 2023 NCAA Championships. RESUME BUILDING • Notre Dame has never shied away from playing the top teams in the country and has racked up wins, especially over the last few seasons. • The Fighting Irish are 31-9 against ranked teams since the beginning of the 2023 season. • Eighteen of the 31 wins have come in blowout fashion with the Irish winning by five or more goals. • Furthermore, Notre Dame has faired just as well against the best of the best, posting a record of 22-6 against teams ranked in the top 10 of the USILA poll at the time of the matchup since the beginning of the 2023 season. • The Irish are 8-1 against ranked opposition this season and 5-1 against top-10 teams (Syracuse, UNC, Richmond, Georgetown and Ohio State). THE BEST PLAY HERE • Notre Dame has produced more Tewaaraton finalists over the past six seasons than any other program, totaling six during the time frame. • Shawn Lyght is the latest, being selected as a 2026 finalist as a defenseman. • Lyght is the first defenseman in a decade to earn the honor, the most recent was another Notre Dame standout in Matt Landis (2016). • Pat Kavanagh was named a finalist three times (2021, 2023, 2024) while Chris Kavanagh (2025) and Liam Entenmann (2024) were also finalists for the most prestigious individual award in college lacrosse. • Pat Kavanagh became the first Notre Dame player to win the honor following the 2024 season. LOCKDOWN DEFENSE • Notre Dame enters the weekend allowing just 8.54 goals per game, ranking fifth in the country. • The Irish have held Georgetown (9), Michigan (4), Richmond (8), UNC (5), Duke (6) and Jacksonville (5) to season lows in goals scored this season. • Notre Dame handcuffed a top-10 Jacksonville attack in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, holding the Dolphins to just five goals, two coming in the fourth quarter against Irish reserves. • The Fighting Irish turned in arguably the best defensive performance of the season, holding UNC to a season-low five goals in the 10-5 victory. Only two of the five goals were scored in settled six-on-six possessions. • Notre Dame held Maryland to eight goals in College Park, which is tied for the Terps lowest scoring output in a home game since the advent of the shot clock in 2019. • Schwitzenberg has earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice this season following wins over Maryland and UNC. • Notre Dame held Richmond to just eight goals, tying its mark for the lowest they have scored in a game this season. • The Irish had their most disruptive performance of the season in the win over No. 3 Georgetown, limiting the Hoyas to just nine goals while recording a season-high 19 caused turnovers. • Lyght finished the contest against Georgetown with a season-high three caused turnovers and two ground balls. • Donovan has been a menace to opposing attacks, recording 13 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls. • The short-stick defensive midfield unit that consists of Christian Alacqua, Chris Reinhardt, Kyle Bergen and Miguel Iglesias has impressed this season as well. LYGHTS OUT • Shawn Lyght has been named a Tewaaraton Award finalist, marking the first time a defenseman has achieved the feat since 2016 when Notre Dame great Matt Landis was a finalist for the most prestigious individual award in college lacrosse. • Lyght becomes the sixth defenseman to ever be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award. • For the second-straight season, Lyght was named the ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the third player in league history to earn the honor multiple times. • Lyght joins Notre Dame legends Matt Landis and Liam Entenmann as the only three to accomplish the feat. • The junior was selected as the Schmeisser Award co-winner following an incredible sophomore season in 2025. • Lyght was also named a USA Lacrosse First Team All-American following the 2025 regular season. • In the win over UNC last season, Lyght held UNC’s prolific attackman Owen Duffy to just one assist on the day, matching his career low for points in a game. • This season’s matchup against Duffy he limited the junior to two points off a goal and assist and the assist came off a man-down situation in which Lyght was not on the field. • Lyght consistently draws the No. 1 option for the opposing attack throughout the season. BACK BETWEEN THE PIPES • Goalie Thomas Ricciardelli was named the ACC Goalie of the Year following his impressive 2026 regular season, leading the Irish to the ACC regular season title. • The senior is 11-2 on the season, making 146 saves while allowing 8.32 goals per game, ranking sixth in the country. • His save percentage of 58.6 is the best mark in the ACC and ranks third in the country. • Ricciardelli has recorded a save percentage of .500 or better in 10 of 13 games this season. • Ricciardelli opened the 2026 NCAA Tournament in dominant fashion, making 16 saves while allowing just three goals in the win over Jacksonville. • The senior was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season following the win over Duke, as he finished with 17 saves while allowing just six goals in the victory in Durham. • The shot stopper turned in a remarkable performance in the win over No. 1 UNC, making 16 saves while allowing just five goals while adding three ground balls and a caused turnover. • The New Canaan, Connecticut, native allowed a season-low four goals while making 11 saves in the win over Michigan on March 14. • In the win over No. 1 Richmond, the senior was masterful, making 14 saves while allowing just eight goals to help the Irish knock off the top-ranked Spiders. • Ricciardelli impressed in his debut season, leading the ACC and ranking sixth in the country goals against average (9.14). • The shot stopper made 158 saves during the 2025 campaign while allowing 121 goals. • The goalie saved at least 50 percent of shots he faced in 10 of 14 games last season. • In his first NCAA Tournament appearance, Ricciardelli turned in an incredible performance against No. 2 Ohio State, making 15 saves while allowing just six goals for a mark of 71.4 percent. EVERYBODY EATS • The Irish can beat you in a number of ways, as the attack has been very balanced this season. • The Fighting Irish have four attackmen that have recorded at least 23 points through 13 games. • Josh Yago (25G, 15A) leads the team in points with 40 followed by Luke Miller (29G, 10A) and Brock Behrman (16G, 13A). Teddy Lally (14G, 9A) has excelled off the bench, adding 23 points to bolster the unit. • Will Maheras has paced the midfield with 29 points (15G, 14A). Matt Jeffery (15G, 8A) has added 23 points. Will Angrick (12G, 5A) has recorded 17 while Jalen Seymour (12G, 3A) has 15 on the season. • Twenty-one different players have registered a goal this season and 28 have tallied at least one point during the 2026 season, including 19 with multiple points. DOMINATE THE DOT • Tyler Spano and Aiden Diaz-Matos have excelled at the faceoff dot as a tandem this season. • Spano enters the weekend with a win percentage of .585 (100-of-171) while Diaz-Matos has a percentage of .550 (71-of-129) this season. • The Irish have finished 50 percent or better at the dot in each of the last six games and 10-of-13 games on the season. • Facing Brady Wambach of UNC, who entered the matchup with the best percentage in the country, Spano won 10-of-17 faceoffs against the Tar Heels along with six ground balls to help the Irish win the possession battle. • Spano has won a team-high 60 ground balls while Diaz-Matos has collected 42 on the year. FROM THE GRIDIRON TO THE LACROSSE FIELD • Two Notre Dame lacrosse players on the 2026 squad also are on the football roster, as Matt Jeffery and Dylan Faison are both dual-sport athletes. • Jeffery was the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2025 after making an impact in the midfield. • Faison was the No. 1 ranked incoming player in the class of 2026 before he reclassified and joined the Irish for this spring semester. • Jeffery has been productive in his sophomore campaign, posting 23 points off 15 goals and eight assists despite drawing a pole in the majority of matchups. • The sophomore had a breakout performance in the win over Duke, scoring three goals for his first career hat trick. • Faison has broken into the rotation as of late, playing on the second-midfield line and scoring his first career goal in the win over No. 1 Richmond. • The freshman then scored two goals and added an assist in the win over Duke. • Faison has six goals and an assist on the season for seven points in just nine games played. CORRIGAN ALL-TIME DI PROGRAM WINS LEADER • With the win over No. 1 Duke on April 10, 2021, Baumer Family Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Kevin Corrigan broke the NCAA record for most wins at a DI program with 311, passing Bob Shillinglaw (Delaware). • Corrigan became just the third coach in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse history to reach the 300-win mark at a single school with the win over Marquette on April 10, 2019. • Corrigan is one of just four active Division I coaches to reach the 300-win mark in his career. • Corrigan has an overall record of 380-182 in his 40 seasons of coaching. • The head coach is 370-167 in his 38 seasons at Notre Dame. • Corrigan is the longest tenured men’s lacrosse coach at the DI level. =================================== BUTLER BASEBALL NEW YORK – Butler defeated the St. John’s Red Storm 7-3 on Thursday afternoon in game one of the series. Charlie Schebler was spectacular for Butler, recording four hits, a home run, and three RBIs. With the win, Butler improves to 20-32 overall and 9-10 in conference action while SJU slides to 28-24 overall and 13-6 in BIG EAST play. BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS Schebler tallied four hits, a home run, three RBIs and a run scored. Logan Crock recorded three hits, an RBI and a run scored. Grayson Bradberry was spectacular on the mound, tossing six innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs while punching out six en route to his fifth win of the season. Danny Gavin tallied a hit and an RBI. Matthew Rhoades recorded a hit, two runs scored, an RBI and a hit by pitch. Gavin Gilmore had a hit and an RBI. David Ayers hit his second triple of the season and scored a run. Gunnar Duncan had a hit and scored a run. Aidan Thaxton recorded his first triple of the season and scored a run. HOW IT HAPPENED The first inning was scoreless for both sides. In the second, St. John’s got on the board first with two runs on two hits, taking a 2-0 lead into the third. Butler responded in the top of the third, loading the bases with no outs. A sac fly brought one run home before RBI singles from Rhoades and Schebler scored two more for the Dawgs. BU took the 3-2 advantage into the bottom half of the inning. BU continued to put pressure on the Red Storm as the Dawgs plated a run in the fourth on an RBI single from Crock. In the fifth, Schebler continued his stellar day, hitting a solo shot that extended the Butler lead to three (5-2). After a scoreless sixth, SJU plated one run in the seventh on two hits. Butler held onto the 5-3 lead going into the final two innings. The eighth was scoreless for both sides. In the top of the ninth, the Dawgs were able to plate two runs on RBI singles from Gilmore and Schebler. BU took the 7-3 advantage into the bottom of the ninth. SJU was unable to mount a comeback in the final frame as Butler secured the 7-3 victory in game one of the series. UP NEXT Butler will return to action tomorrow for game two of the series with St. John’s. First pitch in the Big Apple is scheduled for 2 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on Butlersports.com. ================================= BALL STATE BASEBALL MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored the last three runs of the game in a 6-3 win against Bowling Green on Thursday afternoon at Shebek Stadium. With the decision, the Cardinals (23-28, 16-15 Mid-American Conference) clinched a berth in next week’s MAC Tournament. The visiting Falcons (19-33, 12-19 MAC) tied the game at 3-3 on an RBI single in the seventh inning but were eliminated from contention to make the conference tournament with the loss. Max Kalk drove in Brady Davidson on a single in the second frame to start the day’s scoring, but Bowling Green got two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 2-1 edge. Ball State responded with a sacrifice fly from Ryan Muizelaar and RBI single by Davidson in the bottom half of the inning to claim a 3-2 edge. Davidson hit a go-ahead safety in the seventh, and Jacob Gillis drove him in on a single in the next at bat to put the Cardinals ahead 5-3. Kendric Sorgius added an insurance run with a homer in the eighth frame for the final tally of the game. Brendan Garza worked 6.2 innings of three-run ball with four strikeouts for Ball State before Owen Quinn (5-0) came on in the seventh and notched two outs to be credited with the win. Zander Bretza secured his third save of the year with three outs in the ninth. Davidson paced the Ball State offense with a 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI performance at the plate. “We got good pitching, played good defense and got timely hitting,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “Good team win!” Ty Roder (3-3) allowed two runs (one earned) in 2.2 relief innings to suffer the loss for the Falcons. Saturday’s game has been pushed up to Friday, which will now feature a doubleheader starting at Noon. A Senior Day ceremony will take place between games. ================================= BALL STATE TRACK MUNCIE, Ind.— Freshman Kaitlyn Kauppila and senior Sarah Mahnensmith posted top-five times in program history as they capped a record-breaking start to the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship for the Ball State Cardinals. Kauppila’s time of 4:26.04 ranks second all-time for the Cardinals, and Mahnensmith’s 4:27.57 ranks fourth. Senior Kenli Nettles also used a strong day one performance—aided by a personal record in the shot put of 12.47 meters and another PR in the 200-meter dash of 24.43 seconds—to jump out to a 200 point lead in her MAC heptathlon title defense. Alongside her was junior Kendra Keesling, who set PRs in three of her four events in the heptathlon today to continue the Cardinals’ quick start. Nettles qualified for the 400-meter hurdles finals on Saturday, too, and she’ll be joined by sophomore teammate Lia Patterson, whose personal record of 1:00.57 was fourth fastest in all of the preliminary heats. The Cardinals’ only scoring of the day came from distance specialist Carly Spletzer in the 10,000-meter run, the final event of the day. Spletzer finished seventh out of 26 racers. Full results from today’s events can be found below along with the remaining schedule for the rest of the weekend. Action resumes tomorrow with the men’s hammer throw at 10 a.m. THURSDAY, MAY 14 100m Hurdles (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 5th, 14.22 Kendra Keesling, Jr. – 10th, 14.95 PR High Jump (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 2nd, 1.67m Kendra Keesling Jr. – 10th, 1.52m Shot Put (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 2nd, 12.47m PR Kendra Keesling, Jr. – 8th, 10.35m PR 200m Dash (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 1st, 24.43 PR Kendra Keesling, Jr. – 7th, 26.29 PR Hammer Throw Sydney Miller, Jr. – 24th, 43.45m Malena Higgins, Sr. – 13th, 49.54m Javelin Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 12th, 38.43m Maci Easton, Sr. – 13th, 37.81m 1500m (Trials) Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. – 4th, 4:26.04 PR Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. – 8th, 4:27.57 PR 400m Hurdles (Trials) Lia Patterson, So. – 4th, 1:00.57 PR Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 8th, 1:01.22 Lily Eagleston, Fr. – 16th, 1:02.63 Lindley Steele, Sr. – 21st, 1:05.19 200m (Trials) Alana Springer, Sr. – 2nd, 23.71 Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. – 17th, 24.64 Trinity Bibbs, Fr. – 12th, 24.42 10,000m Carly Spletzer, Sr. – 7th, 34:50.62 FRIDAY, MAY 15 Long Jump (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. Kendra Keesling, Jr. Javelin (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. Kendra Keesling, Jr. 800m (Heptathlon) Kenli Nettles, Sr. Kendra Keesling, Jr. Shot Put Malena Higgins, Sr. – 14.48m Sydney Miller, Jr. – 13.74m Long Jump Kenli Nettles, Sr. – 6.02m Kylee Marshall – 5.75m 100m Hurdles (Trials) Laya’Lapri Ratney, So. – 13.32 Lauren Graham, So. – 14.31 Lia Patterson, So. – 14.63 400m (Trials) Paige Kirtz, Jr. – 55.98 100m (Trials) Alana Springer, Sr. – 11.64 Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. – 11.85 Kylee Marshall, So. – 11.94 3000m Steeplechase Emily Decker, Fr. – 10:39.69 SATURDAY, MAY 16 Discus Sydney Miller, Jr. – 47.16m Malena Higgins, Sr. – 42.27m High Jump Malina Miller, Jr. – 1.76m Nina Garner, Fr. – 1.76m Bella Jackson, Sr. – 1.70m Lexi Hale, So. – 1.65m Triple Jump Anisa Barnett, Fr. – 11.89m Brenna Lehrke, Sr. – 11.48m 4x100m Relay Laya’Lapri Ratney, Kylee Marshall, Amina Hadziahmetovic, Alana Springer – 44.72 1500m (Finals) Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. – Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. – 100m Hurdles (Finals) Laya’Lapri Ratney, So. – Lauren Graham, So. – Lia Patterson, So. – 400m (Finals) Paige Kirtz, Jr. – 100m (Finals) Alana Springer, Sr. – Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. – Kylee Marshall, So. – 400m Hurdles (Finals) Kenli Nettles, Sr. – Lia Patterson, So. – Lily Eagleston, Fr. – 200m (Finals) Alana Springer, Sr. – Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. – Trinity Bibbs, Fr. – 5,000m Carly Spletzer, Sr. – 16:27.32 Emily Decker, Fr. – 17:05.51 Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. – 17:06.53 4x400m Relay Lia Patterson, Paige Kirtz, Allison Valladay, Alana Springer – 3:46.42 =================================== INDIANA STATE BASEBALL TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State rallied back from a late deficit twice on Thursday night and Mason Roell connected on the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Sycamores topped Belmont at Bob Warn Field, 5-4. The Sycamores (30-23, 15-7) entered the eighth inning trailing 3-0 as the Belmont (19-34, 9-13) limited the Indiana State offense throughout the early portion of the game. Jeremy Martinez recorded the Sycamores’ first hit of the contest with a one-out single in the fifth inning and Mason Roell added a single in the sixth inning as Indiana State struggled to connect against Belmont starter Shane Duke. Indiana State was able to string together the offense in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks in part to an error by the Belmont centerfielder on Carter Beck’s two-out single as the ball rolled to the wall allowing Nomar Garcia to score from first and Beck end up on third on the play. With new life, Emil Estrella singled home Beck to pull back within 3-2, before Caden Miller connected on the game-tying RBI double to the wall in left center scoring Estrella to tie the game up at 3-3. After Colby Morse and Belmont reliever Sam Heyman traded zeros in the ninth inning with Morse striking out the side in the frame, the teams went into extra innings. Belmont struck first in the 10th as Charlie Davis snuck his hand onto the plate ahead of the tag from Morse on a wild pitch to put the Bruins ahead 4-3. Indiana State responded with clutch two-out hitting in the bottom of the frame as Caleb Niehaus connected on the RBI single through the left side of the infield with Mason Roell sliding home ahead of the throw to make it a 4-4 contest. Justin Hoff (2-1) ran into trouble in the top of the 11th as Belmont loaded the bases with none out in the frame. Hoff responded by striking out Michael Lareau and JD Whitworth, before Charlie Davis grounded out to Nick Sutherlin at first to end the inning. Jeremy Martinez opened the bottom of the inning with a double down the left field line against reliever Tate Marland (4-5). Colin Sander dropped down the sacrifice bunt that was misplayed at first by the covering second baseman, allowing pinch-runner Jaxon Sparks to move up to third, while Sander reached safely at first. Three batters later, Mason Roell delivered with an RBI single through the left side of the infield scoring Sparks and setting off the Sycamore celebration that carried into shallow center field. Mason Roell finished 3-for-6 from the plate on the night, while Jeremy Martinez doubled in a multi-hit effort at the plate. Caden Miller added a double in the win. Ryan Karst worked 6.2 innings allowing five hits and two runs while striking out five in the quality start. Carson Seeman struck out two in 1.1 innings of work, while Colby Morse added four strikeouts over 2.0 frames, before Justin Hoff shut the door in the 11th. Brady Holbrook and Gardner Lawrence both homered and Lawrence added an RBI single to spark the Belmont offense in the game. How They Scored Gardner Lawrence put Belmont on the board in the top of the second inning with an RBI single through the right side of the infield scoring Cavan McMeans to put the Bruins up 1-0. Gardner Lawrence added to the lead in the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run over the right field wall to make it a 2-0 contest. The Bruins went up 3-0 in the top of the eighth as Brady Holbrook connected on the solo home run over the scoreboard in right field. The Sycamores rallied with three runs in the bottom of the eighth courtesy in part to a Belmont error on Carter Beck’s two-out single up the middle allowing Nomar Garcia to score from first and Beck to end up on third. Emil Estrella followed with an RBI single scoring Beck, while Caden Miller connected on the game-tying double to left center to even the score at 3-3. Belmont went up 4-3 in the top of the 10th inning as Charlie Davis slid home ahead of the tag on a wild pitch to put the Bruins up. Indiana State responded with Caleb Niehaus’ RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning scoring Mason Roell to even it back up at 4-4. Jeremy Martinez led off the bottom of the 11th with a double down the left field line and Mason Roell made it count with a two-out RBI single through the left side of the infield scoring pinch-runner Jaxon Sparks for the walk-off 5-4 win at Bob Warn Field. News & Notes Carter Beck extended his on-base streak to 37 consecutive games with a walk in the bottom of the first inning on his way to finishing 1-for-4 from the plate with a run scored. Carter Beck extended his hitting streak to eight consecutive games with his single in the eighth inning. Mason Roell extended his hitting streak to seven consecutive games following his 3-for-6 night at the plate with a run scored and an RBI. Emil Estrella recorded his team-leading 19th stolen base of the season in the eighth inning. Indiana State improved to 8-1 on the season in Ryan Karst starts on the mound as the Sycamore starter worked 6.2 innings allowing five hits and two runs while striking out five. Justin Hoff recorded his second win in as many appearances as the junior right-hander pitched a shutout top of the 11th inning. Indiana State recorded its 30th win of the 2026 season, marking 33rd time in program history the Sycamores have hit the 30-win mark. Indiana State (15-7) keeps pace with UIC (15-7) atop the leaderboard in the Missouri Valley regular season standings following UIC’s 8-2 win over Bradley on Thursday night. Up Next Indiana State and Belmont continue the weekend series tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. ET. The game will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend. ================================== PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball head coach Jon Coffman announced on Thursday (May 14) the program’s spring recruiting class for the 2026-27 season. “I’m ecstatic about our 2026 spring recruiting class,” Coffman said. “Our program has been built on gym rats that love to play and are obsessed with their player development coupled with versatile skill sets. Our best players over my tenure have been ‘everyday guys’ that obsess with their daily resumes and raising the level of their teammates, and this class fits this mold! All five are versatile players that are a great fit for how we operate and how we play the game with pace and space. I am excited about our addition of size and skill, players that fill up a stat sheet and rebounding talent. “ Edir Ortiz(6’9″ | 235 | forward | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Seton Hill | NBA Academy Latin America) 2026-27 Classification: Redshirt Junior Ortiz spent three years at NCAA Division II Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania before joining the Mastodons. He used his 2023-24 season as a redshirt campaign before starting 43 games over his next two seasons. He comes to Fort Wayne with 590 career points. Last season he averaged 14.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game for the Griffins. Ortiz shot 51.8 percent from the floor and 44.8 percent from three in 2025-26. He opened the campaign with 15 consecutive games of double-digit points. He previously attended NBA Academy Latin America in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He won gold in Centrobasket U17 in 2021, and was named the MVP of the tournament as a member of the Puerto Rico national team. He was named captain of the national team in the FIBA Americas U18 tournament. “Edir is an ideal fit for our style of play with his size and skill,” Coffman said. “He’s versatile on both the offensive and defensive end. He makes those around him better with his ability to pass, shoot the three and play in the paint.” DeAndre Lewis (6’5″ | 185 | guard | Canton, Miss. | East Mississippi CC | Canton HS) 2026-27 Classification: Junior Lewis averaged 16.1 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds at East Mississippi CC last season. He shot 47.9 percent from the floor and 40.4 percent from three. Lewis scored 20 points seven times last season, including a career-best 31 at Wallace State-Hanceville. Lewis, who was a 2023-24 Jackson Clarion-Ledger Preseason Dandy Dozen pick at Canton High School, was rated 34th nationally among this year’s class of junior college players by JucoRecruiting.com. He was named second team all-league in 2025-26 and was an honorable mention pick his freshman campaign. “DeAndre is a tremendous competitor who raises the level of the players around him,” Coffman said. “We love his offensive efficiency and his ability to get downhill and rebound. He is an ideal fit for our style of play with his ability to get into the paint and fill up the stat sheet.” Anthony Isaac (6’6″ | 230 | forward | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Manhattan | Blinn College | Thomas Jefferson HS) 2026-27 Classification: Senior Isaac averaged 9.5 points and 7.2 rebounds last season at Manhattan University. He finished fifth in the MAAC in rebounds per game and second in offensive rebounds per game (3.3). He recorded five double-doubles. Prior to joining the Jaspers, he played a pair of seasons in junior college at Blinn College in Texas. He was a two-time NJCAA All-Region XIV Selection. He broke the program’s single-season rebounding record (352) in 2024-25 while setting the program’s career rebounding record (610). He averaged 14.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game for the Buccaneers in 2024-25. “We targeted rebounding this offseason, and Anthony is elite at rebounding the basketball,” Coffman said. “We love that he has produced at the Division I level and are excited to utilize his ability to attack the rim in space when surrounded by shooters in our paint touch motion.” Tamaje Izuagbe (6’6″ | 185 | guard | Burleson, Texas | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Burleson HS) 2026-27 Classification: Junior Izuagbe was an NAIA First-Team All-American and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2025-26. He averaged 17.6 points and 5.8 rebounds last season, helping the Eagles to a 30-4 overall record. He shot 54.0 percent from the floor and 36.7 percent from three while leading the team with 31 blocks on the season. “Tamaje brings size, skill and versatility to our roster and fills up the stat sheet,” Coffman said. “He can guard 4-5 positions and can really score the basketball in space. His growth from year one to year two at Oklahoma Wesleyan was phenomenal, and we look forward to his tremendous upside and continued growth in our program.” Ashton Williamson (6’3″ | 170 | guard | Gary, Ind. | FIU | 21st Century Charter) 2026-27 Classification: Junior Williamson averaged 7.7 points and 2.6 assists at FIU last season, starting 25 games. He had 11 games of double-digit scoring in 2025-26. As a freshman he played in 33 games with 16 starts, averaging 7.3 points per game and a team-best 52 steals and 28 3-pointers in 2024-25. He attended Gary 21st Century High School, graduating in 2023. He led his team to a semi-state appearance. “Ashton brings a ton of Division I experience and is an explosive guard that lives in the paint,” Coffman said. “We love that he can play with the ball in his hands and off the ball. He takes pride defending the ball, and we look forward to Ashton returning home to Indiana!” The five join Jaiden Arnold (Cincinnati, Ohio / Cincinnati Aiken HS / Fork Union Military), Carl Thompson III (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Adam Walker (Plainfield, Ill. / Westtown HS) as previously announced additions for 2026-27. (link to release) The Mastodons enter the 2026-27 campaign with five consecutive winning seasons. ==================================== EVANSVILLE BASEBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team started off the final series of the regular season with a win on Thursday evening, defeating the Murray State Racers by a score of 10-6 at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium. Reagan Reeder (Ramsey, Minn./Illinois) had a huge day at the plate for the Aces, going 2-for-4 with a triple, home run and four RBIs. Evansville took advantage of eight walks and six HBPs, including three HBPs drawn by Spike Magill (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) to bring his season total to 25. Kevin Reed (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville) was excellent in relief once again for the Aces, picking up the win with 5.1 innings of one-run ball. HOW IT HAPPENED Murray State jumped on top in the first inning, taking advantage of two walks to plate a run with a sac fly. Following zeroes from both teams in the second, the Racers extended their lead in the third, capitalizing on three errors and two walks to go up 5-0. Evansville got a couple of runs back in the home half of the third, as Reid Haire (Hudson, N.C./Charlotte) singled home a run and Drew McConnell (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) drew a bases loaded walk. The Aces put up a big number on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of five walks and three HBPs to plate four and grab the lead at 6-5. On the mound, Reed found a groove, posting three consecutive zeroes to keep the Aces in front. Evansville extended the lead in the bottom of the sixth, beginning with back-to-back singles by McConnell and Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo./Northeast CC) before a sac bunt from Cooper Rhodes (Jackson, Mo./Jackson) put runners on second and third. Reeder took advantage, crushing a line drive past the center fielder to drive in both runs, crusing into third with a triple. The Aces would then play small ball once again, as Mason McCue (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bishop McNamara) delivered a perfect drag bunt to score Reeder and make the score 9-5 in favor of the Aces. Murray State pushed a run across in the seventh, but Reed stranded a pair of Racers in the eighth to close his day with a scoreless inning. Reeder put an exclamation point on the evening in the bottom of the eighth, lifting his 10th homer of the year to left field, making the score 10-6. Kellen Roberts (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) took over on the mound in the ninth inning and shut the door, inducing a 6-4-3 double play to seal the win. UP NEXT Evansville looks to take the series tomorrow as they battle the Racers in game two. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. =================================== SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball opened its regular-season finale series against Lindenwood University with an 8-4 win on Thursday night at USI Baseball Field. USI moved to 26-26 overall and 9-16 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Lions opened the scoring quickly, going up 2-0 after the first inning. However, the Screaming Eagles managed to answer right away with a two-run second inning after junior infielder Zion Stephens put the ball in play and reached on a fielder’s choice to drive in junior Drue Saenz, and then senior infielder Clayton Slack came around to score on a throwing error on the play to tie it up. Lindenwood took a one-run advantage in the third frame, 3-2, which held until the bottom of the fifth inning when senior catcher Micajah Wall scored senior first baseman Patrick McLellan to knot the game up at three. After the Screaming Eagles’ bullpen stranded five Lindenwood runners on base between the fourth and sixth innings, junior Collin Senior pinch hit in the bottom of the sixth and drove in the go-ahead run to give USI a 4-3 lead on an RBI single. USI broke the lead open with a four-run seventh inning, which was highlighted by a bases-clearing double by junior infielder Parker Martin. Senior and the Eagles tacked on one more run to take an 8-3 advantage into the final frames. Lindenwood got one run back in the top of the ninth before the Screaming Eagles closed out the ballgame. USI scored its eight runs off 11 hits, while Lindenwood tallied its four runs off 10 hits. Martin led the USI offense, going 2-3 with three RBIs and three runs. Stephens and Senior each collected a pair of RBIs. Wall went 2-4 with an RBI. On the mound, junior hurler Ryan Weller got the start for the Eagles, pitching three innings allowing three runs but only two were earned. The bullpen settled the game down for USI, as senior pitcher Andres Gonzales was the first on in relief and threw 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts.. Getting the win was sophomore Caydon Laird (2-1), throwing a third of an inning. Freshman pitcher Levin East finished out the game for the Eagles, tossing the final three innings for his first save. Lindenwood starting pitcher Josh Newell took a no-decision, going five innings with three runs – one earned – allowed. Aaron Jungers (6-1) suffered the loss in middle relief, surrendering five runs in 1.1 innings. With the win, the Eagles claim the eighth spot in the OVC standings, moving past Western Illinois University, which moved to 8-17 in OVC play with their loss to Eastern Illinois University this afternoon. Up Next for the Screaming Eagles: The Screaming Eagles and the Lions continue the three-game series on Friday at 5 p.m., with the series finale scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday for Senior Day. Fans can follow USI Athletics on Facebook, Instagram, and X, as well as online at usiscreamingeagles.com for any schedule changes due to weather. Links to follow the Screaming Eagles during 2026 can be found on USIScreamingEagles.com and the USI Baseball Schedule. ================================ VALPO BASEBALL The Valparaiso University baseball team sliced a four-run lead in half by scoring twice in the top of the ninth, but Southern Illinois closed out a 6-4 series-opening victory on Thursday night at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. Dylan Immel (Brownsville, Wis. / Lomira) yielded one run over three solid innings of relief to keep the Beacons within striking distance. How It Happened Southern Illinois scored twice in the opening inning as Cecil Lofton stroked a run-scoring single and another run scored on a fielder’s choice bouncer. SIU threatened with two on and nobody out in the second, but Valpo starting pitcher Adam Guazzo (Huntley, Ill. / Huntley) sent down three straight to wiggle out of the inning unscathed. The Salukis added a pair in the third to double the lead to 4-0. Valpo got on the board in the fourth as Cal Schembra (Greenwood, Ind. / Center Grove) lashed a run-scoring single to left but was cut down trying to stretch it to a double. Later in the inning, Javin Gauthier (De Pere, Wis. / De Pere) became the fourth straight Beacon to reach base against the new SIU pitcher with an RBI double to make it 4-2. Valpo had a chance for more with the bases juiced and one away, but a 6-3 double play ended the inning. Southern Illinois picked up a run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Kye Watson, cashing in after a walk and a stolen base started the inning. That pushed the lead back to three at 5-2. Valpo tried to muster up a two-out rally in the fifth with a walk and a double that put runners at second and third, but a line drive to center was snared to end the inning. Valpo went to the bullpen in the sixth as Immel made quick work of the Salukis, sending down the side in order to keep the Brown & Gold within three. Southern Illinois added one in the bottom of the eighth, extending the lead to 6-2. Three of the first four Beacons who came to the plate in the top of the ninth collected base hits, including Michael Kuska (Pontiac, Ill. / Pontiac Township), whose two-run single sliced the four-run lead in half and brought the tying run to the plate with one out. However, that was as close as the Beacons would come. Inside the Game Immel logged three innings, allowing one run on one hit while walking two. Each team had 11 hits, with Valpo notching exactly 11 knocks for the third time in the last four games. Eight of the nine Beacon batters had at least one hit. Schembra, Kuska and Gavin Bennett (Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville) had two hits apiece. Guazzo, a redshirt junior, made his 52nd and possibly final pitching appearance in a Valpo uniform. He logged 128 innings and struck out 107 in his Valpo career, which featured three years of action after redshirting as a freshman. Valpo continued to come up just shy in a lot of close games as this marked the team’s 16th loss of the season by two runs or fewer. Up Next The Beacons (11-37, 4-18 MVC) and Salukis will continue the series on Friday at 6 p.m. in Carbondale, Ill. 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The fire destroys $70,000 worth of equipment as well as the park, the only truly double-decked grandstand Boston would ever have. The fire spreads to adjacent blocks and eventually destroys or severely damages 170 buildings. The team moves to the Congress Street ballpark for several months before returning to the rebuilt Walpole Street park. 1899 – Willie Keeler, one of the smallest players and best bunters, drives the ball past startled LF Ed Delahanty of the Phillies for an inside-the-park grand slam and an 8 – 5 victory for Brooklyn. 1901: The first shutout in American League history (during its time as a major league) is recorded as Watty Lee of the Washington Senators blanks the Boston Americans, 4 – 0. Christy Mathewson (6-0) tosses his third straight shutout, outpitching Jack Taylor to beat the Orphans, 4 – 0. The Giants move into first place with the win over Chicago. 1903 – At Detroit, the Tigers pick on Boston outfielder Patsy Dougherty and collect five triples and two homers in winning, 8 – 6. Dougherty misjudges a number of fly balls. 1905 – Luther Taylor and the Giants edge the Chicago Cubs, 1 – 0, the first of three straight collars by Giants pitchers. 1906 – Hooks Wiltse of the Giants becomes the first pitcher of the modern era to fan four batters in a single inning, striking out the side in the 5th inning after the first Cincinnati batter, Jim Delahanty, reaches base on Roger Bresnahan’s third-strike error. Wiltse also fans the side in the 4th inning to total seven batters punched out in just two innings, the first time this happens. Hooks K’s 12 Reds overall en route to a 4 – 1 victory. However, the Giants suffer a major loss when Turkey Mike Donlin, breaks his leg sliding into second base after getting three hits. 1911: Ring Lardner writes, “They are using a new ball this year. It’s livelier and that means more hitting, and more hitting means longer games, and that’s the devil. It appears to be impossible to finish a game in less than two hours.” With the score tied in the 10th inning, Boston’s Smokey Joe Wood intentionally walks Ty Cobb, issuing one of two free passes the star will receive all season. Two batters later, Jim Delahanty drives in Cobb for Detroit’s 5 – 4 win. With two safeties today, Cobb starts a 40-game hitting streak. 1912 – Ty Cobb charges into the stands at Hilltop Park in New York and attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker. Other fans and Tigers mix it up before order is restored. Ban Johnson suspends Cobb indefinitely for the incident. 1915 – In the Federal League, Claude Hendrix pitches a 10 – 0 no-hitter for Chicago over Pittsburgh. 1917 – In Cleveland, pitcher Babe Ruth is lifted with one out in the 6th and the Red Sox leading 6 – 5. Dutch Leonard then shuts down the Indians to preserve the victory, and he is awarded the win by the official scorer. The decision is eventually reversed, giving Ruth his eighth straight win. The White Sox will stop his streak on May 18th. 1918: In an 18-inning game, Senators legend Walter Johnson defeats Lefty Williams, who also pitches the entire game, and the White Sox, 1 – 0. Former player-manager Patsy Tebeau commits suicide in St. Louis. 1919 – After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scores ten runs in the 13th inning to beat Al Mamaux and the Robins, 10 – 0. Reds RF Alfred “Greasy” Neale has a record ten putouts. Hod Eller’s scoreless string will end at 22, but he will go on to win ten in a row. 1922 – In a 4 – 1 win at New York, Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to SS Everett Scott. Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it a hit in the boxscore he files with the Associated Press. But official scorer John Kieran of the New York Tribune gives an error to Scott. At the season’s end, the American League official records, based on AP box scores, list Cobb at .401. New York writers complain unsuccessfully, claiming it should be .399, based on the official scorer’s stats. Lieb will reverse himself at the end of the year, but Ban Johnson goes with the hit call. 1923 – At Boston, the Cards trim the Braves, 10 – 5. The Birds are led by Jim Bottomley’s three triples. 1926 – Behind Pete Donohue, the Reds whip the Giants, 11 – 6, and move into first place. Led by the National League’s two top contact hitters – C Bubbles Hargrave at .353 and OF Cuckoo Christensen at .350 – and the pitching of Donohue, Carl Mays and Eppa Rixey, they’ll stay in first until mid-July. 1927 – In St. Louis, Bing Miller has his second four-hit day in a row, and Wally Schang is 3 for 3 with a grand slam to lead the Browns to an 8 – 6 win over the A’s. Eddie Collins and Al Simmons homer for Philly. 1928 – The Giants turn six double plays against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, but lose, 10 – 7. 1933 – The major leagues advance the cut-down date by a month, limiting rosters to 23 players today instead of June 15th. 1934 – The Buffalo Bisons hit five home runs in one inning against the Albany Senators. A rookie, Jake Plummer, is beaned by Albany pitcher Art Jones after the fifth home run in a row, knocking him out cold. 1935 – Lou Gehrig steals home in a 4 – 0 Yankee win over the Tigers. It is his 15th and last steal of home, all of which were double steals. 1936 – Washington’s Bobo Newsom strikes out 11 former teammates to hand the Browns their 23rd loss in their last 27 games. The Nats win, 10 – 5, behind a 17-hit attack. Les Tietje is the loser without retiring a batter. 1940: 1B Art Mahan and 2B Ham Schulte establish themselves as regulars at their positions with the Phillies. Fewer than a dozen players have been 120-or-more-game regulars in their only season in the major leagues, and the Phillies, again locked in last place, have two of them in one season. Neither Phillie will hit .250, but Schulte will top second basemen in fielding. In the Pirates’ 5 – 2 loss to the Giants, only three Bucs bat in the 2nd, but all reach base. Maurice Van Robays singles and is picked off; Vince DiMaggio walks and is forced at 2B by Frankie Gustine, who is caught stealing. 1941: Rip Radcliff, one of the top American League batters in 1940 for the Browns, is waived to the Tigers as a result of a sudden batting decline. Joe DiMaggio gets a single in four at bats against Eddie Smith of the Chicago White Sox to start his 56-game hitting streak. Joe D’s hit goes unnoticed as the Yankees lose, 13 – 1. Taffy Wright homers and drives in four White Sox runs, the eighth straight game he’s driven in a run. A single by Jimmy Bloodworth in the 7th is the only hit for the Senators as they lose to the Browns’ Denny Galehouse, 7 – 0. 1944: Frankie Hayes hits a grand slam in the 9th inning off the Tigers’ Rufe Gentry, as the Athletics win, 6 – 2. A day after the Reds pitch a one-hitter, Reds reliever Clyde Shoun, making his first start of the season, throws a no-hitter to nip the Boston Braves, 1 – 0. Only 1,014 see the 32-year-old lefty top Jim Tobin, who had thrown a no-hitter of his own back in April. Reds reserve 3B Chuck Aleno accounts for the sole run with his only home run of the season. 1946: Mel Harder and Steve Gromek fire back-to-back shutouts over the A’s as Cleveland wins two, 3 – 0 and 5 – 0. Fireworks occur as Brooklyn starter Les Webber brushes back Enos Slaughter in the 1st inning, but the Cardinal outfielder retaliates by bunting up the first base line and flattening Webber as he tries to field the ball. Slaughter then silences the fans with two catches in the bottom of the inning and a throw to double off Carl Furillo. The Cards move into first place by edging the Dodgers, 1 – 0, behind Howie Pollet. 1948: In a Pacific Coast League game, Seattle’s Dick Barrett stops Sacramento, 2 – 0, with a seven-inning perfect game. At Brooklyn, Jim Russell’s 1st-inning home run is the only score as Boston’s Warren Spahn beats Rex Barney, 1 – 0. It’s the third shutout in a row for Brave hurlers. 1949: White Sox hurler Bill Wight coasts to a 10 – 0 win over the Indians, and Al Gettel follows with a 2 – 0 whitewash of the Tribe. Boston’s Vern Bickford stops the Dodgers, 4 – 0, allowing just four singles. One is by Gil Hodges, extending his hitting streak to 17 games. Jim Russell switch-hits a homer and double to pin the loss on Morrie Martin. The Braves start Al Lakeman at 1B in place of Earl Torgeson, who separated his shoulder the previous day when he attempted to block Jackie Robinson on a double play. Torgeson will be operated on tomorrow and will be sidelined several months. 1951: In a fine trade for Chicago, the White Sox send lefty Bob Cain to the Tigers for hurler Saul Rogovin. At Fenway Park, the Red Sox celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first American League game in Boston. On hand are 29 old-timers who played, managed, or umpired in the AL in that first year including Connie Mack, Billy Hoy, Cy Young, Hugh Duffy, Clark Griffith, Tom Connolly, Billy Sullivan, Wid Conroy, Bill Bradley and Ollie Pickering. Eight of the 29 participated in the first AL game, played in Chicago on April 24, 1901. The game that follows the ceremony features dramatic home runs as Ted Williams hits the 300th homer of his career in the 4th inning against Chicago’s Howie Judson. With Williams up in the 8th inning, White Sox manager Paul Richards moves reliever Harry Dorish to 3B and brings in Billy Pierce to pitch to Ted. Williams pops up against the lefty, and Dorish then returns to the mound. Boston ties the game against Dorish at 7 – 7, but little Nellie Fox, playing in his sixth season, cracks his first major league homer in the 11th to give Dorish a 9 – 7 victory. Ray Scarborough is the loser. The Sox will win their next 13 games. At Crosley Field, Braves P Vern Bickford pitches a two-hitter, but Ewell Blackwell bests him by allowing one hit, as the Reds win, 1 – 0. Connie Ryan’s 6th-inning hit is the first off Bickford, and Johnny Pramesa’s homer in the 7th is the other. The only Boston hit is a 5th-inning double by Bob Elliott. The Reds tie the National League record (set in 1911) for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times. 1952 – After pitching four no-hitters in the minors, 33-year-old Virgil “Fire” Trucks of Detroit pitches his first in the major leagues, a 1 – 0 blanking of the Senators. Vic Wertz’s dramatic two-out home run in the 9th off Bob Porterfield wins the game at Briggs Stadium. Trucks will throw a second no-hitter later this year. 1953 – At St. Louis, the Cardinals pound Preacher Roe for six runs in the 2nd en route to a 9 – 3 win over the Dodgers. It is the Cards’ first win against Roe after ten straight losses; they last beat him August 28, 1950. Last night, they beat Carl Erskine after losing seven straight to the lefty. 1954 – With a pin in his shoulder, Ted Williams returns to action after breaking his collarbone in spring training and is hitless in two at bats against Baltimore. The O’s win, 2 – 1, behind Joe Coleman. 1955: Chicago’s Dick Donovan tosses his third shutout of the season, beating the Senators, 3 – 0. New York’s Irv Noren hits an inside-the-park grand slam in an 8 – 4 victory over the A’s. New York wins the nitecap to sweep the A’s. Mickey Mantle is 4 for 9 for the afternoon and is hitting .311. After the Braves win the lidlifter with the Phils, 6 – 5, Philadelphia comes back in the nightcap to win, 9 – 1, and break their 13-game losing streak. Robin Roberts is the victor. Billy Bruton’s leadoff home run is the only run off Roberts. 1956 – The Dodgers buy P Sal Maglie from the Indians, who are eager to unload the veteran. 1957: With today’s deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are: pitchers Ellis Kinder and Jim McDonald, OF Bob Kennedy (White Sox), 1B Preston Ward (Indians), and 1B Eddie Robinson (Tigers). At Baltimore, the Indians rap Mike Fornieles for five hits and three runs in the 16th to defeat the Orioles, 11 – 8. The Tribe score three in the 8th after an error by Billy Gardner and three more in the 14th after an error by Wayne Causey. Gardner steals home in the 14th for one Bird run and the third run scores on Russ Nixon’s wild throw. 1959 – Massachusetts marks the 100th anniversary of the first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams. Teams reenact the original contest. 1960 – After being traded from the Phillies, Don Cardwell no-hits the Cardinals in his Cub debut. The Winston-Salem, NC native becomes the first pitcher to keep the opponents hitless in a first start after being traded. 1961 – The Alou brothers and Orlando Cepeda lead an 18-hit attack as San Francisco overpowers the Cubs, 14 – 1. Dick Ellsworth gives up six runs in the 1st without retiring a batter. Cepeda hits two homers and a double and drives in five runs, while Felipe Alou hits his first grand slam and brother Matty Alou his first major league homer. Matty will also combine with Jesus Alou in 1965 to homer in the same game. Mike McCormick is the easy winner. 1962 – Cubs P Barney Schultz ties Roy Face’s major-league record by relieving in his 9th consecutive game for Chicago. Today’s effort doesn’t help as the Cubs lose, 6 – 5 in 13 innings against the Mets. Roger Craig, en route to a 10-24 year, is the winner, while Tony Balsamo loses to notch his only career decision. 1963 – Down 4 – 0 to the Twins, Mickey Mantle hits a two-run homer off Pedro Ramos to put the Yankees on the board. Mantle later scores the winning run as New York wins, 4 – 3. 1965: Cubs P Dick Ellsworth throws a one-hitter at the Dodgers, but unfortunately the lone hit is a three-run pinch home run by Al Ferrara in the 8th inning that gives Los Angeles a 3 – 1 win. At Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mantle slices an opposite field homer in the 8th inning off Dick Hall to give New York a 3 – 2 win over the Orioles. 1966 – Rocky Mount Leafs teammates Dick Drago and Darrell Clark each pitch seven-inning no-hitters against the Greensboro Yankees, Drago winning 5 – 0 in the opener. His roommate Clark wins, 2 – 0, in the nightcap. 1967 – Roberto Clemente clubs three homers to all fields plus a double off the scoreboard in left-center, driving in all seven Pittsburgh runs in the process. All this, alas, in a losing cause as all of Clemente’s contributions can’t quite keep pace with the Pirate pitchers’ even more generous contributions to their opponents’ final tally. After Bob Veale, Pete Mikkelsen and Juan Pizarro combine to give back every one of those seven runs, the 12-time Gold Glover comes up big in the 9th, scaling the right-field fence to prevent a walk-off homer from Reds reliever Gerry Arrigo, against whom Clemente himself has just gone deep. These heroics, however, only prolong the agony: before he can get one more crack at Arrigo, Clemente will watch Tony Perez’s shot to right center carry far beyond his outstretched glove, carrying with it any hope of a Pirate win, as Pete Rose scores easily from first, giving Cincinnati the ten-inning, 8 – 7 decision. 1968: The first American League game played in Milwaukee since 1901 is a 4 – 2 California win against Chicago before 23,403 fans. Rain shortens the game to five innings. This is the first of the nine games the White Sox will play in Milwaukee this year. Steve Carlton outduels Steve Blass as St. Louis edges Pittsburgh, 1 – 0, giving the defending World Champs their fourth win in five tries and leaving them atop the National League at 20-10, 3 1/2 games ahead of San Francisco. In the next two weeks, the Cards will go into their only significant slump of the season; by May 29th, they’ll have lost 11 of 13 and fallen to fourth place, three behind the league-leading Giants. 1969: Willie Horton leaves the Detroit bench during a 2 – 1 win against Chicago and goes AWOL for four days. With one out in the 9th, Cesar Tovar lines a single to stop Dave McNally’s no-hit bid. The O’s lefty ends with a one-hit, 5 – 0, win over the Twins. 1970 – After the Mets have a day off, ace Tom Seaver matches Gary Gentry by allowing one hit in beating the Phillies and Woodie Fryman, 4 – 0. The two consecutive one-hitters tie a major league record. 1971 – Fergie Jenkins (7-2) pitches and bats the Cubs to a 6 – 4 win over San Diego. Jenkins hits a two-run home run and finishes his seventh game in eight starts. Billy Williams connects for his 300th home run. 1973: California’s Nolan Ryan strikes out 12, including the side in the 1st, and hurls his first career no-hitter in beating Kansas City, 3 – 0. For C Jeff Torborg, it is his third no-hitter. SS Rudy Meoli preserves the no-no with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch in the 8th. It is the first of a record seven no-hitters the “Ryan Express” will throw during his career, including another one in two months. Milwaukee beats the Indians, 2 – 1, on Dave May’s home run in the bottom of the 17th inning. It is May’s tenth home run of the season, one more than he had in 1972. 1974 – At Riverfront Stadium, Reds pitcher Roger Nelson has his no-hitter broken up by Bobby Bonds, who clubs a two-run homer in the 8th. Chris Speier homers in the 9th for the other Giants hit and Nelson finishes with a 4 – 3 win. 1976: Mark Fidrych wins his first major league start, a complete-game two-hit, 2 – 1 victory over the Indians. The Bird holds the Indians hitless for six innings, talks to the ball, and tamps down the mound before toeing the rubber each inning. At Cincinnati, the Mets’ Tom Seaver loses, 2 – 0, to the Reds as Santo Alcala pitches a four-hitter. 1978 – His 7th-inning, two-run homer moves Willie Stargell past the late Roberto Clemente into sole possession of second place on Pittsburgh’s all-time RBI list, his total of 1,307 now trailing only Honus Wagner’s 1,475. Stargell’s blast takes a page out of his late mentor’s book, going out to the opposite field. It concludes a four-run 7th, giving Pittsburgh starter Bert Blyleven a five-run cushion which proves inadequate as the Dodgers storm back with three-spots in the 7th and 9th, featuring, respectively, Reggie Smith’s two-run home run and walk-off, two-run double. 1981 – The Indians’ Len Barker pitches the ninth perfect game in 20th century major league history, 3 – 0 over the Blue Jays before just 7,290 fans on a rainy night at Cleveland Stadium. Last year’s American League strikeout leader, Barker fans 11. It is the 11th time in major league history the feat has been accomplished, and the first time in 13 years since last being done, by Catfish Hunter in 1968. 1982 – Pirate pitcher Rick Rhoden makes his 12 – 9 win over the Reds a little easier when he doubles and homers in the Bucs’ nine-run 3rd inning. Johnny Ray drives in five runs in the big inning. The Reds make it close with eight runs in the 8th and 9th. 1984 – It’s a day for hitting pitchers. Good-hitting Tim Lollar leads the way by collecting all four RBIs for his team, but his Padres lose, 6 – 4. The Cards win, 9 – 1, over the Braves as Joaquin Andujar, a poor hitter, hits a grand slam. Just before his blast, Andujar looks into the Cards’ dugout, then gestures to the right field stands. 1989: The Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with hitting coach Cito Gaston. Williams led the club to a 12-24 start and had several publicized run-ins with star slugger George Bell, who refused to be the designated hitter. The Twins lose, 4 – 3, to the Royals and also lose Kent Hrbek, who dislocates his left shoulder diving for a ball. He’ll be out till June 26th. Before the injury, Hrbek hits his seventh homer of the year. 1991: England’s Queen Elizabeth is President George Bush’s guest at the A’s-Oriole game played at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. The Red Sox defeat the White Sox by a 9 – 6 score in a night game at Fenway Park which takes 4 hours and 11 minutes to complete for a new American League record. The contest is nine minutes longer than the previous longest nine-inning night game. Paul Molitor of the Brewers hits for the cycle in a 4 – 2 victory over Minnesota. Molitor triples in the 1st, singles in the 3rd, doubles in the 5th, and homers in the 7th. 1992 – The Mets’ newly-acquired Bret Saberhagen pitches five innings before leaving with tendinitis in his pitching hand that will effectively sideline him for the rest of the year. He will not win another game this year following today’s 4 – 1 decision over the Dodgers. 1993: In Milwaukee, Cleveland starter Charles Nagy leaves the game with a shoulder injury after pitching to just two batters. Nagy will go on the disabled list in two days and undergo surgery on June 29th. The Montreal Expos retire Rusty Staub’s uniform number 10 prior to the game with the Mets. 1994 – Six Florida Marlins pitchers combine to shut out the Cubs, 3 – 0. Starter Chris Hammond gets credit for the victory. 1995 – Ramon Martinez, Rudy Seanez and Todd Worrell combine on a one-hitter as the Dodgers shut out the Pirates, 4 – 0, to move within two games of Colorado for the lead in the NL West. 1996: The Mariners spot the Yankees four runs, then hammer starter Jimmy Key and five other pitchers for 19 hits to win, 10 – 5. Seven Mariners collect two or more hits, and Edgar Martinez drives in four runs. A wild Key takes his fifth straight loss, while Yankee reliever Mariano Rivera records four outs to stretch his runless innings to 21 2/3. The Yanks will place Key on the disabled list. After a two-hour delay in Milwaukee because of fog, Frank Thomas leads the way with six RBI as the White Sox bang the Brewers, 20 – 8. This ties a 1975 mark for the most runs given up by Milwaukee in a game. The Sox, with 21 hits, score six runs in the 2nd and another six in the 6th. Mo Vaughn cracks two of Boston’s four home runs, and the Red Sox score in each of the first seven innings, to clip the Angels, 17 – 6. Mike Stanley matches Mo’s four RBI. Denny Neagle, allowing four hits in seven innings, wins his fifth straight game to give Pittsburgh a 3 – 0 win over the Braves. The Braves have now been shut out five times, one more than all of last year. The Braves lose more than the game when OF David Justice dislocates his right shoulder swinging at a pitch in the 2nd inning. The shoulder has never healed from an injury last year, and Justice will undergo surgery that will sideline him for the year. The Yankees outbid four other American teams and sign Japanese P Katsuhiro Maeda to a $1.5 million contract. The Yanks obtain the fastballer from the Seibu Lions for more than $350,000. Maeda, who has his hair dyed orange, was 0-2 with the Lions from 1993 through 1995, but refused to sign for the 1996 season unless he was traded to a U.S. team. 1997 – The Chicago Cubs hit four triples – three in the same inning – to beat the visiting Padres, 8 – 2. The Cubs score four runs in the 7th off Tim Scott as Brian McRae, Doug Glanville and Sammy Sosa all triple. 1998 – In one of the biggest trades in recent years, the Dodgers send All-Star C Mike Piazza and 3B Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins in exchange for outfielders Gary Sheffield and Jim Eisenreich, C Charles Johnson, 3B Bobby Bonilla and P Manuel Barrios. 1999: Rangers P Esteban Loaiza breaks his hand when a car door slams on it. He’s out indefinitely. When SS Alex Arias of the Philadelphia Phillies snags Mike Piazza’s line drive in the 6th inning, he starts the Phillies’ 30th franchise triple play and their tenth against a team from New York City. It is just the second triple play turned in Veterans Stadium. Arias has participated in two triple plays for the Phils; he initiated one last season against the San Francisco Giants. The Mets still win, 9 – 7. Marcel Joost becomes the first Hoofdklasse player to get 1,000 career hits. It will be 12 years before another player, Dirk van ‘t Klooster, also reaches that level. 2001 – The Brewers pound out 22 hits as they defeat the Phillies, 14 – 10. The Brewskis almost blow an eight-run lead before going ahead in the 10th inning on Richie Sexson’s double. Tyler Houston gets five hits, including a double, for Milwaukee, while Devon White hits a grand slam. 2002 – Astros bench coach Tony Pena is named manager of the Royals replacing interim skipper John Mizerock, who had taken over the reins when Tony Muser was fired on April 29th. Buck Showalter and Bucky Dent were rumored to be candidates for the position. 2003 – The Red Sox play before a sellout crowd at Fenway Park. They will continue to do so for almost a decade, breaking the record for consecutive sellouts (held by the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field) on September 8, 2008. The streak will not end until April of 2013. 2005 – For the first time this season, the White Sox do not lead in a game as they are beaten by the Orioles, 6 – 2. The streak of being ahead in 37 straight games establishes a major league record from the beginning of a season and ties the 1934 Yankees and the 1942 Cardinals for the third-longest span in major league history. 2007 – Jesse Litsch sets a new Toronto Blue Jays record for the longest appearance in a debut, going 8 2/3 innings and allowing only one run on four hits. 2008 – The Indians beat the Athletics, 4 – 2. The Cleveland starting pitchers have a consecutive scoreless innings streak of 44 1/3 before Aaron Laffey’s throwing error scores Bobby Crosby in the 2nd. It is the longest such streak since the 1974 Orioles starters had 54 straight goose eggs. The most recent Cleveland staff to match the feat was the 1948 Indians, who had 47 in a row. 2009: Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge hit grand slams as the Tigers defeat Oakland, 14 – 1. It is the first time that Detroit has hit two grand slams in one game since Jim Northrup did it all by himself on June 24, 1968. Tampa Bay comes back from a 7 – 0 deficit to beat the Indians, 8 – 7. The Rays start their comeback with three runs in the 4th, tie it on Ben Zobrist’s solo home run in the 8th and seal the win when B.J. Upton hits a walk-off blast to lead off the 9th inning off Luis Vizcaino. It it the biggest comeback in team history. The LG Twins beat the Seoul Heroes, 22 – 17, to set a new Korea Baseball Organization record for combined runs in a game. Other records set included most hits (40), homers (11) and total bases (84) as well as most runs scored by a losing team. Roberto Petagine hits a grand slam for LG, while Jin-young Lee and Jae-kyun Hwang each hit three-run homers, Lee for the winners and Hwang for Seoul. Ji-man Song drives in seven for the losers. The Uni-President Lions top the Sinon Bulls, 9 – 6. Bulls 3B Wilton Veras extends his hitting streak to 24 games by going 1 for 3, breaking Gary Burnham’s Chinese Professional Baseball League record for a foreigner. 2010: The Cincinnati Reds defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 – 3, in the annual Civil Rights Game, that honors those who have worked for racial equality in the country. For the occasion, both teams sport their 1947 uniforms. Skip Schumaker is thrown out at the plate by a relay from LF Chris Heisey to SS Orlando Cabrera to C Ramon Hernandez to end the game. The Reds’ Mike Leake, in his first professional season, is now 4-0. Dodgers RF Andre Ethier, who leads or is tied for the lead in all three National League Triple Crown categories, fractures a finger in batting practice and will be out indefinitely. The Tampa Bay Rays release designated hitter Pat Burrell, after his average falls to .202. A key member of the Phillies’ World Championship team in 2008, Burrell never got his bat going in a season-and-a-half with the Rays, hitting a combined .218 with 16 home runs. To replace him, the Rays promote veteran Hank Blalock from the Durham Bulls. 2011: The Braves defeat the Phillies, 3 – 2, in the annual Civil Rights Game at Turner Field. Both Phillies runs are the result of John Mayberry, Jr.’s 6th-inning homer, but Dan Uggla scores all three Atlanta runs, the game-winner coming on a solo homer off Roy Halladay in the 8th inning. The red-hot José Bautista slams three more home runs, bringing his major league-leading total to 16, helping Toronto to an 11 – 3 drubbing of the Twins at Target Field. The Jays have now won five straight; for its part, Minnesota has lost 14 of 17 and has the worst record in baseball. The Red Sox beat the Yankees, 7 – 5, at New Yankee Stadium, to complete a three-game sweep and bring their record to .500 for the first time after starting the year 0-6. Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homer for the Sox. The Yankees have now lost nine of their last 12 as the standings in the AL East are completely bunched up, with all five teams within 3 1/2 games of each other. 2012: The White Sox are ahead, 6 – 0, in the top of the 6th inning when the Tigers’ bats get to work. Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Raburn and Austin Jackson all homer in an eight-run frame, as Detroit wins, 10 – 8. The Tigers get a scare in the bottom of the 9th, however, when closer Jose Valverde retires the first two Sox hitters, then begins to feel tightness in his back; he gives up a pair of hits and has to leave the game. Veteran Octavio Dotel steps in, and while he gives up a two-run double to Alexei Ramirez, he retires Dayan Viciedo to end the game and pick up his first save as a Tiger. He has now recorded a save for nine of the record 13 teams for which he has pitched. Using his sinker almost exclusively, Derek Lowe records his first shutout in nearly seven years as he beats the Twins, 5 – 0, on a six-hitter. He is the first pitcher to throw a shutout without recording a strikeout since Scott Erickson in 2002. Now pitching for the Indians, Lowe led the National League in losses last season, but is reborn this year with a record of 6-1. 2013: Zack Greinke makes a successful return to the mound after breaking his collarbone in a scuffle on April 11th. He gives up only one run in 5 1/3 innings and drives in a run himself as the Dodgers defeat the Nationals, 3 – 1. Jeff Samardzija wins for the first time since Opening Day and hits a two-run homer off Jon Garland in the 2nd in leading the Cubs to a 6 – 3 victory over the Rockies. The 2013 Salón de la Fama balloting results are announced. Long-time Mexican League pitching star Jesús Ríos easily takes home the most votes. Joining him in winning entry to the Salón de la Fama are Cornelio García, one of the top contact hitters in LMB history, 1960s-1970s pitchers Juan Suby and Alfredo Mariscal, and umpire Jesús Monter. 2014: Johnny Cueto shuts out the Padres on three hits as the Reds win, 5 – 0. Cueto has now pitched at least seven innings and given up two runs or less in all nine of his starts this season; to find a pitcher with a longer such streak to start a year, one has to go all the way back to 1909 when Harry Krause did it for ten games for the Philadelphia Athletics in the heart of the deadball era. In his first major league outing, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom does something no other member of the pitching staff has been able to do yet this season: get a hit. His 3rd-inning single off Chase Whitley of the Yankees breaks a record 0-for-64 drought by Mets pitchers at the plate this season. DeGrom, who had been an infielder his first couple of years in college before becoming a pitcher, also pitches very well, allowing one run in seven innings, but is a hard-luck loser, 1 – 0, as Whitley, Dellin Betances, Adam Warren and David Robertson combine on a three-hit shutout. Whitley, who is also making his big league debut, gives up no runs in 4 2/3 innings and also collects his first hit, off deGrom. 2015 – The smokestacks at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, OH get a little hotter than expected, as a fire breaks out during tonight’s Reds game against the Giants. Firemen control the blaze while the game continues and no one is hurt. 2016 – Emotions are still running high between the Blue Jays and Rangers, who met in a hard-fought Division Series last year. Today, things boil over in the 8th inning, when after being plunked by Matt Bush, Jose Bautista slides hard into second baseman Rougned Odor, Odor reacts by punching Bautista in the jaw, triggering a brawl that leads to four ejections: the two main protagonists, the Jays’ Josh Donaldson and Texas coach Steve Buechele. Shortly afterwards, Jays P Jesse Chavez is tossed for throwing at Rangers DH Prince Fielder, leading to the ejection of coach DeMarlo Hale as well (Jays manager John Gibbons and coach Tim Leiper had been thrown out back in the 3rd inning). In the end, Texas wins the game, 7 – 6, with Bush earning his first career victory. On May 17th, MLB will hand out an eight-game suspension and a $5,000 fine to Odor, while Chavez and Gibbons get three-game suspensions, and Bautista, Leiper and Rangers SS Elvis Andrus one game each. Various other participants are issued fines. 2018: Two days after being sidelined by a broken bone in his hand, 2B Robinson Cano of the Mariners is suspended for 80 days for testing positive for a banned substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The Padres remain the only franchise in the majors never to have seen one of their pitchers throw a no-hitter, as the latest bid, by Jordan Lyles, falls short against the Rockies. He retires 22 straight batters, the last being a strikeout of Carlos Gonzalez to open the 8th inning, but sees his dream snapped when Trevor Story follows with a single to left. The Padres win, 4 – 0, and many believe the team has been cursed since July 21, 1970, when manager Preston Gomez took the fateful decision of lifting Clay Kirby for a pinch-hitter after allowing a run but no hit through eight innings against the Mets, only to see reliever Jack Baldschun allow two runs on three hits in the 9th to spoil the bid. Only two San Diego pitchers have made it as far as the 9th inning without allowing a hit since that day. 2019 – Pitcher Edwin Jackson makes history by playing for his 14th team when he starts today’s game for the Blue Jays against the Giants. He was tied with Octavio Dotel for the record. Jackson is not involved in the decision as Toronto loses the game, 4 – 3. 2021: The Dodgers are dealt a big blow when star SS Corey Seager suffers a fractured hand when hit by a pitch from Ross Detwiler of the Marlins. The Dodgers’ promising start has been derailed by a number of injuries as they now find themselves in third place in the NL West; the injury comes on the same day that the Dodgers sign veteran slugger Albert Pujols, who has just been released by the crosstown Angels. The Rays pull off a couple of trades, sending reliever Hunter Strickland to the Angels and IF Yoshi Tsutsugo to the Dodgers, both in return for future considerations. The Rays need to make room for the return of 1B Ji-Man Choi and pitchers Michael Wacha and Chris Archer, who are coming off the injured list. In Jablonec Blesk’s initial year of play in the Czech Republic’s top professional league, Jimmy Smiley strikes out four in two innings of work against Olympia Blansko to earn the franchise’s first Extraliga save. 2022 – The Pirates defeat the Reds, 1 – 0, in spite of Hunter Greene (7 1/3 innings) and Art Warren (2/3 inning) keeping them hitless. They score their run in the bottom of the 8th when Rodolfo Castro draws a one-out walk. Greene then issues another walk to Michael Perez before giving way to Warren, who in turn walks Ben Gamel to load the bases. Ke’Bryan Hayes then hits into a force out to second base, but the Reds are unable to complete a double play. Three Pirates pitchers limit the Reds to four hits. 2025 – Justin Osterhouse of Purdue University Fort Wayne has one of the greatest days in college baseball history when he hits four homers, including a walk-off grand slam, drives in eight runs and is the winning pitcher in a 21 – 17 comeback win over Wright State University. The Mastodons trail by seven entering the bottom of the 9th, but score 11 runs in the inning to secure the win. Births[edit] 1845 – William Medart, umpire (d. 1913) 1855 – Harry Salisbury, pitcher (d. 1933) 1856 – Fred Goldsmith, pitcher (d. 1939) 1858 – Jack Corcoran, catcher (d. 1935) 1860 – Tip O’Neill, outfielder (d. 1915) 1870 – Jack Tighe, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1942) 1879 – C.B. Burns, pinch hitter (d. 1968) 1881 – Emil Leber, infielder (d. 1924) 1884 – Rihachi Mizuno, sporting good company founder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1970) 1885 – Mike Malloy, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1952) 1885 – Sailor Stroud, pitcher (d. 1970) 1888 – Steve Yerkes, infielder (d. 1971) 1890 – Joe Kilhullen, catcher (d. 1922) 1890 – Harry Smith, catcher (d. 1922) 1890 – Ben Spencer, outfielder (d. 1970) 1890 – Claude Thomas, pitcher (d. 1946) 1891 – Karl Meister, outfielder (d. 1967) 1893 – Grace Comiskey, owner (d. 1956) 1893 – Sam Fishburn, infielder (d. 1965) 1893 – Jack Kotzelnick, minor league pitcher (d. 1952) 1894 – Eddie Stumpf, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1978) 1895 – Joe Evans, outfielder (d. 1953) 1895 – Isidro Fabré, pitcher/outfielder (d. ????) 1895 – Prudencio Martínez, pitcher (d. ????) 1895 – Jimmy Smith, infielder (d. 1974) 1905 – Chet Falk, pitcher (d. 1982) 1907 – Ed Baecht, pitcher (d. 1957) 1907 – Lloyd Bruce, pitcher (d. 1988) 1911 – Howie Storie, catcher (d. 1968) 1913 – Hal Doerr, minor league catcher (d. 1983) 1914 – Jimmy Wasdell, outfielder (d. 1983) 1915 – Julius Osley, pitcher (d. 1968) 1916 – Eddie Dixon, pitcher (d. 1993) 1919 – Shoichi Kunihisa, NPB infielder (d. 1945) 1919 – Caroll Peterson, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1994) 1919 – Ed Wright, pitcher (d. 1995) 1923 – Dale Matthewson, pitcher (d. 1984) 1926 – Fred Baczewski, pitcher (d. 1976) 1926 – Jimmy Williams, coach, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2016) 1927 – Michael Fandozzi, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2012) 1932 – Takao Dodo, NPB outfielder 1933 – Carol Habben, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 1997) 1935 – James Stillwell, owner (d. 2014) 1936 – Robert Smith, college coach (d. 2021) 1938 – Al McBean, pitcher (d. 2024) 1943 – Chikao Higashiyama, NPB catcher 1945 – Makoto Fujiwara, NPB pitcher 1945 – Hirofumi Ogawa, NPB outfielder 1945 – Shinya Shimada, NPB infielder (d. 2016) 1946 – Yoshio Abe, NPB outfielder (d. 2017) 1946 – Junichi Ikeda, NPB outfielder 1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, NPB pitcher 1948 – Billy North, outfielder 1948 – Fumio Takahashi, NPB outfielder 1949 – Steve Dunning, pitcher 1950 – Takashi Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher 1952 – Rick Waits, pitcher 1953 – George Brett, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer 1954 – Ki-man Bang, KBO pitcher 1958 – Mike Mahoski, minor league pitcher 1962 – Atsuhiro Motonishi, NPB outfielder 1965 – Jeong-sik Ko, KBO catcher 1965 – Isidro Marquez, pitcher 1965 – Olen Parker, college coach 1965 – Dave Turgeon, minor league infielder and manager 1966 – Taro Hamuro, NPB catcher 1966 – Ralf Schinko, Bundesliga catcher 1967 – Rolando Petit, scout 1967 – John Smoltz, pitcher; All-Star; Hall of Fame 1969 – Takayoshi Eguchi, NPB pitcher 1969 – Hideki Irabu, pitcher (d. 2011) 1969 – Tom Nuneviller, minor league outfielder 1970 – Scott Watkins, pitcher 1971 – Alexander Schnitzler, Bundesliga pitcher 1972 – Brent Crowther, minor league pitcher 1973 – Allen Osborne, college coach 1973 – Shinji Taninaka, NPB pitcher 1974 – A.J. Hinch, catcher 1975 – Graham Koonce, infielder 1975 – Nikolai Petrov, Russian national team pitcher 1975 – Yoon-ho Shin, KBO pitcher 1975 – Steve Woodard, pitcher 1976 – Michael Bishop, drafted outfielder 1976 – Eric DuBose, pitcher 1976 – Jason Karnuth, pitcher 1976 – Dan McKinley, minor league outfielder 1976 – Tyler Walker, pitcher 1977 – Sean McGowan, minor league infielder 1978 – Robert Aaron, drafted pitcher 1978 – Clayton Andrews, pitcher 1978 – Jeff Haase, minor league player 1978 – Guillermo Rodriguez, catcher 1980 – Josh Beckett, pitcher; All-Star 1980 – Masaaki Koike, NPB outfielder 1980 – Carlos Mori, Venezuelan national team pitcher 1980 – Adi Susanto, Indonesian national team infielder 1981 – Chia-Wei Chen, CPBL infielder 1981 – Justin Morneau, infielder; All-Star 1982 – Rafael Perez, pitcher 1983 – Jorge Araiza, minor league infielder 1983 – Keith Beauregard, coach 1983 – Clint Sammons, catcher 1983 – Rickey Thomas, First Division infielder 1984 – Jean-Baptiste Couton, Division Elite outfielder 1984 – Zach Hammes, minor league pitcher 1984 – Kevin Roberts, minor league pitcher 1984 – Yuriy Shvets, Ukrainian national team outfielder 1984 – Everett Teaford, pitcher 1985 – Jim Adduci, outfielder 1985 – Joseph Esposito, minor league pitcher 1985 – Jorge Martínez, minor league pitcher 1986 – Brandon Barnes, outfielder 1986 – Kenji Hagiwara, Division Elite outfielder 1986 – Kyle Shelton, minor league infielder 1986 – Steve Smith, minor league player 1987 – David Adams, infielder 1987 – Michael Brantley, outfielder; All-Star 1987 – Chih-Hao Chang, CPBL outfielder 1987 – Brian Dozier, infielder; All-Star 1987 – Claudia Kranendonk, Dutch women’s national team catcher 1987 – Chuang Na, minor league outfielder 1989 – Luis Castillo, minor league outfielder 1989 – Cody Crutcher, college coach 1989 – Devin Shines, minor league outfielder 1990 – Yasniel González, Cuban league outfielder 1991 – Esmerling De La Rosa, minor league pitcher 1991 – Rafael Ortega, outfielder 1992 – Elviz Lara, Bolivian national team outfielder 1992 – Yao-Tsung Ou, CPBL pitcher 1992 – Justin Seager, minor league infielder 1992 – Chang-sik Yoo, KBO pitcher 1993 – Trevor Richards, pitcher 1994 – Joe Cronin, coach 1995 – Juan Montes, minor league outfielder 1995 – Tomomi Nakada, Japanese women’s national team outfielder 1996 – Alex Verdugo, outfielder 1997 – Chase Colding, minor league coach 1998 – Osvaldo Hernandez, minor league pitcher 1998 – Gregg Mareels, First Division pitcher 1999 – Shuto Ogata, NPB pitcher 1999 – Luis Oviedo, pitcher 2002 – Chieh-Sen Ma, CPBL infielder 2004 – Jakey Josepha, minor league outfielder Deaths[edit] 1900 – John Traffley, outfielder (b. 1862) 1924 – Ed Swartwood, outfielder; umpire (b. 1859) 1928 – Joseph Lannin, owner (b. 1866) 1935 – Blake Mapledoram, umpire (b. 1859) 1941 – William Lackey, pitched (b. 1870) 1942 – Larry Milton, pitcher (b. 1879) 1946 – Ed Mayer, infielder (b. 1865) 1947 – Tom Wilson, owner (b. 1889) 1959 – Jake Hewitt, pitcher (b. 1870) 1958 – Archie Stewart, pitcher (b. 1886) 1959 – Fred Johnston, infielder (b. 1899) 1961 – Tommy Gorman, minor league owner (b. 1886) 1961 – John Taff, pitcher (b. 1890) 1964 – Harley Boss, infielder (b. 1908) 1968 – Bill Drescher, catcher (b. 1921) 1969 – Shag Shaughnessy, outfielder (b. 1883) 1970 – Ed Gerner, pitcher (b. 1897) 1971 – Goose Goslin, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1900) 1972 – John Milligan, pitcher (b. 1904) 1972 – Dixie Parker, catcher (b. 1895) 1974 – Lou North, pitcher (b. 1891) 1975 – Johnny Gooch, catcher (b. 1897) 1978 – Herman Dunlap, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1908) 1979 – Jerry Akers, pitcher (b. 1887) 1984 – Nick Goulish, outfielder (b. 1917) 1986 – Johnny Gottselig, AAGPBL manager (b. 1906) 1991 – Ken Jones, pitcher (b. 1903) 1994 – Showboat Fisher, outfielder (b. 1899) 1998 – Packy Rogers, infielder (b. 1913) 2005 – Daniel Rourke, minor league pitcher (b. 1918) 2011 – C.J. Taylor, minor league player and college coach (b. 1918) 2013 – Fred White, announcer (b. 1936) 2016 – Ken Ramos, outfielder (b. 1967) 2017 – Bob Kuzava, pitcher (b. 1923) 2018 – Jo-Hui Feng, CPBL pitcher (b. 1978) 2020 – Dennis Pugh, college coach (b. 1946) 2021 – Frans Mäkel, Hoofdklasse player (b. 1942) ============================================== TV SPORTS TODAY Friday, May 15 AUTO RACING 5 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: ECOSAVE 200, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del. COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m. BTN — TBA 7 p.m. ACCN — TBA 8 p.m. SECN — Georgia at Auburn 9 p.m. BTN — UCLA at Washington COLLEGE SOFTBALL Noon ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 1 p.m. SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 2 p.m. ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 4 p.m. ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 6 p.m. ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional GOLF Noon ESPN — PGA Tour: PGA Championship, Second Round, Arominik Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa. 3 p.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Second Round, Maketewah Country Club, Cincinnati MLB BASEBALL 6:40 p.m. APPLE TV — Toronto at Detroit 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Boston at Atlanta (7:15 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.) 7:10 p.m. APPLE TV — N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at Seattle (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) OR L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels (joined in progress) (9:38 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL TBA TBA — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Detroit at Cleveland, Game 6 (If Necessary) TBA — Western Conference Semifinal: San Antonio at Minnesota, Game 6 (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY TBA ESPN — Western Conference Second Round: Colorado at Minnesota, Game 6 (If Necessary) UFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m. FOX — Orlando at Dallas WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — Washington at Indiana 10 p.m. ION — TBA _____ Saturday, May 16 AUTO RACING 4 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: BetRivers 200, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del. COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ACCN — TBA SECN — Mississippi St. at Texas A&M 3 p.m. ACCN — TBA BTN — UCLA at Washington SECN — Mississippi at Alabama 6 p.m. BTN — Southern Cal at Oregon COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S) Noon ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Quarterfinal 2:30 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Quarterfinal COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 7 p.m. ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 8 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 10 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD 6 p.m. SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Championship, Auburn, Ala. GOLF 10 a.m. ESPN — PGA Tour: PGA Championship, Third Round, Arominik Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa. 1 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: PGA Championship, Third Round, Arominik Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa. 3 p.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Third Round, Maketewah Country Club, Cincinnati HORSE RACING 4 p.m. NBC — 151st Preakness Stakes: From Laurel Park, Laurel, Md. MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. FS1 — Baltimore at Washington (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets (7:15 p.m.) OR San Diego at Seattle (7:15 p.m.) 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Athletics (9:40 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL TBA TBA — Western Conference Semifinal: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, Game 6 (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY TBA TBA — Eastern Conference Second Round: Buffalo at Montreal, Game 6 (If Necessary) TNT — Eastern Conference Second Round: Philadelphia at Carolina, Game 7 (If Necessary) TRUTV — Eastern Conference Second Round: Philadelphia at Carolina, Game 7 (If Necessary) TBA — Western Conference Second Round: Anaheim at Vegas, Game 7 (If Necessary) SOCCER (MEN’S) 9:55 p.m. ESPN2 — English FA Cup: Chelsea vs. Manchester City, Final, London UFL FOOTBALL Noon ABC — DC at Louisville 3 p.m. ABC — Houston at St. Louis _____ Sunday, May 17 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: NASCAR All-Star Race, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del. COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S) Noon ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Quarterfinal 2:30 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Quarterfinal COLLEGE ROWING 9 a.m. BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Championship, Indianapolis COLLEGE SOFTBALL Noon ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 1 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 2:30 p.m. ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 3 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 5 p.m. ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 5:30 p.m. ACCN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 7 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional SECN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 9 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional ESPNU — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Regional COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD 1:30 p.m. BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Championships, Lincoln, Neb. GOLF 10 a.m. ESPN — PGA Tour: PGA Championship, Final Round, Arominik Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa. 1 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: PGA Championship, Final Round, Arominik Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa. 3 p.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Final Round, Maketewah Country Club, Cincinnati MLB BASEBALL Noon NBCSN — Miami at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Miami at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) 4 p.m. MLBN — San Francisco at Athletics (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBCSN — San Diego at Seattle (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — San Diego at Seattle (7:20 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL TBA TBA — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Cleveland at Detroit, Game 7 (If Necessary) TBA — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Philadelphia at New York, Game 7 (If Necessary) TBA — Western Conference Semifinal: Minnesota at San Antonio, Game 7 (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY TBA TNT — Western Conference Second Round: Minnesota at Colorado, Game 7 (If Necessary) TRUTV — Western Conference Second Round: Minnesota at Colorado, Game 7 (If Necessary) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. ESPN2 — NWSL: Angel City at Portland UFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. FOX — Columbus at Birmingham WNBA BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. NBC — Las Vegas at Atlanta PEACOCK — Las Vegas at Atlanta 6 p.m. NBCSN — Seattle at Indiana PEACOCK — Seattle at Indiana About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026
