MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 0
Cleveland Guardians 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Chicago Cubs 10, Texas Rangers 6
Tigers 5, Yankees 0 – Skubal extends Tigers winning streak to 5 with 5-0 victory over Yankees
Tarik Skubal allowed four hits over six innings, Spencer Torkelson hit the first of three homers in the fourth inning off Carlos Carrasco and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five, beating the Yankees 5-0 and dealing New York its first shutout loss this season. Skubal struck out six and walked none, Brant Hurter finished a six-hitter for his second save in a game that took 2 hours, 4 minutes. Zach McKinstry and Dillon Dingler added consecutive homers in the fourth against Carrasco and Kerry Carpenter homered off Ryan Yarbrough in the fifth. New York has lost three straight games.
Guardians 1, White Sox 0 – Jones draws walk with bases-loaded to give Guardians 1-0 victory over White Sox
Nolan Jones drew a bases-loaded walk from Mike Clevinger in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians won their home opener 1-0 over the Chicago White Sox. It was the first 1-0 game that ended with a walk-off walk since the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego on May 1, 2009. Carlos Santana reached on an infield single off first baseman Andrew Vaughn’s glove starting the ninth for his second hit of the game. Kyle Manzardo and Jhonkensy Noel walked, Jones hit a 3-1 pitch just to the foul side of the right-field pole, then took a fastball low.
Cubs 10, Rangers 6 – Swanson hits tiebreaking single in 4-run eighth as the Cubs beat the Rangers 10-6
Dansby Swanson lined a tiebreaking two-run single in Chicago’s four-run eighth inning, and the Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 on another frigid night. The Cubs blew a 6-3 lead before taking advantage of two errors in the eighth and closing out their seventh win in eight games. They had the bases loaded when Swanson singled to right against Chris Martin. Pete Crow-Armstrong added a two-run single against Hoby Milner on a 35-degree night.
Today
N.Y. Yankees (Fried 1-0) at Detroit (Flaherty 1-0), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45p
Texas (Mahle 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 2-0), 2:20 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Burke 1-1) at Cleveland (Allen 0-1), 6:10 p.m.
MLB – Octavio Dotel, who once pitched for 13 MLB teams, dies in DR roof collapse
Former major league relief pitcher Octavio Dotel was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic where he was attending a merengue concert. Dotel pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was 51. Dotel signed with the New York Mets in 1993 as an amateur free agent and made his major league debut in 1999. He turned into a reliable and at times dominant reliever while appearing in 758 games from 1999-2013.
NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Chicago Blackhawks 0
Canadiens 4, Red Wings 1 – Montembeault, Anderson lift Canadiens over Red Wings 4-1 for sixth straight win
Josh Anderson scored the winner with 9:12 remaining in the third period and Sam Montembeault made 35 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win. Cole Caufield – with his team-leading 37th – also scored while Brendan Gallagher and Nick Suzuki added empty-netters for Montreal, which strengthened its position in the playoff picture. Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit and Cam Talbot stopped 17 shots. The Red Wings failed to earn a point for the first time in five games.
Penguins 5, Blackhawks 0 – Erik Karlsson scores his 200th goal as the Penguins beat the Blackhawks 5-0
Erik Karlsson scored his 200th career goal to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0. Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost 3-1 at Chicago on Sunday. Kevin Hayes added two goals in the third period. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves in his second shutout of the season and No. 21 for his career. The 34-year-old Karlsson made it 2-0 with his 11th goal of the season 4:45 into the second. He became the 23rd defenseman in NHL history to reach 200 goals.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Cleveland Cavaliers 135, Chicago Bulls 113
Indiana Pacers 104, Washington Wizards 98
Cavs 135, Bulls 113 – Cavaliers claim the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 135-113 win over the Bulls
Darius Garland scored 28 points, Evan Mobley had 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 135-113 win over the Chicago Bulls. Ty Jerome added 18 points off the bench and De’Andre Hunter scored 17 for Cleveland, which has the second-best record in franchise history at 63-16. The Cavaliers secured the No. 1 seed in the East for the fourth time. Patrick Williams scored a season-high 21 points and made 5 of 6 3-pointers, and Matas Buzelis had 19 points for Chicago.
Pacers 104, Wizards 98 – Pascal Siakam has 24 points and 10 rebounds as Pacers win 104-98 over Wizards
Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton had 22 points and the Indiana Pacers won their fifth straight game, 104-98 over the Washington Wizards. Bennedict Mathurin had 17 for the Pacers who pulled away late for the win. Justin Champagnie had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Washington, while Alex Sarr had 20 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks as Washington lost its third in a row and for the sixth time in its last seven games. The Wizards scored just 13 second-quarter points but game was still tied at 48-48 at half.
Tonight
Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m.
NBA – Nuggets fire coach Malone and won’t extend GM Booth in stunning move
Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired in a stunning move that comes with less than a week in the regular season. General manager Calvin Booth is also out. His contract won’t be renewed. The Nuggets said David Adelman will become the coach for the remainder of the season. They are 47-32 this season with three games left but have dropped four consecutive games and are in a logjam of teams fighting for home-court advantage in Round 1 of the playoffs.
NCAAMBB – Florida’s run to the championship lifts the Gators to No. 1 in the final AP poll
Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship. The Gators beat Houston 65-63 to clinch the program’s third national title and first since 2007. Florida is atop the AP Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2013-14 season. Houston, Duke, Auburn and Tennessee round out the top five. Michigan State finished 7th, while Michigan finished 10th.
NCAAMBB – MSU’s Jase Richardson enters NBA draft
Jase Richardson is entering the NBA draft, a year or two sooner than his father expected. The Michigan State freshman announced his decision on social media Tuesday. Former Spartans star and NBA standout Jason Richardson says he supports his son’s decision. The 6-foot-3 guard averaged 12.5 points and helped Michigan State win the Big Ten title by three games and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He is the fourth player to leave the program early, joining Tre Holloman, Xavier Booker and Gehrig Normand after they entered the transfer portal last week. Booker is transferring to UCLA.
NCAAWBB – Olivia Miles is transferring from Notre Dame to TCU
Olivia Miles is transferring from Notre Dame to finish her college career at TCU. Miles announced her decision on “NBA on TNT” on Tuesday night and was talking to Candace Parker when she received a box from Shaquille O’Neal with a TCU jersey in it. The 5-foot-10 guard had spent her entire college career at Notre Dame and was a projected lottery pick in the draft, which takes place in New York on April 14. She decided last week to not enter the draft and instead pursue one final year of college.
NFL – Bears coach Johnson already testing QB Caleb Williams 2 days into offseason work
It’s not taking long for Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams to understand the expectations of new head coach Ben Johnson. A day into the team’s offseason strength and conditioning program, Williams already was being put to the test in meetings by Johnson on details about the offense. The Bears have a voluntary minicamp for veteran players on April 21 just before the April 24 draft. It will be their first on-field test for Williams, as he tries to improve enough to become the franchise’s first 4,000-yard passer in a season.
AHL – American Hockey League
Tonight
Grand Rapids Griffins at Cleveland Monsters, 7:00 p.m.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Great Lakes Loons 10, Lansing Lugnuts 5
Lake County Captains 6, West Michigan Whitecaps 4
South Bend Cubs 5, Peoria Chiefs 3
Tonight
Great Lakes Loons at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m.
West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 6:15 p.m.
Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Sports Radio WSBT 6:45p
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Association
Yesterday
Baseball
Olive-Harvey College 6, Lake Michigan College 4 – Game 1
Lake Michigan College 13, Olive-Harvey College 8 – Game 2
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Yesterday
Girls Soccer
Michigan Lutheran 2, New Buffalo 0
Parchment 3, Battle Creek Central 1
Gull Lake 1, Vicksburg 0
Kalamazoo Christian 5, Paw Paw 1
Three Rivers 8, Constantine 0
Hartford 3, Bloomingdale 2
Today
Girls Soccer
St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.
Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m.
Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.
Sturgis at Battle Creek Pennfield, 6:00 p.m.
South Haven at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Dowagiac at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.
Watervliet at Eau Claire, 6:30 p.m.
Constantine at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m.
Baseball
St. Joseph at Bridgman, 4:15 p.m.
Berrien Springs at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Gull Lake at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Pennfield, 4:00 p.m.
Vicksburg at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Paw Paw at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Dowagiac at Marcellus, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Climax-Scotts at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Vicksburg at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Paw Paw at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Gull Lake at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Pennfield, 4:00 p.m.
Dowagiac at Marcellus, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Track and Field
Mattawan at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m.
Lakeshore at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m.
