Sports News
Sports : Monday 5/8/17
East Shore League Baseball:
Mount Calvary 11, Johnsburg 7
St. Cloud 17, St. Peter 12
Howards Grove 12, Chilton 6
Cleveland 12, Marytown 4
Major League Baseball:
National League:
Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 2
–Eric Thames went 3 for 4 with a double and his 12th home run of the season as the Brewers won the series finale against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Zach Davies earned the win, he improves to 3-2 after going 5 & ⅔ innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out seven. The Brewers are off today, and open a three game interleague series with Boston on Tuesday at Miller Park.
St. Louis 6, Atlanta 4 (14 Innings)
Cincinnati 4, San Francisco 0
American League:
Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 0
Boston 17, Minnesota 6
Oakland 8, Detroit 6
Cleveland 1, Kansas City 0
Interleague:
NY Yankees 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (18 Innings)
Minor League Baseball:
Midwest League:
Dayton 3, Wisconsin 2
–The Dragons sweep the three-game series against the Timber Rattlers. Wisconsin opens a three game series on the road at Fort Wayne tonight.
NBA:
Cleveland 109, Toronto 102
–Lebron James scored 35 points in the win as Cleveland swept Toronto to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the third straight year.
Washington 121, Boston 102
–Bradley Beal scored 29 points, John Wall added 27 points and 12 rebounds to help the Wizards tie the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2 games apiece. Game five is Wednesday in Boston.
Houston 125, San Antonio 104
–James Harden scored 28 points and dished out 12 assists as the Rockets tied their Western Conference Semifinal series at 2 games apiece. Game five is Tuesday in San Antonio.
NASCAR: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned his first NASCAR Cup victory by blowing past Kyle Busch in overtime at Talladega Superspeedway. Stenhouse started from the pole and won in his 158th Cup start while giving Roush Racing its first win since 2014. Jamie McMurray was second, followed by Busch, Aric Almirola and Kasey Kahne.