The good news is that the Marlins finally scored a run, albeit in their third game of the season. Justin Ruggiano’s solo homer was all the offense the Fish could muster against the Nationals, who swept the series, outscoring the Marlins 11-1 in the three-game sweep. The big blast for the Nats in yesterday’s 6-1 win was a three-run homer by Jayson Werth. Ryan Zimmerman went 3-3 with two RBI. Not a good beginning to the season for the Mets, who now head to the Big Apple to take on the Mets in a weekend series. The starting pitchers this weekend will be Alex Sanabia vs Jeremy Hefner on Friday, Ricky Nolasco vs Jon Niese on Saturday, and on Sunday, we will see the major league debut of 20-year old Jose Fernandez vs Aaron Laffey. Game times this weekend against the Metropolitans: Friday 7:10 pm, Saturday 1:10 pm, Sunday 1:10 pm.
More injury news for the Marlins, from Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: 40-year-old Andy Pettite was the Yankee stopper yesterday, dominating the Red Sox after they beat up the Yanks the first two games. Pettitte is the active leader in career wins in the Majors. How many wins does he have in his career? Tell you later, alligator.
In the rest of MLB yesterday, first in the National League,
Cubs 3 Pirates 2
Nate Schierholz hit a two-homer in the ninth inning.
Padres 2 Mets 1
Eric Stults combined with five relievers to cool off the Mets.
Reds 5 Angels 4
Chris Helsey hit a two-run homer, Shin-Soo Choo and Todd Frazier also went yard for the Reds.
Phillies 2 Braves 0
Cliff Lee threw eight shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out eight as the Phillies avoided the sweep.
In the American League,
Twins 8 Tigers 2
Josh Willingham connected long distance with a man on, Trevor Plouffe went yard.
Royals 3 White Sox 1
Jeremy Guthrie gave up only one run and five hits in six innings, striking out 9.
Orioles 6 Rays 3
Chris Davis homered and finished with four RBI. Davis homered in every game of the series, and is 7-11 to start the season.
A’s 8 Mariners 2
Josh Reddick and Yoenis Cespedes both connected two-run homers. Reddick finished with four RBI.
Yankees 4 Red Sox 2
Andy Pettitte silenced the Red Sox with 8 innings, allowing only one run after the Sox scored 15 in the first two games of the series. Lyly Overbay drove in two runs, Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli connected long distance.
Blue Jays 10 Indians 8
It was home run derby time at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. JP Arencibia went 3-4 with two home runs. Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and Colby Rasmus also went yard for the Blue Jays as they avoided the sweep.
Here is the complete schedule for today. In the National League:
Royals @ Phillies 4:05 pm
Wade Davis vs Kyle Kendrick
Padres @ Rockies 4:10 pm
Jason Marquis vs Jeff Francis
Cardinals @ Giants 4:35 pm
Jake Westbrook vs Barry Zito
Nationals @ Reds 7:10 pm
Dan Haren vs Homer Bailey
Cubs @ Braves 7:30 pm
Scott Feldman vs Mike Minor
D-Backs @ Brewers 8:10 pm
Wade Miley vs Kyle Lohse
Pirates @ Dodgers 10:10 pm
Jonathan Sanchez vs Zack Grienke
In the American League:
Yankees @ Tigers 1:05 pm
Ivan Nova vs Doug Fister
Angels @ Rangers 2:05 pm
Jason Vargas vs Derek Holland
Twins @ Orioles 3:05 pm
Liam Hendricks vs Jake Arrieta
Red Sox @ Blue Jays 7:07 pm
Felix Doubront vs Josh Johnson
Indians @ Rays 7:10 pm
Zach McAllister vs Matt Moore
A’s @ Astros 8:10 pm
Dan Straily vs Brad Peacock
Mariners @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Blake Beavan vs Jose Quintana
The Miami Heat are in Charlotte to meet the Bobcats tonight, and the prognosis at this time is that LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Mario Chalmers, and Ray Allen will all miss tonight’s game. Coach Erik Spostra said that the team has plenty of time over the final two weeks to get back into playoff rhythm, but that their priority is to get as healthy as possible. After tonight’s game, the Heat return to Miami for a back-to-back encounter with the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday night at 7:30 pm. The rest of the regular season schedule for Miami is as follows:
Tuesday April 9 Milwaukee
Wednesday April 10 @ Washington
Friday April 12 Boston
Sunday April 14 Chicago
Monday April 15 @ Cleveland
Wednesday April 17 Orlando
In the NBA yesterday,
Chicago 92 Brooklyn 90
Nate Robinson hit the winning basket with 22.7 seconds left. Carlos Boozer led the Bulls with 29 points and 18 rebounds.
Denver 95 Dallas 94
Andre Iguodala made the game-winning layup with 2.8 seconds remaining. Corey Brewer had 23 points and Andre Miller had 22 for the Nuggets in the win.
Oklahoma City 100 San Antonio 88
Russell Westbrook led the way with 27 points, to go along with seven rebonds and seven assists. Kevin Durant had 25 points, nine rebounds, and six assists.
TONIGHT’S PRO HOOPS SCHEDULE:
Miami @ Charlotte 8:00 pm Sun Sports, ESPN
Cleveland @ Boston 7:30 pm
Milwaukee @ New York 7:30 pm
Philadelphia @ Atlanta 7:30 pm
Oklahoma City @ Indiana 8:00 pm
Orlando @ Chicago 8:00 pm
Toronto @ Minnesota 8:00 pm
New Orleans @ Utah 9:00 pm
Golden State @ Phoenix 10:00 pm
Dallas @ Sacramento 10:00 pm
Houston @ Portland 10:30 pm ESPN
Memphis @ LA Lakers 10:30 pm
In college hoops, the Final Four contests will be tomorrow, with Louisville taking on Wichita State at 6:09 pm, and Michigan will face Syracuse at 8:49 pm. Both games will be televised on CBS, Channel 4 in South Florida.
Here’s the complete Bracket, so you can see what yours and mine DID NOT look like:
Here is what is left of my bracket, my worst bracket EVER...... At least, my selection for National Championship is still playing.
Final Four
Louisville vs Ohio State Wichita State
Miami Syracuse vs Florida Michigan
National Championship game
Louisville vs Miami
National Champions
Louisville
In local college basketball news, after FIU head coach Richard Pitino bolted after just one season here, Athletic Director Pete Garcia said yesterday that he expects to have a replacement in no later than a week to ten days. He added that there was a lot of interest for the job last year, and that the number now “has tripled”. I believe that the next FIU coach will be an up-and-coming assistant, possibly with South Florida ties, that will want to make more of a long-term commitment, not just use FIU as a stepping stone.
No such problem at UM, where Jim Larrañaga, who led the Canes to the ACC regular-season and tournament titles and a No. 2 ranking during the year, received the AP's National Coach of the year award. The 63-year-old had a 29-7 record in his second season with the Hurricanes, which earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. Larrañaga is the first UM coach to win the award and the first ACC coach to get it since Roy Williams won it in 2006.
In Miami Dolphin news, the Dolphins will face the Dallas Cowboys in the first pre-season game of the year on August 4. The rest of the preseason schedule has Miami traveling to Jacksonville and Houston, and they will be at home to take on Tampa Bay and New Orleans.
Steelers QB Ben Rothlisberger talked to NFL.com and he had some good things to say about new Dolphin WR Mike Wallace
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000157372/article/big-ben-fins-wr-mike-wallace-no-onetrick-pony
Mel Kiper Jr. has a new Mock Draft, a two-rounder:
In college baseball, FIU is in Mobile, Alabama to take on South Alabama in a three-game series beginning tonight. Meanwhile, over in Coral Gables, the University of Miami hosts Florida State this weekend in a three-game series.
Here is the web site for all the latest in High School Baseball -
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: 40-year-old Andy Pettitte was the Yankee stopper yesterday, dominating the Red Sox after they beat up the Yanks the first two games. Pettitte is the active leader in career wins in the Majors. How many wins does he have in his career? Tell you later, alligator.
Pettitte leads all active pitchers with 246 wins. Roy Halladay (199), Tim Hudson (197), and CC Sabathia (191) are next and should all reach the 200 mark this season.
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