The Marlins lost to the Mets yesterday, 4-3, but the big story was the major league debut of 20-year-old Jose Fernandez on the mound. The young Cuban was brilliant, allowing just one run on three hits in five innings, walked just one, and struck out eight. He was in line for the win, but the bullpen, specifically Steve Chisek, let Fernandez down. Chisek gave up gave up the game-winning two-run single to Marlon Byrd against a drawn-in infield in the bottom of the ninth, handing the Mets the win. SIDE NOTE TO MARLINS ROOKIE MANAGER MIKE REDMOND: With the tying run on third, and the winning run on second, you should have walked the next hitter intentionally so you don’t necessarily have to bring the infield in all the way. Rookie mistake.
The Fish open a three-game series tonight at Marlins Park against the Atlanta Braves. The pitching match-ups for this series:
Monday 7:10 pm Paul Maholm vs Kevin Slowey
Tuesday 7:10 pm Kris Medlen vs Wade LeBlanc
Wednesday 7:10 pm Mike Minor vs Alex Sanabia
In the rest of MLB yesterday, first in the National League,
Reds 6 Nationals 3
Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce had RBI singles in a three-run sixth inning. Bruce finished with three RBI in the game.
Braves 5 Cubs 1
Ramiro Peña got the go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning as the Braves swept the three-game series with the Cubs. Dan Uggla connected long distance for the Braves, who are off to a 5-1 start.
D-Backs 8 Brewers 7 (11 innings)
Eric Hinske hit a two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning.
Cardinals 14 Giants 3
Matt Carpenter had three hits, 3 RBI, and scored 3 runs. Jon Jay also scored 3 runs and drove in a couple.
Rockies 9 Padres 1
Wilin Rosario hit a three-run homer, Dexter Fowler also homered with a man on, his fourth of the young season.
Dodgers 6 Pirates 2
Adrian Gonzalez went 3-4 with four RBI and the Dodgers swept the Pirates.
Royals 9 Phillies 8
Billie Butler tied a team record with 7 RBI in the game.
In the American League,
Red Sox 13 Blue Jays 0
Will Middlebrooks homered three times and finished with 4 RBI. Jacoby Ellsbury, Daniel Nava, and Mike Napoli also connected long distance for the Red Sox.
Yankees 7 Tigers 0
CC Sabathia held the Tigers to four singles in seven innings. Jayson Nix homered against Justin Verlander. Francisco Cervelli and Kevin Youkilis each drove in two runs.
Twins 4 Orioles 3
Aaron Hicks drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
Indians 13 Rays 0
Carlos Santana went 5-5 with a home run and three RBI, Mark Reynolds homered twice and finished with 4 RBI.
White Sox 4 Mariners 3 (10 innings)
Dayan Viciedo ended the game with a home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
A’s 9 Astros 3
Chris Young, Jed Lowrie, and Coco Crisp all homered, Young with two runners on, Lowrie with a man on. The A’s have won five in a row since losing their first two games of the season.
Rangers 7 Angels 3
Ian Kinsler homered and finished with four RBI, Lance Berkman and David Murphy also connected long distance.
Here is the complete schedule for today. In the National League:
Brewers @ Cubs 2:05 pm
Marco Estrada vs Erwin Jackson
Reds @ Cardinals 4:15 pm
Mat Latos vs Jaime Garcia
Mets @ Phillies 7:05 pm
Matt Harvey vs Roy Halladay
Pirates @ D-Backs 9:40 pm
Wandy Rodriguez vs Trevor Cahill
Rockies @ Giants 10:15 pm
Jorge de la Rosa vs Madison Bumgarner
In the American League:
Orioles @ Red Sox 2:05 pm
Wei-Yin Chen vs Clay Buchholz
Yankees @ Indians 4:05 pm
Hiroki Kuroda vs Ubaldo Jimenez
Twins @ Royals 4:10 pm
Kevin Correia vs Ervin Santant
Rays @ Rangers 8:05 pm
Jeremy Hellickson vs Alexi Ogando
Astros @ Mariners 10:10 pm
Philip Humber vs Joe Saunders
According to Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post, the Marlins are expecting 30,000 for tonight’s home opener against the Braves. Team President David Samson, who is obviously a master of the obvious, said that, (you may want to sit down before you read this). . . . THE MARLINS EXPECT A DROP IN ATTENDANCE THIS SEASON! Really? You think? Here’s the full article:
In other baseball news, the Atlanta Braves placed Freddie Freeman on the 15-day DL with an oblique injury. Freeman is not real happy, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
O’Brien has a preview of the Braves vs Marlins series:
After getting rocked by the Red Sox on Opening Day, CC Sabathia looked good yesterday against the Tigers, shutting them out over his seven innings of work. The New York Post’s Kevin Kernan says we could be seeing a new and improved version of CC:
After a full week of games, here are the ML individual leaders. Don’t be alarmed. . .there are some unexpected names up among the league leaders:
Love these stories: The most coveted baseball card of all time, the 1909-11 T-206 Honus Wagner card, just sold at auction for a staggering $2.1 million. Here’s ESPN.com’s Darren Rovell with the details:
The Miami Heat enjoyed their weekend, as they beat both the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday, 89-79, and the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, 106-87. The team, and the rest of the NBA, for that matter, are off tonight for the NCAA Championship game, and the Heat return to action tomorrow night at the AAA against the Milwaukee Bucks. Tipoff is at 7:30 pm. Dwyane Wade said yesterday that he is still not ready to return to action due to a right knee injury, adding that he hopes to return before the playoffs begin. No need to hurry and perhaps aggravate the injury. The rest of the regular season schedule for Miami is as follows:
Wednesday April 10 @ Washington
Friday April 12 Boston
Sunday April 14 Chicago
Monday April 15 @ Cleveland
Wednesday April 17 Orlando
In the NBA yesterday,
New York 125 Oklahoma City 120
Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points and the Knicks won their 12th game in a row.
LA Clippers 109 LA Lakers 95
Chris Paul had 24 points and 12 assists and the Clippers won their first Pacific division title in their 42-year history.
Boston 107 Washington 96
Brandon Bass had 20 points and 6 rebounds, Paul Pierce had 15 points and five assists.
Cleveland 91 Orlando 85
Tristan Thompson had 15 points and 16 rebounds, Alonzo Gee led the Cavs with 19 points.
Memphis 89 Sacramento 87
Mike Conley finished with 25 points, including the go-ahead basket with 30 seconds left in the contest.
Detroit 99 Chicago 85
Brandon Knight led the way with 20 points.
Utah 97 Golden State 90
Mo Williams scored 25 points as the Jazz moved 1/2 game ahead of the Lakers for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference
New Orleans 95 Phoenix 92
Anthony Davis had 20 points, Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson had 17 points apiece.
Dallas 96 Portland 91
Chris Kaman finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds
If the regular season ended today, these would be the playoff match-ups:
TONIGHT’S PRO HOOPS SCHEDULE:
NO GAME SCHEDULED TONIGHT. ENJOY THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND MICHIGAN.
The NCAA title game, and Louisville will be taking on Michigan. Tipoff is scheduled for 9:23 pm. You can watch all the action on CBS, Channel 4 in South Florida.
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Louisville takes on Michigan tonight in the men’s NCAA championship game and Louisville will face Connecticut in the woman’s final on Tuesday. This is only the third time that a school’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play for the national championship in the same season. Who did it before? Tell you later, alligator.
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 Champion is still playing.
National Championship game
Louisville vs Miami Michigan
National Champions
Louisville
In local college basketball news, no news yet from Westchester regarding the search for a new basketball head coach at FIU. Athletic Director Pete Garcia said last week that he expects to have a replacement in no later than a week to ten days, so we may have something as early as sometime later in the week.
In Miami Dolphin news, the Dolphins and Miami-Dade County are closing in on an agreement for upgrades to the Seven-Names Stadium. The Miami Herald is all over this story:
I’m beginning to sense that there is a very real possibility that the Dolphins may be leaning to possibly trading the #12 pick in the first round and dropping down in the first round, and adding another pick in the first two or three rounds. At some point, they will probably look at perhaps drafting a running back to replace Reggie Bush. Here a name for you, and remember, you heard it here first: Ed Lacy. Check him out here:
In college baseball, FIU lost two out of three against South Alabama in Mobile this weekend. Meanwhile, over in Coral Gables, the University of Miami also fell twice in their three-game series against arch-rival Florida State this weekend. FIU hosts Louisiana-Monroe this weekend at FIU Stadium, while the Canes will host Stetson on Wednesday, and travel to College Park, MD this weekend to take on Maryland.
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Louisville takes on Michigan tonight in the men’s NCAA championship game and Louisville will face Connecticut in the woman’s final on Tuesday. This is only the third time that a school’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play for the national championship in the same season. Who did it before?
The 1999 Duke teams (both of them lost), and the 2004 Connecticut teams (both of them won).
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