LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 31: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers gestures while standing on first base during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium on March 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ryan Sun/Getty Images) | Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani has reached base in his last 44 regular season games, setting an MLB record for a player born in Japan, surpassing Ichiro Suzuki, a player he admired while growing up.
Ohtani singled in the fourth inning against Kumar Rocker the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, his 13th game in 13 tries this season reaching base by hit, walk, or hit by pitch at least once. The streak dates back to August 24, 2025, covering his final 31 games of last season.
The caveat here is that streaks like these are regular season only. Last postseason, Ohtani was on base in 15 of 17 games, only failing to reach in Game 3 of the National League Division Series and Game 5 of the World Series.
Willie Keeler: 50 games (August 22, 1900-April 22, 1901)
Ron Cey: 47 games (September 9, 1975-May 12, 1976)
Zack Wheat: 44 games (September 6, 1919-May 22, 1920)
Len Koenecke: 44 games (May 10-July 11, 1934)
Shohei Ohtani: 44 games and counting (August 24, 2025-April 10, 2026)
The Dodgers have played baseball since 1884, and joined the National League in 1890. But there aren’t full gamelogs for 19th century games. Baseball Reference has data going back to 1898, and there’s at least one known streak longer than these modern Dodgers streaks. Fielder Jones, a center fielder for Brooklyn, reached base in 70 straight games from June 13-September 7, 1899.
Let’s check back in mid-May to see if Ohtani can keep up with the Joneses.
SAN ANTONIO, TX - APRIL 10: Cooper Flagg #32 of the Dallas Mavericks shoots a three point basket during the game against the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, 2026 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
The Dallas Mavericks (25-56) took on the San Antonio Spurs (62-19) for the last time in the 2025-2026 season. Saturday night’s matchup ended with Dallas on the wrong side of a 139-120 final score, with the loss dropping Dallas’ record to 25-56 with one game remaining. The Mavs had eight players listed as “out” so some unusual suspects got to showcase their talents.
Let’s get to the grades!
Ryan Nembhard: B-
13 PTS / 1 REB / 7 AST / 0 STL / 0 BLK – 31 MIN
Nembhard had a relatively solid game with nothing remarkable. He chipped in a few points, he led the team in assists nearly from the opening tip and didn’t do much to get upset about.
Max Christie: A-
16 PTS / 1 REB / 2 AST / 1 STL / 0 BLK – 31 MIN
This is the kind of game Christie is capable of at really any given time. I still don’t love the high frequency of three-point attempts for a guy who can drive and shoot the mid-range, not to mention hit free throws at a high clip. That said, when he shoots the three this well, it’s nice to see and gives the Mavs a different dimension.
Cooper Flagg: A
33 PTS / 6 REB / 5 AST / 0 STL / 0 BLK – 32 MIN
Flagg got himself back on track after a poor scoring night last game. His shooting was spot-on (13-for-25; 3-for-7 from deep) and he poured in the points by making good decisions for easy baskets, while connecting on a number of tough, well-defended shots. This was his eleventh game scoring 30 or more points.
Khris Middleton: B
14 PTS / 3 REB / 3 AST / 0 STL / 0 BLK – 25 MIN
Middleton was efficient (5-for-8) yet quiet, in that his contributions didn’t really pop out while watching the game. He was solid and made the most of his chances.
Marvin Bagley III: N/A
2 PTS / 1 REB / 1 AST / 0 STL / 0 BLK – 8 MIN
Bagley suffered a shoulder injury that took him out of action after only eight minutes, so qualifying for an actual grade isn’t possible. Hopefully he will be able to play in game 82 as opposed to ending his season here.
John Poulakidas: C+
12 PTS / 1 REB / 0 AST / 1 STL / 1 BLK – 30 MIN
Poulakidas couldn’t replicate what he did last time out, and it wasn’t even close. He hoisted a lot of three-pointers as would be expected, but almost none of them went through the net until late in the game when he caught fire a bit. Despite the late flurry, he was the worst Mav in terms of plus/minus (by a big margin) for most of the night. Perhaps the best part of his game is that he stayed within himself and didn’t stop shooting. He demonstrated confidence that not may two-way players would show after such a rough start.
AJ Johnson: B
13 PTS / 1 REB / 2 AST / 0 STL / 1 BLK – 20 MIN
I joke around with other MMB staffers that Johnson is a legend in the making. While that isn’t necessarily likely, I do still think there is a good NBA player inside the rough edges of what he currently is. He shot decently well (4-for-9), buoyed by a bank-shot three-pointer, and nailed his free throws (4-for-4) while showing little flashes that have me rooting hard for him to develop more this offseason to see what he can bring to the team next year. This was his highest scoring game since coming to Dallas.
Tyler Smith: C+
6 PTS / 2 REB / 1 AST / 1 STL / 0 BLK – 19 MIN
Smith displayed his athleticism and some decently quick hands on a so-so shooting night (3-for-7 but 0-for-4 from beyond the arc).
Final Thoughts
At this point, Mavs’ losses are far more valuable than Mavs’ wins. Without P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall and a host of others, this was a nice game to take the L while letting some younger guys get opportunities they otherwise would not have, all the while watching Cooper Flagg put on a show.
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As they fought for their playoff lives at the start of April, the Ottawa Senators were glad to get home for a late-season, five-game homestand that ran from April 2-9. They opened that stretch tied with Detroit and Philadelphia, and all three teams were two points out of a wild-card spot held by Columbus.
But the Sens' homestand wasn't going to be easy, as four of their five opponents were clearly playoff-bound. Buffalo, Minnesota, Carolina, and Tampa Bay were all high on the guest list to Lord Stanley's ball, and the fifth opponent was the two-time defending champion Florida Panthers, who had just trampled them a few days earlier.
Steve Warne and Gregg Kennedy discuss Tim Stutzle's amazing goal against the Carolina Hurricanes this week.
The Senators' performance in the past week was beyond anyone's expectations.
They split the first two games, beating Buffalo and then losing to Minnesota. After that, they ran the rest of the table, beating Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Florida by a combined score of 17-6, and grabbing 8 of a possible 10 points.
Entering Saturday's action, every team in the Eastern Conference now has just three regular-season games left to play.
With a little help, the Senators can clinch a playoff spot by Saturday at 8 pm.
The Sens will be in New York to face the Islanders at 1 pm. If they defeat the Islanders in any fashion AND the Red Wings lose to the Devils (5 pm) in any fashion, then it's time to dust off your playoff car flags.
The Senators would officially punch their ticket to the playoffs for the second year in a row.
If you want to look at the bigger picture, without looking for help, the Senators will automatically make the playoffs if they can pull three out of a possible six points from their last three games. If they do that, then it's over. There's nothing anyone behind them can do to about it.
The Sens will certainly get the best version of the Islanders, who are also fighting for their playoff lives with a new head coach at the helm in Pete DeBoer. But on Sunday, the Sens will have a date with the Devils in a battle of two teams in a back-to-back situation.
Because Jacob Markstrom has been shut down for what's left of this season, the Sens will face goalie Nico Daws, who was just called up and has played only one NHL game this season. That said, Daws gave the Senators absolute fits in a game in Dec. 2023, a few days after Jacques Martin had taken over as interim coach.
Clinching at home against the Leafs would be sweet for Sens Nation. They'd love the idea of sending Toronto to the golf course with a flourish, but they'd rather not leave this to the last second and give their hated rivals a chance to spoil the party.
Ottawa: SAT: Ottawa at Islanders SUN: Ottawa at New Jersey WED: Toronto at Ottawa
After they play the Devils, the Red Wings close out with two games in Florida, where both NHL teams feature depleted rosters. But maybe the spring break effect will hit the Wings the way it seemed to hit the Senators a couple of weeks ago in their ill-fated trip to Florida.
Detroit SAT: New Jersey at Detroit MON: Detroit at Tampa Bay WED: Detroit at Florida
Steve Warne The Hockey News
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In a recent mailbag for Daily Faceoff, Anthony Di Marco named a handful of NHL trade candidates to watch during the summer. Among the players Di Marco discussed is Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram.
"The Buffalo Sabres are surging right now, but defenseman Bowen Byram may still ultimately want a new destination in the long run. Signing just a two-year contract extension last summer and rumored to want to have more of an opportunity to be a legit no. 1 defender, he may chase another situation," Di Marco wrote.
Byram is no stranger to being in the rumor mill, so it is easy to understand why he is being named as a potential summer trade candidate. The 24-year-old defenseman would certainly have the potential to get the Sabres a nice return in a move, as he is a young top-four blueliner having a strong year.
Byram could be exactly the kind of trade chip the Sabres used to upgrade their roster elsewhere. The Sabres could use another top-six center or top-four right-shot defenseman.
However, with Byram being a key part of the Sabres' defense, it would also be understandable if they keep him around. In 80 games this season, he has set new career highs with 11 goals and 42 points.
It will be interesting to see what happens between Byram and the Sabres from here. He will be a pending unrestricted free agent during the 2026-27 season.
After its 5-1 series opening loss to the Gamecocks in which the Tigers mustered two hits, Missouri baseball was ripe for an offensive resurgence. On a cold Friday evening at Taylor Stadium, neither side was able to muster much offense. Three combined hits, one of which was a bunt single, came from the Tigers and Gamecocks for the opening five innings.
Behind the eight-inning, 10 strikeout performance from South Carolina starting pitcher Amp Phillips, the Gamecocks squeaked away with a 1-0 victory that can only be described in two words: pitchers duel.
“We just didn’t make any adjustments,” Missouri coach Kerrick Jackson said. “(Amp) kept doing the same thing over and over again, and we were late to a fastball that was good, but not above-average. We never adjusted. Nobody even really tried to be early and do something different, so we got the results we got.”
Morris Hodges, who was the home plate umpire had a workout for the same time frame. The pair of starting pitchers, Brady Kehlenbrink and Amp Phillips had each struck out at least six batters by the end of the fifth. It took a throwing error from the usually sure-handed Missouri shortstop Kam Durnin to get the first Gamecocks run across the plate in the top half of the fourth.
It was a night at the plate for the Tigers where on top of all of the strikeouts and three failed bunt attempts, the little things weren’t going their way either. A potential rally starting infield single by Kam Durnin in the bottom of the fourth was snuffed out, by Durnin himself. After the Tigers next batter, Pierre Seals came up to the dish, Durnin was gunned down by Gamecocks catcher Talmadge LeCroy at second base.
Seals’ walk right after posed the “what if” scenario immediately after, which in an ideal world for Jackson’s squad, no stolen base attempt by Durnin, a Seals walk and two runners on with one out and Jase Woita coming up to the plate. In reality, a Woita fly-out to right field ended the bottom of the fourth, and another inning in the books for Phillips.
“As I told them yesterday, trying to get a hit is not an approach,” Jackson said. “We need to change that, and we need to figure out and go back to what we’ve done at times. Its not like the concept is foreign to us, as when we put up some runs, we’ve had quality at bats up and down the line that we’ve understood what the pitchers were doing. We’ve made adjustments in game at times, and some guys have even made adjustments at from at-bat to at-bat and for the last two days, we just haven’t been able to do that.”
The bottom of the fifth nearly yielded a run across the plate, once again, the clutch factor for the Tigers was missing. After a leadoff single from Kaden Peer, followed by a Mateo Serna single one batter later, a sacrafice bunt attempt by Eric Masionet found foul territory and the glove of LeCroy. Keegan Knutson connected on a hard line drive which was caught by third baseman Erik Parker, signifying the frustrating tone of the Tigers evening offensively.
Jackson was blunt and to the point post-game on what he thought was missing in the batters box Friday evening.
“Fight, plain and simple,” Jackson said. Brady comes out there and just pitches his tail off, and offensively, we didn’t even come close to matching the competitive effort and spirit that he had.”
The sixth, seventh and eighth innings for MU’s offense went similar to the song by the Beat in 1982. 1-2-3. Phillips continue to pitch his way to a multitude of season-highs, eight innings pitched, 10 strikeouts. In the bottom of the seventh, Jase Woita appealed that his groundout went off of his leg, therefore deeming the ball dead.
The umpires, after convening in the middle of the diamond, disagreed. Cameron Benson then struck out, for his third punch-out of the evening at the plate. The ninth inning for the Tigers was the last gasp, the last hope to give themselves a chance to win their first SEC game at Taylor Stadium since Mar. 23 2024.
A first pitch single for MU lead-off hitter Blaize Ward began the ninth inning. Kam Durnin quickly followed with another small-ball attempt by the Tigers, a bunt that this time went succesfully for Mizzou, after Parker failed to get a good grip on the ball, putting two runners on first and second, nobody out and Pierre Seals at the plate.
The next three plays led to the ultimate downfall for Missouri.
After a sacrafice bunt attempt by Seals went foul, an attempted double steal by the Tigers went haywire, as pinch-runner Isaiah Frost was thrown out at third, giving the Gamecocks a crucial opening out.
Seals proceded to strike out swinging and Woita, the former Gamecock, couldn’t do damage to his old team as he flew out to end a painful home loss that had few but major missed opportunities for MU.
“We had options there,” Jackson said. “Bunting is not necessarily (Pierre’s) forte as you saw with the first pitch that he attempted to bunt that we fouled off. At that point, to be able to put ourselves in a position to move the runners, it was we’ll hit and run here, I don’t care where the ball goes it just had to go forward. It could’ve been a 15,000 foot chopper that just moved the runners up, and with the way that he can be at times, he averages 100 miles an hour exit speed every time he puts the barrel on the ball. So you roll the dice there, because bunting just is not his thing.”
THE ULTIMATE REDEMPTION START FOR KEHLENBRINK
Coming into his Friday evening outing against South Carolina, Kehlenbrink’s last two outings were far from noteworthy on the positive spectrum. After nearly three inning a piece and nine and seven earned runs respectively given up against Texas A&M and Kentucky, the momentum wasn’t on his side.
Any negative carryover from those pair of outings was simply non-existent in Kehlenbrink’s outing against the Gamecocks. The left-hander pitched nothing short of in Mizzou baseball twitter’s words, “ a gem.”
7.1 innings pitched, two hits, zero earned runs and 10 strikeouts, just one short of his career-high mark he established on Mar. 8 against UIC.
“You never really have a bad outing if you learn from it,” Kehlenbrink said. “Me and the pitching coaches, Drew and Nick, sat in Drew’s office and watched some video and realized my mechanics were a little off. We worked a lot this week on getting back in gear, and I went out and executed.”
In his previous two starting appearances, the walks amounting to run scoring opportunities was a nagging issue for Kehlenbrink, giving up nine combined in the pair of outings. Zero free passes were issued to the Gamecocks with the one run coming from a slightly errant throw by Durnin, that just pulled Woita off the first base bag.
The lone run wasn’t easily given by Kehlenbrink, it was very fought for and earned the hard way. The addition of the Tigers pitching coach Drew Dickinson has made this theme much more consistent as opposed to last season.
The way he works with all of us and helps us develop is huge” Kehlenbrink said. “He doesn’t miss a bullpen, he’s always there watching us, helping us improve our repertoire, and helping us throw strikes.”
UP NEXT
Mizzou will look to avoid a series sweep on Saturday at 2:00 P.M against the Gamecocks. Both starting pitchers are still yet to be announced for both teams.
On Friday, during the Dodgers’ matchup with the Rangers, Los Angeles offered its supporters for the first time in 2026 a plastic drinking vessel that was made to look like a cooler, and while it was an immediate fan favorite, the cost certainly left a sour taste in some of its consumers’ mouths.
For the first time in 2026, the Dodgers put souvenir cooler cups up for sale at Dodger Stadium.
“I mean, s—t,” Dodgers fan Adriana Gonzales told The California Post after she ordered one with tequila and Red Bull in it. “I was not expecting almost $50 for one.”
The item’s official price tag is $39.99, but with taxes, it easily cleared the $40 mark. And nearly every fan The Post spoke with at Dodger Stadium believed that was simply gouging.
“My first words were, like,” Silvia Verdugo said, “‘I cant believe we just spent $45 on a cup.'”
Most, though, said the trinket ultimatley felt worth it in the end.
Dodgers fans paid $39.99 plus taxes for the new cup. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post
“I mean,” Eric Huitron said, “it’s Dodger Stadium and they’re going to make their money. You pay a premium here no matter what. You can see everybody thinks it’s worth it because they wouldn’t be in line if they didn’t.”
The Dodgers had initially planned to sell the mug on Opening Day last month, but fans said they were told shipping issues pushed back their arrival by two weeks.
Gerald Encininas told The Post when the Dodgers announced on Friday morning that they’d be available for the first time, he made up his mind he was going to get one, “intense” price or not.
Despite its high price, fans were seen buying the cup all over Dodger Stadium. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post
“It’s worth it for the experience,” he said. “I’ll be using it at home.”
It’s the second cup that’s caused a stir at Dodgerr Stadium this year — a Shohei Ohtani-themed tumbler and its $79.99 price tag alarmed fans during LA’s season opener.
Unfortunately for those who opened up their wallets on Friday, the new cup doesn’t come with free refills like the Ohtani one.
But, Gonzales did admit she got good news when she first sipped her beverage.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 10: Willy Adames #2 of the San Francisco Giants celebrates with Matt Chapman #26 after hitting a home run in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 10, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) | Getty Images
At some point this year, there was a brief moment — a very brief moment, but a moment nonetheless — where you wondered if the San Francisco Giants would win three games this season. And now they’ve won three straight. Things can change quickly, it turns out.
The Giants beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Friday, kicking off a nine-game road trip in style. More importantly, however, the Giants beat the Orioles in a fashion that made you feel happy and confident, not in a “even the sun shines on the Colorado Rockies 50 times a year” way.
They won because some of the stars that are supposed to carry the team, carried the team. They won because the players you’re worried about had encouraging games. They won because their starting pitching was excellent. They won because all of the above added up to give the bullpen enough of a buffer that they didn’t need to be great, or use their most trusted arms.
There are wins and there are “hey, maybe this team is all right” wins, and this was, thankfully, the latter.
The other day I wrote about how all teams make mistakes every game. And you can expand that: all teams get bad luck every game, and all teams have moments of inadequate play every game. And when a team is bad, those mistakes, bad luck, and inadequate play stand out like sore thumbs, because they have no way of overcoming it. When a team is good, you can go whole games, series, or even weeks not noticing the mistakes, bad luck, and inadequate play, because they have the ability to negate it entirely.
Let me give an example for those of you who watched the game on Apple TV, or listened to the radio: how many of you remember that the game started with Luis Arráez drawing a one-out walk, and Matt Chapman grounding into a frustrating double play on the very next pitch? Right now you’re probably nodding your head wisely, and saying ahh, yeah, oh…yeah, i guess that did happen.
Had the Giants been as useless as they were the last time they played an AL East team, that sequence would be seared into your brain. It would represent their ineptitude and struggles, and your general frustration with the team.
Instead, it was just a play.
A play you forgot as soon as the third inning rolled around when, with two outs and the bases empty, Willy Adames stepped up to the plate, worked the count full, forced Shane Baz to find the strike zone, and absolutely pummeled the baseball.
It was a gorgeous swing of the bat, and if you want to know why the Giants offense has been struggling lately — and why maybe it will break out a bit this week — well, it perhaps provided a comical insight.
Adames’ dinger brought life to the offense (their only hit the first time through the lineup was a Jung Hoo Lee double), as it was followed up by another Arráez walk (you don’t see that everyday) and a Chapman single. But Rafael Devers was unable to capitalize, ending the inning with a ground out.
That wasn’t a mistake, per se, but it was an opportunity not fully taken advantage of. Which, again: happens every game. And, again: you didn’t remember this one. I just told you it happened and you still might not remember that it happened. You might think that I’m making something up to prove a point, the way Duane Kuiper once admitted that he replaced a late-inning substitute’s name with his neighbor’s name during a Spring Training broadcast and no one noticed.
But I’m not. That really happened, and you really don’t remember it, perhaps because you didn’t watch the game and that’s why you’re here, or perhaps because it was Just Another Play in a game with plenty of good ones.
For instance, in the very next inning, when Casey Schmitt led off with one of the three doubles he had on the day, each as gorgeous and emphatic as the one before. Lee was robbed of an RBI single by second baseman Jeremiah Jackson, presenting yet another moment that could have been frustrating if the Giants weren’t so … good? Is that the word I’m looking for?
We’re used to Lee getting robbed (which moved Schmitt to third), tearing out our collective hair (mine’s getting grey, I don’t mind pulling it out) about the bad luck, and then wailing in frustration as Schmitt gets stranded on third by a strikeout, something you’ll mull over all night, with the only silver lining being that you permit yourself to have a second beer out of misery.
But no. Lee’s robbed base was followed up by an RBI single off the bat of Heliot Ramos, slumping in the slumpiest of slumps, in desperate need of such a hit.
And the rally continued with a single off the bat of Patrick Bailey, also slumping in the slumpiest of slumps, also in desperate need of such a hit (perhaps to save his entire career, if you made the mistake of listening to talking heads on the radio or the internet over the last week).
And while Harrison Bader couldn’t move either runner over, the table was set for another dynamic Adames plate appearance, which resulted in a double ripped down the left field line, scoring a third run and giving Adames his seventh extra-base hit in the last four games.
But it was the fifth inning that really provided the grist for the negative mill, should the Giants choose to … you know … uhh … mill it, or whatever. A Devers single and a Schmitt double put runners at second and third with just one out, but Lee was unable to find the situation at-bat to plate a run, and Ramos grounded out.
It could have been a moment that crumbled the game, especially with Baltimore starting to show some life on the offensive end. But like the other plays, it was a momentary struggle that you may have forgotten about, if you even registered it in the first place.
Because in the seventh inning, trying to add to a 3-1 lead, Chapman drew a one-out walk. And with two outs, Schmitt came through with the triple-double (animal style), knocking yet another triple. Chapman, running with two outs and never slowing down, ever so slightly beat out a tremendous left field relay, scoring the ever-important insurance run.
I think, at this point in the game/story, I’ve described the difference between a frustratingly bad team and a competent one. But what happened next happened next is the difference between a competent team and a good one.
The fifth inning failure was behind them thanks to the insurance run, but that insurance run would triple just three pitches later, on something no one saw coming: Lee hitting not just a two-run home run, but hitting a two-run home run in an 0-2 count against a left-handed pitcher, reliever Nick Raquet.
And if that doesn’t give you confidence in things turning around for the Giants, then I just don’t know what will.
Of course, half of the battle is on the other side of the ball, and it was there where the Giants did the exact same thing. Landen Roupp was not at his sharpest, but it didn’t matter because every mistake he wiped right off the board. He struggled mightily to find the strike zone, with just 54 of 93 pitches going for strikes, but somehow only walked two of the 25 batters he faced.
Even when Roupp didn’t erase his own mistakes, his teammates did, such as in the third inning, when he issued a one-out walk to Gunnar Henderson, before Adley Rutschman tattooed a two-out pitch off the right field wall. Yet even with the speedy Henderson getting a two-out jump, Lee was able to play the double so well that the runner was forced to stop at third, where he could only watch helplessly as Roupp struck out slugger Pete Alonso.
Funnily enough, the Orioles would finally break through an inning later, when they seemed to learn from that situation. Again they drew a one-out walk (this time Dylan Beavers), which was again followed by a double to right field (this time a one-out shot by Leody Taveras). This time Baltimore sent a runner, who barely scored ahead of nearly-perfect relay by Lee and Arráez.
But other than that, Roupp held the Orioles completely in check by challenging when he fell behind in the count, and being especially stingy early in the innings. He gave up a double in the first inning, but with two outs. He allowed a single in the second inning, but with two outs. He did the same in the fifth inning. Finally, in the sixth inning — his last — Roupp set down the side in order for the first time all night, and needed just 10 pitches to do so.
But the theme carried over into the bullpen. Keaton Winn handled the seventh, and the leadoff hitter, Jackson, reached safely on an Adames error, when his throw was in the dirt and Devers — to his own ire — couldn’t pick it out. Like the other mistakes in the game, this one you forgot … perhaps because of what transpired in the rest of the game, or perhaps because, if you looked away for a few seconds, you not only missed that play but the ensuing pitch, in which Winn induced a double play to pick his teammates up.
Similarly, J.T. Brubaker issued two walks in the eighth and had to be removed from the game, but that went largely unnoticed because Matt Gage entered and, two pitches later, the inning was over.
The Orioles finally got to the Giants bullpen in the ninth inning, when Tony Vitello was in the no-man’s land of trying to preserve a big-but-not-insurmountable lead. Vitello landed on Tidwell, a sensible choice, but it didn’t go well. Baltimore finally found life in the inning when Henderson smacked a gorgeous two-out, two-run home run, making the score a more respectable 6-3.
You would have understood if Vitello pulled Tidwell there. You also would have understood if he pulled him an inning later, after Taylor Ward doubled. And you would have been livid if hindsight analysis allowed you to criticize those lack of moves after the Giants lost.
But Vitello opted to preserve his bullpen, and trust his young reliever with the tying run still outside the batter’s box. And after Rutschman popped up, it became clear that, like all other situations in the game, the good outweighed whatever we would have complained about had they lost.
Apr 10, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill (29) reacts after allowing four runs to score in the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images
The homestand did not start well for the Brewers. After a burst by both offenses in the first, the pitching staffs kept it close until the Brewers buckled late. Most of it came from a terrible performance by Trevor Megill, and the Brewers dropped the series opener to the Nationals 7-3.
The game started with more first inning struggles for the Brewers. After James Wood led off the game with a double, Curtis Mead singled to center and the Nationals scored their first run. Aaron Ashby recovered a bit and got the next two batters out but a wild pitch moved Mead up. That didn’t matter as much as CJ Abrams doubled to right center, brining in Mead for a second run. Ashby responded with a strikeout of former Brewer Joey Wiemer, but they were already down 2-0.
However, the Brewers did not take long to rally. Jake Irvin struggled to find the strike zone and only threw 14 of his first 32 pitches for strikes. It started with a four-pitch walk to Brice Turang. He recovered for strikeouts of William Contreras and Christian Yelich, but Garrett Mitchell also drew a walk. That set up Jake Bauers, who worked the count full before hitting a slider thrown right down the middle deep into the right field bleachers. With one hit, the Brewers went from down 2-0 to up 3-2.
Both starters settled in for the second inning, each retiring the side in order. Ashby came back out to start the third and struck James Wood out. Manager Pat Murphy brought in Chad Patrick for the bulk innings after that. His day started alright with a line out and ground out. As for the Brewers, they got a walk and single but couldn’t score them in the bottom of the inning.
The next two innings were quiet before the Nationals threatened in the sixth. Wood and Daylen Lile singled to put runners on the corners, then Patrick walked Brady House following a stolen base by Lile. With the bases loaded, Murphy brought in Angel Zerpa to get them out of the jam. It worked as CJ Abrams grounded into a double play, and the score remained at 3-2.
Zerpa remained in the game for the seventh. He walked Wiemer to start the inning, who then switched places with Luis García, Jr. on a ground out. After Jorbit Vivas walked, pinch-hitter Jacob Young came in to face Zerpa. Young won the match, hitting a double to the right field corner that scored García Jr. Young tried to stretch it to a triple and was thrown out, but the damage was done. The game was tied at 3-3.
That tie held into the ninth inning. Trevor Megill came into the game to try and keep it tied for a potential ninth-inning rally. What followed was a sequence of nine pitches that completely torpedoed the game. With his third pitch, he hit CJ Abrams to give the Nationals a leadoff baserunner. On the fifth pitch, Wiemer hit a bunt to the third base side of the infield and was able to beat Luis Rengifo’s throw. The next pitch was hit right down the middle by García Jr., scoring Abrams and moving Wiemer to third. That got a mound visit, as well as Easton McGee warming in the bullpen.
It just got worse from there. On the seventh pitch, Vivas hit a bunt back towards the mound. A good throw might have got Wiemer at home, but Megill’s throw was a soft lob not close to Contreras that ended up going to the backstop. Pinch-runner Nasim Nuñez easily reached because of that, and the Nationals were up 5-3. Two pitches later, the Nationals went for another sacrifice bunt. Once again, it went back to Megill and there would have been a play at home with a good throw. Once again, Megill just lobbed the baseball to Contreras at home, this time like it was a force play at the plate. Nuñez scored, the Nationals were up 6-3, and the boos were out in full force. Murphy pulled Megill at nine pitches and brought in McGee.
The Nationals got one more run off the Brewers, with Wood hitting a double off of McGee to start his appearance. Mead hit a ground ball hard to Rengifo at third, and he had an easy throw to get Drew Millas at home. After that, Lile hit into a double play and the inning mercifully came to an end. The Nationals scored four runs and the Brewers were down 7-3. Clayton Beeter finished the game in the ninth for the Nationals, and the Brewers just went down in order quietly to end the game.
After the first inning, the Brewers offense was held in check. Jake Bauers led the offense with a two-hit day and added on a walk. Brice Turang had a hit and a walk as well. However, the offense was held to four hits and five walks overall. The bottom four batters in the lineup went 0-for-13 with two walks and three strikeouts.
Meanwhile, the Nationals roughed up the Brewers’ pitching staff. They had 11 hits and two walks as a team and only struck out six times. Ashby allowed two of their runs in a rough first inning. Patrick pitched three scoreless innings, but left with the bases loaded. Zerpa got them out of that jam in the sixth before allowing a run in the seventh. Abner Uribe kept the game tied with a scoreless eighth. However, Megill’s four runs allowed in the ninth, along with his terrible throws home, were what sealed this one. After the game, here’s what he had to say.
Trevor Megill on that 9th inning:
"Just completely ass PFPs from my half and need to get better there. Something I take f***ing pride in and just completely failed the team tonight on it. So yeah, need to be better there. There's no excuse for that sh*t"
With the Brewers now on a three-game losing streak, they will try to break that tomorrow in game two of the series. Kyle Harrison will face Foster Griffin at 6:10 p.m., and it will be on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 10: Joey Wiemer #21 of the Washington Nationals bunts for a base hit in the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on April 10, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Brewers are well known as a team that loves to play small ball. They grind out at bats, get infield hits and are not afraid to drop down a bunt. Tonight, the Nats gave them a taste of their own medicine in the biggest spot. The Nats used three huge bunts to win this one 7-3.
The Nationals attempted one bunt (a Jacob Young sacrifice) through their first 12 games. They just attempted three in the top of the 9th and reached base on all of them.
In the first inning, it looked like this game was going to be a high scoring slugfest. The Nats started things out with a two run inning, thanks to RBI knocks from Curtis Mead and CJ Abrams. However, the Brew Crew responded with a three run blast from Jake Bauers.
For Jake Irvin, he did not have great command, but was able to battle. He walked five and really struggled in that first inning. However, the big right hander was able to settle in and give the Nats five key frames. Irvin was not only able to save the bullpen, he was also able to keep the Nats in the game.
Despite getting five frames from Irvin, the Nats still needed their rickety bullpen to keep the Brewers at bay. Surprisingly, they did just that. Paxton Schultz, Cionel Perez, PJ Poulin and Clayton Beeter combined for 4 scoreless innings. This bullpen has taken a lot of heat, and rightly so. However, they did their job tonight and we have to give them credit for that.
We have all trashed them and rightfully so but credit where it is due, the Washington Nationals bullpen was fantastic tonight
If you told me that the Nats would win a bullpen battle with the Brewers, I would not believe you. That is exactly what they did though. The ‘pen also did not issue any walks tonight, which is a very encouraging sign.
While the pitching staff was putting up zeroes, the Nats were trying to get back in the game. Jacob Young provided a pinch hit spark in the 7th, with a two out RBI double to tie the game. He got thrown out trying to extend it to a triple, but it was still a success even if the patient died.
When the 9th inning rolled around, the Brewers turned to their closer Trevor Megill. That is when the magic really started. It all started with a CJ Abrams hit by pitch and a Joey Wiemer bunt hit. The Nats must have known Megill was not a strong fielder because they were torturing him with bunts that inning. After a Luis Garcia Jr. RBI single, a barrage of bunts made it 6-3.
After all those soft bunts, James Wood decided to turn it up a notch, drilling a 115 mph double down the right field line to make it 7-3. Clayton Beeter shut the door with a clean 1-2-3 9th, and the Nats improved to 5-8.
Speaking of Wood, he is on an absolute tear right now. After the way he finished last season, his first week or so was concerning. However, we have seen the best of Wood in the last week. Somehow, his 115 mph double was not even his hardest hit ball of the night. He launched one 116 mph in the first inning for a double. With four hits tonight, Wood is now hitting .268 with a .930 OPS. I do not think this guy is going to Rochester any time soon folks. Overall, it was a great win for the Nats and hopefully they can finish the job and win the series tomorrow.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 10: Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers drives to the basket during the game against the Indiana Pacers on April 10, 2026 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Pepper Robinson/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
Facing an Indiana Pacers team seeking as many lottery balls as possible and suiting up the sort of roster to prove it, the Philadelphia 76ers got an ugly “a win’s a win” by the final score of 105-94. With one game now remaining in the regular season, the Sixers can finish anywhere from sixth to eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Here are the possible scenarios: – Finish 6th and avoid the Play-In: beat Milwaukee, see Toronto lose to Brooklyn and Orlando lose in Boston – Finish 7th and host the 7-8 Play-In game: beat Milwaukee, one of Toronto or Orlando loses and the other wins – Finish 8th and hit the road for the 7-8 Play-In: lose to Milwaukee or both Toronto and Orlando win We’ll find out how that all shakes out on Monday. For now, let’s talk Bell Ringer.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – APRIL 10: Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers brings the ball up the court against the Indiana Pacers during the first quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on April 10, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) | Getty Images
It wasn’t a scoring masterclass by Tyrese Maxey on Friday night, but you can’t say he was passive again, and there’s a certain “willing his team to victory” virtue to scoring 32 points on 28 shots. The finger is still clearly an issue for him, as the 1-of-10 mark from behind the arc would attest, as well as his heading to the locker room to get it checked out at one point in the second half. But Tyrese kept attacking, earning 10 free throw attempts, and ultimately did enough for his team to get the W. Making sure his team avoids the 9-vs-10 Play-In game may not seem like a lofty goal, but the Sixers’ floor would be Earth’s core low without number 0 around.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – APRIL 10: VJ Edgecombe #77 of the Philadelphia 76ers dribbles the ball during the game against the Indiana Pacers on April 10, 2026 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Pepper Robinson/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
If nothing else, it’s still fun to watch VJ Edgecombe run around in Game 81 like he still has a rocket booster strapped to his back. The rookie guard was all over the place, taking the elevator to the penthouse to reject Taelon Peter early in the game, or having his steals lead to soaring dunks in transition on the other end. The quieter parts of his game are coming along nicely too, like when he recognized a double team and hit a cutting Kelly Oubre in the lane for a bucket. Throw that all together along with an efficient 7-of-14 night from the floor and more than anything, I want to see what Edgecombe can do in the bright lights of a playoff environment.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – APRIL 10: Paul George #8 of the Philadelphia 76ers dunks the ball against the Indiana Pacers during the second quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on April 10, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Playing in the town where he spent the early part of his NBA career, George showed he can still get buckets with the best of them. PG hit a trio of triples of the contested catch-and-shoot variety, but also did a fair amount of his damage in the mid-range with four pull-up jumpers inside the arc. I’m all for analytics and getting the most efficient shots possible, but there’s no denying a certain artistry to having a guy playing perfect defense on you and still just rising up from 15 feet and hitting a shot right in his face. As the Sixers’ offense stagnated throughout the evening, it seemed like George was always there to make something from nothing with a timely bucket.
Apr 10, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Steven Matz throws a pitch during the first inning against New York Yankees at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Pablo Robles-Imagn Images | Pablo Robles-Imagn Images
Through his first three starts of the season, Steven Matz is making the 2- year, $15M deal he signed with the Rays this offseason look like quite the steal. The 34-year-old southpaw took the mound for the third time this season and left with this third win. This time, Matz held the dangerous Yankees lineup to just two runs over five innings. He allowed only two hits, struck out seven, and walked two.
Across 16 innings pitched this year, he has struck out 17, allowed just 10 hits, and walked five. He has pitched to a sub 4.00 ERA and sub 1.00 WHIP.
Tonight, he kept the Yankees lineup off balance throwing as many changeups as he did fastballs. Matz worked around a sloppy first inning in which two runs crossed the plate and gave the Yankees an early 2-0 lead. Early on it appeared we were in for more of the same bad baseball we saw in the final two games of the previous series. Judge stole second and advanced to third on a rare error by Walls on the throw down to second. Later in the inning Chandler Simpson misplayed a line drive to left and turned a single into an RBI triple.
Nonetheless, the new look Rays lineup featuring Simpson at the top and Yandy hitting cleanup, had an answer. A two out walk to Aranda issued by Yankees starter Luis Gil brought Yandy to the plate with a chance to tie the game with one swing of the bat. He did just that launching a two-run opposite field blast to tie the game at 2-2 in the first.
The Rays quickly grabbed their first lead of the game the next inning as Taylor Walls scored on a Chandler Simpson ground ball fielder’s choice. Walls was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning and had advance to third on a Fortes single. The 3-2 lead would hold until the bottom of the sixth when the Rays added two more runs. Williamson started the inning with a leadoff double and Walls reached a sac bunt that the Yankees pitcher Brent Headrick couldn’t handle. With one out, Simpson jumped on the first pitch he saw and lined it into center scoring Williamson. Walls eventually scored on a ground out by Aranda. After six innings, the Rays held a 5-2 lead.
The Rays bullpen was solid tonight as they pieced together four innings of one run baseball. The one run came against Hunter Bigge in the eighth as Ben Rice hit a solo shot to center bringing the Yankees to within a bloop and a blast.
Bryan Baker didn’t make it easy on himself in the top of the ninth, but worked around back-to-back singles to lead off the inning and earned his second save of the season. With the tying run standing on second base, Baker struck out Grichuk and retired the pinch-hitting Grisham via a pop fly to seal the deal.
Jax, Seymour, Bigge, and Baker struck out five over four innings of work and allowed just one run on three hits.
Luis Gil took the loss in his season debut while Matz moved to 3-0. The win moved the Rays to just one game shy of .500 (6-7) as they look to even their record and secure a series win on Saturday evening with Nick Martinez on the mound. Max Fired will take the ball for the Yankees and look to maintain his strong start.
Apr 10, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Cormac Ryan (30) drives for the basket in front of Brooklyn Nets forward E.J. Liddell (9) during the first quarter at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
With the Brooklyn Nets season coming to an end, the focus remained where it’s been for weeks, months, maybe even years… the tank. And with some help from the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings, the Nets clinched the third seed in the May 10 Draft Lottery.
How it happened: In Milwaukee, Brooklyn lost 125-108 at the hands of the Bucks. then later, the early morning scoreboard showed the Jazz had blown out the Grizzlies and the Kings had beat the Warriors late.
With a game to go, neither Utah nor the Kings can catch the Nets. Despite a lot of panic earlier in the week when the Nets won two straight, the Brooklyn along with the Washington and Indiana will go into the May 10 lottery with a 14.0% shot at the overall No. 1 pick and a 52.1% at the top four. That was the plan in preseason and it worked.
Onto the game…
With a whopping ten players ruled out and Brooklyn’s draft positioning more important than ever, the Nets rolled out a starting lineup featuring a flurry of players who have spent much of the season in the G League, opening with Malachi Smith, Trevon Scott, E.J. Liddell, Tyson Etienne, and Ben Saraf.
For Etienne and Scott, Friday marked the second NBA start of their careers, while Smith made his third. Ultimately, the team went just seven players deep. Nolan Traoré and Jalen Wilson were the team’s lone bench players, and every starter logged over 30 minutes. Smith led the way with 43 minutes.
After scoring 19 points in each of his last two outings, Saraf stayed hot and finished with 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the field — 3-of-9 from three. Traoré poured in 14 points throughout just 16 minutes, though he did so on 5-of-14 shooting from the field (1-of-9 from three). Oof.
Milwaukee stormed out to an early 21-6 advantage, opening up the half by shooting 8-of-11 from the floor and 5-of-6 from beyond the arc. Brooklyn, meanwhile, stumbled out of the gate at just 2-of-10 shooting, showing similar bad habits as they did on Thursday night’s start against Indiana.
By the end of the first quarter, the Nets trailed 38-24. Tyson Etienne kept the game within reach with 15 points to go along with four rebounds and two assists.
Cormac Ryan led the way for Milwaukee with 18 points and three rebounds in the first half, en route to a career-high 28 points in the victory. He is, in theory, Brooklyn Nets fans’ biggest ally at the moment.
By halftime, the Nets cut a 21-point deficit to 12. They caught fire from deep in the second quarter, knocking down six of 10 attempts from beyond the arc. Then, the 12-point deficit only turned to 15 after the third… and no run followed in the fourth.
Just two minutes into the fourth quarter, E.J. Liddell was ejected after appearing to strike Jericho Sims in the face with his forearm during an altercation. Is it fitting? The Nets go down fighting. Just not on the scoreboard.
One game left!
📣 Milestone Watch: Tyson Etienne
Tyson Etienne logged 15 points in the first quarter tonight against Milwaukee, which is his most points in any career quarter or half. He has already tied his career high with four 3-pointers made (4-for-6). His career high in scoring was 18 points on 3/23/26 at Portland.
Judging from the Nets social media page, it appears they continued the tradition of having players meeting with season ticket holders after the final regular season game.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APRIL 10: JP Crawford #3 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates after scoring on a wild pitch during the first inning against the Houston Astros at T-Mobile Park on April 10, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Jack Compton/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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SAN ANTONIO, TX - APRIL 10: Cooper Flagg #32 of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket during the game against the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, 2026 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
The Dallas Mavericks (25-56) went out with a whimper against San Antonio Spurs (62-19) at Frost Bank Center on Friday, dropping a 139-120 blowout loss to their once hated rivals. Cooper Flagg matched Victor Wembanyama step for step with 33 points and six rebounds in the loss, but no one rode shotgun alongside the rookie superstar. Eight Mavericks, including Naji Marshall, P.J. Washington and Klay Thompson were held out with injuries with just one game to play following Dallas’ 11th loss in the team’s last 13 games.
Wembanyama led all scorers with 40 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Spurs in the win.
Here are four stats that tell the tale of the Mavs’ latest trip to the ‘L’ column.
15-4: Spurs’ first-quarter rebounding advantage
With eight Mavericks listed as out on Friday’s injury report, Khris Middleton started at power forward, and Marvin Bagley III started at center. The Spurs feasted on the glass early on as a result. They missed 12 shots in the first quarter and grabbed five offensive boards in the frame. Victor Wembanyama, who needed to play in one of the Spurs’ final two games of the year to maintain his eligibility for postseason awards, and Julian Champagnie each recorded five rebounds in the first quarter as the Mavs’ smallish frontcourt struggled to start the game. San Antonio took a 37-26 lead after one, aided by their outsized advantage on the boards.
The Mavs made up some of the difference in the second quarter, when they out-rebounded the Spurs 15-9. San Antonio out-rebounded the Mavericks 58-42 on the night and bludgeoned the Mavs 72-42 in the paint.
25: First-half scoring by Cooper Flagg
With so many bodies on the sidelines, it was a foregone conclusion as to who would shoulder the scoring and playmaking burden for the Mavericks, who seem intent on campaigning for Flagg’s candidacy for NBA Rookie of the Year as the regular season comes to a crashing halt.
Flagg shot 10-of-16 from the field in the first half, including 3-of-6 shooting from 3-point range, to lead all scorers with 25 points at the break. It was the 14th 20-point half of his rookie season. Since the 1996-97 season, only Allen Iverson (16) has recorded more halves with 20 or more points scored than Flagg has this year.
13-2: Mavs’ late second-quarter run
With 4:32 left in the second quarter, Chapagnie hit a runner in the lane to put the Spurs up 60-50. Over the next 2:45, the Mavs went on a 13-2 run to take a 63-62 lead on Middleton’s 3-pointer from the right wing. The Mavericks hit three straight 3-pointers on the run, as Christie nailed one near the top of the key the possession before Middleton hit his, and Flagg banged one in with a hand in his face from the left wing as the shot clock showed just one second before that.
The Mavericks’ first lead of the game was short-lived, though, as Wembanyama scored the Spurs’ final six points of the first half to give San Antonio a 68-65 lead at halftime. The Mavs’ unlikely but timely shooting (8-of-20, 40%) from deep kept them afloat in the first half.
2-of-14: Mavs’ shooting to end third quarter
The Mavericks took back the lead with 7:55 left in the third quarter, 81-79, on Flagg’s driving score assisted by Dwight Powell. Dallas made just two field goals across the rest of the third, shooting an anemic 2-of-14 from the field.
All Mavericks not named Flagg went 0-of-14 from the floor in that span, as San Antonio outscored Dallas 29-12 the rest of the way in the third. And that was basically all she wrote. The Spurs led the Mavs 108-93 as the fourth quarter loomed.
Apr 10, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Boston Red Sox designated hitter Masataka Yoshida (7) goes down after being hit by a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in the first inning. Mandatory Credit: Tim Vizer-Imagn Images | Tim Vizer-Imagn Images
I don’t have many words for this Red Sox team already, so we’re gonna keep it short.
Studs
No one? Is it that bad I don’t have just about anything good to say about this game?
Duds
Where do I even begin with duds for this game. Willson Contreras with a golden sombrero, including getting wrung up then losing an ABS challenge to end a frame. Duran and Durban both with 0-fers at the top of the lineup. Connelly Early not having any real smooth inning, then the bullpen not saving his skin in the least bit. Letting Dustin May look like a superstar on the bump. This was a rough one.
Play of the Game
The only real positive of the game was this bit of base-running to bring home a run.
