Pete Alonso connects on a home run during the Orioles' game against the Yankees on May 1.
Just after Pete Alonso said that he found his start to the season to be “disappointing,” he let it rip in his first at-bat back in New York City on Friday night.
In the top of the second inning on a 1-1 pitch, Alonso launched a ball to 367 feet right field for a home run ito the second deck at Yankee Stadium.
As he rounded the bases, he faced a few boos from The Bronx crowd.
The run tied the game before the Yankees took a 5-1 lead in the bottom half.
It’s Alonso’s first time back in what used to be his home city since leaving Queens for a stable five-year, $155 million contract in Baltimore.
It marks Alonso’s fifth home run in what has been a slow start to the season.
Heading into Friday, the ex-Met had 23 hits across 116 at-bats with four home runs and a .668 OPS through 31 games.
Pete Alonso connects on a home run during the Orioles’ game against the Yankees on May 1. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
A year ago, he had seven home runs with a 1.132 OPS in 31 games.
Pete Alonso scores after hitting a home run during the Orioles’ May 1 game against the Yankees. Imagn Images
“Every single day I feel dangerous in the box and every day I’m ready to do damage and compete,” Alonso added. “So, just need to keep preparing and putting myself in the best possible situation to succeed that night.”
Alonso likely hopes to build off of the first at-bat as he relishes a little homecoming.
Apr 25, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore (32) pitches against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
The St. Louis Cardinals will play host to the allegedly formidable Los Angeles Dodgers, the best team money can buy. Matthew Liberatore will get the Friday night start for the Cardinals while Emmet Sheehan will start for the Dodgers. First pitch is set for 7:15pm central time at Busch Stadium.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 16: Brendan Donovan #33 of the Seattle Mariners singles in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on April 16, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Mariners GM Justin Hollander met with the media ahead of this week’s homestand to provide updates on injured Mariners. Obviously, the question at top of mind for most Mariners fans is what the latest is on reliever Matt Brash, who had to leave Wednesday’s game with an apparent injury to his side. Brash had an MRI which revealed inflammation in his lat, which is significantly more optimistic than the oblique injury many feared when he left the game. Hollander says there are no signs of anything serious or structurally damaged, just trace inflammation. The team has opted to put Brash on the 15-day IL, calling up lefty Josh Simpson to take Brash’s place.
Despite the disappointing injury designation, Hollander called the results of Brash’s MRI “very good news all around, probably the best news we could have possibly hoped for.”
One other note relevant to tonight’s game: despite the Royals putting a lefty on the hill, OF Rob Refsnyder is not in the starting lineup. Manager Dan Wilson said Ref is “nursing a couple of different little things” and that he’s fine, but day-to-day.
Other injury updates:
INF Brendan Donovan (groin) – Donovan will travel to Arkansas on Monday to play with the Travelers when they start a home series this week. He’ll play Tuesday and Wednesday with Arkansas, and then if all goes well, will join the team in Chicago ahead of the series against the White Sox next Friday. Hollander said the team will look into doing some load management strategies – DH days or the occasional off-day – to help Donovan as he continues to work back from the sports hernia surgery he had last year.
OF Victor Robles (shoulder) – Robles will head out on a rehab assignment on Sunday and the team will assess weekly how he’s doing. The soonest he would return would maybe be the start of the Houston series on this upcoming road trip, but the team will assess after he finishes his first week of rehab assignments. Hollander said the last hurdle Robles needs to clear is making the long throw home from the outfield, but overall the team is happy with how he’s progressing.
INF Patrick Wisdom (oblique) – Wisdom will begin a short rehab assignment this weekend in Tacoma.
RHP Carlos Vargas (lat) – Vargas has hit a “mild setback” in his rehab process, feeling some pain in his strained lat in the early stages of his ramp up back to throwing. He’ll take some time off and then will start the ramp-up progression from the beginning. Lat strains: almost as not-fun as oblique strains.
RHP Bryce Miller (oblique) – Ending on a positive note. Miller continues to charge through the rehab process with no setbacks. His next outing will be in Everett on May 6th, narrowly missing the opportunity to see Miller in the Everett Star Wars jerseys, with a goal of 65-70 pitches and hopefully five innings, and the team will decide whether he needs another start after that or not.
Mar 27, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; A general view of Busch Stadium during the fifth inning of opening day between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Minnesota Twins. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
Game two of the series with the Twins, where it is 12C today.
It has to be a better game than yesterday’s, right?
Ernie Clement gets his first day off of the season.
In their first playoff series since 2018, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and earned their first series win since 2017, when they ironically defeated the Oilers.
The Ducks have an entirely different roster than that team from nine years ago. In 2017, their core consisted of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, Cam Fowler, etc., who were taking their final kicks at the can together. The new core, which consists of Leo Carlsson, Jackson LaCombe, Cutter Gauthier, Beckett Sennecke, etc., is on the completely opposite trajectory.
At the beginning of the season, the 2025-26 Ducks set their seemingly lofty goal to make the playoffs and potentially make some noise once there. Well, they made the playoffs, and they made noise, eliminating the defending back-to-back Western Conference Champions, who employ (potentially) the two best hockey players on the planet, in six games.
Very few picked the Ducks to win the series, so here are three primary keys to the Ducks’ success in their opening round victory:
Author’s note: These are keys from the Ducks’ perspective. The Oilers had injuries to impact players like Leon Draisaitl (missed 14 games heading into the playoffs, lower body), Connor McDavid (appeared to have sustained an injury to his right leg/ankle in Game 2), Jason Dickinson (missed three games heading into the playoffs and missed games 2 and 3 of this series, lower body), and Adam Henrique (exited game 1, lower body), which were potentially their most significant factor in losing this series to Anaheim.
Jackson LaCombe
If the Conn Smythe were to be awarded after the first round, a relatively easy case could be made for Anaheim’s star defenseman Jackson LaCombe. As of Friday morning, he’s tied for second among all players in scoring with nine points (1-8=9) in six games and leads all defensemen. At 5v5, he played 138:24 TOI, and in those minutes, the Ducks accounted for 64.06% of the shots on goal, 60.81% of the shot attempts, and 65.63% of the expected goals.
More impressively, he was hard-matched against Connor McDavid as much as Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville could manage. When LaCombe was on the ice against McDavid (66:09) at 5v5, the Ducks won the shots on goal battle 42-19, the shot attempt battle 78-50, accounted for 67.3% of the expected goals, and outscored the Oilers 6-2.
LaCombe, forever calm and poised, defended rushes all series perfectly, dictated tempo, was efficient on breakouts, active along the blueline, and joined as many rushes as he could to generate offense for Anaheim. He broke out in the 2024-25 season, continued to turn heads during the 2025-26 season, and has now put the hockey world on notice, playing his best when it matters most.
“This guy (pointing to LaCombe) is really good,” Ducks forward Troy Terry said after Game 6 when asked about defeating McDavid. “That team had been to two cup finals, and we have a lot of respect for him and those players. He really is that good, and to watch the task that this guy and (Jacob) Trouba had. These guys were on him most of the time, but collectively, we all had to play him and we were all aware of it.”
Special Teams
In the 2025-26 regular season, the Ducks held the 23rd-ranked power play (18.6%) in the NHL and the 27th-ranked penalty kill (76.4%). The Oilers were the NHL’s top power play team (30.6%) and had the 20th-ranked penalty kill (77.8%). Logic would have suggested the Oilers had the advantage should the series be decided by special teams.
The Ducks were one of the NHL’s most penalized teams in the regular season, racking up 814 penalty minutes (6th in NHL). They flipped the script in the first round of the playoffs and averaged just 6.5 PIMs/Game, the lowest rate of any team in the first round. They didn’t kill at a spectacular rate in the playoffs (71.4%), but only allowing four power play goals to the Edmonton Oilers is a feat not to be ignored.
The deciding factor on special teams through the series was the Ducks’ power play. The Ducks converted on eight of their 16 opportunities with the man-advantage and deployed two equally potent units capable of scoring in a variety of ways. Ducks assistant coach Jay Woodcroft, former Oilers head coach, found the puzzle pieces he liked together on each unit and crafted several ways for each unit to execute clever in-zone sequences to generate optimal chances.
One of Woodcroft’s units featured John Carlson at the top of the umbrella and accounted for five power play goals, while the other featured Jackson LaCombe and accounted for three (all from Cutter Gauthier).
“The best part about it was that in the whole series, we didn’t take that many penalties,” Quenneville said. “That was one of the things that we had to do in order to have some success. As infrequent as they were on the power play, their top guys are going to have some confidence, and they can generate stuff off of that, and then everybody helps their team. That was a point of emphasis, and the guys did a good job of that.”
Joel Quenneville’s Adjustments (Tactical and Personnel)
This series was a six-game chess match between head coaches Joel Quenneville and Kris Knoblauch, along with their respective staffs. They each took turns adjusting and counteradjusting to personnel and tactical tweaks made by the other.
After losing Game 1 in Edmonton, Quenneville seemed to be deploying the exact same lineup for Game 2, but at the apparent last second, and keeping his cards close to the chest, he swapped his third and first-line left wingers, offering his club new looks and forcing his opponent to counter on the fly. He did the same thing between Games 5 and 6 in an attempt to disrupt any potential game plan Knoblauch had prepared.
Tactically, this series took on many forms despite high goal totals in every game. Edmonton took advantage of Anaheim’s wide eyes early in game one, controlling cycles and connecting plays at high speeds. From the first puck drop, Anaheim’s focus when it came to defending McDavid was to match him up against LaCombe when possible and hound him with backchecking pressure, creating a five-man unit with waves of defenders, and they were careful to keep a high F3 when 97 was on the ice.
Knoblauch tweaked his approach to a more streamlined, north-south game after Game 2, as the Oilers were turning a high number of pucks over in neutral ice when trying to manufacture connecting sequences. Ducks defenders were up to the task, evading heavy F1s and had supporting forwards low to help in precarious situations.
Ultimately, the Ducks and their coaching staff were able to draw the Oilers into playing their brand of hockey, trading chances, forcing neutral zone turnovers, and turning said turnovers into quick-strike offense.
“Jay (Woodcroft) was great. I think our coaching staff is outstanding. Gilly (Ryan McGill) with the penalty kill was outstanding as well,” Quenneville said after Game 6.
Quenneville and Co. will have a brand new set of challenges facing them in the second round, and a new chess match will present itself, whether they’ll face the Utah Mammoth or the Vegas Golden Knights. This series proved one thing: this coaching staff has the ability to manipulate their opponent to optimize the Ducks’ chances at advancing.
Oct 2, 2022; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (5) celebrates with catcher Yadier Molina (4) after hitting a solo home run for his 702nd career home run during the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
If you’ve paid any attention to St. Louis Cardinals baseball for the past two decades, the announcement today was a foregone conclusion. The team has just confirmed that Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina have been elected into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame because of course they were. In addition, the veterans committee elected Bill Sherdel who had 153 wins as a Cardinals during his era from 1918 through 1929.
Earlier Friday, the Cardinals revealed they would be announcing the new Hall of Fame members during a live broadcast on Cardinals.tv. Brian Jordan, George Hendrick were also nominated alongside Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina.
That announcement was among the least surprising things ever as both Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina will be given their inevitable red jackets later this season. Brian Jordan and George Hendrick were both impactful players in their eras, but they’re simply not Albert and Yadi. When you look at their career statistics, it’s obvious why this announcement today was so obvious.
10× All-Star 2× World Series champion (2006, 2011) 9× Gold Glove Award 4× Platinum Glove Award Silver Slugger (2013)
Bill Sherdel was a member of two National League pennant-winning Cardinals teams, in 1926 and 1928, winning the World Series in 1926.
Mark your calendars now for Saturday, September 12, 2026 and plan to beat the crowds into Busch Stadium as the ceremony will be held there instead of the typical Ballpark Village location. The Cardinals know the crowds will be massive, so this was the perfect decision.
The only question that remains is if Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina will enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2028 when they are both eligible. I’m not objective, but I think the answer to that question is almost as obvious as this one today. They are both legends that deserve to be enshrined in every hall they are eligible to enter. End of story.
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The Carolina Hurricanes host the Philadelphia Flyers to begin Round 2 at Lenovo Arena on Saturday, May 2.
My top Flyers vs. Hurricanes predictions and NHL picks expect Carolina to make it five consecutive postseason wins and grab a 1-0 series lead over Philadelphia.
Flyers vs Hurricanes Game 1 prediction
Flyers vs Hurricanes best bet: Hurricanes moneyline (-205)
The Philadelphia Flyers lost the five-on-five battle with a 41.8 Corsi For percentage and 46.2 expected goals percentage in Round 1, and that won’t fly against the Carolina Hurricanes.
It’s as simple as that because the Hurricanes paced the NHL in CF% while ranking second in xGF% during the regular season, and they were on the right side of both metrics in the opening round while never trailing during their four-game sweep of the Ottawa Senators.
Of course, Carolina also received top-tier goaltending from Frederik Andersen to the tune of a .963 save percentage with 1.67 goals saved above average per 60 minutes.
Philly having to play two extra Round 1 games will take a toll during this losing effort, too.
Flyers vs Hurricanes Game 1 goal scorer pick
Andrei Svechnikov (+190)
Carolina winger Andrei Svechnikov was dangerous throughout Round 1 and finished with a team-high 2.38 individual goals and 19 scoring chances without finding the back of the net. He scored eight times across 15 games last spring in the playoffs, and the go-to Russian projects to remain on the top line and No. 1 power-play unit.
The Carolina Hurricanes have beaten the Philadelphia Flyers in eight of their past 10 games. Find more NHL betting trends for Flyers vs. Hurricanes.
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Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
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Saturday, May 2, 2026
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8:00 p.m. ET
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ABC
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Ortmeyer has served in this role with the Rangers since 2017, before Chris Drury became the Rangers’ president and general manager.
During Drury’s exit interview, he vaguely answered whether or not he’s considering changes to their player development staff.
“We are looking at every different department and areas as to what we can do better,” Drury said.
Some of the players drafted by the Rangers under Ortmeyer who still remain on the roster today include Braden Schneider, Alexis Lafrenière, Noah Laba, and Gabe Perreault.
Mercogliano reports that there’s no official word yet on a new director of player development, but Tanner Glass is a name to monitor if they decide to promote from within.
The Cleveland Cavaliers can advance to the second round of the playoffs with a victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 6. The Cavs lead the series 3-2 after winning Game 5. Cleveland is 3.5-point favorites against the Raptors, who could be without Brandon Ingram. The over/under is set at 219.5 with a spread of 3.5.
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It's fitting that Philadelphia and Boston are facing off in a Game 7 on Sunday — no two franchises have faced each other more Game 7s than these two. This will be the ninth time in a rivalry that dates back to 1959.
It's not just head-to-head, these teams are in a lot of Game 7s, period. The Celtics have the most Game 7 wins all-time (27) while the 76ers have the most Game 7 losses (12).
Sunday will be a record ninth Game 7 between these franchises, with Boston leading 6-2 heading into this season. Here's a quick look at the history of these games.
1959 Eastern Conference Finals
How long ago was this? It was the year the Barbie Doll was first released, and Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" first hit theaters. It was so long ago that the 76ers were the Syracuse Nationals.
Boston came from eight down at the half to win 130-125, behind 18 points and 32 rebounds from Bill Russell, while Bob Cousy had 25 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
1965 Eastern Conference Finals
This game is legendary among Celtics faithful.
Boston was up one with five seconds left, but Philadelphia was inbounding the ball and had a chance. Celtics Hall of Famer John Havlicek deflected the inbounds pass, leading famed Celtics radio announcer Johnny Most to yell, "Havlicek stole the ball! Havlicek stole the ball!"
Boston ran out the clock after that for the 110-109 win.
Talk about a stat line in a loss: The 76ers' Wilt Chamberlain had 30 points and 32 rebounds on the night.
1968 Eastern Conference Finals
This series has echoes of this season, but with the roles reversed.
That season, 62-win Philadelphia was the No. 1 seed and took a commanding 3-1 series lead (despite dropping the first game at home). Then Boston stormed back to win the next two, forcing a Game 7 in Philadelphia. Under the bright lights, the 76ers struggled and shot just 35.2% (and just 55.6% on free throws), while Boston got a triple-double from Bill Russell (12 points, 26 rebounds and 10 blocks) and got the win, 100-96.
1977 East Semi-Finals
Boston had forced a Game 7 against No. 1-seeded Philadelphia, but on the biggest stage, it was a 76ers reserve that stole the show — World B. Free scored 27 points to lead Philadelphia.
The 76ers also got 14 points and eight rebounds from their first-year player, Julius Erving. The 76ers advanced to the NBA Finals that season (where they lost to Bill Walton's Trail Blazers; the 76ers returned to the Finals the next year and swept the Lakers).
1981 Eastern Conference Finals
This was the series where the legend of Larry Bird's Celtics really started to grow.
Boston and Philadelphia had been the two best teams in the league this season (both with 62 wins), but in the playoffs it looked like the 76ers were going to dominate, up 3-1 in the series, and they led by 10 points at halftime of Game 5. Boston won and forced a Game 6. There, the 76ers were up 17 at one point, only to have the Celtics storm back and force a Game 7. In that final game, Bird had 23 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, and he hit the game-winner to give Boston the 91-90 win.
The Celtics went on to win the NBA title that season.
1982 Eastern Conference Finals
This was the chance for Philadelphia's revenge from the year before. Just like the season before, the 76ers got up 3-1 in the series only to have Boston storm back and force a Game 7. However, this time, in the Boston Garden, it was all Philly that day, behind 34 points and six assists from Andrew Toney, with Julius Erving adding 29 points.
How this series applies to 2026: This is the only time that Philadelphia has ever won a Game 7 on the road, and the last time the 76ers beat the Celtics in a playoff series, period.
2012 East Semi-Finals
In the playoffs of a lockout-shortened season, these teams met for the first time in a decade and played their first Game 7 in 20 years. Boston pulled away in the fourth quarter behind a triple-double from Rajon Rondo (18 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds) while Kevin Garnett added 18 points and 13 boards.
2023 East Semi-Finals
Philadelphia fans will remember this as a series that never should have gotten to a Game 7 — once again, Philadelphia led 3-1 in the series and, in this case, led entering the fourth quarter of Game 6 at home, yet could not close it out.
Boston fans will remember this as Jayson Tatum's 51-point game — the most ever scored in a Game 7.
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The Los Angeles Lakers will try to end their first-round series with the Houston Rockets in Game 6. After trailing 3-0, the Rockets have extended the series by winning the past two games. The Houston Rockets are favored by 3.5 points. The over/under for the matchup is set at 206.5.
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Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. met with Steve Kerr about the status of his job earlier this week.
Kerr's coaching contract is expiring and there hasn't been any indication whether he would want to return, or whether the Warriors want him back at the helm. According to ESPN, the three had a two-hour meeting Monday that was described as "productive."
Following their meeting, the consensus is that the parties are at a standstill. Although discussions are expected to continue into the upcoming week, there is seemingly no urgency to come to a decision. As one source told ESPN, "It's April. We don't need to rush."
According to NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole, the drawn out process isn't a matter of a contract negotiation over dollars, but instead about "professional and personal principles."
“From what I understand, (Kerr) in those meetings didn’t sound like someone who didn’t plan on coaching next season,” one league source told NBC Sports Bay Area.
Another league source told NBC Sports Bay Area: "I think it’s more like 50-50 that he comes back. When the season ended, I would have said it was at least 60-40 that he’d leave.”
There are reportedly contingencies from both sides. Kerr wants to ensure the roster is competitive. The 12th-year coach who has won four championships appears to not be interested in rebuilding or development.
"I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. There's a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it's time for new blood and new ideas and all that," Kerr said following the Warriors' play-in loss to the Suns.
Kerr has loved his time coaching in the Bay Area, especially coaching Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. That could be enough to keep him around. But also, it could be a gripe for the front office.
According to NBC Sports Bay Area, the front office would like to see Kerr welcome younger players into his coaching schemes and demand more accountability from older players, including Curry and Green.
The other elephant in the room is Kerr's outspokenness on sociopolitical issues. Andscape's Marc J. Spears suggests that he could leave for "fatigue" but also due to the possibility he's "being stifled a little bit."
"Maybe fatigue. There's a weight that comes with that job. This is a franchise that is expected to have greatness, whether it has it on the roster or not. It's a brand now. You got Steph, so if you trot Steph out there, you have Draymond out there, people expect something great. There's a weight that comes with that," Spears said during an April 21 appearance on 95.7 The Game's "Willard & Dibs" radio show.
He added: "I also think that Steve also truly respects the weight of the job that he has, the weight of the platform that he has. He speaks out on social justice issues, he speaks out on racism issues, he speaks out on gun violence and I've heard a little bit that maybe he's being stifled a little bit in that regard. I'd like to find out a little more than that, if that's true or not, dig deeper into that . . . I'm hearing that might be something in the background."
With all that being said, Spears said with all he's heard, "everything is up to Kerr."
.@MarcJSpears on why Steve Kerr could decide to leave:
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TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram was sidelined Friday night for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers because of a sore right heel, coach Darko Rajakovic said.
The two-time All-Star left midway through the second quarter of Toronto's 125-120 loss at Cleveland on Wednesday night. He scored one point in 11 minutes before departing.
After averaging 21.5 points per game in the regular season, his first with Toronto, Ingram has struggled in the playoffs, averaging 12 in the five games against the Cavaliers. He's shooting 19 for 58 overall and 5 for 13 from 3-point range.
Cleveland leads the series 3-2 and can advance with a win Friday. The home team has won each of the five games in the series.
