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Edwin Diaz bounces back, Brett Baty reaches base twice as Mets fall to Red Sox
The Mets lost to the Red Sox, 3-2, on Thursday afternoon as their spring training slate continued.
Here are the takeaways...
- David Peterson gave up a leadoff homer but limited the damage after that.
It was an uneven start for the left-hander, though, as he allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits while walking two and striking out one in 3.2 innings.
Peterson, who threw 69 pitches (43 strikes), has a 0.84 ERA this spring.
- Brandon Nimmo was back in the lineup for the first time since missing over a week of game action due to a knee issue that required a gel injection.
In his first at-bat, Nimmo smoked a single to right field. He finished 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Edwin Diaz allowed a leadoff double before settling in to retire the next three batters on a fly out, strikeout swinging, and a fly out. He threw 18 pitches, with 12 going for strikes.
It was a bounce back effort for Diaz, who was erratic during his first two spring appearances.
Diaz's strikeout came on a slider (which Triston Casas flailed at), while his fastball topped out at 96.3 mph.
- Brett Baty got the start at second base.
He cleanly fielded a liner in the first inning but made an error on a hard grounder hit to his right in the second inning.
Baty made a really nice play to get the second out of the third inning, ranging far to his right before making an off-balance throw to first base for the out. He also assisted on the third out -- a routine grounder he fielded at the edge of the infield dirt and threw to first.
At the plate, Baty drew a walk his first time up. In the fifth inning, he led things off by looping a single to right field. He finished 1-for-2 with a walk, and has a 1.110 OPS this spring.
With Jeff McNeil out for Opening Day due to an oblique injury, Baty -- who is expected to start at second base again on Friday -- could have the inside track to the regular second base job to start the season.
- Francisco Lindor drew a walk and stole second base in the sixth inning.
- Ryne Stanek worked around a two-out walk to toss a scoreless inning. He has yet to allow a run in Grapefruit League play.
Highlights
Brandon Nimmo with a first inning single 💪 pic.twitter.com/9GPJHp1ErL
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 13, 2025
Brett Baty had a couple chances at second base early in today's game
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) March 13, 2025
🔸 First inning: Makes a nice diving play up the middle, can't get the runner
🔸 Second inning: Makes an error on a sharply hit ball pic.twitter.com/lmkw6tqcKg
Brett Baty 🤝 Pete Alonso
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 13, 2025
Baty makes the impressive play to Alonso to secure the out pic.twitter.com/fkYHMHnloS
Upcoming schedule
The Mets host the Cardinals on Friday at 6:10 p.m. on SNY.
No. 17 BYU sets Big 12 tourney record with 18 3s, rallies past No. 12 Iowa St 96-90 in quarterfinals
No. 17 BYU overcame a big game from Curtis Jones in a 96-90 victory over No. 12 Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday.
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Arkansas basketball HC John Calipari. © Steve Roberts-Imagn Images Coach John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks (20-13, 8-10 SEC) lost Game 2 of the SEC Tournament, 83-80, to the Ole Miss Rebels on Thursday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Pair Of Golden Knights Forwards Returning To The Lineup
Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden will return to the Vegas Golden Knights lineup tonight after missing Tuesday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins for personal reasons.
The Golden Knights were defeated by the Penguins in overtime, 3-2 after Noah Hanifin scored the equalizer with seven seconds remaining. The Golden Knights carried the play for most of the night despite missing two key forwards in Barbashev and Howden.
Both forwards will return to the lineup tonight and will skate together alongside Keegan Kolesar. Exiting the lineup will be Cole Schwindt and Jonas Rondbjerg.
Barbashev and Howden were paired together on Feb. 27 against the Chicago Blackhawks and clicked instantly. They mesh well offensively, providing north-south oriented offence and are defensively responsible, allowing them to play against any of the opposition's lines.
Howden is enjoying a career year, scoring 17 goals and 13 points in 62 games. If he continues to score at this pace, the 26-year-old could set a career-high in goals that eclipses his previous career-high in points.
The Columbus Blue Jackets enter tonight's game feeling confident, holding the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. When Sean Monahan went down with an injury, many believed the Blue Jackets' chances of making the playoffs were dwindling, but the emergence of Adam Fantilli and stepping up of Kirill Marchenko, Dmitri Voronkov, and Kent Johnson has kept the Blue Jackets afloat.
Slowing down Zach Werenski will be another difficult task. The 27-year-old has scored 20 goals and 69 points in 63 games.
The Blue Jackets have struggled to keep the puck out of their net, and the Golden Knights should be able to take advantage of that tonight.
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Chelsea make five changes to the team that started in Denmark last week. Filip Jørgensen replaces Robert Sánchez in goal, while Pedro Neto, Enzo Fernández, Jadon Sancho and Joshua Acheampong also step up. Sánchez drops to the bench, as do Shumaira Mheuka, Cole Palmer and Reece James, the latter pair having been ill all week. Malo Gusto misses out altogether through injury.
Copenhagen make two changes from that game. Mohamed Elyounoussi, once of Southampton, and Rodrigo Huecas come in, while Giorgi Gocholeishvili and Amin Chiakha are benched.
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It’s big night tonight for Højlund. He’s improved a bit in the last couple of games – he’s getting chances and missing them, rather than disappearing – and has done well in Europe since joining United. I think Amorim has him pegged, as it goes:
“We have to look at Rasmus as a player – he has the pace, he has the technique, he’s scored some goals that are really hard to score. Sometimes he doesn’t choose the better run, sometimes he’s so anxious to touch the ball and he moves away from the goal. We address that in training but sometimes it is the confidence of the player.”
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No. 17 BYU sets Big 12 tourney record with 18 3s, rallies past No. 12 Iowa St 96-92 in quarterfinals
Richie Saunders scored 23 points, hitting a crucial 3-pointer with less than a minute to go, and No. 17 BYU overcame a big game from Curtis Jones in a 96-92 victory over No. 12 Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday. Fousseyni Traore added 15 points and Trevin Knell had 14 for the fourth-seeded Cougars (24-8), who went 18 of 36 from beyond the arc to set a tournament record for made 3-pointers, and advanced to play No. 2 Houston or Colorado in the semifinals. Jones hit seven 3s of his own and scored 31 points, and Milan Momcilovic had 18 for the short-handed Cyclones (24-9), who had won their last four games at the Big 12 tourney, including their run to the championship a year ago.
Connor Bedard And Macklin Celebrini Will Finally Have Their First Matchup
On Monday night, the Chicago Blackhawks (20-36-9) snapped a five-game point streak (3-0-2) against the Colorado Avalanche. Despite playing a mostly good road game, they took a hard loss 3-0.
Next up is the San Jose Sharks (17-40-9) who are the one NHL team with a worse record than the Blackhawks this year. Both teams believe that they have a bright future but this isn't a winning season for either franchise.
This is the third and final time that these two will meet in 2024-25. They split the first two with each team winning at home. Chicago's win was in their home opener and San Jose's win came on Halloween.
In those two matchups, 2024 number one overall pick Macklin Celebrini was injured and did not play. That means that Thursday's matchup will be the first time that Celebrini will face 2023 first-overall pick Connor Bedard in the NHL. These two are friends away from the rink but it will be all business at SAP Center on Thursday night.
Bedard locked up the Calder Trophy as the top rookie in the NHL during the 2023-24 season and Celebrini is trying to do the same thing in 2024-25. He has a chance but Lane Hutson of the Montreal Canadiens and Matvei Michkov of the Philadelphia Flyers may have something to say about it.
This will also be Celebrini's first chance to play against Artyom Levshunov, who went one pick after him in the 2024 NHL Draft. Levshunov made his NHL debut on Monday against Colorado and was great. It is always interesting to see the top two picks from a draft go head-to-head.
Bedard and Levshunov will fit into Chicago's lineup like this:
Dach - Bedard - Dickinson
Teravainen - Donato - Mikheyev
Slaggert - Nazar - Foligno
Reichel - Veleno - Bertuzzi
Del Mastro - Murphy
Vlasic - Kaiser
Martinez - Levshunov
Knight
This is the same lineup that Chicago played well with on the road against the Colorado Avalanche. Bedard will skate with Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach. Levshunov will skate with Alec Martinez again despite Martinez leaving the game early on Tuesday.
Spencer Knight will be in the net for the Hawks again. This is notable because it is the first time that he will make consecutive starts in a Chicago sweater. With three days rest in between games, they are going back to Knight which identifies him as the number one goalie.
For San Jose, Celebrini usually plays with William Eklund and Tyler Toffoli on the top line. Their other exciting rookie, Will Smith (taken 4th overall in the Bedard draft), is on the second line with Alex Wennberg and Collin Graf. Alexander Georgiev will be in the net for the Sharks.
With the way that the Blackhawks have played since the Seth Jones trade, the vibes in the room are good. This San Jose team has talent but it is far from the Colorado team that Chicago just looked good against in a loss.
No wins are easy in the NHL for any team but this is a matchup that should allow certain players on both teams to get their touches. For the two number-one picks specifically, this is a chance to shine bright.
Both Bedard and Celebrini are expected to help carry the NHL in the coming years so seeing them match up against each other for the first time is a reason to tune in. Both guys are proud to represent their NHL teams well while trying to become top-flight players.
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Watch Steph make his 4,000th 3-pointer in Warriors-Kings game
Watch Steph make his 4,000th 3-pointer in Warriors-Kings game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry once again etched his name in the NBA record books.
Curry became the first player in NBA history to record 4,000 made 3-pointers Thursday after draining a triple in the third quarter of the Warriors’ matchup with the Sacramento Kings at Chase Center. After the bucket, the home crowd rained down “MVP” chants upon the 3-point king.
Steph is the first player in NBA history with 4,000 3-pointers 🙌
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 14, 2025
Curry’s first NBA 3-pointer came on Oct. 30, 2009, against the Phoenix Suns in his second professional game, and nearly 16 years later the Warriors superstar stands alone in the record books.
Another historic milestone for Steph 🐐 pic.twitter.com/EvdmgFZFTp
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 14, 2025
Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden is the only other player in NBA history to eclipse 3,000 made 3-pointers, but still sits nearly 1,000 behind Curry despite the two entering the league in the same 2009 draft class.
Curry also eclipsed the 25,000-career point mark this past Saturday against the Detroit Pistons, further adding to his already cemented status as one of the greatest players ever to step on an NBA court.
Curry always will be synonymous with the 3-point shot, and while his current mark of 4,000 and counting might already be insurmountable, it appears the two-time NBA MVP is showing no signs of slowing down and could add even more triples to his gaudy count.
Could 5,000 ultimately be in play before Curry decides to retire? He’s under contract with the Warriors through the 2026-27 NBA season, with his basketball future beyond that undetermined
Time will tell, but one thing is certain — no basketball fan would be surprised to see Curry finish on a number never to be matched by another NBA player.
Maple Leafs And Panthers' Clash Is A Sign Things Are Getting Real
Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice has noticed something interesting of late ahead of Thursday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
When he pre-scouts his opponents, he sees a far different team than the one that ends up stepping on the ice against his team.
"When we look at the games teams play two or three prior to us, they don't look like the game they play against us," Maurice said after the morning skate prior to his team visiting the Maple Leafs. "There's high-end energy. We're always prepared for their best, which we need to do to stay sharp."
Such is life when you've won the Stanley Cup and done so largely with smash mouth hockey.
It would seem that the three games the Maple Leafs and Panthers play down the stretch going into the playoffs will be no different – high-octane, high-energy. It should provide an interesting glimpse into what should be an outstanding playoffs.
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