INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-INDIANA ALL-STARS
BOYS
INDIANA 92 KENTUCKY 89 (FLORY BIDUNGA 31 PTS, 17 REB, 5 BLKS, 4 ASSISTS, JACK BENTER 16 PTS, 4 REB)
GIRLS
INDIANA 90 KENTUCKY 79 (JULIANN WOODARD 15 PTS, 12 REB)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEMI-STATE
NORTH
CLASS 4A AT LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (LOEB STADIUM)
LAKE CENTRAL 5 WESTFIELD 1
HOMESTEAD 10 CONCORD 3
LAKE CENTRAL 6 HOMESTEAD 1
CLASS 3A AT KOKOMO (MUNICIPAL STADIUM)
TWIN LAKES 2 DELTA 0
NEW PRAIRIE 5 FW DWENGER 3
NEW PRAIRIE 6 TWIN LAKES 4
CLASS 2A AT OAK HILL
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 10 MADISON-GRANT 0
ROCHESTER 8 WESTVIEW 7
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 12 ROCHESTER 2
CLASS 1A AT LAPORTE (SCHREIBER FIELD)
MORGAN TOWNSHIP 11 FREMONT 3
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 6 UNION CITY 1
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL 4 MORGAN TOWNSHIP 3
SOUTH
CLASS 4A AT MOORESVILLE (PIONEER FIELD)
MOORESVILLE 3 NEW PALETINE 2
AVON 4 FLOYD CENTRAL 3
MOORESVILLE 7 AVON 2
CLASS 3A AT CASTLE(UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE)
BREBEUF 7 CRAWFORDSVILLE 2
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 10 SILVER CREEK 0
BREBEUF 6 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 5
CLASS 2A AT PLAINFIELD
GREENCASTLE 3 NORTH POSEY 0
PROVIDENCE 9 KNIGHTSTOWN 8
PROVIDENCE 7 GREENCASTLE 6
CLASS 1A AT JASPER (RUXER FIELD)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 6 SOUTH CENTRAL 2
BARR-REEVE 1 SHAKAMAK 0
BARR-REEVE 9 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 2
STATE FINALS FRIDAY/SATURDAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|5:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM CT
BARR-REEVE (27-6) VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (27-6)
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
BREBEUF JESUIT (25-9) VS. NEW PRAIRIE (26-5)
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
PROVIDENCE (21-7) VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN (21-9)
CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
MOORESVILLE (32-3) VS. LAKE CENTRAL (24-9)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STATE FINALS SATURDAY
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROSSVILLE 2 TEc*msEH 1
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
WESTERN 1 TRI-WEST 0
INDIANA BOYS GOLF STATE FINALS: JUNE 12
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TIME:FIRST TEE TIMES BOTH DAYS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 8 AM ET / 7 AM CT.
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: BOSTON 107 DALLAS 89
GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 9 (8 ET)
GAME 3: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
NEW YORK 82 CONNECTICUT 75
ATLANTA 89 CHICAGO 80
NHL PLAYOFFS
2024 STANLEY CUP FINAL
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
GAME 1: FLORIDA 3 EDMONTON 0
GAME 2: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 10, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 3: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 13, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 4: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 15, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 5: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 18, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 6: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 21, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Philadelphia 7 NY Mets 2
San Francisco 3 Texas 1
Washington 7 Atlanta 3
Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 0
Toronto 7 Oakland 0
Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 1
Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 3
Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 0
Kansas City 8 Seattle 4
Milwaukee 5 Detroit 4
Colorado 6 St. Louis 5
Cleveland 8 Miami 0
LA Dodgers 11 NY Yankees 3
San Diego 13 Arizona 1
Houston 6 LA Angels 1
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 4 COLUMBUS 3
PEORIA 13 FORT WAYNE 2
SOUTH BEND 10 W. MICHIGAN 1
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT (SUPER REGIONALS)
BEST OF THREE
X-IF NECESSARY
SATURDAY
EVANSVILLE 10 TENNESSEE 8
FLORIDA STATE 10 UCONN 8 (12)
VIRGINIA 10 KANSAS STATE 4
KENTUCKY 10 OREGON STATE 0
NC STATE 18 GEORGIA 1
FLORIDA 10 CLEMSON 7
TEXAS A&M 10 OREGON 6
MLS
NEW ENGLAND 1 NY RED BULLS 0
ST. LOUIS 0 PORTLAND 0
KANSAS CITY 2 SEATTLE 1
MINNESOTA 1 DALLAS 1
UFL
BIRMINGHAM 31 MICHIGAN 18
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NHL NEWS
SERGEI BOBROVSKY, PANTHERS STYMIE OILERS TO TAKE GAME 1
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was unbeatable and so were the Florida Panthers as they claimed Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Saturday in Sunrise, Fla.
Bobrovsky made 32 saves to record his second shutout of the playoffs.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be Monday night in Florida before switching venues.
Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues and Eetu Luostarinen each scored a goal, but the game’s biggest story was Bobrovsky.
Bobrovsky proved from the drop of the puck he was on top of his game and carried it through to the final buzzer en route to claiming his third career playoff shutout.
He made first-period breakaway stops on Adam Henrique and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, denied Mattias Janmark’s golden opportunity in the second period and then blocked Connor McDavid’s one-timer of a cross-ice feed early in the third period.
Florida’s other shutout during this year’s playoffs was the opener of the Eastern Conference final series against the New York Rangers, a series the Panthers won in six games.
Aleksander Barkov collected two assists.
Stuart Skinner stopped 15 shots for the Oilers, who were blanked for the first time in this year’s playoff run.
Despite Edmonton controlling the play, Verhaeghe opened the scoring with his 10th goal of the playoffs at the 3:59 mark of the first period. Sprung on an odd-man rush, Barkov sent a cross-ice pass that Verhaeghe buried with his team’s first shot of the affair.
Rodrigues doubled the lead at 2:16 of the second period with another quick-strike goal. Sam Bennett sent the puck deep in the offensive zone and chased it down before sending a pass to the slot that Rodrigues converted for his fourth goal of the postseason run.
The Oilers continued to push but could not solve Bobrovsky before Luostarinen’s empty-net goal with 4.4 seconds remaining sealed the win. It was his second goal of the playoffs.
MONTREAL, BOSTON TO HOST NHL’S 4 NATIONS FACE-OFF
Boston and Montreal were named host cities for the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off next season, the league announced Saturday.
Both locations will host round-robin games before the one-game final is played at TD Garden.
The 4 Nations Face-Off will consist of seven total games between Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States from Feb. 12-20, 2025.
Boston and Montreal were named host cities for the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off next season, the league announced Saturday.
Both locations will host round-robin games before the one-game final is played at TD Garden.
The 4 Nations Face-Off will consist of seven total games between Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States from Feb. 12-20, 2025.
NHL RAISES SALARY CAP TO $88M FOR 2024-25 SEASON
The NHL and NHLPA announced an $88-million salary cap for the 2024-25 season Saturday.
The new ceiling is a $4.5-million increase from last year’s $83.5-million salary cap. It’s the biggest jump in one offseason since the cap rose by $4.5 million before the 2019-20 campaign.
Commissioner Gary Bettman said in December that the cap was expected to rise to $87.7 million.
The cap had increased by $1 million before each of the past two seasons. It was at a stagnant $81.5 million in 2020 and 2021.
The new cap floor is $65 million. Eleven teams are currently under that limit, according to CapFriendly. Utah has to spend over $20 million to reach the minimum payroll.
Top pending unrestricted free agents include Sam Reinhart, Jake Guentzel, and Steven Stamkos. Restricted free agents such as Lucas Raymond and Seth Jarvis are also in need of new contracts.
NBA NEWS
KIDD CALLS BROWN THE CELTICS’ ‘BEST PLAYER’
Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd declared Jaylen Brown the Boston Celtics’ best player after his all-around performance in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
“Jaylen’s their best player,” Kidd told reporters Saturday, per SB Nation’s Noa Dalzell. “Looking at what he does defensively, he picked up Luka (Doncic) full court, he got to the free-throw line, he did everything, and that’s what your best player does.
“He plays both sides, defense and offense, at a high rate, and he’s been doing that the whole playoffs.”
Brown was Boston’s leading scorer in its 107-89 win on Thursday night with 22 points, adding six rebounds, two assists, three steals, and three blocks.
Beyond his stats, Brown’s defense on Mavericks star Doncic was critical. While Doncic scored 30 points, he needed 26 shots to hit his mark, and his one assist was the Slovenian’s lowest mark since 2021.
For his part, Brown didn’t appear to feel any specific way about Kidd’s comments.
“I don’t have no reaction,” Brown told reporters, including The Washington Post’s Ben Golliver. “It’s a team game. I’m trying to focus on that. Everybody has their own opinions.”
Jayson Tatum was the Celtics’ top scorer in the regular season and the postseason, and while both players received All-Star nods during the current campaign, Tatum made All-NBA first team, while Brown was left off all three teams entirely.
Brown was named Eastern Conference finals MVP over Tatum, and Brown said he was surprised he won the award.
In the week leading up to the Finals, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was asked about the comparisons between his two star wings.
“It’s very unfair that those two get compared. They’re two completely different people; they’re two completely different players,” Mazzulla said, per Josue Pavon of CLNS Media. “They’re great teammates, they love each other, they go about winning, and they go about their process in different ways. So why they have to always be lumped together, I think, is unfair.”
HALL OF FAMER CHET WALKER DIES AT 84
Basketball Hall of Famer Chet Walker, who won a championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, has died, according to an announcement from the National Basketball Players Association on Friday. He was 84.
Dubbed “The Jet” for his quickness on the court, Walker, a small forward, played 13 seasons for two franchises and was a seven-time All-Star. Led by Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer and Walker, the 76ers won a then-record 68 games in 1966-67 and went on to defeat Boston in five games in the Eastern Conference finals, ending the Celtics’ run of eight straight NBA titles.
Philadelphia then knocked off the then-San Francisco Warriors in six games.
Walker averaged 18.2 points and 7.1 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game, and he played no fewer than 76 games each season.
A two-time All-American at Bradley, Walker began his NBA career with the Syracuse Nationals, playing one season there before the franchise moved to Philadelphia and became the 76ers before the 1963-64 season.
In September 1969, Philadelphia traded Walker to the Chicago Bulls. He was an All-Star for four of his six seasons there. The organization included him among its first honorees in its Ring of Honor earlier this season.
WNBA NEWS
TINA CHARLES STARS AS DREAM OUTLAST SKY
Tina Charles scored 22 points and Rhyne Howard had a double-double as the visiting Atlanta Dream defeated the Chicago Sky 89-80 on Saturday.
Howard had 10 points, 10 assists and five steals, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus added 18 points, Allisha Gray scored 14 and Aerial Powers had 11 as the Dream (5-4) surpassed their scoring average by 14 points.
Angel Reese had 13 points, 13 rebounds and five steals, Kamilla Cardoso and Dana Evans added 13 points each and Marina Mabrey scored 12 for the Sky (4-6).
Mabrey and Linday Allen each made a 3-pointer during an 8-0 run that pulled the Sky within 76-68 early in the fourth quarter. Naz Hillmon ended the run by making a jumper, but Allen had a three-point play during a 7-0 run that got Chicago within 78-75.
Charles answered with two free throws, Parker-Tyus added four points and the Dream opened an 84-77 lead with 2:44 left. Mabrey made a layup, but Howard’s 3-pointer and Gray’s two free throws increased the lead to 89-79 with 1:10 left.
Cardoso scored six points and Reese had two as the Sky started the third quarter with an 8-4 run that cut the Dream’s lead to 55-47.
Howard assisted on Parker-Tyus’ field goal and Charles’ 3-pointer, which helped Atlanta rebuild the lead to 13 points. Chicago made just two field goals in the final five minutes and the Dream held a 72-57 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The Dream used a 7-0 run to take an 11-4 lead as the Sky started slowly on the offensive end. Gray’s 3-pointer pushed the lead to 11 before Reese made a layup for Chicago’s first field goal in nearly five minutes.
Atlanta increased the lead to 17 points before Isabella Harrison made three free throws to complete a 5-0 Sky run. Powers beat the buzzer with a jumper that gave the Dream a 29-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Howard’s three-point play and Powers’ 3-pointer pushed the lead to 18 points before Chicago heated up. Consecutive baskets by Reese, Diamond DeShields, Evans and Cardoso trimmed the lead to 35-25.
The Sky got as close as seven points before Parker-Tyus scored four straight points to help Atlanta take a 51-39 halftime lead.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: DODGERS, TEOSCAR HERNANDEZ TOP YANKEES AGAIN
Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the eighth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled away for an 11-3 victory over the host New York Yankees on Saturday night.
Hernandez hit his fifth career grand slam when he connected off Tommy Kahnle to give the Dodgers an 8-2 lead. It was Hernandez’s second multi-homer game of the season and 18th of his career. He also had an RBI groundout in the sixth and tied a career high with six RBIs.
Enrique Hernandez broke a 2-2 tie with a homer in the fifth inning off New York starter Nestor Cortes (3-5) as Los Angeles won for the eighth time in 11 games.
Aaron Judge hit a pair of solo homers, upping his major league-leading total to 23, but the Yankees lost their first series loss since dropping three of four at Baltimore bridging April and May. The Yankees were without Juan Soto for the second straight game as the slugger is day-to-day with left forearm inflammation.
Phillies 7, Mets 2
Whit Merrifield headlined a six-run fourth inning with a three-run homer and Philadelphia beat New York in the opener of a two-game set in London.
Bryce Harper also went deep in the fourth for Philadelphia, finishing the game 3-for-4 with a single and a double as Philadelphia won for the seventh time in its past eight games. The outburst in the fourth provided more than enough run support for Phillies starter Ranger Suarez (10-1), whose 10 wins lead the majors. Suarez yielded two runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out six.
Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte and Jose Iglesias had two hits apiece for the Mets, who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end.
Brewers 5, Tigers 4
Jackson Chourio drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a sixth-inning double and Milwaukee held off host Detroit.
Christian Yelich had two hits and drove in two runs, while Brice Turang reached base three times and scored twice. Jared Koenig (6-1) tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to gain the victory. Trevor Megill collected his ninth save. Brewers starter Freddy Peralta lasted only 3 1/3 innings, his shortest start of the season. Peralta issued five walks while giving up four runs (three earned).
Detroit starter Casey Mize (1-4) was charged with five runs (three earned) in 5 1/3 innings. Riley Greene scored two runs and Carson Kelly had two hits, a run scored and an RBI. Detroit second baseman Colt Keith left the game in the third inning due to left knee discomfort. He crashed into right fielder Akil Baddoo on a William Contreras fly ball.
Nationals 7, Braves 3
Nick Senzel had three hits including a two-run home run and Washington beat visiting Atlanta.
Eddie Rosario had two hits and drove in three runs and Lane Thomas had two hits and scored twice as Washington won its second straight. Senzel drove in three runs, walked and scored twice. Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore (5-5) was charged with two runs on six hits in five-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
Sean Murphy homered and Marcell Ozuna and Matt Olson had two hits each for Atlanta, which has lost three of four. Atlanta starter Charlie Morton (3-3) allowed five runs — four earned — on seven hits over five innings.
Guardians 8, Marlins 0
Steven Kwan smacked a two-run homer and Jose Ramirez hit a solo shot as Cleveland rolled to an easy victory over host Miami.
Kwan reached base four times on two hits and two walks while scoring twice for the Guardians. Ben Lively (6-2) tossed five innings of three-hit ball for Cleveland. He struck out one and walked none while winning his fifth consecutive start.
Vidal Brujan doubled and walked for the Marlins, who had just four hits while losing for the fifth time in the past six games.
Padres 13, Diamondbacks 1
Jake Cronenworth drove in four runs and Ha-Seong Kim hit a three-run homer as San Diego pummeled visiting Arizona.
David Peralta went 3-for-3 and reached base five times for the Padres, while Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, tying his career high. San Diego starter Matt Waldron (4-5) lasted six innings, giving up one run on three.
Arizona starter Ryne Nelson (3-5) allowed six hits and six runs (five earned) in 3 1/3 innings.
Pirates 4, Twins 0
Rowdy Tellez broke a scoreless tie with a solo homer and singled in two runs as host Pittsburgh shut out Minnesota for the second straight game, winning in the middle game of a three-game interleague series.
Six Pirates pitchers combined on the six-hit shutout, including Justin Bruihl, Hunter Stratton (2-1), Colin Holderman and David Bednar.
Minnesota lost its fifth straight and saw its scoreless streak reach 22 innings. Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson allowed one run on six hits while throwing 97 pitches over a career-high 6 1/3 innings.
Giants 3, Rangers 1
Heliot Ramos homered and doubled and drove in three runs to lead San Francisco to its third straight victory over Texas in Arlington, Texas.
Austin Slater scored two runs and Matt Chapman singled in four at-bats to extend his on-base streak to 25 games for San Francisco. Erik Miller (1-2), one of five Giants pitchers, picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief while Camilo Doval pitched around a walk and an infield single in the ninth to earn his 11th save.
Andrew Heaney (2-7) suffered the loss, allowing three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Blue Jays 7, Athletics 0
Kevin Gausman pitched the first nine-inning complete game of his career and Toronto rebounded from a walk-off loss the night before to thump host Oakland.
Gausman (5-4), who pitched the 2020 and 2021 seasons across the San Francisco Bay for the Giants, enjoyed a homecoming of sorts with the fifth win in his past six decisions. He allowed just five hits and one walk, striking out a season-high-tying 10.
Making just his second major league start of the season, A’s starter Luis Medina (0-1) was charged with six runs on five hits and five walks over 4 2/3 innings.
White Sox 6, Red Sox 1
Gavin Sheets belted a grand slam among his three hits, Paul DeJong homered and four pitchers delivered 4 2/3 innings of three-hit relief to lift host Chicago past Boston.
After stopping a franchise-worst 14-game losing streak Friday night, the White Sox used a five-run fifth Saturday en route to winning consecutive games for the first time since May 14-15.
Chicago collected six of its 10 hits against Boston starter Brayan Bello (6-3) in the fifth. Sheets punctuated the rally with his first career grand slam one batter after Andrew Vaughn tied the game at 1 with an RBI infield single.
Reds 4, Cubs 3
TJ Friedl belted a tiebreaking two-run homer and drove in three runs while Andrew Abbott allowed just one run over five innings to lead Cincinnati past visiting Chicago for its seventh straight win.
Jeimer Candelario connected for a solo homer for the Reds. It is Candelario’s ninth long ball of the season and his third in six games.
Dansby Swanson and David Bote each had three hits for the Cubs, who stranded four runners over the final two innings and lost for the 12th time in 16 games.
Orioles 5, Rays 0
Starter Kyle Bradish delivered a sterling outing and teammates Ryan O’Hearn and Gunnar Henderson homered as Baltimore beat Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bradish allowed just one hit while striking out nine without a walk in six innings for the Orioles.
Rays starter Taj Bradley (1-4) worked five innings, giving up just one run on three hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.
Rockies 6, Cardinals 5
Ezequiel Tovar went 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBIs to power visiting Colorado past St. Louis.
Charlie Blackmon went 3-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored for the Rockies, who have won two of the first three games in the four-game series. Colorado starting pitcher Ryan Feltner held the Cardinals to two hits in 5 1/3 innings but was victimized for four unearned runs.
Instead, Reliever Victor Vodnik (1-0) earned the victory after pitching 1 2/3 innings and Tyler Kinley earned his fourth save. Matt Carpenter hit a home run and scored twice for the Cardinals, who have lost six of their last nine games.
Royals 8, Mariners 4
Adam Frazier went 2-for-2 with a double and home run against his former team as Kansas City defeated visiting Seattle.
Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Isbel added two-run doubles for the Royals, who have won the first two games of the series after rallying from an eight-run deficit for a 10-9 decision Friday night. Royals starter Alec Marsh (5-3) earned the victory despite allowing four runs on seven hits over five innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight.
J.P. Crawford and Mitch Garver homered for the Mariners. Seattle’s Luis Castillo (5-7) gave up five runs on six hits in five innings, with one walk and four strikeouts.
Astros 6, Angels 1
Yordan Alvarez homered and doubled to lead Houston to an easy victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif. Alvarez finished with three hits for Houston, which won for the fourth time in its past five games.
The Astros got another strong start on the mound, this time from Hunter Brown, one night after Framber Valdez logged a complete game. Brown (2-5) went six scoreless innings, scattering just two hits and four walks while striking out seven.
Angels starter Tyler Anderson (5-6) gave up four runs on seven hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out three.
FOOTBALL NEWS
STALLIONS USE BIG SECOND HALF TO BEAT PANTHERS, ADVANCE TO UFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Matt Corral came off the bench in relief of MVP candidate Adrian Martinez to throw for 120 yards and two touchdowns as the Birmingham Stallions blitzed the visiting Michigan Panthers for a 31-18 victory on Saturday in the USFL Conference Championship Game.
The Stallions dug an 18-3 hole as Martinez struggled, yet he helped spark the eventual rally with a 50-yard touchdown connection with Jordan Thomas late in the first half. Chris Blewitt added a 43-yard field goal with 12 seconds left to cut Birmingham’s deficit to 18-12.
Martinez was intercepted to open the third quarter and was stripped for a fumble on the Stallions’ following drive. After another ineffective possession by Birmingham, Corral came on in relief and was promptly intercepted himself.
But Panthers quarterback Danny Etling responded with his second interception in as many drives. Daniel Isom returned the pick 48 yards for the game-tying touchdown.
Corral settled down on the next drive, leading the Stallions 75 yards in five plays, a march that culminated with a 7-yard touchdown toss to Amari Rodgers for a 24-18 lead with 13:42 left in the game. Corral, who finished 9-of-11 passing, followed that up with a 66-yard drive that included a 15-yard scoring strike to Ricky Person Jr.
Etling threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Siaosi Mariner early in the first quarter, and Jake Bates added four field goals for Michigan. Etling completed 18 of 29 passes for 182 yards, one TD and three interceptions.
RACING NEWS
JOEY LOGANO TAKES SONOMA POLE WITH TRACK RECORD
SONOMA, Calif. — Joey Logano claimed his third pole position of the season Saturday afternoon at Sonoma Raceway, turning a fast lap of 97.771 mph in the No. 22 Ford to better the previous track record by more than a second on the newly paved 1.99-mile road course in Northern California.
The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will start Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 alongside 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, who was a slight 0.083 seconds behind Logano’s time of 73.273 seconds.
“I got a little loose up in Turn 2 and probably left a little bit out there, but it’s hard to hit a perfect lap every corner,” said Logano, a 31-time pole winner who also won pole position at Sonoma in 2011.
“If you can average it all out to be pretty good, it works out. It was great to see the Autotrader Mustang having some speed here in Sonoma. It didn’t seem too bad in race trim either, so hopefully, we turn this into a victory tomorrow.”
Logano’s only career road-course win came in 2015 at Watkins Glen International. His best finish at Sonoma is third, something he has done twice, including last year.
Logano’s Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney, the reigning series champion, will roll off third — both Logano and Blaney looking for their first trophy of the season. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson round out the top five.
All four Hendrick cars advanced to the final round of qualifying. William Byron, who has won three times this season, will start sixth and Alex Bowman eighth. Trackhouse Racing teammates Daniel Suarez and Ross Chastain will start seventh and ninth, with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs rolling off 10th.
Current points leader Denny Hamlin of JGR will roll off 25th and his teammate, four-time and defending Sonoma race winner Martin Truex Jr., will begin 21st on the starting grid.
Two Australian Supercars drivers are making their Cup debut this weekend. Will Brown, who was third-fastest in practice, will roll off 24th in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Cam Waters will start 31st in the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford.
“This race is gonna be a lot different than what it was in the past here,” Logano said. “You think about what it used to be here with a lot of tire wear. Now, the tires seem to last fairly long, so that can adjust the strategy quite a bit from what it used to be here. There are a lot of different options for the crew chiefs to try to make up their mind on how to play out the race, and time will tell.”
GOLF NEWS
DAVID PUIG, 3 OTHERS LEAD CROWDED FIELD AT LIV HOUSTON
Spain’s David Puig fired a 6-under 66 on Saturday to move 12 spots up the leaderboard and grab a share of the lead after two rounds of action at LIV Golf Houston.
Puig caught fire on the back nine, rattling off five birdies from Nos. 11-17. He finished with seven birdies against just one bogey and sits at 10-under 134 through 36 holes, good for a four-way tie for first with Englishman Paul Casey (67 on Saturday), Carlos Ortiz of Mexico (68) and Poland’s Adrian Meronk (69).
Puig is searching for his first win on the LIV tour.
“I know I’m still young, obviously, but I put a lot of hours (in) already in my short career, and just seeing that the results start coming, especially on this tour where I still haven’t played that good,” Puig said. “I think I played pretty good in Asia and maybe some qualifiers for the majors, but I still didn’t play as good as I wanted here on LIV, and it’s good that the scores are coming.”
Of the four co-leaders, Meronk is the only one who entered the second round in first. Casey shot five spots up the leaderboard and Ortiz rose three, and despite the potential for a tight finish on Sunday, Puig’s main focus is his own performance.
“Obviously when there’s a lot of names on top, you can’t imagine all the scenarios, but at the end of the day you need to play your best golf and give it a shot,” Puig said. “Hopefully it’s good enough to beat all the other guys.”
Casey finished with six birdies and one bogey on Sunday, while Ortiz collected five and one, respectively. Four of Ortiz’s birdies came in succession at Nos. 10-13, with the other coming at the par-5 eighth.
Houston has been kind to Ortiz, who won the PGA Tour’s Vivint Houston Open on Nov. 8, 2020.
“I don’t think it really matters if you’ve won here or not. I really like Texas,” Ortiz said. “I guess I’m used to this weather, too. I just feel comfortable playing here. I like the golf course and the people. I guess maybe that’s the confidence.”
Meronk got off to a slow start, settling for a pair of bogeys through his first five holes. But he cruised from there, pairing four birdies with nine pars to close his round.
Patrick Reed carded a 68 on Saturday and is in sole possession of fifth, one shot off the lead. Matthew Wolff (67) and Chilean Joaquin Niemann (69) are T6, while Germany’s Martin Keymer, one of the three first-round co-leaders, slipped into a five-man logjam at eighth with a second-round 72.
Caleb Surratt was also tied for first after Friday’s action, but his 4-over 76 on Saturday now has him at T28.
At 26 under, Fireballs GC sit in first in team competition. Torque GC is four strokes behind in second ahead of a three-way tie for third.
ERNIE ELS, STEVE STRICKER SHARE LEAD IN MADISON
Ernie Els shot a blistering 6-under-par over the final seven holes Saturday to share the lead with Steve Stricker after two holes of the American Family Insurance Championship at Madison, Wis.
Els shot an 8-under 64 and Stricker carded a 66 as the duo have 9-under 135 totals after two trips around University Ridge Golf Course.
David Duval is in solo third at 137 after shooting 68. Tim O’Neal (68 on Saturday) and Jerry Kelly (69) are three shots back in a tie for fourth.
Els made three birdies on the front nine before a bogey at No. 10. He then got hot with birdies at Nos. 12-14, an eagle-3 at 16 and a birdie at 18 to close his round.
Els is looking for his second straight victory after prevailing at the Principal Charity Classic last week.
“When you’re playing well and you have confidence, you know, things happen,” Els said. “If I’m not winning, there might be a bit of doubt here and there, but when you’ve won, the hole feels a little bigger sometimes and a bit more comfortable than trying to search for it all the time.
“I’m definitely going off last week. I’ve been playing good for a month now, so I’m just trying to put one foot in front of the other.”
Stricker, serving as tournament host, also finished strong with four straight birdies at holes No. 14-17.
He also had four birdies on the front nine and bogeys on No. 4 and No. 13.
Stricker’s round was three shots lower than his first and he credited his improvement in putting as the reason. He even had a session Friday night to eliminate some kinks.
“I went to the putting green last night, just a setup situation, kind of moved my weight around a little bit,” Stricker said. “I had noticed out on the course that I was getting my weight a little left and typically over the years and my career I’ve always been almost 60/40 on my right side so I was having a hard time getting through the putts, so I adjusted that.
“It was better today, I hit some nice putts, and could have made a couple more. As golfers we’re always trying to make as many as we can, but overall it was better.”
Duval had five birdies and one bogey (on No. 5) in his second straight solid round. Four of his birdies came on par-5 holes.
Duval’s strong play in Madison is a vast improvement over the last two years at this event. He tied for 54th in 2022 and 45th last year.
Kelly moved closer to the lead with an eagle on the par-4, No. 15. He also had three birdies and two bogeys.
O’Neal had a crazy start to the round. He had double-bogey on No. 1 and came back with an eagle on the par-5, No. 2 and a birdie on No. 3. He later had three straight birdies on Nos. 11-13 and had six overall. But he also bogeyed two of the last four holes, including No. 18.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER OVERCOMES TERRIBLE HOLE TO KEEP LEAD AT MEMORIAL
Scottie Scheffler recovered from a disastrous hole midway through the third round of The Memorial and regained control with a 1-under par 71 on Saturday in Dublin, Ohio.
Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 golfer, will take a four-shot lead into Sunday’s final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club. He’s 10 under for the tournament.
Canada’s Adam Hadwin shot 72, slipping into a three-way tie for second place at 6 under. Collin Morikawa made a big move by shooting 68, joining Austria’s Sepp Straka (68) and Hadwin in second place.
Scheffler and Hadwin both bogeyed the final hole.
Scheffler played the first six holes at 2 under, but a triple-bogey 7 on No. 9 sent him cascading back to the pack and erased his three-shot lead. That troublesome hole began with a tee shot into the trees.
His three-shot lead vanished, but it didn’t take long to move back ahead. Scheffler got back on track with a birdie on No. 10. That began a stretch of three birdies in six holes.
While any trouble for Scheffler generally seems unusual, he also had a triple-bogey in his most-recent tournament two weeks ago in the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
He had been at 11 under for the tournament after Saturday’s sixth hole, where his approach shot from a fairway bunker set up a birdie putt.
Morikawa had a bogey-less round. Three of his four birdies came in a stretch from No. 12-15.
Norway’s Viktor Hovland, the tournament’s 2023 champion, was in good shape through seven holes at 2 under. Then came a seven-hole stretch with five bogeys, including four beginning on No. 11. Later, he tumbled deeper down the standings with a double-bogey 6 on the 16th hole.
PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele (71) and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg (72) share fifth place at 4 under.
The best round of the third round belonged to South Korea’s Sungjae Im at 67, but he’s tied for 11th at 2 under.
JENNY SHIN LEADS IN N.J., LOOKING TO END 8-YEAR WIN DROUGHT
Jenny Shin’s lone LPGA victory came more than eight years ago.
Shin is in contention to end that drought as she holds the lead at 10-under 132 entering the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J.
The South Korean shot a 2-under 69 on Saturday and sits one shot ahead of Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela, who carded a second-round 68 on Seaview Hotel and Golf Club’s Bay Course.
Megan Khang, South Korea’s Narin An and the Taiwan duo of Ssu-Chia Cheng and Wei-Ling Hsu are all tied for third at 8-under 134.
Japan’s Yuka Saso, who won her second U.S. Women’s Open last weekend, missed the cut by three strokes after shooting 69-73 over the first two rounds.
Shin, 31, has only been victorious at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout in 2016. She tied for 19th at last week’s Open.
But she recorded a stellar 63 in the opening round, two shots behind Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand. Shin’s second round was a bit bumpier with six birdies against four bogeys, twice carding bogeys in back-to-back holes.
“This golf course is pretty forgiving if you miss it in the right place,” Shin said. “I feel like I don’t know what the weather is going to be like tomorrow, but you need a little bit of luck.
“You need to make the birdies when they come and you just can’t make bogeys. So tomorrow is always about patience I think.”
Valenzuela had five birdies and two bogeys in her round and will be seeking her first LPGA victory since turning professional in 2019. She tied for 29th at the U.S. Women’s Open.
“My game has been feeling good over the last few months and just putting didn’t necessarily catch up to it, and I’m finally seeing some better rolls,” Valenzuela said. “I think that’s how it gets reflected on the scorecard.
“Coming out of last week I think was a really good prep. It was such a hard course and such a grind, and you get here and definitely see more birdies than last week. Last week was a luxury to get birdie looks.”
Khang carded three birdies and one bogey on Saturday. Her lone career victory came in the Canadian Women’s Open last August.
“I will admit I haven’t been here in a hot minute,” Khang said of being near the top of the leaderboard. “The environment, the people, they’re all so welcoming. It’s really cool out there when you have fans just following you around rooting for me. Reminds me to come back to ShopRite.
“And it’s fun always being at the top, in contention, having a chance.”
Yubol didn’t come close to her torrid first-round score as she shot 4-over 75 on Saturday to drop into a tie for 14th at 6 under.
Saso had just two birdies and was hurt by two bogeys and a double-bogey on the par-3, No. 11.
A worse fate met Japan’s Nasa Hataoka, who left the course Friday tied for fourth with a 65 and was informed prior to her Saturday round that she had been disqualified for multiple rules violations.
Hataoka had a wayward second shot on No. 9 on Friday and had trouble finding her ball in the long fescue that surrounds the green. Though she eventually retrieved the ball, LPGA officials reviewed video footage and said it took her longer than the maximum three minutes to find it.
The LPGA also said that because the three-minute window had lapsed, Hataoka was required to return to where she previously played the shot. Hataoka had until leaving the scoring area to correct her mistake, according to the LPGA.
HORSE RACING
DORNOCH OVERCOMES LONG ODDS, WINS BELMONT STAKES
Given a stalking trip under jockey Luis Saez, Dornoch held off Mindframe and favorite Sierra Leone to pull off an upset victory in the 156th Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga, Springs, N.Y.
Sent away at 17-1, Dornoch was up on the early pace set by Seize the Gray, who led the 10-horse filed out to a fast 22.99 seconds for the opening quarter mile. The two led the field heading into the far turn with Mindframe just a length off the pace.
Dornoch and Seize the Gray led the field into the homestretch as Mindframe swung wide to mount his stretch run. When Seize the Grey faded after passing the 1/8th pole, Dornoch shifted inside and readied for a challenge from Mindframe.
However, Mindframe lugged out in deep stretch, giving Dornoch just enough of a gap to win the race by a half-length. He posted a winning time of 2:01.64 in the 1 ¼-mile test.
Sierra Leone, the post-time favorite, mounted a late charge as is his style to finish third. However, the colt could not overcome a poor break as he was shuffled back to ninth.
Dornoch’s win gave trainer Danny Gargan his first ever Triple Crown win, while Saez earned his second Belmont Stakes win. The win also gave former major league outfielder Jayson Werth a win in a Triple Crown race as he is a part owner in Dornoch.
The race was run at Saratoga due to the ongoing reconstruction of Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
TENNIS NEWS
SWIATEK BEATS PAOLINI FOR 3RD STRAIGHT FRENCH OPEN TITLE
PARIS (AP) — For a few minutes, anyway, it seemed as if Iga Swiatek was a bit off in the French Open final against Jasmine Paolini. Swiatek kept making mistakes and got broken early to trail Saturday at Court Philippe Chatrier.
Might a true surprise be in the offing? Could Paolini not only make a match of this, but actually win it? Um, no. Not even close.
The top-seeded Swiatek recalibrated her wayward strokes and simply overwhelmed Paolini, grabbing 10 games in a row en route to a 6-2, 6-1 victory that gave her a third consecutive championship at Roland Garros and fourth in five years.
“I love this place, honestly,” Swiatek said. “I wait every year to come back here.”
She stretched her French Open winning streak to 21 matches, and her career record at the place is now 35-2.
The 23-year-old from Poland is the first woman with three trophies in a row in Paris since Justine Henin from 2005 to 2007.
“I have to say congratulations to you, Iga,” said the 12th-seeded Paolini, a 28-year-old from Italy appearing in her first Slam final. “I think to play you here is the toughest challenge in this sport.”
Swiatek also won the French Open in 2020 and the U.S. Open in 2022 and is now 5-0 in major finals.
After a scare in the second round last week against Naomi Osaka, when Swiatek needed to save a match point, this represented a fifth straight lopsided win. Swiatek took every set in that span and only ceded a total of 17 games.
“I was almost out of the tournament in the second round, so thank you guys for kind of staying behind my back and cheering for me,” Swiatek told a crowd dotted by red-and-white Polish flags. “I also needed to believe that this one is going to be possible. It’s been a really emotional tournament.”
Here’s just one other indication of how dominant Swiatek is on clay: She added this triumph to those on the slow surface at Madrid and Rome last month, becoming the first woman to win all three events since Serena Williams did it in 2013.
During Saturday’s postmatch ceremony, Swiatek was flanked by a pair of women who each won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Evert said before this French Open that she thinks Swiatek could eventually surpass her women’s record of seven championships in Paris.
Paolini had never been past the second round at one of the four most important tennis tournaments until getting to the fourth round at the Australian Open in January. Paolini will play in the French Open women’s doubles final on Sunday with partner Sara Errani against 2023 U.S. Open singles champion Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova.
“The best days of my life, I think,” said Paolini, who will rise to a career-best No. 7 in the WTA rankings next week. “It’s been a very intense 15 days. I’m really happy and I’m proud of me and my team.”
Before the final began, a loud chant of “Let’s go, Jasmine! Let’s go!” arose from two rows of Paolini’s supporters in the lower bowl of the stands, each one wearing a T-shirt in one of the colors of the Italian flag: green, white or red. They would reprise that song, in English, interspersing it with claps.
After Swiatek got the match’s first point, a fan yelled in French, “Jasmine, it’s not over!”
Swiatek briefly went through a shaky stretch, failing to convert a break point in the second game, then getting broken to trail 2-1 after 13 minutes when she flubbed a forehand, sending it way long.
It was Swiatek’s seventh unforced error of the afternoon; Paolini had made only one by then. But the rest of the way, those numbers were six unforced errors by Swiatek, 17 by Paolini.
That’s because Swiatek, who heard plenty of “Iga!” chants, immediately reset herself and began playing the sort of tennis that has kept her ranked No. 1 for nearly every week since April 2022. The instincts and footwork to get to almost any shot an opponent can offer. The intimidating, heavy-spin forehands. The prematch strategy and midmatch adjustments that can shift things her way.
And once Swiatek got going, there was nothing Paolini could do to slow her down.
Swiatek broke at love for 2-all, capping the game with a return winner off a serve at 87 mph (140 kph). The following game began with a 25-stroke exchange that Swiatek ended with a backhand winner that Paolini did not even try to chase. Now Swiatek led 3-2.
That was part of a stretch in which Swiatek earned 20 of the last 24 points in the first set. Then it was 5-0 in the second.
After just 1 hour, 8 minutes of play, Swiatek was celebrating by dropping to her knees behind the baseline.
Soon, she was sitting on the sideline and used her phone to snap a selfie while holding up four fingers to represent her haul of French Open trophies.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA FEVER
REPORT: CAITLIN CLARK TO BE LEFT OFF OLYMPIC TEAM
Caitlin Clark apparently will need to wait until Los Angeles and 2028 to represent the United States in the Summer Olympics.
The Athletic reported Saturday that the WNBA rookie is not expected to be among 12 players selected to compete for Team USA in Paris when the 2024 Summer Games begin next month.
Instead, the U.S. will send a veteran group to Paris, including 42-year-old Diana Taurasi, who will be seeking her sixth gold medal.
Per the report, Taurasi will be joined by fellow former WNBA Most Valuable Players Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson, as well as Brittney Griner, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Chelsea Gray, Alyssa Thomas, Sabrina Inoescu and Kahleah Copper.
Only the latter three will be making their Olympic debuts in Paris.
Clark, her Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston and Brionna Jones likely are to make up the pool of alternates, should one of the players be unable to suit up in Paris, The Athletic reported.
Clark was invited to the U.S. national team’s training camp in March but couldn’t take part while her college team, Iowa, was in the NCAA Tournament.
At Iowa, Clark set the NCAA’s all-time scoring record and led the Hawkeyes to back-to-back appearances in the championship game, both losses.
In an up-and-down start to her WNBA career, Clark is averaging 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. She scored 30 points Friday night in a 85-83 win against the Washington Mystics on the heels of her career-low three points scored Sunday in a loss to the New York Liberty.
The U.S. has won every gold medal in women’s basketball since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
CELESTINO IN THE CLUTCH: INDIANS WALK OFF CLIPPERS ON TWO-OUT, TWO-RUN DOUBLE IN NINTH
INDIANAPOLIS – With runners at the corners and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Gilberto Celestino rocketed the eighth pitch of his at-bat into the right-center gap for a double to score Canaan Smith-Njigba and Jake Lamb, giving the Indianapolis Indians a thrilling 4-3 win over the Columbus Clippers on Saturday night at Victory Field.
After collecting just three hits through the first eight innings, Indianapolis (26-34) came alive in the ninth for its third walk-off win of the season. Smith-Njigba worked a leadoff walk and took second on a single by Liover Peguero. Lamb then blooped a fly ball into shallow left, but Peguero was forced out at second on the play for the first out. Following a Gorski infield popout, Celestino fouled off two 3-2 pitches before winning the battle against Anthony Gose (L, 2-3).
Lamb gave the Indians the early lead with a two-run single off Xzavion Curry in the opening frame, but the right-hander silenced Indy’s bats over the next six innings. Columbus (24-37) rallied behind its starter, recording a run in three consecutive innings against Drake Fellows, who issued six walks and allowed four hits in 4.0 innings pitched.
Isaac Mattson (2.1ip), Ryder Ryan (1.2ip) and Connor Sadzeck (1.0ip) combined for five scoreless innings in relief. Sadzeck (W, 2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth.
Indy’s first two walk-off wins of the season came via run-scoring singles by Carter Bins on April 17 vs. St. Paul and Yasmani Grandal on April 30 vs. Buffalo.
INDY ELEVEN WOMEN
BAHR CONVERTS 91ST-MINUTE PENALTY KICK FOR THE WIN
WESTFIELD, Ind. (Friday, June 7, 2024) – A 91st-minute penalty kick from Grace Bahr proved to be the match winner as Indy Eleven came from behind twice to beat Racing Louisville FC, 3-2, on Friday night at the Grand Park Events Center. The Girls in Blue improved to 5-0-1 with the win to lead the Valley Division, while the loss puts Louisville at 1-2-1.
As the match entered the three minutes of stoppage time, Natalie Mitchell was fouled just inside Louisville’s 18 to earn Indy what would be one of the final chances of the game. Veteran Grace Bahr was called on to take the kick and converted for her first goal of the season and the win for the Girls in Blue.
Louisville’s go ahead goals came in the 32nd minute from Ellie Coffield and off an own goal from Indy in the 56th minute.
The Girls in Blue got one back in the 47th minute as Maddy Williams picked up her third tally of the season off a long ball played in from Jenna Chatterton. The helper was the first of the season for Chatterton.
USL W League Team of the Month selection Amelia White answered the second time in the same way she did in the season opener at Louisville. White found herself inside the six and dispossessed the Louisville keeper to even the score in the 71st minute. White now has four goals this season.
With the win, Indy is currently riding a 13-game unbeaten streak dating back to June 18, 2023.
The Girls in Blue host Kings Hammer FC Wednesday at 7 p.m. for their final regular season home match of 2024. Single-game tickets are available for $8. Fans who already have season tickets for USL Championship action have W League tickets automatically loaded into their account.
USL W League Regular Season
Indy Eleven 3:2 Racing Louisville FC
Friday, June 7, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET
Grand Park Sports Complex | Westfield, Ind.
2024 USL W League Records
Indy Eleven: 5-0-1, 16 pts (+26)
Racing Louisville FC: 1-2-1, 4 pts (+2)
Scoring Summary
LOU – Ellie Coffield (Anna Grace Gibson) 32’
IND – Maddy Williams (Jenna Chatterton) 47’
LOU – Own Goal 55’
IND – Amelia White 71’
IND – Grace Bahr (penalty) 90+1’
Discipline Summary
IND – Hadley Snyder (caution) 25’
IND – Lizzie Sexton (caution) 70’
IND – Bench (caution) 82’
Indy Eleven line-up: Nona Reason, Emma Pelkowski (Amelie Darey 71′), Norah Jacomen (Katie Soderstrom 63’), Maddy Williams (Natalie Mitchell 63’), Jenna Chatterton (Brooke Otto 63’), Lizzie Sexton, Hadley Snyder (Grace Bahr 63’), Ella Rogers (captain), Amelia White, Sam Dewey (Olivia Smith 63’), Karsyn Cherry
Indy subs: Kathleen Phillips
INDIANA TRACK
MARSHALL RECEIVES SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS AT NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
EUGENE, Ore. –Camden Marshall earned Second Team All-American honors with a ninth-place finish in the 800 meters on Friday evening at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Marshall was on the verge of making a move in the last 100 meters, before a fall in the final curve. He crossed the line with a time of 2:04.27.
“I felt good about the effort our group gave this week,” Director of cross country and track & field Ed Beathea said. “Cam falling was very unfortunate, considering how well he has been racing. The championship is a good way to evaluate our season.”
In the prelims, Marshall ran a time of 1:48.17 to win his heat and to advance to his first NCAA final, indoor or outdoor.
The Corydon, Ind., native is now a 4x All-American with three indoor All-American honors in 2022, 23, 24. He broke two school records with the indoor mile and the outdoor 800 meters.
NCAA Outdoor Championships: Friday, June 7
Event: Athletes: Mark
Men’s 800m Finals: 9. Camden Marshall: 2:04.27
PURDUE TRACK
ANIAMAKA 6TH AT NCAAS TO EARN FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS
EUGENE, Ore. – Junior Praise Aniamaka earned First Team All-America honors as the Purdue track & field team concluded competition at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday evening.
Aniamaka was one of three Boilermakers competing on Friday, and one of five entries for the Old Gold and Black at the national championship meet at Oregon’s Hayward Field.
In the triple jump, Aniamaka was sixth to collect All-America accolades for the third time in his career, along with second team distinction indoors earlier this season and outdoors in 2023. Both of his previous two appearances at the NCAA Championships ended with ninth place finishes before Aniamaka reached the podium on Friday to place in the top eight, score points for Purdue and be recognized as a First Team All-American.
A native of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Aniamaka joins a select group of First Team All-America honorees in the triple jump in school history. He is the second ever outdoors, along with Ike Olekaibe in 2000. Including indoors, Aniamaka is the seventh to garner first team distinction and the first since Anaquan Peterson in 2016. Including the women’s squad, just three Boilermakers have been recognized as First Team All-Americans outdoors in the triple jump, as Aniamaka and Olekaibe are joined by 1984 awardee Yvonne Netterville.
Aniamaka was sixth overall on Friday night with a jump of 16.30 meters. The mark came on his fourth of six attempts, and his first jump of the final, to move him up from ninth place into sixth. Aniamaka made the final thanks to a second attempt jump of 16.21m. That put him in ninth place, which he maintained after three rounds to take the last spot in the final.
It was that second jump of 16.21m that secured Aniamaka’s sixth-place finish, as the seventh-place jumper also earned a mark of 16.30m, but Aniamaka’s 16.21m was the better of each competitor’s second-best jumps. The Boilermaker finished sixth after entering the meet as the No. 12 seed.
The First Team All-America accolade concludes a memorable season for Aniamaka. Along with reaching the national championships both indoors and outdoors, he won his second consecutive outdoor triple jump Big Ten title. This year’s gold medal was won with a meet-record jump of 16.49m on May 12, which moved him up to No. 2 in Purdue’s record book.
Graduate student Safin Wills also competed in the triple jump and was 17th with a mark of 15.50m. That came on his first of three attempts. With the result, Wills was bestowed with Honorable Mention All-America distinction. It’s his fourth career recognition and third in the triple jump, along with second team honors in 2022 and honorable mention accolades in 2021.
At his third NCAA Championships, Wills’ 2024 campaign included a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in both the triple jump and long jump. His triple jump mark of 15.95m at Big Tens put him into Purdue’s top-10 list at No. 8 all-time.
Meanwhile, sophom*ore Seth Allen made his NCAA Championships debut in the discus. He was 18th with a throw of 55.55m. Achieved on his second attempt, he was recognized as an Honorable Mention All-American for the first time.
Along with reaching his first national championship after competing at his second NCAA First Round, Allen’s season was highlighted by a Big Ten title on May 12. A throw of 60.95m moved him up to No. 2 in school history while securing Big Ten gold.
Thanks to Aniamaka, Purdue scored three points to place in the overall team standings. It’s the first time the men’s program has scored at a national meet since 2020-21, both in cross country and indoor track & field. The last time the Boilermaker men placed outdoors was 2019.
On Wednesday to begin the championships, graduate student Cameron Miller was 12th in the 200-meter to earn his sixth career All-America honor and the men’s 4×400 relay was 19th.
Purdue had five entries at this week’s national championships, up from three a year ago. The Boilermakers’ five men’s qualifiers is tied for second-most among Big Ten programs.
The NCAA Championships feature 24 entries in each event, 12 who qualified from the NCAA East First Round and 12 from the west. Purdue’s five entries all earned national championships berths in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 22-25.
This weekend’s NCAA Championships concludes the 2023-24 season for Purdue. Select current and former Boilermakers will compete at the Olympic and Paralympic trials and the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following the summer of international competition, the 2024-25 year will begin with the cross country season. That schedule will be announced as fall approaches.
BUTLER TRACK
HAMLIN RUNS TO FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS AT 2024 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jesse Hamlin raced to first-team All-America honors Friday night at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Hamlin finished eighth in the 5,000 meters, utilizing a time of 1:56.21 over the closing 800 meters. That move earned him first-team All-America honors.
Hamlin becomes the second consecutive Bulldog to earn first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after Barry Keane did so a year ago with a seventh-place finish in the 10,000 meters. For Hamlin, it is his second first-team All-America recognition, joining his performance at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meters.
Hamlin finished in a time of 13:59.11.
North Carolina’s Parker Wolfe claimed the NCAA title in a time of 13:54.43. He came in just ahead of Northern Arizona’s Nico Young (13:54.65) and defending champion Ky Robinson of Stanford (13:55.00). Wolfe’s final 400 took only 54.86.
Five of the seven runners finishing ahead of Hamlin have won NCAA titles. Hamlin’s final 400 of 56.65 was bettered only by the top three finishers.
The pace quickened with 2,000 meters to go as all 24 runners were in tight quarters over the opening half of the race due to the initial slow pace. Harvard’s Graham Blanks moved into the lead with 800 meters remaining before the top three runners overtook him in the final lap.
Hamlin was one of three Bulldogs to compete in Eugene as Florian Le Pallec finished 19th in the 10,000 meters Wednesday night and William Cuthbertson was one of the 24 athletes to qualify in the 800 meters, which he also ran earlier this week.
The 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships serve as the final competition of Butler’s 2023-24 athletic season.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
HANNAHS RESIGNS AS INDIANA STATE HEAD BASEBALL COACH
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State University President Mike Godard announced head coach Mitch Hannahs will be stepping down from his role with the Sycamore baseball team to pursue other professional opportunities effective immediately.
Hannahs is a 1989 graduate of Indiana State and a 2010 inductee into the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame. The Sycamores posted seven 30-plus win seasons and recorded ten or more wins in Missouri Valley Conference play eight times during Hannahs’ tenure. His 355 career wins are second all-time in ISU baseball history.
The Sycamores advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times over his tenure including the 2023 and 2024 seasons, marking just the third time in program history ISU advanced to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments. ISU advanced to the 2024 Lexington Regional championship game this summer, the third time the program advanced to a NCAA Regional final since 2019.
“Coach Hannahs’ dedication, leadership, and passion for the game have left an unforgettable mark on Indiana State’s baseball program and the University community,” President Godard said. “We are grateful for his remarkable contributions as a coach and ISU alum over the years, which have inspired our student-athletes to strive for excellence both on and off the field. Thank you, Coach Hannahs, for your unwavering commitment to Indiana State University and the Terre Haute community. You will always be a valued member of the Sycamore family.”
“Indiana State will always be home to me and my family,” Hannahs said. “I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to coach at my alma mater. The relationships that have been built with our players, staff, campus community, and the Wabash Valley made this a really difficult decision for Amy and I. A special thank you to Coach Warn and Steve DeGroote for bringing me to ISU many years ago. It has been everything they said it would be. A special thank you to my two athletic directors while here – Ron Prettyman for taking a chance on me, and Sherard Clinkscales for all that he did for me in his time here.”
“It’s hard to put into words what Coach Hannahs has meant to Indiana State University as both a player and a coach,” Interim Director of Athletics Angie Lansing said. “We have been extremely fortunate for his presence in our department. His leadership has been greatly appreciated during his time at ISU. We thank him for the strong relationships he has built with so many, the mentorship of our student-athletes and the national exposure he has brought to our program. We wish him and the Hannahs family nothing but the best.”
The Indiana State baseball program spent most of the 2023 and 2024 seasons ranked among the major national D1 Baseball polls. The Sycamores also finished the regular season sitting No. 10 overall in the NCAA RPI Rankings.
As a team, the Sycamores wrapped up the regular season leading the Missouri Valley in conference play in nearly every single major team statistical category including batting average (.314), hits (296), slugging (.588), on-base percentage (.419), fielding percentage (.986), ERA (3.77), strikeouts (288), and opponent batting average (.224).
A national search will be conducted for the next Indiana State baseball head coach.
INDIANA STATE TRACK
QUINLAN EARNS HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA ACCOLADES AT NCAA OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State senior Grace Quinlan earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades in the high jump Saturday, placing 17th in the event at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships at Hayward Field.
Quinlan cleared marks of 1.72m (5-07.75) and 1.77m (5-09.75) at the championships, with her clearance of 1.77m representing the second-best outdoor clearance in her career. She cleared 1.72m (5-07.75) on her third attempt, while her clearance of 1.77m (5-09.75) came on her first attempt at the height.
In addition to the All-America honors, Quinlan’s finish was the highest by a Sycamore women’s jumper at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships since Kimyanna Rudolph’s eighth-place finish in the pole vault in 2015.
Saturday’s result wraps up a season to remember for Quinlan, who broke Indiana State’s outdoor high jump record at the NCAA East First Round. Quinlan’s record-breaking mark of 1.81m (5-11.25) shattered a program record which had stood for more than 25 years. She also placed second at the MVC Championships in the high jump (1.76m/5-09.25) and fifth in the heptathlon (4865), with her score in the latter moving her into third in program history in the event. Quinlan had a penchant for putting together her best performances when it mattered most, as her three best marks in the high jump this season came in her last three meets.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
BASEBALL ACES OUTLAST #1 TENNESSEE, 10-8, TO EVEN SUPER REGIONAL SERIES
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Evansville baseball team exploded for 10 runs in the middle three innings on Saturday, and then senior reliever Shane Harris worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth inning, as the Purple Aces took down the #1 national seed Tennessee Volunteers, 10-8, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. With the victory, Evansville evens the best-of-three Super Regional series with the Volunteers and forces the “if necessary” game on Sunday night in Knoxville.
“I am beyond proud of the fight and determination that our team showed today in the middle innings to help us get this win,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “We got down early, but we had multiple guys step up and make plays today, be it at the plate, on the mound, or in the field to help us get this win. I couldn’t be more proud of the team that I am right now.”
Tennessee jumped out early against UE, launching three solo home runs in the first inning and adding a fourth run in the second inning to grab an early 4-0 lead. Senior reliever Jakob Meyer (4-4), though, came on to get out of a bases-loaded situation in the second inning, and kept Tennessee scoreless in the third and fourth innings to keep the score at 4-0.
Evansville would get on the board with three runs in the fourth inning on an RBI ground out by graduate third baseman Brent Widder, and a two-run home run off the scoreboard in right-center field by junior second baseman Cal McGinnis.
After UT would answer back with a run of its own in the top of the fifth inning to extend the lead to 5-3, UE responded again to grab a lead it would never lose in the bottom half of the frame. Graduate catcher Brendan Hord started the rally with a lead-off single, and then after a pair of infield outs, senior outfielder Kip Fougerousse had an RBI single to score senior shortstop Simon Scherry to cut the UT lead to 5-4.
After a pitching change, graduate first baseman Chase Hug doubled to put two men in scoring position with two outs. Widder then delivered an RBI single on a 98 mile-per-hour pay-off pitch from Tennessee reliever Nate Snead to tie the game at 5-5. McGinnis then followed with an RBI single down the right field line to give UE a 6-5 advantage.
Sophom*ore reliever Max Hansmann then worked around a pair of walks to post a scoreless sixth inning, and UE exploded for four more runs in the sixth inning to extend its lead. Hord launched a towering two-run home run down the left field line that just snuck inside the foul pole to give UE an 8-5 lead. Fougerousse then belted a two-run home run to left-center field for his fifth home run of the NCAA Tournament and 22nd home run of the season to give UE a 10-5 advantage. With that home run, Fougerousse set a new single-season home run record at UE, while also grabbing the individual home run lead of the NCAA Tournament.
Senior reliever Nick Smith would work scoreless seventh and eighth innings, before the Volunteers would rally for three runs to trim UE’s lead to 10-8 in the ninth inning. Harris would get Tennessee slugger Christian Moore to fly out to right field with the bases loaded though to end the threat and notch his fifth save of the season.
Fougerousse led UE by going 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, as he not only set UE’s single-season home run record on Saturday, but also broke UE’s single-season hits record, as he now has 94 hits on the season. McGinnis went 2-for-4 with his second home run of the Super Regional and three RBI, while Hord, Hug and junior designated hitter Evan Waggoner all had two hits as well.
With the victory, Evansville improved to 39-25 overall, while Tennessee fell to 54-12 with the loss. The three-game Super Regional series will conclude on Sunday night at 6 p.m. eastern/5 p.m. central time with the “if necessary game.” Sunday’s game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS and seen live nationally on ESPNU. The winner of Sunday’s contest will advance on to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska beginning next weekend.
VALPO BASKETBALL
TYLER SCHMIDT RETURNS TO HOMETOWN, JOINS VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM
Tyler Schmidt (Valparaiso, Ind. / Victory Christian Academy [Olivet Nazarene]) is coming home.
A 6-foot-4 guard with one season of eligibility remaining, Schmidt will join the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team for his final collegiate campaign after twice earning NAIA Second Team All-American status during his tenure at Olivet Nazarene.
“It’s going to be awesome,” Schmidt said. “I already wanted to go to Valpo before I was recruited by them, and then I found out that the staff is awesome. It’s going to be amazing. When I was younger, I went to their camps in fifth or sixth grade. That was back when Alec Peters was on the team and Bryce [Drew] was the head coach. I have some memories from those camps and going to games my whole life.”
Schmidt averaged better than 20.0 points per game in each of his final three seasons at Olivet Nazarene including a career-best 23.9 ppg during the 2023-24 season. He scored 2,267 points while appearing in 113 games and making 96 starts over four seasons. He shot 56.1 percent from the field, 41.3 percent from 3 and 82.7 percent from the free-throw line during his esteemed career with the Tigers.
Schmidt drilled a step-back jumper in the final five seconds to lift Olivet Nazarene over Lourdes 90-88 on March 11, 2022 for the program’s first NAIA national tournament win since 2006.
“Valpo is getting a winner,” Schmidt said. “They’re getting an all-around player who does what it takes to win. The COVID year was my freshman year, so it was hard to get opportunities with games being canceled, but the other three years, I’ve had the ball in my hands and taken a lot of shots. That helped grow my confidence. I have a lot of experience from being able to play so much.”
Prior to his collegiate tenure, Schmidt prepped locally at Victory Christian Academy, where he averaged 25.5 points per game as a senior.
“It was a nice little community there,” Schmidt said. “I made some good friends. My last couple years, we had a really good team and won a lot of games. It helped me get a chip on my shoulder for games because we were always a team that people underrated.”
Schmidt graduated from Olivet Nazarene with a degree in business administration and will pursue a master’s in sports administration at Valpo.
“Tyler had an unbelievable career at Olivet Nazarene,” Powell said. “It’s a huge opportunity to have him as part of our program here at Valpo. His shooting and understanding of the game will absolutely help us this season. He’s another kid who has strong faith and strong character, and that’s something we’re trying to build here at Valparaiso University.”
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
9 – 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 33 – 20 – 41
June 9, 1966 – A group of five Minnesota Twins all hit home runs in 7th inning to beat A’s 9-4. Number 9, Rich Rollins; Number 2 , Zoilo Versalles; Number 6 , Tony Oliva; Number 5, Don Mincher; and Number 3, Harmon Killebrew all smacked the Twins base clearing hits over the wall to lead the offensive onslaught.
June 9, 1985 – NBA Championship Finals Most Valuable Player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Number 33. The series finished up at the Boston Garden as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory.
June 9, 1986 – It was a battle of titans when future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton, Number 20 who had 298 wins defeated Tom Seaver, Number 41 of the Chicago White Sox (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
June 9, 1960- Television network ABC and the fledgling AFL signed a 5 year contract for the rights to broadcast 37 regular season league games as well as the playoff championship and the AFL All-star game. The contract was worth $10,625,000 over the 5 year span giving the new league just about $2 million dollars that they used in an almost unheard of revenue sharing platform each season. That meant that each franchise after paying agent fees etc… would have a cushion of $225,000 to start each season. This is believed to be the first professional television contract ever signed and it paved the way for pro football to have a new lucrative revenue stream from TV.
Birthdays of Hall of Famers
June 9, 1928 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Al Brosky an Illinois safety during the seasons of 1950 to 1952. The FootballFoundation.org fills us in on the fact that Brosky became famous for pass interceptions during an era where rushing, passing and catching were the only stats that mattered to anyone. But when he picked off 11 passes in 1950, 10 in 1951, and 8 in 1952 that defensive take away became much more relevant with the media. . The total, 29, was an NCAA record that lasted 23 years until it was bettered in 1975. Brosky played safety and was also recognized as a tough tackler. He was Illinois captain and most valuable player his senior year. Illinois had a 20-7-1 record in his time. The 1951 team went 9-0-1, won the Big 10, and beat Stanford 40-7 in the Rose Bowl. In 1951 Brosky had a 61-yard run with an interception against Iowa. He had other runs — 44 against Ohio State, 32 against Indiana, 20 against Wisconsin — and was heralded for making tackles that prevented an opponent’s touchdown or defending passes that shut off touchdowns. The records and play of Al Brosky were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
June 9, 1954 – Columbus, Georgia – Woodrow Lowe, a linebacker out of Alabama that played from 1972 to 1975 for Coach Bear Bryant, arrived into the world. Lowe was only the second player in Crimson Tide history to be a three- time First Team All-American. Woodrow set an Alabama single season record with 134 tackles propelling his team to the Sugar Bowl and then claiming the national championship. The NFF states that those accomplishments sent him on to be the 1973 Churchman’s National Defensive Sophom*ore of the Year. Woodrow Lowe entered the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2009 class. At the 1976 NFL Draft Lowe was taken in the fifth round by the San Diego Chargers. He played in the NFL for the Chargers for his entire eleven year career and missed only one game! He tallied up 21 career interceptions taking four of them to the house.
June 9, 1973 – San Francisco, California – The University of Arizona’s talented defensive end from 1992 to 1995, Tedy Bruschi was born. The NFF’s bio of Tedy explains that Bruschi concluded his career at Arizona tied for the NCAA FBS record in career sacks with 52 quarterback splats. Tedy and the rest of the Wild Cat D took on the nickname of the Desert Swarm Defense. The two-time All-American was the PAC-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1995 and also took home the Morris Trophy as the league’s best defensive lineman. The College Football Hall of Fame proudly set up a display honoring Tedy Bruschi in 2013. Bruschi was a third-round selection by the New England Patriots in the 1996 NFL Draft and he enjoyed a 13-year career, winning three Super Bowls with the franchise. The Pro Bowler was named the Associated Press’ Comeback Player of the Year in 2005 following a stroke.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 9
1901 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 31 hits in beating Cincinnati 25-13. Al Selbach of the Giants went 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles and scored four runs.
1906 — Boston snapped a 19-game losing streak by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3.
1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates got the 3,000th hit of his career off Philadelphia’s Erskine Mayer in a 3-1 loss to the Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Wagner’s hit, a double, came in the ninth. Wagner joined Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000-hit club.
1935 — The St. Louis Cardinals became the 10th team in major league history to score a run in every inning in a 13-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1946 — Commissioner Happy Chandler imposed five-year suspensions on players who jumped to the Mexican League and three-year suspensions for those who broke the reserve clause.
1946 — The New York Giants’ Mel Ott became the first manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates won both games, 2-1 and 5-1.
1963 — Playing the first Sunday night game in major league history because of excessive heat during the day, the Houston Colt .45s handed the San Francisco Giants their seventh straight loss in Houston, 3-0. Turk Farrell and Skinny Brown pitched the shutout.
1966 — Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew homered in the seventh inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics.
1979 — California’s Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters as the Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1. It was the 21st time in his career he struck out 15 or more batters in one game.
1986 — Chicago pitcher Tom Seaver (306) and California Angels hurler Don Sutton (298) had the highest composite win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Walter Johnson (406) faced Red Faber (197). Sutton pitched a two-hit shutout to beat the White Sox 3-0.
1990 — Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers tied Mickey Mantle’s record by homering from each side of the plate in the same game for the 10th time in his career. The Dodgers beat the Padres 5-4 in 11 innings.
1998 — Cecil Fielder of the Angels and Yamil Benitez of the Diamondbacks each hit grand slams in the same inning in Anaheim’s 10-8 win over Arizona. It was the first time both teams hit grand slams in the same inning since 1992.
2008 — Ken Griffey Jr. became the sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers with a drive off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.
2014 — Lonnie Chisenhall had nine RBIs and three home runs in a five-hit game, Michael Brantley scored five times and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 17-7.
2015 — Chris Heston pitched the first no-hitter in his 13th career start, leading the San Francisco Giants over the New York Mets 5-0. The rookie allowed three baserunners — all on hit batters. He also had a two-run single for his first big league RBIs and finished with two more hits than the Mets.
2019 — The Nationals accomplish a very rare feat as four consecutive batters hit solo homers in the 8th inning in Petco Park in San Diego to break a 1 – 1 tie. Pinch-hitterHowie Kendrick starts things off against Craig Stammen, and is followed in order by Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon, who all go yard. This is only the ninth time in major league history this has happened, and the Nats were the last to do so, on July 27, 2017.
2019 — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot in the back while visiting in his native Dominican Republic.
2022 — The Twins open the bottom of the 1st against the Yankees with three consecutive homers off Gerrit Cole at Target Field, by Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. This is the first time in franchise history this has happened.
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June 10
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.
1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1959 — Rocky Colavito of Cleveland hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, a tough home run park. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homered in the Indians’ 11-8 victory.
1966 — Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert threw the only no-hitter of the year as the Indians beat the Washington Senators 2-0.
1972 — Hank Aaron’s grand slam pushed the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron’s 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career home run list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges’ NL record.
1997 — Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and kept himself from a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 9-0.
2005 — Baltimore’s 4-3 win over Cincinnati marked the first time that three 500-homer players appeared in the same game — the Orioles’ Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds’ Ken Griffey, who hit a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.
2006 — Reggie Sanders became the fifth player in major league history with 300 homers and 300 stolen bases when he hit a two-run shot in Kansas City’s 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanders homered off Chad Harville in the ninth to reach the milestone joining Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds.
2011 — Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game when the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0. La Russa complied a 2,676-2,324 record with the White Sox, Athletics and Cardinals. Only Connie Mack managed more games with 7,755 over 53 years.
2012 — Frankie Vanderka threw a three-hitter, Travis Jankowski had four hits and Stony Brook completed an improbable run to the College World Series with a 7-2 victory over LSU in the deciding game of the Baton Rouge super regional. Stony Brook became only the second team to open the tournament as a No. 4 seed in the regional round and advance to the World Series. The first was Fresno State during its stunning 2008 run to a national title.
2019 — The Diamondbacks and Phillies play “Home Run Derby” at Citizens Bank Park, in a 13 – 8 win by the D-Backs. Arizona opens the game with three straight homers off Jerad Eickhoff, by Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta, on their way to hitting 8 long balls. The Phillies reply with 5 of their own, including two by Scott Kingery, but it’s not enough on a night when balls are flying out of the park right and left. Eduardo Escobar homers from different sides of the plate in consecutive innings for Arizona, and Ildemaro Vargas also homers twice. The combined 13 homers set a new major league record. The D-Backs had been the last team to open a game with three dingers, back on July 21, 2017.
2020 — Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Amateur draft is held virtually and limited to five rounds.
June 11
1904 — Bob Wicker of the Chicago Cubs pitched 9 1-3 hitless innings before Sam Mertes of the New York Giants singled. Wicker won a 1-0, 12-inning one-hitter.
1938 — Johnny Vander Meer hurled the first of two consecutive no-hitters, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1967 — The Chicago Cubs hit seven homers and the New York Mets four in the second game of a doubleheader, tying the major league record set by the New York Yankees (6) and Detroit Tigers (5) in 1950. Adolfo Phillips hit four home runs in the doubleheader for Chicago.
1981 — Following Seattle’s 8-2 win over Baltimore, major league players went on strike.
1985 — Von Hayes became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in the first inning. Hayes connected twice in a nine-run first, powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a 26-7 victory over the New York Mets.
1988 — Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees became the first pitcher since the inception of the designated hitter (1973) to start a game as the DH. He was seventh in the lineup and grounded to third out in the third inning and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Jose Cruz pinch-hit for him in the fifth of the 8-6 win over Baltimore.
1990 — Nolan Ryan pitched the sixth no-hitter of his career to extend his major league record, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan, 43, was the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1995 — Lee Smith set a major league record with a save in his 16th consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the California Angels’ 5-4 victory over Baltimore. Smith broke the mark of 15 straight set by Doug Jones in 1988.
2002 — Jared Sandberg became the 16th AL player to homer twice in an inning, and the third this season, when Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles 11-2.
2003 — Houston’s Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8-0. The sextet set a record for the highest number of pitchers to throw a no-hitter in major league history — four accomplished the feat twice.
2010 — Andy Pettitte records his 200th win in pinstripes in the Yankees’ 4-3 win over Houston at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) are the only other members of this exclusive New York club.
2012 — The Cubs sign Cuban defector Jorge Soler to a nine-year contract worth $30 million. The 20-year-old outfielder was the subject of a bidding war among several teams.
2013 — The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a game-tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers P Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke’s head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, Los Angeles wins the game, 5 – 3. Major League Baseball will hand out eight suspensions and twelve fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a ten-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches.
2017 — Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark.
2017 — Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent New York romping past Baltimore 14-3. The 6-foot-7 Judge led the majors with 21 homers and topped the AL with 47 RBIs and a .344 average.
2022 — Jared Walsh hits for the cycle and Mike Trout blasts a pair of homers as the Angels defeat the first-place Mets, 11 – 6. Walsh is the 9th player in team history to achieve the feat, almost exactly three years after teammate Shohei Ohtani was the last to do so, while Trout appears to be out of the deep slump that contributed to recent 14-game losing streak, costing manager Joe Maddon his job.
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June 12
1922 — Hub Pruett struck out Babe Ruth three consecutive times, and the St. Louis Browns beat the New York Yankees 7-1.
1928 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees had two triples and two homers in a 15-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
1939 — The Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.
1954 — Milwaukee’s Jim Wilson pitched the year’s only no-hitter, blanking the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.
1957 — Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals broke the National League record for endurance when he played in his 823rd consecutive game. The previous mark was established in 1937 by Pirates first baseman Gus Suhr.
1959 — The San Francisco Giant’s Mike McCormick tossed a 3-0, five-inning no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. Richie Ashburn singled in the top of the sixth for the Phillies, but the hit didn’t count because the game was stopped by rain.
1962 — In Milwaukee’s 15-2 rout of Los Angeles at County Stadium, the Aaron brothers both homer in the same game with Tommie connecting in the bottom of the eighth after his older brother Hank had hit one out in the second.
1970 — Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hurled a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres. Ellis walked eight and hit a batter, and Willie Stargell hit two homers.
1981 — Thirteen games were canceled due to the players’ strike.
1997 — After 126 years, baseball broke its tradition and played interleague games. The San Francisco beat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
1999 — Cal Ripken went 6-for-6, homering twice and driving in six runs as the Baltimore Orioles scored the most runs in franchise history with a 22-1 rout of the Atlanta Braves.
2006 — Jason Grimsley was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball, less than a week after federal agents raided his home during an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
2007 — Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. Verlander struck out a career-high 12, walked four and benefited from several stellar defensive plays.
2009 — Chicago right fielder Milton Bradley had a bad day at Wrigley Field. Bradley lost Jason Kubel’s pop-up in the sun for a single, couldn’t catch Michael Cuddyer’s RBI bloop double, made a baserunning blunder and, most egregiously, flipped the ball into the stands after catching Mauer’s one-out sac fly.
2009 — New York Mets second baseman Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez’s lazy popup with two outs in the ninth inning as two runs scored, helping the Yankees escape with a wild 9-8 victory over the Mets.
2010 — Daniel Nava hit the first pitch he saw as a big leaguer for a grand slam — only the second player to do it — leading the Boston Red Sox to a 10-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Nava connected on a fastball from Joe Blanton in the second inning. Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a slam on the first pitch he saw Sept. 2, 2006, for Cleveland against Texas.
2011 — Realignment is on the table again as Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in discussions to renew the collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 11th. One of the options being discussed would see one team moving from the National League to the American League to create two 15-team leagues, with the Houston Astros the likeliest candidate for a move.
2012 — Alex Rodriguez ties Lou Gehrig’s record by hitting his 23rd career grand slam.
2016 — Sam Cohen put UC Santa Barbara into its first College World Series with a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory over second-seeded Louisville 4-3 in the Super Regionals.
2017 — Royce Lewis, a high school shortstop from California, is selected first overall by the Minnesota Twins in the 2017 amateur draft.
2018 — Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera suffers a season-ending injury when he tears a biceps tendon while swinging at pitch in the 3rd inning of a game against the Twins. He had already missed all but one game of May with a hamstring injury.
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June 13
1905 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win.
1912 — Christy Mathewson recorded his 300th career victory with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees pitched the first five innings and hit two home runs in an 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
1937 — New York’s Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs to give the Yankees an 8-8, 11-inning tie against the St. Louis Browns in the second game of a doubleheader.
1947 — In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3.
1948 — Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium drew 49,641 fans who saw Ruth’s No. 3 retired and the Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.
1957 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and drove in five runs in a 9-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians as Williams became the first AL player to have two three-homer games in a season.
1973 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield.
1980 — Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431.
1998 — For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back homers in consecutive innings. Atlanta’s Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones each homered in the second and third inning of the Braves’ 9-7 win over Montreal at Turner Field.
2003 — Roger Clemens reached 300 wins and became the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the 4,000-strikeout club.
2008 — Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 20-2 rout of St. Louis.
2012 — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain’s 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders. Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career RBI with a two-run home run in the New York Yankee’s 9-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Rodriguez is the fourth player to reach the milestone joining Cap Anson, Babe Ruth and leader Hank Aaron.
2019 — Shohei Otani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball.
2021 — The Blue Jays set a record for a visiting team at Fenway Park by blasting 8 homers in an 18 – 4 win over the Red Sox. Seven different players go deep, with Teoscar Hernandez doing so twice, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits his major league-leading 21st.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
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June 9
1888 — James McLaughlin sets the record for wins by a jockey in the Belmont Stakes, six, when he rides Sir Dixon to a 12-length victory. McLaughlin’s record is matched by Eddie Arcaro in 1955.
1899 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first player in modern baseball to get 3,000 hits.
1930 — Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4).
1934 — Olin Dutra edges Gene Sarazen by one stroke to win the U.S. Open.
1940 — Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by three strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open golf title.x
1945 — Hoop Jr. wins the Kentucky Derby, which is run one month after a national wartime government ban on racing is lifted.
1946 — Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Belmont Stakes in record time to capture the Triple Crown. Secretariat sets a world record on the 1½-mile course with 2:24, and a record for largest margin of victory in the Belmont, 31 lengths.
1978 — Larry Holmes scores a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton for the WBC heavyweight title in New York.
1979 — Coastal, ridden by Ruben Hernandez, spoils Spectacular Bid’s attempt at the Triple Crown with a 3¼-length victory over Golden Act. Spectacular Bid finishes third.
1984 — Swale, ridden by Laffit Pincay, wins the Belmont Stakes by four lengths over Pine Circle. Swale dies eight days later.
1984 — French Open Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once.
1985 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 29 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 111-100 victory over the Boston Celtics and the NBA title in six games.
1990 — Monica Seles holds off four set points in the first set tiebreaker and goes on to become the youngest winner of the French Open, beating two-time champion Steffi Graf 7-6 (8-6), 6-4. Seles is 16 years, six months.
1991 — In the first all-American men’s final at the French Open since 1954, Jim Courier rallies to beat Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam title.
1993 — Patrick Roy makes 18 saves and the Montreal Canadiens capture their 24th Stanley Cup, beating the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 in Game 5.
2001 — Stanley Cup Final, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO: Colorado Avalanche beat defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; Avalanche 2nd title.
2001 — Jennifer Capriati beats Kim Clijsters 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 to win the French Open, her second consecutive Grand Slam title.
2003 — The New Jersey Devils end the Anaheim Mighty Ducks’ surreal season, winning the Stanley Cup with a 3-0 victory. Mike Rupp, who had never appeared in a playoff until Game 4, scores the first goal and sets up Jeff Friesen for the other two.
2007 — Rags to Riches, a filly ridden by John Velazquez, outduels Curlin in a breathtaking stretch run and won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first of her sex to take the final leg of the Triple Crown in more than a century.
2008 — Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the sixth player sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers with a drive off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.
2010 — Chicago’s Patrick Kane sneaks the puck past Michael Leighton 4:10 into overtime, stunning Philadelphia and lifting the Blackhawks to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 for their first Stanley Cup championship since 1961.
2013 — Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
2015 — Chris Heston, San Francisco Giants throws a no-hitter against the New York Mets, 5-0.
2018 — Justify becomes the 13th Triple Crown winner by winning the Belmont Stakes with Mike Smith aboard.
2019 — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot while visiting Dominican Republic.
2019 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; 3rd straight French singles title; 12th overall; first to win 12 singles titles at same Grand Slam; 18th major.
2022 — The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series gets underway at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire; PGA suspends 17 participating players.
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June 10
1890 — The Preakness Stakes is run outside Baltimore, at Morris Park in New York. The race is then suspended for three years, and resumes at the Brooklyn Jockey Club’s Gravesend Course from 1894-1908.
1932 — Gene Sarazen leads wire-to-wire to win the British Open by five strokes ahead of Macdonald Smith at Prince’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sarazen finishes with a tournament record of 283.
1933 — Johnny Goodman wins the U.S. Open golf title, making him the last amateur to win this event.
1934 — Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time to win the second FIFA World Cup at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Italy trailing 1-0, ties the game at the 80th minute. Angelo Schiavio scores the winning goal in extra time.
1944 — A rare triple dead heat occurs in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct with Bossuet, Brownie and Wait a Bit crossing the finish line together.
1950 — Sixteen months after near-fatal car accident, Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open. Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio in an 18-hole playoff at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
1968 — UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Italy beats Yugoslavia, 2-0 in a replay (first game, 1-1).
1973 — Mary Mills shoots a 63 in the final round of the LPGA Championship to beat Betty Burfeindt by one stroke.
1977 — Al Geiberger sets a PGA Championship 18-hole record when he shoots a 59 in the Danny Thomas Classic.
1978 — Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, wins the Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown in one of the greatest battles in racing history. Affirmed edges Alydar for the third time.
1981 — Pete Rose ties Stan Musial’s NL record of 3,630 hits.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings is named the NHL’s MVP, winning the Hart Trophy for a record ninth time.
1995 — Trainer D. Wayne Lukas wins a record five straight Triple Crown races as Thunder Gulch takes the Belmont Stakes. Lukas is the first trainer to win the Triple Crown races with two different horses. Lukas’ Timber Country won the Preakness.
1996 — Colorado’s Patrick Roy makes 63 saves before Uwe Krupp scores 4:31 into the third overtime to give the Avalanche a 1-0 victory against the Florida Panthers at Miami Arena and complete a four-game sweep of the Stanley Cup Final.
2000 — Stanley Cup Final, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars, 2-1 in double OT for a 4-2 series victory.
2006 — In Atlantic City, N.J., Bernard Hopkins wins a unanimous decision over light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver, capping an 18-year career with an upset for the ages.
2010 — Southern California is placed on four years probation, receives a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships. The NCAA cites USC for a lack of institutional control. The NCAA found that Reggie Bush, identified as a “former football student-athlete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004. The NCAA also orders USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible. USC loses 30 scholarships over a three-year period, 10 annually from 2011-13.
2012 — Shanshan Feng wins the LPGA Championship to become the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event.
2018 — Rafael Nadal won a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Nadal became the second player in tennis history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court, who claimed 11 Australian Open titles.
2018 — Kristen Gillman led a U.S. singles sweep in the biggest blowout in Curtis Cup history. Gillman, a 20-year-old University of Alabama star, beat 16-year-old Annabell Fuller 5 and 4 to cap a perfect weekend at Quaker Ridge in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Americans won 17-3, breaking the record for margin of victory of 11 set in a 14 1/2-3 1/2 victory at Denver Country Club in 1982.
2023 — UEFA Champions League Final, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul: Manchester City beats Inter Milan, 1-0 to complete historic Champions League, Premier League & FA Cup trifecta.
June 11
1898 — Willie Simms becomes the only African American jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the only one to have won all three Triple Crown races. Simms’ other Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1896, 1898), Belmont Stakes (1893, 1894).
1919 — Walter Hagen wins the U.S. Open with a one-stroke playoff victory over Michael Brady.
1919 — Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, captures the Belmont Stakes to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple Crown winner.
1921 — Grey Lag, ridden by Earl Sande, wins the first Belmont Stakes run counterclockwise. Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.
1938 — Ralph Guldahl wins golf’s U.S. Open for the second straight year by beating Dick Metz.
1949 — Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by beating Sam Snead and Clayton Heafner.
1955 — Nashua wins the Belmont Stakes with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle. It’s the sixth Belmont victory for Arcaro, tying Jimmy McLaughlin’s record.
1977 — Seattle Slew, ridden by Jean Cruguet, runs wire to wire in the Belmont for a four-length victory over Run Dusty Run and the Triple Crown.
1978 — Nancy Lopez shoots a record 13-under par to win the LPGA Championship by six strokes over Amy Alcott.
1982 — Larry Holmes stops Gerry Cooney in the 13th round for the WBC heavyweight title at Las Vegas.
1984 — The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-102 in Game 7 to win their 15th NBA title.
1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, pitches the sixth no-hitter of his career as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan becomes the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1992 — Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1994 — For the first time in 11 years, the United States loses in the women’s world basketball championships. Guards Hortencia and Paula combine for 61 points, and Brazil stuns the defending champions 110-107 in the semifinals.
2006 — Se Ri Pak beats Karrie Webb on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Championship. Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff.
2006 — Rafael Nadal wins his second consecutive French Open, beating Roger Federer in four sets. Nadal spoils Federer’s bid for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship and extends his record clay-court winning streak to 60 matches.
2011 — Texas A&M sweeps the men’s and women’s titles at the NCAA outdoor championships, becoming the first school to post dual three-peat champions. Villanova’s Sheila Reid becomes the first woman to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the same NCAA meet.
2012 — Rafael Nadal wins his record seventh French Open title, returning to Roland Garros to defeat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. It’s Nadal’s 11th Grand Slam title, tying him on the all-time list with Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, who won six French Open titles.
2012 — The Los Angeles Kings win their first NHL championship, defeating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
2017 — Rafael Nadal wins his record 10th French Open title by dominating 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. No other man or woman has won 10 championships at the same major in the Open era, which began in 1968.
2017 — Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions.
2022 — Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory.
2023 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 for his men’s record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
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June 12
1920 — Man o’ War wins the Belmont Stakes, which was run at 1 3/8-miles, in 2:14 1/5. He shatters the world record by 3 1/5 seconds and sets the American dirt-course record for that distance.
1930 — Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a fourth-round foul for the vacant heavyweight title in New York. Schmeling becomes the first German — and European — heavyweight world champion.
1939 — Byron Nelson wins the U.S. Open in a three-way playoff with Craig Wood and Denny Shute.
1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown with an eight-length victory over Better Self. It’s Arcaro’s second Triple Crown. He rode Whirlaway in 1941.
1948 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open with a record 276, five fewer than Ralph Guldahl’s 1937 record.
1954 — Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
1979 — Bobby Orr becomes the youngest player in NHL history to be selected for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The 31-year-old is inducted months after officially ending his NHL career as the Hall waives its usual three-year waiting period.
1981 — Larry Holmes stops Leon Spinks in the third round for the WBC heavyweight title in Detroit.
1983 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by two strokes over Sandra Haynie.
1984 — 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title.
1990 — Egypt, a 500-1 shot, stuns the Netherlands when Magdi Abdel-Ghani makes a penalty kick with eight minutes remaining to tie the World Cup favorites 1-1.
1991 — The Chicago Bulls win the first NBA championship in the team’s 25-year history with a 108-101 victory in Game 5 over the Los Angeles Lakers. MVP Michael Jordan scores 30 points, Scottie Pippen has 32 and John Paxson 20.
2002 — NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets, 113-107 for a 4-0 sweep and 3rd straight title; MVP: Shaquille O’Neal for 3rd consecutive Finals series.
2005 — Annika Sorenstam closes with a 1-over 73 for a three-shot victory over Michelle Wie in the LPGA Championship. The 15-year-old Wie shoots a 69 to finish second. It’s the highest finish by an amateur in a major since 20-year-old Jenny Chuasirip*rn lost a playoff to Se Ri Pak in the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open.
2008 — The Boston Celtics overcome a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-91 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA finals. No team has ever overcome more than a 15-point deficit after the first quarter, and the Celtics post the biggest comeback in the finals since 1971.
2009 — Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores two second-period goals as the Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.
2011 — The Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title by winning Game 6 of the finals in Miami, 105-95. Jason Terry scores 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki adds 21 as the Mavericks win four of the series’ last five games.
2013 — Andrew Shaw scores on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The Blackhawks gets third-period goals from Dave Bolland and Oduya to erase a 3-1 deficit.
2016 — Sidney Crosby sets up Kris Letang’s go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins win the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.
2017 — Kevin Durant caps his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship. Durant, who joined Golden State last July, scores 39 points in a finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2019 — Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-3 series victory; first title in franchise history.
2021 — Danish soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match with Finland in Copenhagen. Eriksen is revived with a defibrillator and the game controversially continues with a 1-0 Finland win.
2023 — NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat 94-89 to win the franchise’s first Championship; clinch series 4-1; MVP: Denver C Nikola Jokić.
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June 13
1908 — Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title.
1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-73 as a jockey, sets the record for the most number of Belmont Stakes wins by a trainer, eight, when he sends Prince Eugene to victory.
1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.
1956 — 1st European Cup Final, Paris: Héctor Rial scores twice as Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 4-3 to claim inaugural title.
1959 — Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open golf tournament over Bob Rosburg.
1971 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Kathy Ahern.
1982 — Jan Stephenson wins the LPGA championship with a two-stroke triumph over Joanne Carner.
1989 — 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games.
1991 — The National, the nation’s first all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.
1992 — Sergei Bubka of Ukraine breaks his own world outdoor record in the pole vault by soaring 20 feet, one-half inch. The jump is the 30th time that Bubka has set the record indoors or outdoors, surpassing the 29 world records by distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland in the 1920s.
1993 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA Championship for a third time, with a 2-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Lauri Merten.
1997 — Chicago wins its fifth NBA championship in the last seven years, as Steve Kerr’s last-second shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz.
2002 — Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; Red Wings’ 10th title; coach Scotty Bowman retires with record 9th title.
2010 — Zenyatta wins her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern-day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6-year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, wins the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length over St Trinians at Hollywood Park. With the victory, Zenyatta surpasses the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.
2011 — Boston scores four times in a 4:14 span of the first period and beats the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden, evening the best-of-7 series. Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder give Boston a 4-0 lead before the midway point of the first period.
2012 — Matt Cain pitches the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches by outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.
2014 — The Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in the World Cup’s first shocker, toying with an aging team that dominated global football for the past six years and avenging a loss in the 2010 final.
2014 — The Los Angeles Kings wins the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5.
2016 — LeBron James has 41 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, Kyrie Irving also scores 41 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers capitalize on the Warriors playing without suspended star Draymond Green, staving off NBA Finals elimination with a 112-97 victory in Game 5. James and Irving are the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game as the Cavaliers pulled within 3-2 and sent their best-of-seven series back to Ohio.
2017 — The Golden State Warriors win their second NBA tile in three years with a win over the Cavaliers 129-120.
2019 — The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win the franchise’s first Championship.
2021 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 19th Grand Slam singles title; beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
2023 — Stanley Cup Final, T-Mobile Arena, LV: Vegas Golden Knights rout Florida Panthers 9-3 to clinch 4-1 series win; franchise’s first title in only 6th year in the NHL; MVP: Jonathan Marchessault (VGK forward).
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| NY METS AT PHILADELPHIA | 10:10AM | ESPN MLB.TV FUBO |
| ATLANTA AT WASHINGTON | 1:35PM | BALLY SPORTS SOUTHEAST MASN MLB.TV FUBO |
| MINNESOTA AT PITTSBURGH | 1:35PM | BALLY SPORTS NORTH ATTSN-PITTSBURGH MLB.TV FUBO |
| MILWAUKEE AT DETROIT | 1:40PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN BALLY SPORTS DETROIT MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. CUBS AT CINCINNATI | 1:40PM | MARQ BALLY SPORTS OHIO MLB.TV FUBO |
| CLEVELAND AT MIAMI | 1:40PM | BALLY SPORTS GREAT LAKES BALLY SPORTS FLORIDA MLB.TV FUBO |
| BALTIMORE AT TAMPA BAY | 1:40PM | MLBN MASN2 BALLY SPORTS SUN MLB.TV FUBO |
| SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY | 2:10PM | ROOT SPORTS BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY MLB.TV FUBO |
| BOSTON AT CHI. WHITE SOX | 2:10PM | NESN NBC SPORTS CHICAGO MLB.TV FUBO |
| COLORADO AT ST. LOUIS | 2:15PM | ROCKIES.TV BALLY SPORTS MIDWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN FRANCISCO AT TEXAS | 2:35PM | NBC SPORTS BAY AREA BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| HOUSTON AT LA ANGELS | 4:07PM | SCHN BALLY SPORTS WEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| TORONTO AT OAKLAND | 4:07PM | MLBN SPORTSNET NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA MLB.TV FUBO |
| ARIZONA AT SAN DIEGO | 4:10PM | MLBN YURVIEW PADRES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| LA DODGERS AT NY YANKEES | 7:10PM | ESPN MLB.TV FUBO |
| NBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| NBA FINALS GAME 2: DALLAS AT BOSTON | 8:00PM | ABC FUBO |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| XFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: SAN ANTONIO VS ST. LOUIS | 7:00PM | FOX |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP WORLD: SCANDINAVIAN MIXED | 6:30AM | GOLF |
| PGA: THE MEMORIAL | 12:30PM | GOLF |
| PGA: THE MEMORIAL | 2:30PM | CBS |
| LPGA: SHOP RITE LPGA CLASSIC | 5:00PM | GOLF |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| FORMULA ONE: CANADIAN GRAND PRIX | 2:00PM | ESPN |
| NASCAR CUP: TOYOTA/SAVE MART 350 | 3:30PM | FOX |
| INDYCAR: ROAD AMERICA GRAND PRIX | 3:30PM | NBC PEAco*ck |
| RUGBY | TIME ET | TV |
| MLR: ANTHEM AT SAN DIEGO | 4:00PM | FS1 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| FRIENDLY: FRANCE VS CANADA | 3:15PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS VIX FUBO |
| CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: YORK UNITED VS VANCOUVER FC | 6:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS FUBO |
| NWSL: KANSAS CITY CURRENT VS SEATTLE REIGN | 6:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| WASHINGTON VS NEW YORK | 3:00PM | MY9 MNMT |
| PHOENIX VS DALLAS | 4:00PM | BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST EXTRA AFSN |
| SEATTLE VS MINNESOTA | 7:00PM | PRIME – SEATTLE BALLY SPORTS NORTH |
| LAS VEGAS VS LOS ANGELES | 9:00PM | SSSEN SPECTRUM |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| FRENCH OPEN | 9:00AM | NBC PEAco*ck |
| TRACK & FIELD | TIME ET | TV |
| USATF NEW YORK | 2:00PM | NBC PEAco*ck |
