— Braves 8, Rockies 6
Colorado led 6-2 after seven innings.
Mauricio Dubon hit a bases loaded double in 8th inning.
Michael Harris hit the game-winning HR in 9th inning.
— Mets 4, Angels 3
Angels led 3-0 after five innings; their pitcher got hit by a line drive, had to leave the game.
Ronny Mauricio hit the game-winning HR in 7th inning.
Last 21 Angel batters were retired in order.
— Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2
Jordan Walker went 4-for-4, with two doubles, two RBI.
St Louis has won four games in a row.
Dodgers are 5-8 in their last thirteen games.
— Pirates 9, Reds 1
Catcher Henry Davis hit his first two home runs of the year.
Pittsburgh snaps a five-game losing skid.
Reds are 12-0 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs.
— Red Sox 3, Astros 1
Jarren Duran hit a three-homer in the third inning.
Chad Bennett threw five innings, won his MLB debut.
Houston is 8-8 at home, 4-13 on the road.
— Phillies 6, Marlins 5
Bryson Stott hit a three-run HR in 7th inning.
Zach Wheeler allowed three hits in six IP.
Kyle Schwarber was 0-for-5, with five strikeouts.
— Rays 3, Giants 0
Shane McClanahan allowed five baserunners in six IP.
Yandy Diaz, Junior Caminero hit home runs.
Giants were shut out for the seventh time this season.
— Famous birthdays, May 2nd:
Jo Ann Pflug, 86
Clay Carroll, 85
Christine Baranski, 74
Jamaal Wilkes, 73
Keith Moreland, 72
Russ Grimm, 67
Dwayne Johnson, 54
Pat McAfee, 39
Paul George, 36
Jonathan Villar, 35
Ian Anderson, 28
Alec Pierce, 26
— Pistons 93, Magic 79
Orlando led 60-36 at halftime.
Orlando got outscored 57-19 in second half. 57. to, 19,
At one point, the Magic missed 23 shots in a row.
Series is tied, 3-3.
— Raptors 112, Cavaliers 110 OT
RJ Barrett hit a 3-pointer with 0:01.2 left.
Cavaliers outscored Toronto 23-12 in 4th quarter.
Series is tied, 3-3; home team has won all six games.
— Lakers 98, Rockets 78
Los Angeles won 49-31 at halftime.
Lebron James scored 28 points, had 8 assists.
Houston shot 35% from the floor.
Lakers win series, 4-2.
— Movie of the Day: Lucky You (2007)- A poker player tries to win a big tournament in Las Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.
Eric Bana is the poker player, Robert Duvall plays his famous father, Drew Barrymore is the woman he tries to impress. Debra Messing, Robert Downey Jr have smaller roles, as well as several real-life poker players.
— Virginia Cavaliers were 11-3 last year; they’re the only football team from a Power 4 league that didn’t have a player taken in this year’s NFL Draft.
— NFL’s Cleveland Browns are getting a new stadium in 2029; the 67,500-seat stadium will be located fifteen miles south of Cleveland.
— When the college football magazines start popping up on newsstands next month, the Pac-8 will be back in business.
Boise State, Colorado State, Florida State, Oregon State
San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State, Washington State
When basketball rolls around, Gonzaga will make it the Pac-9.
— Speaking of Gonzaga, they won a recruiting battle over St John’s for the services of 7-foot-2 Arizona State transfer Massamba Diop, who scored 13.6 ppp last year, grabbing 5.8 rebounds a game for the Sun Devils.
— Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer still works some Orioles games on TV; he was saying recently how he has never had eaten chicken wings. Ever.
Palmer said if the Orioles hit a grand slam while he was working a game, he’d eat a chicken wing. Sure enough, Baltimore hit two grand slams, Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson the other day, and Palmer ate a chicken wing for the first time.
— Alex Cora isn’t going to be too anxious to get back to work after the Red Sox fired him; Boston owes him $13.7M over the next year and a half.
— Average salary in the major leagues this season is $5.34M, up 3.4% from last season.
