— Cardinals 4, Pirates 2
St Louis scored four runs in the top of the 9th.
JJ Wetherholt tied the game with a home run.
Cardinals didn’t get a hit until the 7th inning.
Four Pirate pitchers combined to retire the first 20 St Louis batters.
— Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 0
Ranger Suarez allowed two hits in eight IP.
Boston is 2-0 since they changed managers.
Wilyer Abreu went 2-for-4 with an RBI double.
Blue Jays slip to 12-16.
— Rays 3, Guardians 2
Ryan Vilade had three hits, two RBI.
Cleveland led 2-0 after the fifth inning.
Tampa Bay has won five games in a row.
Bryan Baker got his 7th save for the Rays.
— Twins 11, Mariners 4
Kody Clemens homered, drove in five runs.
Minnesota led 7-0 in the fourth inning.
Cal Raleigh hit his home run of the season.
— White Sox 8, Angels 7
Angels led 5-1 in the 7th inning.
Chicago scored seven runs in the bottom of the 7th.
Munetaka Murakami hit his 12th home run, most in the majors.
— Padres 9, Cubs 7
Cubs led 5-4 after three innings.
Manny Machado had three hits, scored three runs.
San Diego has won 17 of its last 21 games.
— Dodgers 5, Marlins 4
Dodgers scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th.
Kyle Tucker had a walk-off, two-run single.
LA bullpen pitched four scoreless innings.
— Famous birthdays, April 28th:
Ann-Margret, 85
Paul Guilfoyle, 77
Mary McDonnell, 74
Mark Bavaro, 63
Barry Larkin, 62
Pete Stoyanovich, 59
Mark Carrier, 58
Elisabeth Rohm, 53
Josh Howard, 46
David Freese, 43
Matt Chapman, 33
Shane McClanahan, 29
— 9-19 Mets have scored 2 or fewer runs in 14 of their 28 games.
— 118 teams have started a big league season 9-19; only three of them made the playoffs.
— Angels C Logan O’Hoppe broke his wrist over the weekend, is on the IL He was hurt when he was hit by a foul tip while catching.
— Colorado Rockies rookie 1B TJ Rumfield is hitting .250 in his first 29 big league games; his dad played 14 years in the minor leagues, never made it to The Show, so it has to be excellent for the elder Rumfield watch his son play in the major leagues.
Monday NBA games
Orlando 94, Detroit 88
Detroit scored 52 points in first half, 36 in second half.
Desmond Bane scored 22 points, had five rebounds.
Pistons subs were +32; Orlando’s were minus-44.
Underdog Magic lead series, 3-1.
Oklahoma City 131, Phoenix 122
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, had eight assists.
Thunder led 75-67 at halftime.
Oklahoma City sweeps the best-of-7 series, 4-0.
Denver 125, Minnesota 113
Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 16 assists, 12 rebounds.
Denver shot 57% from the floor.
Both of Minnesota’s starting guards (Edwards/DiVincenzo) are hurt.
Timberwolves still lead series, 3-2.
Sunday’s NBA games
Toronto 93, Cleveland 89
Scottie Barnes had the game-winning foul shots with 0:34 left.
Raptors won despite shooting 4-30 behind the arc.
Toronto was 27-36 on foul line, Cleveland 15-23.
Series is now tied, 2-2.
San Antonio 114, Portland 93
Portland led 58-41 at halftime.
Spurs are first NBA team ever to win a playoff game by 15+ points, after trailing that game by 15+ at halftime.
Victor Wembanyama scored 27 points, had 11 rebounds.
Spurs lead series, 3-1.
Boston 128, Philadelphia 96
Celtics made 24 of 53 shots behind the arc.
Peyton Pritchard scored 32 points in 35:00 off the bench.
Jayson Tatum scored 30 points, had 11 assists.
Celtics lead series, 3-1.
Houston 115, Los Angeles 96
All five Rocket starters scored between 16-23 points.
Josh Okogie was +20 in 19:00 off the bench.
Houston outscored the Lakers 34-18 in third quarter.
Lakers still lead series, 3-1
