Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings………

— Rays 4, Brewers 3 (12)
Cooper Pratt homered in top of the 12th inning.
Rays scored twice in bottom of 12th, without making an out.
Milwaukee used eight pitchers, Tampa Bay used seven.
Brewers lead series, 3-1; Game 5 is Wednesday.

— Celtics 125, Nets 124 OT
Jayson Tatum hit a buzzer-beater for the walk-off win.
Tatum scored 40 points, going 18-22 on the foul line.
Whole Brooklyn team shot a combined 17-22 on the line.

— Knicks 111, Pistons 97
Knicks outscored Detroit 37-13 in third quarter.
Pistons shot 9 for 37 behind the arc.
Knicks get their first win in four games this year.

— Spurs 130, Kings 103
San Antonio led 80-54 at halftime.
Wembanyama scored 29 points, had 10 rebounds.
Spurs shot 60.3% inside the arc.

— Delaware 35, Western Kentucky 21
4-4 Blue Hens led 28-21 at halftime.
Delaware QB Minicucci threw for 414 yards, four TD’s.
Hilltoppers ran ball 34 times for 232 yards.

— Missouri State 24, Sam Houston State 3
Missouri State scored two TD’s in 4th quarter to salt game away.
Sam Houston ran the ball 25 times for 26 yards.
1-7 Bearkats are 0-7 vs I-A teams, scoring 3-3-24-3 last four games.

— Maryland’s football team has lost five games in a row; they already fired the coach. This week, any student who stays until the 4th quarter of their game with Illinois gets put in a raffle, with the winner of the raffle getting free in-state tuition ($5,507.50) for the spring semester.

— Famous birthdays, October 28th:
Dennis Franz, 82
Annie Potts, 74
Randy Wittman, 67
Bob Melvin, 65
Jami Gertz, 61

Julia Roberts, 59
Terrell Davis, 54
Jarrett Jack, 43
Spencer Strider, 28
Stetson Bennett, 29

— NFL trade deadline is November 10th, 13 days away.

— Tuesday, the Colts traded three-time All-Pro guard Quenton Nelson to Seattle, for a 3rd round pick and a fifth round pick. Nelson has made the Pro Bowl all eight years he’s played in the NFL. Nelson is in the last year of his contract.

— Colts then dealt three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to the 49ers, for a 4th-round draft pick. Originally drafted by the 49ers, Buckner will become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

— Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will have an arthroscopic procedure on his ailing right knee Thursday that will sideline him for up to two months. Edwards scored 47 points in Minnesota’s game Monday night.

— I’m not sure how to take these college basketball exhibition games; how much do they matter?

North Carolina has lost 87% of its scoring from last year, they have a new coach, so they’re really an expansion team of sorts. Coach Malone won an NBA title with Denver, so eventually UNC will be a winning team, but how long does the process take?

Carolina has a senior guard, Angelo Brizzi, who has had an interesting journey rhru college hoop.

2022-23- Villanova
2023-24- Davidson
2024-25- Longwood
2025-26- Buffalo
2026-27- North Carolina

Need to hear an interview with this guy; odd assortment of teams to play for.

— Mississippi State QB Kamario Taylor is out for the year after having surgery on an injured toe.  He finished the season with 17 passing TD’s, 1,460 passing yards.

— RIP to actress Susan St James, who passed away at age 80. She was very popular when I was a kid; she was Rock Hudson’s wife in McMillan & Wife and was also in Kate & Allie. 

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.