Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

Crown Tournament in Las Vegas
— Oklahoma 90, Colorado 86 OT
Colorado led by 10 late in the first half.
Oklahoma led by 7 with 1:51 left in regulation.
Nijel Pack had 20 points, five assists for the Sooners.

— Baylor 67, Minnesota 48
Bears outscored Minnesota 36-22 in second half.
Baylor had 37-29 age on the boards.
Gophers shot 3-23 on arc, 7-15 on foul line. 

— Siena hired Marquette assistant Nevada Smith as its new basketball coach; Coach Smith has been a head coach in the G League, he assisted Shaka Smart the last six years at Marquette and Texas. Siena made the NCAA’s this year for the first time since 2010; coach Gerry McNamara then became the head coach at Syracuse, his alma mater.

— Tyler Lundblade is a 3-point shooter who played the last two years at Belmont, after playing the two years before that at TCU. He’ll be playing next year at Tennessee, which got only 25% of its points this season on the arc (3326 out of 365 teams).

This year, Lundblade made 40.9% of the 274 3-pointers he shot; he took only 66 2-point shots.

— Orioles 8, Rangers 3
First major league game that ended on a called 3rd strike, via replay review.
Albert Suarez got his first save in nine years.
Corey Seager homered for Texas.

— Cardinals 2, Mets 1 (11)
Masyn Winn had the walk-off bloop single for St Louis.
Mets went 1-for-29 with RISP in this three game series.
Mets lost three of last four games, scoring total of eight runs.

— Marlins 10, White Sox 0
Sandy Alcantara threw a 93-pitch complete game.
Liam Hicks went 3-for-4, with a homer, 4 RBI
Marlins are off to a 5-1 start.

Famous birthdays, April 2nd:
Reggie Smith, 81
Linda Hunt, 81
Roy Gerela, 78
Larry Drew, 68

Christopher Meloni, 65
Pete Incaviglia, 62
Roselyn Sanchez, 53
Austin Riley, 29

— Phillies 6, Nationals 5 (10)
Washington led 5-1 in the 7th inning.
Edmundo Sosa hit a 2-run single to tie game in 9th inning.
Cade Cavalli allowed one run in 6 IP for the Nationals.

— Rockies 2, Blue Jays 1 (10)
Tyler Freeman had the game-winning hit for Colorado.
Rockies won 2 of 3 in this series, are now 3-12 all-time in Toronto.
Kevin Gausman is the first pitcher in the last 100 years with 10+ strikeouts in each of his first two starts, with no walks. 

— Astros 6, Red Sox 4
Carlos Correa hit a 3-run homer in the fifth inning.
Astros have won five in a row, after an 0-2 start.
Boston starts the season with a 1-5 road trip.

— Royals 13, Twins 9
Jonathan India homered, had five RBI.
Kyle Isbel went 4-for-4, scored three runs.
Kansas City led 12-1 after six innings; their bullpen struggled.

— Guardians 4, Dodgers 1
Gavin Williams struck out 10 guys in seven scoreless IP.
Jose Ramirez hit his first home run of the season.
Cleveland starts the season with a 4-3 road trip.

— Padres 7, Giants 1
Ramon Laureano homered, had two RBI.
Mason Miller has gotten a save in both San Diego wins.
Luis Arraez had three of the Giants’ four hits.

— Diamondbacks 1, Tigers 0
Corbin Carroll’s first-inning homer was the game’s only run.
Zac Gallen allowed four hits in six shutout IP.
Detroit starts the season with a 2-4 road trip.

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.

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