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Diamondbacks score twice on bunt and throwing error, hold off Braves 2-1

AP

PHOENIX (AP) Rookie José Fernandez’s bunt single in the second inning led to two unearned runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to defeat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Saturday night.

With runners at first and second, Fernandez dropped a bunt to the third-base side of the mound. Braves pitcher Bryce Elder picked it up and threw wildly to first, allowing Gabriel Moreno and Nolan Arenado to score.

Michael Soroka (2-0) allowed one run in five innings for the Diamondbacks. He gave up four hits and one run. He threw 91 pitches in walking three and striking out three.

Taylor Clarke, Jonathan Loáisaga, Juan Morillo and Paul Sewald each pitched a 1-2-3 relief inning, with Sewald picking up his third save.

Elder (1-1) still hasn’t allowed an earned run this season in 13 innings, but he took the loss on Saturday because of his own error. He pitched seven innings, giving up four hits, walking one and striking out eight.

The Braves’ run came in the second. Mike Yastrzemski led off with a walk, advanced to second on an infield out and scored on Dominic Smith’s two-out single to left.

Neither team had a runner after the fifth inning.

The Braves are playing 13 days in a row to open the season. Even with the loss Saturday, they’re 6-3 – a stark contrast to last season’s 0-7 start that the team never really recovered from on the way to a 76-86 season, the franchise’s worst since a 72-90 finish in 2017.

Mauricio Dubón’s leadoff single in the fifth, clocked at 105 mph, went off – or through – the glove of Arizona shortstop Geraldo Perdomo, who had to replace the equipment before play resumed.

Arizona sends RHP Brandon Pfaadt (0-0, 7.50) to the mound in Sunday’s series finale. LHP Martin Pérez (0-0, 0.00) starts for Atlanta.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves 6-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Diamondbacks 4-5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	4	1

Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ

W: M. Soroka (2-0)L: B. Elder (1-1)S: P. Sewald (3)

B. Elder

P

7.0 IP, BB, 8 SO, 89 P
M. Soroka

P

5.0 IP, ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 91 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
R. Acuna Jr. RF	3	0	0	0	.161
D. Baldwin C	3	0	0	0	.257
M. Olson 1B	3	0	1	0	.314
A. Riley 3B	4	0	0	0	.188
M. Yastrzemski LF	3	1	0	0	.240
O. Albies 2B	4	0	0	0	.314
M. Harris CF	4	0	1	0	.229
D. Smith DH	3	0	1	1	.350
M. Dubon SS	3	0	1	0	.357

HITTERS	AB	R	H	AVG
K. Marte 2B	3	0	0	.152
C. Carroll RF	2	0	0	.250
G. Perdomo SS	3	0	0	.194
G. Moreno C	3	1	2	.241
A. Del Castillo DH	3	0	0	.000
N. Arenado 3B	3	1	1	.185
J. Fernandez 1B	3	0	1	.333
A. Thomas CF	3	0	0	.138
J. Barrosa LF	3	0	0	.222

2B – M. Olson (5)
RBI – D. Smith (6)
2-Out RBI – D. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – A. Riley 2 (2), M. Dubon

Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – J. Barrosa

April 5, 2026

Michigan rolls to national title game with its latest double-digit March win, 91-73 over Arizona

AP
Apr 05, 2026

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Game of the year? This wasn’t even the game of the night.

Michigan Wolverines overpowered Arizona Wildcats early and humbled the ’Cats for 40 long minutes Saturday, turning their highly anticipated Final Four matchup into a 91-73 Wolverines dunkfest-slash-highlight reel.

Junior center Aday Mara scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds. About the only question in this one concerned the health of Wolverines forward Yaxel Lendeborg, a first-team All-American who landed on an Arizona player’s foot, rolled his ankle and sprained his knee, but still had 11 points over 14 minutes.

He vowed he’d be ready for Monday’s title matchup against UConn, a 71-62 winner over Illinois in the early semifinal that was billed – wrongly – as the undercard to this battle of No. 1 seeds.

“It’s going to take a full 40 minutes of fighting,” Lendeborg said.

This one was over in about five.

The Blue blew through their fifth straight March Madness opponent by double digits while becoming the first team to break 90 points five times in a single tournament.

It was all quite a shock, considering Michigan and Arizona came in with the nation’s top two defenses, a pair of top-five offenses and somewhere between eight and a dozen NBA stars between them.

But it was the Wolverines (36-3) who looked like pros, running to a double-digit lead only 5:31 into the contest, then swatting (three blocks) and slamming (nine dunks) Arizona into oblivion.

“These guys have such, I guess, extensive background in playing high-profile basketball games,” said Michigan coach Dusty May, who was spotted at courtside earlier in the evening, scouting UConn-Illinois for a Monday night game he sensed he’d be part of. “We just felt like we are battle-tested.”

The game plan against the Big 12 champion Wildcats (36-3) couldn’t have worked any better.

Michigan packed the paint on defense, basically giving the team that averaged the fifth-fewest 3-point attempts in the country this year free rein from long distance, then daring Arizona to create inside. The Wildcats failed at both.

Koa Peat had a quiet 16 points and 11 rebounds for Arizona, which shot 6 for 17 from 3, 36% overall and had two assists and nine turnovers over a first half that ended with them trailing 48-32. Sparkplug Jaden Bradley got his fourth foul 94 seconds into the second half and finished with 13 points, most in extended garbage time.

Arizona’s only two losses before this were by four and by three back in February. The Wildcats trailed by nine less than 2:30 into this one.

“No one has been able to do that to us all year,” said Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, who got a contract extension over the weekend, presumably to keep him from going to North Carolina.

Making it all the more impressive for Michigan was that it started this runaway without Lendeborg, who committed two fouls within five seconds of each other less than 90 seconds into the game, then landed on Motiejus Krivas’ foot a little later and went to the locker room for ice.

Lendeborg called the injury “a weird feeling” but promised, “there’s no way I’m missing the game on Monday no matter what goes on.”

In fact, he returned for the second half and made two quick 3s to push Michigan’s lead past 20. He was on the bench – and the stationary bike – for good with 5:19 left, enough time for rest and ice to get ready for UConn, which is going for its third title in four seasons.

Michigan is going for only the program’s second championship (1989), though its most famous team – the Fab Five, which made the final twice in the early ’90s – was in the building to helm an “alt-cast” of this Michigan celebration.

Some of this – the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) – might have reminded them of them.

Freshman Trey McKenney made four 3s and had 16 points for the Wolverines. Elliot Cadeau overcame a bout with his nut allergy to compile a crazy stat line: 13 points, 10 assists, six turnovers, five rebounds and four steals on 5-for-17 shooting. Even with that, Michigan finished 47.8% from the floor and 12 for 27 from 3.

Asked why he kept Lendeborg in for as long as he did, May recalled UConn’s second-half comeback from 19 down against Duke in the Elite Eight.

“We felt like the game was still in hand,” May said.

Not really.

What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.

The Wolverines emptied the bench with a few minutes left and came up short, but no matter. Everybody knew who the better team was in this one. That it got figured out so early was the real shock.

“It’s tough for me to process this right now,” Peat said.

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AP March Madness bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket and coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness

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Over 78.5-115

Michigan • Away Team Total • Team Prop

Picked Apr 4 @ 8:42 pm, 1 unit on DraftKings

WIN

Michigan shot 51.1% from the field while holding opponents to 38.4%, which ranks No. 1 in the nation. Michigan has taken its game up a notch, with everybody elevating their play to make them look like they did in November and December, when they were blowing everybody out. That team is back, and they have scored 90 points or more in all four of their tournament games. Consistency. They’ll score at least 80 against Arizona.

Micah’s Pick

Over 74-110

1st Half Total • Game Prop

Picked Apr 1 @ 10:45 pm, 1 unit on bet365

WIN

I think we are going to see a hot start in the second game of the night, as Michigan and Arizona can both get out in transition and can crash the glass to find easy points early. Even if three-pointers aren’t falling, there are enough matchup opportunities to exploit on both sides to see some points scored early as each coach shows their schematic hand. The scoring could slow after halftime, bringing the full game total into question, but I think the track meet that’s projected does play out for the first 20 minutes.

Chip’s Pick

	1	2	T
1 Michigan 36-3	48	43	91
1 Arizona 36-3	32	41	73

Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN

TOP SCORERS
15	A. Mara C	26PTS	9REB	3AST
10	K. Peat F	16PTS	11REB	0AST

Michigan

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
A. Mara	26	9	3	3
E. Cadeau	13	5	10	4
Y. Lendeborg	11	3	1	2
M. Johnson Jr.	10	7	4	3
N. Burnett	6	4	1	2

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
T. McKenney	16	3	1	4
R. Gayle Jr.	9	2	1	0
W. Tschetter	0	3	1	1
C. May	0	1	0	0
O. Goodman	0	1	0	0
H. Eisley Jr.	0	0	0	0
M. Kordel	0	0	0	0
H. Hochberg	–	–	–	–
Total	91	38	22	19

Arizona

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
K. Peat	16	11	0	0
J. Bradley	13	1	1	4
B. Burries	13	6	1	4
M. Krivas	11	6	1	4
I. Kharchenkov	6	4	1	1

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
T. Awaka	8	9	0	4
A. Dell’Orso	3	2	1	0
D. Aristode	3	1	0	0
A. Arnold	0	0	0	0
E. Nelson	0	0	0	0
J. Francois	0	0	0	1
J. Cook	0	1	0	1
S. Djopmo	0	1	0	0
S. Gueye	–	–	–	–
M. Mawut	–	–	–	–
B. James	–	–	–	–
Total	73	42	5	19

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April 5, 2026

UConn and Hurley muscle their way to 3rd national title game in 4 seasons, beating Illinois 71-62

AP
Apr 04, 2026

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Dan Hurley had UConn ready for another Final Four fight night. Once again, his Huskies scored a knockout.

Fabulous freshman Braylon Mullins made another last-minute 3-pointer – his only basket of the second half – and the Huskies muscled their way past Illinois Fighting Illini 71-62 on Saturday to reach their third national championship game in four years.

Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Mullins finished with 15 points as the Huskies (34-5) rode strong inside play and tough defense to their 19th straight victory in the Sweet 16 or later rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

They’ll face Michigan with a chance to win their seventh national title, all since 1999, as Hurley tries to become the only active coach with more than two championships.

“We’re a tough program, we’re a group of fighters,” said Hurley, who won it all in 2023 and 2024. “We’ve got incredible will. We go into these games, we’re ready for battle. For us, it’s not a game that we’re just kind of running around in uniforms throwing the ball around, hoping it goes in. That’s not what we’re doing out there. We’re fighting. It’s a life-and-death struggle for us to get to Monday night for the opportunity to win a championship.”

Mullins sent the Huskies past Duke, the top overall seed, in the Elite Eight last weekend with the shot of the tourney – a 35-foot 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left. He was equally effective this time, a short drive from his hometown of Greenfield, Indiana.

After Silas Demary Jr. secured an offensive rebound, Mullins hit a catch-and-shoot 3 with 52 seconds left that gave UConn a 66-59 and thwarted Illinois’ late charge.

“The set was going to be run for anybody on the team. You’ve just got to shoot with confidence,” Mullins said. “Just trying to find the best look on the floor, and I know our point guards are going to get us the ball, so I think that was the biggest shot I hit tonight.”

UConn needed it on a night star forward Alex Karaban struggled with his shot. He had nine points on 1-of-8 shooting while adding four rebounds and four assists as he tied Hurley’s brother, Bobby, for second in career March Madness victories by a player with 18. A win Monday also would make him the first player since John Wooden’s dominant UCLA teams in the 1960s and 1970s to finish as a three-time champion.

Thanks in part to Karaban, the Huskies haven’t lost a tournament game played past the opening weekend since 2009, when they fell in the national semifinals to Michigan State. With one more victory, they would break a tie with North Carolina and move into third place alone in national titles, trailing only UCLA (11) and Kentucky (eight).

Freshman guard Keaton Wagler had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Fighting Illini (28-9), who reached their first Final Four since losing the championship game to UNC in 2005.

Wagler and Mullins became the first pair of freshmen to top 15 points in a Final Four game since Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing in 1982.

“It’s margins, they’re so small,” said Illinois’ Brad Underwood, a 62-year-old coaching lifer who reached his first Final Four. “Getting here is really hard. Winning is really hard. It’s why I have so much appreciation for Alex Karaban. He’s been to three of them. That’s freaky. It’s a rebound, it’s a loose ball, it’s a ball rolling in, it’s a banked 3.”

Tomislav Ivisic had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Illini, who couldn’t replicate the blueprint that carried them to double-digit victories over Penn, VCU, Houston and Iowa. Illinois made just 3 of 14 3-pointers in the first half and finished 6 of 26 beyond the arc.

UConn took full advantage even though the Huskies had two long scoring droughts – nearly six minutes in the first half and more than six minutes in the second. The latter allowed Illinois to charge back from its biggest deficit of the season, 57-43 with 9:43 to play, to get within 57-53 with 5:03 remaining.

But the Huskies answered and closed it out at the free-throw line for their fifth straight win in the series. UConn beat Illinois 74-61 on Nov. 28 in Madison Square Garden, and now the Huskies have held the Illini to their two lowest scoring totals and shooting percentages of the season. UConn also beat Illinois 77-52 in the Elite Eight two years ago.

“We held them to 35 percent (shooting),” Underwood said. “They just made more 3s than we did.”

And finished with a little more punch.

“The year hasn’t been a joy ride,” Hurley said. “We haven’t been a machine of destruction. We’ve been a team that’s had to grind out games like this.”

—

AP March Madness bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket and coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness

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Illinois -1.5-110

Point Spread

Picked Apr 4 @ 3:59 pm, 1 unit on BetMGM

LOSS

While UConn’s comeback against Duke was one for the ages, these Huskies are a cut below the versions that won two recent titles. They have been inconsistent on threes and don’t get to the foul line often. As a result, UConn is 16-22 ATS, compared to 21-15 for Illinois. The Illini roll out the nation’s largest team but, with likely lottery pick Keaton Wagler scoring from all over the floor, need not focus on getting the ball low to the bigs. While their tourney schedule has been relatively soft, they have beaten all challengers by double digits. In a spacious dome where depth perception can be problematic for shooters, the team with more varied scoring options benefits. That’s Illinois.

Mike’s Pick

Under 139.5-108

Over / Under

Picked Apr 3 @ 1:48 pm, 1 unit on DraftKings

WIN

I’m looking at the total in the first Final Four game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis between Illinois and Connecticut. The total shows 139.5, while I made the total 134. Illinois scores a lot of points, but they can play slow-down ball as well and have stayed under their last three, making it 22 for the season. Connecticut has stayed under in four of its last six games and 20 overall on the season. The under.

Micah’s Pick

	1	2	T
3 Illinois 28-9	29	33	62
2 Connecticut 34-5	37	34	71

Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN

TOP SCORERS
23	K. Wagler G	20PTS	8REB	2AST
5	T. Reed Jr. C	17PTS	11REB	0AST

Illinois

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
K. Wagler	20	8	2	3
T. Ivisic	16	7	0	4
K. Boswell	6	6	0	2
D. Mirkovic	6	5	0	3
J. Davis	2	2	0	1

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
A. Stojakovic	9	8	1	3
B. Humrichous	3	5	0	0
Z. Ivisic	0	1	0	1
A. Redd	–	–	–	–
B. Lee	–	–	–	–
M. Petrovic	–	–	–	–
B. Fagbemi	–	–	–	–
T. Bilic	–	–	–	–
Total	62	42	3	17

Connecticut

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
T. Reed Jr.	17	11	0	3
B. Mullins	15	3	0	3
S. Ball	13	0	2	1
A. Karaban	9	4	4	1
S. Demary Jr.	7	9	7	4

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
J. Ross	7	3	0	1
J. Stewart	3	1	0	1
M. Smith	0	1	1	4
E. Reibe	0	1	0	3
A. Millender	–	–	–	–
J. Furphy	–	–	–	–
D. Koroma	–	–	–	–
J. Ross	–	–	–	–
R. Elezaj	–	–	–	–
U. Paunovic	–	–	–	–
Total	71	33	14	21

April 5, 2026

NBA Scores April 4

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Spurs59-19	43	29	24	28	10	134
Nuggets50-28	36	29	27	32	12	136

Ball Arena, Denver, CO

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
	V. Wembanyama SA C34 PTS , 18 REB , 7 AST
	N. Jokic DEN C40 PTS , 8 REB , 13 AST

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Wizards17-60	32	25	34	45	136
Heat41-37	36	41	45	30	152

Kaseya Center, Miami, FL

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
	W. Riley WAS SF31 PTS , 5 REB
	J. Jaquez Jr. MIA SF32 PTS , 3 REB , 4 AST

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pistons57-21	41	30	24	21	116
76ers43-35	31	29	21	12	93

Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
	T. Harris DET PF19 PTS , 4 REB , 2 AST
	T. Maxey PHI PG23 PTS , 1 REB , 1 AST

April 5, 2026

GCU 7 Fresno State 5 Final

04/04/2026

Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium

12:07 PM

Grand Canyon

11-21, 11-21

7

Final

5

Fresno State

9-19-1, 1-7-1

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	8th innning 8	9th innning 9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Grand Canyon	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	7	10	0
Fresno State	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	11	1

Win: Robb, Nicholas (3-2)Loss: Arreola, Victor (0-3)Save: Cunnings, Cam (3)

Scoring Summary

Inning	Score summary	GCU	FRES
3rd	Cameron,Griffin doubled to left center, RBI (1-1 KB); Bates,Camden scored from first base; Cameron,Griffin advanced to third base on the throw.	1	0
3rd	Perez,Mito singled through the left side of the infield, RBI (2-1 BBS); Cameron,Griffin scored.	2	0
3rd	Collins,Sky ground-rule doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); Hewitt,Brady scored from second base; Sotomayor,Griffen advanced from first base to third base.	2	1
3rd	Boyd,Michael grounded out to second base, 2b to 1b, RBI (1-2 KFBF); Sotomayor,Griffen scored; Collins,Sky advanced to third base.	2	2
5th	Bates,Camden doubled down the left field line, RBI (1-1 BK); Johns,Tanner scored from second base.	3	2
5th	Cameron,Griffin singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 F); Bates,Camden scored.	4	2
6th	Bates,Camden singled to shallow center field, RBI (2-2 BFBSF); Peery,Cannon scored; Johns,Tanner advanced from first base to third base.	5	2
6th	Schneider,Cam singled to left center, RBI (0-0); Boyd,Michael scored from second base.	5	3
7th	Faust,Owen scored on a wild pitch.	5	4
8th	Johns,Tanner singled to shallow right field, RBI (0-2 SS); Peery,Cannon scored from second base.	6	4
9th	Scaldeferri,Billy homered to deep left field, RBI (0-0).	7	4
9th	Schneider,Cam singled to shallow left field, RBI (3-2 BKBFB); Sotomayor,Griffen scored from second base.	7	5

Grand Canyon

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	LOB
Scaldeferri, Billy	RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
Perez, Mito	C	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Sanko, Jake	3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Schmidt, Trevor	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Peery, Cannon	1B	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Johns, Tanner	LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Penzkover, Gunnar	PR/LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bates, Camden	SS	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	1
Sanders, Troy	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cameron, Griffin	CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0
Ahern, Garrett	P
McGuire, Tommy	P
Robb, Nicholas	P
Cunnings, Cam	P
Totals		36	7	10	7	1	0	5	5

Batting

2B: Cameron, Griffin (1); Bates, Camden (1); Johns, Tanner (1)

HR: Scaldeferri, Billy (1)

SH: Sanders, Troy (1)

Baserunning

SB: Peery, Cannon (1)

CS: Perez, Mito (1)

HBP: Peery, Cannon (1)

Fielding

DP: Peery, Cannon (1); Sanders, Troy (1); Bates, Camden (1)

Fresno State

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	LOB
Faust, Owen	2B	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Hewitt, Brady	SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pickett, Mikey	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sotomayor, Griffen	DH	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Collins, Sky	CF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Boyd, Michael	3B	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	0
Schneider, Cam	LF	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	3
Ruby, Jett	1B	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ovalle, Barclay	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nolen, Marcus	RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Young, Austin	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Plasschaert, Zach	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Payne, Ethan	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rico, Erik	P
Thornbury, Weston	P
Arreola, Victor	P
Rodriguez, Bj	P
Crystal, Douglas	P
Thornbury, Wyatt	P
Totals		36	5	11	4	5	1	7	12

Batting

2B: Faust, Owen (1); Ruby, Jett (1); Collins, Sky (1); Boyd, Mikey (1)

SH: Pickett, Mikey (1)

Baserunning

SB: Collins, Sky (1)

HBP: Sotomayor, Griffen (1); Hewitt, Brady (1)

Fielding

E: Boyd, Mikey (1)

Grand Canyon

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HBP	IBB	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Ahern, Garrett	2.1	2	2	2	3	1	0	2	0	8	13	2	3	39
McGuire, Tommy	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	12	3	5	48
Robb, Nicholas	2.2	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	10	13	2	1	57
Cunnings, Cam	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	6	1	1	19
Totals		11	5	5	5	7	1	2	1	36	44	8	10	163

Fresno State

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Rico, Erik	2.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	11	11	4	2	46
Thornbury, Weston	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Arreola, Victor	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	5	6	1	1	24
Rodriguez, Bj	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	7	8	0	4	30
Crystal, Douglas	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	14
Thornbury, Wyatt	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	9	10	3	2	33
Totals		10	7	7	1	5	1	36	39	9	11	150

Win: Robb, Nicholas (3-2)

Loss: Arreola, Victor (0-3)

HBP: Ahern, Garrett (2) ; Thornbury, Wyatt (1)

Save: Cunnings, Cam (3) ;

April 5, 2026

ASU 15 Arizona 6 Final College Baseball

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	L
	ASU	6	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	3		15	18	2	6
	ARIZ	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		6	9	0	6

Final

Pitching For ASU: #27 Klecker, Kole (TH: R; 6.17 ERA)

TODAY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	PC
	4	6	4	4	2	6	0	0	2	21	86

ASU Batting Order

	# Player	Bats	Class	Today	Avg
1	#3 Hairston,Landon	L	SO	1-6	.461
2	#10 Moutzouridis,PJ	R	JR	1-4	.309
3	#17 McGary,Ky	R	SO	0-1	.300
4	#55 Toigo,Dean	L	SR	2-5	.339
5	#24 Roellig,Austen	R	RSO	1-4	.327
6	#4 Polk,Matt	R	GR	4-5	.379
7	#25 Smaldino,Dominic	R	JR	4-5	.325
8	#13 Niclai,Coen	R	SO	1-3	.297
9	#2 Zavorek,Beckett	R	SO	2-5	.250

Arizona State Offensive Leaders

Player	AB	Highlights
Smaldino,Dominic	4-5	2B, HR, 6 RBI
Polk,Matt	4-5	2B (2) ,
Zavorek,Beckett	2-5	2 RBI
Contrades,Nuu	2-4	2B, 1 RBI
Toigo,Dean	2-5	2B,
Hairston,Landon	1-6	HR, 2 RBI
Moutzouridis,PJ	1-4	2 RBI
Roellig,Austen	1-4	2B, 2 RBI

Pitching For ARIZ: #24 Fladda, Luc LOSS (2-1) (TH: L; 5.63 ERA)

TODAY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	PC
	2.1	9	9	9	1	0	3	0	1	17	68

ARIZ Batting Order

	# Player	Bats	Class	Today	Avg
1	#47 Novitske,Nate	L	FR	1-5	.320
2	#16 Danzeisen,Caleb	L	FR	0-4	.265
3	#36 Lira,Tony	R	FR	0-5	.349
4	#3 Cain,Andrew	L	JR	2-4	.259
5	#18 Sylvester,Beau	R	SR	1-4	.313
6	#33 Mihalakis,Maddox	L	SR	2-4	.215
7	#44 Forbes,Jackson	L	FR	2-4	.284
8	#4 McEntire,Carson	R	SO	0-3	.211
9	#5 Meurant,Mathis	S	SR	1-3	.145

Arizona Offensive Leaders

Player	AB	Highlights
Cain,Andrew	2-4	HR (2) , 3 RBI
Mihalakis,Maddox	2-4	HR, 1 RBI
Forbes,Jackson	2-4
Novitske,Nate	1-5	1 RBI

April 5, 2026

Ryan Strome scores against former team, Ducks’ late-season skid extends to 5 with 5-3 loss to Flames

AP

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Ryan Strome scored his 500th career point with a goal against his former team, Morgan Frost had two goals and the Calgary Flames sent the Anaheim Ducks to their fifth consecutive loss with a 5-3 victory Saturday night.

Joel Farabee and Matvei Gridin had a goal and an assist apiece for the Flames, who extended the Ducks’ late-season spiral by earning their first win over Anaheim in four meetings this season. Devin Cooley made 36 saves.

Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish scored in the third period, but the Ducks’ comeback from a 4-1 deficit fell short when Frost put his second goal into an empty net with 1:11 to play.

Beckett Sennecke also scored and Ville Husso stopped 15 shots during yet another rough defensive performance by the Ducks.

Anaheim is attempting to end the franchise’s seven-year playoff drought under first-year coach Joel Quenneville, but this skid has endangered the Ducks’ entire playoff candidacy even after they spent the past four weeks leading the mediocre Pacific Division.

The Ducks remained even with first-place Edmonton with 87 points because of the Oilers’ loss to Vegas, which is now just one point behind the division leaders with five games to play.

Strome sneaked behind Anaheim’s leaky defense and scored on a breakaway early in the second period, getting his fifth goal in 15 games since the Ducks traded him to Calgary last month. The veteran forward spent the previous 3 1/2 seasons with the Ducks, but struggled to produce during inconsistent playing time from Quenneville before his departure at the deadline.

Sennecke opened the scoring when he drove the net and muscled home his 23rd goal, most among NHL rookies this season, but Calgary replied with four consecutive goals that prompted the Honda Center crowd to boo its team into the second intermission.

Carlsson got his 27th goal in the third, and McTavish fired home his second goal since January during a power play midway through the period. But Calgary repelled another Ducks power play and wrapped it up with Frost’s empty-netter.

Injuries left Anaheim playing without top scorer Cutter Gauthier and defensemen Radko Gudas and Pavel Mintyukov.

Defenseman Tyson Hinds made his NHL debut for the Ducks, whose defensive struggles are the primary source of their late-season woes.

Flames: At Dallas on Tuesday night.

Ducks: Host Nashville on Tuesday night.

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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL

	1	2	3	T
Calgary 32-36-8	1	3	1	5
Anaheim 41-31-5	1	0	2	3

Honda CenterAnaheim, CA

1.L. Carlsson

ANAC

G: 1, A: 0
2.J. Farabee

CGYLW

G: 1, A: 1
3.D. Cooley

CGYG

SV: 36, SV%: 0.923

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
M. Backlund C	0	0	-1	2
K. Bahl D	0	1	2	0
H. Brzustewicz D	0	1	0	0
B. Coleman C	0	1	1	1
M. Coronato RW	0	1	0	1
J. Farabee LW	1	1	2	2
M. Frost C	2	0	4	5
M. Gridin RW	1	1	2	3
A. Klapka RW	0	0	0	0
Y. Kuznetsov D	0	0	1	0
O. Maatta D	0	1	1	1
V. Olofsson RW	0	1	0	2
Z. Parekh D	0	0	0	0
M. Pospisil C	0	1	0	0
Y. Sharangovich C	0	0	0	0
R. Strome C	1	0	0	2
Z. Whitecloud D	0	0	2	1
C. Zary C	0	0	1	0

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
J. Carlson D	0	0	0	6
L. Carlsson C	1	0	1	3
N. Gaucher C	0	0	0	0
M. Granlund C	0	0	-1	3
D. Helleson D	0	0	0	0
T. Hinds D	0	0	0	4
A. Killorn LW	0	1	0	0
C. Kreider LW	0	0	-2	2
J. LaCombe D	0	1	-3	1
M. McTavish C	1	0	-3	3
I. Moore D	0	0	0	0
R. Poehling C	0	0	-3	4
B. Sennecke RW	1	0	1	3
T. Terry RW	0	0	-2	3
J. Trouba D	0	1	-2	4
J. Viel LW	0	0	-2	2
T. Washe C	0	0	0	0
O. Zellweger D	0	0	0	1

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
D. Cooley	39	3	36	0.923	60:00

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
V. Husso	19	4	15	0.789	58:28

April 5, 2026

Clayton Keller’s 3rd career hat trick helps Mammoth to a 7-4 win over the Canucks

AP

VANCOVUER, British Columbia (AP) Clayton Keller had the third hat trick of his career and the Utah Mammoth extended their winning streak to three games with a 7-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

Keller’s first three-goal game of the season came on a disputed power-play score and two empty-net goal. His man-advantage goal at 7:04 of the second period came on the deflection of a point shot by Dylan Guenther that gave Utah a 3-2 lead. The goal was originally waived off due to his stick touching the puck above the cross bar. After a video review, the referee ruled the stick was at or below the cross bar.

Dylan Guenther and Lawson Crowse each had a goal and an assist for Utah (40-30-6), which continued to push for a Western Conference playoff spot. Kailer Yamamoto and Liam O’Brien, who was in the lineup after 18 games as a healthy scratch, also scored for the Mammoth, who won their fourth straight road game. Logan Cooley added two assists. Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves for Utah.

Linus Karlsson, playing in his 100th NHL game, scored twice for Vancouver (22-46-8). Marco Rossi and Jake DeBrusk added power-play goals and Filip Hronek had two assists. Nikita Tolopilo stopped 17 shots for the Canucks, who have one win in their last nine games.

The Canucks called up goaltender Jiri Patera from Abbotsford of the AHL as the backup to replace Kevin Lankinen, who was a late scratch.

Before the opening faceoff there was a tribute to Vancouver native Evander Kane, who returned to the lineup to play his 1,001st game after missing the last two games with an undisclosed injury.

Mammoth: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

Canucks: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

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	1	2	3	T
Utah 40-30-6	2	2	3	7
Vancouver 22-46-8	1	1	2	4

Rogers ArenaVancouver, BC

1.C. Keller

UTARW

G: 3, A: 1
2.L. Karlsson

VANC

G: 2, A: 0
3.L. Crouse

UTALW

G: 1, A: 1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
M. Carcone LW	0	0	0	1
I. Cole D	0	1	2	0
L. Cooley C	0	2	1	1
L. Crouse LW	1	1	2	2
N. DeSimone D	0	1	1	1
S. Durzi D	0	0	1	1
D. Guenther RW	1	1	1	2
C. Keller RW	3	1	3	3
A. Kerfoot C	0	0	1	0
J. Marino D	0	1	2	0
L. O’Brien LW	1	0	1	1
J. Peterka RW	0	0	0	2
N. Schmaltz C	0	1	2	3
N. Schmidt D	0	1	1	1
M. Sergachev D	0	1	0	3
K. Stenlund C	0	0	1	0
B. Tanev LW	0	1	1	1
K. Yamamoto RW	1	0	0	2

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
T. Blueger C	0	1	1	2
B. Boeser RW	0	1	-3	2
Z. Buium D	0	0	-3	2
J. DeBrusk LW	1	0	0	3
F. Hronek D	0	2	-2	3
P. Joseph D	0	1	1	0
E. Kane LW	0	0	-2	1
L. Karlsson C	2	0	0	3
V. Mancini D	0	1	1	1
T. Mueller C	0	0	0	0
D. O’Connor LW	0	0	-3	0
L. Ohgren LW	0	1	-1	1
E. Pettersson C	0	0	-2	0
M. Pettersson D	0	0	-2	0
A. Raty C	0	0	0	2
M. Rossi C	1	0	-4	2
M. Sasson C	0	0	0	0
T. Willander D	0	0	-2	1

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
K. Vejmelka	23	4	19	0.826	60:00

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
N. Tolopilo	23	6	17	0.739	58:21

All times are US/Eastern.

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April 5, 2026

Quinton Byfield scores in OT to boost Kings’ playoff hopes with a 7-6 win over Maple Leafs

AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) Quinton Byfield scored 2:33 into overtime, Adrian Kempe had two goals and two assists, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-6 on Saturday night.

Byfield finished off Artemi Panarin’s pass for his second goal of the game, securing a crucial win for the Kings, who set an NHL single-season record by playing their 31st game past regulation.

Nicholas Robertson missed his shot on a breakaway, leading to a three-on-two rush the other way where Byfield netted his 20th goal of the season.

With the win, Los Angeles moved into the second wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Panarin, Samuel Helenius and Alex Laferriere also scored for the Kings, and Darcy Kuemper made 14 saves.

Matthew Knies had two goals, and John Tavares, Easton Cowan, Steven Lorentz and Robertson also scored for the Maple Leafs. Joseph Woll made 33 saves.

The Kings came into the game stressing a good start, having been outscored 5-1 in the first period of their previous three outings, and instead face planted to spot the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes.

Los Angeles bounced back in the second period with three goals and tied the game twice, only for Cowan to capitalize on the power play with 12.5 seconds remaining to put Toronto back up 4-3 after two.

Kempe, Helenius and Laferriere all scored in the third period in a span of 1:36 to give the Kings a 6-4 lead, but Robertson and Knies responded to send Los Angeles into extra hockey yet again.

The Kings have already set an NHL record with 19 losses in overtime or a shootout.

Maple Leafs: Host Washington on Wednesday night.

Kings: Host Nashville on Monday night.

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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

Expert Picks

Los Angeles -1-118

Point Spread

Picked Apr 4 @ 7:11 am, 1 unit on BetRivers

PUSH

Love this time of the NHL season because so apparent which teams have a reason to care. Played Detroit already as it must get two points against a bad team tonight for its playoff hopes, and Los Angeles is in the same spot in the West. Truly no excuse losing this against a bad Leafs team playing out the string and at the end of a trip. If this were a weekday and I was writing the newsletter, I’d probably include Kings ML as one of my parlay legs (won again Friday — please sign up if haven’t). But for these purposes will stick with -1 as I really don’t see worse than a push. But it’s hockey and a goalie can win by himself.

Matt’s Pick

	1	2	3	OT	T
Toronto 32-31-14	2	2	2	0	6
Los Angeles 31-26-19	0	3	3	1	7

Crypto.com ArenaLos Angeles, CA

1.A. Kempe

LARW

G: 2, A: 2
2.A. Panarin

LALW

G: 1, A: 2
3.M. Knies

TORLW

G: 2, A: 1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
S. Benoit D	0	0	-2	0
B. Carlo D	0	0	0	1
E. Cowan RW	1	0	-3	3
M. Domi C	0	1	-1	2
B. Groulx C	0	0	1	1
C. Jarnkrok C	0	0	-1	0
D. Joshua C	0	1	1	0
M. Knies LW	2	1	1	2
S. Lorentz C	1	0	-1	2
M. Maccelli LW	0	1	-1	1
J. McCabe D	0	0	-2	2
P. Myers D	0	0	1	0
W. Nylander RW	0	0	-4	3
M. Pezzetta LW	0	0	-1	0
M. Rielly D	0	0	0	0
N. Robertson LW	1	0	0	2
T. Stecher D	0	0	-2	0
J. Tavares C	1	2	-1	1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
M. Anderson D	0	1	3	1
J. Armia RW	0	0	-1	2
Q. Byfield C	2	0	2	3
C. Ceci D	0	1	0	1
B. Clarke D	0	1	-1	1
D. Doughty D	0	0	3	1
B. Dumoulin D	0	0	1	1
J. Edmundson D	0	1	0	1
S. Helenius C	1	0	1	2
A. Kempe RW	2	2	1	7
A. Kopitar C	0	0	1	3
A. Laferriere RW	1	0	0	6
S. Laughton C	0	0	-1	1
J. Malott LW	0	0	1	0
T. Moore LW	0	2	2	3
A. Panarin LW	1	2	1	5
T. Ward RW	0	1	0	1
J. Wright RW	0	1	1	1

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
J. Woll	40	7	33	0.825	62:17

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	20	6	14	0.700	62:33

April 5, 2026

Dylan Holloway’s two goals help Blues keep slim playoff hopes alive with 6-2 win over Ducks

AP

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Dylan Holloway scored a pair of power-play goals, Robert Thomas had a goal and two assists, and the St. Louis Blues kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Pius Suter and Colton Parayko each had a goal and an assist for St. Louis and Jonatan Berggren added a goal. Joel Hofer stopped 24 shots for the Blues, who pulled to within three points of the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference with seven games left.

Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist, and Jeffrey Viel scored for the Ducks, who remain tied with Edmonton for first place in the Pacific Division but have lost four straight games. Lukas Dostal stopped 23 shots.

St. Louis extended a 3-2 first-period lead with two goals in the second. Tyler Tucker corralled a rebound behind the goal line and flicked a pass to Suter, who snapped a shot past Dostal for a 4-2 lead at the 3:08 mark. Parayko’s shot from the right circle beat Dostal glove-side for a 5-2 lead with 3:10 left.

Holloway’s power-play goal in the third made it 6-2.

The teams combined for five goals in the first period.

The Ducks, playing their second straight game without leading scorer Cutter Gauthier (upper-body injury), took a 1-0 lead when Poehling redirected Mason McTavish’s shot from the blue line past Hofer 1:51 into the game.

St. Louis answered at 5:24 when Philip Broberg threaded a pass behind Ducks defender Ian Moore to a Thomas.

Holloway’s power-play goal gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead with 8:42 left, but Viel’s tap-in of a cross-ice pass from Poehling tied it 2-2 with 3:59 left.

Ducks: Host the Calgary Flames Saturday night.

Blues: At the Colorado Avalanche Sunday night.

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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

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No picks available yet for this matchup.

	1	2	3	T
St. Louis 32-31-12	3	2	1	6
Anaheim 41-30-5	2	0	0	2

Honda CenterAnaheim, CA

1.P. Broberg

STLD

G: 0, A: 2
2.R. Thomas

STLC

G: 1, A: 2
3.R. Poehling

ANAC

G: 1, A: 1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
J. Berggren RW	1	0	2	3
P. Broberg D	0	2	1	1
J. Drouin LW	0	0	1	2
D. Dvorsky RW	0	1	1	1
C. Fowler D	0	0	0	0
D. Holloway LW	2	0	1	5
J. Kyrou C	0	1	1	5
T. Lindstein D	0	0	0	2
L. Mailloux D	0	0	1	1
J. Neighbours LW	0	2	2	1
C. Parayko D	1	1	2	2
J. Snuggerud RW	0	0	1	2
O. Stenberg C	0	0	-2	1
O. Sundqvist C	0	0	-2	0
P. Suter C	1	1	2	1
R. Thomas C	1	2	1	1
T. Tucker D	0	1	0	0
N. Walker LW	0	0	-2	1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
J. Carlson D	0	0	-3	3
L. Carlsson C	0	0	-1	4
N. Gaucher C	0	0	-1	1
M. Granlund C	0	0	0	0
D. Helleson D	0	1	2	0
A. Killorn LW	0	0	0	1
C. Kreider LW	0	0	-1	0
J. LaCombe D	0	0	0	0
M. McTavish C	0	1	0	2
I. Moore D	0	0	-3	2
R. Poehling C	1	1	0	3
B. Sennecke RW	0	0	0	1
T. Terry RW	0	0	-1	4
J. Trouba D	0	0	0	2
F. Vatrano RW	0	0	-1	2
J. Viel LW	1	0	0	2
T. Washe C	0	0	-1	0
O. Zellweger D	0	1	0	0