MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Detroit Tigers 5, Seattle Mariners 0

Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Chicago Cubs 6, Washington Nationals 3

Tigers 5, Mariners 0 – Turnbull twirls 5th no-hitter of MLB season, Tigers top M's

Spencer Turnbull pitched the fifth no-hitter in the majors already this season, sending the Detroit Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Turnbull, who led the big leagues in losses when he went 3-17 two years ago, had never gone more than seven innings in any of his previous 49 starts over three seasons. But his fastball and biting slider kept Seattle batters guessing and added to a growing list of mound gems in 2021. The five no-hitters through May 18 match the 1917 season for the most in baseball history by that date. Turnbull’s no-no was the eighth in Tigers history and their first since Justin Verlander’s in Toronto on May 7, 2011.

Twins 5, White Sox 4 – Sanó homers three times, Twins rally to beat White Sox 5-4

Miguel Sanó homered three times, Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending RBI single and the Minnesota Twins beat Yermín Mercedes and the Chicago White Sox 5-4. Mercedes was the center of attention once again, one day after he hit a controversial homer in the ninth inning of Chicago’s 16-4 victory. Twins reliever Tyler Duffey was ejected for throwing behind Mercedes in the seventh, and that seemed to spark the slumping Twins. Sanó’s two-run drive off Aaron Bummer with one out in the eighth tied it at 4. With two out and runners on second and third in the ninth, Polanco singled to right against Liam Hendriks.

Cubs 6, Nationals 3 – Bote, Happ homer as Cubs beat Nationals 6-3

David Bote and Ian Happ homered, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 6-3. Chicago slugger Anthony Rizzo left the game because of tightness in his lower back, but the Cubs got enough big hits to come away with another win after pounding Jon Lester the previous day in his return to Wrigley Field. Bote broke a 3-all tie with a two-run homer against reliever Will Harris in the sixth inning. Happ made it 6-3 with his drive to the basket in left-center against Wander Suero leading off the eighth. Willson Contereras had two hits, including a two-run single in the third against new dad Patrick Corbin. Kris Bryant singled twice and drove in a run.

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Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 1:10 p.m.

Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 p.m.

Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m.                  94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 9:50

NBA – National Basketball Association – NBA Play-In Tournament

Last Night

Indiana Pacers 144, Charlotte Hornets 117                      (CHA Eliminated)

Boston Celtics 118, Washington Wizards 100

Pacers 144, Hornets 117 – Sabonis leads Pacers past Hornets 144-117 in play-in round

Domantas Sabonis had 14 points, 21 rebounds and nine assists, and the short-handed Indiana Pacers routed the Charlotte Hornets 144-117 in the Eastern Conference’s first play-in game.

Led by Sabonis and Doug McDermott, who scored 16 of his 21 points in the first quarter, the ninth-seeded Pacers snapped a franchise-worst nine-game losing streak in the postseason. They also moved within one victory of making a sixth consecutive playoff appearance. Charlotte was led by Miles Bridges with 18 points. The Hornets finished the season with six straight losses.

Celtics 118, Wizards 100 – Tatum scores 50, Celtics beat Wizards 118-100 in play-in

Jayson Tatum scored 32 of his 50 points in the second half, and the Boston Celtics rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 118-100 in the play-in round. Kemba Walker added 29 points for Boston, which secured the seventh seed for the playoffs and a first-round matchup with second-seeded Brooklyn.

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