Tigers Drop Fifth Straight; Manning Hurt – Wednesday Sports Wrap

High School

No results were reported from yesterday’s MTU Indoor Track and Field Invitational.

The Houghton High School baseball game at Florence yesterday was canceled.

College Basketball

The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team has introduced two new recruits.

Matthew Schmainda is a shooting guard who averaged 19 points per game in his senior season at Brookfield East High School in Wisconsin, where he was a teammate of current Husky Dan Gherezgher.

Alex Calcaterra averaged 19 points per game as a senior at Boyne City High School. He is the brother of current Husky Pete Calcaterra.

NHL

The Red Wings’ late-season fade continued last night, with a 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes. Robert Hagg scored Detroit’s only goal. Alex Nedeljkevic made 24 saves.

The Wings conclude their season at Tampa Bay tomorrow night. 

NBA

On the opening night of the NBA Tournament play-in…
• In the Eastern Conference, the Hawks defeated the Heat 116-105.
• In the Western Conference, the Lakers got past the Timberwolves 108-102 in overtime.

Atlanta and Los Angeles advance to the full playoff field.

Tonight…
• In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls visit the Raptors.
• In the Western Conference, the Pelicans host the Thunder.

On Friday, the winners of tonight’s games will face the losers of last night’s games to determine the final two teams in the full playoff field.

MLB

The Tigers lost their fifth straight game last night, 9-3 to the Blue Jays. Nick Maton’s three-run homer in the second inning gave Detroit an early lead. The Tigers then loaded the bases with one out, but Riley Greene struck out, and Matt Vierling popped out to end the inning. Detroit collected just two more hits over the final seven innings. Matt Manning allowed four runs over six innings, and took the loss.

The Tigers play in Toronto again tonight. Eduardo Rodriguez will start against Kevin Gausman. Coverage will begin at 6:45 on 99.3 The Lift.

Manning’s final pitch produced a comebacker that hit his foot. He covered first base to get the out, but was later diagnosed with a broken bone in the foot. He’ll be evaluated further today, but the injury typically takes six weeks to heal.

Starter Michael Lorenzen has recovered from his groin strain, and is scheduled to start against the Giants on Friday.

The Brewers broke open a scoreless game with five runs in the seventh inning, and went on to a 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks last night. Willy Adames, Rowdy Tellez and Mike Brosseau homered. Corbin Burnes scattered three hits over eight scoreless innings.

The Brewers visit the Diamondbacks again this afternoon. Janson Junk will start against Drey Jameson.

NFL

The Lions are giving up on cornerback Jeff Okudah. Reports indicate that he’ll be traded to the Falcons in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick. Okudah was the number three overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, but played in just 10 games over his first two seasons because of injuries. He started 15 games last season, but struggled in pass coverage.

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