Tigers Fans Boo as Cabrera is Walked – Friday Sports Wrap

High School

In high school baseball yesterday…
• Calumet v Ironwood – canceled.
• L’Anse v Iron Mountain – no report.

On the baseball schedule today, weather and field conditions permitting…
• Houghton travels to Kingsford.
• Calumet journeys to Northland Pines.

On the baseball schedule tomorrow…
• Calumet at Ontonagon – canceled.
• Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Merrill.

In high school softball yesterday…
• Houghton v Westwood – canceled.
• Calumet v Baraga – canceled

On the softball schedule today…
• Hancock at Houghton – canceled.
• Calumet at Northland Pines – canceled.
• Baraga entertains Ironwood – canceled.

In track and field yesterday, Houghton competed against five other teams at Kingsford.
• The girls finished second to Marquette. The Gremlins’ 3200 and 1600-meter relay teams each finished first. Ingrid Seagren won the 3200 and 1600-meter individual races. Claire Filpus took the 300 hurdles.
• The boys placed third, behind Marquette and Kingsford. The Gremlins won the 3200-meter relay, and Cade Holombo took the 200-meter dash.

College Baseball

The Finlandia baseball team is scheduled to play doubleheaders at Wisconsin-Whitewater tomorrow and Sunday.

NBA

Opening-round NBA tournament play continued last evening.

In the Western Conference…
• The Memphis Grizzlies downed the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95. Memphis leads that series 2-1.
• The Dallas Mavericks got past the Utah Jazz 126-118. Dallas takes a 2-1 lead in that set.
• The Golden State Warriors edged the Denver Nuggets 118-113. Golden State is up 3-0 in that series.

Tonight in the Western Conference…
• The New Orleans Pelicans host the Phoenix Suns. That series is tied 1-1.

Tonight in the Eastern Conference…
• The Miami Heat visit the Atlanta Hawks. Miami leads that set 2-0.
• The Chicago Bulls entertain the Milwaukee Bucks. That series is tied 1-1.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings lost 5-2 to the Florida Panthers last night. Sam Gagner and Tyler Bertuzzi scored. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 shots, and took the loss in goal.

The Wings entertain the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow afternoon

MLB

The Detroit Tigers blanked the New York Yankees 3-0 yesterday. Miguel Cabrera did not collect his 3,000th career hit. Detroit fans booed when Cabrera was walked intentionally in the eighth inning, with runners already on second and third, and the Tigers leading by one. New York manager Aaron Boone said it was a simple baseball decision, to set up a more favorable pitching match-up against Austin Meadows. After the game, Cabrera said he saw the logic, and was not offended. Meadows made the Yankees pay, when his soft liner to center field dropped in for a double, and drove in two runs. Michael Pineda gave up three hits over five shutout innings, and earned the win in his first Detroit start.

The Tigers host the Colorado Rockies tonight. Tariq Skubal will start against Antonio Senzatela. Coverage begins at 6:50 on 99.3 The Lift.

The Milwaukee Brewers had yesterday off, and open a series in Philadelphia tonight. Freddy Peralta will start against Ranger Suárez.

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