Dodgers Waste Shohei Ohtani's Strong Effort In Loss To Giants

Dodgers suffer to nan Giants

From Bill Shaikin: José Soriano leads nan awesome leagues pinch a 0.24 earned-run average. It’s difficult to deliberation of thing nan Angels could do to make him better.

Shohei Ohtani ranks 2nd pinch a 0.38 ERA. It’s not truthful difficult to deliberation of thing nan Dodgers could do to make him better.

On Wednesday, however, that mightiness not person turned nan Dodgers into winners. The San Francisco Giants won successful nan unlikeliest of ways: connected 1 swing, a three-run location tally from Patrick Bailey, a catcher who opened play batting .145 and had not deed a location tally since past season. After Ohtani sounded six shutout innings, Bailey homered disconnected Jack Dreyer successful nan seventh.

That was not nan only improbable performance: The winning pitcher was Tyler Mahle, who sounded 7 shutout innings for his first triumph successful 10 months. Mahle started nan crippled pinch an 0-3 grounds and 7.23 ERA.

That was nan ballgame: Giants 3, Dodgers 0, pinch San Francisco clinching nan bid and nan Dodgers losing for nan fourth clip successful 5 games. In 2 games against nan Giants, nan Dodgers person scored 1 run.

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Dodgers container score

MLB standings

Mike Trout ties a Garret Anderson record

Mike Trout homered, Nolan Schanuel homered and deed a three-run double and Jose Soriano worked 5 shutout innings arsenic the Angels hit nan Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 connected Wednesday to debar a bid sweep.

Trout’s eighth homer of nan play was a 428-foot solo changeable successful nan bottommost of nan fifth. That deed tied nan 34-year-old Trout pinch nan precocious Garret Anderson for nan Angels’ franchise grounds of 796 extra-base hits. Anderson died past week of an acute necrotizing pancreatitis astatine nan property of 53.

Soriano, who is 5-0, gave up 3 hits and struck retired 5 successful 5 innings earlier leaving pinch a 3-0 lead. He lowered his ERA to an MLB-leading 0.24. The 27-year-old right-hander is nan first MLB pitcher since 1900 to let nary much than 1 tally successful nan first six starts of a season, and he has nan lowest ERA (with a minimum of 30 innings pitched) done a pitcher’s first six starts of a play since 1913, erstwhile earned runs became charismatic successful some leagues.

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Angels container score

MLB standings

Ducks moreover bid pinch Edmonton

Cutter Gauthier collapsed a necktie disconnected a rebound pinch 4:52 near and the Ducks hit Edmonton 6-4 connected Wednesday nighttime successful Game 2 to even nan first-round series, pinch Oilers prima Connor McDavid slowed by an evident limb injury.

McDavid appeared to drawback an separator early successful nan 2nd play aft getting tangled up pinch teammate Mattias Ekholm and nan Ducks’ Ian Moore. McDavid concisely near nan crippled earlier returning, playing conscionable complete 24 minutes.

Game 3 is Friday nighttime astatine Honda Center. Edmonton opened nan bid Monday nighttime pinch a 4-3 victory.

Gauthier put nan Ducks backmost successful beforehand aft Josh Samanski — making his playoff debut — tied it astatine 4 pinch 6:09 to go. Ryan Poehling put it distant pinch an empty-netter pinch 1:10 left, his 2nd extremity of nan game. He scored shorthanded successful nan second.

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Ducks summary

NHL playoffs schedule

Ducks playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Edmonton 4, Ducks 3 (summary)
Ducks 6, astatine Edmonton 4 (summary)
Friday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max)
Sunday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD
*Thursday, April 30: Edmonton astatine Ducks, TBD
*Saturday, May 2: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD

*-if necessary

Kings playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (summary)
at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (OT) (summary)
Thursday: Colorado astatine Kings, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
Sunday: Colorado astatine Kings, 1:30 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
*Wed., April 29: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Colorado astatine Kings, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD

*- If necessary

Lakers bid is over

From Bill Plaschke: Who knew?

LeBron James flying down nan lane unchecked for a pumping, over-the-shoulder slam.

Marcus Smart diving and scrapping and starring cheers pinch a scream.

Luke Kennard stepping to nan free-throw statement and proceeding nan chant, “MVP! … MVP! … MVP!”

Who knew?

Without their 2 champion players, facing nan quicker and much bruising Houston Rockets successful nan first information of nan playoffs, who knew nan Lakers would do what they did Tuesday night astatine a roaring Crypto.com Arena?

They opportunity a bid doesn’t commencement until nan location squad loses a game, but, judge it, this bid is already over.

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Lakers’ ‘Swiss Army knife’ Marcus Smart sets nan reside against Kevin Durant, Rockets

Lakers playoff schedule

First round
All times Pacific

at Lakers 107, Houston 98 (box score)
at Lakers 101, Houston 94 (box score)
Friday: Lakers astatine Houston, 5:30 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday: Lakers astatine Houston, 6:30 p.m., NBC
*Wednesday: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Lakers astatine Houston, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD

*-if necessary

LAFC plays to scoreless draw

Zack Steffen vanished pinch 2 saves and had his 2nd shutout of nan play for nan Colorado Rapids successful a 0-0 necktie pinch LAFC connected Wednesday nighttime astatine BMO Stadium.

The Rapids (4-4-1) had 71% possession.

LAFC (5-2-2), who had mislaid back-to-back crippled for nan first clip successful much than a almanac year, are winless successful 3 straight.

Hugo Lloris had 2 saves and leads MLS pinch 7 shutouts.

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LAFC summary

MLS standings

Galaxy suffer to Columbus

Dániel Gazdag and Diego Rossi each scored to thief nan Columbus Crew hit the Galaxy 2-1 connected Wednesday nighttime successful a crippled delayed for complete 2 hours because of terrible weather.

Columbus (2-4-3) has fixed up conscionable 3 goals successful its first 4 location matches of nan season.

Gazdag scored successful nan 41st infinitesimal erstwhile he redirected Hugo Picard’s transverse pinch nan extracurricular of his foot.

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Galaxy summary

MLS standings

Final NFL mock draft

From Sam Farmer: This mightiness beryllium nan first clip successful nan NFL’s modern era that Pittsburgh has hosted nan draft, but nan full format was really invented here.

In 1935, nan league’s founders met astatine nan Fort Pitt Hotel and voted unanimously to put successful spot a action process successful reverse bid of nan erstwhile season’s standings. That would beforehand competitory balance, which has been a hallmark of nan NFL ever since.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet nan Las Vegas Raiders. The franchise went 21-41 complete nan past 4 seasons and its discourtesy scored a league-worst 241 points past season.

Quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who led Indiana to a nationalist championship, won’t beryllium astatine nan draught but almost surely will perceive his sanction called first. He’s apt to beryllium nan only backmost selected successful nan opening round.

A look astatine really nan draught could unfold:

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This time successful sports history

1950 — The Detroit Red Wings separator nan New York Rangers 4-3 successful Game 7 to triumph nan Stanley Cup.

1950 — The Minneapolis Lakers go nan first squad to triumph back-to-back NBA championships by defeating nan Syracuse Nationals 110-95 successful Game 6 of nan finals. George Mikan leads nan Lakers pinch 40 points successful a crippled marred by 3 fights, 4 Minneapolis players fouling out, and Nats coach Al Cervi being ejected for complaining excessively vociferously astir a call.

1954 — The NBA adopts nan 24-second changeable clock.

1969 — Jerry West scores 53 points to lead nan Lakers complete Boston 120-118 successful nan opening crippled of nan NBA finals.

1989 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points successful his past regular-season crippled arsenic a Laker successful a 121-117 triumph complete Seattle.

1989 — NFL Draft: #1 prime UCLA backmost Troy Aikman by Dallas Cowboys.

1993 — The Dallas Mavericks debar matching nan 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers arsenic nan worst squad successful NBA history, beating Minnesota 103-100 for their 10th triumph of nan season.

1993 — Orlando’s Nick Anderson scores 50 points successful nan Magic’s 119-116 triumph complete nan New Jersey Nets astatine The Meadowlands. Anderson’s feat is overshadowed by Shaquille O’Neal, who rips down nan backboard successful nan first quarter, delaying nan crippled 45 minutes.

2002 — Brent Johnson of nan St. Louis Blues ties an NHL grounds pinch 3 consecutive shutouts successful nan playoffs. That had not happened successful 57 years. Johnson reaches nan milestone pinch a 1-0 triumph complete nan Chicago Blackhawks.

2005 — NFL Draft: University of Utah backmost Alex Smith first prime by San Francisco 49ers.

2011 — The Portland Trail Blazers rally from 23 points down successful nan 2nd half, including an 18-point shortage to commencement nan 4th fourth to conclusion Dallas 84-82 and necktie nan first-round bid astatine 2-2. Portland’s Brandon Roy scores 18 successful nan 4th quarter, including a 4-point play and nan spell up jumper pinch 39 seconds left. Roy outscores Dallas 18-15 successful nan quarter.

2017 — Kenyan runner Mary Keitany breaks Paula Radcliffe’s women-only marathon world grounds pinch a 3rd triumph successful London. Keitany completes nan 26.2-mile people successful 2 hours, 17 minutes and 1 2nd to shave 41 seconds disconnected Radcliffe’s 12-year-old mark.

2020 — NFL Draft: LSU backmost Joe Burrow first prime by Cincinnati Bengals.

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This time successful shot history

1903 — The New York Highlanders, who later changed their sanction to nan Yankees, won their first crippled arsenic a awesome convention team, 7-2 complete nan Washington Senators.

1913 — New York Giants ace Christy Mathewson hit nan Phillies 3-1, throwing conscionable 67 pitches.

1939 — Rookie Ted Williams went 4-for-5, including his first awesome convention location run, but nan Red Sox mislaid to Philadelphia 12-8 astatine Fenway Park.

1946 — Ed Head of nan Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit nan Boston Braves 5-0 astatine Ebbets Field. Head was making his first commencement aft a year’s subject service.

1952 — Bob Feller of nan Cleveland Indians and Bob Cain of nan St. Louis Browns matched one-hitters. Cain coiled up arsenic nan winner, 1-0.

1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of nan Giants deed a location tally astatine nan Polo Grounds successful his first awesome convention at-bat. He was nan winner, too, and sounded 1,070 games successful nan fields — but ne'er deed different homer.

1954 — Hank Aaron deed nan first location tally of his awesome convention career. The thrust came against Vic Raschi successful nan Milwaukee Braves’ 7-5 triumph complete St. Louis.

1962 — After an 0-9 start, nan description New York Mets won their first crippled beating nan Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 down Jay Hook.

1964 — Ken Johnson of nan Houston Colt .45s became nan first pitcher to suffer a nine-inning no-hitter erstwhile Pete Rose scored an unearned tally to springiness nan Cincinnati Reds a 1-0 victory.

1978 — Joe Morgan of nan Cincinnati Reds makes an correction astatine 2nd base, bringing his awesome convention grounds of 91 consecutive errorless games to an end.

1989 — Nolan Ryan came wrong 2 retired of his sixth profession no-hitter, losing it erstwhile Nelson Liriano tripled successful nan ninth inning arsenic nan Texas Rangers hit nan Toronto Blue Jays 4-1. Ryan vanished pinch his 10th life one-hitter.

1990 — Steve Lyons of nan Chicago White Sox plays each 9 positions during an accumulation crippled against nan Chicago Cubs.

1999 — Fernando Tatis of St. Louis became nan first successful awesome convention history to deed 2 expansive slams successful 1 inning successful a 12-5 triumph complete nan Dodgers. Tatis besides group nan grounds pinch 8 RBIs successful 1 inning.

2008 — The Chicago Cubs won their 10,000th game, joining nan Giants arsenic nan only franchise to scope that people pinch a 7-6 10-inning triumph astatine Colorado.

2009 — Ichiro Suzuki lined James Shields’ 2nd transportation of nan crippled for a location run, nan only tally of Seattle’s 1-0 triumph complete nan Tampa Bay Rays. It was nan 22nd clip a leadoff homer was nan deciding tally successful a game, and it was conscionable nan 2nd clip it happened for nan Mariners.

2012 — Ivan Rodriguez, who has caught much games than anyone successful large convention history, announces his status aft a 21-year career.

2013 — B.J. Upton and his relative Justin deed back-to-back homers for nan first time, starring nan Atlanta Braves past nan Colorado Rockies 10-2 to complete a doubleheader sweep. It was nan 27th clip successful awesome convention history that brothers homered successful nan aforesaid game, but only nan 2nd clip they went heavy successful consecutive at-bats. Lloyd and Paul Waner of nan Pittsburgh Pirates besides accomplished nan feat connected Sept. 15, 1938.

2022 — Miguel Cabrera of nan Tigers becomes nan 33rd personnel of nan 3,000 deed club.

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