In the NHL playoffs, St. Louis beat Dallas 6-1 to open up a two games to one lead…..Nashville over San Jose 4-1 to trail two games to one…..Brian Boyle scored at 2:48 of overtime to give Tampa Bay a 5-4 win over the Islanders and a two games to one lead.
In the Majors, Justin Smoak had two homers in the 9th and 10th innings as the Blue Jays get by Texas 3-1…Mark Trumbo hits two homers in Baltimore`s 4-1 win over the Yankees and the Red Sox lost to the Chicago White Sox 4-1. Elsewhere, it was Cleveland 7 Detroit 3…..Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 1 as Jake Arrieta improves to 6 and 0…..Los Angeles Dodgers 10 Tampa Bay 5….Miami 7 Arizona 4….Atlanta 3 NY Mets 0…..San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 1…..Milwaukee 5 Los Angeles Angels 4…..Houston 6 Minnesota 4…..Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 0…..Kansas City 7 Washington 6……Seattle 8 Oakland 2 and San Diego 6 Colorado 3.
In the NBA playoffs, Kyle Lowry’s shot from half court tied the game at the buzzer but Miami won the opener over the Raptors in overtime 102-96. The Heat say they have no plans to play former Raptor Chris Bosh. Golden State leads Portland two games to nothing after winning 110-99.
The Mill Rats open their first round playoff series tonight against the Moncton Miracles with a 7:00 tipoff at Harbour Station.
