In the NHL playoffs, Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel and Chris Kunitz scored third period goals in Pittsburgh’s 4-2 win over Tampa Bay to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the Eastern final. Carl Hagelin snapped a scoreless tie late in the second period and goalie Matt Murray made 26 saves for the Penguins.
In the NBA playoffs, Stephen Curry scored 15 straight points in less than two minutes during the thirid quarter and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 to tie up the Western final at one game each.
In the Majors, the Blue Jays were swept by Tampa Bay 6-3…..Boston and Kansas City split a doubleheader…..The Red Sox lost the opener 3-2 but won the nightcap, 5-2 behind David Price who’s now 6 and 1……The Yankees beat Arizona 4-2…..Baltimore moves a half game ahead of the Red Sox in the A-L East after a 5-2 win over Seattle……Washington got 11 walks in a 7-1 win over the New York Mets to lead Philadelphia in the N-L East by half a game and the Mets by a game and a half with Miami just two games back……The Phillies doubled up on Miami 4-2…..In other play, it was Detroit 6 Minnesota 3…..Oakland 8 Texas 1…..Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 1…..Cleveland 8 Cincinnati 7 (12 innings)…..Houston 5 Chicago White Sox 3…..Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 1…..St. Louis 2 Colorado 0…..Los Angeles Angels 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 and San Francisco 2 San Diego 1.
The New Brunswick Senior Baseball League gets underway on Saturday when the Saint John Alpines play Charlottetown in a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 at Memorial Field.
