The Saint John Riptide beat the Island Storm 101-96 in game one of their opening round series. Anthony Anderson led the offence for Saint John with 31 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. Game 2 goes tonight at Harbour Station with tipoff at 7:00.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 shots as Pittsburgh, minus Sidney Crosby, has pushed Washington to the brink of elimination with a 3-2 win and 3 games to 1 lead in the Eastern semifinal…..Ryan Getzlaf scored twice and assisted on two other goals including Jakob Silfverberg’s game winner at 45 seconds of overtime with Anaheim winning 4-3 over Edmonton to tie the series at two games a piece.
In the Majors, the feud between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles continues with Orioles starter Kevin Gausman being ejected in the second inning after hitting Xander Bogaerts with a pitch. The Red Sox won 4-2 but now the Major League Baseball brass has told both teams to knock it off…..Aaron Judge hit another homer, his 13th of the season, as the New York Yankees outlast the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6. Matt Holliday also hit the 300th homer of his career. Elsewhere, it was Washington 2 Arizona 1….Cleveland 3 Detroit 2…..Miami 10 Tampa Bay 6……Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 2…..NY Mets 16 Atlanta 5…..Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 4….Minnesota 7 Oakland 4….Houston 10 Texas 1….Kansas City 6 Chicago White Sox 1…..Seattle 8 Los Angeles Angels 7 San Francisco 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (11 innings) and Colorado 11 San Diego 3.
In the NBA playoffs, LeBron James scored 39 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the career playoff scoring list in Cleveland’s 125-103 win over the Toronto Raptors and a 2 games to nothing lead in their Eastern semifinal. Out west, San Antonio beat Houston 121-96 to tie up the series at one game each.
