The Island Storm beat the Saint John Riptide 103-79 to tie their best-of-five series at a game each. Gabe Freeman lead the Riptide with 17 points while Chris Commons and Horace Wormely finished with 16 a piece. Game three goes down this Saturday, May 6th in Charlottetown and the Riptide are sending a bus load of fans to P-E-I for the game. The cost is $45 per person including a game ticket and round trip transportation. Email sales@sjriptide.ca to register
In the NHL playoffs, the New York Rangers over Ottawa 4-1 to tie up the Eastern semifinal at 2 games each.Oscar Lindberg scored two goals and Tanner Glass had two assists for New York.
The Sea Dogs and Blaineville-Boisbriand Armada meet tonight at Harbour Station in the first game of the “Q” League championship final. gametime is 7:00. A fan will be chosen who’ll have a chance to shoot to win $50,000 during the second intermission.
In the Majors, a heated series between Baltimore and Boston at Fenway ended with the Orioles beating the Red Sox 8-3. Manny Machado hit a 466 foot drive over the Green Monster onto Lansdowne Street for his third homer of the series. He then set off on a slow trot around the bases which drew boos from the crowd. In other play, it was Washington 4 Arizona 2. Outfielder Bryce Harper of the Nationals had to leave the game with a groin injury and is listed as day to day…..Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 2….Oakland 8 Minnesota 5…..Texas 10 Houston 4…..Chicago White Sox 8 Kansas City 3…..Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 4 (13 innings)…..Colorado 3 San Diego 2 (11 innings)….Tampa Bay 5 Miami 1….Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 4 and Seattle 11 Los Angeles Angels 3.
Former Florida Goovernor Jeb Bush says he’s optimistic he and partner Derek Jeter can close a deal to buy the Miami Marlins.
In the NBA playoffs, it was Washington 116 Boston 89. The Celtics lead 2 games to 1 and Golden State 115 Utah 104 to take a 2 games to nothing lead.
