The Saint John Mill Rats won the opener of their first round playoff series 126-98 over the Moncton Miracles. Anthony Anderson and Doug Herring each scored 28 points. Game two goes tonight at Harbour Station with tipoff at 7:00.
One game in the NHL playoffs, Patric Hornqvist fired a loose puck between Braden Holtby’s legs 2:34 into overtime to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 win over Washington and 3 games to 1 lead in their series.
In the Majors, Russell Martin singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Toronto Blue Jays got by Texas 4-3…….The New York Yankees snap their six game losing streak with a 7-0 win over Baltimore behind C-C Sabathia…..David Ortiz hit the 509th homer of his career as the Boston Red Sox won 5-2 over the Chicago White Sox. In other play, it was the Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh 2……Cincinnati 7 San Francisco 4…..NY Mets 8 Atlanta 0…..Los Angeles Angels 7 Milwaukee 3….Washington 13 Kansas City 2…..Seattle 9 Oakland 8…..Colorado 2 San Diego 0…..Cleveland 4 Detroit 0…..Miami 4 Arizona 3…..Tampa Bay 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 5….Houston 16 Minnesota 4 and St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 4.
In the NBA playoffs, it was Cleveland 123 Atlanta 98 to lead two games to nothing.
