Weekday Morning Sports – Wednesday 11/01/17

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MLB – MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES GAME 6
LAST NIGHT


LOS ANGELES DODGERS 3, HOUSTON ASTROS 1  (SERIES TIED 3-3)

DODGER STADIUM WILL BE HOSTING GAME 7 OF A WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS STORIED HISTORY. THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS HAVE STRETCHED THE FALL CLASSIC TO THE LIMIT BY RALLYING FOR A 3-1 WIN OVER THE HOUSTON ASTROS. THE DODGERS WERE BAFFLED BY JUSTIN VERLANDER OVER THE FIRST FIVE INNINGS BEFORE SURGING AHEAD IN THE SIXTH AND SMACKING THE 24TH HOME RUN OF THE SERIES. CHRIS TAYLOR TIED THE GAME WITH AN RBI DOUBLE AND COREY SEAGER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED WITH A SACRIFICE FLY THAT PUT THE DODGERS AHEAD TO STAY LATER IN THE SIXTH. JOC PEDERSON PADDED THE DODGERS’ LEAD WITH A SOLO BLAST OFF JOE MUSGROVE IN THE SEVENTH. VERLANDER STARTER STRUCK OUT EIGHT WHILE ALLOWING JUST ONE HIT THROUGH FIVE FRAMES. THE DODGERS’ FORTUNES BEGAN TO TURN WHEN AUSTIN BARNES LED OFF THE SIXTH WITH A SINGLE AND CHASE UTLEY WAS HIT BY A PITCH BEFORE TAYLOR’S TWO-BAGGER KNOTTED THE SCORE. IT WAS THE FIRST LOSS FOR VERLANDER SINCE JOINING THE ASTROS FROM THE TIGERS ON AUGUST 31. THE ASTROS HAVE NEVER WON A WORLD SERIES SINCE ENTERING THE MAJORS IN 1962. THE DODGERS ARE SEEKING THEIR SEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIP AND FIRST IN 29 YEARS.

 

TONIGHT – GAME 7

HOUSTON ASTROS (LANCE MCCULLERS) @ LOS ANGELES DODGERS (YU DARVISH) – 8:20 PM

NBA

LAST NIGHT
LOS ANGELES LAKERS 113, DETROIT PISTONS 93
INDIANA PACERS 101, SACRAMENTO KINGS 83

JULIUS RANDLE SCORED 17 POINTS, LONZO BALL ADDED 13 AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS BEAT THE DETROIT PISTONS 113-93 ON TUESDAY NIGHT. LARRY NANCE JR. HAD 14 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS FOR HIS THIRD DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR THE LAKERS, WHO HAD LOST THE PREVIOUS THREE GAMES AGAINST THE PISTONS. BRANDON INGRAM AND KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE EACH HAD 13 POINTS. TOBIAS HARRIS AND REGGIE JACKSON EACH HAD 18 POINTS FOR THE PISTONS, WHO WERE UNABLE TO SWEEP THEIR THREE-GAME CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP. ANDRE DRUMMOND HAD 10 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS. PISTONS HEAD COACH STAN VAN GUNDY WAS UNSURE ABOUT HOW HIS TEAM MIGHT HANDLE THE ADULATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SURPRISING 5-2 START, AND THOSE CONCERNS PROVED TO BE WELL-FOUNDED AS THE LAKERS TOOK A 58-45 HALFTIME LEAD WHEN BROOK LOPEZ HIT A 3-POINTER AS THE BUZZER EXPIRED.

BOJAN BOGDANOVIC SCORED 17 POINTS TO LEAD A BALANCED INDIANA OFFENSE AND HELP THE PACERS TO A 101-83 ROUT OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PACERS (4-3) SCORED THE FIRST NINE POINTS AND BUILT A 55-30 LEAD AT THE HALF. INDIANA SECOND-YEAR FORWARD DOMANTAS SABONIS, COMING OFF A PERSONAL-BEST 22 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS ON SUNDAY, HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN THE FIRST HALF WITH 10 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS. HE FINISHED WITH A CAREER-HIGH 16 REBOUNDS IN ADDITION TO 12 POINTS AND FIVE ASSISTS. ROOKIE GUARD DE’AARON FOX LED THE KINGS (1-6) OFF THE BENCH WITH 18 POINTS.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS BACKUP GUARD IMAN SHUMPERT COULD MISS ANOTHER WEEK WITH A SORE RIGHT KNEE THAT HAS ALREADY KEPT HIM OUT OF TWO GAMES. THE TEAM SAYS TESTS DIDN’T REVEAL ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND HE WILL BE OUT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS WHILE UNDERGOING TREATMENT AND REHAB. SHUMPERT IS AVERAGING 6.0 POINTS AND 2.8 REBOUNDS FOR THE CAVS, WHO ARE JUST 3-4 AND TAKE A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK INTO WEDNESDAY’S GAME AGAINST THE INDIANA PACERS.

TONIGHT


INDIANA PACERS @ CLEVELAND CAVALIERS – 7 PM
CHICAGO BULLS @ MIAMI HEAT – 7:30 PM

NHL


LAST NIGHT
DETROIT RED WINGS 5, ARIZONA COYOTES 3

ANTHONY MANTHA SCORED HIS TEAM-LEADING FIFTH GOAL AND DYLAN LARKIN ADDED A GOAL AND AN ASSIST AS THE DETROIT RED WINGS BEAT THE ARIZONA COYOTES 5-3 LAST NIGHT. KNOWING THE COYOTES (1-11-1) HAD PLAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE IN PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THEY WON IN OVERTIME FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON, THE RED WINGS APPLIED THE PRESSURE EARLY. THEY FIRED THE FIRST EIGHT SHOTS ON GOAL AND SCORED TWICE BEFORE THE GAME WAS THREE MINUTES OLD. GUSTAV NYQUIST INTERCEPTED A CLEARING ATTEMPT BY ARIZONA DEFENSEMAN ALEX GOLIGOSKI AND THREADED A SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC THAT BEAT GOALIE SCOTT WEDGEWOOD AT 1:31 OF THE FIRST PERIOD. DETROIT MADE IT 2-0 AT 2:37 WHEN LUKE GLENDENING SNAPPED A HIGH WRIST SHOT PAST WEDGEWOOD ON THE BLOCKER SIDE. THE COYOTES GOT ON THE BOARD 11:36 INTO THE SECOND WHEN JASON DEMERS TOOK A FEED FROM CLAYTON KELLER AND HIS POINT SHOT ELUDED A PARTIALLY SCREENED JIMMY HOWARD. DARREN HELM SCORED INTO AN EMPTY COYOTES NET AT 18:34 TO CLOSE OUT THE SCORING.

TONIGHT
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS @ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – 8 PM

NCAA FOOTBALL

TONIGHT

CENTRAL MICHIGAN @ WESTERN MICHIGAN – 8 PM
GEORGIA NOW #1 WITH FIRST PLAYOFF RANKINGS

GEORGIA IS NO. 2 IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL, BUT NO. 1 IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS. THE BULLDOGS CLAIMED THE TOP SPOT IN THE FIRST CFP RANKINGS OF THE SEASON AFTER IMPROVING TO 8-0. GEORGIA’S ONE CLOSE GAME WAS AT NOTRE DAME IN SEPTEMBER, A 20-19 VICTORY. UNBEATEN ALABAMA IS SECOND, FOLLOWED BY NOTRE DAME AND CLEMSON. THE CRIMSON TIDE HAVE SCORED OVER 40 POINTS IN SIX OF THEIR EIGHT GAMES. THE IRISH HAVE PUT TOGETHER BLOWOUT WINS OVER MICHIGAN STATE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE SINCE THEIR LOSS TO GEORGIA. THE TIGERS ARE 7-1 AND OPENED THEIR SEASON WITH SIX STRAIGHT WINS BEFORE A 27-24 LOSS AT SYRACUSE ON OCTOBER 13. OKLAHOMA AND OHIO STATE WERE THE NEXT TWO IN THE SELECTION COMMITTEE’S INITIAL TOP 25.

HERE IS THE NEW TOP 25 PLAYOFF RANKINGS: (BIG 10 & NOTRE DAME IN BOLD)
1. GEORGIA (8-0)
2. ALABAMA (8-0)
3. NOTRE DAME (7-1)
4. CLEMSON (7-1)
5. OKLAHOMA (7-1)
6. OHIO STATE (7-1)
7. PENN STATE (7-1)
8. TCU (7-1)
9. WISCONSIN (8-0)
10. MIAMI (FLA.) (7-0)
11. OKLAHOMA STATE (7-1)
12. WASHINGTON (7-1)
13. VIRGINIA TECH (7-1)
14. AUBURN (6-2)
15. IOWA STATE (6-2)
16. MISSISSIPPI STATE (6-2)
17. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (7-2)
18. CENTRAL FLORIDA (7-0)
19. LSU (6-2)
20. NORTH CAROLINA STATE (6-2)
21. STANFORD (6-2)
22. ARIZONA (6-2)
23. MEMPHIS (7-1)
24. MICHIGAN STATE (6-2)
25. WASHINGTON STATE (7-2)

NFL


A PROPOSED TRADE BETWEEN THE BROWNS AND BENGALS INVOLVING QUARTERBACK A.J. MCCARRON FELL THROUGH WHEN PAPERWORK WAS NOT FILED TO THE NFL BEFORE THE 4 P.M. DEADLINE. THE TEAMS HAD AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE, SENDING MCCARRON TO CLEVELAND, BUT THE BROWNS’ PAPERWORK DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE LEAGUE OFFICE IN TIME, SAID LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIAN MCCARTHY. HE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT WHY THE TRANSACTION WASN’T FINALIZED. THE BROWNS HAVE HAD AN INTEREST IN MCCARRON FOR SOME TIME. CLEVELAND COACH HUE JACKSON WORKED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN CINCINNATI. WHILE JACKSON DEVELOPS ROOKIE DESHONE KIZER, MCCARRON WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE WINLESS BROWNS (0-8) A BETTER CHANCE TO WIN IN THE SEASON’S SECOND HALF. CLEVELAND HAS A BYE THIS WEEK. THE BROWNS HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PICKS IN NEXT YEAR’S DRAFT, BUT THEY DIDN’T PART WITH ANY OF THEM TO MAKE THEIR TEAM BETTER THIS SEASON AND REMAIN ON A QUEST TO FIND A FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK.

THE UNION FOR NFL PLAYERS HAS TURNED TO A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN ITS QUEST TO LET DALLAS COWBOYS RUNNING BACK EZEKIEL ELLIOTT PLAY THIS SUNDAY. UNION LAWYERS SAY ELLIOTT’S SIX-GAME SUSPENSION OVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE 2ND U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS CONSIDERS THE ISSUE. LEAGUE LAWYERS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT. THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION ASKED FEDERAL JUDGE KATHERINE POLK FAILLA ON TUESDAY TO SUSPEND HER MONDAY RULING DURING AN APPEAL. BUT SHE REFUSED, SO THE FILE WAS MOVED TO THE MANHATTAN-BASED APPEALS COURT. THE 22-YEAR-OLD ELLIOTT WAS SUSPENDED IN AUGUST AFTER HE HAD SEVERAL PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS IN THE SUMMER OF 2016 WITH HIS THEN-GIRLFRIEND.

THE NFL SAYS DOLPHINS LINEBACKER KIKO ALONSO WON’T BE SUSPENDED FOR HIS HIT THAT SIDELINED BALTIMORE RAVENS QUARTERBACK JOE FLACCO WITH A CONCUSSION. ALONSO RECEIVED A PENALTY FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS AND SAID THE HIGH HIT WAS UNINTENTIONAL, BUT ANGRY RAVENS PLAYERS SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EJECTED FOR A DIRTY PLAY.

BEARS COACH JOHN FOX SAYS TIGHT END ZACH MILLER IS “PROGRESSING WELL” FOLLOWING SURGERY TO SAVE HIS LEFT LEG. MILLER REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN NEW ORLEANS AFTER TEARING AN ARTERY WHILE DISLOCATING HIS KNEE TRYING TO MAKE A TOUCHDOWN CATCH IN SUNDAY’S LOSS TO THE SAINTS.

LEADING EAGLES HAVE BOLSTERED THEIR OFFENSE BY ACQUIRING RUNNING BACK JAY AJAYI (AH-JY’-EE) FROM THE DOLPHINS FOR A FOURTH-ROUND PICK IN 2018. AJAYI HAS 465 YARDS RUSHING AND IS AVERAGING 3.4 YARDS PER CARRY AFTER RUNNING FOR 1,272 YARDS LAST SEASON, INCLUDING THREE 200-YARD GAMES.

THE BILLS HAVE UPGRADED THEIR RECEIVING GROUP BY ACQUIRING KELVIN BENJAMIN FROM THE PANTHERS FOR THEIR THIRD- AND SEVENTH-ROUND PICKS IN NEXT YEAR’S DRAFT. BENJAMIN IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE BILLS LEADING RECEIVER WITH 32 CATCHES FOR 475 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.

BRONCOS COACH VANCE JOSEPH IS CONTEMPLATING A CHANGE AT QUARTERBACK BUT WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL WEDNESDAY TO MAKE ANYTHING OFFICIAL. TREVOR SIEMIAN WAS PICKED OFF THREE TIMES IN MONDAY’S 29-19 LOSS TO THE CHIEFS, LEAVING DENVER 3-4. JOSEPH SAID TUESDAY THAT SHOULD HE MAKE A MOVE, IT WOULD BE TO BROCK OSWEILER (AHS’-WY-LUR), NOT PAXTON LYNCH.
JETS WIDE RECEIVER JEREMY KERLEY IS FACING A POSSIBLE SUSPENSION, AND IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER HE’LL BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE BILLS. KERLEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM OR DENY REPORTS TUESDAY THAT HE WILL BE SUSPENDED BY THE NFL FOR A VIOLATION OF LEAGUE RULES.

GIANTS CORNERBACK JANORIS JENKINS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY BY THE TEAM FOR A VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES. JENKINS WASN’T WITH THE TEAM WHEN THE GIANTS RETURNED TO PRACTICE MONDAY AFTER THEIR BYE WEEK. COACH BEN MCADOO SAID HE HAD BEEN EXCUSED FOR PERSONAL REASONS BUT WAS EXPECTED BACK MONDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS


VOLLEYBALL DISTRICTS
CLASS A – @ KALAMAZOO CENTRAL
LAKESHORE VS. MATTAWAN – 5:30 PM
ST. JOSEPH VS. KALAMAZOO CENTRAL – 6:30 PM

CLASS B – @ SOUTH HAVEN
BENTON HARBOR VS. BUCHANAN – 5:30 PM
COLOMA VS. NILES – 7 PM

CLASS B – @ THREE RIVERS
DOWAGIAC VS. PAW PAW – 5 PM
CLASS C – @ BRIDGMAN
BRANDYWINE VS. CASSOPOLIS – 5:30 PM
BRIDGMAN VS. NEW BUFFALO – 7 PM

CLASS C – @ CONSTANTINE
DECATUR VS. SCHOOLCRAFT – 7:30 PM

CLASS C – @ GALESBURG-AUGUSTA
BANGOR VS. HACKETT CATHOLIC CENTRAL – 5:30 PM

CLASS D – @ LAKE MICHIGAN CATHOLIC
MICHIGAN LUTHERAN VS. RIVER VALLEY – 6 PM
GRACE CHRISTIAN VS. LAKE MICHIGAN CATHOLIC – 7:45 PM
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE THURSDAY