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Wednesday Morning State Sports Summary Wed, 07 May 2008 3:01:14 ---M-L-B--- The Detroit Tigers' Losing Streak Is At Five Games After Being Shut Out 5-0 By The Boston Red Sox At Comerica Park Last Night. Detroit Managed Just Three Hits In The Contest And Had No Answer For Boston Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, Who Pitched Eight Innings. Nate Robertson Took The Loss And Fell To 1-And-4 After Allowing Four Runs On 10 Hits In Six-And-A-Third Innings. The Tigers And Red Sox Play Again Tonight At Comerica Park. Armando Galarraga Will Take The Mound For The Detroit. Game Time Is 7:05 P.M. (M-L-B Scoreboard) American League Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota Twins 1 Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 0 Cleveland Indians 5, New York Yankees 3 Tampa Bay Rays 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 La Angels Of Anaheim 5, Kansas City Royals 3 Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 Texas Rangers 10, Seattle Mariners 1 National League Houston Astros 6, Washington Nationals 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 12, San Francisco Giants 6 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 Florida Marlins 3, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 3 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Colorado Rockies 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 4 ---N-B-A--- The Detroit Pistons Look To Take A Commanding 3-0 Lead As They Continue Their Playoff Series With The Magic In Orlando. Head Coach Flip Saunders Said He Expects The Magic To Be More Aggressive And Physical Than They Were In The First Two Games At The Palace. Detroit Has Struggled Lately In Game Threes, Posting A 6-And-9 Record Since Winning The Nba Championship In 2004. The Pistons And Magic Tip Off Tonight At 8:00. The Nba Has Ruled That Chauncey Billups' Controversial Three-Point Shot In The Pistons' Game Two Victory Over The Magic Should Not Have Counted. League President Of Basketball Operations Joel Litvin Issued A Statement That Said Billups' Shot At The End Of The Third Quarter Took Approximately 5.7 Seconds. Since There Were Only 5.1 Seconds Remaining In The Period When The Play Started, The Basket Should Not Have Counted. Litvin Added, However, That The Referees Followed Proper Procedure By Using Their Judgement As To Whether The Shot Was Taken In Time. The League Determined The Clock Stoppage Resulted From A Technical Malfunction In The Timing System At The Palace. Kevin Garnett Scored 28 Points, Including The Go-Ahead Layup With 21.4 Seconds Left, And The Celtics Put A Defensive Blanket On Lebron James, Holding The Cavaliers Superstar To Only Two Field Goals, As Boston Edged Cleveland, 76-72, In The Opener Of Their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series. Game-Two Is Thursday Night, Again At Td Banknorth Garden. Los Angeles Lakers Guard Kobe Bryant Was Selected As The 2007-08 Nba's Most Valuable Player On Tuesday. Bryant, The Fourth Laker To Win The Award, Finished Second In The Nba In Scoring (28.3 Ppg) In Addition To Recording 6.3 Rebounds And 5.4 Assists Per Game, Leading The Lakers To The Best Record (57-25) In The Ultra-Competitive Western Conference. Bryant Beat Out A Number Of Deserving Candidates For The Prestigious Award, Namely, New Orleans Point Guard Chris Paul, Who Dished Out A League- Best 11.6 Assists Per Game To Go With 21.1 Points And 4.0 Rebounds An Outing. Paul Finished Second In The Voting, While Boston's Kevin Garnett Was Third Followed By Cleveland's Lebron James And Orlando's Dwight Howard. (N-B-A Playoffs) Eastern Conference Semifinals Boston Celtics 76, Cleveland Cavaliers 72 (Celtics Lead Series 1-0) ---N-H-L--- The Red Wings Went Back To Work Yesterday At The Joe Getting Ready For Game One Of The Western Conference Finals Against Dallas On Thursday Night. The Stars Earned Their Way In With A Four-Overtime Win Over The Sharks In Game Six Sunday. Dallas Goalie Marty Turco Made 60 Saves In The Win But He's Never Beaten The Wings At The Joe, He's 0-For-10 And Just 2-10-And-5 All-Time Against Detroit. ---N-F-L--- The Detroit Lions Held Their First Organized Team Activity Workouts As They Prepare For The Upcoming Season. Quarterback Jon Kitna Said Yesterday's Ota Session Was A Lot Better Than He Expected. He Added That He Welcomes The Added Responsibility Of Calling Audibles At The Line Of Scrimmage, Something He Was Unable To Do With Mike Martz As Offensive Coordinator. ---College Basketball--- Michigan Basketball Head Coach John Beilein Is Losing One Of His More Experienced Players To Transfer. Junior Forward Ekpe (Eck-Pay) Udoh (Oo-Doe) Has Decided To Leave U-M And Attend Another School. However, He Has Not Determined Where That Will Be. Udoh Proved Durable Over Two Seasons By Not Missing A Game And Playing In 67 Consecutive Games, Starting 31 Of Them. Udoh Averaged Five And-A-Half Points A Game, Four-And-A-Half Rebounds And Just Over Two Blocks A Game. He Led The Big Ten In Blocks In 2007-08, And His 159 Career Blocked Shots Place Him Fifth In Wolverines History. (Help From: Metro Source) |
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