Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Orioles host the Yankees, the Spurs try to get past the Trail Blazers, and the Blackhawks face off with the Blue Jackets.
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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
The marquee action is in the NBA’s Western Conference on Wednesday night, with Utah at Dallas, Phoenix at New Orleans, and Portland at San Antonio. The Spurs will have to do without Manu Ginobili for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs because of an ankle injury; the guard also sat out the last meeting between these teams, a 102-84 Portland home rout back on March 1. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge each picked up 26 points that night for the Blazers.
Elsewhere on the NBA’s schedule for Wednesday night it’ll be Memphis at Orlando, Toronto at Indiana, Detroit at New York, New Jersey at Boston, Atlanta at Milwaukee, Oklahoma City at Denver, Minnesota at Golden State, and Washington at Cleveland. The Wizards upset the Cavaliers 109-101 at home on April 2 as a 9.5-point underdog. Caron Butler scored 25 points for Washington in that victory, while LeBron James led Cleveland with 31 points in a losing cause.
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The Yankees will be looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss when they take on the Orioles in Baltimore again on Wednesday night. New York saw prized offseason acquisition CC Sabathia get lit up by the Orioles offense on Monday, and they’ll be looking for a better result from righthander Chien-Ming Wang (8-2, 4.07 ERA in 2008) on Wednesday. The Orioles will counter with Japanese righthander Koji Uehara, who will be making his Major League debut.
Elsewhere in the American League on Wednesday it’ll be Detroit at Toronto, Cleveland at Texas, Seattle at Minnesota, Kansas City at the White Sox, Oakland at the Angels, and Tampa Bay at Boston. The Rays and Red Sox will both be sending young guns to the mound; lefthander Scott Kazmir (12-8, 3.49 ERA) for Tampa Bay, and lefthander Jon Lester (16-6, 3.21 ERA) for the BoSox.
There’s a full slate of eight games in the NL on Wednesday, including an early-afternoon matchup between the Nationals and Marlins in Florida. Righthander Daniel Cabrera (8-10, 5.25 ERA) will get the ball for Washington, while Chris Volstad (6-4, 2.88 ERA) goes for Florida. As well, it’ll be Atlanta at Philadelphia, Colorado at Arizona, the Mets at Cincinnati, the Cubs at Houston, Pittsburgh at St. Louis, the Dodgers at San Diego, and then also Milwaukee at San Francisco.
Taking a trip around the rink . . .
The National Hockey League offers up just a pair of games on Wednesday night, with Buffalo at Toronto and Columbus at Chicago. The Blue Jackets and Blackhawks met in Columbus on Sunday, with Chicago pulling out a 1-0 overtime victory. Kris Versteeg had the game-winning goal in the extra frame for the Blackhawks, while Nikolai Khabibulin made 20 saves to pick up his second shutout of the campaign. Blue Jackets netminder Steve Mason stopped 24 shots.