2006
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NBA
Wizards-Cavaliers
Associated Press
Both franchises have struggled in Game Fives as the
Wizards are just 3-18 all-time, while
is 2-6. The series is tied at two-two, and Game Six is Friday in
Bucks-Pistons
Green Bay
tonight in Game 5 of their first-round NBA playoff series with a 3-1 lead. When the Pistons have had a chance to end a series since
the 2003 playoffs, they have won nine of their last 10 games — with the only
loss coming last year at
in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Drawing comparisons to how franchises have done in
previous years can be misleading for some teams and their changing faces. But
the Pistons are using four of the same starters for the fourth straight
postseason, and the other, Rasheed Wallace, is a
Piston in the playoffs for a third year in a row. Experience should be an edge
against a team with only one starter — Michael Redd —
that had played in a postseason game before this year. The Bucks plan to defend
Chauncey Billups with Redd, instead of T.J. Ford, after the All-Star point guard scored 24 of 34
points after halftime to lead
to a 109-99 victory Monday night. “We’re going to try to put a bigger guy on
him and have T.J. chase around Rip (Richard Hamilton)
a little bit more,” Redd said. Billups is leading
with 23.5 points per game in the playoffs.
been easier to defend than he usually is because he’s slowed by a bruised thigh
and a sprained ankle. The shooting guard is averaging 16.8 points — down from
his career playoff average of 20.9 — on just 34.5 percent shooting.
coach Flip Saunders isn’t considering resting
“You can’t just shut guys down,” Saunders said. “It’s not that bad, really.”
MLB
Los Angeles-San Diego
MLB.com
Over the first 10 games of the season, the Dodgers offense
averaged 6.8 runs. Over the next 16 games, it averaged half that, 3.4. So
manager Grady Little said it was time for “a little
tinkering.” Here’s Little’s definition of tinkering:
Nobody from Monday night’s batting order returned in the same place on Tuesday
night against
shortstop and leadoff hitter Rafael Furcal and center
fielder Kenny Lofton, who have batted first and second since Lofton returned
from a calf injury, swapped spots. J.D. Drew moved from No. 3 to cleanup,
slumping cleanup hitter Jeff Kent dropped to fifth and No. 5 hitter Nomar Garciaparra moved up to
third. Andre Ethier, called up to replace the
disabled Ricky Ledee, made his Major League debut in
left field batting sixth. Catcher Dioner Navarro, who
did not play on Monday night, hit eighth. And Oscar Robles batted seventh in
place of Bill Mueller, who was given the night off.
Pirates-Mets
NY Sun
Since becoming the first team in major league history to
build a five-game division lead after only 12 games,
the Mets won a franchise-record 16 games in April to open a six-game lead over
the rival Braves and Phillies. In fact, Baseball Prospectus’s adjusted playoff
odds report gives the Mets a 70% chance of winning the NL East and a 74% chance
of making the postseason, even at this early hour.
Blue Jays-Red Sox
Toronto
The loss
last night left the 13-12 Blue Jays with a 2-3 record on this seven-game trip. The
Red Sox’ game against the New York Yankees was rained
out last night, meaning the pitching matchup tonight, weather permitting, will
be Roy Halladay (3-1, 2.84 earned run average)
against the Red Sox’ Josh Beckett (3-1, 4.50).
Matt Clement (2-2, 6.14) tomorrow night.
Baltimore-Texas
Toronto
The
Orioles’ bullpen is a mess, too. After Monday’s 9-7 loss to the Blue Jays, in
which
Brower for assignment and optioned Eddy Rodriguez, purchasing the contracts of
Julio Manon and Kurt Birkins
from Triple-A Ottawa. They are the 12th and 13th
different relievers used by the Orioles this season.
Angels-Tigers
Detroit
Jeff Weaver
returns to
to pitch tonight for the Angels. It was four years ago this July that Dave Dombrowski,
in his first big move as Tigers general manager, swapped Weaver to the Yankees.
This will be Weaver’s second start in
against the Tigers. The first came in 2003, when as a Yankee he lost to the
Tigers team that lost 119 games. Weaver has made one other start against the
Tigers—he beat them for the Dodgers in
last season.
Royals-Twins
St. Paul
The Twins went to
last week hoping to right the ship. They won two of three games but didn’t play
well, and any momentum they hoped to gain was quickly quashed during the
weekend debacle in
try again against the majors’ worst team. The Twins’ lineup should be
salivating at the chance to face Mays, the former Twin who has lasted into the
sixth inning in only one of his five starts for his new team.