Major League Baseball Playoffs
American League Championship Series
at San Diego
Tampa Bay Rays 4 Houston Astros 2
Manuel Margot hit a 3-run homer & made a spectacular catch in foul territory in right field
Charlie Morton got the win & improved to 4 & 0 in the last 2 postseasons.
Tampa Bay held on through a tense 9th inning, as the Astros twice had the bases loaded.
( The Rays lead the best of 7; 2-0 )
National League Championship Series
at Arlington
Atlanta Braves 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
The Braves scored 4 times in the top of the 9th to break a 1-1 tie
Austin Riley led off the 9th inning with a tiebreaking homer
( The Braves lead the best of 7; 1-0 )
Today
Major League Baseball Playoffs
National League Championship Series
at Arlington
Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers
Ian Anderson vs Clayton Kershaw
( The Braves lead the best of 7; 1-0 )
6:05 pm
American League Championship Series
at San Diego
Tampa Bay Rays at Houston Astros
Ryan Yarbrough vs Jose Urquidy
( The Rays lead the best of 7; 2-0 )
8:40 pm
The Chicago White Sox fired manager Rick Renteria
The White Sox and Renteria agreed to split following a disappointing finish to a breakout season in which they made the playoffs for the first time in 12 years.
Former Major League Baseball star and broadcaster Joe Morgan has died.
As a player, Morgan, a Hall of Fame second baseman, was best known as the sparkplug of outstanding Cincinnati teams in the 1970s
Joe Morgan was a two-time National League Most Valuable Player and a 10-time All-Star.
He was 77.
National Football League
New Orleans Saints 30 LA Chargers 27 ( OT )
Wil Lutz kicked a 36-yard field goal with 5:08 left in overtime
The Saints defence stopped Chargers receiver Mike Williams just short on 4th down to preserve the victory
The Chargers led 20-3 early
Denver Broncos at New England Patriots ( ppd )
Tonight
Buffalo Bills (4-0) at Tennessee Titans (3-0)
7 pm
ATP
at St. Petersburg, Russia
7:30 am Milos Raonic vs Jeffery John Wolf
11:30 am Vasek Pospisil vs Andrey Rublev
Vegas Signs Pietrangelo
Defenceman Alex Pietrangelo has signed a 7-year deal with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Vegas sent defenceman Nate Schmidt to the Canucks for a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL draft to make room for their newest acquisition.
Pietrangelo has played more than 750 NHL games, all with the St Louis Blues.
The 30 year old Pietrangelo played 4 seasons in the Ontario Hockey League finishing his Junior career with the Barrie Colts who advanced to the OHL Final in 2010.
Richardson Signs With Predators
The Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League signed former Owen Sound Attack forward Brad Richardson to a one-year, $1 million contract.
The 35 year old Richardson has played 15 years in the NHL & won the 2012 Stanley Cup as a member of the Los Angeles Kings.
After being a 1st round draft choice by the Attack in 2001, Richardson played 4 seasons in Owen Sound, scoring 87 career goals and accumulating 213 points.
Predators Release
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced Monday that the team has signed forward Brad Richardson to a one-year, $1 million contract.
Richardson, 35 (2/4/85), is a veteran of 15 NHL seasons and won the 2012 Stanley Cup as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. In 2019-20, he tallied 11 points (6g-5a) in 59 games with the Arizona Coyotes, his fifth season with the organization, and added another three points (2g-1a) in nine postseason contests. The 6-foot, 190-pound center has scored at least 10 goals on five different occasions, including a career-high 19 with the Coyotes in 2018-19, and has hit the 20-point mark six times, with his best output being a 31-point (11g-20a) campaign in 2015-16. After beginning his career in 2005-06, Richardson has gone on to post 242 points (106g-136a) in 808 career games with stops in Colorado, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Arizona, serving as an alternate captain the last three seasons with the Coyotes.
Originally drafted by Colorado in the fifth round (163rd overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft, Richardson has suited up for 59 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, posting 13 points (7g-6a) and 33 penalty minutes. During the Kings’ Cup-winning run in 2012, Richardson skated in 13 contests, scored a goal and won 61.1 percent of his faceoffs. Prior to turning pro, he played four seasons with the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack from 2001-05 and was named to the league’s Third All-Star Team in 2004-05.