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SPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST

By Mark Wells May 21, 2025 | 5:40 AM

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Track IHSA Sectional at The Train Yard 4pm
Baseball IHSA Regional at Veterans Field @ Lakeside Park 4:30pm & 6:30pm

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM TUESDAY
Grayville 15, Wayne City 5
Edwards County 2, Webber 0
Regional Championship on Friday. Edwards Co vs Grayville. Game time is 4:30 at Wayne City.

Pinckneyville 14, Zeigler Royalton-Christopher 0
Crab Orchard 8, NCOE 0
Waltonville -Sesser Valier 10, Steeleville 0
Mt Vernon 10, Effingham 6 3A, Non Regional Game
Red Bud 13, Nashville 3
Pope Co 11, Hardin Co 9
Goreville 15, Carrier Mills 5
Columbia 4, Breese Central 3
Waterloo 7, Triad 5

NBA Playoffs
Oklahoma City Thunder 114, Minnesota Timberwolves 88
(Thunder lead best-of-seven West Finals, 1-0)

MLB American League
Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins (G1) (Postponed)
Tampa Bay Rays 3, Houston Astros 2
New York Yankees 5, Texas Rangers 2
Chicago White Sox 1, Seattle Mariners 0
Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins (G2) (Postponed)
Los Angeles Angels 7, The Athletics 5

MLB National League
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Cincinnati Reds 0
Chicago Cubs 14, Miami Marlins 1 Chicago has won four of five and is in first place in the NL Central at 29-and-20. The Cubs send Cade Horton to the mound against Miami this afternoon.
Washington Nationals 5, Atlanta Braves 3
Philadelphia Phillies 7, Colorado Rockies 4
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 3 (F/10)

MLB Interleague
Boston Red Sox 2, New York Mets 0
Toronto Blue Jays 3, San Diego Padres 0
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Baltimore Orioles 2
Detroit Tigers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 The Cardinals remain in second place in the NL Central at 27-and-22. They send Andre Pallante to the mound against the Tigers this afternoon.

San Francisco Giants 3, Kansas City Royals 2

NHL Playoffs
Florida Panthers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 2
(Panthers lead best-of-seven East Final, 1-0)

NFL News
NFL stars will be able to represent their nations at the next Summer Olympics. During the league’s spring meeting in Minneapolis, owners unanimously approved a proposal for players to participate in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The league still needs to negotiate with the Players Association, Olympic officials and national governing bodies on the specifics. The annual spring meeting continues on Wednesday with a vote expected to be taken that could ban the tush push.

WNBA News
Caitlin Clark continues to draw more eyes toward women’s basketball. Last Saturday’s season opener between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky drew an average of 2.7-million viewers on ABC, making it the most watch WNBA regular season game in 25 years. The game peaked at a little over three-million viewers, which trails only last year’s All-Star Game as the largest average audience for any event.

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