ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Lady Mules Softball vs. Gallatin County at Southwest Park POSTPONED
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
JR HIGH TRACK:
Fairfield at the Jr. NEC Conference Track Meet at Carmi
(Start time moved to 10:00 am)
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND:
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL:
JV MULES BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER AT RED HILL:
Fairfield 3, Red Hill 1
Harv Keyser picked up the victory for the Mules.
Fairfield 9, Red Hill 7
Austin Grieve got the win for the Mules while Grady Rush picked up the save.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL SCORES FROM SATURDAY:
Freeburg 9, Gibault 0
Freeburg 2, Teutopolis 0
Greenville 14, Carlyle 2
Mascoutah 15, Salem 0
Mascoutah 14, Salem 0
Mater Dei 7, Alton-Marquette 6
Mt Vernon 8, Lyon County 3
Teutopolis 4, Gibault 0
Vienna 11, Anna Jonesboro 3
Wesclin 10, Valmeyer 4
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL:
Harrisburg 2, Fairfield 1 (8 innings)
Fairfield was led by Kiersten Vaughan who went 2-4 with a Double and Jocelyn Lee who went 1-3. Kenry Hutchcraft took the loss for the Lady Mules going 7 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts.
JV Softball:
Fairfield 10, Harrisburg 2
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL SCORES FROM SATURDAY:
Belleville East 12, Jerseyville 0
Belleville East 16, Jerseyville 5
Lawrenceville 6, Salem 5
Marion 6, Mascoutah 3
Red Bud 4, Anna Jonesboro 0
Robinson 6, Gillespie 1
Salem 12, Lawrenceville 1
Teutopolis 10, Windsor- Stewardson Stasburg 0
Waltonville 3, Nashville 1
COLLEGE BASEBALL:
Frontier Bobcats 10, Kaskaskia College 9
Kaskaskia College 9, Frontier Bobcats 3
COLLEGE SOFTBALL (FROM SUNDAY):
Spoon River College 4, Frontier Bobcats 1
Spoon River College 9, Frontier Bobcats 3
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
SUNDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NBA Playoffs
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Toronto Raptors 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 89
(Best-of-seven East first round series tied, 2-2)
San Antonio Spurs 114, Portland Trail Blazers 93
(Spurs lead best-of-seven West first round series, 3-1)
Boston Celtics 128, Philadelphia 76ers 96
(Celtics lead best-of-seven East first round series, 3-1)
Houston Rockets 115, Los Angeles Lakers 96
(Lakers lead best-of-seven West first round series, 3-1)
MLB American League
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Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Cleveland Guardians 2
Tampa Bay Rays 4, Minnesota Twins 2
Houston Astros 7, New York Yankees 4
The Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 1
Kansas City Royals 11, Los Angeles Angels 9 (F/10)
MLB National League
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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 0
The Chicago Cubs had just four hits during a 6-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers from Chavez Ravine. The Northsiders went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left 12 players on base. Shota Imanaga was charged with his second loss after allowing five runs on six hits in five-and-a-third innings. The Cubs fell to 17-and-11. They send Matthew Boyd to the mound against the Padres tonight.
Atlanta Braves 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Colorado Rockies 3, New York Mets 1 (G1)
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Miami Marlins at San Francisco Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks 12, San Diego Padres 7 (Mexico City Series)
Colorado Rockies 3, New York Mets 0 (G2)
MLB Interleague
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Seattle Mariners 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
The St. Louis Cardinals were swept by the Seattle Mariners following a 3-2 loss at Busch Stadium. The game was tied at two before JoJo Romero surrendered a go-ahead home run to Rob Refsnyder. Romero was charged with the loss in relief, while JJ Wetherholt and Nathan Church both went deep. The Cardinals dropped to 14-and-13. They send Dustin May to the mound against Pittsburgh tonight.
Detroit Tigers 8, Cincinnati Reds 3
Washington Nationals 2, Chicago White Sox 1 (F/10)
The Chicago White Sox dropped the rubber match of their weekend series against the Nationals 2-1 in ten innings from Rate Field. Seranthony Dominguez gave up a pair of runs in the top of the tenth and was charged with the loss in relief. Tristan Peters drove in Chicago’s only run. The Southsiders dropped to 11-and-17. They send Anthony Kay to the mound against the Angels tonight.
NHL Playoffs
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Buffalo Sabres 6, Boston Bruins 1
(Sabres lead best-of-seven East first round series, 3-1)
Colorado Avalanche 5, Los Angeles Kings 1
(Avalanche win best-of-seven West first round series, 4-0)
Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Montreal Canadiens 2
(Best-of-seven East first round series tied, 2-2)
Anaheim Ducks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (F/OT)
(Ducks lead best-of-seven West first round series, 3-1)
NASCAR
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Jack Link’s 500 (at Talladega, AL)
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Chris Buescher
3. Alex Bowman
PGA
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Zurich Classic of New Orleans (at Avondale, LA)
1. M. Fitzpatrick/A. Fitzpatrick (-31)
T2. A. Smalley/H. Springer (-30)
T2. K. Reitan/K. Ventura (-30)
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