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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Chicago Cubs 5, Washington Nationals 1 Tigers and White Sox were off Cubs 5, Nationals 1 – Swanson homers, Smyly sharp as Cubs beat Nationals 5-1 Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Drew Smyly delivered seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rough series at Miami to beat the Washington Nationals 5-1. Swanson went 3-for-5, including a double and his second homer of the season. His blast to left-center in the fifth inning made it 4-1 — a welcome advantage for the Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid. All those losses to the Marlins were by one run. Smyly allowed a homer by Lane Thomas in the second inning but cruised from there, throwing just 84 pitches. Tonight N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Wesneski 2-1) at Washington (Williams 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Ryan 5-0) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-3), 7:10 p.m. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night – Round 1 New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0 (NJD wins 4-3) Devils 4, Rangers 0 – Devils blank Rangers in Game 7, face Canes in second round Akira Schmid rebounded from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers Monday night in an entertaining first-round playoff series. Michael McLeod and Tomas Tatar scored second-period goals in the series decider and Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt added insurance goals in game between the long-time Hudson River rivals. Coming off a franchise best 52-win season, the Devils will open the Eastern Conference semifinals on Wednesday against the Metropolitan Division-winning Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tonight – Round 2 Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:00 p.m. (Game 1) Seattle Kraken at Dallas Stars, 9:30 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 119, Boston Celtics 115 (PHI leads 1-0) Denver Nuggets 98, Phoenix Suns 87 (DEN leads 2-0) Sixers 119, Celtics 115 – Harden scores 45, hits late 3 as 76ers down Celtics 119-115 James Harden matched his playoff career high with 45 points and hit a go-ahead, step-back 3-pointer over Al Horford with 8.7 seconds left as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied without Joel Embiid to beat the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of MVP finalist Embiid, who sat out with a sprained right knee. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points. Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night. Nuggets 98, Suns 87 – Nikola Jokic’s 39 points leads Nuggets past Suns 97-87 Nikola Jokic scored 39 points and pulled down 16 rebounds on the eve of the NBA MVP announcement to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, giving them a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24 but they combined to miss a whopping 32 shots, including 14 from long range. The Suns held Murray to 10 points 48 hours after he went off for 34 but they had no answers for Jokic. Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased the 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 1-0) Los Angles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. (Game 1) Horse Racing – Forte is 3-1 favorite for Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Todd Pletcher-trained colt Forte and Brad Cox’s filly Wet Paint are the morning line favorites respectively for the 149th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Forte, the 2-year-old champion whose 190 points led the Derby qualifying trail, drew the No. 15 post at 3-1 odds on Monday for the $3 million premier race for 3-year-olds. Stablemate Tapit Trice is the 5-1 second choice after drawing the No. 5 post, with Cox’s Angel of Empire the 8-1 third choice after drawing the No. 14 post. Wet Paint drew the No. 7 post for the Oaks at 5-2 odds. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night No games last night Today Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 6:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 2, Gull Lake 1 Eleah Hedstrom’s second goal of the game came just 68 seconds after Gull Lake tied the game and the Bears went on for a 2-1 road win over the 2nd ranked Blue Devils. Megan Painter had the assist on the game winning goal and Clara Berry made 6 saves on 7 shots for the win. St. Joe improves to 8-3-1 and will host Battle Creek Central on Wednesday Saugatuck 3, South Haven 0 Kalamazoo Christian 8, Constantine 0 Schoolcraft 1, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – TIE Portage Central 2, Portage Northern 1 Hastings 8, Sturgis 0 G.R. Covenant Christian 2, Otsego 2 – TIE Plainwell 3, Harper Creek 0 Today Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Paw Paw, Cancelled Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled Fennville at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Gobles at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Our Lady of the Lake at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Brandywine at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Plainwell, 4:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Paw Paw, Cancelled Niles at Vicksburg, Cancelled Fennville at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Delton-Kellogg, 4:30 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Gobles at Holland Black River, 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Covert at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Calhoun Christian at Marcellus, 5:30 p.m. Track and Field Portage Central at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis Buchanan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.