— Texas Tech 85, Arkansas 83 OT
Arkansas led by 16 with 11:00 left in the game.
Tech tied it up on a 3-pointer with 0:09.7 left in regulation.
Tech out-rebounded Arkansas, 51-39
Red Raiders move on to play #1-seed Florida Saturday.
— Duke 100, Arizona 93
Duke shot 11-19 on the arc.
Blue Devils are 30-1 since Thanksgiving.
Arizona started season 17-6, went 7-7 in their last 14 games.
Duke is in Elite 8 for third time in four years.
— Florida 87, Maryland 71
Gators led 40-38 at halftime.
Florida out-rebounded Maryland, 42-20.
Gators shot 59.4% inside the arc.
Florida has won nine in row, 15 of last 16 games.
— Alabama 113, BYU 88
Alabama shot 25-51 on the arc, scored 1.43 points/possession.
BYU shot 6-30 on arc, 64.3% inside arc, and lost by 25.
Crimson Tide scored 62 points in the second half.
Alabama scored 94.3 ppg in its three NCAA tourney wins.
— Famous birthdays, March 28th
Rick Barry, 80
Len Elmore, 73
JK McKay, 72
Reba McIntyre, 70
Glenn Davis, 64
Byron Scott, 64
Vince Vaughn, 55
Chris Long, 40
Stefani Germanotta, 39 (Lady Gaga)
Christian Walker, 34
Derek Carr, 34
Will Smith, 30 (Dodgers’ catcher)
— Phillies 7, Nationals 3 (10)
Mackenzie Gore threw 6 shutout IP, struck out 13.
Nationals’ bullpen gave up seven runs in four innings.
— Orioles 12, Blue Jays 2
Tyler O’Neill homered on Opening Day for the sixth year in a row.
— Padres 7, Braves 4
Padres took the lead with four runs in 7th inning.
Jackson Merrill drove in four runs for San Diego.
— Astros 3, Mets 1
Mets had 6 hits, drew 6 walks, were 0-6 with RISP.
Framber Valdez threw seven shutout IP (90 PT)
— Marlins 5, Pirates 4
Pittsburgh led 4-2 in the eighth inning.
Kyle Stowers had a walk-off single to send 31,590 fans home happy.
— Bronx 4, Brewers 2
Freddy Peralta gave up two home runs in his 5 IP:
Austin Wells’ homer would’ve only been a home run in this stadium.
Anthony Volpe’s homer would’ve been a homer in only 9 of 30 MLB stadiums.
In other words, Peralta gave up two cheap home runs.
(There is an app that says how many ballparks each home run would’ve gone out of)
— Word of the Day— Over-reaction- Responding to something with too strong an emotion.
Example: the nine hitters in my fantasy baseball lineup went 4-32 Thursday; the guys on my bench went 10-22. A lesser person would’ve over-reacted and be annoyed by that 🙂
— Guardians 7, Royals 4 (10)
Kyle Manzardo was 3-4, scored twice, had four RBI
Royals led 3-0 early, tied game in bottom of ninth
Guardians’ ace Tanner Bibee was scratched (food poisoning); last month someone was boasting on social media how Bibee eats at Chipotle the day before all his starts. Oy.
— Giants 6, Reds 4
Wilmer Flores hit a 3-run homer in the ninth inning.
Jeimer Candelario knocked in three runs for the Reds.
— Red Sox 5, Rangers 2
Wilyer Abreu hit a 3-run tater in 9th inning, his second homer of the day.
Boston’s bullpen threw four shutout innings.
— Dodgers 5, Tigers 4
Detroit was 0-15 with runners in scoring position.
Ohtani hit another home run, is off to a 5-12 start at the plate.
— White Sox 8, Angels 1
Sean Burke tossed six shutout innings for Chicago.
Andrew Benintendi hit a 3-run homer.
