— Lakers 110, Pelicans 106
Pelicans play Sacramento Friday for last playoff spot in West.
Zion Williamson hurt his hamstring late in this game.
Lakers move on to play Denver in first round of the playoffs.
— Kings 118, Warriors 94
Sacramento outscored Warriors 64-44 in second half.
Was this Klay Thompson’s last game with Golden State?
— BYU hired Kevin Young as its new basketball coach; Young has been an assistant with the Phoenix Suns the last three seasons.
— Milwaukee Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be on the sidelines when the Bucks start their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers; they’re hoping to have him back later in the series.
— Baseball injuries:
Brewers put OF Christian Yelich (back) on the IL.
Braves put 2B Ozzie Albies (broken toe) on the IL
— RIP Whitey Herzog; the great baseball manager passed away at age 92. He won three NL pennants with the Cardinals, winning the 1982 World Series. He also made the playoffs three times in five years managing Kansas City.
— Famous birthdays for April 17:
Marty Domres, 77
Geoff Petrie, 76
Boomer Esiason, 63
Marquis Grissom, 57
Tony Boselli, 52
Jennifer Garner, 52
Jed Lowrie, 40
— Arizona 12, Cubs 11 (10)
Ketel Marte tied game with a 9th-inning home run.
Cubs led 11-8 in seventh inning.
Ian Happ was 3-5, with three runs scored, 4 RBI
— Mets 3, Pirates 1
Pirate starter Jones threw 5 shutout IP, was yanked as planned, despite throwing only 59 pitches.
Last three games, Mets haven’t scored a run in the first five innings.
Mets have had 10 home games; five of the crowds were under 20,000.
— Rays 7, Angels 6 (13)
Caballero’s 2-run triple tied game in 9th for Tampa Bay
Rosario’s infield single was the walk-off hit.
With new extra inning rules, you don’t see a lot of 13-inning games.
— Guardians 10, Red Sox 7 (11)
Cleveland led 5-1 after five innings.
Gimenez single tied game in top of the 9th.
Red Sox are 2-6 at home.
— Phillies 5, Rockies 0
Suarez threw the second complete game in the majors this year.
Harper knocked in three of Philly’s five runs.
Last three games, Colorado scored a total of one run.
— Dodgers 6, Nationals 2
Mookie Betts went 5-5, with two runs scored, 2 RBI.
Jesse Winker homered, doubled for Washington.
— Orioles 11, Twins 3
Baltimore led 7-0 in the third inning.
Minnesota is 3-8 in its last eleven games.
Orioles scored 53 runs in their last eight games.
— A woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona on felony charges of fraudulent schemes and theft by extortion. Apparently she wanted $3.6M from Bauer, who remains a free agent this season.
