WAMW Sports: Baseball Pairings Announced

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Baseball pairings are out for the upcoming sectional. At Vincennes in class 3A, Washington opens against Pike Central in game one. Princeton plays Gibson Southern, and Vincennes will take on the winner of game one.

At Loogootee Shoals plays Barr Reeve, Rivet will face Loogootee, and North Daviess has the winner of game one.

At Southridge, Southridge plays Mitchell, Linton faces South Knox, Eastern Greene will meet North Knox.  The tournament kicks off Wednesday, May 23 thru Memorial Day.

The Cardinals picked up their fifth straight win by beating the Cubs, 4-3 on Dexter Fowler’s two-run homer with two out in the bottom of the 14th.
The Cardinals say catcher Yadier (YAH’-dee-ehr) Molina has undergone surgery and is expected to miss at least four weeks after being hit in the groin by a foul tip.  St. Louis has placed the eight-time All-Star on the 10-day disabled list. Molina left Saturday’s game against the Cubs in the eighth inning after being hit in the groin when Kris Bryant a tipped 102-mph pitch from reliever Jordan Hicks.
Starlin Castro had three RBIs for the second straight game and the Marlins picked up their fourth consecutive series win by beating the Reds, 8-5.

The Golden State Warriors are one win away from their fourth consecutive trip to the NBA’s Western Conference finals. And the Houston Rockets need one more victory to join the Warriors in the series.  Kevin Durant poured in 38 points on 15 of 27 shooting as the Warriors hammered the Pelicans, 118-92 at New Orleans to take a 3-1 series lead.

At Salt Lake City, Chris Paul carried the Rockets to a 100-87 victory over the Jazz. Paul finished with a team-high 27 points, 12 rebounds and six assists to help Houston take a 3-1 series lead.  The Rockets can close out the series at home on Tuesday.

Kevin Harvick dominated a race interrupted by rain and drove to his NASCAR Cup Series-high fourth victory of the season at Dover International Speedway.  Harvick swept the first two stages and easily chased down Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Clint Bowyer in the third for the lead after a 41-minute delay. Bowyer had asked for a rain dance when the race was stopped with 80 laps left.