Preview:Leafs Verses Sharks

Again.  This is a game the Toronto Maple Leafs ought to win tonight, however, they've lost two in a row to teams with .500 records.

In order to defeat San Jose tonight, Leaf's goalie, Frederick Andersen has to be solid in net.

No letting in weak goals as Andersen has been doing in the last two games.

Best Players:

SJ: Logan Couture - 11 points.
TOR: Auston Matthews - 15 points.

Injuries

Toronto

Matt Martin - undisclosed - day-to-day,

James Van Riemsdyk - undisclosed - day-to-day.

Turnovers Hurt Raiders In 34-14 Bills Win

The Buffalo Bills are now 5-2, thanks to the poor performance yesterday by the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders had four turnovers in a 34-14 Bills win.

Jamize Olawale put the Raiders ahead 7-0 with a touchdown at 9:28 of the first quarter.

There was no scoring until 8:46 of the second quarter when Andre Holmes tied the game 7-7 with a touchdown.

Buffalo went ahead 14-7 with 32 seconds to go in the first half when Matt Milano scored a TD. on a 40 yard fumble return.

Buffalo went up 20-7 in the third quarter with a 35 yard field goal and a 44 yard field goal.

Bill's quarterback, Tyrod Taylor scored a touchdown at 14:47 of the fourth quarter to put his team ahead 27-7.

DeAndre Washington made it a 27-14 game with a touchdown of his own at 10:50 of the final quarter.

LeSean McCoy sealed the deal for the Bills by scoring a touchdown at 3:12.

Taylor had 20 completions in 27 attempts for a total of 165 passing yards.

LeSean McCoy ran for 151 rushing yards on 27 carries.

Holmes had three receptions for a total of 51 yards.

Raiders QB, Derek Carr had 31 completions on 49 attempts for a total of 313 passing yards.

Washington ran for 26 rushing yards on six carries.

Finally, Michael Crabtree had five receptions for a total 85 yards.

Astros Up 3-2 In World Series After Winning Marathon

What is there to say about Game Five of the World Series?

Man!  What a marathon.

The game started at 8 p.m. last night and didn't end until 1:30 a.m. this morning.

Alex Bregman drove in Derek Fisher with a RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to score the winning run for the Houston Astros.

Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, George Springer, and Brian McCann all homered for Houston in the 13-12 Astro's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers last night.

Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig homered for the Dodger's in last night's game.

Going into the ninth inning, Houston was ahead 12-9.

Puig hit a two-run homer at the top of the ninth inning to make it a 12-11 game.

Chris Taylor tied the game 12-12 by driving in Auston Barnes and pushed the game into extra innings.

Bellinger went two for five at the plate and collected four RBIs.

Altuve went three for five and also collected four RBIs.

Finally, Gurriel and Correa recorded three RBIs last night.

Kadri Scores Two In Losing Cause

Nazem Kadri scores two goals in 4-2 loss.

Nazem Kadri scored two goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, but it wasn't enough as the team lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2.

Kadri made it 1-0 Leafs at 9:07 of the first period.

Brandon Manning tied the gamed at 12:06.

Jakub Vorachek put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 18:38 of the first period.

Valtter Flppula put the Flyers up by two at 11:03 of the second period.

Kadri scored his second goal at 13:02.

Claude Giroux put the Flyers up by two goals again at 15:20 of the second period.

Both Vorachek and Manning got two points last night.

Flyer's goalie Brian Elliott stopped 28 shots last night.

Bellinger Breaks Out Of His Slump In 6-2 L.A. Win

Cody Bellinger broke out of his slump last night

Los Angeles Dodger's Cody Bellinger, was hitless in 13 at bats.

Until last night.

Bellinger doubled in the seventh inning and drove in the winner in a five run ninth inning last night in Game Four of the World Series.

George Springer got the ball rolling as he hit a solo home run in the sixth inning to put the Houston Astros ahead 1-0.

Logan Forsythe tied the game 1-1 at the top of the seventh inning by driving in Bellinger with a single.

The Dodgers went ahead 2-1 at the top of the ninth inning when Bellinger drove in Corey Seager with a double.

The Dodgers scored four more runs in the ninth inning and walked away with the 6-2 victory.

Despite the loss, Astro's starting pitcher, Charlie Morton had a solid outing on the mound, giving up just three hits, an earned run, no walks, and struck out seven batters in 6.1 innings pitched.

Dodger's starter, Alex Wood gave up a hit, an earned run, two walks, and struck out three batters in 5.2 innings pitched.

Darvish Leaves Game In Second Inning Of Game Three

(left) Yu Darvish didn't last two innings last night.

Game Three of this year's World Series is a game that Los Angeles Dodger's pitcher, Yu Darvish is going to want to forget.

He (Darvish) didn't even last two innings as the Houston Astros quickly went ahead 4-0.

First, Yuli Gurriel hit a solo home run.

Afterwards, Gurriel made a racist gesture.

Not too smart on Gurriel's part.

Marwin Gonzalez made it 2-0 by driving in Josh Reddick with a RBI single.

The Astros went up 3-0 when Brian McCann drove in Evan Gattis with a RBI single.

Gonzalez scored Houston's fourth run on a sacrifice fly by Alex Bregman and that was the end for Darvish.

Joc Pederson scored the Dodger's first run at the top of the third inning on a double play.

Reddick made it a 5-1 game in the bottom of the fifth inning by scoring on a throwing error.

Corey Pederson made it 5-2 Astros at the top of the sixth inning, scoring on a routine ground out by Yasiel Puig.

Later in the inning, Justin Turner scored on a wild pitch, but that was all the runs the Dodgers got as Houston walked away with the 5-3 victory.

Houston's starting pitcher, Lance McCullers gave up four hits, three earned run, four walks, and struck out three batters in 5.1 innings pitched.

Preview: Flyers Verses Leafs

On paper, the Toronto Maple Leafs ought to win this game hands down.

The Philadelphia Flyers have a mediocre record of 5-5-0.

The Leafs overall record is 7-3-0, however, this isn't a guaranteed win for Toronto.

Remember what happened on Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Leaf's veteran, James Van Riemsdyk is still day-to-day with an injury and there's a good possibility he won't play tonight.

This quite possibly won't be good for the Leafs.

Team's best players

PHI: Jakub Loracek - 14 points.

TOR: Auston Matthews -14 points.

Injuries

Philadelphia

Nolan Patrick - Upper-Body - day-to-day,

Wayne Simmonds - Lower-Body - day-to-day.

Leafs Were Flat Against the Canes.

There's nothing to described last's night's Toronto Maple Leaf's game, but awful.

Yes.  The Leafs were just plain awful against the Carolina Hurricanes, a mediocre team.

Toronto was absolutely flat.

I wonder if Leaf's head coach, Mike Babcock gave the team a bag skate today?

Toronto ended up losing 6-3.

Carolina's goalie Scott Darling was really good last night.  He stopped 31 shots.

Despite the loss, Leaf's goalie, Frederick Andersen stopped 32 shots.

Carolina's Josh Joois scored two goals last night.  His teammate, Teuvo Tevainen had three points in last night's game.

Toronto faces the Philadelphia Flyers tomorrow night.

Springer's 11th Inning Homer Ties Series

George Springer

Was that a game or what.

Game Two of the World Series last night is probably going to go down as a classic.

The Los Angeles Dodgers look as if the team was going to go up 2-0 in the series as L.A. went ahead in the bottom of the sixth inning 3-1.

Unfortunately, the Houston Astros made a comeback at the top of the eighth inning.

Carlos Carrea drove in Alex Bregman with a RBI single.

At the top of the ninth inning, Marwin Gonzalez tied the game 3-3 with a solo home run and push the game into extra innings.

That's when the fun started.

The Astros went ahead 5-3 at the top of the 10th inning with back to back home runs by Jose Altuve and Correa.

It seemed as if the Astros had the game in their control, but no.

Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th to make it 5-4.

Enrique Hernandez tied the game by driving in Logan Forsyth with a RBI single.

George Springer silenced the Dodgers fans at the top of the 11th inning with a two run homer.

The Dodgers got a run in the bottom of the (11th) inning, but that was it as Houston walked away with the 7-6 victory.

Astros starting pitcher, Justin Verlander gave up just two hits, three earned runs, two walks and struck out five batters in six innings pitched.

Dodger's starter, Rich Hill had a good night on the mound, despite pitching just four innings.

Hill gave up just three hits, an earned run, three walks and struck out seven batters.

Correa went three for six at the plate and collected two RBIs.

Preview: Hurricanes Verses Leafs.

All the Toronto Maple Leafs have to do tonight is play the way the team has been playing for the last nine games.

The Carolina Hurricanes are a mediocre team with a 3-3-1 overall record.

The Leafs are five games over .500 (7-2-0).

There's no question on whose the better team here.

The Hurricanes are probably going to have problems with Toronto's speed tonight, however, the Leafs still have to play to the full potential in order to win.

Jeff Skinner is the Cane's best player.  He has five goals and an assist.

I feel that the Leafs are probably going to win by two goals or more.

Dodgers Take Game One Of The World Series

 

Los Angeles Dodger's starting pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, lived up to the hype last night.

Kershaw was fantastic in Game One of the World Series against the Houston Astros.

In seven innings pitched, Kershaw gave up just three hits, an earned run, no walks, and struck out 11 batters in a 3-1 Dodger's victory.

Kershaw's teammate, Justin Turner hit a tie breaking home run in the sixth inning.

Turner went 1 for 4 at the plate and collected two RBIs.

Game Two tonight has Justin Verlander (Hou) and Rich Hill (L.A.) on the mound.

Pedroia Out For Seven Months

Dustin Pedroia out for seven months

Things seem to be getting worse and worse for the Boston Red Sox.

First, the Sox were eliminated by the Houston Astros in this year's playoffs.  Then, the club fired manager, John Farrell, and now the team has lost their best slugger.

Dustin Pedroia underwent knee surgery today to repair cartilage and is going to be out for seven months.

Word has it that Pedroia isn't going to back on the diamond until late May of 2018.

Pedroia was hampered by knee problems throughout the 2017 season, but still managed to play in 105 games.

This past season, Pedroia hit .293/.369/392, hit seven home runs, and had 19 doubles. 

What's Wrong With Montreal?

What is wrong with the Montreal Canadians?

I'll tell you what's wrong.

Their three best players are not performing the way they're suppose to.

Both captain, Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk have just two goals.  Also, both players have a plus-minus of -4.

Galchenyuk's struggles have prompted trade rumors involving him.

Then there's goalie, Carey Price.
Price isn't playing good at all.

Price's goals against average is over 3.00 (3.54) and his save percentage is .890.  His record is 2-5-1.

Montreal is off to their worst starts in 75 years.

The Canadien's overall record is 2-6-1 and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel..

I strongly feel that trading P.K. Subban to the Nashvllie Predators for Shea Webber was a really bad move for the Canadiens.

The proof is in the pudding.

This season, Webber just has four points.  Subban has eight.

Jonathan Drouin, who was acquired in the offseason, is doing okay.  He has seven points.

Unfortunately, Drouin's teammates are not helping him.

It seems as if it is going to be a long season for Montreal and their fans.

 

World Series Starts Tonight

Tonight the night that all baseball fans been waiting for.

The World Series starts tonight.

The Houston Astros verses the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Predictions?

I'm not going to make a prediction.

Why?

It is because I'm usually wrong when I make a prediction.

I'll say this, though.

L.A. are hot right now and I won't be surprised if the Dodgers won it all.

Look how the Dodgers steamrolled over the Chicago Cubs.

This is the first World Series appearance for the Dodgers since 1988.  L.A. won the 1988 World Series too.

Houston, however, is just as good a team.

Houston have a good shot at winning the title too if Jose Altuve does what he's capable of with his bat.

To me, the team that gets the breaks is probably the team that is going to win the title.

Leafs Go 7-2 After Defeating Kings

Man!  I was right about last night.

I knew that last night's game, the Los Angeles Kings verses the Toronto Maple Leafs, was going to be decided by a goal.

Yes.  The Leafs are now 7-2 on the season after defeating the 6-0-1 Kings 3-2 last night.

Both goalies were fantastic in net last night.

Toronto's Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots.

L.A.'s Jonathan Quick was just as good in net, despite the loss.  He stopped 30 shots.

Matt Martin opened the scoring for the Leafs at 5:46 of the first period.

There was no scoring until 14:44 of the second period when Tyler Bozak made it 2-0.

Almost a minute later, Adrian Kempe closed the gap to 2-1.

Patrick Marleau made it 3-1 Leafs at 2:54 of the third period.

Trevor Lewis scored at 12:19 of the (third) period to make it a 3-2 game.

Toronto, however, managed to hang on and win.

Lewis finished the game with two points.

Toronto's Mitch Marner had two assists in last night's game.

Toronto faces the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Preview: Kings Verses Leafs

I'll be really surprise if this game wasn't decided by a goal or goes into overtime or a shoot-out.

Both the Los Angeles Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs have similar overall records.

L.A. is 6-0-1.  Toronto is 6-2-0.

Toronto is probably going to be out for revenge tonight because of what happened the last time the team faced L.A at the Air Canada Centre.

On November 8, 2016, the Kings hammered the Leafs 7-0.

There's no question that the Leafs don't want that to happen again tonight.

Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown are the King's best players.  The two players have 11 points.

Auston Matthews continues to be the Leaf's offensive hero.  He has 12 points.

Astros Shut Out Yankees And Are On Their Way To The World Series

Well, it is going to be the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers battling it out in the World Series this year.

Yes.  The Astros shut out the New York Yankees 4-0 last night in Game Seven of the American League Championship Series.

Astros's pitcher, Justin Verlander was awarded the ALCS Most Valable Player award.

This is going to be the Astros's first World Series appearance since 2005.

Houston, of course, was in the National League at the time.

Both Jose Altuve and Evan Gattis homered last night.

Houston's starting pitcher, Charlie Morton, had a solid outing on the mound last night, giving up just two hits, no earned runs, a walk, and struck out five batters in five innings pitched.

Game One of the World Series is on Tuesday night (Oct. 24).

Leafs Go 6-2 After Loss To Senators

Erik Karlsson got three assists last night in a Senator's 6-3 win over the Leafs.

The Ottawa Senators snapped the Toronto Maple Leaf's three game winning streak with a 6-3 victory last night at home.

Ottawa's defenseman, Erik Karlsson, whose just been activated from the injured reserve, got three assists last night.

Nate Thompson opened the scoring for Ottawa at 12:01 of the first period.

Toronto didn't get their first goal until 6:00 of the third period with a goal by James Van Riemsdyk.

Auston Matthews closed the gap 3-2 at 8:34 of the third period.

It seemed as if Toronto was going to make a comeback.

Unfortunately, seven seconds later, Mark Stone scored to put the Senators ahead 4-2.

William Nylander scored at 12:52 to make it 4-3, however, Ottawa scored two more goals in the third period to secure the victory.

Leaf's goalie, Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots last night.

Leaf's defenseman, Ron Hainsey had three assists.

Both Stone and Derick Brassard had three points last night.

Ottawa's goalie, Craig Anderson stopped 28 shots in last night's game.

Red Sox Hires Alex Cora As their New Manager

The Boston Red Sox have just hired their former second baseman, Alex Cora s their new manager.

Cora replaces John Farrell, who was fired earlier last week.

Cora played 14 seasons in the Major Leagues.

Seven with the Los Angeles Dodgers, four with Boston, and two with the New York Mets.

Cora also played a season with the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and the Washington Nationals.

Cora hit a .243 lifetime, hit 35 home runs, and had 286 RBIs.

In 2003, Cora led the league in putouts and double plays by a second baseman.

Houston Forces Game Seven In ALCS

Game Six of the American League Championship Series was basically a blow out.

For the Houston Astros that is.

The Astros have forced a Game Seven in the ALCS as the team hammered the New York Yankees 7-1 last night.

Houston's starting pitcher, Justin Verlander had another stellar performance last night on the mound.

Verlander went seven innings, giving up five hits, no earned runs, a walk, and struck out eight batters.

Houston's Jose Altuve homered and drove in three runs in Game Six.

Altuve went three for four at the plate last night.

Preview: Leafs Verses Senators

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to try to increased their record to 7-1 tonight against the Ottawa Senators.

A win tonight is going to also give the Leafs their fourth straight victory.

Unfortunately, history is going against the Leafs.

Ottawa was 3-1-0 last year against the Leafs last season.

Kyle Turris is the Senators best player.  He has eight points.

Meanwhile, Auston Matthews continues to provide the offense for Toronto.  He has 10 points.

Two Milestones Involving Two Members Of The Winnipeg Jets

(left) Blake Wheeler scored his 200th goal in a 4-3 win over the Wild.

Two members of the Winnipeg Jets reach a milestone last night in a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

Jet's captain, Blake Wheeler scored his 200th goal at 13:14 of the third period.

Wheeler has played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League.

Wheeler has played three seasons with the Boston Bruins, a season with the Atlanta Thrashers, and seven with the Jets.

The 4-3 victory gives Winnipeg's head coach, Paul Maurice his 600th NHL career win behind the bench.

Maurice became the 17th coach to reach the 600th win plateau.

Paul Maurice gets his 600th win as head coach.

Maurice has coached in the NHL for 19 seasons.  Two for the Hartford Whalers, 11 with the Carolina Hurricanes, two with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and four with the Jets,

There's Going To Be A New World Series Champion This Year.

Clayton Kershaw

The Chicago Cubs are not going to win back-to-back World Series this year.

No, the Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Dodgers last night.

The Dodgers hammered the Cubs 11-1 in Game Five of the National League Championship Series.

Dodger's Enrique Hernandez hit three home runs last night.

Hernandez went three for four at the plate and collected a record seven RBIs.

Hernandez's teammate, Yasiel Puig scored three runs.

Dodgers starting pitcher, Clayton Kershaw was fantastic on the mound last night.

Kershaw gave up just three hits, an earned run, a walk, and struck out five batters in six innings pitched,

Leafs Are Now 6-1 After 6-3 Win Over Wings

(left) Curtis McElhinney had 30 saves in 6-3 win over the Red Wings.




The Toronto Maple Leafs are unbelievable this season.

With back up goalie, Curtis McElhinney in net for the Leafs last night, I really thought that Toronto was going to lose to the Detroit Red Wings.

Surprisingly, McElhinney was fantastic.

McElhinney stopped 30 shots last night.

It seems the Leafs have two solid goaltenders this year.

Good goaltending usually makes teams in the NHL successful.

Nazem Kadri opened the scoring at 5:56 of the first period.

Zach Hyman made it 2-0 Toronto at 6:39.

Henrik Zetterbergh closed the gap at 12:10.

Goals by Auston Matthews and Connor Brown put the Leafs ahead 4-1 at the end of the (first) period.

The Red Wings gave the Leafs a scare in the second period with goals by Tomas Tartar and Jonathan Ericsson.

Fortunately for the Leafs, Morgan Rielly scored Toronto's fifth goal of the game at 12:57 of the second period.

William Nylander added a goal in the third period for the Leafs.

The Leafs face the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.  

Yankees Take 3-2 Lead In ALCS

Gary Sanchez got a RBI single and a home run in a 5-0 New York Yankee's win over the Houston Astros in Game Five of the American League Championship Series yesterday.

Aaron Judge got a double and Didi Gregorius had a RBI single in yesterday's game.

The real hero for the Yankees yesterday was starting pitcher, Masashiro Tanaka.

Tanaka gave up just three hits, no earned runs, a walk and struck out eight batters in seven innings pitched.

As for the National League Championship Series, the Chicago Cubs avoided the sweep last night by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.

Javier Baez got two home runs for the Cubs.

Cubs starting pitcher, Jake Arrieta gave up just three hits, an earned run, five walks, and struck out nine batters in 6.2 innings pitched.

Leafs Increase Their Record to 5-1 With 2-0 Shut Out Win

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now 5-1 this season after shutting out the Washington Capitals last night 2-0.

The game was scoreless until 5:53 of the third period when Connor Brown scored to put the Leafs ahead 1-0.

Nazem Kadri added an empty-netter at 19:38 of the (third) period.

Morgan Rielly had two assists in last's night's game.

Leaf's goalie, Frederik Andersen stopped 30 shots last night.

Tonight, the Leafs face the Detroit Red Wings.

Detroit's best player is Mike Green.  He has nine points this season.

Red Wings goalie, Jimmy Howard has a 1.97 goals against average and a .942 save percentage.

The Leafs have out scored their opponents 28-19.

Yankees Tie Series. Dodgers Take A 3-0 Stranglehold

It seemed as if the Houston Astros was going to go ahead in the American League Championship Series 3-1 last night, however, the New York Yankees had other plans.

The Astros went ahead 3-0 at the top of the sixth inning when Yuli Gurrill drove in George Springer and Josh Reddick with a double.

Down 4-3, in the bottom of the eighth inning, New York went a ahead 6-4 for good when Gary Sanchez drove in Aaron Judge and Didi Gregorius with a double.

Both starting pitchers had good performances on the mound last night.

Houston's Lance McCullers Jr. gave up just two hits, an earned run, two walks, and struck out three batters in six innings pitched.

New York's Sonny Gray gave up a hit, an earned run, two walks, and struck out four batters in five innings pitched.

Meanwhile, in the National League Championship Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have taken a 3-0 stranglehold as the team defeated the Chicago Cubs last night 6-1.

Dodger's Chris Taylor homered and had a RBI triple.

Taylor's teammate, Yasiel Puig had two more hits in last night's game.

Dodger's starting pitcher, Yu Darvish had a really good outing on the mound last night.

In 6.1 innings pitched, Darvish gave up six hits, an earned run, a walk, and struck out seven batters.

Judge Shows His Stuff In 8-1 Yankee's Win

New York Yankee's rookie sensation, Aaron Judge has been struggling at the plate in this year's playoffs.

In fact, Judge has just five hits in 34 at-bats.

Last night, however, Judge showed the baseball world his remarkable skills as an outfielder.

Judge made two amazing catches in a 8-1 win over the Houston Astros in Game Three of the American League Championship Series.

The two catches were definitely the turning point of the game.

Judge also had a good night at the plate.

Judge broke the game wide open with a three run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Before that, Todd Frazier hit a three run home in the second inning to put the Yankees ahead 3-0.

Yankee's starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia had a good night on the mound.

Sabathia gave up just three hits, no earned runs, four walks and struck out five batters in six innings pitched.

Preview: Leafs Verses Capitals

With the Washington Capitals struggling with their defense, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a good chance of winning tonight.

Also, Washington got hammered 8-2 on Saturday by the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Leafs, however, still have to play good tonight.

Washington has Alex Ovechkin, who is first in the NHL in goals scored with nine and has a total of 10 points.

Ovechkin, of course, is always a dangerous player when he's on the ice.

He's (Ovechkin) isn't the team's captain for nothing.

The Leafs also has to be aware of Ovechkin's teammate, T.J. Oshie.  He has eight points this season.

What is even more troubling for the Leafs is that the team has surrendered 3.8 goals per game this season.

On the positive side, the Leafs has Auston Matthews.

Matthews is first on the  team in points with eight.

Also, Leaf's veteran, James Van Riemsdyk has scored a goal in the last three games.

Overall, the Leafs have the advantage tonight, but just a little bit.

Turner Helps Dodgers Take 2-0 Lead In NLCS

The Los Angeles Dodgers is ahead 2-0 in the National League Championship Series thanks to Justin Turner.

With two out, tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Turner hit a three run homer on a 1-0 count.

Turner finished the night two for four at the plate and collected four RBIs in a 4-1 Dodger's win over the Chicago Cubs.

Dodger's starting pitcher, Rich Hill had a solid performance on the mound.

Hill gave up just three hits, an earned run, a walk, and struck out eight batters in five innings pitched.

Rodgers Suffers Injury: Probably Out For The Season

As you all know by now, Green Bay Packer's quarterback, Aaron Rodgers suffered a serious injury yesterday in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Rodgers suffered the injury after taking a hard tackle from Viking's linebacker, Anthony Barr.

Rodgers had to be helped off the field after the hit.

It has been confirmed today that Rodgers suffered a broken right collarbone and probably be out for the rest of the season.

This is not good for Green Bay.

Rodgers is amongst the best QBs. in the NFL.

Without Rodgers, it is going to make it harder for the Packers to clinch a postseason berth.

Matthews Ends Losing Streak At The Bell Centre With Overtime Goal

Auston Matthews scores the winner in O.T.

The Toronto Maple Leafs ended their 14 game losing streak at the Bell Centre in Montreal thanks to Auston Matthews.

Yes.  Matthews did it again.

48 seconds into overtime, Matthews flipped the puck passed Montreal Canadien's goalie, Carey Price to give the Leafs the 4-3 win.

Things didn't start out good for the Leafs in the first period.

Montreal's Jeff Petry scored at 2:19 of the opening period to put his team ahead 1-0.

Thankfully, James Van Riemsdyk tied the game up at 7:32 of the first (period).

44 seconds later, Matthews put the Leaf's ahead 2-1.

Alex Galchenyuk, who has been struggling this season, tied the game before the period was over.

The  Canadiens went ahead again at 11:33 of the second period with a goal by Jonathan Drouin.

The Leafs tied the game 3-3 before the end of the second period.

There was no scoring in the third period.

Matthews scored his second goal in O.T. to give the Leafs the victory.

Drouin ended the night with two points.

Toronto's goalie, Frederik Andersen stopped 31 shots last night.

Verlander Pitches A Gem In Game Two

(left) Justin Verlander had 13 strikeouts yesterday

There's no describing on what Houston Astro's pitcher, Justin Verlander did yesterday to the New York Yankees in Game Two of the American League Championship Series.

This man was just fantastic on the mound.

Verlander pitched all nine innings, giving up five hits, an earned run, a walk, and struck out an astonishing 13 batters.

What was also exiting is how the game ended.

Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Carlos Correa hit a double into center field.

Jose Altuve raced around the base paths and scored the winning run.

Game One of the National League Championship Series was a different story.

The Los Angeles Dodgers continue their dominance in this year's playoffs by defeating the Chicago Cubs last night 5-2.

Dodger's Chris Taylor hit a tie breaking home run on a 1-0 count in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Taylor's teammate, Yasiel Puig hit a homer and had an RBI double in last night's game.

L.A.'s starting pitcher, Clayton Kershaw didn't dominate on the mound as he usually does, however, he still had a fairly good outing.

Kershaw gave up just four hits, two earned runs, a walk, and struck out four batters in five innings pitched.

Despite the loss, Cub's starter Jose Quintana, had a good quality outing on the mound yesterday, giving up just two hits, two earned runs, two walks, and struck out four batters in five innings pitched.

Astros Take Game One Of The ALCS

Man!  I'm really impressed on how the Houston Astros are playing right now.

Their pitching is outstanding.

Despite winning 2-1 over the New York Yankees last night in Game One of the American League Championship Series, the Astros look as if they're capable of winning it all.

The Astros scored their two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning last night.

It stayed 2-0 until Yankee's Greg Bird hit a solo home run in the ninth inning.

The home run, however, did not rattle the Astros as the team hung on to win.

Preview: Leafs Verses Canadiens

The Toronto Maple Leafs are capable of defeating their rivals, the Montreal Canadiens tonight if the team takes advantage of their power play.

Toronto is second in the NHL in power play percentage with 33.3%

Also, the Canadiens are on a three game losing streak and their record is 1-3.  Toronto's record is 3-1.

The problem with the Leafs tonight is their history at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Montreal have defeated the Leafs 14 times in a row at home.

What Happens To Baker Now The Nationals Are Eliminated?

Today, I'm not going to full review last night's game.

Anybody that seen Game Five of the National League Divisional Series, (Chicago Cubs verses Washington Nationals), knows what happened.

The Nationals went ahead 4-1 in the bottom of the second inning.

Unfortunately, the Cubs battled back and won 9-8.

The question is now: What does the future holds for Nats. manager, Dusty Baker?

For the second straight year, Washington won their division and failed to make the National League Championship Series.

We've already seen manager, John Farrell fired by the Boston Red Sox two days ago because the team was eliminated quickly from the postseason after having a fantastic year on the diamond.

Is Baker going to be next?

Leafs Loses First Game 6-3 To Devils

It was no surprise to me that the Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the New Jersey Devils last night, especially when New Jersey's Miles Wood scored just 37 seconds after the Leafs went ahead 1-0 in the first period.

Things got worse for Toronto as the game progressed.

Down 3-2, in the second (period), on a two man advantage, the Leafs did the unthinkable.  Toronto gave up a short-hand goal on a five on three.

Judging what I saw last night, the Leafs didn't deserve to win.

That being said, New Jersey have a good group of young guys on their team this year.

Wood and Pavel Zacha both scored two goals for the Devils last night.

As for the Devil's goalie, Corey Schneider.  He was a brick wall in net last night.   He stopped an amazing 47 shots last night.

The Leaf's next game is on Saturday against their rivals, the Montreal Canadiens

MLB Playoffs: Yanks Move On To ALCS

After being down 2-0 in the American League Divisional Series against the Cleveland Indians, the New York Yankees pulled off a comeback miracle and won the next three games to clinch a berth into the American League Championship Series.

Didi Gregorius homered twice off of Cleveland's starting pitcher, Corey Kluba, in a 5-2 Yankees victory last night.

With this loss, Cleveland's World Series drought increases to 69 years.

Gregoruis went three for four at the plate and collected three RBIs last night.

New York starter, C.C. Sabathia gave up five hits, two earned runs, no walks, and struck out nine batters in 4.1 innings.

The Yankees now face the Houston Astros in the ALCS, starting tomorrow night.

After postponing Game Four of the National League Divisional Series, (Chicago Cubs verses Washington Nationals), on Tuesday because of rain,  the Nats. blanked the Cubs 5-0 yesterday to tie the series 2-2.

Trea Turner made it 1-0 Nationals by scoring on an error at the top of the third inning.

There was no scoring until the eighth inning when Michael Taylor hit a grand slam.

National's starter, Stephen Strasburgh was fantastic on the mound, giving up just three hits, no earned runs, two walks and striking out an astonishing 12 batters.

Preview: Devils Verses Leafs

Tonight's game is going to be the battle of the undefeated.

Both the New Jersey Devils and the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't lost a game this season.

That's about to end tonight.

The Leafs are 3-0-0 and the Devils are 2-0-0.

On paper, New Jersey has the advantaged over the Leafs.

The Devils have out scored their opponents 10-3.

Both teams, however, are tied in power play percentage (37.5).

Jesper Bratt is first on his team (Devils) in points with five.

Toronto's Auston Matthews is already proving to everybody that last year was not a fluke.

Matthews is also first on his team in points with five and it seems as if he's going for more as the season progresses. 

Leaf's goalie, Frederik Andersen have won all three games and has a .949 save percentage.

Andersen is going up against  Cory Schneider tonight.  Schneider has a 1.50 goals against average and a .955 save percentage.

Boston Fire Farrell After Exiting Playoffs Early Again

After losing the American League Divisional Series for the second straight year, the Boston Red Sox have fired manager, John Farrell.

Farrell has been the Red Sox's manager for five years.

In his first year as manager (2013), Farrell managed the team to their eighth World Series title.

Since then, the Bosox won the American League East title two years in a row.

Unfortunately, both times, the team didn't get pass the ALDS.

The Houston Astros defeated the Red Sox 3-1 in the series this year.

During the five years with the Red Sox, Farrell had a win-loss record of 432-378.

Hyman Scores Two in Leafs Win Over Rangers

Zack Hyman scores two goals in the Leaf's 8-5 win over Rangers.

Two games into the National Hockey League 2017-18 season and the Toronto Maple Leafs have out scored their opponents 15-7.

It is not something the Leafs are not capable of doing, but the team is doing it.

Last's night's game against the New York Rangers wasn't as stellar as the Leaf's first game against the Winnipeg Jets.

The Leafs went ahead 5-1 in the first period.

Down 5-2 in the second period, the Rangers managed to score three goals to tie the game 5-5.

Third period goals by Tyler Bozak, Leo Komarov, and Nazem Kadri gave Toronto a 8-5 victory over the Rangers.

Toronto's Zack Hyman scored two goals during last night's game.

As for the Rangers, Mats Zuccarello had four points last night.

Toronto goalie, Frederick Andersen stopped 30 shots last night.

Nationals Make Huge Comeback To Win 6-3

After losing Game One of the National League Divisional Series, (NLDS), the Washington Nationals made a huge comeback in Game Two to tie the series 1-1.

Things didn't start out good for the Nationals as the Chicago Cubs went ahead 3-1 at the top of the fourth inning.

The score stayed 3-1 until the bottom of the eighth inning when National's slugger, Bryce Harper hit a two run homer to tie the game 3-3.

In the same inning, Ryan Zimmerman put the Nationals ahead for good with a three run homer to make it 6-3 Washington.

In the other NLDS, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-5 to go ahead in the series 2-0.

Dodger's slugger, Yasiel Puig had three hits and drove in two runs.

Puig's teammate, Logan Forsythe also had three hits during the game.

Dodgers closer, Kenley Jansen picked up the save.