chris paul, though, not going to get it to go and spurs win 102-99 and take the series in a sweep. the spurs last lost april 11th against the lakers and await the winner of the lakers/thunder series that they could close out tonight in oklahoma city. the staples center the coyote avoided a sweep beating the kings 2-0 on a pair of goals by shane doan. they have to wait till tomorrow to clinch their first trip to the stanley cup final since 93. baseball, last time he took the mound steven strasbourg of the nationals had an uncomfortable outing thanks to misplaced icy hot. much better day yesterday. the nats try to avoid getting swept. nationals up a run, strasbourg goes up to bat. solo shot, gone, first home run of his career. second hit of the game, 5 for 40 li lifetime at the plate, struck out eight before leaving with tightness in his arm. the nats win 9-3 and orioles
bryce harper solo shot, another one, his second in the last two days. this one goes 406 feet, the nats only run of the game. after the game, davey johnson had an interesting theory about why stephen strasburg looked uncomfortable on the mound. has it been a while since you ve seen him look that uncomfortable? obviously the weather had something to do with it in the first. he was pretty fidgety there. yeah. i can t really tell you what the problem was, but seemed kind of out of place. you ve said that. but where to get in his place, not on his shoulder i don t know. it was uncomfortable to say the least. tough audio there. what davey johnson said was some hot stuff got in his place. icy hot stuff you put on an injur injury. some icy hot stuff, quote, got in his face.
for the ages. we ll pick it up in the seventh. rangers and cards tied at 4-4. adrian beltre left the yard in a hurry, a solo shot. texas up one and just getting started. next hitter was nelson cruz. he belted one out. back-to-back home runs for texas. they d add another and lead 7-4. then the game got real fun. in the ninth, rangers up 7-5. one out away from winning the world series. two aboard for david freese. texas fans, hold that champagne. ripped a triple over cruz s head. in came a pair, busch stadium exploded and it s tied at 7-7. on to extras, in the seventh, josh hamilton, nursing a sore groin, went deep. rangers back in control, 9-7. but the pesky cards wouldn t go away. bottom ten. down one. lance berkman slapped a single up the middle. jon jay scores. another tie game. and they were knotted at 9-9. only one way to cap off a game line this. how about a walkoff home run?
against the cubs. in the ninth, tied game. sacks full. miguel cabrera, walk-off rbi single. single to right. in game jason rapko. we saved the best for last. a s and white sox. a solo shot, he knew it the second it left the bat. chicago won it, 6-5 that s your first look at sports. i m fred roggin. another quick look at the weather. bill, one regret. i didn t get to go to a basketball game this season. it s not over yet. but we re in playoffs. unless you can score me some tickets. a tough ticket. let s talk about this morning s