Baseball
Today is an important day in Major League Baseball history The
Dodgers are coming off back to back nights of wins and are looking to pull off
a sweep against the visiting American League West team, the Seattle Mariners.
The Dodgers beat the Mariners twice in the 9th inning or later. The
Dodgers had called up veteran pitcher David Huff to start yesterday’s game has
now been designated for an assignment within the organization. The team, in
turn, then called up young reliever Carlos Frias for pitching depth. The
Dodgers send up new Dodgers starter, Brett Anderson, to the hill to counter
with Taijuan Walker, a young starting pitcher with good potential to become a star.
The Dodgers’ record this season is (5-3) and is in second place, 1 game behind
the surprising Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers play tonight at 7:10 PST at
Dodgers Stadium and it will be on channel ESPN2 and will not be blacked out in
the LA area.
Basketball
The Clippers won their last game of the season yesterday beating
their host, the Phoenix Suns, 112-101. The Clippers clinched a playoff spot in
the Western Conference and also clinched home court advantage for the first round
of playoffs. The Clippers could face the
San Antonio Spurs or the Dallas Mavericks in the first round depending on the
tiebreaker with the Houston Rockets over the second or third seed. The Clippers
have a record of (56-26) on par to the Rockets. Playoffs begin this weekend.
The injury-riddled Lakers are playing their last game of the
season at home in Los Angeles against the Sacramento Kings. The Lakers that are
out with injuries are the likes of guards Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin,
Nick Young, Ronnie Price and Wayne Ellington. Also forward Wesley Johnson and
rookies forward Julius Randle and guard Jordan Clarkson are also out for the
season with injuries. The Lakers brought up rookie Vander Blue out of the Lakers’
D-League team, the D-Fenders. The Lakers are ending the season with the fourth
NBA worst record of (21-61) and are in last place in their division and will
miss playoffs.
Soccer
The Galaxy currently has a record of (2-2-2) and 8 points
with their next game in Vancouver against Whitecaps FC on Saturday at 4 pm PDT.
Gyasi Zardes and Omar Gonzalez
represented the United States in a game against the Mexico National team
yesterday, winning 2-0.
Football Stadium
The move to LA project in Carson led by the San Diego
Chargers and Oakland Raiders is moving forward the Carson City Council set to
vote on after the signatures by the citizens have been verified. The Chargers
and Raiders are competing against the St. Louis Rams and Inglewood.
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