Stanton, Davidson turn Opening Day into HR derby

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the herald ■ Friday, March 30, 2018

Stanton, Davidson turn Opening Day into HR derby By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Giancarlo Stanton and Matt Davidson gave opening day quite a jolt. A new baseMLB ball season began with a bang Thursday when Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs homered on the very first pitch. World Series MVP George Springer connected , Adam Jones and Nick Markakis hit walkoff winners and Anthony Rizzo delivered the most emotional drive of the day. Shohei Ohtani also got off to a nice start with a hit in his first at-bat . But a year after big leaguers launched a record 6,105 longballs, Stanton and Davidson staged their own long-distance home run derby. Stanton hit two hard homers and doubled in his debut with the New York Yankees during a 6-1 victory at Toronto. The reigning NL MVP led the majors with 59 home runs last year, then was traded from Miami to the Bronx. “You want to get the first one

out of the way and then you can relax,” Stanton said. Davidson did even better, hitting three home runs for the Chicago White Sox in a 14-7 romp at Kansas City. He became the fourth player with a three-homer performance on opening day, joining Detroit’s Dmitri Young (2005), the Cubs’ Tuffy Rhodes (1994) and Toronto’s George Bell (1988). “Special day in anybody’s book,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. Not every pitcher got tagged, though. Justin Verlander pitched six shutout innings for the champion Houston Astros in a 4-1 win over Texas. Luis Severino threw one-hit ball over 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the Yankees. Boston ace Chris Sale gave up just one hit in six innings, but Tampa Ray rallied for six runs in the eighth to win 6-4. And in Seattle, Felix Hernandez used a biting curveball to outduel Cleveland ace and AL Cy Young award winner Corey Kluber. Hernandez pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings, while Kluber allowed two runs over eight in the

Mariners’ 2-1 win. The new season has a couple new numbers on the scoreboard, too. As part of MLB’s pace of play initiatives, mound visits are now counted. Teams are allowed six without pitching changes — by the managers, coaches or infielders — before a trip triggers a mandatory change on the mound. There didn’t appear to be any flaps with umpires over the new policy, though it seemed to have an early effect in Miami, where Jose Urena gave up a home run to Happ on his first pitch. Dwight Evans is the only other player to connect on the first pitch of a season, doing it for the Red Sox in 1986 off Jack Morris at Tiger Stadium, the Elias Sports Bureau said. “I was thinking fastball first pitch there,” Happ said. Urena hit three batters in the first inning and walked two. Even so, it took a while before pitching coach Juan Nieves went to see him — when he did, the scoreboard at Marlins Park counted down the MVs from six to five. The next inning, Rizzo earned a standing ovation after his home

run at Miami. Both teams wore patches to honor the 17 people killed at his former high school in Parkland, Florida. Crossing home plate, the Cubs star patted the patch on his chest and pointed to the sky. “That was probably the most out-of-body experience I’ve had hitting a home run in my life,” Rizzo said. “It just felt really good.” Early in the day, the rain was the big winner. The Pittsburgh-Detroit game at Comerica Park was rained out, a day after the Washington-Cincinnati game was postponed in advance. Under gray skies, it was somber at Citi Field, where the New York Mets mourned former star Rusty Staub, who died hours before the opener. In Toronto, the Blue Jays held a pregame tribute to late ace Roy Halladay and retired the pitcher’s number No. 32. All over the majors, there was expanded netting to provide extra protection for fans sitting near the field. And in Arizona, the new bullpen buggy — a nod to the past

— was set for its first ride to shuttle relievers from bullpens to the mound. Aaron Boone of the Yankees and Mickey Callaway of the Mets won in their first games as major league managers, Alex Cora of the Red Sox and Gabe Kapler of the Phillies lost. Ohtani got on the board with his first swing, grounding a hard single to right field for the Los Angeles Angels. The two-way newcomer from Japan often looked overmatched at the plate in spring training, but did fine in his first try while batting eighth as the designated hitter. The 23-year-old will make his pitching debut Sunday against the Athletics. It will be a little longer until Greg Holland pitches for St. Louis, but at least he has a job. The closer and the Cardinals agreed to a $14 million, one-year contract less than two hours before they faced the Mets. Dozens of free agents remain without deals, including Jose Bautista, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Ruiz, Matt Holliday and Melky Cabrera.

Chicago Cubs 8, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 9, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 2, San Diego 1, 12 innings San Francisco 1, L.A. Dodgers 0 Arizona 8, Colorado 2 Today’s Games Pittsburgh (Nova 0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Miami (Smith 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Pivetta 0-0) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 0-0), 7:35 p.m. Colorado (Anderson 0-0) at Arizona (Ray 0-0), 9:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Chacin 0-0) at San Diego (Lucchesi 0-0), 10:10 p.m. San Francisco (Cueto 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Wood 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh (Williams 0-0) at Detroit (Fulmer 0-0), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 0-0) at Cincinnati (Castillo 0-0), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-0) at Miami (Despaigne 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 0-0) at Atlanta (McCarthy 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Suter 0-0) at San Diego (Perdomo 0-0), 8:40 p.m. San Francisco (Holland 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

Pro basketball

Ingles, UTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 430 .444 Thompson, GOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 466 .442 Korver, CLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 364 .440 Towns, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 265 .438 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Player FT FTA PCT Curry, GOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 302 .921 Lillard, POR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 484 .917 Belinelli, PHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 145 .917 Paul, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 216 .917 Redick, PHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 196 .908 REBOUNDS PER GAME Player G OFF DEF TOT AVG Drummond, DET . . . . . . 73 374 793 1167 16.0 Jordan, LAC . . . . . . . . . 70 296 782 1078 15.4 Howard, CHA . . . . . . . . 75 237 689 926 12.3 Towns, MIN . . . . . . . . . 76 220 709 929 12.2 Davis, NOR . . . . . . . . . 68 170 587 757 11.1 Kanter, NYK . . . . . . . . . 71 273 507 780 11.0 ASSISTS PER GAME Player G AST AVG Westbrook, OKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 746 10.1 James, CLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 680 9.1 Harden, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 577 8.7 Simmons, PHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 587 8.0 Paul, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 431 8.0 Rondo, NOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 460 7.9 STEALS PER GAME Player G STL AVG Oladipo, IND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 159 2.27 George, OKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 150 2.05 Bledsoe, MIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 135 2.01 Butler, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 108 1.93 Harris, DEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 120 1.85 Harden, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 120 1.82 BLOCKS PER GAME Player G BLK AVG Davis, NOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 170 2.50 Turner, IND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 112 1.90 Durant, GOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 114 1.87 Capela, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 127 1.87 Embiid, PHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 111 1.76 Drummond, DET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 121 1.66

Boston 4, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3, OT Florida 3, Ottawa 2 Nashville 5, San Jose 3 Minnesota 5, Dallas 2 Chicago 6, Winnipeg 2 Columbus 5, Calgary 1 Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles 4, Arizona 2

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Local schedule All Times EST ■■ TODAY, MAR. 30 Prep Boys Baseball Northeast Dubois at Heritage Hills (V) . . . . . . 6:00 Prep Softball Northeast Dubois at Heritage Hills (V/JV) . . . . 6:00 ■■ SATURDAY, MAR. 31 Prep Baseball Southridge at Crawford County Tourney (JV) . 10:00 Jasper at Castle (F/JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 Prep Softball Barr-Reeve at Jasper (JV/V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 Forest Park at Mount Vernon (V) . . . . . . . . . 11:00 Prep Girls Tennis McCracken County (Ky.) at Jasper . . . . . . . . . 9:00 Prep Boys Golf Jasper at Seymour Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 ■■ SUNDAY, APRIL 1 No events scheduled

Bowling AT JASPER/Eastown Recreation Center MAR. 29 ■■ THURSDAY NIGHT MEN’S LEAGUE Sextons 3, Scribes 1 Navigators 3, Captains 1 Admirals 4, Christophers 0 Pilots 3, Sentinals 1 Knights 4, Explorers 0 High games and series -- Colton Durcholz 223-583, Jake Kilian 252-637, Joe Cook 213, Pat Giesler 229, Cody Murry 219-579, Leon Reckelhoff 211, Ron Schitter 248-225-641, Chris Klein 611, Chris Parnell 245-586, Bill Krempp 233-606. ■■ THURSDAY NIGHT MIXED LEAGUE Brew Crew 5, The Bowling Stones 2 The Roosters 7, All In The Family 0 Super Gals 7, Misfits 0 Phantom Strikers 5, Hornets 2 High games and series -- Doug Gehlhausen - 213, Heather Buechler - 181, Andy Schroeder - 205, Jane Bell - 170.

College basketball ■■ NCAA MENS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Final Four Saturday’s Games No. 11 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 3 Michigan, 6:09 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 1 Villanova, 8:49 p.m. ■NCAA ■  WOMENS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Final Four Today’s Games No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 1 Mississippi State, 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Connecticut, 9:00 p.m.

Pro baseball ■■ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Central Division W Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 West Division W Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, ppd. Washington at Cincinnati, ppd.

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 1 .000 1 1 .000 1 0 .000 ½ L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 0 .000 ½ 0 .000 ½ 1 .000 1 L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 0 1.000 — 1 .000 1 1 .000 1 1 .000 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 .000 ½ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 — Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 .000 1 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, ppd. Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2, 11 innings Houston 4, Texas 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 5, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 14, Kansas City 7 Seattle 2, Cleveland 1 Today’s Games Pittsburgh (Nova 0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-0), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0) at Toronto (Sanchez 0-0), 7:07 p.m. Boston (Price 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Snell 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 0-0) at Texas (Fister 0-0), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Skaggs 0-0) at Oakland (Manaea 0-0), 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh (Williams 0-0) at Detroit (Fulmer 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Houston (McCullers 0-0) at Texas (Moore 0-0), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-0) at Oakland (Gossett 0-0), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0) at Toronto (Estrada 0-0), 4:07 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 0-0) at Seattle (Paxton 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Boston (Porcello 0-0) at Tampa Bay (TBD), 6:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 0-0) at Baltimore (Cashner 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Giolito 0-0) at Kansas City (Kennedy 0-0), 7:15 p.m.

■■ NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 20 .733 — x-Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 23 .693 3 x-Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 30 .595 10½ New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 49 .355 28½ Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 51 .320 31 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 33 .554 — Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 35 .533 1½ Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 42 .447 8 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 52 .297 19 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 54 .280 20½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 30 .600 — x-Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 31 .587 1 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 35 .527 5½ Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 40 .459 10½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 50 .324 20½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 14 .813 — San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 32 .573 18 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 32 .573 18 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 52 .307 38 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 54 .280 40 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 29 .613 — Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . 44 31 .587 2 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 33 .566 3½ Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 33 .560 4 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 35 .533 6 Pacific Division W L Pct GB y-Golden State . . . . . . . . . . . 54 20 .730 — L.A. Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 34 .547 13½ L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 41 .446 21 Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 51 .320 30½ Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 57 .250 36 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Games Detroit 103, Washington 92 Miami 103, Chicago 92 San Antonio 103, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 106, Sacramento 103 Milwaukee 116, Golden State 107 Today’s Games Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Charlotte at Washington, 3 p.m. Detroit at New York, 5 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Miami, 8 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ■■ NBA STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING Player G FG FT PTS AVG Harden, HOU . . . . . . . . 66 603 574 2029 30.7 Davis, NOR . . . . . . . . . 68 715 442 1924 28.3 James, CLE . . . . . . . . . 75 792 349 2068 27.6 Antetokounmpo, MIL . . . 70 704 461 1911 27.3 Lillard, POR . . . . . . . . . 67 571 444 1795 26.8 Durant, GOL . . . . . . . . . 61 566 314 1604 26.3 Westbrook, OKC . . . . . . 74 701 383 1872 25.3 Booker, PHX . . . . . . . . . 54 455 289 1346 24.9 Irving, BOS . . . . . . . . . 60 534 232 1466 24.4 DeRozan, TOR . . . . . . . 74 603 436 1726 23.3 Oladipo, IND . . . . . . . . 70 596 285 1627 23.2 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player FG FGA PCT Capela, HOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 629 .655 Jordan, LAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 530 .649 Harrell, LAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 471 .639 Adams, OKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 664 .631 Kanter, NYK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 713 .592 Collins, ATL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 482 .585 Gibson, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 680 .584 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player 3FG 3FGA PCT Collison, IND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 190 .447 Bullock, DET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 265 .445

Pro hockey ■■ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Tampa Bay . . . . . 76 51 21 4 106 273 217 x-Boston . . . . . . . 75 47 17 11 105 249 194 Toronto . . . . . . . . 77 46 24 7 99 261 219 Florida . . . . . . . . . 75 39 29 7 85 229 228 Montreal . . . . . . . 77 28 37 12 68 196 245 Detroit . . . . . . . . . 77 28 38 11 67 199 239 Ottawa . . . . . . . . . 76 26 39 11 63 207 270 Buffalo . . . . . . . . 76 24 40 12 60 177 250 Met. Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington . . . . . 77 46 24 7 99 243 225 Pittsburgh . . . . . . 77 43 28 6 92 253 238 Philadelphia . . . . . 78 39 25 14 92 234 232 Columbus . . . . . . 77 43 29 5 91 222 211 New Jersey . . . . . 76 40 28 8 88 229 228 Carolina . . . . . . . . 77 34 32 11 79 215 244 N.Y. Rangers . . . . 77 33 35 9 75 223 248 N.Y. Islanders . . . . 77 32 35 10 74 246 279 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Nashville . . . . . . 76 49 16 11 109 245 193 x-Winnipeg . . . . . . 76 47 19 10 104 255 200 Minnesota . . . . . . 76 42 24 10 94 233 215 St. Louis . . . . . . . 76 43 28 5 91 212 198 Colorado . . . . . . . 77 41 28 8 90 241 224 Dallas . . . . . . . . . 77 39 30 8 86 218 210 Chicago . . . . . . . . 77 31 36 10 72 217 238 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Vegas . . . . . . . . 76 48 21 7 103 254 205 San Jose . . . . . . . 77 44 23 10 98 238 209 Los Angeles . . . . . 77 42 28 7 91 224 190 Anaheim . . . . . . . 77 39 25 13 91 218 208 Calgary . . . . . . . . 77 35 32 10 80 205 234 Edmonton . . . . . . 77 34 37 6 74 224 250 Vancouver . . . . . . 77 28 40 9 65 201 248 Arizona . . . . . . . . 76 26 39 11 63 190 242 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Detroit 6, Buffalo 3

On the air All Times EST ■■ TODAY, MAR. 30 TELEVISION 1 p.m. — Pro tennis: Miami Open, men’s semifinal (ESPN) 3 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: GEICO Nationals, semifinal (ESPN2) 4 p.m. — College softball: Purdue at Michigan (BTN) 5 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: GEICO Nationals, semifinal (ESPN2) 6:30 p.m. — College baseball: Nebraska at Ohio State (BTN) 7 p.m. — Women’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 1 Mississippi State (ESPN2) 7:30 p.m. — College baseball: West Virginia at Texas Tech (FS1) 8 p.m. — NBA basketball: New Orleans Pelicans at Cleveland Cavaliers (ESPN) 9:30 p.m. — Women’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Connecticut (ESPN2) 10:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trailblazers (ESPN) 10:30 p.m. — NHL hockey: St. Louis Blues at Las Vegas Golden Knights (FOXSMW) ■■ SATURDAY, MAR. 31 TELEVISION 9:30 a.m. — Men’s soccer: Bundesliga, Schalke 04 vs. Freiburg (FS1) 10 a.m. — Prep girls basketball: GEICO Nationals, championship (ESPN2) Noon — Prep boys basketball: GEICO Nationals, championship (ESPN) Noon — College men’s lacrosse: Maryland at Michigan (BTN) 12:30 p.m. — Men’s soccer: Premier League, Everton vs. Manchester City (NBC) 12:30 p.m. — Men’s soccer: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX) 1 p.m. — MLB baseball: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets (FOXSMW) 1 p.m. — Pro tennis: Miami Open, women’s championship (ESPN2) 2 p.m. — MLB baseball: Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds (FOXSMW — alternate) 3 p.m. — PGA golf: Houston Open, third round (NBC) 3 p.m. — MLS soccer: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Los Angeles FC (FOX) 3 p.m. — Women’s college lacrosse: Maryland at Michigan (BTN) 4 p.m. — MLB baseball: Houston Astros at Texas Rangers (FS1) 5 p.m. — College softball: Alabama at Kentucky (ESPN2) 6 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 11 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 3 Michigan (TBS - Michigan TeamCast on TNT, Loyola TeamCast on TruTV) 7 p.m. — College softball: Oklahoma at Baylor (ESPN) 8 p.m. — MLS soccer: San Jose Earthquakes vs. New York City FC (ESPN2) 8:30 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 1 Kansas (TBS - Kansas TeamCast on TNT, Villanova TeamCast on truTV) 8:30 p.m. — MLB baseball: Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres (FS1) 9 p.m. — NHL hockey: St. Louis Blues at Arizona Coyotes (FOXSMW) 10 p.m. — Boxing: Golden Boy Boxing, DeLucaMoore (ESPN) RADIO 10:55 a.m. — Prep softball: Barr-Reeve at Jasper (WITZ 104.7 FM) 12:15 p.m. — MLB baseball: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets (WQKZ 98.5 FM)