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MMA fighter undergoes emergency surgery after having finger detached in bout at CFFC 94

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MMA remains one of the most bizarre sports on the planet for a number of reasons. Most notably, though, some of the craziest injuries tend to happen when combatants are punching and kicking with partially covered four-ounce gloves.

The latest bits of these injuries comes to us from Cage Fury Fighting Championships. Khetag Pilev faced Devin Goodale and between the second and third rounds, Pilev and his corner seemed to notice something was wrong. That something was that his right ring finger was missing. Yes, a person seemed to misplace one of his own fingers. The fight was called off once officials noticed the injury.

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Pilev was taken to the emergency room for immediate surgery. He told ESPN in an interview that doctors told him he tore 50% of his tendon off the finger.

It’s still unclear as to how the finger became dislodged from its socket, as Goodale noted he didn’t remember it coming off at all. Goodale was declared the winner by TKO after this incident. Pilev believes the finger broke in a grappling exchange in the first round.

“In the second round, he caught my glove with one hand and held it,” Pliev said in an interview with ESPN. “I felt my finger snapped. He kept pulling my glove and my finger snapped. We kept fighting. When the second round was finished, I see my [bone] was out in the open. I wanted to keep fighting, because I felt like I had this guy. But the doctor saw that and stopped the fight. “

CM Punk, who was calling the event for Fight Pass, couldn’t believe what took place either.

“I don’t understand exactly what happened,” Punk said. “We’re not gonna replay it for you, ladies and gentlemen, but it wasn’t a compound fracture. It wasn’t a dislocation, a break, a laceration. His finger was just gone. It’s gone. It fell off, ripped off.”

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Latest 2021 mock draft offers Dolphins splendid 3-round haul

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The Dolphins shook up the landscape of the 2021 NFL Draft order one week ago. And while the mock draft scene for the Dolphins had been growing stale, this new development offers a fresh chance to try on some new combinations of players and fits for the team.

The Draft Network’s Drae Harris is among the NFL Draft analysts to try out a recent forecast for this month’s NFL Draft this past week. Harris, who has six years of NFL scouting experience between the Kansas City and Cleveland organizations, puts his prior experiences to good use in order to project not just one round but instead a full three round forecast of the 2021 NFL Draft. His haul for Miami? It’s a good one.

Here are Harris’ thoughts on his 3-round haul for the Miami Dolphins:

No. 6 overall – WR Ja’Marr Chase, LSU

“Miami has already made some noise and the draft is still a month away. Surrounding Tua Tagovailoa with weapons and protection ensures that he has the opportunity to maximize his potential. Ja’Marr Chase is considered by some to be the best WR in this class. He’ll have the opportunity to grow with a young QB as well.” – Drae Harris, TDN

No. 18 overall – EDGE Azeez Ojulari, Georgia

“Miami has a slew of picks. One of their positions of need is EDGE. They choose Azeez Ojulari here, who is one of the best pure pass rushers in this draft. Chris Grier and Brian Flores are doing outstanding things in Miami.” – Drae Harris, TDN

No. 36 overall – RB Travis Etienne, Clemson

No. 50 overall – LB Baron Browning, Ohio State 

No. 81 overall – OL Josh Myers, Ohio State

In all, Miami secures a starring wide receiver, a primary pass rusher, a featured running back, a replacement for Kyle Van Noy (and a defender who is exponentially better in coverage in Browning) and competition for Matt Skura at center courtesy of the Myers selection. Would you take this haul for the Dolphins now if you know it would come to reality?

At the very least, this collection of projected picks gives the Dolphins a strong chance of fully filling out their needs this offseason and sets the team up for a competitive 2021 — with a much more explosive offense in tow.

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Lance Zierlein on Trey Lance’s fit with San Francisco 49ers

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The 49ers made their move up to the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft with a specific player in mind. We won’t know who that player is until the pick is officially announced on April 29. Speculation will run rampant until then.

While much of the talk about who San Francisco will pick has revolved around Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein sees North Dakota State’s Trey Lance as the best fit for the 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan.

Zierlein joined the Morning Roast on 95.7 the Game in San Francisco and explained why Lance’s experience in the North Dakota State offense set him up to fit Shanahan’s scheme.

“What North Dakota State does, is they’re a full-field-read offense. They set their own protections. They do a lot of outside zone stuff, which is obviously similar,” Zierlein said. “You’ve got boot action if you want to put that in there, you get the big man on the move with the athleticism. It really, because he’s a full-field reader and he’s not one of these like, half-field college quarterbacks, it really blends itself and works with more the layered passing attack that San Francisco likes to run. And of course  Kyle’s (Shanahan) worked a lot more quick game and he’s kind of altered his offense to take in more of what today’s NFL football is which is a copy of college.”

This is going to be an intriguing wrinkle in how the 49ers operate with their pick. Shanahan said in his press conference that their pick is more about the future than just this year, and they seem ready to roll with Jimmy Garoppolo as the starter while their rookie takes a year to learn the system and get up to speed in the NFL.

That would lend some credence to the idea that the rookie doesn’t necessarily need that scheme familiarity right away.

On the other hand, Garoppolo’s spot on the 49ers’ roster isn’t guaranteed and if they get the right trade for him it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t aim to move him. That would leave the No. 3 pick as the presumed starter with only Josh Rosen and Josh Johnson also on the roster.

A player who’s already thrived in an offense like Shanahan’s would seemingly be able to hit the ground running faster than a player who needs to get comfortable in the scheme.

Perhaps the 49ers are looking for something different in their No. 3 pick, but Lance’s background at NDSU would seem to make him a good fit with San Francisco. If Shanahan is enamored with the physical tools Lance brings as well, it’s easy to see why they’d trade three first-round picks to climb the board and draft him.

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Recap: Nuggets hang on to beat Clippers 101-94

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In what was arguably the most important game of the year the Denver Nuggets showed both the continual flashes of brilliance since the trade deadline and the red flags that are plaguing the second unit. Leading by 18 at one point, the Nuggets let the Clippers crawl back into the game but ultimately were able to hold on for a critical 101-94 win.

The Nuggets’ starters continue to look unguardable and provide an incredibly balanced attack, with all five in double figures and a healthy distribution of 28 assists. Jamal Murray led the way with 23 and had some daggers late in the game to seal the win and Aaron Gordon continues to gel with 14 points, 6 boards and 6 assists. Him cutting while opposing teams double or triple Jokic is deadly. More impressive was his defense on Kawhi, who had 24 but had to work for every single one of those points.

Denver never trailed tonight but that doesn’t mean it was an easy win. Leonard had a really strong third quarter with 11 points in the frame as the Clippers were able to chip into Denver’s lead. LA also really picked up the defensive intensity in the second half, showing multiple guys on both Jokic and Murray which really bogged down Denver’s offense. The Nuggets also had 9 turnovers in the second half compared to just 3 in the first.

The real issue came, once again, from the bench minutes. Murray + the reserves was pretty awful in the fourth quarter; the Clippers really focused on stopping Jamal and no one else could score. Meanwhile, the Nuggets hemorrhaged points on the other end as Paul George, Terrance Mann and Ivica Zubac were able to score at will. Facu’s minutes were pretty bad and seem to be the common denominator with all this. Denver’s bench was outscored considerably by 30 to 11. Not great.

Nikola Jokic had a visibly frustrating game. The Clippers did a great job at sending double and triple-teams to bother him, but what bothered him the most might have been the lack of foul calls. This was the fifth game this season that Jokic failed to get to the line. For a center who spends so much time around the rim and has the scratches to show for it, this is unacceptable. It’s unreal how the NBA’s leading MVP candidate is blatantly denied the star treatment. That isn’t to say he had a bad game by any means. Joker finished with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and was +13 on the night. Denver was still a better team by far when he was on the court, and his presence on the floor in the fourth calmed the storm. Is he the league’s MVP? He sure is.

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Khetag Pliev suffers severed finger during match, undergoes emergency surgery

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MMA fighter Khetag Pliev had to have a finger surgically reattached after it was severed during the second round of a fight Thursday night in Philadelphia.

The fight, which was part of an event put on by Cage Fury Fighting Championship and aired on UFC Fight Pass, was stopped when the referee noticed Pliev was missing his left ring finger.

For several minutes, those in the venue were searching for the stray digit. Event promoter Rob Haydak said officials looked all around the cage, and there was even an announcement over the PA system asking people to look for it inside 2300 Arena.

Haydak said it was ultimately discovered that the finger had come off and was lodged inside Pliev’s glove all along.

Pliev told ESPN that he was taken to the emergency room and that the finger was reattached. He said the doctor told him he tore 50% of the tendon on the finger and that he’ll potentially need another procedure.

His opponent, Devin Goodale, was ruled the winner by TKO.

Haydak said he entered the cage after the fight was stopped, and Pliev told him that the finger was dislocated in the first round and somehow came completely off in the second. It was unclear on the broadcast how exactly that occurred.

Pliev said Goodale kept holding his glove, which might have led to the finger detaching.

“In the second round, he caught my glove with one hand and held it,” Pliev said. “I felt my finger snapped. He kept pulling my glove and my finger snapped. We kept fighting. When the second round was finished, I see my [bone] was out in the open. I wanted to keep fighting, because I felt like I had this guy. But the doctor saw that and stopped the fight. “

Pliev said he will appeal the fight result with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission because of the illegal grabbing of his gloves by Goodale during the bout.

Haydak said CFFC will be going through the footage with the hope of airing exactly what happened on the promotion’s card Friday night on Fight Pass. “It was a surreal moment,” Haydak said. “I said, ‘Wait a second, where the f— is his finger?’ They were all like, ‘I don’t know.'”

Haydak said Pliev wanted to continue fighting and he actually stayed in the cage for the ring announcer to read the result.

“It was crazy,” Haydak said. “He didn’t even flinch. He was getting ready to do the [official] decision and I was like, ‘Uh, guys, get him out of the cage and go put his finger back on.'”

Pliev, 37, is a Russia native who competed in the 2012 Olympics as a wrestler for Canada. He was 5-1 in MMA coming into the 180-pound catchweight fight Thursday.

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Russell Westbrook’s Historic Production Shouldn’t Be Taken for Granted | Bleacher Report

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Few players from this era of NBA basketball have been as polarizing as Russell Westbrook. And the Washington Wizards’ 120-91 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday is a good illustration of why.

Westbrook had 16 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, and his Wizards were steamrolled by 29 points. And that came courtesy of a 14-34 team.

Washington’s point guard leads the league in triple-doubles, and the team is now 8-10 in those games.

The scoring efficiency (or lack thereof) is the easiest culprit to find. His effective field-goal percentage is almost seven points shy of the league average. On Thursday, he needed 16 shots to get his 16 points, and he went 1-of-6 from the free-throw line.

To overcome that many misses, Westbrook has to be surrounded by loads of shooting. This season, he hasn’t been. Wizards not named Russ have combined for an effective field-goal percentage within a tenth of a point of the league average.

That’s not to blame Washington’s struggles on everyone else, of course. Westbrook hitting a few more shots would certainly help. But over the last two seasons, conversation surrounding the 2016-17 MVP has started to sound eerily similar to what has followed Ben Simmons throughout his career.

More and more, we hear about everything that’s wrong or missing with his game, while all the things he does well are pretty much ignored.

It may not be fair to single out ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. He’s far from the only one to point out Westbrook’s flaws, and he’s paid to share his opinions, but his comments following an unprecedented 35-point, 21-assist, 14-rebound performance from Westbrook sparked controversy:

Westbrook responded later that day.

“…but one thing I won’t allow to happen anymore is to let people create narratives and constantly just talking s–t for no reason about me, because I lay it on the line every night,” he told reporters. “There’s no other player that kinda takes the heat that I take constantly.”

Following Thursday’s triple-double, he’s averaging 21.7 points, 10.7 assists and 10.3 rebounds. He’s 32 years old and on track to average a triple-double for the fourth time in five years. Can you imagine traveling back in time 10 years and telling an NBA fan that would happen?

Once upon a (pretty recent) time, Oscar Robertson’s triple-double season was one of those historical sports benchmarks that would never be touched. Like John Stockton’s assist record or Cal Ripken Jr.’s consecutive games streak, the thought of anyone averaging a triple-double for an entire season seemed ludicrous.

Then suddenly, Westbrook did it. Then he did it again. And again. And now he’s doing it for the fourth time.

And to act as though he’s always hunted numbers at the expense of team success isn’t a fair (or accurate) representation. Over the three straight triple-double seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, his team was plus-5.1 points per 100 possessions when Westbrook played and minus-5.2 when he didn’t.

In the MVP season alone, Westbrook swung his team’s net rating 13.4 points, a mark that ranked in the 97th percentile leaguewide.

Plenty will point to catastrophic shooting performances in the playoffs, or the fact that his teams have been better with him off the floor in each of the last two seasons. This isn’t an effort to litigate what people are and aren’t allowed to say about professional athletes. And when certain points are repeatedly made by countless people, it’s often because they’re abundantly obvious.

But Westbrook isn’t the first all-time great to age. If he finishes his career without a championship, he won’t be the first all-time great without that team accomplishment. But there should be no question that he is indeed an all-time great.

He’s currently 27th in NBA history in career box plus/minus (that rank may slide as he ages). Hakeem Olajuwon is 28th, Kobe Bryant is 30th and Jason Kidd is 38th. No one’s making their definitive all-time list based solely on one catch-all metric, but it’s at least something to note.

The cumulative version of that stat (think points rather than points per game) is value over replacement player. Westbrook’s 31st there, with plenty of time to move up. He’s already passed Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson and Steve Nash, just to name a few Hall of Famers.

Again, that isn’t to say Westbrook has had a greater career than any of those players. Just file it away under “something to consider.”

Whether he wins a championship or not, Westbrook’s on-court legacy may go down as one of the most difficult to analyze, but it’s hard to argue with his self-assessment on a number of fronts.

Good luck finding a game in which it looks like Westbrook is loafing. Night in and night out, possession after possession, he gives what appears to be his all. Would you rather have that and the resulting mistakes, or a star who doesn’t care?

“I’m happy,” he said. “I was a champion once I made it to the NBA. I grew up in the streets. I’m a champion.”

Westbrook won’t allow himself to be defined by our assessments, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t include the entire stat-stuffed picture.



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Deshaun Watson would meet with law enforcement: Lawyer

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If the Houston Police Department or Harris County District Attorney move to investigate sexual misconduct civil suits currently pending against Deshaun Watson, the Houston Texans quarterback would be made available to cooperate with authorities, according to Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin.

That declaration was made by Hardin on Thursday, after the counsel for the 21 women who have filed the civil suits reversed course earlier in the week and declared he would not be turning information over to the Houston Police Department.

Lawyer Tony Buzbee, who is representing the alleged victims at the center of the suits, now says he is apprehensive about turning over information to the HPD due to past statements he had made criticizing outgoing police chief Art Acevedo. Buzbee had previously stated he would turn over information to Houston authorities and seek to impanel a grand jury that could weigh potential charges against Watson.

Buzbee’s change of course and explanation drew the ire of Acevedo, who tweeted that any apprehension about the HPD on Buzbee’s part was “baseless.” Acevedo, who is leaving Houston to take over as the chief of police in Miami, added: “We stand ready to investigate all allegations.”

If that invitation from Acevedo wasn’t enough to motivate Buzbee to follow through on his previous statement, Hardin took it even further on Thursday, essentially suggesting that Buzbee was declining to turn over information to police because it would ultimately invalidate the lawsuits he has filed against Watson. Hardin added that Watson would cooperate if any investigation were launched.

Hardin’s statement, in full:

“Since March 19, Mr. Tony Buzbee has repeatedly promised to submit evidence to the Houston Police Department in support of his anonymous clients’ complaints against Deshaun Watson. So far, he has not done so. Now, in response to media inquiries, Mr. Buzbee has abandoned his promise altogether and, in his words, will go ‘elsewhere to provide his evidence to investigative authorities.’

“His latest excuse for failing to go to law enforcement is also his lamest. Anyone who has dealt with HPD, as I have for many years, would know that Mr. Buzbee’s suggestion that the Department would overlook legitimate complaints based upon a family connection of one of its officers is ludicrous. It is also insulting to the dedicated professionals at HPD and to common sense. Mr. Buzbee’s claimed fear of HPD’s partiality is inconsistent with his prior praise for the Department’s response to the burglary of his home during his recent mayoral campaign. See Exhibit 1 below.

“I would respectfully suggest that Mr. Buzbee’s failure to go to law enforcement does not result from some baseless fear that HPD will not fairly investigate. Instead, it is from the knowledge that his parade of anonymous allegations could not survive the rigorous inquiry of trained investigators or the need to attest to the truth of the allegations under oath.

“For our part, we will continue to learn about the cases in any way that we can. We and Deshaun will always remain available to any law enforcement or regulatory agency who desires our cooperation.

“Apparently, Mr. Buzbee is unwilling to do the same.”

As of Thursday night, Buzbee had not responded to Hardin’s statement.

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MMA fighter appears to lose a finger during his fight at CFFC 94

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MMA remains one of the most bizarre sports on the planet for a number of reasons. Most notably, though, some of the craziest injuries tend to happen when combatants are punching and kicking with partially covered four-ounce gloves.

The latest bits of these injuries comes to us from Cage Fury Fighting Championships. Khetag Pilev faced Devin Goodale and between the second and third rounds, Pilev and his corner seemed to notice something was wrong. That something was that his right ring finger was missing. Yes, a person seemed to misplace one of his own fingers. 

Warning: the image is graphic in nature.

It’s still unclear as to how the finger became dislodged from its socket, as Goodale noted he didn’t remember it coming off at all. Goodale was declared the winner by TKO after this incident. CM Punk, who was calling the event for Fight Pass, couldn’t believe what took place either.

“I don’t understand exactly what happened,” Punk said. “We’re not gonna replay it for you, ladies and gentlemen, but it wasn’t a compound fracture. It wasn’t a dislocation, a break, a laceration. His finger was just gone. It’s gone. It fell off, ripped off.”

CFFC president Rob Haydak later said on the broadcast that Pilev’s finger was found inside his glove and he was transported to the hospital to have it reattached.

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MLB Opening Day 2021 scores: Angels-White Sox, A’s-Astros close out first day of baseball season

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The 2021 Major League Baseball season is underway as Opening Day kicked off Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a full slate of goodness with the Orioles-Red Sox game being rained out and the primetime Mets-Nationals tilt getting canceled due to the COVID-19 issues among Washington players. 

The latter issue left us without a game that started between 4:10 and 10:05 p.m. ET. Poor scheduling, right? Here’s a look at the day’s scores.

MLB Opening Day schedule, scores

(All times U.S./Eastern)

  • FINAL/10: Toronto Blue Jays 3, New York Yankees 2 (box score)
  • FINAL: Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland 2 (box score)
  • FINAL/10: Milwaukee Brewers 6, Minnesota Twins 5 (box score)
  • Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox – POSTPONED (rain)
  • FINAL: Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3 (box score)
  • FINAL/10: Philadelphia Phillies 3, Atlanta Braves 2 (box score)
  • FINAL: San Diego Padres 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 7 (box score)
  • FINAL: Kansas City Royals 14, Texas Rangers 10 (box score)
  • FINAL: Colorado Rockies 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 (box score)
  • FINAL: St. Louis Cardinals 11, Cincinnati Reds 6 (box score)
  • FINAL: Tampa Bay Rays 1, Miami Marlins 0 (box score)
  • New York Mets at Washington Nationals – POSTPONED (COVID-19)
  • LIVE: Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels (gametracker)
  • LIVE: Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics (gametracker)
  • LIVE: San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners (gametracker)

The biggest takeaway of all is that this was just 1/162 of the season for the teams that did play. That is 0.62 percent. Don’t freak out and overreact! (At least not too much.) Let’s run down the day of baseball action that actually did happen. 

Rough start and silver lining for reigning champs

This is a testament to how talented the Dodgers are. Clayton Kershaw didn’t have good stuff, they committed two errors, they threw three wild pitches, committed a baserunning gaffe that turned a two-run home run into an RBI single and an out, they went 3 for 16 with runners in scoring position and they left 14 men on base. And yet, they still had the tying run at the plate in the top of the ninth and could very well have won the game against the Rockies.

Credit the Rockies for the win, but beware to the rest of baseball because the Dodgers just played one of their worst-possible games and still had a good shot to win. 

Bieber stars but doesn’t get support

2020 AL Cy Young winner Shane Bieber joined elite company by striking out 12 batters, but he got no run support with the Tigers holding a 3-0 lead headed to the ninth. A two-run Roberto Perez shot made things interesting, but Tigers reliever (closer?) Gregory Soto induced Cesar Hernandez to pop out, with a runner on and Jose Ramirez standing on deck, to end the game.

D-Backs make history; Padres still win

The 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks are now the answer to a trivia question. They became the first team in baseball history with a four-homer inning. Still, the Padres wouldn’t be denied. They came from behind with a run in the sixth and then one in the seventh to take the lead for good and win, 8-7. They had 10 hits even though Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado combined to go 1-10. They won despite Yu Darvish giving up four runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. 

Good signs for Jays 

A trendy playoff pick, the Blue Jays went into the Bronx and beat the Yankees with Gerrit Cole on the hill. Teoscar Hernandez — a breakout offensive star in 2020 — went 3 for 4 with a home run and Vladimir Guerrero looked pretty damn good with a line drive single and two walks. The Jays didn’t have George Springer yet, either. 

Hyun-Jin Ryu went 5 1/3 innings, allowing only two runs (both on a Gary Sanchez homer), but the real story on the pitching side was the Blue Jays’ bullpen going 4 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits. 

The Yankees had a few late threats, but Aaron Judge twice struck out, leaving five men on, to end those rallies. 

Brewers storm back

The Twins scored two runs in the top of the third inning and held the lead all the way until there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Some sloppiness let the Brewers hang around, as a hit batter and throwing error put two runners on base before Christian Yelich singled home a run and then Travis Shaw came through with a game-tying, two-run double. The three-run ninth for the Brewers extended the game to extras and the Brewers would walk it off. 

Hello Phillies bullpen?

The Phillies had one of the worst bullpens in recent memory last season. It was a disgrace to the league the kind of numbers they put up (7.06 ERA, 1.79 WHIP). 

Thursday, the Phillies used four relievers — Archie Bradley, Jose Alvarado, Hector Neris and Connor Brogdon — who allowed just one hit in 3 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out four. It’s not like they were facing a lineup full of pushovers, either, as this was the high-octane Braves’ offense. 

The good outing from Aaron Nola and walk-off single from Jean Segura will be most of the highlights here, but don’t sleep on that good bullpen performance. 

A Florida duel 

The Rays and Marlins combined for just eight hits with an Austin Meadows solo homer being the only offense in Miami. Starters Tyler Glasnow (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K) and Sandy Alcantara (6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) were brilliant. Marlins first baseman Jesus Aguilar — who had two of their three hits in the game — gave the Rays a scare when he flew out to the warning track with what would’ve been a game-tying home run in a few parks, but the Marlins came away empty on Opening Day.

Cards offense unloads early; uh oh Eugenio

The Cardinals pounded out 11 runs on nine hits through just four innings in Cincinnati on Thursday. Sure, they only had one hit in five scoreless innings after that, but who cares? The 11 runs were more than enough to win. The new look Paul Goldschmidt-Nolan Arenado combo in the 2-3 spots combined to go 6 for 10 with four runs and two RBI. How about rookie Dylan Carlson clubbing a three-run homer in the first? 

On the Reds’ end, I suppose there’s some silver lining to clawing out seven runs even after allowing six in the top of the first. Still, their possibly dubious decision to try All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suarez at shortstop resulted in two errors, including one that could have ended up costing them the game. In the first inning, with just one Cardinals run having scored to that point, Yadier Molina sent a routine grounder to short that could’ve been an inning-ending double play and Suarez booted it. Sure, it was in the hole, but Molina is one of the easiest in baseball to double up with his lack of speed. 

Shaky start for Cubs

The Cubs are at a crossroads this season with several key players hitting free agency after. It’s possible they make one last playoff run with what’s left of their 2016 core or fall apart and sell in front of the trade deadline. Thursday was a brutal start. Kyle Hendricks only lasted three innings, issuing three walks for the first time since exactly two years ago while the offense only mustered two hits all game. Cubs pitchers issued 11 walks and this could’ve been way worse, but the Pirates left a ridiculous 15 men on base. 

Royals’ new-look offense wouldn’t be denied in wild one

The Royals allowed five runs in the top of the first inning. It has to be pretty deflating to see one’s opponent score five runs before you even get to bat in the opener, right? No matter. The Royals matched that five-spot with five of their own in the bottom half. They would then trail 6-5 through two innings and 8-5 after the top of the third. But the Royals never stopped hitting. They scored multiple runs — the ol’ “crooked number” — in four different innings. Kyle Isbel, Michael Taylor and Whit Merrifield all had three hits. Taylor, Merrifield and Jorge Soler all homered. They were relentless with the bats basically from start to finish. 

The 14 runs were a Royals record for opening day. It was the longest nine-inning game in Royals opening day history. 

Oh, and get this (via Jeremy Frank on Twitter): This was the first Opening Day game ever in which neither starting pitcher got five outs (1 2/3 innings). Royals starter Brad Keller went 1 1/3 innings while Rangers starter Kyle Gibson left after 1/3 of an inning. He faced eight batters, allowing four hits and three walks while getting one out (a strikeout). 

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MLB Opening Day 2021 scores: Dodgers drop opener vs. Rockies; Angels-White Sox on late slate

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The 2021 Major League Baseball season is underway as Opening Day kicked off Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a full slate of goodness with the Orioles-Red Sox game being rained out and the primetime Mets-Nationals tilt getting canceled due to the COVID-19 issues among Washington players. 

The latter issue left us without a game that started between 4:10 and 10:05 p.m. ET. Poor scheduling, right? Here’s a look at the day’s scores.

MLB Opening Day schedule, scores

(All times U.S./Eastern)

  • FINAL/10: Toronto Blue Jays 3, New York Yankees 2 (box score)
  • FINAL: Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland 2 (box score)
  • FINAL/10: Milwaukee Brewers 6, Minnesota Twins 5 (box score)
  • Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox – POSTPONED (rain)
  • FINAL: Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3 (box score)
  • FINAL/10: Philadelphia Phillies 3, Atlanta Braves 2 (box score)
  • FINAL: San Diego Padres 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 7 (box score)
  • FINAL: Kansas City Royals 14, Texas Rangers 10 (box score)
  • FINAL: Colorado Rockies 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 (box score)
  • FINAL: St. Louis Cardinals 11, Cincinnati Reds 6 (box score)
  • FINAL: Tampa Bay Rays 1, Miami Marlins 0 (box score)
  • New York Mets at Washington Nationals – POSTPONED (COVID-19)
  • Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels, 10:05 p.m., fuboTV (nationally)
  • Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics, 10:07 p.m., fuboTV (regionally)
  • San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m., fuboTV (regionally)

The biggest takeaway of all is that this was just 1/162 of the season for the teams that did play. That is 0.62 percent. Don’t freak out and overreact! (At least not too much.) Let’s run down the day of baseball action that actually did happen. 

Rough start and silver lining for reigning champs

This is a testament to how talented the Dodgers are. Clayton Kershaw didn’t have good stuff, they committed two errors, they threw three wild pitches, committed a baserunning gaffe that turned a two-run home run into an RBI single and an out, they went 3 for 16 with runners in scoring position and they left 14 men on base. And yet, they still had the tying run at the plate in the top of the ninth and could very well have won the game against the Rockies.

Credit the Rockies for the win, but beware to the rest of baseball because the Dodgers just played one of their worst-possible games and still had a good shot to win. 

Bieber stars but doesn’t get support

2020 AL Cy Young winner Shane Bieber joined elite company by striking out 12 batters, but he got no run support with the Tigers holding a 3-0 lead headed to the ninth. A two-run Roberto Perez shot made things interesting, but Tigers reliever (closer?) Gregory Soto induced Cesar Hernandez to pop out, with a runner on and Jose Ramirez standing on deck, to end the game.

D-Backs make history; Padres still win

The 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks are now the answer to a trivia question. They became the first team in baseball history with a four-homer inning. Still, the Padres wouldn’t be denied. They came from behind with a run in the sixth and then one in the seventh to take the lead for good and win, 8-7. They had 10 hits even though Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado combined to go 1-10. They won despite Yu Darvish giving up four runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. 

Good signs for Jays 

A trendy playoff pick, the Blue Jays went into the Bronx and beat the Yankees with Gerrit Cole on the hill. Teoscar Hernandez — a breakout offensive star in 2020 — went 3 for 4 with a home run and Vladimir Guerrero looked pretty damn good with a line drive single and two walks. The Jays didn’t have George Springer yet, either. 

Hyun-Jin Ryu went 5 1/3 innings, allowing only two runs (both on a Gary Sanchez homer), but the real story on the pitching side was the Blue Jays’ bullpen going 4 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits. 

The Yankees had a few late threats, but Aaron Judge twice struck out, leaving five men on, to end those rallies. 

Brewers storm back

The Twins scored two runs in the top of the third inning and held the lead all the way until there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Some sloppiness let the Brewers hang around, as a hit batter and throwing error put two runners on base before Christian Yelich singled home a run and then Travis Shaw came through with a game-tying, two-run double. The three-run ninth for the Brewers extended the game to extras and the Brewers would walk it off. 

Hello Phillies bullpen?

The Phillies had one of the worst bullpens in recent memory last season. It was a disgrace to the league the kind of numbers they put up (7.06 ERA, 1.79 WHIP). 

Thursday, the Phillies used four relievers — Archie Bradley, Jose Alvarado, Hector Neris and Connor Brogdon — who allowed just one hit in 3 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out four. It’s not like they were facing a lineup full of pushovers, either, as this was the high-octane Braves’ offense. 

The good outing from Aaron Nola and walk-off single from Jean Segura will be most of the highlights here, but don’t sleep on that good bullpen performance. 

A Florida duel 

The Rays and Marlins combined for just eight hits with an Austin Meadows solo homer being the only offense in Miami. Starters Tyler Glasnow (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K) and Sandy Alcantara (6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) were brilliant. Marlins first baseman Jesus Aguilar — who had two of their three hits in the game — gave the Rays a scare when he flew out to the warning track with what would’ve been a game-tying home run in a few parks, but the Marlins came away empty on Opening Day.

Cards offense unloads early; uh oh Eugenio

The Cardinals pounded out 11 runs on nine hits through just four innings in Cincinnati on Thursday. Sure, they only had one hit in five scoreless innings after that, but who cares? The 11 runs were more than enough to win. The new look Paul Goldschmidt-Nolan Arenado combo in the 2-3 spots combined to go 6 for 10 with four runs and two RBI. How about rookie Dylan Carlson clubbing a three-run homer in the first? 

On the Reds’ end, I suppose there’s some silver lining to clawing out seven runs even after allowing six in the top of the first. Still, their possibly dubious decision to try All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suarez at shortstop resulted in two errors, including one that could have ended up costing them the game. In the first inning, with just one Cardinals run having scored to that point, Yadier Molina sent a routine grounder to short that could’ve been an inning-ending double play and Suarez booted it. Sure, it was in the hole, but Molina is one of the easiest in baseball to double up with his lack of speed. 

Shaky start for Cubs

The Cubs are at a crossroads this season with several key players hitting free agency after. It’s possible they make one last playoff run with what’s left of their 2016 core or fall apart and sell in front of the trade deadline. Thursday was a brutal start. Kyle Hendricks only lasted three innings, issuing three walks for the first time since exactly two years ago while the offense only mustered two hits all game. Cubs pitchers issued 11 walks and this could’ve been way worse, but the Pirates left a ridiculous 15 men on base. 

Royals’ new-look offense wouldn’t be denied

The Royals allowed five runs in the top of the first inning. It has to be pretty deflating to see one’s opponent score five runs before you even get to bat in the opener, right? No matter. The Royals matched that five-spot with five of their own in the bottom half. They would then trail 6-5 through two innings and 8-5 after the top of the third. But the Royals never stopped hitting. They scored multiple runs — the ol’ “crooked number” — in four different innings. Kyle Isbel, Michael Taylor and Whit Merrifield all had three hits. Taylor, Merrifield and Jorge Soler all homered. They were relentless with the bats basically from start to finish. 

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