In the NBA playoffs, Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, including a driving layup in the final minute and DeMar DeRozan had 32 as the Raptors tied up the Eastern Conference final at two games each by winning 105-99 over Cleveland.
In the NHL playoffs, Joe Pavelski scored a pair of goals in San Jose’s 6-3 win over St. Louis to give the Sharks a three games to two lead in the Western final. Joel Ward also scored twice, including one of two empty netters, in the final minute for San Jose. Joe Thornton had three assists.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach John Brophy, who came from Nova Scotia, has died at the age of 83.
In the Majors, Randal Grichuk hit a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth to give St. Louis a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs……The New York Mets are just a half game back of Washington in the National League East after beating the Nationals 7-1…..Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ryan Vogelsong was stretchered off to hospital after being hit by a pitch near his left eye but appears to be alright according to a tweet from his wife. Pittsburgh won the game, 6-3 over Colorado. Elsewhere, it was the Chicago White Sox over Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader, 7-6……Cleveland took the second game 5-1…..Detroit 5 Philadelphia 4….Miami 7 Tampa Bay 6…..Los Angeles Angels 2 Texas 0…Kansas City 10 Minnesota 4….Oakland 5 Seattle 0…Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Cincinnati 0 behind Clayton Kershaw and San Francisco 1 San Diego 0 with the Giants scoring in the bottom of the 9th. Pitcher Johnny Cueto went the distance for the Giants.
