Los Angeles takes all the momentum from San Jose in the NHL playoffs, San Francisco dominates in the fifth inning to win their third straight game, Denver wins their 21st consecutive Major League Lacrosse season opener, and Tottenham bores everybody by holding on to win in today's very long recap of all my favorite teams from yesterday.
NHL: Kings 3, Sharks 0 (SJ leads 3-2)
When Los Angeles generally gets three goals, it's game over with Jonathan Quick in front of the net. That certainly was the case on Saturday night. Quick stopped all 30 San Jose shots and the team killed all five Shark power plays. Three different Kings scored, including Jeff Carter's second goal of the playoffs on the lone power play goal. Drew Doughty was a part of the assist, his fourth of the postseason.
LA still has plenty of work to do, but they completely eliminated home advantage at The Cage early. San Jose fans were booing from the national anthem to the final horn. They've got full momentum in the series, and the Sharks will have to refocus and try to close the series out on Monday night.
MLB: Giants 5, Indians 3
Tim Lincecum didn't get off to a great start for San Francisco, but it didn't matter. After giving up the first three runs of the game, the Giants figured out Zach McAllister, punching in four runs in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Gregor Blanco pinch hits and singles in a run. Angel Pagan sacrifices to bring in another run. After Blanco steals second, Hunter Pence hits a ground ball to reel in the remaining two on the bases. Buster Posey tacked on a run in the next inning with his fifth homer of the season.
It's San Francisco's third straight win, keeping ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers who held on in the ninth inning to defeat the Colorado Rockies. San Diego dropped another game to the Washington as they continue to struggle bringing in the runs.
OTHER NOTES: Pablo Sandoval continues to struggle, going 0-for-3 at the plate on Saturday. Lincecum gave up nine hits, three runs and recorded just three strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work, but the bullpen (Gutierrez, Machi, Affeldt) and Sergio Romo didn't give up a hit en route to the closer's sixth save of the season.
MLL: Outlaws 14, Launch 10
Major League Lacrosse finally kicked off on Saturday, and both games started off as road team blowouts. Denver spoiled Florida's inaugural MLL game in Boca Raton and raced all the way to an 11-1 lead at halftime. However, the Launch refused to become lunch, and Florida's Josh Amidon added on after scoring the team's first goal with a 2-point goal in the third period. Veteran Casey Powell led the way with three goals and two assists.
Florida scored all five goals in the 3rd period and had a seven-goal run until Denver finally stopped the bleeding with Chris Bocklet hitting two of the Outlaw's final three goals to hold on to the victory. Bocklet had five goals while Eric Law had two goals and two assists. Goalie Jesse Schwartzman was an impenetrable wall until the 3rd quarter, but the lead perhaps made everyone soft on Denver.
BPL: Tottenham 1, Stoke City 0
Spurs all but clinch Europa League action, but it wasn't pretty. Emmanuel Adebaylor set up defender Danny Rose for his first Premier League goal of the season. He also aided in the elimination of Ryan Shawcross for Stoke, picking up his second yellow card. But even with 10 men, Stoke played more inspired down the stretch and had multiple opportunities to end the game in a draw.
The lackadaisical Spurs got through this week, finally on the road for once, but there's absolutely no inspiration here. Basically, their objective is to just get through each game, and move right on to the next. Similar to low-paid production jobs, the just want to get a project over and done with so they can move right on to the next one. In Tottenham's mind, they were ready for the season to end yesterday.
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