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Home Team Lineups HOME AWAY Odds & Ends BET SMART New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com

TODAY FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED MLB
May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 Odds to win
2022 division title
White Sox White White White Balt. Balt. Balt.
8:10 Sox Sox Sox 7:05 7:05 7:05 AL EAST ODDS
YES 8:10 7:10 2:10 YES YES YES
WFAN Amaz. YES YES WFAN WFAN WFAN Yankees -105
WFAN WFAN WFAN
660 AM/
101.9 FM

Washington Blue Jays +150
1:05
SNY Sea. Sea. Sea. St.L. St.L. St.L. Rays +500
WCBS 7:10 7:10 1:40 7:10 7:10 7:10
SNY PIX11 SNY SNY SNY SNY Red Sox 30/1
880 AM WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS
Orioles 1,000/1

1st AL CENTRAL ODDS
Rd.
Pitts (if nec.) White Sox -115
7:00 1st Rd.
NO MSG NO Pitts. NO NO NO Twins +155
GAME TNT GAME TBD GAME GAME GAME
ESPN MSG Guardians +800
ESPN
Tigers 20/1

Royals 40/1

Ind. Dal. Conn. AL WEST ODDS
8:00 2:00 NO 7:00 NO
NO YES NO YES GAME YES GAME Astros -175
GAME GAME App
App Angels +210

Mariners +700

Saturday Saturday Rangers 80/1

Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew Athletics 200/1
7:30 7:00
NL EAST ODDS
TV- MSG TV- Yes App
Mets -200

Braves +260

Phillies +900 WHY WAIT? The season-win-total bet for Greg Schiano (above) and Rutgers will
come down to whether they win their opener versus Boston College, figures Action
Marlins 15/1 Network’s Collin Wilson. So Wilson is betting the Scarlet Knights as a moneyline un-
derdog in that game instead of tying up his wager for months waiting for a -150 return.
Today's Sports on the Air Nationals 300/1

MLB 1:05 p.m. Mets at Nationals SNY, WCBS (880 AM) NL CENTRAL ODDS

NBA 8 p.m. Royals at Rangers MLBN Brewers -300 By Collin Wilson in New York and other states.
Playoffs actionnetwork.com Action Network Total: 4.6
Yankees at White Sox YES, Cardinals +225 WynnBET Total: 3.5 (-150/+130)
NHL Action Network’s college football ex-
Playoffs 8:10 p.m. WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM) Cubs 30/1 pert dives into a couple of 2022 season Penn State
win totals in the Big Ten East Division.
NFL 12 a.m. (Fri.)Phillies at Dodgers (in progress) MLBN Pirates 150/1 If there’s value in the Big Ten East
Golf Rutgers from the perspective of an Over wager,
7 p.m. Eastern Conference Semifinal: Reds 300/1 the Nittany Lions fill the bill.
Tennis Heat at 76ers, Game 6 There were different sentiments on
Soccer ESPN NL WEST ODDS the Scarlet Knights when oddsmakers Projected at 8.6 wins by Action Net-
Horse discussed an opening win total. Rutgers work, Penn State will improve on its
Racing 9:30 p.m. Western Conference Semifinal: ESPN Dodgers -275 surprised last season with five wins and 2021 numbers.
Track and Suns at Mavericks, Game 6 an eventual slot in the TaxSlayer Gator
Field Padres +375 Bowl thanks to COVID-19. Offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich
College 1st Round: Hurricanes at Bruins, stays in place and returns 66 percent of
Baseball 7 p.m. Game 6 TNT Giants +600 Head coach Greg Schiano has locked the offense, but the defensive side of the
College down the state of New Jersey from a re- ball deserves attention.
Softball 7:30 p.m. 1st Round: Maple Leafs at Lightning, Rockies 80/1 cruiting standpoint, looking to add
Game 6 depth to a roster that returns higher- As Brent Pry departs to take the head
TBS Diamondbacks 200/1 than-average numbers in experience. coaching job at Virginia Tech, the Nit-
tany Lions were in search of a new de-
9:30 p.m. 1st Round: Wild at Blues, Game 6 TNT GOLF The offense returns 71 percent, per fensive coordinator. James Franklin
Favorites to win TARP (transferring assets and returning found a way to snag former Miami head
10 p.m. 1st Round: Oilers at Kings, Game 6 TBS Regions Tradition production), but the unit failed to get coach Manny Diaz to return to his roots
within the top 100 from a Success-Rate as one of the best defensive coordina-
8 p.m. 2022 NFL Schedule Release ESPN2, FS1, NFLN Thursday-Sunday, standpoint last season. The defense re- tors in the country.
turns 62 percent with similar struggles
7 a.m. DP World Tour: Soudal Open, 1st Round GOLF Birmingham, Ala. last season, ending 2021 with a Finish- Penn State has just 38 percent of its
ing-Drives mark outside the top 100. defense coming back for the 2022 sea-
10:30 a.m. LPGA Tour: The Cognizant Founders GOLF son, per TARP, as Diaz is expected to
Cup, 1st Round Rutgers projects to be double-digit fa- increase on Havoc and Finishing-Drives
PLAYER ODDS vorites against Wagner and Temple. In numbers that ranked outside the top 50.
Champions Tour: Regions Tradition, conference play, the Scarlet Knights are
1:30 p.m. 1st Round GOLF Steven Alker +450 expected to be favorites in a home game There’s a minimum of six wins on the
against Indiana, but the season win total schedule for games that project Penn
4 p.m. PGA Tour: The AT&T Byron Nelson, Steve Stricker +700 will be decided by numerous underdog State as more than a touchdown favor-
and coin-flip spots on the schedule. ite. Purdue, Auburn, Michigan and Mi-
1st Round GOLF Padraig Harrington 12/1 chigan State represent coin-flip games
Taking an Over on this win total will with projected short spreads.
5 a.m. ATP/WTA Rome, Early Rounds TENNIS Miguel Angel Jimenez 14/1 require a victory over Boston College in
the first week of the season. Rutgers is Franklin has done a remarkable job
6 a.m. ATP/WTA Rome, Early Rounds TENNIS Brian Gay 16/1 expected to be anywhere from a 3-to-5 not just in building the Penn State pro-
point underdog against the Eagles. gram back, but getting two of the best
2:45 p.m. Premier League: Arsenal at Tottenham USA Retief Goosen 18/1 coordinators in the business. The win
In lieu of a -150 to play the Over on the total has value through 8, making Over
Noon Trackside Live MSG+ David Toms 22/1 Scarlet Knights, the better investment is 7.5 a play with more than four months
an underdog moneyline ticket in Week 1 until kickoff.
3 p.m. America's Day at the Races: FS2 Ernie Els 22/1 versus Boston College.
Action Network Total: 8.6
6 p.m. American Track League: Alex Cejka 28/1 Note: Rutgers action is not taken by WynnBET Total: 7.5 (-120/+100)
The Puerto Rico Athletics Classic ESPN2 New Jersey sportsbooks, but is available Read more of Collin Wilson’s college
football analysis at actionnetwork.com.
7 p.m. Georgia at Tennessee ESPNU Jerry Kelly 28/1

10 p.m. Pacific at BYU ESPNU Stephen Ames 28/1

11 a.m. ACC Quarterfinal: Syracuse vs. ACCN Woody Austin 28/1
Virginia Tech
Steve Flesch 30/1
Big Ten Quarterfinal: Nebraska vs.
11 a.m. Penn State BTN Jim Furyk 33/1

Noon SEC Quarterfinal: Mississippi State vs. Kevin Sutherland 33/1

Tennessee SECN Scott Parel 33/1

1 p.m. Big 12 1st Round: Baylor vs. Iowa State ESPNU Robert Karlsson 35/1

1:30 p.m. Big Ten Quarterfinal: Illinois vs. BTN Brandt Jobe 40/1
Ohio State
K.J. Choi 40/1
ACC Quarterfinal: Clemson vs.
1:30 p.m. Notre Dame ACCN Mike Weir 40/1

7:30 p.m. ACC Quarterfinal: Virginia vs. Paul Broadhurst 40/1
Florida State
ACCN Tim Petrovic 40/1

8 p.m. Stanford at Arizona Pac-12 Darren Clarke 40/1

10 p.m. Arizona State at Washington Pac-12

52 AL Standings Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3 Nationals 8, Mets 3 Phillies 4, Mariners 2 ON DECK

East W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg Mets AB R H BI BB SO Avg Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg AT WHITE SOX
Yankees Springer dh 3 1 0 1 1 1 .283 Nimmo cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .286 Schwarber lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .185
New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com Tampa Bay 22 8 .733 — — 8-2 W-3 14-4 8-4 Bichette ss 5 0 3 0 0 1 .252 Marte rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Bohm 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .311 THURDAY — 8:10, YES
Toronto Guerrero Jr. 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Harper dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 RHP Luis Gil
Baltimore 19 13 .594 4 — 7-3 W-1 9-7 10-6 Hernandez rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .235 Alonso dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .287 Castellanos rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 (0-3, 9.53*) vs.
Boston Gurriel Jr. lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Do.Smith 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Segura 2b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .299
17 15 .531 6 — 3-7 L-4 10-6 7-9 Kirk c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274 E.Escobar 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Hoskins 1b 4 1 2 4 0 2 .222 RHP Dylan Cease
M.Chapman 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .189 McNeil lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .330 Herrera cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 (3-1, 2.38)
13 18 .419 9½ 3½ 6-4 L-1 9-7 4-11 Espinal 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Guillorme 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 Quinn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 FRIDAY —
Tapia cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Nido c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Stott ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .111
11 20 .355 11½ 5½ 2-8 L-1 4-9 7-11 Capra ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Stubbs c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .294 8:10, AMAZON
Totals 37 3 10 2 0 4 RHP Gerrit Cole
Totals 34 3 9 3 2 7 Totals 32 4 7 4 3 13
(2-0, 2.67) vs.
Central W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg RHP Vince Velasquez
Minnesota Frazier 2b-rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .270
Chicago 18 12 .600 — — 6-3 L-1 11-5 7-7 Yankees AB R H BI BB SO Avg C.Hernandez 2b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .285 France 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .325 (2-2, 3.97)
Cleveland Hicks cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Rodriguez cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .254 SATURDAY —
Kansas City 15 14 .517 2½ ½ 8-2 W-1 8-7 7-7 Judge dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Soto rf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .256 Crawford ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333
Detroit Rizzo 1b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .234 E.Suarez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .202 7:10, YES
LeMahieu 3b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .290 Bell 1b 3 1 1 0 0 2 .349 Torrens dh-c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .176 LHP Jordan
Torres 2b 4 1 2 5 0 0 .222 Winker lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .204 Montgomery
15 15 .500 3 1 7-3 L-1 7-5 8-10 Gallo lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .187 Cruz dh 3 2 1 3 1 0 .174 Moore rf 2 1 0 0 1 1 .179 (0-1, 2.90) vs.
Kiner-Falefa ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Mills p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- LHP Dallas Keuchel
10 18 .357 7 5 3-7 W-1 6-9 4-9 Gonzalez rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Y.Hernandez lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .346 Steckenrider p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- (2-3, 6.86)
Trevino c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Kelenic ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .140 SUNDAY — 2:10, YES
Thomas lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Raleigh c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .065 LHP Nestor Cortes
Totals 32 5 8 5 1 6 Toro ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 (1-1, 1.41) vs.
9 22 .290 9½ 7½ 2-8 L-2 5-12 4-10 Ruiz c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .275 RHP Michael Kopech
Totals 35 2 8 2 2 10 (0-0, 0.93)
Franco 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .275
* At Triple-A
West W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Strange-Gordon ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211 All games on WFAN
(660 AM, 101.9 FM)
Los Angeles 21 12 .636 — — 6-4 L-1 12-7 9-5 Robles cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .215
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
Totals 32 8 10 8 4 6
YANKEES: Gil has
Houston 19 11 .633 ½ — 8-1 W-8 9-4 10-7 Toronto 100 001 001 — 3 9 0 Mets 300 000 000 — 3 10 0 been roughed up
Yankees 000 302 00x — 5 8 2 Washington 530 000 00x — 8 10 1 in five starts at
Seattle 14 18 .438 6½ 3 2-8 L-1 9-7 5-11 Philadelphia 000 400 000 — 4 7 0 Scranton/Wilkes-
E: Kiner-Falefa 2 (4). LOB: Toronto 9, New Seattle 001 000 100 — 2 8 0 Barre, allowing
Texas 12 17 .414 7 3½ 6-4 L-1 5-10 7-7 York 4. 2B: Kirk (2), Bichette (7), Espinal E: Franco (6). LOB: New York 7, Washington five homers in just
(12), LeMahieu (7). HR: Torres (5), off 6. 2B: Nimmo (4), Y.Hernandez (8). HR: LOB: Philadelphia 4, Seattle 8. 2B: Frazier 2 17 innings. But he
Oakland 13 19 .406 7½ 4 3-7 W-2 4-10 9-9 Berrios. RBIs: Hernandez (6), M.Chapman Alonso (8), off Sanchez; Soto (7), off Megill; (8), Crawford (7). HR: Hoskins (5), off impressed in the
(15), Springer (18), Torres 5 (18). SB: Cruz (4), off Megill. RBIs: Alonso 2 (28), Soto Gilbert. RBIs: Hoskins 4 (16), Rodriguez (11), big leagues late last
*WGB: Games behind second-place team in wild-card race Hernandez (1). SF: M.Chapman, Springer. 2 (10), Ruiz (10), Franco (18), Strange- France (24). SB: Segura (2), Harper (6), season, going 1-1
Runners left in scoring position: Toronto 4 Gordon (1), Cruz 3 (17). SB: Ruiz (1). SF: Moore (2). CS: Bohm (1). Runners left in with a 3.07 ERA in
Wednesday Houston at Minnesota, TBD, 2nd game (Kirk 2, Espinal, Guerrero Jr.); New York 2 Franco. Runners left in scoring position: scoring position: Philadelphia 3 (Herrera 3); six starts with the
Oakland at Detroit, 1:10 (Kiner-Falefa, Rizzo). RISP: Toronto 0 for 7; New York 3 (Marte 2, Nimmo); Washington 1 Seattle 3 (France, Torrens, Rodriguez). Yankees.
Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Baltimore at St. Louis, 1:15 New York 2 for 5. (Strange-Gordon). RISP: New York 2 for 8; RISP: Philadelphia 1 for 4; Seattle 2 for 8.
Philadelphia 4, Seattle 2 Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 Washington 3 for 5. GIDP: Y.Hernandez. DP: WHITE SOX: Cease,
Oakland 9, Detroit 0 Friday New York 1 (Guillorme, Lindor, Do.Smith). Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA who entered
Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 2, 10 inn. Wednesday tied for
Atlanta 5, Boston 3 Seattle at Mets, 7:10 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Falter 4.2 5 1 1 0 4 65 3.75 the AL lead with 47
St. Louis 10, Baltimore 1 Yankees at White Sox, 8:10 strikeouts, is coming
Kansas City 8, Texas 2 Houston at Washington, 7:05 Berrios, L, 2-2 5.1 5 5 5 1 4 88 5.82 Mets IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Dominguez, 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 20 3.09 off five innings of
Cleveland at White Sox, ppd. Baltimore at Detroit, 7:10 W, 2-1 one-run, four-hit
Houston at Minnesota, susp. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 Richards 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.86 ball in a no-decision
Thursday Boston at Texas, 8:05 Megill, L, 4-2 1.1 8 8 8 1 1 54 4.41 Alvarado, H, 4 0.2 0 1 1 2 1 18 3.86 against the Red Sox.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 Thornton 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 23 3.52 He’s 2-0 with a 1.45
Yankees at White Sox, 8:10 Kansas City at Colorado, 8:40 Williams 3.2 2 0 0 1 2 51 5.73 Familia, H, 4 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 27 2.53 ERA in three home
Houston at Minnesota, 12:10 comp. of L.A. Angels at Oakland, 9:40 Borucki 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.75 starts this season and
susp. game Nogosek 3.0 0 0 0 2 3 45 0.00 Knebel, S, 6-7 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 14 2.70 in two career starts
against the Yankees,
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA he’s 0-1 with a 7.71
Sanchez, W, ERA.
Taillon, W, 3-1 5.1 6 2 2 1 4 85 2.93 5.1 6 3 3 0 1 75 7.58 Gilbert, L, 4-1 5.0 3 4 4 3 9 95 2.13
2-2 STAT SO?
King, H, 4 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 14 1.35 Voth 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 28 3.95 Murfee 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 12 0.00
Holmes, H, 7 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 19 0.55 Arano 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 16 3.95 YANKEES: Clay
Espino 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 2.57 Misiewicz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.08 Holmes has not
allowed a run in his
A.Chapman, 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 18 0.79 Mills 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.17 past 15 appearances
S, 8-8 and is riding a career-
Steckenrider 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 14 3.86 best streak of 15 2/3
scoreless innings.
T: 2:50. A: 42,105 (47,309). T: 3:11. A: 16,387 (47,929).
WHITE SOX: Chicago
T: 3:05. A: 19,715 (41,339). starters have pitched
to a 2.21 ERA with a
NL Standings Pirates 5, Dodgers 3 Giants 7, Rockies 1 .205 opponent batting
average over the past
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg Marlins 11, Diamondbacks 3 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg 15 games.
T.Turner ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .259 Joe 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .291
East W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Freeman 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .315 Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg Iglesias ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .319
Mets Smith c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Chisholm Jr. 2b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .295 Blackmon rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .219
Atlanta 21 11 .656 — — 6-4 L-1 9-5 12-6 Muncy 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .138 Cooper 1b 4 2 2 0 1 2 .263 Cron dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .297
Miami J.Turner 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .194 Soler dh 5 1 1 0 0 2 .178 McMahon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .243
Philadelphia 15 17 .469 6 3 5-5 W-1 9-9 6-8 Bellinger cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .206 Wendle 3b 2 1 2 2 0 0 .304 Daza cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .367
Washington Taylor rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .247 Gonzalez 3b-ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .143 Hilliard lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .145
14 17 .452 6½ 3½ 2-8 W-1 6-7 8-10 Rios dh 4 0 1 3 0 2 .303 Garcia rf 4 1 2 3 1 1 .204 Hampson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .174
Lux lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 M.Rojas ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .202 Nunez c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .160
14 17 .452 6½ 3½ 4-6 W-1 9-9 5-8 Aguilar ph-3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267
Totals 32 3 5 3 5 7 Sanchez cf 4 2 0 0 1 0 .217 Totals 30 1 4 1 2 10
11 21 .344 10 7 4-6 W-1 4-12 7-9 De La Cruz lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .300
Stallings c 4 1 2 2 0 1 .200
Central W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Milwaukee Gamel lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .290 Totals 40 11 15 11 3 10
St. Louis Reynolds cf 4 0 0 0 1 3 .229 Wade Jr. rf-lf 4 0 3 1 1 0 .333
Pittsburgh Hayes 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .320
Chicago 20 12 .625 — — 5-5 L-1 10-4 10-8 Vogelbach dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .258 Belt 1b 3 0 2 1 1 1 .253
Cincinnati Chavis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269
Suwinski rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .238 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg Longoria 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Castillo ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .235 Varsho c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245
17 13 .567 2 — 6-4 W-1 8-6 9-7 VanMeter 2b 3 2 2 2 1 0 .184 P.Smith rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Pederson dh 4 0 1 1 1 2 .257
Knapp c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Luplow ph-rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .242
Peralta lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Dubon pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Totals 32 5 8 5 5 9 Walker 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .187
13 17 .433 6 4 5-5 W-1 7-8 6-9 J.Rojas 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Yastrzemski cf-rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .267
Marte 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .204
11 19 .367 8 6 3-7 W-1 4-11 7-8 Beer dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .208 Estrada 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .252
Perdomo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Thomas cf 3 2 2 1 0 1 .385 Crawford ss 4 2 1 3 0 0 .223

7 24 .226 12½ 10½ 4-6 W-1 5-9 2-15 Totals 31 3 4 3 3 8 Gonzalez lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .309

Slater cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275

Bart c 3 1 1 1 0 2 .167

West W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Los Angeles 000 000 300 — 3 5 0 Totals 35 7 10 7 5 12
Pittsburgh 000 003 11x — 5 8 1
Los Angeles 20 9 .690 — — 7-3 L-1 10-2 10-7 Colorado 000 001 000 — 1 4 2
San Francisco 000 320 02x — 7 10 0
San Diego 20 12 .625 1½ — 6-4 L-1 10-7 10-5 E: VanMeter (3). LOB: Los Angeles 7,
Pittsburgh 10. 2B: T.Turner (7), Rios (1), Miami 210 000 008 —11 15 0 E: Kuhl (1), McMahon (6). LOB: Colorado 4,
San Francisco 19 12 .613 2 — 5-5 W-5 11-7 8-5 Suwinski (2). 3B: VanMeter (1). HR: Arizona 001 000 020 — 3 4 0 San Francisco 11. HR: Crawford (3), off Kuhl.
Suwinski (2), off Kahnle; VanMeter (2), off RBIs: Blackmon (13), Crawford 3 (13), Bart
Arizona 17 15 .531 4½ 1 7-3 L-1 9-9 8-6 Kahnle; Vogelbach (5), off Hudson. RBIs: LOB: Miami 5, Arizona 4. 2B: Cooper (7). HR: (6), Belt (11), Wade Jr. (5), Pederson (12).
Rios 3 (9), Suwinski (5), VanMeter 2 (4), Wendle (2), off Kelly; Chisholm Jr. (6), off SB: Joe (2), Belt (1), Estrada (5), Gonzalez
Colorado 16 15 .516 5 1½ 4-6 L-4 11-5 5-10 Vogelbach (12), Gamel (14). RISP: Los Melancon; Garcia (2), off Wendelken; (3). CS: Hampson (1). SF: Belt. Runners left
Angeles 1 for 7; Pittsburgh 0 for 7. Runners in scoring position: Colorado 1 (McMahon);
*WGB: Games behind second-place team in wild-card race moved up: Smith, Lux. Thomas (1), off Alcantara; Luplow (4), off San Francisco 7 (Yastrzemski, Estrada 2,
Okert. RBIs: Wendle 2 (10), Stallings 2 (12), Pederson 2, Longoria, Crawford). RISP:
Chisholm Jr. 3 (24), Gonzalez (1), Garcia 3 Colorado 0 for 5; San Francisco 4 for 18.

Wednesday Baltimore at St. Louis, 1:15 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA (7), Thomas (3), Luplow 2 (9). SB: J.Rojas (1).
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:35 Runners left in scoring position: Miami 2
Washington 8, Mets 3 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 Pepiot 3.0 1 0 0 5 3 77 0.00 (Soler 2); Arizona 2 (Marte, Walker). RISP: Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pittsburgh 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Friday Kuhl, L, 3-1 4.2 7 5 5 3 8 101 2.88
Cincinnati 14, Milwaukee 11 Phillips 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 20 3.65 Miami 5 for 7; Arizona 0 for 2. Estevez 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 23 4.50
Miami 11, Arizona 3 Seattle at Mets, 7:10 Colome 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 5.59
Philadelphia 4, Seattle 2 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:35 Vesia 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.00 Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bard 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 31 3.18
San Francisco 7, Colorado 1 Milwaukee at Miami, 6:40 Stephenson 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 7 6.43
Cubs 7, San Diego 5 Houston at Washington, 7:05 Kahnle 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 15 9.00 Alcantara 7.0 2 1 1 3 6 99 2.74
Atlanta 5, Boston 3 San Diego at Atlanta, 7:20
St. Louis 10, Baltimore 1 San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:15 Hudson, L, 1-2 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 17 1.86 Okert, BS, 0-1 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 12 3.24
Thursday Kansas City at Colorado, 8:40
Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 Graterol 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 21 2.92 Bass, W, 1-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.20
Mets at Washington, 1:05 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sulser 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.70 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Peters 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 43 1.83 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Cobb, W, 2-1 5.1 3 1 1 2 6 85 3.98

Kranick 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 37 0.00 Kelly 5.0 7 3 3 2 4 93 1.71 Alvarez 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.12

Stratton, BS, 2-4 0.1 1 3 2 2 0 31 6.17 C.Smith 3.0 0 0 0 0 6 38 9.64 Brebbia 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 20 1.29

Crowe, W, 2-2 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 22 2.25 Melancon, L, 0-4 0.2 3 4 4 1 0 20 6.75 Rogers 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.98

Bednar, S, 5-5 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 21 1.15 Wendelken 0.1 5 4 4 0 0 17 7.71 Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0.00

T: 3:20. A: 11,105 (38,747). T: 2:58. A: 9,058 (48,686). T: 3:14. A: 23,341 (41,915).

Cubs 7, Padres 5 Rays 4, Angels 2, 10 inn. Braves 5, Red Sox 3 Cardinals 10, Orioles 1 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conf. Semi: Game 5 53

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg Conference Semifinals Bucks 110, Celtics 107
Ortega rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .234 Diaz 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1 .263 Hernandez cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Mullins dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .264
Contreras c 3 3 2 1 1 0 .304 Franco dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Devers 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .313 Mancini 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Best-of-7; x-if necessary Milwaukee
Happ lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .275 Choi 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .283 Martinez dh 4 0 2 1 0 2 .298 Santander rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .253
Wisdom 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .229 Arozarena lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .223 Bogaerts ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .345 Bemboom ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .128 Eastern Conference Min FG FT O-Rb A PF Pts New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com
Rivas 1b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .289 Mejia c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Verdugo lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .216 Hays cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301
Hoerner ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Kiermaier cf 4 2 1 1 0 3 .179 Story 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .206 Odor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Boston vs. Milwaukee G.Antetok 40:20 16-27 6-10 2-11 3 4 40
Vargas ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Brujan 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .100 Cordero 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .190 Mateo ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .243 Milwaukee leads series, 3-2 ounmpo
Schwindel dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .202 Walls ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .189 Dalbec 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Nevin lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .148 Game 1: Milwaukee 101, Boston 89
Heyward cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .222 Phillips rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 .158 Plawecki c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .152 Chirinos c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .145 Game 2: Boston 109, Milwaukee 86 Matthews 36:38 3-9 0-0 3-7 2 0 9
Villar 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .243 Ramirez ph-rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .311 Vazquez c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .215 Owings 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Game 3: Milwaukee 103, Boston 101
Bradley Jr. rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .198 Game 4: Boston 116, Milwaukee 108 Lopez 20:15 1-4 0-0 2-3 2 1 2
Totals 34 7 9 7 3 10 Totals 34 4 5 4 3 10 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 7 Game 5: Milwaukee 110, Boston 107
Totals 33 3 7 3 4 11 Fri.: at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Allen 29:43 3-7 1-1 1-2 5 2 8
x-Sun., May 15: at Boston, 3:30pm,
ABC Holiday 40:51 9-24 2-2 1-8 8 2 24
Miami vs. Philadelphia
Miami leads series, 3-2 Connaught 31:11 4-7 2-2 1-1 0 0 13
Game 1: Miami 106, Philadelphia 92 on
Game 2: Miami 119, Philadelphia 103
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg Game 3: Philadelphia 99, Miami 79 Portis 28:26 4-14 6-6 7-15 2 3 14
Ohtani p-dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Game 4.: Philadelphia 116, Miami 108
Cronenworth 2b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .214 Marsh lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .264 Game 5: Miami 120, Philadelphia 85 Hill 12:36 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
Rengifo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Thu.: at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., ESPN
Profar lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .187 Wallach c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg x-Sun., May 15: at Miami, TBD, TBD Totals 240:00 40-92 17-21 17-49 22 14 110
Rendon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .198 Edman 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .286
Machado 3b 4 0 2 0 1 2 .383 Walsh 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg Western Conference Percentages: FG .435, FT .810. 3-point
Hosmer 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .367 Whitefield cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Swanson ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .226 Goldschmidt 1b 3 1 2 3 1 1 .294 goals: 13-29, .448 (Holiday 4-7,
Mayfield rf-2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .232 Olson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .269 Robertson ph-ss 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Phoenix vs, Dallas Connaughton 3-5, Matthews 3-6,
Myers rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Romine c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 d'Arnaud c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Arenado 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .315 Phoenix leads series, 3-2 G.Antetokounmpo 2-5, Allen 1-2, Lopez
Wade ph-ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279 Riley 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Game 1: Phoenix 121, Dallas 114 0-2, Portis 0-2). Team rebounds: 9.
Voit dh 5 3 3 2 0 0 .184 Trout ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .337 Ozuna lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Game 2.: Phoenix 129, Dallas 109 Team turnovers: None. Blocked shots: 5
Kim ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Velazquez ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .171 Albies 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .224 Game 3: Dallas 103, Phoenix 94 (Holiday 2, Allen, Connaughton,
Ward ph-rf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .367 Duvall cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .189 Game 4: Dallas 111, Phoenix 101 G.Antetokounmpo). Turnovers: 13
Grisham cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .144 Arcia dh 4 2 3 2 0 0 .355 Knizner ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209 Game 5: Phoenix 110, Dallas 80 (G.Antetokounmpo 7, Allen 3, Holiday 2,
Totals 35 2 6 2 2 14 Demeritte rf 3 1 1 2 0 2 .271 Yepez lf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .444 Thu.,: at Dallas, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Connaughton). Steals: 5 (Connaughton,
Alfaro c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Carlson rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224 x-Sun., May 15: at Phoenix, 8 p.m./930 G.Antetokounmpo, Holiday, Matthews,
Totals 33 5 8 5 1 8 p.m., ESPN Portis). Technicals: None.
Totals 38 5 12 5 2 7 Memphis vs. Golden State
Golden State leads series, 3-2
Chicago 100 400 020 — 7 9 1 Molina c-1b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .221 Game 1: Golden State 117, Memphis 116
San Diego 110 001 200 — 5 12 0 Bader cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .242 Game 2: Memphis 106, Golden State 101
Game 3: Golden State 142, Memphis 112
E: Contreras (2). LOB: Chicago 3, San Diego Tampa Bay 010 000 010 2 — 4 5 0 Dickerson dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 .196 Game 4: Golden State 101, Memphis 98 Boston
11. 2B: Schwindel (4), Ortega (6), Profar (6). Los Angeles 000 000 020 0 — 2 6 0 Pujols ph-dh 1 1 0 0 1 0 .214 Game 5: Memphis 134, Golden State 95
3B: Profar (1). HR: Contreras (4), off Boston 021 000 000 — 3 7 0 Donovan ss-3b 2 3 2 2 2 0 .278 Fri.,: at Golden State, 10 p.m., ESPN Min FG FT O-Rb A PF Pts
Martinez; Voit (1), off Thompson; Hosmer Atlanta 003 000 002 — 5 8 0 x-Sun., May 15: at Memphis, TBD, TNT
(4), off Givens; Voit (2), off Givens. RBIs: a-pinch hit for Romine in the 8th. b-homered Totals 35 10 11 10 5 6 Tatum 41:39 12-29 8-9 1-6 4 3 34
Contreras (10), Wisdom (16), Schwindel 2 Williams 30:37 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 4 0
(11), Heyward (3), Rivas 2 (10), Hosmer 2 for Velazquez in the 8th. c-singled for One out when winning run scored. LOB: Baltimore 000 010 000 — 1 5 1 Horford 40:53 4-7 0-0 1-8 6 3 8
(21), Voit 2 (7), Cronenworth (15). CS: Phillips in the 10th. d-walked for Wade in Boston 7, Atlanta 5. 2B: Verdugo (4), Devers Brown 35:15 9-19 5-6 2-8 6 3 26
Ortega (4). Runners left in scoring position: the 10th. LOB: Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 6. (10), Plawecki (1), Olson (14), Riley (8). HR: St. Louis 030 401 02x —10 11 1 Smart 38:15 6-11 0-0 0-4 1 2 15
Chicago 2 (Wisdom, Schwindel); San Diego Story (1), off Anderson; Demeritte (3), off White 32:07 4-5 0-0 0-5 6 2 9
4 (Machado, Profar 2, Myers). RISP: Chicago 2B: Brujan (1). HR: Kiermaier (3), off Ohtani; Eovaldi; Arcia (1), off Brasier. RBIs: Story 2 E: Nevin (1), Robertson (1). LOB: Baltimore Theis 11:29 5-5 0-0 0-1 0 2 11
5 for 11; San Diego 1 for 8. Ward (7), off Kittredge. RBIs: Kiermaier (8), (14), Martinez (15), Demeritte 2 (5), Olson 5, St. Louis 6. 2B: Chirinos (3), Carlson (7), Pritchard 9:45 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 0 4
Diaz (8), Brujan (1), Ramirez (8), Ward 2 (14), Arcia 2 (7). SB: Swanson (4). CS: Dickerson (2), Donovan 2 (2), Goldschmidt
Bradley Jr. (2). RISP: Boston 2 for 8; Atlanta (8), Arenado (10). HR: Yepez (2), off
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA (17). SB: Mayfield (1), Ohtani (5), Walls (5), 1 for 5. Watkins. RBIs: Chirinos (4), Yepez (4), Totals 240:00 42-82 13-15 5-36 25 19 107
Arozarena (5), Brujan (1). S: Phillips. RISP: Donovan 2 (4), Edman 2 (16), Goldschmidt 3
Thompson 4.0 5 2 2 2 1 61 1.67 Tampa Bay 2 for 8; Los Angeles 0 for 5. (14), Arenado (25), Robertson (1). Runners Percentages: FG .512, FT .867. 3-point
left in scoring position: Baltimore 4 (Hays, goals: 10-31, .323 (Smart 3-5, Brown 3-7,
Martin 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 3.48 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Owings, Mateo 2); St. Louis 3 (Edman, Tatum 2-11, Theis 1-1, White 1-2,
Yepez, Bader). RISP: Baltimore 0 for 4; St. Pritchard 0-1, Horford 0-2, Williams 0-
Effross, H, 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 30 1.98 McClanahan 7.0 3 0 0 1 11 100 2.52 Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Louis 5 for 12. 2). Team rebounds: 4. Team turnovers:
None. Blocked shots: 7 (White 2, Brown,
Givens, W, 2-0 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 28 3.55 Kittredge, BS, 4-6 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 18 3.00 Eovaldi 6.1 6 3 3 1 6 98 3.15 Horford, Smart, Tatum, Theis).
Turnovers: 10 (Smart 3, Brown 2,
Wick, S, 2-2 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 33 0.77 Poche 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.25 Strahm 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2.45 Williams 2, Horford, Tatum, White).
Steals: 6 (Horford 3, Smart 2, Tatum).
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Feyereisen, 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0.00 Schreiber 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Technicals: None.
Martinez 4.0 4 5 5 2 8 81 4.40 W, 3-0
Crismatt 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 35 1.62 Brasier, L, 0-1 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 7 3.97 Watkins, L, 0-1 3.2 8 7 7 2 3 81 5.19
Garcia, L, 0-2 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 20 3.38
Stammen 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 11 3.09 Raley, S, 3-3 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 21 1.80 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Fry 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 14 6.00

T: 3:26. A: 29,344 (40,209). Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Anderson 5.1 7 3 3 1 4 96 4.20 Allen 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 20 5.14

Ohtani 6.0 2 1 1 2 5 92 2.78 McHugh 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 15 5.25 Lakins Sr. 2.0 2 2 2 2 2 54 9.58 Milwaukee 28 19 30 33 —110
Boston 26 28 32 21 —107
Herget 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 3.86 Minter 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1.98

Reds 14, Brewers 11 Tepera 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 14 2.35 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA A: 19,156 (18,624). T: 2:31.

Iglesias 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 15 2.31 Smith 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 26 2.19 Mikolas, W, 3-1 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 98 1.49

Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg Loup, L, 0-2 1.0 2 2 1 0 2 18 1.93 Jansen, W, 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 16 3.00 Walsh 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 34 0.00
Wong 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .243
Adames ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .215 T: 3:17. A: 21,045 (45,517). T: 3:11. A: 37,200 (41,084). T: 2:58. A: 34,533 (45,494). Western Conf. Semi: Game 5- Grizzlies 134, Warriors 95
Brosseau ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .300
Yelich dh 5 2 4 3 0 0 .259 Athletics 9, Tigers 0 Royals 8, Rangers 2 Baseball Today Golden State Memphis
Tellez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .245
Urias 3b 5 1 1 1 0 2 .310 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg May 12 Min FG FT O-Rb A PF Pts Min FG FT O-Rb A PF Pts
Renfroe rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .227 Kemp 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .225 Witt Jr. 3b 5 0 1 3 0 1 .219 1910: Chief Bender of the
Narvaez c 4 0 2 1 1 1 .254 Neuse dh 4 2 1 0 1 1 .290 Benintendi lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .314 Philadelphia Athletics pitched a 4- Kuminga 23:54 7-16 3-4 1-3 2 2 17 Brooks 24:14 5-13 1-2 1-4 4 2 12
Cain cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .189 Pinder lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Perez c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .198 0 no-hitter against the Cleveland 6-10 5-6 3-8 3 3 21
Peterson lf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .222 Murphy c 3 1 1 2 1 1 .214 O'Hearn dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .087 Indians. Wiggins 19:25 2-6 0-0 0-1 0 3 5 Jackson Jr. 25:13 2-7 3-5 6-13 3 1 7
Laureano rf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .167 Rivera ph-dh 1 1 1 3 0 0 .250 1937: St. Louis' Joe Medwick hit two 6-12 5-5 0-1 2 1 21
Totals 41 11 15 11 3 10 Barrera rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Dozier 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .247 home runs and two doubles to lead Green 22:14 2-4 1-2 2-7 5 3 5 Adams 21:49 8-12 1-1 0-3 9 1 21
Bethancourt 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .245 Isbel rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .192 the Cardinals to a 15-3 victory over 4-11 0-0 1-2 4 0 10
Smith 3b 5 0 1 2 0 2 .217 Taylor cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .205 the Philadelphia Phillies. Curry 25:00 4-10 3-4 0-3 4 1 14 Bane 24:09 3-8 3-3 1-3 2 2 11
Andrus ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .198 Merrifield 2b 4 4 3 1 0 0 .161 1955: Sam “Toothpick'' Jones of the 4-7 1-2 0-6 7 0 9
Pache cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .172 Lopez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .212 Cubs got a no-hitter the hard way. Thompson 25:21 7-12 2-2 0-3 1 3 19 Jones 24:25 3-4 2-2 0-4 1 3 9
In the ninth inning against 5-7 1-4 5-7 1 0 11
Totals 34 9 11 9 7 5 Totals 38 8 7 7 4 7 Pittsburgh, he walked the bases Lee 23:38 4-6 0-0 1-3 0 2 10 Melton 24:18 0-6 0-0 1-3 0 3 0
full and then struck out the next 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg three batters for a 4-0 victory. Poole 19:57 1-6 0-0 0-1 3 3 3 Williams 22:42
Friedl cf 4 3 3 0 1 0 .220 1956: Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn
Drury 2b 2 2 0 0 3 0 .267 Dodgers pitched a 3-0 no-hitter Bjelica 19:40 2-4 0-0 0-3 2 2 5 Anderson 19:05
Pham lf 4 2 3 2 1 0 .245 against the New York Giants.
Moustakas 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .254 1966: Lou Brock's RBI single in the Moody 17:01 4-7 0-0 0-3 1 0 10 Konchar 15:54
Stephenson dh 5 2 3 4 0 0 .322 12th inning gave the St. Louis
Moran 1b 4 3 2 3 1 1 .215 Cardinals a 4-3 victory over Looney 15:49 1-1 0-0 0-5 2 2 2 Clarke 14:11
Naquin rf 4 0 2 3 0 1 .230 Atlanta in the opening of Busch
Farmer ss 3 1 0 1 1 0 .196 Memorial Stadium. Felipe Alou hit Toscano- 15:44 2-5 0-1 0-5 2 0 5 Culver 12:00
Garcia c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .179 two home runs for the Braves. Anderson
1970: Ernie Banks hit his 500th Tillman 12:00
Totals 35 14 14 14 7 3 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg home run off Pat Jarvis in Porter Jr. 12:17 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
Semien 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .165 Chicago's 4-3 victory over Atlanta
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg Ibanez dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .216 at Wrigley Field. Totals 240:00 36-80 9-13 4-37 22 23 95 Totals 240:00 47-99 22-30 18-55 37 17 134
Meadows rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Seager ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .243 2000: Boston's Pedro Martinez, who
Baez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Garcia rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 had 17 strikeouts in his last start Percentages: FG .450, FT .692. 3-point Percentages: FG .475, FT .733. 3-point
Candelario 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Solak lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 May 6 against Tampa Bay, struck goals: 18-41, .439 (Bane 4-6, Jackson Jr.
Cabrera dh 4 0 3 0 0 1 .268 Lowe 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 out 15 in a 9-0 win over Baltimore, goals: 14-39, .359 (Thompson 3-6, Curry 4-6, Jones 4-7, Williams 2-6, Melton 2-7,
Schoop 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152 White cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .276 to tie an AL record set in 1968 by Konchar 1-2, Brooks 1-4, Anderson 0-1,
W.Castro lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Huff c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Cleveland's Luis Tiant for most 3-8, Lee 2-2, Moody 2-3, Bjelica 1-1, Culver 0-2). Team rebounds: 8. Team
Torkelson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .149 Culberson 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 strikeouts over two games. turnovers: 1. Blocked shots: 4 (Jackson
Milwaukee 003 100 016 —11 15 2 Barnhart c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Miller ph-3b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .217 2001: A.J. Burnett pitched an Poole 1-3, Toscano-Anderson 1-3, Jr. 2, Jones, Melton). Turnovers: 9
Cincinnati 430 010 06x —14 14 0 Hill cf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .270 unlikely no-hitter _ overcoming a (Anderson 2, Culver 2, Jackson Jr. 2,
Totals 31 2 6 2 1 8 record nine walks _ to lead Florida Wiggins 1-3, Green 0-2, Porter Jr. 0-3, Tillman 2, Williams). Steals: 12 (Jones 2,
Totals 33 0 7 0 0 7 over San Diego 3-0. Konchar 2, Melton 2, Anderson, Bane,
2009: Ryan Zimmerman extended Kuminga 0-5). Team rebounds: 8. Team Brooks, Jackson Jr., Tillman, Williams).
his hitting streak to 30 games, Technicals: None.
E: Urias (1), Adames (5). LOB: Milwaukee 7, getting a first-inning single in the turnovers: None. Blocked shots: 5
Washington Nationals' 9-7 loss to
Cincinnati 6. 2B: Wong (6), Yelich (8), San Francisco. (Green, Moody, Poole, Toscano-
Narvaez 2 (4), Brosseau (1), Urias (1),
Anderson, Wiggins). Turnovers: 22

Stephenson 2 (5), Moran (2). 3B: Yelich (1), Kansas City 001 020 104 — 8 7 0 (Green 5, Poole 4, Toscano-Anderson 3,

Naquin (1). HR: Yelich (5), off Gutierrez; Oakland 123 010 002 — 9 11 0 Texas 000 001 001 — 2 6 4 Curry 2, Thompson 2, Bjelica, Kuminga,
Renfroe (7), off Gutierrez; Renfroe (8), off
E: Seager (4), Lowe (3), Santana (1), Miller Lee, Looney, Moody, Wiggins). Steals: 3 Golden State 28 22 17 28 — 95

Hoffman; Peterson (2), off Moreta; Detroit 000 000 000 — 0 7 0 (Looney, Poole, Thompson). Memphis 38 39 42 15 —134

Brosseau (2), off Moreta; Moran (4), off E: Baez (3). LOB: Oakland 7, Detroit 6. 2B: (2). LOB: Kansas City 7, Texas 3. 2B: Perez Technicals: None. A: 17,794 (18,119). T: 2:14.
Perdomo. RBIs: Yelich 3 (20), Renfroe 2 (13),
Smith (6), Laureano (1), Hill (2). 3B: Neuse (7), Witt Jr. (6). 3B: Rivera (1). HR: Merrifield

Peterson (7), Brosseau 2 (7), Tellez (27), (2). RBIs: Murphy 2 (17), Pache (8), Kemp (1), off Allard; Miller (4), off Snider; Seager Puzzles on Page 40

Urias (4), Narvaez (7), Stephenson 4 (17), (5), Smith 2 (9), Bethancourt 2 (5), Laureano (7), off Bubic. RBIs: Merrifield (8), Witt Jr. 3
Naquin 3 (18), Farmer (14), Pham 2 (11),
(1). SB: Laureano (1). CS: Pache (2). SF: (10), Rivera 3 (3), Miller (16), Seager (15).

Moustakas (7), Moran 3 (20). SB: Friedl (1). Kemp, Murphy. Runners left in scoring SB: Lopez (1), Merrifield (4). RISP: Kansas 257839641 384291765
836741295 251736849
CS: Wong (1). SF: Farmer. S: Naquin. RISP: position: Oakland 4 (Murphy 2, Smith, City 2 for 15; Texas 0 for 2. 941256783 976845132
Milwaukee 3 for 12; Cincinnati 6 for 13. 629314857 567983214
Andrus); Detroit 2 (Cabrera, Meadows). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 475628319 142567983
183975462 893412576
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA RISP: Oakland 5 for 12; Detroit 0 for 3. . Speier 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0.00 718493526 618359427
562187934 735124698
Houser, L, 3-3 4.0 6 7 3 4 3 90 3.86 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Payamps, W, 1-1 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 39 2.08 394562178 429678351

Milner 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 12 4.50 Logue, W, 2-1 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 97 1.35 Snider, H, 4 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 23 4.38 Solution to Very Easy #5,815 Solution to Difficult #5,605

Suter 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 4.09 Moll 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0.00 Clarke, H, 2 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 17 0.75

Mejia 1.1 3 5 5 3 0 3233.75 Grimm 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 5.00 S.Barlow, H, 3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.35

Perdomo 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 9 6.00 Bubic 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1412.83

Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wentz, L, 0-1 2.2 7 6 6 2 1 7320.25 Bush 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3.75
Gutierrez 4.2 6 4 4 2 6 87 8.65
Diaz, W, 1-0 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 16 0.59 Peralta 2.1 3 1 1 2 1 43 0.71 Allard, L, 0-2 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 47 5.40
Hoffman 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 28 1.93
Moreta 0.0 5 5 5 0 0 17 9.88 Lange 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.31 Richards 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 16 5.23
Kuhnel 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14 4.50
Barnes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.75 Martin 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 23 3.75

Fulmer 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 1.46 Santana 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 24 1.12

Soto 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 27 4.00 Moore 2.0 3 4 3 1 1 29 2.45

T: 3:26. A: 11,851 (42,319). T: 3:04. A: 15,375 (41,083). T: 2:55. A: 15,561 (40,300).

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New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com

By Brian Lewis Simmons relieved after surgery we’re going to have to ask ourselves
and also ask the players that we
The Nets and Kyrie Irving have A week after Ben Simmons be quite frank,” Marks said want to bring back in here.”
to have some real conversations had back surgery, Nets general Wednesday.
this summer about how much they manager Sean Marks said the While Irving could become
want him and just how much he former All-Star is “feeling relief.” “It got to be too much and we a free agent, that seems un-
wants to stay in Brooklyn. had another follow-up MRI and likely. Frankly, so does a
Simmons didn’t play a second we could see the herniation had sign-and-trade. The Nets
Rather, whether he’s all-in and this season, holding out in Phila- expanded. At that point, there and Irving seem tied at
willing to do what it takes to win in delphia while citing mental was really nothing but surgery the hip, although Marks
Brooklyn. health issues, then suffering that was going to fix this. … hesitated to make any
from a herniated L-4 disk after From the communications I’ve proclamations after say-
After a campaign in which Irving he was traded to the Nets on had with him multiple times ing last summer that Ir-
played just 29 games — absences Feb. 10. He had microdiscectomy since the surgery, he’s feeling ving would sign an ex-
that contributed to the Nets’ shock- surgery last Thursday, per- relief already and feeling great. tension before camp.
ing first-round playoff exit — he has formed by Dr. Robert Watkins He knows that, it goes back to
a $36.5 million player option for this IV at Cedars-Sinai Marina Del that five months, he has a big That didn’t happen,
upcoming season. He could opt out Rey Hospital in Los Angeles. buildup to get ready and as talks were shelved
to become a free agent, or look for a contribute.” — Brian Lewis due to Irving’s refusal
four-year, $185 million extension. “Ben had a tricky buildup, to to get vaccinated.

So how committed are both sides He has missed 123 of 226 regular- something bigger than themselves. Irving admitted that
to this marriage of athletic conve- season games the past three years, There’s an objective and there’s a lack of time on the
nience? for various reasons: from shoulder goal at stake here. In order to do court hurt his team,
surgery to a nine-game personal that, we’re going to need availabil- and Marks agreed.
“That’s something we’ve been dis- leave last season to refusing to take ity from everybody.”
cussing and we will continue to de- a COVID-19 vaccine this season. “It’s obvious. When-
brief on and discuss throughout this That decision caused him to miss Marks implied any extension ever you have a key part
offseason,” Nets general manager 35 of 41 home games. talks would include not just Ir- of your team that isn’t
Sean Marks said Wednesday in his ving’s ability, but his availability. available and you’re trying
first comments since his team was “Those are going to be discus- to build chemistry, trying to
swept out of the playoffs by the Celt- sions. It’s a team sport and you need “[Yes] 100 percent you have to build camaraderie … it’s very
ics. “We haven’t had any of those dis- everybody out there,” Marks said. factor all of that,” he said. “Cer- difficult,” Marks said. “I don’t
cussions yet, so it’d be unfair for me “Kevin [Durant] missed 27 games tainly when you’re looking at play- want to make excuses on that
to comment on how it looks with us with injuries and Kyrie being out for ers making 30 or 40 million … you because there were a variety of
and Kyrie, because to be quite frank over half the season, that hurts. … have to factor in everything. That’s teams — teams that are still play-
he has some decisions to make on That’s not what we planned for. the hard part of the business. We ing — they may not have had
his own. He has to look at what he’s can see what they can do on the quite the extent of excuses we can
going to do with his player option. “Some are avoidable, and other court … [but] what makes them come up with, but they had to
excuses are of individual nature tick? What drives them? Do they navigate COVID as well, navigate
“We know what we’re looking and those are the ones that we have want to be part of this? Are they injuries, and if I’m going to be bru-
for: We’re looking for guys that to try and avoid. We need people motivated by something that tally honest they navigated it bet-
want to come in here and be part of here that want to be here, that are maybe is not good for the whole ter than we did.”
something bigger than themselves, selfless, that want to be part of team here? Those are questions
play selfless, play team basketball Irving has decisions to make
and be available. That goes not only — not just about opting in, but
for Kyrie, but for everybody here.” about whether or not he all-in.

But there’s the rub with Irving. [email protected]

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A TEAM GAME: Speaking for Brooklyn New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com
the first time since the Nets’ flunked its
humiliating first-round playoff chem test
sweep, GM Sean Marks (right,
alongside coach Steve Nash) By Brian Lewis
made clear the lack of availability
from Kyrie Irving (bottom left) for For the first several years of Nets
much of the season was costly. general manager Sean Marks’ re-
“There’s an objective and there’s building process, one couldn’t
a goal at stake here," Marks said. spend five minutes in the building
“In order to do that, we’re going without hearing the buzzword
to need availability from “culture.”
everybody.”
In Marks’ first comments since
N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg (2) the Nets’ first-round sweep at the
hands of Boston, he admitted
yrIe Irving was not physically in the Wednesday that ballyhooed cul-
room when the Nets conducted their ture has taken a big hit.

K Take a look in the mirrorpublicautopsyWednesdayinBrooklyn, “Did we take a step back? With-
but he was very much there in spirit. Team out a doubt. The culture isn’t what
it quite was. It’s going to be our
management has clearly decided it is time to of the explaining, and rightfully so. run by an All-Star novice, Nash. That is why job to pick that up,” Marks said.
“Between [coach] Steve [Nash]
confront Irving on his commitment to the He is the one who made this mess. He is the Marks was busy Wednesday conceding that and myself as the leaders of that,
we’ll certainly be doing that.
championship cause, and in theory, any one who will almost certainly fail to clean it up. the Nets must quit being defined by non-bas- “But we’ve got to find the players
that’ll drive that culture. It has to be
right-minded fan would say, “Amen to that.” For Marks, the NBA life was much easier as a ketball distractions, that they must recommit driven by players. It can’t be driven
by one or two people. It’s got to be
General manager Sean Marks was asked if player, coach and executive in San Antonio, to hungry and resilient players, and that every- driven by the players. They’ve got to
want it. We’ve got to find players
he needed to directly tell where an all-time great body in the organization (starting with him- that have the characteristics that
support that, which is going to be
Irving that personal coach, Gregg Popovich, self) needs to keep staring into their mirrors. grit, determination and fight.”
Finding them this summer is how
leaves, sabbaticals and and an all-time great player, To date, when Nets officials have tried to Marks will earn his pay.
“At the end of the day,” he said,
mandate-related issues Tim Duncan, anchored a identify their biggest problems, Irving’s im- “the buck stops here.”
Marks pushed back on the asser-
will no longer be tolerated, cast of full-scholarship age keeps popping up in those mirrors. tion that the Nets leaned too far into
player empowerment with Kyrie Ir-
and that physical injury players who competed Is the organization sold on a long-term ex- ving and Kevin Durant, saying it was
often misunderstood. But consider-
will be the only acceptable Ian O’Connor with walk-on selflessness tension this summer for the point guard, ing not just the playoff sweep but the
excuse for any absence if and grit. The Spurs had all who can opt out of the final year on his deal? internal drama that led to it, it’s clear
he wants to remain a Net. the character traits that “I think that’s something we’ve been dis- the Nets must add the right grown-
ups to their locker room.
“I think those are going Marks confessed his team cussing and we’ll continue to debrief on and “There’s been far too much debate,
discussion, scuttlebutt — whatever
to be discussions,” the GM responded. “It’s now lacks because of the moves he made. discuss throughout this offseason,” Marks said. you want to call it — about distrac-
tions and about things that are out-
a team sport and you need everybody out Marks had no choice but to sign Kevin No, that didn’t sound like a yes. side of basketball, whereas we’d like
to focus on doing the things that got
there on the court.” Durant and Irving in 2019. No sane execu- “We’re looking for guys that want to us here in the first place,” Marks
said.
Sounds good, nice and tidy. In their first tive would’ve rejected the chance to ac- come in here and be a part of something While Marks said the goal with
this roster is still “to be the last team
stage of recovery from a devastating first- quire KD, even if the insanely talented Ir- bigger than themselves,” Marks said, “play standing,” he also said he realizes
huge contracts doled out to the likes
round playoff sweep, the Nets are going to ving wasn’t the preferred sidekick on ac- selfless, play team basketball, and be avail- of Durant, Ben Simmons and (pre-
sumably) Irving will make the rest of
do the right thing and get tough with a count of his sky-high-maintenance ways. able. And that goes not only for Kyrie, but the roster a revolving door. There
will be players coming on rookie
$36-million-a-year point guard who But when Marks traded for James Harden — for everybody here.” deals and veteran minimums.
“Our team is going to look vastly
doesn’t often show up for work. Brilliant. sending off Jarrett Allen, Caris LeVert and a But especially for Kyrie, of course. When different every single year. It has to,
if you look at our financials,” Marks
But the last time the Nets took the fight truckload of first-round picks — he knew he Marks referenced the franchise key’s stake- said. “It’s going to be a revolving cir-
cle down there. We’ve got to draft
to Irving, denying him a chance to play was acquiring a player that could be hazardous holders, he cited himself, Tsai, Nash and right; our group has shown that we
can draft right. Our player develop-
road games while local vaccine man- to his team’s health. Marks didn’t need to do Durant. He didn’t mention Irving, who was ment guys have shown they’ve de-
veloped players. The culture is going
dates disqualified him from playing at that deal, but did it anyway and paid the price. talking like a co-owner right after his to always change and tweak as to
who comes in here.”
home, they eventually caved, in a move When predictably forced to move Harden, the former team from Boston finished off his

that would best be described as Faust- GM fully understood that his new hire, Ben current team from Brooklyn.

ian if only they had a soul left to sell. Simmons, might be the only NBA star who’s In the end, it will probably be too difficult

Any legitimate contender would out there for fewer tipoffs than Irving. for the Nets to trade Irving, or to sign-and-

have exposed the Nets in the playoffs The Nets unraveled on cue. If they had trade him, or to let him walk after an opt-out

for what they were — fragile, discon- any culture at all, it was a culture of player with no assets heading back their way. The

nected and small — and it just hap- appeasement. Marks swore that wasn’t the most likely summer endgame has manage-

pened to be the Celtics who did the case, emphasizing the difference between ment talking tough with the player, the

deed. So there were Marks and head involving superstars in and informing them player promising to be more available, the

coach Steve Nash arriving at their of key decisions and handing them final say two parties agreeing on an extension and

postmortem presser, a grim exercise on personnel. But Marks is suffering from a then Irving doing what Irving has always

delayed by talks they had with team credibility crisis right now, and doesn’t de- done — the good, the bad and the ugly.

owner Joe Tsai about all his money that serve the benefit of the doubt. That’s Sean Marks’ problem. And it’s also

had been wasted on this team. Marks He junked any attempt at building a real Sean Marks’ fault.

fielded most of the questions and did most team by assembling an All-Star team on the fly, [email protected]

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New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com By Brian Costello

Carl Lawson’s first season with
the Jets was over before it
started. Nine months removed
from a torn Achilles tendon, de-
fensive end is “eager” and “ex-
cited” to get back on the field.

In a Zoom call with reporters

Wednesday, Lawson said he ex- of Law’ Defensive end
pects to be back for training ‘excited’ to get back
camp. in action for Jets

“I think I’ll be good to go, but
it’s up to the organization and
how they want to play it, what
they want
me doing
and stuff

like that,”

Lawson here comes carl:
said. “I’ll be Jets defensive end Carl
ready to go Lawson, bracing to hit
when my Broncos receiver Courtland
number is Sutton in a preseason game
called. Even last year, is “eager” to return
when I was from a torn Achilles tendon in
on one leg, time for training camp. AP (2)
I was ready

to go.”

The Jets could opt to take it Quinnen Williams, Sheldon

slowly with Lawson, let him start Rankins and John Franklin-My-

training camp on the sidelines ers back from last year. They

and ramp up for a few weeks be- just drafted defensive ends Jer-

fore returning to the field. Keep- maine Johnson II and Micheal

ing players healthy has been an Clemons. They signed Jacob

emphasis this offseason for the Martin and Solomon Thomas in

Jets, and you can bet on them free agency. Vinny Curry is re-

taking a conservative approach turning to the team after missing

with players returning from ma- last season with complications

jor injuries. from a blood clot disorder.

Lawson was the star of training “I think the potential is out the

camp last year before he tore his roof,” Lawson said of the D-line.

left Achilles on Aug. 20 during a “At the same time, we have to

joint practice with the Packers in stay healthy and we have to be

Green Bay. Lawson had signed a able to execute. When our num-

three-year, $45 million deal with ber is called, just go out there

the Jets four months before, and and ball out.

he was expected to be the team’s “I love this group because it’s a

best pass rusher. Without him, bunch of guys with different

the Jets finished last in defense. backstories. It’s going to be a

The 26-year-old said he ex- competitive group, so it’s going

pects to be better than he was be- to create a breeding ground for

fore the injury. absolute monsters. You’ve got

“I’ve had a major injury before guys wanting to come back and

and I came back better,” said prove themselves like myself.

Lawson, who has torn his ACL You’ve got undrafted guys.

twice. “This is different. I don’t being better than what I was.” ure. If you go on ‘Madden’ and He’s a monster. To get him back You’ve got guys who went to

really plan on not being better New Jets tight end C.J. Uzomah you try to build a player, that is out on the field, our defensive JUCO. You’ve got guys coming

than what I was. Usually when I knows Lawson well. The two Carl. Playing with him for six, line is going to be really freaking off life-threatening injury, you’ve

come back from injury, I’ve been played together at Auburn and seven years, however long it is, good.” got so many different people that

blessed to always come back bet- with the Bengals. he’s just a freak. His get-off is just The Jets appear to have a re- have been through different ad-

ter than I was before. But if I “Carl’s a monster,” Uzomah unbelievable. His strength is, in ally strong defensive line with versity. … I love this group.”

don’t, who knows? But I plan on said. “He’s built like an action fig- my opinion, his biggest strength. Lawson returning. They have [email protected]

Bucks squeak by Celtics late to take series lead

Associated Press eight rebounds and eight as- NBA PLAYOFFS its first lead since early in the swipe home-court advantage. Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane
sists, and Portis added 14 second quarter. Antetokounmpo had his and Tyus Jones each scored
BOSTON — Bobby Portis points and 15 rebounds for at 105 on Holiday’s 3-pointer 21 points and the Grizzlies
made a putback off Giannis the defending NBA cham- with 43 seconds left. Jayson Smart drove to the basket best shooting game of the routed the Warriors 134-95
Antetokounmpo’s missed pion Bucks. Tatum, who scored 34 points but Holiday blocked him and series, going 16-for-27, but to avoid elimination and
free throw with 15 seconds in all, then hit a pair of free came away with the ball, he also committed seven force a sixth game in the
left, Jrue Holiday snuffed Milwaukee has a chance to throws to give Boston the lead. throwing it off Smart while turnovers. Jaylen Brown Western Conference semi-
Marcus Smart on Boston’s fi- wrap up the Eastern Confer- falling out of bounds. Pat scored 26 points for Boston, final.
nal two possessions, and the ence semifinal in Game 6 at Antetokounmpo, at the line Connaughton made a pair of 16 of them in the third —
Bucks beat the Celtics, 110- home Friday night. The Celt- with a chance to tie it, made free throws with six seconds and 12 of those in the last Dillon Brooks added 12
107, on Wednesday night to ics must win to force a deci- the first free throw. Portis left, then Holiday stole the four minutes of the quarter, points for Memphis. Ziaire
take a 3-2 series lead. sive seventh game in Boston grabbed the rebound after ball from Smart on his des- when Boston turned a 71-68 Williams and Brandon
on Sunday. Antetokounmpo missed the peration dash for a potential edge into a 12-point lead. Clarke had 11 apiece and
Antetokounmpo had 40 second and put it in off the game-tying 3-pointer. De’Anthony Melton 10.
points and 11 rebounds, Holi- The Celtics led by 14 in the backboard to give Milwaukee Grizzlies 134, Warriors 95 Steven Adams had 13 re-
day finished with 24 points, fourth quarter before the The Bucks have won two of bounds, six offensive.
Bucks closed the gap, tying it the three games in Boston to In Memphis, Tenn., Jaren

Fond farewell 57

OB Lanier was home, New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com

Gentle giant Lanier foundforthefinaltime.

B He may have been

born in Buffalo, blossoming

home at St. Bonaventureinto a star at Bennett High
School after getting cut

to start HOF hoop careerfrom the team as a sopho-
more. He may have become
an essential part of two dif- Lanier was an eight-time Bonnies beat Davidson and
ferent NBA franchises, in All-Star, won the 1974 All- N.C. State and were crush-
Detroit and in Milwaukee, Star Game MVP, averaged ing Villanova midway
both of which retired his 20.1 points and 10.1 re- through the second half of
No. 16 jersey. He may have bounds in 15 seasons when the East Regional final
earned a bust at the Nais- his nightly opponents in- when Lanier collided with
cluded the Nova’s Chris Ford — a fu-
mith Hall of
likes of Wilt ture Detroit teammate —
Fame in
and tore his medial collat-
Springfield, Mike Chamber- eral ligament.
Mass. Vaccaro lain and Ka-
reem Abdul- So while his teammates
And he Jabbar, played Jacksonville in the
may have Willis Reed Final Four a week later, try-
settled into
and Nate ing to figure out how to
a happy ci-
Thurmond, guard twin 7-footers Artis
vilian life as
an assistant coach to Don Dave Cowens and Wes Un- Gilmore and Pembrook
Nelson with Golden State, seld. He was legit as a player, Burrows, Lanier was in a
hospital bed in Buffalo, eat-
and then as the NBA’s global don’t worry about that.
ambassador under two But he was also an active ing his heart out.
commissioners, David Stern voice in the National Bas- There were times when
and Adam Silver, spreading ketball Players Association. he could joke about that.
more goodwill at the game’s He was something of a The Bonnies never did get
grassroots level than anyone greeter for young players a crack at UCLA, which
ever has. He did that from entering the league, forever was between the Kareem/
offering his phone number, Walton eras and had Steve
the warmth of Arizona.
But for Lanier, who died telling them to lean on him Patterson playing center.
late Tuesday night at 73 whenever necessary, gener- “Steve Patterson!” Lanier
after a short illness, home ous with advice. And he exclaimed over the tele-
was St. Bonaventure. Home spent so much time spread- phone one night in 1990.
was the company of team- ing the league’s gospel that, “You call Steve Patterson,
mates with whom he led as Kenny Smith noted on tell him to meet me on any
the Bonnies to the brink of TNT, “he wasn’t just an court he wants, and I’ll drop
immortality. Home was this ‘ambassador.’ He was actu- 35 on him tonight, at age 42!
In my street clothes!”
small, out-of-the-way cor- ally The Ambassador.”
ner of the Southern Tier, And, of course, there was But he also felt a nagging
where he left behind a vin- this eternal tribute from Ka- sense that he’d let his team-
tage pair of his size-22 reem, as Roger Murdock, in mates down. Those team-
Chuck Taylors and an enor- “Airplane!”: “Tell your old mates never felt that way of
man to drag Walton and course. They’d been treated
mous chunk of his heart.
“I learned to be a man Lanier up and down the to an up-close view of great-
ness. And the folks who
here, and how to treat peo- court for 48 min-
care about the Bonnies …
ple the right way,” he said in utes!”
Well, when Lanier was in-
a quiet moment that De- It was Lanier’s
troduced at halftime that
cember weekend in 2019, misfortune to spend
weekend, the ovation lasted
when Lanier and the rest of 10 years with some
two minutes —
the 1969-70 Bonnies gath- terribly pedes-
and would’ve
ered to be feted on the 50th trian Pistons
stretched fur-
anniversary of the team’s teams, then five
ther if Lanier
remarkable trip to the Final years with the
hadn’t
Four. “I learned about love Bucks when
pleaded for
and about loss and how to they were very
a moment
handle them both.” good — just

There was an unspoken never good to talk.

melancholy surrounding enough to by- “The in-

Lanier that weekend. He’d pass the 76ers jury hurt

been through some health or Celtics in my heart,”

issues, and just getting to the East. Lanier said.

Olean from Arizona had That was “But this uni-

been a chore. Most of his disappoint- versity has al-

life, he was a gregarious, ing. ways shown

outgoing soul, eager to en- But the me nothing

gage on any subject you genuine but love.

like. Now, he spoke in quiet, heart- This is

hushed tones. break of home. And

“It’s good to be here,” he Lan- it is so good

said. “It’s good to be with ier’s life to be

my brothers.” came in home.”

Lanier’s passing has left an March mvaccaro

entire sport in mourning. 1970. The @nypost.com

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By Mike PuMa nationals 8 Boxscore dez and Keibert Ruiz, the latter of The Mets got a boost from Trevor Paolo Espino retired the next three
mets 3 Page 52 which tied it 3-3. Maikel Franco’s Williams, who pitched 3 ²/₃ score- batters in order to finish it.
WASHINGTON — Even after sacrifice fly and an RBI single from less innings to help preserve the
they fell into a sizable hole early The Mets (21-11) haven’t swept a Dee Strange-Gordon extended that bullpen. Stephen Nogosek followed Pete Alonso’s two-run homer in
Wednesday night, the Mets could series this season, and the reeling lead to 5-3 before the ninth batter, with three shutout innings in his the first inning off Aaron Sanchez
draw on their comeback experi- Nationals seemed like a potential Victor Robles, was retired to end season debut for the Mets. The gave the Mets a brief cushion. Bran-
ence as a reason this game wasn’t victim. But don’t underestimate a the inning on Megill’s 38th pitch. right-hander, who hadn’t pitched don Nimmo doubled leading off the
over. Washington lineup that has a since April 30 for Triple-A Syracuse, game and scored when Franco
proven core with Juan Soto, Josh “I fell behind a lot of hitters early was recalled by the Mets on Sunday. threw away Starling Marte’s bunt.
A team that scrapped on the road Bell and Nelson Cruz. and I just left a lot of stuff over the Alonso followed with a blast into
to beat the Cardinals and Phillies middle of the plate,” Megill said. “I think we proved that if the the left-field seats for his team-
with dramatic ninth-inning rallies In his worst career major league “Obviously in hitters’ counts, they game is still going we have a leading eighth homer. The Mets
would find that magic again, right? start, Megill lasted just 1 ¹/₃ innings did what they did with it.” chance,” Nogosek said. “I knew if I didn’t score again.
Not so fast. and allowed eight earned runs on went out there and put up zeroes
eight hits and one walk. It was cer- It doesn’t get much better for Me- and kept us in the ballgame there “We really put Sanchez at
The bullpen stuffed the Nationals tainly a different scene from April 7, gill in the second inning. Cruz in- was a chance we could win that ease after [Washington] put
after Tylor Megill imploded, but of- when Megill fired five shutout in- flicted the damage with one mighty game.” some runs up there, and we
fensive firepower never arrived in nings against the Nationals as Jacob swing for a three-run homer, bury- started attacking out of the
an 8-3 loss that still left the Mets in deGrom’s replacement in the sea- ing the Mets in an 8-3 hole. After And there was a short burst of op- strike zone on him,” Showalter
position to win the series on Thurs- son opener. the next batter, Hernandez, walked, timism in the ninth, after Eduardo said. “I think that helped him
day, albeit without the possibility of Megill was removed. Escobar and Jeff McNeil singled in settle in a little bit.”
a sweep. Megill got ambushed immedi- succession to begin the inning. But
ately, surrendering a two-run ho- “An outing like this, as bad as it [email protected]
“We had some shots,” manager mer to Soto in the first after the went, you just can’t really dwell
Buck Showalter said. “I think if we Mets had scored three times in the over it,” Megill said. “It was a bad nat a good night: Tylor Megill, who allowed eight runs on
could have put up a couple of top of the inning. Bell was then hit outing, but I am capable of way eight hits talks with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner during the first
[runs] … sometimes that well, it’s by a pitch and Megill surrendered more and I’m not going to let this inning of the Mets’ 8-3 loss to the Nationals. Pete Alonso (right), who
hard to go to every time, it’s a diffi- consecutive hits to Yadiel Hernan- one define me and just get ready homered in the first inning, reacts after striking out in the eighth.
cult thing to do.” for the next one.”

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By Mark W. Sanchez ON DECK

Mets manager Buck AT NATS New York Post, Thursday, May 12, 2022 nypost.com
Showalter credited Trevor
Williams — who did not what a relief! Trevor Williams (above) and Stephen Nogosek combined to allow THURSDAY — 1:05
even pitch that day — in just two hits after Tylor Megill was removed from the game in the second inning. RHP Taijuan Walker
part for the team’s most re-
cent miracle victory. That’s not easy to do.” “I think we proved that if handed to Adam Ottavino. (0-0, 4.91) vs.
Williams allowed a single the game’s still going, we But because Williams went RHP Joan Adon
If the Mets whip up more have a chance,” said the 27- long in cleaning up the
magic Thursday, Williams to Keibert Ruiz before sit- year-old Nogosek, who last mess himself, the Mets had (1-5, 6.99)
and Stephen Nogosek could ting down five of the next pitched with Syracuse on a mostly stocked bullpen Game on SNY, WCBS
be in line for more pats on six Nationals. He walked April 30. “I knew if I went for the following night —
the back. Nelson Cruz in the fourth out there and put up zeroes, when Chasen Shreve, Ado- (880 AM)
inning, then immediately kept us in the ballgame, nis Medina and Edwin Three-game series vs.
On Wednesday night, the erased him with a double- there’s a chance we could Diaz were fresh, combin- Mariners starts Friday
long man and the new man play ball from Yadiel Her- win that game.” ing for five scoreless in-
(Nogosek made his season nandez. nings that enabled the INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
debut) emerged from the Because of Williams’ and Mets to avoid a blowout.
bullpen and spared the The righty pitched a per- Nogosek’s work, the Mets And that came in handy METS: Walker
Mets’ most valued relievers fect fifth inning before his did not have to turn to when they scored seven took a no-decision
by eating up a combined 6 pitch count (51) prompted Drew Smith or Joely Rodri- runs in the ninth to beat last Thursday,
²/₃ scoreless innings in a 8-3 Showalter to call for No- guez, both of whom had the Phillies. allowing seven
loss to the Nationals in gosek, who was summoned pitched Tuesday, and thus runs (six earned)
Washington. earlier this week after both should be fresher If the Mets need to rely on nine hits over
pitching to a 1.69 ERA at Thursday. upon a fresh bullpen in four innings in the
Starter Tylor Megill had Triple-A Syracuse. their matinee Thursday, Mets’ thrilling 8-7
nothing for the Mets, allow- The game recalled Willi- Showalter will remember comeback victory
ing eight runs and record- The mustachioed Nogosek ams’ effort in a loss to the the two relievers who will over the Phillies. He
ing just four outs, before he did not allow a hit in three in- Braves on May 4, another be sore. allowed two home
was pulled with a runner on nings, and only two Nation- start by Megill, which went runs while walking
in the second inning. The als reached on walks. Neither sideways when it was [email protected] two and striking
Mets were facing the pros- reached second base. out. In four career
pect of a very long bullpen starts against the
day that could expend re- Nationals, he is 1-1
liever after reliever, the type with a 5.24 ERA,
of loss that could beget a 1.567 WHIP and .279
loss the following day. opponent average.
NATIONALS: Adon
Instead, first Williams suffered his third
and then Nogosek ap- consecutive loss
peared, keeping the Mets on Friday, allowing
close (which did not matter three runs on three
because their quiet offense hits over five innings
never closed the gap) and in Washington’s 3-0
sparing their bullpen mates. loss to the Angels.
He struck out six
“That was big,” Showalter and walked five.
said of Williams, who Adon is 0-3 with a
hadn’t pitched in a week, 8.31 ERA, nine walks
and Nogosek, who hadn’t and a .260 opponent
pitched in 11 days. “I know average over his
there were some people in past three starts. He
our bullpen who were took a loss against
pretty happy about it, and it the Mets on April 9,
presents us in a better light allowing four runs
for [Thursday’s] game. over 4 1/3 innings
while walking four
“Those are the types of and striking out
things that good teams three.
and teams with good
depth are able to do. STAT SO?

McNeil flourishing at bottom of order METS: Chasen
Shreve is the first
By Mike PuMa night, McNeil is 20-for-53 (.377) in his there will be times this season when left-handed Mets
reliever with at least
WASHINGTON — Jeff McNeil might last 16 games. the right-hander will be thrust into a 17 strikeouts, zero
be the Mets’ hottest hitter, but that home runs allowed
doesn’t mean a significant bump in the “It’s just nice to have such a versatile high-leverage role in the eighth. Diaz and a sub-1.75
batting order is necessary for him. ERA in his first 10
piece,” Showalter said. “You need a entered Wednesday having allowed appearances of the
The surging second baseman batted season since Randy
seventh on Wednesday against Na- leadoff hitter or three-hole hitter, he three hits and one run, with 17 strike- Myers (1989).
tionals right-hander Aaron Sanchez, a NATIONALS: Nelson
can go about anywhere. It’s really an outs, over his last 10 innings. Cruz is one of eight
night after he hit eighth against lefty active players who
Patrick Corbin. asset for us.” “It’s one thing to have a good eight has played 1,800-plus
games. His 453 home
“You can do about anything with ➤ Showalter was still unde- METS innings and then all of a sud- runs are the most in
[McNeil],” manager Buck Showal- NOTES den, from a psychological MLB since 2007.
ter said before the Mets’ 8-3 loss. cided before the game standpoint you never, you
“It’s kind of, you look at the bat- whether Max Scherzer or don’t want your team saying,
ting order, and I am trying to pro-
tect some things.” Chris Bassitt would receive ‘How much is enough to-

Without divulging too many the extra day of rest this turn through night?’ ” Showalter said. “I think when
specifics, Showalter indicated
Dominic Smith’s presence in the the rotation. Both started Sunday in a we do certain things Edwin has got a
lineup — he batted fifth — af-
fected where McNeil was slotted. doubleheader, and one will be needed chance to make it hold up and matter.
After going 1-for-4 Wednesday
to pitch Friday against the Mariners at It’s a hard job.”

Citi Field. Taijuan Walker is the
➤scheduled starter for the series finale
Drew Smith is one of two MLB

Thursday against the Nationals. players this season to pitch at least 13 in-

nings and not surrender an earned run.
➤ Edwin Diaz’s ninth-inning domi- The franchise record is 21 scoreless in-

nance has been a significant part of the nings to begin a season, last accom-

Mets’ early success, but Showalter said plished by Duaner Sanchez in 2006.

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Nickel Torr’
By Dan Martin Gleyber drives in all five runs as delivered another short-
red-hot Yanks dismiss Jays again porch homer to right. This
There’s nothing Little one came on an 0-2 pitch and
League about Gleyber Tor- Bo Bichette turned on a cation that Torres might at from a starting pitcher, with sacrifice fly gave Toronto a gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead.
res or the Yankees these slider and just missed a least be approaching the Jameson Taillon allowing 1-0 lead in Taillon’s 27-pitch
days. game-tying homer to left, level of play he showed in just a pair of runs in 5 ¹/₃ in- opening frame. Taillon gave up a run in the
which landed foul, before 2018 and 2019. nings. sixth, but it could have been
The second baseman ho- Chapman struck him out The Yankees’ offense worse.
mered and knocked in all swinging. Vladimir Guerrero “My confidence is back, After Luis Severino got off didn’t get going against Jose
five runs in the Yankees’ 5-3 Jr. popped out to end the and that is the most impor- to a rough start Tuesday, giv- Berrios until there was one With runners on first and
win over the Blue Jays in The game, as Chapman got the tant thing for me,’’ said Tor- ing up three runs in the first out in the fourth. third, Taillon was replaced
Bronx on Wednesday — save in his latest “bend but res, who has a slash line of two innings — and needing by Michael King, who was
their third straight victory. don’t break” outing. .222/.258/.444 with five ho- 65 pitches to do so — before Anthony Rizzo beat out an coming off his lone poor per-
mers and 18 RBIs. “Last year settling down, Taillon loaded infield single and smartly formance of the season. Matt
Yankees 5 Boxscore The win was propelled by was a struggle for me. After the bases with no one out in moved to third on DJ LeMa- Chapman’s sacrifice fly
Blue JaYs 3 Page 52 Torres, who had a three-run the season, I saw so many the top of the first. hieu’s base hit to center. made it 3-2.
homer in the fourth inning videos and worked in the
Before the game, general and a two-run single in the cage, and now all of the work Following a visit from With runners on the cor- Espinal then hit a grounder
manager Brian Cashman sixth. can show up at the plate.” pitching coach Matt Blake, ners, Torres — after hitting to shortstop, and Isiah Kiner-
called the Yankees’ white- the right-hander retired the his homer to the short porch Falefa dropped the back-
hot first month of the season It was his fourth homer in The Yankees also got an- next three batters — al- that Texas manager Chris handed play. He alertly
“a nice start so far. Nothing 11 games and the latest indi- other solid performance though Teoscar Hernandez’s Woodward referred to as picked up the ball and tossed
more than that.” “Little League” on Sunday — it to second, and Torres
tagged Alejandro Kirk, who
Maybe, but the Yankees are came off the base, to end the
beginning to display some inning.
staying power. They have 15
wins in their past 17 games, The Yankees got to Berrios
moved to 6-3 versus Toronto again in the bottom of the
and improved their MLB- sixth, when Rizzo walked
best record to 22-8. with one out and LeMahieu
doubled to right-center.
“We’ve played really good
baseball,’’ Torres said. “I don’t Trevor Richards came on
want to say something wrong to face Torres, who delivered
like, ‘We are the best right a two-run single to center to
now,’ because things change give the Yankees a 5-2 lead.
so fast. We’ll be humble and
do what we do every [day].” After King allowed a pair
of singles, he was replaced
Aroldis Chapman pro- by Clay Holmes with one out
vided some drama in the in the seventh to face Guer-
ninth, giving up a leadoff rero. Holmes fell behind 3-1,
double to Santiago Espinal, a but got Guerrero to hit into
wild pitch then a walk to an inning-ending double
pinch-hitter Vinny Capra. play, and the Yankees didn’t
Chapman got George look back.
Springer to fly out to right —
scoring Espinal. “It’s early, but I’m very ex-
cited with where we’re at,’’
LeMahieu said.

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No longer a one-trick pony, Bombers have

BRIAN Cashman had been lay- came to discussing the subject du Joel Sherman already have done injured list time who in 2003 hit the Yankees’ pen-
ing low in recent weeks, a pos- jour — the 2022 club’s early suc- elsewhere, and Gary Sanchez has nant-winning homer versus the
ture he tends to take when his cess: ter after another, Cashman replied endured a few nicks. The Yankees Red Sox. “It’s been pitching and de-
team is playing well. And the Yan- they were the best individual availa- have used the IL once so far this fense, maybe some days a base-run-
kees have been excelling. “You don’t want to be a one-trick ble, and he didn’t want to grab a season — for Tim Locastro. ning play. … It’s been nice that it’s
pony,” Cashman said. lesser player just for diversity. But coming in a lot of different ways. I
But his Yankees hosted about the lack of diversity left the Yankees Cashman has stocked lots of think that’s built a lot of confidence
10,000 Bronx students Wednesday, It reverberated because Cashman with areas in which they were terri- good players, and getting them on in that room that we know, we don’t
and Cashman went out to represent had allowed recent rosters to be- ble and, thus, vulnerable. The 2022 the field over and over has helped have to lean on one thing on a given
the team. That meant passing a come one-dimensional. He pursued Yankees have a less-menacing over- them — after a 5-3 matinee win night. We have a lot of different
group of reporters, and suddenly power — pitching and bats — like a all lineup, but a better overall team: Wednesday over Toronto — to ways to beat you.”
the Yankees general manager was Kardashian chasing attention. offense, defense, pitching, baserun- build an MLB-best 22-8 record. The
at a full stop, answering questions There were lots of victories in that ning and health. Don’t ignore that Yankees won at least 22 of their The Yankees improved to 6-3
that have been accumulating for philosophy if you could obtain a last one. Clint Frazier and Luke Voit first 30 games eight previous times, against Toronto despite a rare day
weeks. critical mass of the genre. But the and they went to the World Series when their defense struggled —
redundancy of talent also led to a on each occasion — the last time in particularly the infield left side of
He maintained an embargo on greater inconsistency of play while 2003 (the only one of those eight Isiah Kiner-Falefa and DJ LeMa-
discussing anything involving making it harder to win playoff times they did not win), when they hieu. But in general the infield de-
Aaron Judge’s contractual situation rounds. Unplug the power and you opened 22-8. fense plus the catching have been
and expressed confidence Joey defused the Yankees — and better terrific. The strikeout rate has re-
Gallo will positively impact the foes could do just that. “To this point in the season, mained strong, but the ability to
Yankees. But one turn of phrase we’ve won in a lot of different convert outs has improved. This re-
particularly resonated when it When asked in years past why he ways,” said manager Aaron Boone,
kept adding one brutish righty hit-

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Surging Judge
coy on his price

Gleyber day: By Dan Martin The in-season hearing could
Gleyber Torres looks add tension between the two
into the Yankees Since turning down the Yan- sides. The Yankees and Dellin
dugout after his kees’ seven-year, $213.5 million Betances had a contentious back-
three-run homer in extension offer prior to Opening and-forth when the Yankees won
the fourth. He drove Day, Aaron Judge has played at an that arbitration case during the
in two more runs, MVP level, capped most recently spring of 2017.
including DJ by his walk-off homer to beat the
LeMahieu (far left) Blue Jays on Tuesday night. If nothing changes before the
with a single in the end of the season, Judge will be a
sixth inning. Asked by The Post after the free agent for the first time.
Yankees’ latest victory, a 5-3 win
Robert Sabo (2) Wednesday afternoon over the Judge made a bet on himself
Blue Jays, if his price tag had when he decided to set an Open-
gone up, Judge laughed and said: ing Day deadline on extension
“We’ll see. We’ll see.” talks, meaning there would be no
negotiating for a long-term deal
Judge has impressed Brian during the season.
Cashman so far.
Asked about the possibility of
“He’s been great,’’ the general discussions happening during
manager said before the game. the season, Cashman said
“That’s no surprise, because he is Wednesday: “We’re not going to
great.” talk about [any negotiations] go-
ing forward. I’m not saying
Judge insisted his contract situ- [we’re not going to talk], but
ation isn’t impacting his play. we’re not gonna talk about it
[publicly].”
“I’m just doing what I do,’’
Judge said. After those negotiations before
the season failed to result in a
And it hasn’t provided any deal, Cashman made public the
added motivation. Yankees’ offer — an unusual
move by the organization, which
“Not at all,’’ Judge said. “When he said he did in that instance for
you play here, there’s always “transparency purposes.”
pressure. I’ve been dealing with it
for six or seven years now. It’s Later that day, Judge expressed
part of it: contract, no contract, his displeasure at the numbers
fans being upset. I’ve dealt with it being disclosed.
all. With this group, we have no
time for me to think of my situa- “It’s something I felt like was
tion. We’re trying to win.” private between my team and the
Yankees,” Judge said at the time.
Both sides have agreed not to “[Cashman] has a job to do”
discuss any potential negotia-
tions publicly — including a po- Cashman said he was unaware
tential arbitration date. of Judge being upset.

The Yankees offered $17 million “I’m not aware of any of that,’’
for this season, and Judge’s camp Cashman said Wednesday. “His
countered with $21 million. camp knew all about it, so I as-
sume he knew all about it. It cer-
Because of the transaction tainly doesn’t feel like [he’s up-
freeze caused by the MLB lock- set] when I’ve interacted with
out in the offseason, arbitration him since.”
cases will be heard during the
regular season.

been horse to beat so far Hearing set for June 22

flects Cashman’s pivot to more nu- start and has a 2.77 ERA. On play. No surprise. Throwing what The Yankees and Aaron Judge The sides could still try to ham-
ance, acquiring Kiner-Falefa, which Wednesday, he loaded the bases Boone labeled “a bowling ball,” still have almost six weeks to work
not only upgraded short, but pro- with no out, using 17 pitches to open Holmes began Wednesday with an out at least a one-year contract mer out an agreement on a one-
duced a better all-around version of the game. The Yankees are sched- 81.1 percent ground-ball rate — by and avoid arbitration.
Torres at second (Torres drove in all uled to use Luis Gil on Thursday in far the majors’ best. The ball also year deal before a hearing, and
five runs Wednesday). Sanchez has Chicago, so the need for innings was never left the infield in a scoreless Judge is scheduled to be the final
been replaced by drama-free and vital. Taillon settled down to give eighth. Holmes has permitted one arbitration case heard this year on there is nothing — if Judge recon-
tension-free catching. the Yankees 5 ¹/₃ against two runs. run in 16 ²/₃ innings this year. He has June 22, The Post has learned.
yielded just two walks in 2022 and Braves starter Max Fried is sched- siders — from the sides recon-
And Cashman’s baseball opera- Clay Holmes, obtained for two just two homers in 44 ¹/₃ regular- uled to be the final pitching case
tions department has continued to marginal prospect bats, has been the season innings since becoming a heard, a day earlier. necting on trying to do a long-
win trades at a high rate. Think Yankees’ relief version of Nestor Yankee.
about the two made last year with Cortes, who went into the rotation The Yankees and Judge were term pact. In addressing reporters
the lowly Pirates. Pittsburgh’s full full-time late last July and has been He is part of the most diverse tal- unable to come to agreement on
results, because it involves pros- the Yankees’ best starter since. ent the Yankees have had in recent either a long-term or one-year before the Yankees beat the Blue
pects, are not fully known. But the Holmes was acquired about the seasons. The reflection is in the ma- deal during spring training. The
early read is, edge Yankees. same time and has been the team’s jors’ best record five weeks into the Yankees made a seven-year, Jays, 5-3, on Wednesday, general
most consistent reliever. season. $213.5 million extension proposal
Jameson Taillon, acquired after that Judge rejected. As for 2022, manager Brian Cashman said he
the 2020 season for four prospects, He entered with the Yankees [email protected] Judge has asked for $21 million
had ankle surgery and was not even ahead 5-2 in the seventh and in- and the Yankees countered at $17 would not discuss negotiations of
supposed to pitch the first month duced Vladimir Guerrero Jr., up as More Yanks / Page 47 million.
this year. But he has not missed a the tying run, to hit into a double any type involving Judge.

Judge is off to a brilliant start to

the season. But, by rule agreed to

by MLB and the Players Associa-

tion, nothing that has occurred

during the 2022 campaign can be

used as part of the arbitration

hearing to determine this year’s

salary. — Joel Sherman

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PENGUINS
NEW YORK
RANGERS

Pens wilt
after injury
to Crosby

By Zach BraZiller

The Rangers-Penguins series may T HE RANGERS not only saved their sea- came away with enough of the one-on-one’s. the loss for the Penguins.
have turned due to an elbow. For sure, son Wednesday night, they saved their They competed in front of both nets and It was still 2-0 when Crosby went to his
Game 5 did. good name with a rollicking, 5-3 Garden
drove pucks toward goaltender Louis Dom- team’s room with 5:43 to play in the second.
The Rangers’ season seemed all but It did not stay that way for long. The Bluesh-
over deep into the second period victory over the Penguins that staved off ingue effectively enough to break down the irts started their climb out of oblivion on
Wednesday night, and then Sidney Adam Fox’s drive through traffic that beat
Crosby left the ice a few minutes first-round playoff elimination while setting Penguins’ net-front coverage. That allowed Domingue just 54 seconds later.
after he took a Jacob Trouba elbow to
the head. Without the services of up a Game 6 confrontation in them to score on four If the Rangers collectively saved their
their superstar center, the Penguins good name with this effort, Alexis Lafreni-
suddenly lost their edge, and the Pittsburgh on Friday. consecutive shots over ere, Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko — the Kid
Blueshirts found theirs. Line — are making their NHL names
The Game 5 effort, person- a span of 7:42 bridging through this series in which they have been
Three goals in the span of 2:42 fol- irrepressible. They are too young to know
lowed, and though the Penguins did ified by the battle level dem- the second intermis- otherwise.
pull even late in the second period,
the Rangers were the better team onstrated by Ryan Lindgren’s sion and to go from a “We are young guys but I think we have
over the final 20 minutes and forced a built from every game,” said Chytil, who
Game 6 with a come-from-behind, 5-3 gutty and punishing 19:34 of 2-0 deficit to a 4-3 lead. ripped one past Domingue from the right cir-
victory at the Garden. cle on the power play for a 4-3 lead at 2:53 of
work after he missed the pre- Larry Brooks Who said that these the third period that the club protected until
Trouba connected with an elbow to vious three matches with an Lindgren got an empty-netter with 16 seconds
Crosby’s head as both were going undisclosed lower body is- were the moments in left. “I think we have that chemistry and we
after the puck at 9:15 of the second which the series clock
period. Crosby went down, then
skated to the bench. With 6:50 left, he sue, represented the essence struck midnight? Or
left the ice and didn’t come back.
Multiple Penguins said they didn’t of a Rangers team that did that come when
get a good enough look at the elbow
Trouba landed to comment on it. racked up a 110-point season. Sidney Crosby left the ice for good with 6:50
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan didn’t
directly call it dirty, but suggested it Except this one was a byproduct of gristle remaining in the second period after having
was not aboveboard.
rather than sizzle. The Rangers strapped on taken a hit up high from Jacob Trouba about
“Did you see the hit?” Sullivan said,
when asked by a reporter. “You prob- their hardhats and slipped into their Black-and- four minutes earlier? It would be foolish to
ably have the same opinion I do.”
Blueshirts. They contested every loose puck and understate the magnitude of that loss within
Crosby had led the Penguins to a 3-1
series lead by notching nine points in
the first four games, but after the in-
jury, his status for Game 6 on Friday
in Pittsburgh is uncertain. Sullivan
only said Crosby was being evaluated
after the game for an upper-body in-
jury.

Sullivan and his players didn’t use
Crosby’s absence as an excuse, and
didn’t feel his injury contributed to
the Rangers’ comeback. They pointed
to loose play in their own end that
gave the desperate Rangers quality
scoring chances they hadn’t gotten
for most of the series.

“We’ve got an experienced group.
We have to continue playing the
game. We didn’t win the wall battles,
we didn’t get pucks out, and as a re-
sult we had four or five minutes of
extended defensive zone play,” Sulli-
van said. “We just simply have to do a
better job there.”

That loose play didn’t happen when
Crosby was in the game. Coincidence
or not, Game 5 turned when Crosby
suffered his injury. The series may
have changed as well.

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RANGERS PENGUINS

goal achieved: Lindgren has
Alexis Lafreniere celebrates big impact in
a second-period goal in the return to ice
Rangers’ 5-3, comeback win
over the Penguins to stay By Mollie Walker rangers
alive in the first-round notes
series. The Kind Line, The Rangers finally got
featuring LaFreniere, Filip the second half of their It’s the third time this
Chytil and Kaapo Kakko, top defensive pair back. season that Gallant has
played a big role in rallying gone with such a lineup ar-
from a 2-0 Game 5 deficit. Ryan Lindgren returned rangement. All three occa-
for their 5-3 elimination- sions resulted in victories.
USA TODAY Sports avoiding win over the Pen-
guins on Wednesday night Lindgren chipped in three
at Madison Square Garden, shots on goal, two blocked
after the 24-year-old de- shots, one hit and one tak-
fenseman had missed the eaway in the win, as well.
previous three games with
an undisclosed lower-body Dryden Hunt was
injury. He lined up in his scratched for a second
usual spot next to Adam straight game, leaving Ryan
Fox and was in the middle Reaves and Kevin Rooney
of every physical play he as the lone members of the
could be, also as usual. Rangers’ true fourth line.
Gallant rotated through his
“He’s a character guy, he left wingers for a good por-
plays hard,” head coach tion of the contest.
Gerard Gallant said of
Lindgren, who capped the ➤ The Penguins were
scoring with an empty-net
goal. “He plays all the time, without Rickard Rakell
and I don’t know how and Brian Dumoulin.
many minutes he played
tonight, but it seemed like ➤ Fox extended his point
it was on the ice all night.
He’s just one of those guys streak to five games with a
that make the other people goal in the second period.
around them better.” The goal tied Fox with
Ryan McDonagh (five
As a result, Gallant games in 2014) for the
rolled with 11 forwards most recent longest streak
and seven defensemen. by a Rangers defenseman.
Patrik Nemeth served as
the seventh defenseman ➤ Chris Kreider has 54
and logged one 16-second
shift at the end of the third goals between the regular
period. The veteran de- season playoffs. The only
fenseman was evidently Rangers to have more in a
there just in case Lindgren single season were Adam
went down again. Graves (62 in 1993-94) and
Vic Hadfield (57 in 1971-71).

are just trying to play hockey, have fun, ing as a unit. It’s fun to be part of this three power play just 24 seconds into lind’ a hand: Ryan Lindgren was back on the ice for
and do the right things. with the other guys playing so well.” the match. Though the Rangers fell the Rangers in Wednesday’s season-saving 5-3 win over
behind 2-0, even though their top two the Penguins.
“I think we are getting better each Chytil had a disappointing season. His lines created next to nothing, with the N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg
game.” status for next season would seem to Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Frank
have been in serious doubt. This is about Vatrano unit falling to minus-four for
Lafreniere followed Fox’s goal with now, of course, but if this is a glimpse of the series (two for, six against), they
one of his own, 90 seconds later, at the future, the Kid Line will be a major refused to concede.
16:41 of the second to tie the score at part of it. You probably wouldn’t have
2-all by converting Kakko’s gorgeous been able to say that two weeks ago. The Penguins did not yield either.
backhand centering feed through a After the Rangers took a 3-2 lead on
maze of sticks, celebrating by bounc- “I didn’t score so many goals during Trouba’s goal at 17:53 of the second,
ing off the glass and imploring the the season, I was thinking too much on their third strike in 2:32, the Penguins
crowd to get loud(er). my chances,” said Chytil, whose sec- replied to tie it just 13 seconds later. So
ond unit got onto the ice with around it was tied entering the third before
“Come on!” 40 seconds remaining on the fateful Chytil struck.
The Rangers came on. power play. “So now I just close [my]
“I think we did a good job of staying eyes and shoot and score a goal finally. It is up for grabs now. The Rangers’
calm and sticking to the game,” No. 13 resurgence and Crosby’s questionable
said. “It’s a lot of fun, but we have to “I’m so happy I could help the team.” status combining to ensure that.
work hard on every shift. Goalie Igor Shesterkin stuck with it
“I think we’re getting better but and played with resolve, the taunts of What’s in a name? A lot if it belongs
there’s still some things to correct but Pittsburgh miles away. The penalty to No. 87.
we’ll keep working on it. We’re play- kill snuffed a two-minute, five-on-
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NEW YORK PENGUINS
Getty ImagesRANGERS

POWER PLAYS

By Zach Braziller

THREE STARS

H1 ALEXIS LAFRENIERE By Mollie Walker for the better part of the last seven months. “So we just had a good meeting, good prac-
The 20-year-old winger tice yesterday and we just believed today that
came alive just when the With not only a first-round playoff exit, but we’re gonna win and we’re gonna go back to
Rangers were dangerously Pittsburgh.”
near the end of their The Resilient Rangers are still here. also the legitimacy of their regular-season
season. He scored once and assisted Chytil said before the game that he couldn’t
on Filip Chytil’s game-winner for the They staved off elimination Wednesday success on the line, the Rangers sent the series speak for his teammates, but he was personally
first multi-point performance of his itching to get on the ice. It was evident just
young postseason career. night in Game 5 of their first-round playoff back to Pittsburgh. Game 6 is set for Friday how much the Rangers’ disappointing per-
formances in Pittsburgh weighed on the Czech
H2 IGOR SHESTERKIN series with a 5-3 win over the Penguins — night at PPG Paints Arena, where the Rangers winger — and the rest of the Rangers lineup.
The Vezina Trophy
finalist rebounded after a who were without star gave up a combined 14 After the Penguins took a 2-0 lead, the
nightmarish two games. youngsters led the way for the Rangers, as
He kept the Rangers in the Sidney Crosby from the RANGERS 5 Game 5 goals in Games 3 and 4. they have for much of this series. Chytil,
game over the opening 35 minutes and end of the second period Sum., P. 53 “We were not happy Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko com-
finished with 29 saves, blanking the on — in front of a sold- PENGUINS 3 bined for two goals.
Penguins over the final 21:54. with what happened in
Lafreniere evened the score 2-2 at 16:41 of
H3 JAKEGUENTZEL out crowd of 18,006 at Pittsburgh,” said Filip the second period off a slick feed from Kakko
Guentzel continues to behind Pittsburgh’s net. The 2020 first-over-
torment the Rangers. He Madison Square Garden. Chytil, who scored the game-winning goal on
scored twice more and
now has a whopping seven goals The Blueshirts, who put their complete no- a power play less than three minutes into the
through the first five games.
show in Game 4 in Pittsburgh behind them, third period. “That was just, both games,
KEY MOMENT
have bounced back from tough losses and bad something [that] we didn’t do whole season.
With 6:50 left in the second period,
Sidney Crosby left the ice after periods all season long. Up until Game 5, how- We just didn’t play whole season [the] way
taking an elbow to the head from
Jacob Trouba, and didn’t return. ever, they hadn’t played in this series with that that we played, just [to] lose games like this
Almost immediately, the Rangers
took over, scoring three goals in we’re-never-out-of-it fire that had fueled them in Pittsburgh.
the span of 2:42 to turn a two-goal
deficit into a one-goal lead.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We were not happy with what
happened in Pittsburgh. That was
just, both games, something [that] we
didn’t do [the] whole season.”

— Filip Chytil

Rangers vs. Penguins

Eastern Conference first round
all games on MSG, plus noted network
Game 1: Penguins 4, Rangers 3 (3OT)
Game 2: Rangers 5, Penguins 2
Game 3: Penguins 7, Rangers 4
Game 4: Penguins 7, Rangers 2
Game 5: Rangers 5, Penguins 3
Penguins lead series, 3-2
Friday: at Penguins, 7 p.m., TNT
Sunday*: at Rangers, TBD

*If necessary

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RANGERS PENGUINS

Igor flashes
Vezina form
after pair of
ugly losses

By Zach BraZiller

The Igor Shesterkin who is favored

to win the Vezina Trophy showed up

again Wednesday night with the season

on the line.

Once again, he was the goaltender

who led the Rangers to a surprising

second-place finish in the Metropoli-

tan Division and the difference-maker

who some felt could lead them on a big

postseason run.

“He made some

real key saves,”

coach Gerard Gal-

FIGHT ON: lant said after the
Frank Vatrano
and Filip Chytil Rangers extended
celebrate
Chtyil’s go- their season at
ahead goal
past Penguins least two more
netminder
Louis days with a 5-3,
Domingue
(inset) in the Game 5 win at the
third period of
the Rangers’ Garden over the
5-3 victory in
Game 5 on Penguins. “He bat- IGOR
Wednesday at
the Garden. tles, he plays the SHESTERKIN
puck real well.”
Getty Images;
N.Y. Post: Charles Early on, the 26-year-old Shesterkin

Wenzelberg kept the Rangers in it, coming up big as

they were significantly outplayed. And

once the Rangers went ahead early in

the third period, he closed the door. He

finished with 29 saves, atoning for be-

ing pulled from a pair of shaky per-

formances in Pittsburgh, where he al-

lowed a combined 10 goals on 45 shots

as the Rangers lost Games 3 and 4.

History did not repeat itself at the

Garden. Shesterkin performed like a

star, limiting rebounds and making big

saves throughout the evening. The

“Igor, Igor, Igor,” chants started before

the opening faceoff and were heard

through most of the night. He played

much more like he did as the Rangers

split the first two games, when he

stopped 118 of 124 shots for a .952 save

all pick pumped his hands up to the Garden some encouragement after he was pulled in Penguins competitive, opening the scoring in percentage. He had 15 saves in the final
crowd as he celebrated his second goal of the the previous two games. Shesterkin made 29 the first period and then tying the score 3-3 in
series. saves, including 15 in the third period. the final minute of the second. Still, the Ran- period Wednesday and shut out the
gers put up the kind of fight that lessened the
“We’re having fun,” Lafreniere said. “But The Garden crowd seemingly started to blow that they took the previous two games Penguins over the final 21:54.
you got to work hard every shift, every shift lose hope after Kris Letang’s one-timer off an in Pittsburgh.
matters. That’s what makes it that much fun.” Evgeni Malkin feed at 7:58 of the second pe- The night did start ominously. Just 24
riod gave the Penguins a 2-0 lead. Pittsburgh Head coach Gerard Gallant obviously
The Rangers regained some grit on their was clogging every lane, blocking shot after couldn’t say for sure if his team was going to seconds in, the Penguins had a 5-on-3
back end with Ryan Lindgren getting back in shot and pushing the Rangers to the perime- win this one and avoid elimination, but he
the lineup after missing the last three games ter in all three zones. knew the effort was going to be there — and power play. But the penalty kill and
with an undisclosed lower-body injury. Lind- it was.
gren, who was his usual hard-nosed self and But when Crosby left for the locker room Shesterkin were up to the challenge,
found himself in the middle of a handful of with 6:32 left in the middle frame, after ab- “They were competitive as hell tonight and
scraps, capped the scoring on an empty-net- sorbing a hard hit from Jacob Trouba, things that’s what we wanted from them,” Gallant killing it off and setting the tone.
ter with 16 seconds left in the game. suddenly opened up for the Rangers, who said. “Be competitive, try and win a lot of
scored three goals — from Lafreniere, Adam one-on-one battles, and we played hard. We “It was a big part of the game, hon-
Igor Shesterkin had the Garden crowd Fox and Trouba — in the span of 2:42. went down 2-0, but we still played hard the
chanting his name before the national anthem whole time and we battled back.” estly,” Gallant said.
even played. The fans in attendance surely Coincidence? Probably not.
knew just how much their star goalie needed Top-line winger Jake Guentzel kept the [email protected] So was his goalie, who picked himself

off the mat after he was humbled on

the road. In doing so, he gave himself a

chance for redemption in front of the

rowdy Penguins fans at PPG Paints

Arena on Friday night.

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TV Thursday

Skylar Gaertner on Jonah
that shocking (Sklyar
Gaertner) plays a key
‘Ozark’ finale: how role in the “Ozark”
it all ended for series finale when he
Jonah Byrde squares off against Mel
Tina Rowden/Netflix (3) Sattam (Adam
By MICHAEL STARRCourtesy of Jonathan Adler PR Rothenberg, below
left).
His feat of Note: Spoilers ahead.
clay There have been a few theo-
‘O zark” ended its ries floated about what hap-
“Decorate Like four-season run with pened after the final fadeout.
a Designer Ruth Langmore (Julia What do you think?
Garner) dead and the
with Jonathan Byrde family intact — Believe it or not, there were actu-
Adler” features just barely — as 14- ally quite a few changes to that
the acclaimed year-old son Jonah (Skylar Gaert- scene happening up until the last
ner) joined the show’s long list of minute (I know the writers didn’t
cold-blooded killers. get much sleep towards the end be-
cause there was a lot of pressure to
interior Or did he? get it “right”). So, on the day, we
ended up filming a few slightly dif-
decorator/ In the show’s final scene, ferent versions, one of which actu-
potter (and reminiscent of that WTF? ally did more directly raise the
“Sopranos” series ender, Jo- question of who he might shoot. In
that version, Mel took a few steps
native New nah aimed a shotgun at pesky and ended up in front of Marty and
Wendy, causing Jonah to tell him to
Yorker) in a 13- private investigator Mel our show- wouldn’t say that he lost that loy- step away from his parents. Mel
episode series Sattam (Adam Rothenberg), does, but Jonah doesn’t immedi-
who broke into the Byrdes’ runner alty and resilience. His mom’s will- ately follow him with the shotgun,
premiering leaving a tense moment of uncer-
lakefront house to steal the Chris ingness to sacrifice his uncle and tainty where Jonah has the gun

Friday, May 13 ceramic-goat cookie jar con- Mundy best friend, Ben, rather than find trained on his parents, and he
on Wondrium. taining the ashes of Wendy’s makes his final choice of alle-
(Laura Linney) unstable about some another option forced him to con- giance ... At the very least, I
believe it is Jonah’s intent to
of the front what his family had become shoot Mel when he walks out
with the shotgun.
brother, Ben Davis (Tom Pel- broader and who he would become if he re-
I won’t try to totally settle
phrey), contract-killed by his themes and mained a part of their operation. the uncertainty, but I will say
that I would be open to con-
sister in Season 3. character The tragedy is that he didn’t make tinue exploring Jonah’s story
in some sort of spinoff
fUNNy AT Sattam told Marty (Jason interactions that would be central it very far at all. (should the brilliant archi-
Bateman) that his cre- tects of this enterprise wish to
to Jonah’s arc. So I knew about his Were you surprised to learn do so).

ANy AgE matorium did a subpar relationship with his grandpa that Jonah would be in the final
job burning Ben’s body
Kenan Thompson (“SNL,” and that he had [played by Richard Thomas] and scene of the series?
“Kenan”) hosts the finale of his
comedy competition tour series, enough DNA evi- where the conflict with Wendy was Well, yeah. I honestly loved that
“Kenan Thompson’s Ultimate dence (bits of teeth
Comedy Experience,” Sunday and bone) to prove headed. moment because it’s such a blurry
that Ben was mur-
How did Jonah evolved over mix of tragic and triumphant. I

the course of the series? think it made a lot of sense. Jonah

(1 p.m. for kids, 7:30 p.m. for From the very beginning, he was has been toying with the limits of

dered. Jonah emerged extremely loyal, resilient and will- what he’s willing to do for his fam-

adults) at Caroline’s On from the shadows, ing to make the most of any cir- ily since Season 1, and, to me, this

Broadway (1626 pointed the shotgun at cumstance. felt like a “full circle” moment

Broadway). Sattam and the screen The first three seasons largely from when he tried shooting Gar-
suddenly went black —
followed Jonah’s repeated attempts cia in the living room.

the silence shattered by a to find purpose in his danger-

shotgun blast that left Mel’s ous and extremely unforgiving

fate and Jonah’s intentions open environment. The issue is that,

to interpretation. in an attempt to be “good par-

Gaertner, 18, answered a few ents,” his mom and dad began

Cherie Chiles-Buchanan questions from The Post about the shutting him down at every

shocking finale and how Jonah turn. They somehow expected

evolved over the four seasons since him to be a normal kid with a

“Ozark” premiered in 2017. normal life and normal friends

Did you know how it would despite having knowingly set

play out for Jonah going into him in a strange location with

Season 4? deadly stakes at every turn.

Well … not entirely. At the start The biggest shift came at the Wendy and Marty (Laura Linney, Jason

of filming for Season 4, I talked to end of Season 3, but even then I Bateman) in the final season of ‘Ozark.”

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