Flyers Back at Home Looking to Stay Alive
Game 6 between the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers goes down Tuesday night in the City of Brotherly Love with the Flyers looking for some much needed momentum in order to push this series to a seventh and deciding game.
Game one was rained out on Monday, so the Cubs and Reds will play game one of an abbreviated two-game series in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.
The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays will do battle at Fenway Park in a three-game set in Boston beginning on Tuesday. Neither side has been playing especially great of late, but every game is of vital importance in an ultra-competitive American League East division which doesn’t have much room between the teams at the top and bottom of the standings.
On the season the Mariners have an Over/Under record of 12-11 and a run-line W/L record of 13-11 and the Yankees have an Over/Under record of 11-14 and a run-line W/L record of 13-12.
The Blue Jays are right in the middle of the bunchy AL East but they have to start playing better or they will be at the bottom before they know it.
Due to a steady deluge of rain in the Great Lakes area (the Tigers have had three rainouts already this year) stud hurler Justin Verlander has been pushed back to Tuesday and will face the White Sox in the south side of Chicago. Having Verlander take the bump is always good news for Detroit.
The Wizards were missing one of their leaders with Nene out due to suspensions but it appears it might have sharpened their focus as they took a commanding 3-1 series lead heading back to Chicago.
The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers play game five of the NBA playoffs at the Staples Center on Tuesday with the series tied 2-2.
Green Bay defied the odds last season and snuck into the playoffs even though QB Aaron Rodgers missed a good chunk of the season.
Chicago had another disappointing season last year. When Aaron Rodgers got hurt they could have burst to the head of the division but again the second half proved to be more treacherous than expected.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets will head back to Nationwide Arena following Pittsburgh’s 3-1 win on its home ice in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. The teams have alternated wins and losses through the first five games of the series, which would put Columbus on track for a win in this one.
The MLB season isn’t quite a month old, but teams have begun to show us what they have to offer. There’s a long way still to go in a season that’s a marathon, not a sprint, but it’s these early opinions we formulate that will decide whether this season will be a profitable one for us or not.
The Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays will face off in the fourth game of a four-game set at U.S. Cellular Field on Monday. The White Sox won game three in the series on Sunday by a score of 9-2, leaving the Rays looking for a win to salvage a split in the series.
Oakland has played the last 10 games against teams from the state of Texas and the result have not been good.
The Diamondbacks (8-19) have been miserable to start the 2014 campaign, with lousy pitching and inconsistent offense being the formula for sitting at the bottom of the National League West division. The Snakes hope to start the job of turning it around at home against the Rockies (13-12) on Monday night.
Kings Look to Draw Even Monday Night
To say that the momentum has completely in the series between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings is a colossal understatement. The series moves back to the Staples Center Monday night with the Sharks holding a tenuous 3-2 lead with the Kings coming on.
