


Today’s odds
NBA
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Wednesday
at Philadelphia 3 1/2 (229) Washington
at Brooklyn 1 1/2 (215) Toronto
at Indiana 1 1/2 (234) LA Lakers
LA Clippers 1 1/2 (218) at New York
at Denver 2 1/2 (226 1/2) Milwaukee
Boston 2 1/2 (Off) at Phoenix
College basketball
Favorite Line Underdog
at Loyola Chicago 4 1/2 Kent St
at UC Irvine 5 1/2 UAB
NHL
Favorite Line Underdog
New Jersey -230/+188 at Chicago
at NY Islanders -120/+100 Vancouver
at Anaheim -114/-105 Boston
Dallas -152/+126 at Edmonton
MLB
Spring Training
Tuesday’s games
TWINS 5, Colorado 3
Miami 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Kansas City 3, Texas 1
Cleveland 3, Arizona 2
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 2
Dayton 7, Cincinnati 5
Boston 12, De Monterrey 8
San Francisco 4, Detroit 3
Sugar Land 7, Houston 6
L.A. Dodgers 4, L.A. Angels 1
REGULAR SEASON BEGINS
Thursday's games
Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees, 2:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto, 2:07 p.m.
Boston at Texas, 3:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Chi. White Sox, 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Houston, 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 3:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami, 3:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m.
MINNESOTA at St. Louis, 3:15 p.m.
Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m.
Athletics at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.
Twins 5, Rockies 3
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Doyle cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Hilliard cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
4-Ward pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tovar ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500
Miller 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
McMahon 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Schunk ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bryant dh 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
b-Beck ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Toglia 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Bouchard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Goodman c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .333
Thompson lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Martini lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667
3-Veen pr-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Farmer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Ritter 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Freeman rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Cordova c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 32 3 6 3 3 9
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Wallner dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Jeffers ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Maitan ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Correa ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500
De Andrade ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Buxton cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500
1-Fedko pr-rf 2 1 1 1 0 1 .500
Larnach lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .500
Morales lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500
Miranda 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alvarez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Castro 2b 1 1 1 0 1 0 1.000
Cespedes 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
France 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Julien 1b-2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Schobel 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Vázquez c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500
2-Bass pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Winkel c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bader rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Keirsey rf-cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500
5-Kendle pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 5 11 5 1 4
COL 020 000 100 — 3 6 0 MIN 200 010 02x — 5 11 0
a-lined out for Wallner in the 5th. b-struck out for Bryant in the 6th. c-grounded out for Jeffers in the 8th.
1-ran for Buxton in the 4th. 2-ran for Vázquez in the 5th. 3-ran for Martini in the 7th. 4-ran for Hilliard in the 7th. 5-ran for Keirsey in the 8th.
LOB: Colorado 6, Minnesota 2; 2B: Martini (1), Correa (1), Castro (1); HR: Goodman (1), off Paddack. Larnach (1), off Márquez; RBI: Goodman 2 (2), Hilliard (1), Larnach 2 (2), Vázquez (1), Fedko (1), Morales (1); SB: Ward (1); CS: Beck (1).
Runners left in scoring position: Colorado 4 (Miller 2, Farmer, Bryant). Minnesota 0; RISP: Colorado 1 for 4. Minnesota 3 for 6.
Runners moved up: Julien, Maitan; GIDP: Vázquez, Larnach.
DP: Colorado 2 (Tovar, Farmer, Toglia. Schunk, Bouchard).
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Márquez 4 2/3 6 3 3 1 1 47 5.79
Kinley 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Chivilli 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0.00
Peralta 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.00
Halvorsen 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 9 13.50
Vodnik 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 11 27.00
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Paddack 3 1/3 2 2 2 2 5 62 5.40
Yanez 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
Topa 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.00
Blewett 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 1 20 5.40
Stankiewicz 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 19 0.00
Wosinski 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.00
W: Stankiewicz 1-0; L: Halvorsen 0-1; SV: Wosinski 1-1
Inherited runners-scored: Kinley 1-0, Vodnik 1-1, Stankiewicz 2-0; HBP: Stankiewicz (Beck).
Umpires: Home, Jen Pawol. First, Andy Fletcher. Second, Clint Vondrak. Third, Bryan Van Vranken.
T: 2:08; A: 5,706 (9,300).
Remaining Free Agents
The 26 remaining free agents:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (1): James Paxton, lhp.
CHICAGO (1): Dominic Leone, rhp.
KANSAS CITY (2): Robbie Grossman, of. Will Smith, lhp.
MINNESOTA (1): Anthony DeSclafani, rhp.
NEW YORK (1): Anthony Rizzo, 1b.
TEXAS (2): Matt Duffy, 3b. David Robertson, rhp.
ATHLETICS (1): Alex Wood, lhp.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ATLANTA (2): Adam Duvall, of. Whit Merrifield, inf-of.
CHICAGO (1): Drew Smyly, lhp.
COLORADO (2): Daniel Bard, rhp. Charlie Blackmon, of.
LOS ANGELES (3): Daniel Hudson, rhp. Joe Kelly, rhp. Kevin Kiermaier, of.
NEW YORK (2): J.D. Martinez, dh. Brooks Raley, lhp.
PHILADELPHIA (1): Spencer Turnbull, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (2): Marco Gonzales, lhp. Yasmani Grandal, c.
ST. LOUIS (3): Matt Carpenter, dh-inf. Lance Lynn, rhp. Keynan Middleton, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (1): David Peralta, of.
Hockey
PWHL
PTS W OTW OTL L GF GA
Montréal 45 10 6 3 6 65 58
Toronto 42 11 2 5 7 64 60
Boston 40 8 6 4 6 66 55
FROST 35 7 5 4 9 68 67
Ottawa 33 9 1 4 11 60 73
New York 30 6 4 4 12 65 75
Tuesday’s game
New York 6, Ottawa 3
Wednesday’s games
Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m.
Montreal at FROST, 7 p.m.
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 4 1 0 12 12 6
Charlotte 3 1 1 10 10 4
Miami 3 0 1 10 9 4
Nashville 3 1 1 10 8 3
Chicago 3 1 1 10 12 9
Columbus 2 0 3 9 6 3
NY R. Bulls 2 1 2 8 6 4
NYC 2 1 2 8 6 5
Orlando 2 2 1 7 13 11
Cincinnati 2 2 1 7 6 8
D.C. United 1 1 3 6 7 9
Atlanta 1 2 2 5 6 8
N. England 0 3 1 1 1 5
Toronto 0 4 1 1 6 12
Montréal 0 4 1 1 2 9
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Vancouver 4 1 0 12 10 5
Austin 3 2 0 9 4 3
LA 3 2 0 9 6 6
San Diego 2 1 2 8 7 4
St Louis City 2 1 2 8 4 1
Minnesota 2 1 2 8 7 6
Colorado 2 1 2 8 6 7
Dallas 2 2 1 7 7 8
Portland 2 2 1 7 6 7
San Jose 2 3 0 6 8 8
Salt Lake 2 3 0 6 5 9
Seattle 1 2 2 5 7 7
Houston 0 3 2 2 3 8
LA Galaxy 0 3 2 2 4 10
Kansas City 0 4 1 1 5 10
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s games
New York at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Toronto FC, 1:30 p.m.
Charlotte FC at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
New York City FC at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
CF Montréal at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting K.C. at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at MINNESOTA, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Nashville, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando City at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles FC at San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
NWSL
W L T Pts GF GA
Orlando 2 0 0 6 8 0
Kansas City 2 0 0 6 5 1
Bay 1 0 1 4 3 1
San Diego 1 0 1 4 4 3
Seattle 1 0 1 4 3 2
Houston 1 1 0 3 3 3
Washington 1 1 0 3 2 3
Angel City 0 0 2 2 2 2
Utah Royals 0 1 1 1 3 4
N. Carolina 0 1 1 1 2 3
Portland 0 1 1 1 2 4
Gotham 0 1 1 1 1 3
Louisville 0 1 1 1 1 3
Chicago 0 2 0 0 1 8
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s games
Gotham FC at Houston, 7 p.m.
Bay FC at Washington, 7 p.m.
College
Men’s basketball
NCAA tournament
SWEET 16
Games Thursday and Friday
EAST REGIONAL
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 4 Arizona
No. 6 Brigham Young vs. No. 2 Alabama
SOUTH REGIONAL
No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 Michigan
No. 6 Mississippi vs. No. 2 Michigan St.
MIDWEST REGIONAL
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 4 Purdue
No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 2 Tennessee
WEST REGIONAL
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Maryland
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Arkansas
NIT tournament
QUARTERFINALS
Tuesday’s games
Chattanooga 67, Bradley 65
North Texas 61, Oklahoma St. 59
Wednesday’s games
Loyola Chicago vs. Kent St., 6 p.m.
UC Irvine vs. UAB, 8 p.m.
WoMen’s basketball
NCAA tournament
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
SPOKANE 1
Friday’s games
UCLA vs. Mississippi, 9 p.m.
NC State vs. LSU, 6:30 p.m.
SPOKANE 4
Friday’s games
Southern Cal vs. Kansas St., 7 p.m.
UConn vs. Oklahoma, 4:30 p.m.
BIRMINGHAM 2
Friday’s games
South Carolina vs. Maryland, 4 p.m.
Duke vs. North Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
BIRMINGHAM 3
Friday’s games
Texas vs. Tennessee, 2:30 p.m.
TCU vs. Notre Dame, noon
WBIT tournament
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday’s games
Texas Tech vs. Florida, 5 p.m.
James Madison vs. Belmont 6 p.m.
Villanova vs. Portland 6 p.m.
Gonzaga vs. GOPHERS, 7 p.m.
GOLF
Bell Bank ‘Pay It Forward’ Collegiate
Co-hosted by Minnesota and St. Thomas in Litchfield Park, Ariz.
Teams
Iowa State -27
Marquette -25
Nebraska -15
Eastern Michigan E
St. Thomas +5
Denver +5
Drake +6
South Dakota +6
Loyola-Chicago +8
Omaha +9
Creighton +10
UC Santa Barbara +10
Minnesota +13
South Dakota State +33
North Dakota +38
Bethel +53
Men’s hockey
NCAA tournament
Manchester Regional
Friday’s games
Boston College vs. Bentley, 1 p.m.
Providence vs. Denver, 4:30 p.m.
Fargo Regional
Thursday’s games
W. Michigan vs. MSU Mankato, 4 p.m.
GOPHERS vs. Massachusetts, 7:30 p.m.
Allentown Regional
Friday’s games
Connecticut vs. Quinnipiac, 4 p.m.
Maine vs. Penn State, 7:30 p.m.
Toledo Regional
Thursday’s games
Boston University vs. Ohio State, 1 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Cornell, 4:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
UMAC
Wis.-Eau Claire 7, Northwestern-St. Paul 4
Northwestern-St. Paul 2, Wis.-Eau Claire 1
MIAC
Wartburg 8, St. Catherine 2
Wartburg 10, St. Catherine 4