Armadillo Sports
Monday’s 6-pack:
Most passing yards in a game for the Minnesota Vikings:
490— Tommy Kramer
460— Kirk Cousins
456— Tommy Kramer
449— Joe Kapp
446— Brett Favre
444— Tommy Kramer
Quote of the Day
“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.”
Frank Tyger
Monday’s quiz
Colorado Rockies’ catcher Jacob Stallings is the son of Kevin Stallings, who used to be the basketball coach at which SEC school?
Sunday’s quiz
Last year, four quarterbacks started a game for the Cleveland Browns; Jameis Winston (2-5) was the only QB to win more than one game.
Saturday’s quiz
Lawrence Taylor played his college football at North Carolina.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday……..
— Knicks 94, Pistons 93
Jalen Brunson scored 32 points, 11 assists.
Detroit has lost its last nine home playoff games.
New York leads series, 3-1
— Timberwolves 116, Lakers 113
Lakers led by 12 points late in third quarter.
Minnesota leads this series, 3-1
Lakers didn’t sub after halftime, only time that has happened in a playoff game in the last 28 years.
— Celtics 107, Magic 98
Jayson Tatum scored 37 points, had 14 rebounds.
Boston took the lead for good with 3:58 left in the game.
Celtics lead series, 3-1
— Pacers 129, Bucks 103
Bucks’ star Damian Lillard hurt his left leg, played only six minutes.
Indiana shot 60.2% from the floor.
Eight Pacers scored in double figures.
— In the NFL, 29-year old WR Hunter Renfrow signed with the Carolina Panthers; he sat out last year, after catching 269 passes (10.7 yards/catch) in five years with the Raiders.
— Jacksonville Jaguars signed DE Emmanuel Ogbah for one year, $5M, which figures to help the Jaguars’ pass rush. Ogbah played the last five years for the Dolphins.
— District of Columbia and the Washington Commanders struck a deal to build a stadium and play where their old stadium, RFK Stadium — the team’s home from 1961-1996 — still stands.
— Famous birthdays, April 28th:
Ann-Margret, 84
Mary McDonnell, 73
Mark Bavaro, 62
Barry Larkin, 61
Pete Stoyanovich, 58
Elisabeth Rohm, 52
Billy Volek, 49
Josh Howard, 45
Chris Kaman, 43
David Freese, 42
Spencer Hawes, 37
Blake Bortles, 33
Matt Chapman, 32
Shane McClanahan, 28
Anthony Volpe, 24
— Nationals 8, Mets 7
Mets led 7-1 in the 7th inning.
Dylan Crews homered off of Tylor Megill, the first time In 15 games a Mets’ starting pitcher gave up a home run.
Mets still lead NL East by four games.
— Twins 5, Angels 0
Joe Ryan struck out 11 hitters in seven shutout IP.
Twins have won three in row for first time since last August.
Angels lost their last seven road games, scoring total of 12 runs.
— A’s 3, White Sox 2 (10)
Luis Urias hit a 2-run walk-off homer, sent 9,127 fans home happy.
Spunky A’s are 14-14, one game out of a playoff spot.
White Sox used an opener (1 IP) in all three games this weekend.
— Astros 7, Royals 3
Hunter Brown allowed one run in 6 IP for the win; his scoreless streak ended at 28 IP.
Under is 14-7 in Houston’s last 21 games.
Bobby Witt Jr extended his hitting streak to 19 games.
— Rays 4, Padres 2
Rookie OF Chandler Simpson had the first 3-hit game of his career.
Tampa Bay has won a season-high five games in a row.
Padres are 1-5 since Luis Arraez got hurt, scoring total of nine runs.
— Reds 8, Rockies 1
Nick Lodolo allowed only two hits in seven IP for the win.
Rookie 3B Noelvi Marte was 3-5, with three RBI, is hitting .364.
Colorado has lost six in a row, is 4-23 this season.
— Tigers 7, Orioles 0
Tarik Skubal struck out 11 guys in six shutout IP.
Detroit finishes this homestand with an 8-2 record.
Orioles’ season win total is 87.5; they’re off to a 10-17 start.
— Diamondbacks 6, Braves 4
Arizona’s win snaps a four-game losing skid.
Alex Verdugo was 4-4 with two RBI for the Braves.
Atlanta is 8-3 at home, 4-12 on the road.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Giants. Wild Cards: Dodgers, Padres, (Cin-Phil-Arizona all tied)
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Rangers, Red Sox