When you watch highlights of the Mets’ 6-5 win in extra innings on Wednesday, you’ll likely see Pete Alonso‘s three-run home run to tie the game in the eighth or Huascar Brazoban‘s dominant outing to pick up his first career save, but one that may be overlooked came from behind the plate.
Luis Torrens has been tasked with leading the Mets‘ pitching staff and providing defense/offense in the absence of Francisco Alvarez and he did that and then some. And he didn’t even start the game.
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While the Vancouver Canucks may be preparing to kiss their playoff hopes goodbye, the Abbotsford Canucks are soaring into the postseason. In a 6–3 win against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday night, not only did they push their current win streak to 11 games, they also clinched a spot in the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs.
BALTIMORE – Garrett Crochet has barely started enough games in his career to comprise an entire major league season, still has the youthful sheen of a 25-year-old, and yet has toted the mental weight of a much older player.
From the college diamond in Knoxville, to the 11th pick in the draft, to a lightning-quick debut, a trip to the operating table for a new elbow ligament, a hopeless situation with Major League Baseball’s worst team and finally, a trade that united his elite stuff with a team that could do something with it, Crochet has seen some things in his baseball career.
DALLAS (AP) — It came to Anthony Davis following his pregame nap Wednesday afternoon that he would finally play all out for the Dallas Mavericks that night against the Atlanta Hawks and finally put the adductor strain that sidelined him Feb. 8 for six weeks out of his mind.
“Whatever happens, happens,” Davis said. “Just go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of force, a lot of dominance.”
Dominate he did.
Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks over Karl-Anthony Towns in the Cavaliers’ NBA victory over the New York Knicks (Jason Miller)
The Miami Heat ended Boston’s nine-game NBA winning streak with a 124-103 victory that pushed the reigning champion Celtics further behind Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland — who rallied to beat New York on Wednesday.
Tyler Herro scored 25 points to lead seven players in double figures for the Heat, who fought off a late Celtics surge to notch a sixth straight victory.
Boston connected on just 37.
Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers are red hot in the early part of the season in their pursuit of another World Series championship.
The defending champions remain undefeated to start the season after Ohtani helped lift the Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. The Dodgers become the first reigning champion to start the season 8-0.
Ohtani hit a walk-off home run with the game tied at 5 in the bottom of the ninth inning for the 6-5 victory.
It took less than 40 minutes Oologah to turn a soccer match into a statement win Monday.
The Lady Mustangs exploded for 15 goals in the first half — with nine different players finding the back of the net — en route to a 15-0 mercy-rule shutout over Tulsa Central.
The offensive onslaught continued to showcase why the defending Class 4A state champions remain unbeaten at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in district play.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, THN Fantasy expert Jason Chen will highlight
his best picks to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The
recommended players and goalies are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo
leagues and can be selected in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy
games.
Click for the full list of streaming options for goalies, defensemen and forwards.
Goalies
Calvin Pickard, EDM at SJ (18% rostered)
Stuart Skinner is not travelling with the Oilers on their three-game road trip so expect Pickard to start all three games.
HOUSTON — In the opener of a brief two-game homestand at Toyota Center, the Rockets took care of business and clinched a berth in the 2025 NBA playoffs with Wednesday’s 143-105 blowout victory (box score) over the short-handed Utah Jazz.
For Houston (50-27, No. 2 in Western Conference standings), Wednesday’s victory also clinched the Southwest Division title. It’s the first time since 2020 that the Rockets have been to the playoffs or won their division.
On every game day this
season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers
to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended players and
goalies are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues and can be
selected in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy games.
Sean Monahan, C, CBJ
vs. COL (48% rostered)
Boone Jenner, C/LW, CBJ vs. COL (37% rostered)
Adam Fantilli, C, CBJ vs.