Sports briefs April 15, 2013
Basketball
Trey Burke is leaving Michigan early for the NBA draft.
The Associated Press national player of the year announced his decision Sunday. The move came as no surprise. Burke considered going pro a year ago but decided to come back for his sophomore season. He led Michigan to the NCAA title game, where the Wolverines lost to Louisville.
The 6-foot point guard averaged 18.6 points and 6.7 assists per game in 2012-13. He made perhaps the most memorable shot of the NCAA tournament, a long 3-pointer in the final seconds against Kansas that sent that regional semifinal to overtime.
- A person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press that Eddie Jordan is nearing an agreement with Rutgers to replace Mike Rice as coach.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Jordan and Rutgers interim athletic director Carl Kirschner met again Sunday to finalize the language in the contract before an announcement can be made. Jordan, an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, flew to New Jersey Saturday to begin the process.
Baseball
- AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tigers 10, Athletics 1: Austin Jackson had four hits, homered and drove in three runs in leading Detroit at Oakland.
Angels 4, Astros 1: At Anaheim, Calif., Mike Trout hit his first home run of the season and Los Angeles beat Houston.
Red Sox 5, Rays 0: Clay Buchholz didn't allow a hit until the eighth, and host Boston beat Tampa Bay.
White Sox 3, Indians 1: Jake Peavy struck out 11 in seven innings and visiting Chicago broke a five-game losing streak by beating Cleveland.
Royals 3, Blue Jays 2: Alex Gordon drove home Chris Getz with a single in the ninth, and host Kansas City beat Toronto.
Yankees 3, Orioles 0: Hiroki Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout to lead host New York over Baltimore.
- NATIONAL LEAGUE
Braves 9, Nationals 0: Justin Upton and Andrelton Simmons homered and visiting Atlanta won its ninth in row by beating Washington.
Phillies 2, Marlins 1: Roy Halladay earned his 200th career victory in leading Philadelphia at Miami.
Diamondbacks 1, Dodgers 0: At Phoenix, Paul Goldschmidt's game-winning single in the ninth lifted Arizona over Los Angeles.
Rockies 2, Padres 1: Todd Helton had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh to lead Colorado at San Diego.
Brewers 4, Cardinals 3, 10 inn.: Jonathan Lucroy hit a solo home run in the 10th to lead Milwaukee at St. Louis.
Giants 10, Cubs 7, 10 inn.: Edwin Jackson and Michael Bowden tied a major league record by combining to throw five wild pitches in an inning, and visiting San Francisco beat Chicago.
Pirates 10, Reds 7: Michael McKenry hit two home runs and host Pittsburgh sent Cincinnati to its fifth straight loss.
- INTERLEAGUE
New York Mets at Minnesota, ppd, weather: Snow and rain forced the Twins to postpone their interleague series finale against the Mets. The game will be made up on Aug. 19.
NHL
Blackhawks 2, Blues 0: Corey Crawford stopped 30 shots and visiting Chicago beat St. Louis.
Sabres 3, Lightning 1: At Buffalo, N.Y., Jhonas Enroth stopped 32 shots to help Buffalo past Tampa Bay.
Red Wings 3, Predators 0: Henrik Zetterberg scored in the second period, and Detroit won in Nashville.
Tennis
John Isner of the United States beat Argentina's Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston.
Auto racing
Fernando Alonso took the lead for good with 13 laps to go and won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai by 10 seconds ahead of Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen.
- The Associated Press