SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Atlanta Braves 3 St Louis Cardinals 14, Boston Red Sox 4 Colorado Rockies 5 (11 innings), Chicago White Sox 0 Cleveland Indians 9, Cincinnati Reds 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit Tigers 4 Houston Astros 11, Kansas City Royals 11 Texas Rangers 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6 San Diego Padres 3, Miami Marlins 0 Tampa Bay Rays 4, Minnesota Twins 4 LA Angels 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Milwaukee Brewers 6, San Francisco Giants 3 Toronto Blue Jays 7, Seattle Mariners 4 Oakland Athletics 3, Washington Nationals 2 New York Mets 6.

BASKETBALL

Stephen Curry scored 36 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-94 to lead their Western Conference Finals series 1-0. Curry added six assists and was nine from 15 on threepoint attempts – scoring back-to-back as the Warriors took a 54-45 lead into half-time. Klay Thompson added 26 for the Warriors, who used 13 players in the contest at the Oracle Arena. Damian Lillard top-scored for Portland with 19 while CJ Mccollum added 17. The winner of the best-of-seven series will go on to play either the Milwaukee Bucks or Toronto Raptors.

Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans will get the first pick in the 2019 NBA Draft - their second No 1 pick in eight years. The Memphis Grizzlies will pick second, while the New York Knicks will go third in the draft which takes place on 20 June. Fourteen teams who missed the play-offs – with the exception of those who traded a draft pick – were entered into the draw. The Pelicans, who opted for Anthony Davis with their last number one pick in 2012, are now in pole position to land the highlyrated Zion Williamson.

NBA

Western Conference play-off final Golden State Warriors 116 Portland Trail Blazers 94 (Golden State lead series 1-0).

CRICKET

SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Division One

Chelmsford: Nottinghamshire 187 (J A Porter 4-75) & 90-6 (S R Harmer 4-32) v Essex 241 (NL J Browne 67, L J Fletcher 5-50).

Canterbury: Yorkshire 210 & 166-3 (G S Ballance 57 no) v Kent 296 (O G Robinson 103, Z Crawley 81).

Taunton: Surrey 380 (R J Burns 107, D Elgar 103, R Clarke 59 no, M D Stoneman 50) v Somerset 243-5 (J C Hildreth 90, Azhar Ali 60, S M Davies 54 no).

Edgbaston: Hampshire 354 (T P Alsop 150, A HT Donald 75, J S Patel 6-94, O J Hannon-dalby 4-69) v Warwickshire 1847 (D P Sibley 95 no, K J Abbott 4-43).

Division Two

Newport: Gloucestershire 463 (J R Bracey 152, R F Higgins 103, G H Roderick 88, M de Lange 4-116) v Glamorgan 241-8 (C R Hemphrey 60).

Emirates Old Trafford: Northamptonshire 230 (L Wood 66, R J Gleeson 5-63, G Onions 4-45) v Lancashire 276-6 (K K Jennings 97, R P Jones 67).

Lord’s: Middlesex 349 (NR T Gubbins 75, GF B Scott 55, T Lace 51, Mohammad Abbas 4-72) v Leicestershire 257-9 (C N Ackermann 63, H E Dearden 61, O P Rayner 4-58).

New Road: Durham 273 (JT A Burnham 76, C T Bancroft 70, CA J Morris 6-53) v Worcestershire 321-6 (M H Wessels 118, R A Whiteley 62 no, J J Dell 61).

CYCLING

GIRO D’ITALIA

Stage 5 (Orbetello - Frascati, 235 km):

1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-hansgrohe 3hrs 15mins 44secs, 2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates, 3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-fdj, 4 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal, 5 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-segafredo, 6 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data, 7 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF, 8 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-alpecin, 9 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-vini Fantini-faizane, 10 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec all at same time.

General classification: 1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-visma 19hrs 35mins 4secs, 2 Simon Yates (Gbr) MitcheltonScott at 35secs, 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-merida at 39secs, 4 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team at 44secs, 5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates at same time, 6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-hansgrohe at 49secs, 7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-segafredo at 55secs, 8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-merida at 56secs, 9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-quickStep at 1min 2secs, 10 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-hansgrohe at 1min 6secs.

ICE HOCKEY

The Boston Bruins are one victory away from a spot in the Stanley Cup finals after defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1. Tuukka Rask made 20 saves in the first period in the Boston net to keep the tie goalless, then the Bruins struck twice in quick succession in the second to take hold of the game. Chris Wagner found the net 1:21 into the second, then Brad Marchand scored his sixth play-off goal on the powerplay five minutes later. Calvin De Haan pulled one back for Carolina on 13:48 in the second, but the Bruins held on for the away win at the PNC Arena.

NHL

Eastern Conference play-off final Carolina Hurricanes 1 Boston Bruins 2 (Boston lead series 3-0).

SPEEDWAY

FIXTURES

Tomorrow: Championship – Edinburgh v Leicester, Glasgow v Eastbourne, Scunthorpe v Somerset (all 7:30).