Midday Recap: Peltz allows a hit; Rangers finally win in OT.

No NBA, No Mets, No Yankees.  A quiet day for sports, but still things to talk about.

Lori Van Buren | Albany Times Union

Well, Charlie Peltz allows his first hit in 25 2/3rd innings yesterday.  After hurling three straight no-hitters, the Queensbury Spartans ace continued his no hit streak into the 3rd inning, where he retired the first two batters before running into Julian Gallup of the Amsterdam Rugged Rams.  Gallup sent a liner to left field, ending the no-hit streak.  He is the only player to score a hit against Peltz in the last 4 games, as the rest of the Rugged Rams went hitless as Queensbury rolls into the Class A Sectional Semifinals with their 11-0 victory.

I'M BACK
It's a happy return for Terry Francona as the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox 12-3 in a game where every starter for the Indians recorded a hit.  Drew Stubbs put the Indians on the board in the 2nd inning with his first of three RBIs, and Mark Reynolds brought two home in the 3rd.  But the big damage came in the 6th inning as the Indians plated 6 to help give Zach McAllister his 4th win of the season.  Ryan Dempster didn't make it past the 3rd inning, giving up four runs on 5 hits as the Boston bullpen got a lot of work on Thursday.

FINALLY IT HAPPENED TO ME...
The Rangers finally win in overtime.  After going 0-3 in the extra frame in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the New York Rangers prevent elimination with Chris Kreider's goal at 7:03 in the overtime.  It was Boston's first loss in overtime, which includes that epic comeback and overtime win in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

It wasn't easy for the Rangers.  Outshot 12-4, the Rangers were lucky to escape in a scoreless tie.  After Tyler Seguin broke a 2-2 tie in the 3rd Period, the Rangers fans rejoiced as Brian Boyle scored on the Power Play.

Before the game, the Rangers stirred the rumor pot with the healthy scratch of Brad Richards.  It's widely speculated that the Rangers may be done using his services and will be looking for a different suitor for Richards come the 2013-14 season.

Game 5 is this Saturday, in Boston. (5:30pm, NBC Sports Network)

DETROIT ROCK CITY
The Detroit Red Wings have the chance to clinch a spot in the Western Conference Finals in prime time on Saturday after their 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.  Jimmy Howard earns the shutout after stopping all 28 of the Blackhawks shots.  Jakob Kindl put the Red Wings on the board midway through the 2nd period with his power play goal, and Daniel Cleary cleared the zone and fired into the empty net for the insurance late in the 3rd Period.

It's the only time this season that the Chicago Blackhawks have failed to score a goal, both regular season and playoffs.

Armed with a 3-1 series lead, the Detroit Red Wings look to finish off the Blackhawks at the United Center, Saturday night at 8PM. (NBC, locally NewsChannel13)

HOME
The home team wins again as the Los Angeles Kings take a 3-2 series lead after their 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks late last night.  Anze Kopitar put the Kings on the board late in the 2nd Period, and Slana Voynov scored less than a minute into the 3rd Period.  Jeff Carter sealed it with the empty-netter

Jonathan Quick earns the shutout after stopping all 24 shots he faced.

So far, through 5 games, the home team has won every game in the series.  Game 6's in San Jose, to be played this Sunday.

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
After being swept by the Cincinnati Reds, the Mets try to rebound.  But rebounding will be difficult as the Mets begin a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves tonight.  It's the first of what will be 8 straight night games, including a home-and-home series against the New York Yankees starting Memorial Day.

Jeremy Hefner is on the mound for the Mets, trying to come back from his last start where he allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in 4 innings pitched.  The Mets will face Kris Medlen, who did a decent job of silencing the Los Angeles Dodgers in his last start.  The California-born pitcher threw 7 innings, allowing two hits and only one earned run.

Radio coverage begins on 1230 FOX Sports at 6:30PM tonight.

Midday Recap: "See You In Pittsburgh"

If you blinked, you missed it.

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean was very brief in his post-game conference following the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-3 victory in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Semifinals.

He stated at the podium, which his conference lasted all of 13 seconds, that 7-3 was enough said, and "See you in Pittsburgh", where he vowed his team would come to play.

The Ottawa Senators led at the end of the first period 2-1, but then Pittsburgh bounced back with what would become 6 unanswered goals as they take a 3-1 series lead back to Pittsburgh.

FIRESTARTER
LeBron James and the Miami Heat are up 1-0 in their best of 7 series against the Indiana Pacers after their overtime win 103-102.  LeBron James caught the inbound pass with 2.2 seconds left in overtime, attacked the basket, and layed the ball in for the game-winner.

He finished the game with a triple-double, scoring 30, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing for 10 assists.  Dwayne Wade contributed with 19 points before fouling out, and Chris Bosh scored 17.

Paul George, who was responsible for tying the game to send it to overtime for the Indiana Pacers, scored 27 points as he went 10/11 from the charity stripe.  David West contributed with 26 points and Roy Hibbert scored 19.

Game 2 is Friday (8PM, TNT).

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME...
The Mets would love to rewind the clock and play the bottom of the 8th inning over again.  Tied 4-4 with the Cincinnati Reds.  Given the gift of Zack Cozart's throwing error, the Mets had Marlon Byrd at 1st with 1 out.  Ike Davis patiently earned a walk, setting up 1st and 2nd, and the chance for John Buck to bring home the go-ahead run.

John Buck, who has had offensive woes of late, grounded into a double play, ending the inning.

In the top of the 9th, Bobby Parnell gave up the first runs he has allowed in May, as he gave up a lead-off double to Shin-Soo Choo.  Then he intentionally walked to Joey Votto, hoping to set up a double play.

Brandon Phillips, who already made the Mets pay earlier, did it again as his double brought home the go-ahead run.  Another intentional walk loaded the bases, which came back to haunt Parnell and the Mets when Todd Frazier brought home Votto and Phillips.

Finally, Parnell got his double-play ball, as Jack Hannahan ended the Reds 9th with the damage already done.

Juan Lagares ended the game when he struck out swinging.

Matt Harvey saw his ERA jump up to 1.93 as he allowed 4 runs, all earned in 6 1/3rds innings.  Harvey, who lost an appeal earlier in the day hoping to have one of the earned runs taken off his ledger from the past game in Chicago, struck out 6 and gave up 9 hits.  Thanks to Daniel Murphy and Rick Ankiel, the Mets were able to save Harvey from his first loss of the season with their hits in the 7th inning.

Bobby Parnell took the loss for the Mets.


HERO
Jose Bautista played the hero role well for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.  He homered in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game against the Tampa Bay Rays, then in the 10th inning, his single brought home Colby Rasmus for the walk-off.

The win helps back a decent Mark Buehrle start.  Buehrle, who has been roughed up for 5 or more runs in 6 of his 10 starts this season, pitched 7 innings, giving up only two runs on 4 hits.  He struck out 6.  Aaron Loup earned the win for the Blue Jays.


HISTORY IN THE MAKING
A state High School record could be set today when the Queensbury Spartans take on the Amsterdam Rugged Rams at Queensbury High, as Charlie Peltz looks to be the first pitcher to throw four consecutive no-hitters in known New York State High School Baseball history.

He hurled no-hitters against the Glens Falls Indians, the South Glens Falls Bulldogs, and, most recently, the Hudson Falls Tigers.

The last pitcher to go 3 straight games without allowing a hit was Ryan Dunford, who in 2003 pulled that feat (including a perfect game) for Bishop Timon-St. Jude.  In his fourth start, Dunford went 6 2/3rd innings, allowing a hit prior to the final out.

First pitch is scheduled for 4PM at Queensbury High School, weather permitting.

Bad night for New York

L to R: Nick Wass | Associated Press | Bruce Bennett | Getty Images | Seth Wenig | Associated Press

In the course of an hour, three New York teams fell on Wednesday.

In Baltimore, Nate McLouth took the third pitch he was offered out of play as the Baltimore Orioles walked off with a 3-2 victory over the Yankees.  The Orioles went deep for all three runs, including two off Phil Hughes, who went 6 innings, giving up five hits and the two runs off the homers.  Vidal Nuno, who pitched to McLouth, took the loss.

Meanwhile, at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers scored the first goal for the first time this series when Taylor Pyatt lit the lamp nearly 4 minutes into the second period.  But Boston swarmed back, outplaying the Rangers in the 3rd Period, getting the equalizer three minutes into the period on Johnny Boychuk's 4th of the playoffs.  With less than four minutes to play, Henrik Lundqvist made a save, but then the rebound came to Daniel Paille, who was able to bury it for the game-winning goal that gives the Boston Bruins a commanding 3-0 series lead.

Over in Queens, the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of a David Wright fielding error in the 1st inning to score two runs en route to their 4-0 victory over the New York Mets.  Todd Frazier hit a grounder that went through Wright's legs and into left field, scoring Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips.  They'd tack on one more run with a walk to Devin Mesoraco in the inning.  Mesoraco would cap the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the 9th inning.  

Jonathan Niese was charged with the loss, but not charged with any runs that crossed home plate in the 1st because of the Wright error.  He struck out 7 and allowed five hits in 6 innings pitched.

HARVEY TIME

This afternoon, Matt Harvey gets his third straight day game appearance as the series against the Reds wrap up.  Harvey broke four straight no-decisions with a solid effort against the Cubs last weekend.  Radio Coverage: 1230 FOX Sports, 12:30pm

CYCLING

Mike Trout became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle after his home run in the 8th inning padded the Los Angeles Angels lead to 12-0.  He is the 6th Angel in franchise history to hit for the cycle, and replaces Alex Rodriguez for the youngest in the American League.  

NHL Weekend Recap

GAME 2: Ottawa 3, PITTSBURGH 4 (Pittsburgh leads series 2-0)
Sidney Crosby had a hat trick as the Pittsburgh Penguins survived a rally from the Ottawa Senators to win 4-3.

Crosby's third tally made the score 3-1 in the 2nd period, but then the Senators quickly got one back with Colin Greening's 2nd of the playoffs only 40 seconds after Crosby's tally.  Brenden Morrow's goal at 8:04 in the 2nd Period would give Pittsburgh much-needed insurance, as Jean-Gabriel Pageau's 4th of the playoffs at 2:01 in the 3rd Period narrowed the gap to 1.

GAME 2: DETROIT 4, Chicago 1 (Series tied, 1-1)
Patrick Kane put the Blackhawks up 1-0 in the 1st Period, but that was it for their scoring.

4 unanswered goals from the Red Wings helped to even their series with the Chicago Blackhawks as they won 4-1.  Damien Brunner's goal early in the 2nd Period tied the score, and the Red Wings took the lead on Brendan Smith's score.

GAME 3: Los Angeles 1, SAN JOSE 2 (OT) (Los Angeles leads series 2-1)
Logan Couture pretty much told the Los Angeles Kings, "If you're going to give us a power play in overtime, we're going to make you pay."

And that's exactly what happened as the San Jose Sharks took advantage of a 5 on 3 in overtime to set up Couture's power play goal only 89 seconds into the extra frame.

Robyn Regehr had just returned from his hooking call as the Sharks were still pressuring, still enjoying the man advantage on Trevor Lewis's goaltender interference.

GAME 2: New York 2, BOSTON 5 (Boston leads series 2-0)
For 32 minutes, the Rangers were able to stay on even terms with the Boston Bruins.  Ryan Callahan scored to rebut a Torey Krug goal 2 1/2 minutes earlier.  And Rick Nash finally earned himself a goal to answer Gregory Campbell's goal a minute earlier.

But when Johnny Boychuk scored 12:08 in the 2nd Period, the Rangers no longer had any answers.  The Bruins got two more goals from Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic to seal the victory.

GAME 3: Pittsburgh 1, OTTAWA 2 (2OT) (Pittsburgh leads series 2-1)
With a minute left to play, the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like they were about to go up 3-0 in the series, with the chance to sweep on Wednesday.  But Daniel Alfredsson had other plans, scoring with 29 seconds left, shorthanded, to force overtime.

After a scoreless first overtime, Colin Greening was able to find the back of the net as the Ottawa Senators halved the Penguins series lead.

Midday Recap: Murphy Murph and the Funky Bunch!

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Daniel Murphy's bat is helping to save the Mets.

His home run in the 8th inning gave the Mets the first lead of the day, and continued his hitting streak, now at 8 games.  The bullpen did their end, retiring 12 straight batters to earn Scott Rice his first win of the season, and earn the Mets their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007.

But Daniel Murphy was an assistant, too.  Juan Lagares hit his first Major League home run in the 7th inning; a two run shot that tied the game.  Knowing of the significance of the first Major League home run, Murphy went out and talked to the Cubs bat boy, who retrieved the ball from the bullpen.

The Mets return home to Citi Field after a 3-4 Midwest trip, and will host the Cincinnati Reds.  They will face Johnny Cueto, who started the season with three appearances before being placed on the 15-day Disabled List.  The Mets send Shaun Marcum on the mound, who lost his last start but pitched the best so far this season.  It was the first time Marcum pitched beyond the 5th inning, going 6 2/3rds and giving up two runs on a day the Mets bats were not working.

Radio Coverage: 6:30PM, 1230 FOX Sports Radio

Midday Recap: That's.... between the cushions!

The New York Mets/St. Louis Cardinals game was not the smoothest game played, but left plenty of interesting moments.

In the 6th inning, Daniel Murphy hit a ball to right field that went into a seam in the fence and out of play for a ground-rule double.  He would later score on David Wright's 7th double of the season.

Then in the 7th inning, Rick Ankiel gets awarded 2nd base after umpires ruled that someone touched the ball as it bounced against the stands for a ground-rule double.  This was a gift for two reasons, as first Rick Ankiel would have been tagged out trying to stretch his hit into a double, and upon further review, nobody actually touched the ball.  This would not come back to haunt the Cardinals, as David Wright would line out to end the inning with the bases loaded, stranding Ankiel and company.

After trading runs in the 8th, the Mets closed the game with Bobby Parnell delivering a 12-pitch save, as they broke their 6 game losing streak with the 5-2 victory.

In-depth: Yesterday's live blog of the game.

Today the Mets begin a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs, all under the sunlight at Wrigley Field.  The first of the three features Matt Harvey's first-ever trip to Wrigley, pitching against Edwin Jackson.  Jackson is 1-5 this season, but earned that win his last time out as he pitched 5 1/3rd innings against the Washington Nationals.

REUNITED

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The Boston Red Sox won 4-3, but the most talked about moment occurred before the game where a father and daughter were reunited.

The father, Army Lieutenant Colonel William Adams, was deployed in Afghanistan.  The daughter was notified by the USO about the first pitch opportunity.  When on the field, an image of her father showed on the screens, and after she threw the first pitch, the masked catcher took off his mask to identify himself as her father.  She ran up, hugged him and the reunited two enjoyed the game together.

It's a great moment in which words does it no justice.  So watch the video.

MOMENTUM KILLER
The New York Rangers entered the 3rd Period with a lot of momentum, thanks to Ryan McDonagh's goal that came with 1.3 seconds left in the 2nd Period.  They used that momentum to earn them a second goal, coming from the stick of Derek Stepan.

But the Boston Bruins stopped that momentum before it was able to blossom into anything bigger, as Torey Krug tied the game on a power play goal two minutes later.  After a crossbar hit, the Rangers and Bruins went to overtime tied 2-2.

In overtime, the Bruins dominated, with most of the play occurring on the Rangers side of the ice.  Brad Marchand brought the TD Garden crowd home happy as he took a feed from Patrice Bergeron and buried it behind Henrik Lundqvist for the game-winner.

Game 2 is on Sunday, at 3 PM - TV Coverage: WNYT Channel 13

HIGH TIDE, LOW TIDE
Momentum shifted three times in the Sharks/Kings game.  The first two goals were scored by the Kings, followed up with three from the San Jose Sharks as they took a 3-2 lead deep in the 3rd Period.  Then, with less than two minutes to play, Dustin Brown took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play to tie the game. Still on the power play, the Kings made the Sharks pay for their penalties as Trevor Lewis scored 21 seconds later, as the Kings take a 2-0 series lead to the HP Pavilion.

Game 3 is Saturday night at 9PM - TV Coverage: NBC Sports Network

KNICKS SURVIVE
The New York Knicks live to play another game as they beat the Indiana Pacers 85-75. Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points on 12/28 shooting, and saw contributions from J.R. Smith and Chris Copeland.  Paul George scored 23 points for the Pacers as the series shifts back to Indiana for Game 6.

Game 6 is Saturday at 8PM.

Out west, the Golden State Warriors are done for the season after losing Game 6 to the San Antonio Spurs 94-82.  Tim Duncan scored 19 points for the Spurs, and Kawhi Leonard had a double-double, scoring 16 points with 10 boards, as the Spurs will play the Memphis Grizzlies, who won their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

UFC ON 1230 FOX SPORTS
The UFC is on FX tomorrow night, and 1230 FOX Sports Radio will be simulcasting the bouts live on the radio.  Coverage begins at 9PM and continues after the fights with the UFC Post-Fight Report.  So if you can't watch the fights, we've got them on the radio for you.

Find out more about tomorrow's fight card and join us beginning at 9PM.

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