WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

CHICAGO (AP) - Minnesota left-hander Francisco Liriano
(leer-ee-AH'-noh) is celebrating throwing the first no-hitter of
the Major League season, and sixth in Twins history. Liriano got
Adam Dunn to line out to shortstop for the final out in the Twins'
1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox last night.

UNDATED (AP) - The Miami Heat are going to Boston up 2-0 in
their Eastern Conference semifinal after last night's 102-91 win
over the Celtics behind 35 points from LeBron James. In the Western
Conference, Oklahoma City squared its series at a game apiece by
beating the Memphis Grizzlies 111-102.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A source tells The Associated Press that Los
Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin will be named the NBA's
Rookie of the Year today. Griffin's victory is absolutely no
surprise after his spectacular season in which he averaged 22.5
points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists and becoming one of the NBA's
most fearsome and entertaining dunkers.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning can finish
their sweep of the Washington Capitals tonight at St. Pete Times
Forum. Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone scored 24 seconds apart in
the third period as Tampa Bay rallied for a 4-3 victory that gives
the Lightning a 3-0 series lead.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ryan Kesler scored his second power-play
goal at 10:45 of overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the
Nashville Predators 3-2 and grabbed a 2-1 lead in the Western
Conference semifinal series last night. Fans in the sellout crowd
reacted angrily, throwing towels and other debris onto the ice
after an overtime penalty was called on the home team in OT.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2
Detroit 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 7, L.A. Angels 3
Kansas City 6, Baltimore 5, 10 innings
Minnesota 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Cleveland 4, Oakland 1
Seattle 4, Texas 3
Wednesday's Games
Minnesota (Blackburn 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-4), 2:10
p.m.
Toronto (Morrow 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 1-3), 6:40 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 1-1) at Detroit (Scherzer 4-0), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-3) at Boston (Beckett 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Arrieta 3-1) at Kansas City (Davies 1-3), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 4-0) at Oakland (Cahill 4-0), 10:05 p.m.
Texas (C.Wilson 3-1) at Seattle (Pineda 4-1), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia 4, Washington 1
Houston 10, Cincinnati 4
San Francisco 7, N.Y. Mets 6, 10 innings
Milwaukee at Atlanta, ppd., rain
St. Louis 7, Florida 5
Arizona 4, Colorado 3
San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 5
Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 1
Wednesday's Games
Houston (An.Rodriguez 0-0) at Cincinnati (T.Wood 1-3), 12:35
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 2-2), 3:10
p.m.
Milwaukee (Estrada 1-0) at Atlanta (Hanson 3-3), 4:10 p.m., 1st
game
Pittsburgh (Correia 4-2) at San Diego (Richard 1-2), 6:35 p.m.
Washington (Marquis 3-0) at Philadelphia (Worley 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 2-3) at N.Y. Mets (Capuano 2-2), 7:10
p.m.
Milwaukee (Greinke 0-0) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 3-2), 7:40 p.m.,
2nd game
Florida (Vazquez 2-2) at St. Louis (Carpenter 0-2), 8:15 p.m.
Colorado (Chacin 3-2) at Arizona (Enright 1-2), 9:40 p.m.

NBA
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Tuesday, May 3
Miami 102, Boston 91, Miami leads series 2-0
Oklahoma City 111, Memphis 102, series tied 1-1
Wednesday, May 4
Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, May 3
Tampa Bay 4, Washington 3, Tampa Bay leads series 3-0
Vancouver 3, Nashville 2, OT, Vancouver leads series 2-1
Wednesday, May 4
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.

MLS
Wednesday, May 4
Seattle FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m.