Sports Yesterday
MLB: The Washington Nationals expectedly picked San Diego State right-hander, Stephen Strasburg, with the 1st pick in the MLB Draft
on Tuesday night. Stephen Strasburg is an elite pitcher whose 13-1 record with a 1.22 ERA and 195 strikeouts in 119 innings for the Aztecs is due to his supersonic fastball and hammer curve.But the hard part is that their is a hefty price tag on Strasburg's talent.
The Sox joined Yanks atop the East with a tied record at 34 wins, 24 losses, and a 58.6% wins using six
one-hit innings from Josh Beckett to pull away and improve to 6-0 vs. their rivals in '09 with a end score of 0-7. They will faceoff in the second of a three game war tonight in New York at 7:10 pm EDT. The race to find the rightful leader of the East Standing is not over yet with the Toronto Blue Jays hanging on with a 9-0 win over Texas and having a 1.5 game deficit to New York and Boston.
NBA:The Orlando Magic stun the Los Angeles Lakers in front of their home crowd in a down to the wire 3rd game in the NBA Finals, the end score turning out to be 104-108;yet the Lakers still lead the series 2-1 in an exciting 2009 NBA Championship Finals. Rafer Alston scored 20 points and Dwight Howard added 21 and 14 rebounds to help the Magic knock off the Lakers for their first Finals victory in team history while spoiling Kobe Bryant's big game. The fourth game will be played in Orlando on Thursday June 11th at 9:00 pm ET.