Milwaukee Brewers Christian Yelich (22) runs the bases to score on a double by Jake Bauers in the top of the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City on Sun Apr 5, 2026 (AP News photo)
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#1 Milwaukee Brewers outfielder/designated hitter Christian Yelich suffered an abductor strain and will be on the IL for at least a month. Yelich left in the fifth inning when he felt tightness in his left hamstring against the Washington Nationals.
#2 Horrible break litterally for Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz who was struck in the face by a line drive on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tests showed that Albernaz won’t need surgery but will not be able to eat regular food for six weeks and will have a diet of baby food until then. Albernaz also was back in the dugout on Tuesday night.
#3 Cincinnati Reds releiver Emilo Pagan looked as if he injured hinmself on the final pitch of Tuesday’s game at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati after delivering a pitch to San Francisco Giants pinch hitter Daniel Susac. Red manager Terry Francona said “His hammy grabbed a little bit and we need to check him out”
#4 San Diego Padres right hand pitcher Nick Pivetta suffered inflammation in his pitching elbow placing him on the 15 day IL. Pivetta left Sunday’s game against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning when he felt stiffness his throwing arm.
#5 The Tampa Bay Rays moved right hand pitcher Ryan Pepiot on the 60 day IL. Pepiot is trying to recover from right hip infalmmation an injry that Pepiot suffered in spring training. Pepiot got an injection in his hip after throwing a bullpen session this week. Pepiot will be out at least six more weeks.
Utah Mammoth teammates celebrate a third period goal by center Nick Schmaltz (8) against the Winnipeg Jets at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Tue Apr 14, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Tom Walker
April 14, 2026
SALT LAKE CITY–Winnipeg Jets fought back from 4-1 in the third to within striking distance, but Kerfoot’s empty netter sealed Utah Mammoth’s 5-3 win, securing the top Western Conference Wild Card berth. The Mammoth (42-32-6) began the final homestand of the 2025-2026 regular season Tuesday night against the visiting Jets (35-33-12).
Ironically, despite the legal technicality of being designated a new franchise when the Arizona Coyotes were sold to Smith Entertainment Group following the 2023-2024 season, the Mammoth DNA nevertheless traces to Winnipeg, whereas the Jets which currently play in the city began their existence in 1999 as the Atlanta Thrashers before becoming the Jets 2.0 beginning with the 2011-2012 season.
Logan Cooley kicked off the Mammoth scoring at 8:05 of the first period with his 24th goal of the campaign on a backhand, assisted by Nate Schmidt. Schmidt was at the top of his defensive faceoff circle when he launched a stretch pass up the middle of the ice where Cooley was positioned at the offensive blue line and drove straight to the net uncontested where he slipped the puck through the five-hole of Jets netminder Eric Comrie to give Utah a 1-0 lead.
16 of Cooley’s goals have come in the first period, fourth-most in the NHL despite having missed 28 games with a lower body injury. Courtesy of the Mammoth stat crew, he is also one of only four active American players to score 20 or more goals in each of his first three NHL seasons, joining an elite club consisting of Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews, and Jack Eichel, and he ranks third with Adam Fantili for most goals of any NHL player 21 or younger. The Mammoth more than doubled up the Jets in shots on goal in the frame, outshooting Winnipeg 14-6.
At 4:13 of the second period, Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo was whistled for high-sticking against JJ Peterka, giving the hot Utah power play an opportunity to double up on their lead. Prior to the 4-1 road loss to Calgary on Sunday, the Mammoth set a new franchise record with power play goals in eight consecutive games.
31 seconds into Tuesday’s man-advantage, Nick Schmaltz gave Utah a 2-0 lead with his 32nd goal of the season, knocking in a rebound off the pads of Comrie who had stopped a blast by Mikhail Sergachev, with the additional assist by Dylan Guenther.
With under four minutes remaining in the period, Lawson Crouse went to the sin bin for holding against Josh Morrissey, enabling Kyle Connor on the power play to bring the Jets back to within one with his 39th goal, assisted by Gabriel Vilardi and Mark Scheifele. The period ended with the Mammoth leading 2-1. Shots on goal in the period were nearly identical to the first, with Utah putting up 15 and Winnipeg adding another six.
Six minutes into the third, the Mammoth power play was given another shot at extending Utah’s lead when Jonathan Toews was whistled for slashing against Brandon Tanev. Schmaltz, who already tallied a goal on the man advantage in the second period, came through again for his 33rd goal of the season, assisted by Cooley and Clayton Keller.
Keller’s assist gives him points in nine consecutive games, a new franchise record. 40 seconds later JJ Peterka picked up a loose puck near the Winnipeg net and put a wrist shot past Comrie, unassisted, for his 25th goal of the season, padding the Utah lead at 4-1.
In the final eight minutes the Jets made a push to get back in the game, with Scheifele halving the deficit with his 36th of the year, assisted by Kyle Connor and Vilardi. 13 seconds later Winnipeg went on the power play when Michael Carcone went to the box for high-sticking against DeMelo, which Isak Rosen was able to cash in for his sixth of the season, unassisted, suddenly narrowing the gap to 4-3 with 5:37 to play.
The previous two contests between these clubs were each decided by a goal, and this one seemed to trend the same direction, but with Comrie pulled for an extra attacker Alexander Kerfoot scored his seventh of the season into an empty net with 24 seconds remaining to seal the Mammoth season sweep of the Jets. Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 of 24 in the effort while notching his 38th win of the season, second most in the NHL. With one game remaining in the regular season, Utah is still contending to complete the schedule without a single shootout.
In the winning locker room, Nick Schmaltz reflected on the third period. “We had a little adversity there. They made a push, but we stuck with it. A big goal by JJ kind of gave us that extra cushion we needed. We hung on, and we fought to the end. Guys made some big blocks, and Veggie made some big saves at the end.” Of Vejmelka’s performance, Schmaltz added, “Yeah, it’s huge. He’s been good for us all year. You’re gonna need those saves this time of year, and it’s a big momentum shifter for either team. And he did a great job for us.”
JJ Peterka, whose goal was the difference maker in the game, talked about Utah’s pace. “I think you (saw) it today; the way we can play. We all play with speed. I think it’s like day and night, compared to other games we’ve played before. … We’re just trying to play North every time. I think seeing another goal from Cools, that’s the best example. We don’t hold it back there, we just move it up. I think no team can handle us if we play with that pace.”
Head Coach André Tourigny opened his post-game remarks, saying, “I’m really happy about the way we played. When we talk about our identity, we talk about how we want to play, and we talked about that this morning. We talked about the speed we played at, the battle we have, the net-front presence there, and the tempo we have, and I am really happy about that. Obviously, in the third period, we made it tougher than we should have, but it will be good learning for us. All of our guys are pros. We know that. So it is not like we learned something tonight. We knew that, so it just happened. I am glad it happened, though.” Bear continued, “we made it tougher than we should have. But when push came to shove and when it was tight, we played solid. No, we didn’t give much; we were stingy. Even when they had a shift around four minutes, they had the puck in our zone a lot, but nothing other than that. The guys were rock solid.”
The Mammoth (43-32-6) wrap up the 2025-2026 regular season on Thursday at home against the St. Louis Blues. Their opening round playoff schedule remains unknown, but they will open on the road against either the Edmonton Oilers or Vegas Golden Knights.
Jeffrey Springs #59 of the Athletics pitches against the Texas Rangers in the top of the second inning at Sutter Health Park on April 14, 2026 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory photo credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
By Jeremiah Salmonson
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jeffrey Springs has had a great start to the 2026 campaign and is helping propel the Sacramento Athletics’ resurgence of late.
Springs, who carried a 2-0 record into his third start of the season on Tuesday against the Texas Rangers, has been impressing with his stuff so far this year. On Tuesday, it was another impressive outing from the left-hander out of Appalachian State University as the A’s defeated the Rangers 2-1.
Springs went six and a third innings of one-run, three-hit baseball while striking out five and walking two. Springs needed just 90 pitches in his outing, where he was pulled after striking out the first batter of the seventh and left to a nice ovation from the Sutter Health Park faithful.
Juston Sterner took over for Springs with one out in the seventh. Sterner immediately gave up a double but was able to settle down and not allow a run to score. He finished tossing two-thirds of an inning, allowing one hit but no runs while striking out one and walking none.
In the eighth inning, Mark Kotsay gave the ball to Hogan Harris, who had an eventful inning and only lasted two outs. After getting a flyout and a popout, he promptly walked the next two hitters he faced and was lifted from the game. Elvis Alvarado came in to finish the inning on one pitch, getting Jake Burger to line out to left field. All in, Hogan pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs while walking two.
In the ninth inning, Mark Leiter Jr. came on to close the game for the A’s and was welcomed by a closer intro from the fans at Sutter Health Park. Leiter Jr. dominated the ninth in a one-two-three inning where he struck out two.
The A’s pitching was also aided by two terrific plays in the field, both victimizing Andrew McCutchen. Jacob Wilson made a great sliding play and spinning throw up the middle to rob McCutchen of a base hit in the sixth inning.
“When you are on defense with your pitchers on the mound, you wanna do whatever you can to make the plays to make their innings easier,” Jacob Wilson said after the game. “… being able to make the plays and see your guys fired up in the dugout… I’m excited to be able to do it again tomorrow.”
Denzel Clarke couldn’t let Wilson steal the show on defense, so he naturally had to add to his home run robbery lore. Denzel climbed the wall and took away what appeared to be a home run from Andrew McCutchen in the top of the fourth inning.
The A’s bats did just enough on Tuesday to earn the win in what could be described as a full team win. The Athletics only mustered four hits, but the timely hitting proved to win out in the end. The A’s rally came in the third inning with two outs after the A’s quickly made two outs in the inning. Denzel Clarke doubled, while Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz followed with two walks to set the table for Jacob Wilson. Wilson managed to rip a ball through the hole past third to score two runs that proved to be the difference in the game.
With the win, the A’s vaulted back over .500 with a 9-8 record to tie the Rangers for first place in the AL West. On Wednesday, the A’s and Rangers will go back at it in game three of the four-game series. The A’s will send J.T. Ginn (0-0, 3.27 ERA) to the hill, while the Rangers counter with Kumar Rocker (0-1, 4.50 ERA). First pitch is slated for 6:40 on what will be another chilly night in West Sacramento.
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Coachella Valley Firebirds goalie Logan Terness congratulates forward John Hayden goal he scored against the San Jose Barracuda at Tech CU Arena on Tuesday APR 14, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)
by Marko Ukalovic
SAN JOSE — The Coachella Valley Firebirds scored two goals in the third period to turn a close game into a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Tuesday evening at Tech CU Arena.
San Jose has lost five games in a row and nine out of its last 10. Coachella Valley snapped its three-game losing streak. The Barracuda can finish no higher than the fourth seed in the Pacific Division.
Coachella Valley (40-24-6-0-86 points) drew first blood early in the first period. Jacob Melanson centered the puck to the middle of the crease from behind the goal line. Logan Morrison tapped home the puck into the back of the net for his team-leading 28th goal of the season at the 5:21 mark. Morrison has scored four goals in seven games against San Jose this season.
The Firebirds doubled its lead 51 seconds later. After a faceoff win, John Hayden skated the down the left wing and beat Cuda goalie Laurent Brossoit with a backhander to the short side for his 13th goal of the season. Mitchell Stephens recorded the only assist on Hayden’s second goal in his last 30 games.
San Jose (39-27-2-2-82 points) only generated six shots in the opening frame despite having the period’s only power play opportunity. Firebirds goalie Logan Terness had a quiet opening 20 minutes.
The second period featured a much better offensive effort by San Jose despite a scoreless period. The Cuda outshot the Firebirds 14-9, including a flurry of shots and scoring chances in the final minute of the middle frame, only to have Terness come up with big saves to keep a goose egg on the scoreboard for San Jose heading into the second intermission.
San Jose cut the deficit in half early in the third period with a 5-on-3 power play goal. Kasper Halttunen sent a puck into the crease that was blocked out in front. Filip Bystedt made a quick backhand pass out to Quentin Musty who buried a one-timer past Terness for his 20th goal of the season at the 3:10 mark.
Coachella Valley regained its two-goal lead at the 12:33 mark. Cooper Marody gathered the puck from the end boards and skated back up top before unloading a wrist shot that beat Brossoit through a sea of traffic in front of the crease for his 11th goal of the season.
The Firebirds put the game away just over two minutes later when a shot by Lleyton Roed sneaked underneath the pads of Brossoit and Marody tucked home the rebound for his second goal of the game and 12th of the season at the 14:48 mark.
Terness (1-0-1) finished the game stopping 30 of the 31 shots to earn his first victory in the AHL. Brossoit (15-10-1) made 27 saves on 31 shots in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-3 on the power play. Coachella Valley went 0-for-2.
The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Marody 2) Hayden 3) Terness.
UP NEXT: San Jose travels down to the central valley to take on the Bakersfield Condors on Friday April 17th at 7:00pm at Dignity Health Arena.
San Francisco Giants starter Robbie Ray deals against the Cincinnati Reds line up in the bottom of the first inning at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati on Tue Apr 14, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
It was a battle between two teams struggling offensively. The Cincinnati Reds (10-7) won the battle in game one of the series 2-1. Cincinnati only had three hits in the game but two of them were home runs making all the difference in this game. San Francisco (6-11) had seven hits one of them a Willy Adames solo home run. He was the only Giant to cross home plate today.
Game recap: Lead off batter Willy Adames got on base but was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the second out of the first inning. When it looked like Matt Chapman had been thrown out, a review called him safe so San Francisco remained in the inning.
Rafael Devers flied out for the third out. Cincinnati came very close to hitting their first long ball of the game. When it looked as if the Reds Elly De La Cruz had knocked one out of the park it was caught at the wall. Matt McLain who had walked was thrown out trying to steal second base for the third out and the Giants had survived the first inning.
Going into the bottom of the third inning the game remained scoreless. The first hit of the night for the Reds was a Spencer Steer long ball to left center and Cincinnati was first up on the scoreboard 1-0.
Cincinnati would tack on another home run in the bottom of the fourth inning taking a 2-0 lead. The Reds rookie Sal Stewart hit his fifth home run of the season, a shot to right center. San Francisco pitcher Robbie Ray had six strikeouts, three walks and the only hits he allowed were the two home runs so far in the game. The Reds were really making Ray work hard through four innings.
Adames put an end to the possible shut-out hitting a second deck home run in the fifth inning cutting the Reds lead in half 1-2. This was his third home run of the year. Three home runs were the extent of the offense for the two teams.
Ray was relieved after five innings of work throwing 94 pitches He allowed two hits, two earned runs, four walks and had six strikeouts. He was relieved by Caleb Kilian in the sixth inning. The Reds starting pitcher Brady Singer went six innings. He allowed six hits, one earned run and one strikeout He was relieved in the seventh inning by Graham Ashcraft.
The Giants pitcher Caleb Kilian was relieved in the seventh by Keaton Winn. Winn breezed through the inning and this game went onto the eighth. Winn struck out two and allowed no hits, no runs and no walks. This game went into the latter innings and San Francisco needed to make a move. The Giants would face a new pitcher for the Reds, Tony Santillan in the top of the eighth inning.
Going into the ninth inning the Giants were down to their last three outs. Jung Hoo Lee would be the first battter in the inning trying to get something going for San Francisco. He already had two hits and would be looking for a third. Emilio Pagan would come in for the Reds to close out the game.
Lee would fly out, Heliot Ramos followed Lee and struck out and the Giants were down to their final out. Daniel Susac would be San Francisco’s last hope. He came close but a deep hit in the outfield was the third out right at the wall and the Reds had held on for the win 2-1.
Game notes: After losing a series to the Baltimore Orioles over the weekend, the Giants traveled to Cincinnati for a three-game series with the Reds Tuesday night. Both teams are suffering offensive woes; neither team is hitting very well at all.
Over the weekend the Giants really struggled at the plate losing both games to the Orioles. They looked for improvement offensively but could only muster one run. They tried to score early and often in Tuesday’s game. Giant starter Robbie Ray pitched five innings allowing two hits and two earned runs. Ray pitched well enough to win the game but once again didn’t get the run support.
The Giants will be looking to bounce back Wednesday in game two of the series. Probable pitcher for San Francisco in game two will be Tyler Mahle 0-2 win/loss record and a 4.30 ERA. Rhett Lowder will take the mound for Cincinnati with a 1-1 win/loss record and a 3.31 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 3:40 PM.
Atlanta Braves Mauricio Dubon clouts out a second inning RBI double against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Mon Apr 13, 2026 (AP News photo)
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#1 The Atlanta Braves remain unbeaten in series play so far—are they the early favorites for the World Series, or is it too soon to tell?
#2 Shohei Ohtani continues delivering historic-level performances—how is his 2026 start shaping his long-term legacy among all-time greats?
#3The Houston Astros are dealing with injuries, poor pitching, and internal issues—how serious is this early-season “crisis,” and can they recover?
#4 The Sacramento A’s came off a five game win streak defeating the New York Yankees twice and the New York Mets in a three game sweep but at home they continue to struggle losing to the Texas Rangers to open a six game homestand in Sacramento in a Monday night laugher 8-1. Is there a difference playing away than at home for the A’s?
#5 Anaheim Angels star Mike Trout had been struggling before the pandemic and battled injuries since 2019. Seven years later Trout had a big break out game hitting two home runs his 407th and 408th of his career that helped tie up the game 7-7 and later a home that got the Angels the lead. The New York Yankees however got a walk off wild pitch that allowed the Yankees Jose Caballero to score the game winning run. Despite the loss Trout is showing flashes of his old talent once again.
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The New York Mets called up 38 year old veteran Tommy Pham on Mon Apr 13, 2026 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The Mets were looking for a shot in the arm and are in the middle of a six game slump. Pham was 0-3 in the game and said to the meida before the game that he was glad he could “provide some sunshine.” (AP News photo)
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#1How concerning is the New York Mets’ six-game losing streak and 20 consecutive scoreless innings, and what adjustments could they make to turn their offense around?
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#3 What factors contributed to the Diamondbacks blowing a 7–1 lead against the Orioles, and what does this say about bullpen reliability early in the season?
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Luis Severino #40 of the Athletics pitches against the Texas Rangers in the first inning at Sutter Health Park on April 13, 2026 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory photo credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
By Jeremiah Salmonson
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Athletics made their triumphant return to Sacramento on Monday night after completing a six-game New York road trip. The A’s made stops in Queens and in the Bronx to face the Yankees and the Mets three games apiece in the frigid New York temperatures. The A’s took two out of three from the Yankees prior to sweeping the Mets to go 5-1 on the trip and improve their record to 8-7 on the season.
The A’s welcomed the Texas Rangers to Sutter Health Park for the beginning of a four-game series on Monday night.
Poor pitching and a lack of offense early doomed the A’s as they fell to the Rangers 8-1 in nine innings.
Luis Severino got the start for the A’s and pitched poorly early on, putting the A’s in an early hole. Severino allowed five of the first six hitters of the game to reach base, including a three-run homer from Jake Burger to put the Rangers up three to nothing in the first inning.
Severino continued to struggle with command and gave up another home run to Burger in the third inning to put the Rangers up 4-0. Severino needed 60 pitches to get through the first three innings, but he calmed down after that and settled in well for the rest of his outing. Severino ended up tossing six innings of four-run, six-hit baseball while walking three and striking out seven.
“I just need to stop walking people,” Severino told the media after his start. “I feel like the first inning, everything happened in the first inning and after that I’m good. I need to be able to handle the first inning. I don’t know why I’m walking people just in the first inning and then after that I’m getting better. I need to figure it out.”
A’s manager Mark Kotsay thought Severino settled in nicely, but the damage done early proved costly.
“He got into the zone with Burger, made a mistake with a fastball over the heart of the plate after walking two guys, which always hurts,” Kotsay said postgame. “We talk about a solo homer, the impact isn’t as big. So for him to settle back in after that first inning and really pitch well, that’s the Sevvy we expect, and I think that’s the one we’re going to see going forward.”
Severino seems more comfortable this season even if the conditions are similar to last season. He has frequently mentioned the lack of a nearby clubhouse as a factor in some of his issues in Sacramento, after which the A’s added a small room this season in between the dugout and the restroom for him to find some mid-start reprieve.
Asked if the room has made it any better for him:
“Yeah, of course. A hundred percent,” Severino said after the game. “You have a little AC machine out there. You get to be there by yourself, you aren’t looking at anybody. So I think that’s helping, being by yourself. [You can] think about what adjustment you can do to go out there and compete.”
Jack Perkins was first out of the bullpen for the A’s in the seventh inning, coming in for Severino. Perkins pitched well in the seventh inning, facing only three batters and striking out two, but trouble found him when he went back out for the eighth inning.
Corey Seager hit a ground-rule double that was close to being caught by Lawrence Butler in right field, and then Perkins struck out Jake Burger. Yet, it was the next at-bat that turned the tide for Perkins. Joc Pederson hit a relatively routine ground ball up the middle to shortstop Jacob Wilson, but Edwin Jimenez did a poor job vacating his spot, and the ball hit him, allowing Pederson to reach and Seager to advance to third base. It proved costly, as Perkins allowed four runs after that and surrendered a total of five hits while walking a batter. He finished with one and two-thirds innings while adding four strikeouts.
After the game, Mark Kotsay voiced his displeasure over that play and a no-call on a check swing that Kyle Higashioka appeared to have offered at.
“Great point [my question about the play] for Perk, he went one, two, three in the first,” Kotsay told me postgame. “One out [when the play happened], we were trying to obviously keep the game at four. He goes out and not only was there bad luck with the ground ball, there was a check swing that Higashioka went on that obviously wasn’t called. Easily, the inning could have gone differently.”
In what was a mostly tough outing for A’s pitchers, Luis Medina shined, allowing nothing but a walk while striking out one in his one and a third innings of work to finish out the game.
“We’re continuing to build him [Medina] up,” Kotsay told me. “This is a kid that we talk about a lot that hasn’t pitched in two years and needs to get out there and touch the mound. I thought for his inning and a third, he did a nice job.”
The A’s bats did little to nothing in the first game home after their East Coast road trip. The A’s tallied only five total hits and one run—a Lawrence Butler solo home run to right field in the eighth inning—and nothing else. Shea Langeliers added two hits in the game to raise his season average to .306 in what has been a hot start for the catcher.
Along with his home run, Lawrence Butler was responsible for some home run robbery in the fifth inning. Corey Seager was Butler’s victim on Monday as he tracked a ball to the short wall in right-center field and brought it back to save Luis Severino from giving up his fifth run of the game.
After the game, Severino was appreciative of Butler’s efforts, albeit in a loss.
“Law made a great play there,” Severino told me after the game. “Now I need to get something nice for him… I need to buy some shoes or something good. But yeah, he did a great play.”
The A’s fell back to .500 on the season at 8-8 with the loss as they prepare to take on the Rangers in game two of the four-game series on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. PST. Jeffrey Springs (2-0, 1.47 ERA) is slated to go for the A’s, while the Rangers will counter with MacKenzie Gore (2-0, 2.76 ERA).
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Nashville Predators left wing Zachary L’heureux (68) crashes into San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (33) as defenseman Luca Cagnoni (42) and defenseman Vincent Desharnais (5) defend during the second period at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, April 13, 2026.ANDREW NELLES / THE TENNESSEAN
By Mary Walsh
The San Jose Sharks won 3-2, defeating the Nashville Predators on Monday. The win was the Sharks’ first against the Predators after losing 15 in a row over seven years. Igor Chernyshov and Macklin Celebrini scored for the Sharks. Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for the win. Luke Evangelista scored both Nashville goals and Justus Annunen made 20 saves in the loss.
“We played pretty good tonight from start to finish. We were solid, we were on our toes and I thought we just played a pretty all-around complete game tonight,” said Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.
“I thought we played extremely hard tonight, we tracked pucks, we were more engaged all over the ice. So, I’m proud of the group,” said Sharks Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky.
In a penalty-free first period, the Sharks outshot the Predators 11-6. Igor Chernyshov scored the first goal of the game at 9:53 of the second period. The goal came on the power play, a shot from just above the faceoff dot. William Eklund set him up with the pass and Michael Misa got an assist as well.
The second period saw the Predators outshoot the Sharks 9-5. The only penalty went against Steven Stamkos and Nashville.
Macklin Celebrini made it 2-0 at 3:04 of the third period. After an icing call and a draw in the Predators’ Sharks got the puck in the neutral zone and rushed back in. Assists went to Chernyshov and Will Smith.
Nashville scored their first of the game at 15:39. Luke Evangelista skated into the zone with the puck and took his shot from the edge of the faceoff circle. Assists went to Nick Perbix and Ryan Ufko.
Celebrini scored his second of the game at into an empty net. Skating into the zone three-on-one with Collin Graf and Alexander Wennberg, Celebrini took the shot from high in the slot. Assists went to Graf and Wennberg.
Evangelista scored his second at 18:50, deflecting a shot from Ufko. An assist also went to Roman Josi.
The Sharks next play on Wednesday at 5:30 PM PT in Chicago against the Blackhawks.
Sacramento A’s starter Aaron Civale delivers to the New York Mets line up at Citi Field New York on Sun Apr 12, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast with Barbara Mason Mon Apr 13, 2026
#1 Barbara, a rather impressive road trip for the Sacramento A’s taking five out six games in three game series against the New York Yankees and New York Mets.
#2 In the first series against the Yankees the A’s narrowly lost that first and only game as they lost a 3-1 lead and the Yankees ralled for four runs to win it 5-3 but the A’s mastered five straight wins the rest of the way.
#3 In game three on Thursday at Yankee Stadium A’s starter Jefferey Springs took a no hitter into the seventh inning but lost it when the Yanks Ben Rice socked a single to break up the bid. But it shows you the depth of the A’s pitching and hitting to win against both New York teams five out of six games.
#4 Against the Mets once again the A’s got great pitching on Friday and Sunday with shutout wins on Saturday the A’s won in a slugfest 11-6 sweeping the three game series.
#5 The A’s open up a three game series against the Texas Rangers. The Rangers are tied with the A’s in the standings this will be a real test going up against their Western Division rival back in West Sacramento at Sutter Health Field on Monday night. Starting pitchers for the Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-2 ERA 7.98) for the A’s RHP Luis Severino (0-1 ERA 5.40) first pitch 6:40pm PDT.
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Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
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