By Greg Halbleib
On the high school diamonds, LeRoy’s baseball season ended in the Class 1A SuperSectional in Champaign in a 9-0 loss to Salt Fork.
Fisher won the 1A softball Supersectional at Illinois Wesleyan 9-7 over Amboy. The Bunnies will play Princeville in the Class 1A semifinals in East Peoria on Friday afternoon.
Today, Streator faces Washington in a Class 3A softball Sectional at Chillicothe, and Normal West meets United Township in a Class 4A softball Sectional semifinal at Normal Community High School.
The Cardinals earned a 6-0 Memorial Day win over the Brewers behind a four-hit day from Matt Carpenter and a monster 466-foot home run from Matt Holliday. Right-handers meet on the mound in the rematch tonight with Wily Peralta for the Brewers and Mike Leake for the Cards. 6:15 tonight on WJBC.
The Cubs beat the Dodgers 2-0 thanks to seven perfect innings from the bullpen after Jason Hammel left with hamstring cramps. Lefty Scott Kazmir goes for the Dodgers against 9-0 Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta tonight at Wrigley Field.
The White Sox managed only two hits off Matt Harvey in a 1-0 loss to the Mets. The South Siders have now lost seven straight. Righty Mat Latos goes for the Sox tonight against lefty Steven Matz for the Mets.
The CornBelters took Memorial Day off and open a six-game homestand as the Washington Wild Things visit the Corn Crib. WJBC.com pre-game is at 6:20.
The Chiefs beat Quad Cities 6-5 with a ninth-inning rally.
The Pittsburgh Penguins claimed a 3-2 victory over San Jose in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors are in the NBA Finals for the second straight year after becoming the 10th team to win a series after trailing 3-1. The Warriors downed Oklahoma City 96-88 to capture the Western Conference finals seventh game.
