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HOUSTON (AP) — The NCAA men’s championship came down to one shot — and Kris Jenkins was ready for the moment. Jenkins canned a 3-point buzzer-beater to give Villanova its second NCAA men’s basketball championship, a heart-stopping 77-74 win over North Carolina.
ATLANTA (AP)— New Washington second baseman Daniel Murphy homered and lined an opposite-field RBI double in the 10th inning to give the Nationals a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Atlanta in the opener for both teams. National League MVP Bryce Harper homered in his first at-bat for the Nats.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — New Giants center fielder Denard Span had an impressive debut in San Francisco. Span homered and drove in five runs in San Francisco’s 12-3 rout of Milwaukee at Miller Park.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cole Hamels handed Felix Hernandez his first opening day loss and the Texas Rangers managed to win with just one hit, beating the Seattle Mariners 3-2. Prince Fielder blooped an RBI single off Hernandez during a three-run fifth inning that included three walks and two errors.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy won’t be charged over a Philadelphia nightclub brawl that left two off-duty police officers injured in a dispute over who would pay for a $350 bottle of Champagne. McCoy could still face discipline from the NFL.
PITTSBURGH, PA, April 4, 2016 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that outfielder Tommy Pham has been placed on the 15-day disabled list (left oblique strain) and that the team will recall rookie infielder Aledmys Diaz from Memphis (AAA) prior to tomorrow night’s game against the Pirates.
Diaz, 25, batted .265 (9-for-34) with 5 RBI in 15 games this spring. The right-handed hitting Cuban native was signed by the Cardinals to a free-agent contract in March of 2014.
The 6-1, 195-pound Diaz (pronounced ah-led-mees) batted .380 with 3 home runs in 14 games at Memphis to close out the 2015 season and he posted a .315 batting average with 4 HR’s and 14 RBI in 20 games played during the Arizona Fall League season last year.
Diaz, who will be assigned uniform number 36, began the 2015 season at Springfield (AA), leading the Cardinals with 25 doubles while also batting .383 against lefties.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals reserve catcher Brayan Pena has started the season on the disabled list. Pena is dealing with a left knee injury sustained when he slipped while entering the dugout during an exhibition game. The team placed Pena on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday before the opener against Pittsburgh. Eric Fryer will serve as the primary backup behind perennial All-Star Yadier Molina.
Pitchers Jordan Walden (right shoulder strain) and Mitch Harris (right elbow strain), outfielder Jhonny Peralta (left thumb) and infielder Ruben Tejada (left quadriceps strain) joined Pena on the 15-day disabled list. Veteran starter Lance Lynn was put on the 60-day disabled list as he rehabs from right-elbow surgery.
The Cardinals also designated pitcher Jayson Aquino for assignment and added outfielder Jeremy Hazelbacker to the 40-man roster.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Francisco Liriano tied a Pirates opening day record by striking out 10 and singled home the first run of the 2016 Major League Baseball season for good measure, sending Pittsburgh past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Sunday. It was 39 degrees when Liriano threw the first pitch of the year. He allowed just three hits and walked five in six shutout innings. His RBI hit in the second came off Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.
David Freese, the 2011 World Series MVP for the Cardinals, had two hits against his former club in his debut with Pittsburgh. Francisco Cervelli and Gregory Polanco also had two hits apiece for the Pirates. Wainwright gave up three runs in six innings, walking three and striking out three in his first regular season start since tearing his Achilles last April.
The Cardinals tried to rally in the ninth against Mark Melancon, who led the majors in saves last year. Matt Carpenter hit an RBI single with two outs but Matt Adams, representing the tying run, flied out to end it.
Scores from Friday, April 1st
Harlan 1, Underwood 0
Sioux City West 2, Thomas Jefferson 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs and veteran safety Jimmy Wilson have agreed to terms on a one-year deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday night.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Chiefs had not announced the contract.
Wilson spent his first four seasons with the Miami Dolphins, starting 21 games, before spending last season with AFC West-rival San Diego. He started seven of 13 games and made 21 tackles.
The Chiefs were looking for a veteran safety after Tyvon Branch signed with the Arizona Cardinals in free agency and Husain Abdullah announced his retirement earlier in the week.
Kansas City has already used the franchise tag on safety Eric Berry.
A group of former and current Iowa State football players pulled a woman out of a canal while on spring break at South Padre Island in Texas. Former Cyclones linebacker Jack Spreen tells The Associated Press that he and some friends were sitting on a balcony at their hotel on March 16 when they noticed a car go into the nearby canal.
Spreen says he and two friends saw a woman, which police identified as Luis Maria Castro, attempting to kick out the windshield as water filled the passenger side of the vehicle. The three Cyclones tried to break the driver’s side window without success, but the woman was able to make a hole in the windshield. Spreen says he and his friends pulled the woman out.
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