Friday, May 19, 2006

Interleague starts Friday; Clippers force Game 7 [Jay Moussab]

Interleague starts Friday with the NY Mets (Jeremi Gonzalez) vs. the NY Yankees (Randy Johnson). Other notable games are the Boston Red Sox (Matt Clement) vs. the Philadelphia Phillies (Jon Lieber), Oakland A's (Dan Haren) vs. the SF Giants (Noah Lowry), and the Chicago Cubs (Gred Maddux) vs. the Chicago White Sox (Mark Buehrle). Barry Bonds will serve as the DH for the 3 games and all the interleague games that allow him to be the DH.
The LA Clippers have forced a game 7 with a 118-106 win. Game 7 will be Monday in Phoenix. Quinton Ross scored a career high not only in the postseason but also in the regular season with 18 points 16 coming in the first half. Elton Brand had a double double with 30 points (14-21 shooting) and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash did not look like he just won the MVP. He shot 6-16 with 17 points and shot 2-5 behind the arc. The Clippers out rebounded the Suns by 20 (48-28) which will not win you games. For a recap of the game go to Sports Yahoo.