-Tech coach Pete Hughes, whose Hokies are 15th in the RPI, is lobbying hard for the opportunity to host a regional in the NCAA tournament. “I think we need to be in host discussions and we’re not,” Hughes says. “That aggravates me.” A strong performance this week could help get them in the discussion.

FOOTBALL: San Francisco and Houston are awarded future Super Bowls.

-Former Arkansas QB Brandon Mitchell will play his final college season at N.C. State.

GOLF: Sergio Garcia apologizes for joking that he’d invite Tiger Woods over for dinner and serve fried chicken.

HOOPS: Kevin Durant pledges $1 million to help victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

-The Spurs take a 2-0 series lead over Memphis.

-The Eastern Conference finals open at 8:30 p.m. on TNT, with the Heat hosting Indiana.

HOCKEY: San Jose beats the Kings to tie that series 2-2. Boston beats the Rangers to go up 3-0.

-Game 4 of Penguins-Senators is 7:30 p.m. today on NBC Sports Network.

MORE BASEBALL
-Former UVa standout Jeremy Farrell — son of Boston manager John Farrell — goes 4-for-4 with a homer and three doubles to lift Winston-Salem over Salem 11-1.

-Mike Trout hits for the cycle in a rout of Seattle.

-Nate McLouth hits a walk-off homer to lead off the 10th inning, and the Orioles snap a six-game skid by beating the Yankees.

NAME THAT TUNE
There’s still black marks on that county road
Where we drag raced our pick-ups
And mustangs
And weathered all the sun and rain
And to this day up on that overpass
Even underneath the new paint
You can still see
“Allie, will you marry me?”
Take a ride, look around
There ain’t no doubt
It sure left it’s mark on us
We sure left our mark on it
We let the world know we were here
With everything we did
We laid a lot of memories down…

He didn’t. Instead, he blasted a two-run homer to cap a career night, powering the Winston-Salem Dash to an 11-1 romp over the Red Sox at Salem Memorial Ballpark.

“Yeah,” the 26-year-old third baseman said with a smile, “it was a good night.”

SOX TIES: Farrell’s 4-for-4, three-run, three-RBI performance came at the expense of a Red Sox affiliate – a bit of irony given that his father, John, is in his first year as the skipper in Boston.

John Farrell also coached at Oklahoma State, worked in the Indians’ front office, served as a big league pitching coach and managed the Blue Jays.

“First and foremost, he’s my dad,” Jeremy Farrell said. “We have that relationship. But then the position he’s in, the knowledge he has, it’s definitely an asset, and it’s something I don’t take for granted, nor do my brothers who are both still around the game. We’re very fortunate to have him in the position that he’s in and have the success that he’s had.”

A FRESH START: Farrell succeeded Ryan Zimmerman as UVa’s third baseman and was a Freshman All-American in 2006. The Pirates drafted him in the eighth round two years later but released him this spring after five injury-plagued seasons in their organization.

Farrell wasn’t sure what his options would be.

“You never know,” he said. “Obviously, that was my first time being a free agent, but I was fortunate enough to latch on with a quality organization over here with the White Sox. It’s been nothing but great people and I’ve really enjoyed my time.”

PROUD HOO: Farrell spent part of this past offseason working out in Charlottesville with several fellow UVa alumni who are in pro ball. He said he still keeps close tabs on the Cavs, who face Virginia Tech in the first round of the ACC tournament today.

LOOSE ENDS: Three Salem pitchers combined to allow 14 hits, walk four batters and hit four others…Garin Cecchini endured a rare hitless night that dropped his Carolina League-leading average to .372…Sox reserve catcher Carson Blair went 2-for-4 and is 7-for-12 with three walks over his past four games.

ON DECK: Salem ace Henry Owens (3-1, 3.35) faces Dash RHP Chris Beck (2-6, 2.80) at 7:05 tonight. – Aaron McFarling

-Berman has a nice story on Virginia Tech outfielder Andrew Rash, who has bounced back from the disappointment of not getting drafted after a subpar 2012 season.

-Nappy has a piece on a pair of ex-Timesland golf stars who are wrapping up their college careers in the NCAA tournament this week: Courtney Ellenbogen and Meredith Swanson.

-Sox are in town tonight against Winston-Salem.

-Game 2 of Memphis-San Antonio at 9 p.m. today. Bruins-Rangers and Kings-Sharks are both on NBC Sports Network.

VIRGINIA TECH AND VIRGINIA will meet each other in the ACC baseball tournament for the first time, hooking up in a first-round matchup at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

GOLF
-Congrats to the winners in the oldest age divisions of the Scott Robertson Memorial: Carl Yuan and Gabriella Then.

-Sang-Moon Bae wins the Byron Nelson Championship for his first PGA Tour victory.

NASCAR
-Jimmie Johnson won the All-Star race on Saturday night, then had to respond to fan speculation that the race was rigged. Apparently the TV broadcast showed an incorrect graphic claiming that Johnson should have lined up much lower than second place on the final restart, so fans were misled a bit. Still, let’s think about this. Does anybody think NASCAR is really going to rig a race for Five Time? Pretty sure this guy has shown he doesn’t need any help at Charlotte. Besides, aren’t there a couple of couple of other drivers NASCAR would prefer to see in victory lane?

BASEBALL
-What an encore Miguel Cabrera is putting together following his 2012 Triple Crown season. In last night’s loss to Texas, the Tigers star went 4-for-4 and hit three homers. He’s now batting .387 with 11 homers and 47 RBI. We’re not even to Memorial Day, folks.

-I feel for this guy who spilled his wife’s beer trying to protect her from getting hit by a home run ball…and then got the rest of her beer dumped on his head in anger.

-Rays sweep the Orioles, who are 0-5 on their current homestand. Yankees in Baltimore today.

-Former Hokie Steve Bumbry shines as Frederick rallies to beat Salem.

HOOPS: Spurs beat the Grizzlies 105-83 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. No games tonight.

-Mike Krzyzewski tells Sports Illustrated that “there’s a chance” he’ll return to coach the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.

HOCKEY: Ottawa beats Pittsburgh in double-overtime to avoid falling in a 3-0 hole. Boston takes a 2-0 series lead on the Rangers. Game 3 of Blackhawks-Red Wings tonight.

NAME THAT TUNE
There’s an angel on the stairs
As if you’d even care
When the lights go up
And the sun has nearly gone down
Did you see him on the street?
Did you pass him at your feet?
Did you think aloud,”how dare they
Even look me in the eye?’
And he loves the girls
And he loves the boys
Gonna make twenty dollars
Before the weekends over…

The ex-Hokie hit a long home run and delivered an RBI single in Frederick’s three-run ninth inning, helping the Keys rally past Salem 6-4 on Sunday at Salem Memorial Ballpark.

“I really enjoy playing here,” said Bumbry, an outfielder who starred at Tech from 2007-09. “I always play well at Salem. Any time I can get back to Tech and just be around the campus, I enjoy it.”

A BIT OF PAYBACK: Bumbry, drafted by the Orioles in the 12th round in ’09, has spent parts of three seasons in the Carolina League. He was batting ninth Sunday but muscled up for a two-run shot in the fourth inning and finished 2 for 3 with three RBIs.

The big performance came one day after he struck out swinging against fellow Tech alum Matt Price.

“That was tough,” Bumbry said with a smile. “Conditions weren’t fun for either of us, but it was fun getting to see him throw again. I think he humped up against me to try to blow it by me, and he got me that time. But I’ll be ready next time I see him.”

NO BROOMS, AGAIN: For the second straight series, the Sox (19-22) were three outs away from securing a sweep. They got it neither time.

Zane Chavez’s RBI double off reliever Nate Striz tied the game at 4-4, and a two-out infield single by Travis Adair drove in the go-ahead run. Bumbry roped a single to right to provide the final margin.

TRYING TO FIND IT: Striz allowed three runs on four hits in his one inning of work. After posting a 2.13 ERA in April, Striz has been saddled with losses in three of his past four appearances.

“His stuff just hasn’t been as good as it was earlier,” Salem manager Billy McMillon said. “I think this is just one of those bumps in the road he’s got to just kind of grind through and work through. His preparation and everything has been good; we just haven’t seen the quality of execution that we want.”

ON DECK: The Sox are off today before opening a three-game home set with Winston-Salem at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, with Salem RHP William Cuevas (1-4, 6.60) facing Dash RHP Chris Bassitt (4-1, 3.25). – Aaron McFarling

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A FEW ONLINE-ONLY NOTES
-Bumbry, 25, raised his average to .221. He hit .227 between two levels last year. He was succinct when asked where he felt like he is in his career: “I’m on the way up, that’s all I gotta say.”

-Sox catcher Blake Swihart had to leave the game in the seventh inning after he was struck in the head by a bat on a follow-through. Swihart was bleeding as he left the field under his own power. “He seems OK,” McMillon said. “We’re still going to monitor him to see how he is. Too early to tell if there’s any concussions or any other problems.”

-Another solid day by reserve catcher Carson Blair, who’s started three straight games for the first time this year. He went 2 for 3 and tied the game with a two-run single in the fourth inning. “He had some very competitive at-bats, and that’s all we can ask for,” McMillon said.

-Reliever Noe Ramirez continues to impress. He fanned two in two scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 2.59.

-Mike Augliera wasn’t at his best, but he battled through five innings and got a no-decision. He allowed three runs on 10 hits, striking out two and walking one.

-Garin Cecchini’s Carolina League-leading average sits at .381 after a 1 for 3 day. He drove in the go-ahead run with two-out single in the fifth.

Saturday’s game will go in the books as a 3-2 victory for Salem over Frederick, but this one had subplots galore.

TURNING POINT: The drama climaxed in the eighth, with the Sox trailing 2-1. With one out and runners on second and third, Sean Coyle hit a fly ball to shallow center.

Frederick centerfielder Steve Bumbry – well known for his strong arm during his Tech days – uncorked a one-hop throw to the plate. Henry Ramos crossed the dish without a slide, and the ball got away from catcher Zane Chavez.

Ramos insists that he touched the plate the first time, but he didn’t see a signal from home plate umpire Brian Miller. So he returned to retag, but the throw beat him there.

Miller gave the safe sign. Tie game.

FIREWORKS: Frederick manager Ryan Minor – a 6-foot-8 ex-basketball and baseball star at Oklahoma – came out and got in Miller’s face.

“He was just complaining how the umpire didn’t call it right away,” said Sox shortstop Deven Marrero, who got a bird’s-eye view of the argument from the on-deck circle. “He wanted to make sure that he called it right away so everybody would know and they wouldn’t have to throw the ball around. He had a good argument. It was kind of funny to watch.”

Minor was tossed. In the ninth, Keys third baseman Jason Espisito and hitting coach Torre Tyson were ejected, too.

FOR THE WIN: Marrero, who recently returned from a three-week stint on the DL, followed the sac fly by lining a 2-0 pitch into the right field corner to drive home the go-ahead run.

HOKIE MILESTONE: Ex-Tech ace Matt Price, a 2010 draftee, earned his first pro victory with three shutout innings of relief. He struck out five hitters, including Bumbry – his teammate during Tech’s 2009 NCAA tournament season.

“Actually, that was kind of cool,” Price said. “I didn’t know he was on the team and then I heard ‘Steve Bumbry’ and I look up and it’s like, ‘Oh, this guy.’ It was really cool, you know? I remember a few of his tendencies as a hitter, so that was kind of nice.”

ON DECK: Salem RHP Mike Augliera (4-0, 3.12) takes the mound against Frederick LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 3.35). – Aaron McFarling

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QUOTES FROM THE CLUBHOUSE
MATT PRICE, RHP
On getting his first win as a pro:
“I didn’t even know I got the win until two seconds ago. It’s pretty cool. I just go out there and pitch, try to do what I can to help the team out. It feels good.”

On fanning former Virginia Tech teammate Steve Bumbry:
“Actually, that was kind of cool. I didn’t know he was on the team and then I heard ‘Steve Bumbry’ and I look up and it’s like, ‘Oh, this guy.’ It was really cool, you know? I remember a few of his tendencies as a hitter, so that was kind of nice.”

Not close with him?
“No, we were good friends. But, you know, pitchers hang out with pitchers, position players with position players. It was that kind of thing, but we were definitely good friends.”

On giving him the heater on 1-2 for the K:
“Yeah. I know he likes to chase the fastball. I still remember some of my outings in the spring, so I threw that change-up in there to see if he was still a heavy chaser on the change-up, but he laid off, so I went back to the original plan of attack.”

On how he’s been pitching much better lately:
“I was talking to my coach, and something really clicked when we were at Myrtle Beach. It’s tough for me being a competitor, I want to go out there and get everything right away, and it was just like, wow, you really haven’t pitched in two years. Those things are going to slowly come back to you. It was just a small little thing that kind of clicked in my mind and it’s helped me and my mentality going in. It’s been great.”

Command issues before or something else?
“In my head it was like…lightbulb. It was like, ‘I’m going to make you beat ME. I’m not going to give you any freebies and I’m not going to give you any good stuff. It’s going to be my best stuff and see if you can beat me.”

On the ejections:
“I swear, I heard there were two ejections!”

Three, actually:
“Three? Aww, man, and I missed that? I was like, ‘Really? I missed everything.’ I was in here icing and I really wanted to go out, and they have that rule that when you’re icing you can’t go out on the field. So I missed us scoring runs and I missed three ejections. I’m kinda curious to get the story as to what happened.”

DEVEN MARRERO, SHORTSTOP
On how he’s felt since returning from DL (hamstring):
“I feel good. Just my timing’s off a little bit. Just taking it pitch by pitch and working on just trying to get my timing back, trying to see the ball and let the ball travel a little bit.”

On how he spent his time during three weeks on DL:
“I spent my days just getting after it, man. Just doing my treatments and trusting my trainers and letting them decide what I should do for that day and stuff like that because they know what they’re doing and I just wanted to get back healthy 100 percent when I came back. I feel good now, and it’s thanks to them.”

On whether he thought about having opportunities like tonight again:
“Absolutely. Every day I sat out I’d go coach first base and just take mental at-bats and just wish I was out there playing these guys. They’re out there playing every day and playing the game they love, and this is the game I love. I don’t want to be sitting on the sidelines. I love to play and I hate sitting out, but injuries happen in baseball. You’ve just got to take your time and get ready so they don’t come up again.”

On the play at the plate with Ramos:
“He touched the plate. I think he definitely did.”

On if he heard Minor say anything funny during the screaming match with ump:
“He was just complaining how the umpire didn’t call it right away. He wanted to make sure that he called it right away so everybody would know and they wouldn’t have to throw the ball around. He had a good argument. It was kind of funny to watch.”

On getting a win on such a wild night:
“Oh, it’s awesome. We’ve been grinding it. We’ve been playing good lately and these games are the ones where you’ve got to step it up a little bit. You can’t be mad or frustrated or consumed with the rain or anything like that. You’ve just got to go out there and play it out.”

On his pivotal at-bat:
“I was trying to be aggressive. I know they’re going to come after me and not after the guy behind me [Garin Cecchini]. He’s probably one of the best hitters I’ve ever seen. They were going to come after me and I was looking for a pitch that I could drive. He left the pitch up and I let the ball travel a little bit and hit it where it was pitched.” [2-0 fastball]

HENRY RAMOS, CENTERFIELDER (Thanks to pitcher William Cuevas for some help with translation):

On if he touched the plate the first time:
“I touched home plate.”

On why he went back if he’d already touched it:
“I went back because I never saw the umpire call out or safe.” Just being extra careful.

On his homer in the fourth inning:
“I was looking for the change-up from the beginning of the game, and I found it on that turn.”

WHERE’S THAT BEEN? The Red Sox recorded just 14 hits combined in their most recent homestand against Carolina. They returned home from a 2-4 road trip and took control with seven runs in the first three innings.

CARSON CONNECTS: Reserve catcher Carson Blair, playing for the first time in five days, went 2 for 3 with three runs scored. In the seventh inning, he wailed on a first-pitch fastball from Tommy Winegardner and launched a three-run homer deep into the trees beyond the wall in left.

“You don’t feel a thing,” Blair said. “Once you hit it, you hear it, and you know you got it. You just smile after that.”

Well, he did feel one thing: relief. That was the first homer and initial three RBIs of the season for Blair, who works tirelessly to keep himself sharp between infrequent starts.

“It takes a little tension off,” he said with a smile. “Every day you look up there and see that goose egg up there. Now that that’s all gone, in RBI situations you kind of relax more.”

EXTRA! EXTRA! The Sox broke things open with a five-run third inning that featured half of their eight extra-base hits. Deven Marrero, Garin Cecchini and Henry Ramos doubled and Jose Garcia delivered a two-run triple.

(UN)-BRACE YOURSELF: Kyle Stroup made his first start of the year without a brace protecting his surgically repaired knee. The right-hander went 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits to earn his second win.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Stroup said of removing the brace, which restricted his range of motion. “The past few starts I felt like I didn’t really need it, but it’s more precaution. I’m over a year out of surgery. It felt good not having it on tonight.”

Chris Balcom-Miller and Nate Striz combined to work the final 3 2/3 innings, yielding just three hits.

LOOSE ENDS: Cecchini finished 3 for 4 with two RBI to raise his Carolina League-leading average to .378…Sean Coyle had three hits, indicating his recent slump might be ending…The crowd was Salem’s largest since the April 12 home opener.

ON DECK: Salem RHP Mike McCarthy (2-2, 4.73) takes the mound against Frederick RHP Zach Davies (3-2, 4.43) at 6:05 tonight. – Aaron McFarling
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QUOTES FROM THE CLUBHOUSE:

CARSON BLAIR, CATCHER

First-pitch fastball on the homer?
“Yeah. He’ll tell you he missed his spot.”

On getting homer No. 1 and first RBIs of year:
“It feels good. It takes a little tension off. Every day you look up there and see that goose egg up there. Now that that’s all gone, in RBI situations you kind of relax more.”

On last time he’d played:
“Five days ago. It’d been a while. Actually got to hit off of one of our guys (lefty Robby Scott, on DL) before practice today, so I got to see a little bit of live pitching.”

On Stroup’s performance:
“He threw the ball really well. He’s got good stuff. He’s capable of getting out of anything. We got in trouble a couple times and got a big double play. He controlled the game, really.”

On the lineup showing what it can do tonight:
“There’s a lot of talent in this lineup. Tonight was just one of those nights that happens in baseball.”

On the last time he’d hit a ball that far in a game:
“Last season, probably, off Alex Meyer at the end of the year. It’s been a while.”

On what it felt like to connect on such a mammoth blast:
“You don’t feel a thing. Once you hit it, you hear it, and you know you got it. You just smile after that.”

On getting a win after a walk-off loss on Thursday:
“It just gives everybody a lot more energy. Everybody kind of comes in with a positive attitude. It’s easier to come in and get your work done and do extra things you need to to improve when you’re winning. When you’re losing everybody kind of drags a little bit.”

KYLE STROUP, RHP

Get the knee brace off?
“This the first game without a brace. It’s been a long time coming. The past few starts I felt like I didn’t really need it, but it’s more precaution. I’m over a year out of surgery. It felt good not having it on tonight.”

On what it feels like wearing the brace:
“You can notice it. I feel it. It restricts my range of motion a little bit. But it’s a positive thing because it limits me from being able to tear the ACL again. It works out.”

On whether he’s worried at all about re-injuring the knee:
“The thing with the ACL surgery is it’s more mental than physical. They put a new ligament in, so you’re good to go. You have to get over the mental part of thinking about retearing it. I don’t think about it. What I tell myself is if it tears again, it tears again. But the likelihood, the doctors told me if you tear it again it’s a blue moon. It’s not supposed to tear again.”

On his outing:
“Working off the fastball, getting first-pitch strikes, trying to make them chase my offspeed. That’s usually my plan every game. And just getting comfortable, especially with the brace coming off, getting my command down. Once they started scoring some runs, it made me feel more comfortable, just go out there and just throw the ball.”

On the offensive explosion:
“We’ve got some studs on this team. There’s no reason why we can’t win every game. Obviously we’re not going to, but on paper, man, we’re pretty good.”

On Blair getting his first homer of the year:
“Carson was in my draft in 2008, so we have a good relationship. I was actually in here icing when he hit the home run, and I got out there and I saw three runs and I said, ‘How did we get three runs?’ Carson hit a three-run homer. It was nice. Good to see that he’s hitting home runs.”

On the sixth inning:
“I wasn’t tired. I was losing my command a little bit, going too quick, rushing out of the stretch. It happens.”

-UVa’s No. 3 tailback, Clifton Richardson, has received his release and is planning to transfer.

-ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla says Erick Green is a sleeper in the NBA draft. “He not only led the country in scoring, but he’s a highly efficient player. He is a kid that makes tough shots. He’s a willing passer, 67% at the rim, 40% from three, nearly 50% from two. And the only major question mark I could see with him is his narrow frame. Defensively he must improve.”

-Here’s more on the apparent suicide of former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle. A Lincoln County dispatcher received a call — believed to have been placed by Trickle — that “there would be a dead body and it would be his,” that county’s sheriff’s office said in a news release. There was no answer when authorities tried to call the number back.

-UVa beats No. 2 North Carolina in baseball, while Virginia Tech knocks off Wake Forest.

-Yu Darvish wins his fifth straight decision while Justin Verlander struggles.

-The Rays place David Price on the DL.

-The Spurs close out Golden State in six, while the Knicks beat the Pacers to stay alive in the East.

-Bruins beat the Rangers in Game 1. Kings take a 2-0 series lead over the Sharks. Game 2 of Ottawa-Pittsburgh tonight at 7:30.

NAME THAT TUNE
If your dream house
Is a double-wide trailer sitting back in the holler
On a country road
Then baby that’s where we’ll go
If you don’t wanna settle down
We can bounce around from town to town
And that’s fine with me
If you wanna just ride the breeze

-Doug checks in with Virginia Tech director of recruiting and high school relations Jim Cavanaugh, who is on the mend after undergoing open-heart surgery last week.

-Great account by Salem Red Sox broadcaster Evan Lepler of his inning spent with Mr. Belding.

NBA
-Half of the final four is set, after the Grizzlies eliminated the Thunder and the Heat finished off the Bulls last night. Indiana and San Antonio can advance with victories tonight.

NHL
-Blackhawks beat the Red Wings 4-1 to take a 1-0 series lead. Rangers-Bruins and Sharks-Kings tonight.

PREAKNESS
-Kentucky Derby winner Orb draws the rail and is the even-money favorite in the nine-horse field. Coverage of the race starts at 4:30 p.m. Saturday on WSLS.

BASEBALL
-Zack Greinke wins his first start off the DL for the Dodgers.

NAME THAT TUNE
I like the way you comb your hair (uh!)
I like the stylish clothes you wear (uh!)
It’s just the little things you do (uh!)
That make me wanna get with you…

ANYWAY, I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE FLYING DISC FLY. It started two Saturdays ago, when my son and I were flipping through the channels looking for something to watch. We happened upon the broadcast of a Major League Ultimate game between the Philadelphia Spinners and New York Rumble.

OUR VIEWING, OF COURSE, BEGAN AS A LARK. My son and I made the requisite jokes about the crowd size and the broadcast quality. We mused about what the salaries of these players must be. But after a while, we realized something.

We actually liked this sport.

SO THIS PAST SATURDAY, WHEN THE SPINNERS held their home opener against the D.C. Current, there we were, watching it on TV. Over golf. Over the NBA. Even over baseball.

You laugh, you point, you ridicule. But you have your own guilty sports pleasure. I know it. Let’s hear it.

THE STEGER RETIREMENT
-Tonia Moxley has a nice story here about Charles Steger’s decision to step down as president of Virginia Tech. “I will be 66 years old in June, and I think it’s probably time to pass the baton on to the next generation,” he said. “And to do that while the university is doing well, not when it has problems.”

-Andy reflects on some of the roles Steger played in major sports stories over the years.

NBA
-Pacers take a 3-1 series lead over the Knicks with a 93-82 home win.

-Spurs grab a 3-2 series lead over the Warriors.

-Bulls-Heat and Grizzlies-Thunder tonight.

NHL
-The Penguins and Kings each hold serve in their respective Game 1s against the Senators and Sharks. Red Wings-Blackhawks tonight.

BASEBALL
-Berman has a story on VMI’s Rob Dickinson, who ranks 10th in the nation with a .404 average.

-Jim Johnson’s run of 35 straight saves conversions comes to an end, as the Padres rally with two outs in the ninth to beat the Orioles 3-2.

-How good is Clayton Kershaw? With 8 2/3 shutout innings against the Nats last night, the Dodgers lefty reached the 1,000-inning milestone and now ranks first among starters since 1920 with a career ERA of 2.70.

NAME THAT TUNE
Girl, I, must
(Warrrrrn yoooooooooou)
I sense something strange in my mind
Situation is (seriooooooooous)
Let’s cure it ’cause we’re running out of time
It’s oh, so (beautifuuuuuuuuul)
Relationships they seem from the start
It’s all so (deadllllllllly)
When love is not together from the heart
It’s drivin’ me out of my mind
That’s why it’s HARD for me to find
Can’t get it out of my head
Miss her, kiss her, love her
(Wrong move you’re dead)