Mavericks Blow Lead vs. Spurs in Game 1: 90-85

   As most games with the Mavericks this year, the Mavs took a lead into the 4th quarter and kissed it goodbye! Mavericks were playing great defense and making shots until when it truly counted in the 4th quarter. A lot of Mavericks' though have to be impressed for the Mavericks to hang around in this game keeping it close to the #1 seeded Spurs in the Western Conference. Unfortunately that is just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes losing in a dramatic fashion. The next game of the series is on Wednesday still in San Antonio at 7:00!

Highlights: Mavs vs. Spurs Game 1

Rangers Winning Streak Continues Versus White Sox

    Another win for the good guys came last night versus the White Sox! Pitchers did their jobs, and the hitters were able to get a lot of hits on the board with 13. Colby Lewis on the mound pitched 5.1 innings striking out 4, walking one, and only giving up one run. Highlights at the plate including Fielder getting his second home run as a Ranger, and Kouzmanoff getting his second of the season. Kouzmanoff I thought was going to be able to make the team in spring training because he was pretty impressive defensively and in the batter's box. He is currently batting .395! The Rangers look to get the sweep today on this Easter Sunday with the game scheduled for 2:05.

Highlights: Rangers vs. White Sox

Stars Fall Another Game in Series to Ducks

   Another painful loss came to the Stars last night as they fell to the Ducks. If a couple of mistakes did not happen the Stars could have came out as the victor coming into Monday night at the American Airlines Center. That is not the case however. The Stars got the first goal of the game in the first period 7:40 by an Alex Chiasson power play goal. Toward the end of the 1st however an Erik Cole turnover gave Ryan Getzlaf his 2nd goal of the series. Getzlaf still playing not even 48 hours after taking a puck to the face! Corey Perry would intercept a pass from Seguin to Jamie Benn to get a goal with over 4 minutes left in the 2nd to give the Ducks a 2 to 1 lead into the 2nd intermission. The controversy of the night came in the 3rd goal when Sergei Gonchar had his stick chopped in half behind the Stars net by Cogliano, which he would go on to score. Stars came close getting out of the deficit, but came up short by one goal to loss 3 to 2 to the Ducks. They will continue the series Monday night in Dallas for Game 3!

Highlights: Stars vs. Ducks Game 2

Rangers Shut Out White Sox with Season High Runs and Hits

    Though pitching has been the story through out the season in a negative way, Martin Perez came out last night and showed the other starters how it is done. Perez pitched a complete game shut out on the mound giving up no runs. Perez however might be overshadowed by the amount of runs scored by a Rangers' offense who has been lacking fire power recently. The Rangers won this game by a score of 12 to nothing (which is a season high in runs this season). Rangers also got 18 hits in this match (which is also a season high). Looking through the box score the most hits came from Alex Rios (3 for 5 with a double), but Leonys Martin has an impressive 4 RBI where he went 3 for 5 including a solo home run and a triple! The Rangers play the White Sox again tonight with Colby Lewis set to make his 2nd start of the season.

Highlights: White Sox vs. Rangers

Rangers Win Series Over Mariners

    The Rangers started off very strong in this game taking a four to nothing lead over the Mariners scoring 3 in the first and one in the 2nd inning. This even including Shin Soo Choo knocking in a solo home run for his first as a Ranger. That lead seemed to disappear within a blink it seemed like with Tanner Scheppers on the mound. After he pitched two shut out innings he was pounded in the 3rd inning giving up 6 earned runs! Not to be negative, but I have never seen starting potential from Scheppers. From what I have seen from him he is very prone to the long ball. Once enough pitchers get healthy he needs to go back to the bullpen. Scheppers would not be able to get out of the 3rd only getting 1 recorded out in the inning. Luckily, the rest of the pitchers were able to carry the load and prevent the Mariners from scoring the rest of the afternoon. The Rangers batters were able to put men into positions and get the runs necessary to defeat the Mariners 8 to 6! Tonight the White Sox come into town for a three game series.

Highlights: Game Highlights

Dallas Sports Review 4-16-14

      Before we head into the negatives of the Dallas Sports world yesterday, we should look on the positive that came out of last night. In a game where we knew there would be a pitcher's duel, Felix Hernandez came out on top of the match up. Hernandez and Darvish both pitched 7 innings, but King Felix did not give up any runs in his outing striking out 9. Darvish gave up 2 runs keeping the Rangers in the game. Thanks to some errors by the Seattle defense in the bottom of the 9th inning, Leonys Martin got the walk off single bloop into left center field giving the Rangers a 3 to 2 victory over the Mariners. They look to take the series this afternoon in the last game of this four game series.

HIGHLIGHTS: Rangers vs. Mariners Highlights

    While the Rangers were given a win by the Mariners last night, the Mavericks failed to beat the Memphis Grizzlies. With this loss the Mavericks will have to face the dreaded San Antonio Spurs who are the number one seed in the Western Conference. The Mavs took the Grizzlies in what felt like a playoff game into overtime last night. Unfortunately, Monta Ellis failed at making a basket off the inbound with 1 second left in the game. The chances of the Mavericks doing anything in the playoffs fell dramatically having to play the Spurs. They have not beat them since St. Patrick's in 2012! The only positive thing I can say is you never know what can happen.

HIGHLIGHTS: Mavericks vs. Grizzlies

    Game 1 for the Dallas Stars in their first playoff series in six seasons did not start out anyway they had hoped. At the end of 1 period the Stars already had 3 to nothing deficit to dig themselves out of! Then at the 9:04 mark in the 2nd period Matt Beleskey would get a goal to extend the lead four to nothing. By that point you would believe that the game is over, but not so fast! The Captain Jamie Benn scores his first ever playoff goal 16:36 in the 2nd period. Colton Sceviour gets one of his own only two minutes later. The Stars would go into the 2nd intermission riding a wave of confidence. With only 6:07 left in the 3rd period Seguin would make it only a one goal game! Unfortunately they fall to the Ducks 4 to 3 in Game 1 of the Western Division Series, and are down in the series 1 game to nothing. I still feel confident in the Stars because showed a never give up attitude, and maybe after first game the butterflies might be out of their stomachs! The next game of the series will be in Anaheim at 9:00 central time.

HIGHLIGHTS: Stars vs. Ducks Game 1

Fielder's 1st Homer Helps Rangers beat Mariners

            It took until game number 14 for Fielder to finally hit a ball out of the park. The Rangers beat the Mariners last night 5 to 0. The runs that we had not seen a few days decided to show up last night. The Rangers were able to score 5 runs to help Robbie Ross get his first win as a starter. Ross had no runs help him out in his previous starts. Tonight will be a pitching duel between Felix Hernandez and Yu Darvish! If you are a fan of home runs and a lot of hits this is not the game to watch. Both pitchers are Cy Young contenders with their dominant pitching abilities. First pitch will be at 7:05 tomorrow night, and I will have a recap posted of not only this game, but also the Stars and the Mavericks.

Link to the Rangers vs. Mariners highlights: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?categoryId=2459789&id=10788319