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WCLT Sports for Monday, May 12th Update

In Denison softball news,
Kari Hoying’s solo home run to lead off the sixth inning game Muskingum college a 3 -2 lead in the second NCAA Regional Championship Game of the day, Sunday. The Big Red would mount a rally in the seventh inning, landing runners on first and third, only to have Muskie pitcher Heather Martin turn Denison away and send her team to their eighth Division III World Series in school history.

In Denison men’s lacrosse,
Rick Mackessy scored two goals and added one assist against Gettysburg over the weekend. The senior middie led the Big Red in points with 66. With 1:59 left to play in the game’s first overtime, Getteysburg’s Ben Sufrin ended the Big Red’s magical season with his unassisted, game-winning goal, lifting the Bullets to a come from behind, 8 - 7 victory over Denison in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship.

In the NBA,
Boston has dropped all four of its road games so far in this postseason. The Celtics lost over the weekend in Cleveland to the Cavaliers, 108 - 84. Boston’s lead in the best of seven series is now 2 - 1. Game 4 is tonight, and unless the green and white can cure their home sickness, their lead in the series will be gone. Paul Pierce says the Celtics need to come out faster tonight.

In the MLB,
The Cleveland Indians have added veteran outfielder Jason Tyner to their roster and optioned right-handed pitcher Tom Mastny to triple-A Buffalo. The 31 year old Tyner hit .234 with one home run and seven RBIs in 31 games at Buffalo but batted .370 over his last eight games. Mastny was called up from Buffalo on April 15th but appeared in only two games. He spent the entire 2007 season with Cleveland, going 7 - 2 with a 4.68 ERA in 51 appearances.

The Toronto Blue Jays - Cleveland Indians game was postponed by rain Sunday and will be made up in a doubleheader today. Sunday’s scheduled starters, Toronto’s A.J. Burnett and Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona are scheduled to pitch in the first game, beginning at 4:05pm. Indians’ left hander Cliff Lee will face Shaun Marcum in the nightcap.

The Reds fell to the Mets, 8 - 3.
Clippers get by the IronPigs, 6 - 5.