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The TEN

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

1—New York Knicks guard Josh Hart stat-line for Game One of the NBA Finals: 3-points, 15-rebounds, 6-assists & 4-steals. The Knicks defeat the San Antonio Spurs, 105-95.

2—Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez extended his scoreless inning streak to 50-2/3 before allowing a run in the top of the seventh last night to the San Diego Padres. Sanchez streak is the longest in MLB history for a lefty and the fifth longest of all time. The Phillies beat the Padres, 3-2.

3—On this date in 1990 the Dodgers’ Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves.

4—Shohei Ohtani Batting: .301 BA, 10 HR, 33 RBIs, .420 OBP.
Shohei Ohtani Pitching: 61 IP, 67 Ks/11 BB, 0.79 WHIP, 0.74 ERA.

5—Former Temple City football player/long time assistant coach Matt “The Suave One” Lopez turns 39 today.

6—“Same as everybody. Everybody that’s not in Rams country. Yeah, I mean, it sucks.”—San Francisco 49ers LT Trent Williams on the Los Angeles Rams acquiring Myles Garrett.

7—“No harm, no foul, no blood, no ambulance!”—Chick Hearn.

8—“Wasn’t really our night, wasn’t really my night most of the night. But we just kept chipping away. Kept finding a way… I just like how resilient we were tonight. Our togetherness was really the biggest difference.”—New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson after Game One victory over San Antonio.

9—On this date in 2013, “The Mid Valley Sports Show” hosted Montebello HC Pete Gonzalez & DC Brian Zavala.

10—”I walk into the clubhouse today and it’s like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and by the 7th inning he’d already drunk it.” – Tommy Lasorda.