The Marlins had a record of 6-24 (.200) prior to their three-game sweep of the Rockies.

That's the worst record entering a series of 3+ games that a team swept (30+ games into season) since the Washington Nationals (17-80, .175) swept the Boston Beaneaters in September 1886.

Including Game 4, the @Celtics have led by double digits at halftime in 40 total games this season.

The only team in NBA history to do that more often (regular season + playoffs) is the 1961-62 Celtics (42).

Since 2002-03, the only time that the Phillies came back to win when trailing in the 9th inning or later and the Flyers/76ers won a playoff game after trailing with one minute or less in regulation on the same day was April 19, 2009:

Phillies vs. Padres
76ers at Magic (Game 1)

Tonight in Miami:

- only MLB game in modern era with 5+ runs in top of the 1st & 5+ runs in bottom of the 9th but no runs in between
- Miami Marlins: first MLB team to trail 5-0 (or worse) in the 9th, then trail again in extras but still win the game since the Cubs on August 29, 1930

Schools in the common draft era (since 1967) to have 3+ WR & QB drafted within the first 100 picks:

2024 Washington (Washington Football)

That’s it.

Data via OptaSTATS

Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin are the third pair of NHL teammates to both score goals in each of their team’s first four games of a playoff year, after:
- Joe Mullen and Lanny McDonald for Calgary in 1986
- Ron Duguay and Ulf Nilsson for the Rangers in 1981

Schools in the common draft era (since 1967) to have 3+ WR & QB drafted within the first 100 picks:

2024 Washington (Washington Football)

That’s it.

Data via OptaSTATS

Free throw attempts in tonight’s game:

DEN: 9
LAL: 27

It’s the first series-clinching win in NBA history that a team took fewer than 10 free throw attempts while its losing opponent took more than 25.

MLB rookies to go 4-for-4 (or better) with 7+ RBI and a stolen base (since RBI became an official stat in 1920):

Bo Jackson, Royals (4/14/1987)
Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox (today)

The Lakers are 0-9 when trying to avoid being swept in a best-of-7 playoff series, worst of all NBA franchises.

Since earned runs became official in 1913, the only players to have a 4-0 team record, 20+ K & a sub-1.00 ERA through their 1st four career MLB games are Boo Ferriss in 1945 (22, 0.50) and the Chicago Cubs' Shota Imanaga this season (21, 0.84).

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the only MLB team in the last 50 years to outhit their opponent 15-0 (or better) over the last 7 innings of a game.

The Houston Astros' Justin Verlander is making his season debut today. He has had a winning percentage above .600 in 13 career seasons.

He trails only Roger Clemens (16) for the most such seasons in MLB history.

The Pittsburgh Pirates' Jared Jones threw 50 of his 59 pitches for strikes tonight (84.7%).

That's the highest strike percentage by any MLB rookie in a single game since pitches were first tracked in 1988 (min. 50 pitches).

Today's game against Atlanta was the Indiana Pacers' 11th time this season scoring 140+ points in a single game.

That is the most 140-point games in a single season in NBA history, breaking a tie with the 1981-82 Nuggets.

The Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser in the series at Fenway:

10 RBI
3 doubles
2 home runs
1 walk
1 stolen base

No other MLB player has put up all of those numbers in a 3-game series (since RBI became an official stat in 1920).

Teams to win all 6 games by 13+ points in a single NCAA Tournament:

UConn Men's Basketball in 2023
UConn Men's Basketball in 2024

Elly De La Cruz's night for the Cincinnati Reds:

- HR from both sides of the plate
- over-the-fence HR & inside-the-park HR
- 4+ runs scored
- stolen base

He's the first player in MLB history to do all of that in the same game.

The Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez reached 250 walks and 250 extra-base hits in his MLB career in his 489th game.

The only MLB players to reach those marks faster in the modern era are Lou Gehrig (439) and Ted Williams (463).

The San Diego Padres' Kyle Higashioka threw out multiple runners and hit a HR in the 4th inning today.

The only other MLB catcher to do this over the past 45 seasons was the Angels' Bengie Molina on June 13, 2000 against the Devil Rays in the 2nd inning.