ScoresandStats.com Latest Sports Previews

The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres will meet in the third incarnation of the Mexico City Series in a two-game set beginning Saturday. If form holds, runs will follow. The Padres and San Francisco Giants combined for 37 runs in the inaugural two-game set in 2023, which the Padres swept with 16-11 and 6-4 victories. The teams combined for 15 homers, 11 in the first game. The pace slowed slightly in 2024, but the Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies still combined for 26 runs. The Astros hit six homers in sweeping the two games, 12-4 and 8-2. Mexico City’s host site, Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu, is well-positioned for offense. Mexico City has a listed elevation of 7,320 feet, more

The Minnesota Wild haven’t won a Stanley Cup playoff series since 2015, losing in the first round eight times since then. So with the Wild staring at a 2-1 deficit heading into Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Dallas Stars on Saturday in Saint Paul, are they feeling a little antsy? “We’re confident in our group,” Wild forward Matt Boldy said. “It’s a long series, so this whole narrative that we’re frustrated and all this, that’s not true. We’re so confident in our group, so let’s nip that in the bud now because it’s made up.” Minnesota looked superior when it blew away the Stars 6-1 in Game 1, but then Dallas answered back with a

After being without him for much of the regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder will once again have to adjust to playing without Jalen Williams. One of the Thunder’s primary ballhandlers, Williams suffered a Grade 1 left hamstring strain in Wednesday’s Game 2 win over the Phoenix Suns in their Western Conference first-round series. Oklahoma City leads the series 2-0 heading into Saturday’s Game 3 in Phoenix. The Thunder will be without Williams for at least a week before he’s reevaluated, a diagnosis Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault called a “relatively positive development.” The injury figures to mean a more prominent role for Ajay Mitchell. Mitchell was used little in last season’s championship run, averaging seven minutes per game, with

The Ottawa Senators will be in danger of elimination when they host the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series on Saturday afternoon. The Hurricanes, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, went up 3-0 in the series with a 2-1 win over the host Senators on Thursday night. “Just going to keep believing, keep playing our game,” Ottawa forward Tim Stutzle said. “I mean, we scored three goals in three games, so it’s tough to win like that, and we just got to find a way.” Carolina will be trying to win at least one round in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. “We’re feeling good about ourselves, but you know, the