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Pittsburgh closes out its trip to Arlington on Thursday night with a chance to win the series after Wednesday’s 8-4 comeback. The Pirates come in at 14-10 and sit third in the NL Central, while Texas is 12-12 and second in the AL West. First pitch is set for 8:05 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field, with SportsNet Pittsburgh and Rangers Sports Network carrying the broadcast. The pitching matchup is an interesting one too: Bubba Chandler for Pittsburgh against Jacob deGrom for Texas. This game is pretty easy to frame from a betting perspective. Pittsburgh has been the slightly better all-around club through 24 games, posting a .335 OBP with 27 homers, while Texas has leaned more on pitching and

The math is very simple for the Ottawa Senators as they prepare to host the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on Thursday night. Ottawa trails the series 2-0, and only four times in NHL history has a team come back from down 3-0 to win a playoff series. The last occurred in 2014 when the Los Angeles Kings rallied to stun the San Jose Sharks. The Senators fell behind the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in the first round last April before falling in six games. “We feel a lot better than being down 2-0 last year,” Ottawa forward Drake Batherson said on Wednesday. “We’ve got a lot of confidence. We’re excited to get in

The war of words is picking up between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets. The battle on the court should be even better. The Timberwolves and Nuggets will resume their high-stakes rivalry when the teams tip off in Game 3 of the Western Conference first-round playoff matchup Thursday night in Minneapolis. The best-of-seven series is even after Denver won the series opener and Minnesota bounced back to take Game 2. Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels added some spice to the series with his comments after Game 2. He said the Nuggets could not stop Minnesota from scoring at will. “They’re all bad defenders,” McDaniels said. “They don’t got people who can defend the rim. Even if (Nikola Jokic) is there, we’re

Following a Tuesday road victory, the Boston Bruins have snatched the home-ice advantage away from the Buffalo Sabres in their Eastern Conference first-round series. That means the intense playoff feeling is alive and well as the scene shifts to Boston on Thursday night for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series. “I feel like it was nasty from the first shift, from the first game,” Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov said after Tuesday’s physical battle which featured 94 penalty minutes, including 72 in the third period alone. “It’s playoff emotions and intensity. It’s always going to be up there.” First-year Bruins coach Marco Sturm was not completely dissatisfied with his team’s Game 1 performance, outside of Buffalo’s third-period rally to snag a