LEAVE IT TO THE PROS AS MAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE MARCHES IN

WITH HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS beginning to wind down, the Astros and Rockets
start to take centerstage, especially in the early part of the week. High school
softball area round games will continue later in the week while bi-district round
baseball action will start up.
TODAY, SUNDAY: Depending on the outcome of Friday’s Game six between
the Jazz and Thunder, the Rockets could be hosting Game one of the Western
Conference semifinals against the Jazz starting at 2:30pm. Utah led the series
3-2 but could be heading back to Oklahoma City for a possible Game seven if
they failed to close out on Friday. If there is a Game seven, Houston will face the
winner of the Jazz-Thunder series beginning at 8:30pm.
ABC-13 would have Game one of the Jazz-Rockets but TNT would air the first
game between Houston and the Utah-OKC survivors.
American League strikeout leader Gerrit Cole brings his 2-1 record and 1.29
ERA to the mound for the Astros in the series finale against the Athletics beginning
at 1:10pm. Cole and his 49 strikeouts will be countered by Trevor Cahill (1-0,
2.25 ERA), who makes just his third start of the season. AT&T Sportsnet Southwest
will start its coverage beginning at 12:30pm.
TOMORROW, MONDAY: La Marque High School will honor its athletes for the
2017-18 school year with their annual all-sports banquet beginning at 6:00pm.
The event will be held in the Commons of LMHS.
The first meeting between the top contenders for the American League championship
goes down at Minute Maid Park when the Yankees visit the Astros beginning
at 7:10pm. New York goes with Sonny Gray (1-1, 7.71 ERA) while Houston
counters with Charlie Morton (3-0, 1.86 ERA). AT&T Sportsnet Southwest will
start its coverage with the pregame show starting at 6:30pm.
TUESDAY: There will be junior high school soccer action as Texas City Blocker
Middle School faces Santa Fe. Blocker’s seventh and eighth grade boys teams
will play host in matches that will start at 5:00pm and 6:15pm while Santa Fe
welcomes Blocker’s girls seventh and eighth grade teams for matches that will
also begin at 5:00pm and 6:15pm.
Justin Verlander (4-0, 1.36 ERA) looks to remain undefeated in an Astros uniform
when he takes the mound against Yankees hurler Jordan Montgomery (2-0, 3.63
ERA) in the second game of the series starting at 7:10pm. MLB Network will have
the game live along with AT&T Sportsnet Southwest, which begins its coverage
at 6:30pm.