Section VI baseball playoff brackets finalized...Yankees rally to beat the Athletics...and the Bucks survive Game 7 in Brooklyn. Greg Larson has more details on today's Sunday Sports Update...
Sunday Sports Update
Top left: Section VI released its official high school baseball playoff brackets on Saturday, and Dunkirk will begin the playoffs with a home game against Alden on Monday at 5:00 PM. The Marauders earned the Number 2 seed in the Class B-1 bracket after compiling a regular season record of 16-3, which included a mark of 11-1 in CCAA Division 1 West and the program's first league title in 10 years. Photo by Ron Szot
Top right: Gio Urshela hits a solo home run in the bottom of the 8th inning during the New York Yankees' game against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Urshela's blast broke a 4-4 tie as the Yankees went on to win by a 7-5 score. New York trailed 4-1 after five innings before scoring six unanswered runs. Photo by USA Today
Bottom left: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks got the better of Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets by a score of 115-111 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal on Saturday. Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, which was enough to outlast Durant, who tallied 48 points while playing all 53 minutes of the contest. The Bucks will face the winner of today's Game 7 between Philadelphia and Atlanta. Photo by USA Today
Bottom right: The Buffalo Sabres released a statement on Saturday after learning about the condition of team legend Rene Robert, who suffered a heart attack in Florida earlier in the week. The statement reads, "Our thoughts are with Sabres legend Rene Robert, who is recovering in Florida after suffering a heart attack. Rene has been a fixture in our community since his days playing with the French Connection -- a true legend on and off the ice. The entire organization is behind Rene and his family and we pray for a full recovery."
