Shallotte plays at Oak Island this evening in the Old North State League at 6 p.m. It will be the season opener for the Loggerheads. … Tickets are sold out for the Savannah Bananas at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Friday and Saturday but the second matchup with the Party Animals will be shown nationally (ESPN2, 7 p.m.). … Host Edmonton took game one of the Stanley Cup finals, 4-3, over defending champion Florida on Wednesday night on a power play goal in overtime by Leon Draisaitl as the Oilers completed a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. … The NBA finals get underway tonight as visiting Indiana is a 9.5-point underdog to Oklahoma City (ABC, 8:30p.m.). … The Canadian Open on the PGA Tour gets underway today (Golf Channel, 3 p.m.). … Texas took the first game in a best of three for the NCAA softball championship in Oklahoma City, 2-1, over Texas Tech.
Thursday, June 5
