Monday, April 27

by | Apr 27, 2026 | Quick Hits

— The Brunswick Community College baseball team completed a 3-game sweep of visiting Pitt CC with a 16-6 win in six innings on Sunday to improve to 40-8 as second baseman Sam Beck had two hits with a home run and four RBIs.

— UNC Wilmington completed a 3-game Coastal Athletic Association baseball sweep at Elon on Sunday with an 8-1 win as Trevor Lucas and Aiden Evans homered.

— No. 3 Georgia Tech swept visiting Wake Forest with a 6-5 win Sunday.

— Host Virginia Tech took a 2-1 series win over N.C. State with a 5-4 victory Sunday.

— East Carolina swept visiting South Florida as Jack Herring had five RBIs in a 12-2 win in eight innings in the game completed Sunday. The Pirates improved to 12-6 in the American Conference and moved into a tie for first with Texas San Antonio and Alabama Birmingham.

— Host Houston avoided elimination in the first round of the NBA playoffs with a 115-96 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

— Boston took a 3-1 series lead with a 128-96 win at Philadelphia.

— San Antonio went up 3-1 by a 114-93 margin at Portland.

— Host Toronto evened its series with Cleveland, 93-89.

— In NBA matchups tonight, Orlando has a 2-1 lead over visiting Detroit (NBC, 8 p.m.). Oklahoma City, up 3-0, looks to close its series at Phoenix (Peacock, 9:30 p.m.) and Minnesota takes a 3-1 lead into its contest at Denver (NBC, 10:30 p.m.).

— Carson Hocevar won his first NASCAR Cup race with a last lap pass at Talladega.

— Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick won the PGA Tour team event in New Orleans by one shot at 31-under par.