April 2007 in Sports - 2 April 2007 (Monday)

2 April 2007 (Monday)

• Baseball:
  • 2007 MLB Opening Day:
    • American League:

    New York Yankees 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

    Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 3 (10 innings)

    Cleveland Indians 12, Chicago White Sox 5

    Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 1

    Seattle Mariners 4, Oakland Athletics 0

    Minnesota Twins 7, Baltimore Orioles 2

    Los Angeles Angels 4, Texas Rangers 1

    • National League:

    Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (10 innings)

    Florida Marlins 9, Washington Nationals 2

    Milwaukee Brewers 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

    Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 1

    Arizona Diamondbacks 8, Colorado Rockies 6

    Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 2 (10 innings)

  • After accepting an $8.2 billion (US) offer by real estate magnate Sam Zell, The Tribune Company announces that the Chicago Cubs will be sold following the 2007 season.

• Basketball:
  • 2007 NCAA Men's Championship Game at Atlanta, Georgia:

  (Midwest #1) Florida 84, (South #1) Ohio State 75

  The basketball Gators repeat their football team's performance in the BCS Title Game thirteen weeks earlier, and in the process, became the first back-to-back national champions since Duke won in 1991 and 1992, and also the first Division I men's team in history to repeat as national champions with the same starting lineup. Corey Brewer is named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player for his performance. (ESPN)

• Cricket:
  • 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
    • New Zealand 178/1 (29.2 ov.) beat Bangladesh 174 (48.3 ov.) by 9 wickets