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The Central Indiana Sports 10-Minute Report for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (2.254.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: We are just four days away from the fever season opener, five days from the NBA Draft lottery, 18 days away from the 110th Indianapolis 500 and the freaking cubs just won't lose.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so much more coming up on the Central Indiana Sports Reports 10-minute daily report, 10 minutes tailored specifically for Central Indiana Sports Fans.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host Greg Mengellt and I love Central Indiana Sports.
• 0:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Today is Wednesday, May 6th, 2026, and we start as we do every day with a segment called we start with headlots.
• 0:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Because we beat the reds with a walk off for the second straight day, the pistons and thunder take game ones in the NBA playoffs.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Rick Carlisle says the Pacers have a backup plan in case they don't get a top 4 pick on Sunday.
• 0:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: ESPN ranks the fever the fourth best team in its first power rankings of the year heading into Saturdays season opener.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Alex Polo is a slight favorite to win the indie gp on Saturday plus we have reviews of
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Big Ten and Big East softball tournaments, Ball State's Men's Volleyball in the final 4 and the Indie Ignite in the MLB playoffs, plus local news and notes, and much more.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Before we get to all of that, you may have noticed that the last few days has been pretty slow on the Central Indian of Sport for Port Network.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: and working on how to add highlight videos to our podcast on YouTube.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Most of our listeners are still on podcasting sites.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So if you haven't, please go check out our YouTube page now with video highlights in the background.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Things will start picking back up later this evening, our plans for the next couple of days.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Things will start to pick up later this evening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our plans for the next couple of days and Indy Car Report with Elijah Poe late tonight or first thing Thursday morning previewing the Indy Grand Prix and the month of May.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: And later Thursday a special Purdue Report with Jake Dunn and a special guest talking some boy that make her baseball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On Friday we start today with the fever season preview with John Robertson and Michelle Garmin on the fever report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Followed by a Pacer's Report and after watching this year's playoffs,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll talk about which teams concern us as Pacers fans and which teams don't going in the next year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll find out how everyone is feeling about Sunday's draft lottery.
• 2:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: And of course this weekend we'll have a reaction to the indie GP, the fever season opener, and the draft lottery on the Centro Indiana Sports Report.
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for joining us, your 10-minute update begins now.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds in 10 innings three to two on Tuesday, the second game in the four game series, LA Daily Cruise Miss played Michael Bush's ground ball in the 10th to allow the place runner-dans to be swans in to score the winning run, but the air probably made no difference in the final result, the couple go score anyway.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Reds took a two nothing lead jumping out early again, then went without a hit for what seemed like an hour and a half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Anyway, back to back walk off wins for the Cubs first time they've done that in five years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They've now won seven games in a row 16 of their last 19 and 13 in a row it really feel.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bush also homered in the 8th off Tony Santion to send the games into extra innings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He went three for four and reached base five times in the win.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cubs pen went four and two thers innings a game of just one hit and no reds threats at all.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Game 3 is today at 7.40 Chicago can tie the franchise's second longest home winning streak in history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They won 14-0 at 1914 and 2008, the record 18-0-0 at 1935.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also in the National Accenteral on Tuesday, Eduardo Rodriguez shut down the pirates in the Diamond Bax 9, nothing win in Phoenix.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Brewers and Cardinals in St. Louis was post-pone
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They play their series finale this afternoon at 115.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cubs now have the second best record in baseball a game in a half behind the Atlanta Braves after the Braves beat the Mariners 3 to 2.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mariners and Rangers are two games back of the first place as after the A's lost 9-1 at Philadelphia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Padres now within a half game of the Dodgers after Tuesday's Tim 5 win in San Francisco.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A.L.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Central co-leaders, Detroit and Cleveland both lost and the Yankees improved to an AL best.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 20th with a 7-4 win over the Rangers.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: It looks like this piston's cast series is going to be pretty good, although ultimately probably meaningless.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I can't see either one of them beating the nicks.
• 4:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Anyway, game one was a really good one.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Kade Cunningham, Jayland Durn, and the pistons pulled away late to beat Cleveland 111-111.
• 4:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Game 1 Tuesday at Detroit, the game tied at 93 with 5 minutes left to go, cutting him assisted during on 3 straight baskets to get the pistons control, cutting him 23 points and 7 assists during 11 points and 12 rebounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the win for Top C to Detroit, the Cavs had 19 turnovers, James Harden-Het 7 of them, he's also just 6 or 15 from the field.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the cab's offense just isn't very good, even with Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley, and Harden's probably the problem.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I've actually found myself kind of cheering for the pistons in this series.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I can't remember the last time I happened.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As expected, it was all thunder in Game 1 Tuesday night against the Lakers 10890.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A bronze James played well early and kept LA close.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But Oklahoma City held the Lakers to 37 points in the second half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To hold him for 24 points and 12 rebounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A bronze James let all scores with 27.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Two game twos tonight, seventy-sixers at Nick's, and Nick's one game one by thirty-eight points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's seven followed by the walls and spurs at nine thirty, both games on ESPN, and the soda looks to go up to nothing after a 104-102 game one upset Monday night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the same double header Thursday, Cleveland, Indy Troy, and the Lakers in Oklahoma City, four day twos.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A year ago today, Tyreys Halliburton missed a free throw, the ball bounced around, wound up back in his hands, made a couple of moves, and drained a 3.1 of Haliburton's many dramatic playoff moments last year on the way to the finals that one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: against the Cavaliers to put the Pacers up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Two games to none, winning both games in Cleveland.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By the way, just four days away from the NBA draft lottery and had coach Rick Carlell said on the morning show on the fan Tuesday that the Pacers don't get a top four pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a contingency plan to upgrade the roster.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He also said that they'll use the money.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They save on a high draft pick to go after another high level player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, the Pacers have a 52% chance of keeping a top four pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and a 12.1% chance of landing the top spot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Excuse me, I also have a 47% chance of coming up with nothing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll talk about all of it on Friday afternoon on the Paces Report with my Gritch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After Sunday's 9-6 win by Colorado over Minnesota, both team scored goals on their first shot in Tuesday's game 2, the avalanche then scored 4 more to win 5-2 in Denver, top-seed Colorado, no up two games to none.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The series now shifts to the same poll, game 3 not till Saturday night in Minnesota.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The final conference in my final series to get underway gets underway tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Game 1 between the Sabers and Canadians in Buffalo at 7, followed by Game 2 of the Ducks in Vegas, the Knights took Game 1 3 to 1 with a pair of third period goals on Monday night.
• 7:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the NHL Draft lottery was held on Tuesday, and the Toronto Maple Leafs got the top pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're expected to take Penn State Star Gavin McKinna.
• 7:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: The sharks will draft second, the Knucks third, and the Blackhawks fourth.
• 7:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: The ESPN staff that covers the WNBA ranks the Indiana fever fourth in their pre-season WNBA power rankings, heading into the 2020 season, which begins Saturday at the fieldhouse against the Dallas wings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They ranked the Vegas Aces 1, the Liberty 2, the Atlanta Dream 3, and it's going to be hilarious when the fever dominate the series.
• 8:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of the favorite report with John Robertson and Michelle Garmin previewing the 2020
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: And of course, we'll react to the season opener on Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One more W NBA note, on Tuesday, the League's all-time leading rebounder Tina Charles announced he's retiring after 14 years.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: The indie Grand Prix is Saturday at the Speedway, Alex Polo is the betting favorite of Plus 450, followed closely by Joseph New Garden of Plus 550, and Paddo Award of Plus 650.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: We should have an indie car report for you later today with Elijah Poe, it's a little
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a little iffy because he just graduated from Ball State on Saturday and is moving to his new job in Iowa, but we plan on previewing the Indie Grand Prix and the month of May.
• 9:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Local news and notes, Carmel sophomore, Drake Kelner, considered the top defensive back and one of the top players in the sophomore class and Indiana has added to his scholarship offers.
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: He tweeted on Tuesday that he's added north-western to his list that already consists of Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, and Purdue.
• 9:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: New Palsoff more Cinder Caden Ralph tweeted to they he's received an offer from UConn.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Freshman offensive lineman Luke shot from Ron Colley tweeted he's received an offer from Boston College.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cater Central Freshman is Ekeel Hester has gotten an offer from Miami, Ohio, and Cinder Grove quarterback Carson Sloan tweeted he's received an offer from Purdue.
• 9:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jayahal has stepped down as the headboy's basketball coach at Lebanon, and Tim Adams has resigned as part tutors head coach.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Former Yorktown volleyball star Charlotte Vincent wrote on Instagram that she is transferring from IU to Dayton, and IU women's basketball will play in a holiday tournament in Fort Myers, Florida, November 27th, and 28th, LSU, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, and NC State are also part of the 18th field.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: pretty much everything around here on the high school baseball and softball field were rained out last night.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: But the latest softball polls are out from the coaches in Yorktown and Logan's border one two in class three eight with.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: If the drill third and Ron Callie fourth, Alexander remains number two in class 2A behind to comece, a central and bar revar the other number once.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: In baseball, Eastbrook is number two in the latest class 2A pole behind only Brown's Town Central, with O'Kill fourth, Guapo-Honey-Temph and Alexander at receiving votes.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Senator Grove and Brandon Couts are the other number once.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: The pairings for the NAIA Baseball at Softball Tourners be held at 4 today, both Taylor and Indiana Wesleyan will be in the 46th Baseball National Tournament field.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Taylor will be one of the regional host sites, we'll have the Trojans and Wildcats opponents and destinations for you at tomorrow's show.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Big Ten Softball Tournament gets underway when they 11am with Minnesota against Washington and Maryland.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ten Seed Purdue takes on Wisconsin at 430.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This foreseed Indiana has a first round by and will face the Minnesota Washington winner Thursday at 11 a.m., the tournament is single elimination and the champion will be crowned on Saturday.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: The top three seeds are Nebraska, Oregon and UCLA.
• 11:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Big East tournament is just the top four teams, Providence, UConn, Creighton, and the Butler Bulldogs, McKinna Alexander, and Butler Open the tournament on Thursday at one o'clock against Big East regular season champion Providence.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a double elimination tournament with the champion being crowned Saturday afternoon.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: All statements volleyball is in the final four this week in a polypavilion in Los Angeles, and we'll face UC Irvine at 630 Saturday in the first national similar final.
• 12:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: The 20 and A and eaters upset number one UCLA, the tournament favorite, and five sets in the regional final.
• 12:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: All state is 26 and four and in the final four for the 17th time going for its first national championship.
• 12:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Top seats along the beach state and why we'll play in the second semi final
• 12:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: On Tuesday, Ball State's Patrick Rogers was named one of four finalists for the AVCA Men's volleyball player up the year.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the India Ignite will play in the Women's volleyball MLV Championship this weekend in Friscoe, Texas.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thursday at 7, they'll face the Omaha Supernovas and the lead to semi-finals.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Ignite and Supernovas split for games this year, Indie sweeping Omaha and their last matchup on April 4th.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thursday, second to my final is the Dallas pulse against the San Diego Mojo with the championship match at three o'clock Saturday.
• 12:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: I hope to have my friend Aaron Pippin Lee ignites PA guy on this show tomorrow to preview the MLB playoffs.
• 13:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now you know everything we know about Central Indiana Sports.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll be back tomorrow.
• 13:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: One last reminder, while the busy couple of days here on the Central Indiana Sports Report Network, Indie Car Report and A per be report Thursday, fee report and A Paces report on Friday, plus reactions to the fever season opener in the Indie Grand Prix on Saturday, and a reaction to the NBA Draft Laboratory on Sunday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please join us for all of it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I love Susie.