What Would Have Been: Zack against Mets and Motor City golf

The Major League Baseball season would be about one-third of the way through its 162-game schedule if not for the coronavirus pandemic, and the NBA and NHL would have been closer to crowning their champions. While NASCAR is running live races without spectators, The Associated Press looks at some of the other sporting events that had been scheduled the week of May 25-31:

MLB: The scandal-tainted former World Series champions Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox would have met for the second consecutive weekend, opposite three interleague series. The Atlanta Braves would have gone across the country to play in Seattle for the first time in six years.

Zack Wheeler's last start before his 30th birthday could have come against his former team. Wheeler, who struck out 24% of the batters he faced last season with the Mets,

TRIVIA BREAK: The Washington Nationals were 19-31 in late May last season before going on to their first World Series championship. Name the only team to make it to a World Series after a worst record through the first 50 games of the season. (answer at bottom).

PGA TOUR: The second PGA Tour tournament inside the Detroit city limits has been pushed back to the July 4 weekend without spectators.

LPGA: This year's ShopRite LPGA Classic has now been rescheduled twice, and will now be played in New Jersey in October. The defending champion is Lexi Thompson, who

TENNIS: This was supposed to be the first week of the French Open on the red clay courts of Roland Garros,

NHL: The best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals would have been underway.

NBA: The conference finals would have been nearing an end to set up the NBA Finals matchup.

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Houston Astros, with Texas natives Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte topping their rotation, were still in the National League in 2005 when they overcame an 18-32 start on the way to their first pennant. They were swept by the Chicago White Sox in the World Series.