WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 5

* PRO BASKETBALL: NBA playoffs, Game 5, Sacramento at Lakers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Houston at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Bakersfield at Rancho Cucamonga, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Concordia at Vanguard, doubleheader, noon; San Francisco State at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 2:30 p.m.; Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 2:30 p.m.; California at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 6 p.m.; Pacific at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 7 p.m.; Nevada at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; Sonoma State at UC Riverside, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State Bakersfield, 1:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: NAIA Region II tournament, Point Loma Nazarene, all day.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: NAIA Region II tournament, Point Loma Nazarene, all day.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, first post 1:10 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 6

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Houston at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Bakersfield at Rancho Cucamonga, 7 p.m.

* PRO SOCCER: Kansas City at Galaxy, Rose Bowl, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: San Francisco State at Cal State Dominguez Hills, doubleheader, noon; St. Mary’s at Pepperdine, doubleheader, noon; Sonoma State at UC Riverside, doubleheader, noon; California at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.; Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State Northridge, 1 p.m.; Nevada at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.; Pacific at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 6 p.m.; UC San Diego Triton Classic, including Chapman, La Verne and Redlands, UC San Diego, all day.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Chapman at UC San Diego, noon; Pacific at Long Beach State, doubleheader, 1 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: USC at UCLA, Drake Stadium, 9 a.m.; Steve Scott Invitational, UC Irvine, 9 a.m.; Nick Carter Invitational, UC Santa Barbara, 10 a.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway, sidecars, Costa Mesa Speedway, Orange County Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m.; American Historic Racing Motorcycle Assn. flat track race, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, 6 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: SCRA sprint cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; NASCAR super late model, late model stock cars, speed trucks, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; VRA sprint cars, IMCA modifieds, Ventura Raceway, 7 p.m.; NASCAR pro stock, race trucks, Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, 7:05 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $100,000 Will Rogers Handicap, first post 1 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 7

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Houston at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 5 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: San Francisco State at Cal State Dominguez Hills, noon; Sonoma State at UC Riverside, noon; Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, doubleheader, noon; California at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.; St. Mary’s at Pepperdine, 1 p.m.; Pacific at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 1 p.m.; Nevada at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.; UC San Diego Triton Classic, including Chapman, Cal Lutheran, La Verne and Redlands, UC San Diego, all day; Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State Northridge, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Pacific at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Steve Scott Invitational, UC Irvine,

8 a.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $150,000 Hawthorne Handicap, first post 1 p.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of https://www.latimes.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.