Month: April 2022

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Columbus’ Eloy Room had four saves and Tim Melia saved the only shot he faced as Sporting Kansas City and the Crew played to a scoreless tie in MLS play on a windy, rainy day. The Crew (2-3-3) outshot Sporting KC (2-6-1) 8-6 but had just one shot on goal.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s offense had a season-high 11 hits, Humberto Castellanos pitched five solid innings and the Diamondbacks cooled off the New York Mets by beating them 5-2. It’s been an offensive struggle so far this season for the D-backs, who came into the game with an MLB-worst

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Garrett Cooper’s bases-loaded, go-ahead single in the seventh drove in two runs and the Miami Marlins scored six runs off Atlanta’s bullpen to beat the Braves 9-7. Trailing 7-6, the Marlins rallied with three runs against Braves hard-throwing rookie Spencer Strider, who gave up two

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz scored two goals in a span of about two minutes and Vladislav Namestnikov got the game-winner as the playoff-contending Dallas Stars got a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken. The Stars overcame an early two-goal deficit at home after losing all three games

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Maximiliano Urruti scored two first-half goals, Sebastian Driussi added his league-leading sixth after halftime and Austin FC cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS play. Urruti scored goals in the 11th and 26th minute, doubling his total for the season, to help Austin (5-1-2) grab the top

SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (AP) — Shae Harvey and Charlotte Kohler each scored four goals and the U.S. under-17 women’s national team beat Grenada 20-0 on Saturday, setting a record for goals for a U.S. women’s team at any level in World Cup qualifying. Melina Rebimbas added three goals and was among nine players who

By JOE STIGLICH Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 27 shots, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. Timo Meier had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who won for just the second time in 13 games. Tomas Hertl, Jasper Weatherby and Nick Bonino also scored.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Mark Kastelic scored his first NHL goal and his second ended up being the game-winner for the Ottawa Senators, who beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-4. Austin Watson, Josh Norris, Parker Kelly and Alex Formenton also scored for the Senators, while Anton Forsberg made 44 saves. Rem Pitlick had a pair of

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 39 points, Jaylen Brown had 23 and the Boston Celtics took a 3-0 lead over the Brooklyn Nets with a 109-103 victory. Again making things difficult on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving with their suffocating defense, the Celtics put themselves in position

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nasa Hataoka took advantage of Jin Young Ko’s late meltdown Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the DIO Implant LA Open. Tied for the lead with Hataoka after a birdie on the 15th, the top-ranked Ko bogeyed the 16th and made a quadruple-bogey 8 on 17

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera achieved another major milestone as the Detroit Tigers ruled the day. Austin Gomber and the Colorado Rockies won the night. Cabrera needed only one at-bat Saturday to deliver his long-awaited 3,000th career hit, quickly reaching the mark as the Tigers routed the Rockies 13-0 in

By GEORGE RICHARDS Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Montour scored 2:26 into overtime and the NHL-leading Florida Panthers extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night. The 13-game winning streak matches the seventh-longest in NHL history and is the league’s longest such

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas scored two goals and added an assist — all in the first half — to spark D.C. United to a 3-2 victory over the New England Revolution in MLS action. Defender Brandon Bye staked the Revolution (2-5-1) to a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute, but Fountas found the net

By JOHN KREISER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov scored first-period power-play goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Nashville Predators 6-2. Hedman became only the second defenseman in franchise history to score 20 goals in a season, joining Dan Boyle, who did it in 2006-07. Kucherov finished with

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier capped Tampa Bay’s three-run 10th inning with a game-ending homer, and the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 after losing their bid for a combined no-hitter in the top half of the final frame. Matt Wisler surrendered Boston’s first hit when Bobby

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays lost their bid for a combined no-hitter when Bobby Dalbec hit an RBI triple for the Boston Red Sox in the 10th inning. The game was scoreless before Dalbec drove in automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. with his leadoff hit against Matt Wisler. Christian Vázquez then

DALLAS (AP) — That winless three-game trip to Canada for the Dallas Stars got even more miserable on the way home. Their charter plane had to slam on the brakes just before takeoff and they then had to wait six hours for a different plane. Coach Rick Bowness has been traveling as an NHL coach

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Steve Torrence took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday at the final NHRA SpringNationals, moving past Brittany Force at Houston Raceway Park. The track that hosted its first national event in 1988 is closing after the event to make room for Katoen Natie’s expanding port facility. Torrence  had

W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — With four games left in the regular season and the Vegas Golden Knights locked in a down-to-the-wire playoff push, the last thing they need is another goalie controversy. But after starting goaltender Robin Lehner missed practices Friday and Saturday, the team said he was taking maintenance days,

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield has overcome adversity many times and expects to do it again. On his unique path, he has gone from walking on at Texas Tech and Oklahoma to winning the 2017 Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma and becoming and No. 1 overall draft pick. Even

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had four hits, helping Dylan Bundy and the Minnesota Twins beat the banged-up Chicago White Sox 9-2. Buxton hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and scored three times. Arraez drove in three runs, and Ryan Jeffers hit his first

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rudy Gobert gave Utah the lead with an alley-oop dunk with 11.0 seconds left and the Jazz held off the Dallas Mavericks 100-99 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round series. Spencer Dinwiddie missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Dallas. Jordan Clarkson

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Dakota Hudson pitched 6 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs with a sixth-inning double and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati 5-0. It is the 11th straight loss for the injury-plagued Reds. Hudson entered the game with a 7.71 ERA, but

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — George Springer hit a leadoff homer in the first game against his former team, and Santiago Espinal homered for the second straight game to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros. The Astros have lost four in a row. The

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Noah Gragson held off Jeffrey Earnhardt in triple overtime to win the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday for his second victory of the season. Gragson restarted fourth on the outside of the second row but inherited the lead when JR Motorsports

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Willy Adames stole home, Hunter Renfroe homered, and Adrian Houser tossed six solid innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Brewers tied the game 3-3 in the fifth inning on RBI singles by Jace Peterson, Adames and Christian

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley saw Southern California’s well-attended spring game as just another milestone in the lengthy task of raising a prestigious college football program from its lowest depths in three decades. Running out of the historic Coliseum tunnel in front of a cheering home crowd for

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Emanuel Reynoso broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 72nd minute and Dayne St. Clair saved all four shots he faced to propel Minnesoata United to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in MLS action. Bongokuhle Hlongwane had an assist on Reynoso’s game-winner for Minnesota (4-2-2). Kervin

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brad Miller hit a key single in the eighth inning that drove in two runs after a replay review initiated by the umpires, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-0. The winning rally started when Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun chased Frankie Montas with

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Real Betis has beaten Valencia 5-4 in a penalty shootout to win the Copa del Rey in Seville. Valencia’s 19-year-old American Yunus Musah is the only penalty taker to miss his shot. Betis striker Borja Iglesias opens the scoring with an 11th-minute header. Hugo Duro equalizes for Valencia in the 30th.

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to five strokes. Cantlay and Schauffele broke the 54-hole mark of 23 under. Jonas Blixt-Cameron Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Center Robert Williams is set to play for the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of their first-round series against Brooklyn after missing nearly a month with torn cartilage in his left knee. Celtics coach Ime Udoka said Williams was available to play about 20-24 minutes off the bench Saturday night. Williams

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford enters his sixth season with the Nittany Lions and fourth as their starter. He says he feels like an “old man” at 23 since he’s surrounded by so many fresh-faced 18- and 19-year-olds but likes the way spring ball has

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 39th goal after missing the previous eight games with an undisclosed injury, helping the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-1. Taylor Hall and Trent Frederic also scored for Boston, which is jockeying for playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference. Linus

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has retained his WBC title with a sixth-round stoppage of fellow Briton Dillian Whyte in front of more than 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium. A right uppercut from Fury sent Whyte to the canvas and the champion raised his right

PARIS (AP) — At 34, Lionel Messi has reinvented himself. He’s no longer the prolific speedy winger of his Barcelona glory days. The Argentina star has lost a bit of pace but compensates with his vision and technique to still have an impact on the game. Messi helped Paris Saint-Germain clinch a record-tying 10th French

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Kei Kamara scored in the 59th minute to help CF Montreal earn a 1-1 tie with the Philadelphia Union in MLS play. Kamara scored the equalizer for Montreal (3-3-2) off a crossing pass from Romell Quioto. The Union (5-1-2) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute on a penalty-kick score

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Rivas had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs stopped a four-game slide by pounding the Pittsburgh Pirates 21-0. Rivas, who was recalled Friday from Triple-A Iowa, capped Chicago’s eight-run second with a three-run homer. He tacked on RBI singles in the fourth and

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Facundo Quignon scored a goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to send FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in MLS action. Sebastian Ferreira notched his third goal of the season to give the Dynamo (3-2-3) a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute. Dallas (4-1-3)

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke freshman Trevor Keels is the fourth Blue Devils player in the past week to announce plans to enter the NBA draft. The school announced Keels’ decision and said he planned to hire an agent. The 6-foot-5, 221-pound guard is a potential first-round prospect and is ranked as ESPN’s

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jiménez has been carted off the field after he hurt his right hamstring in the second inning of their game in Minnesota. Jiménez stretched for first base while running out a ground ball to third. He stumbled after the play and his

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some Yankees fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Cleveland outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres got RBI hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift New York to a 5-4 win. Aaron

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 15 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, Gary Trent Jr. scored 24 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 110-102  to avoid a four-game sweep in their first round playoff series. Game 5 is Monday night in Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s Joel

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera needed only one at-bat on Saturday to deliver his long-awaited 3,000th career hit, quickly reaching the mark as the Detroit Tigers routed the Colorado Rockies 13-0 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Cabrera became the 33rd player in major league history and first Venezuelan-born

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Wood pitched five effective innings and San Francisco’s bullpen closed it out, leading the Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. Wilmer Flores and Joc Pederson each had two hits for San Francisco, which won for the third time in four games. It beat Washington 7-1 in the series

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Stuttgart Open after both came through their respective semifinals. Swiatek has stretched her winning run to 22 matches by overcoming Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to move into her fourth final of the season. Sabalenka defeated the second-seeded

By ABIGAIL SNYDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 7-2. Kris Letang had a goal and two assists for the playoff-bound Penguins, who won for the third time in four games. Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell and Chad Ruhwedel each finished with a

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 37th goal during a three-goal, second-period surge, and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Islanders 5-3 in a game between two non-playoff teams. Jeff Skinner, with his 33rd of the season, stuffed in Thompson’s rebound with 7:20 left to

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Orioles left-hander John Means needs Tommy John surgery, ending the season for Baltimore’s opening day starter. Means announced the news on social media Saturday, a day before his 29th birthday. An All-Star in 2019, Means was 0-0 in two starts this season, giving up three runs in eight innings. Last May,

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The semifinals of the Barcelona Open have been suspended because of rain and will be finished on the same day as the final. The matches on Saturday between Carlos Alcaraz and Alex de Minaur and between Pablo Carreno and Diego Schwartzman were both paused with the score 2-2 in the first

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Defending champion Inter Milan has given a signal of intent by crushing Roma 3-1 to move on top of Serie A on a miserable return to San Siro for former coach José Mourinho. Denzel Dumfries, Marcelo Brozović and Lautaro Martínez scored for Inter. Henrikh Mkhitaryan netted

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the year Lou Lopez Sénéchal is transferring from Fairfield to UConn, the Huskies announced. The 6-foot-1 forward is scheduled to graduate this spring from Fairfield with a degree in marketing. She will have one year of eligibility left. A native of Mexico who grew up

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Christopher Bell won the pole at Talladega Superspeedway by turning the fastest lap as the final driver to qualify. Bell bumped his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. from the top spot with a lap at 180.928 mph in his Toyota. Truex qualified

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera has gotten the 3,000th hit of his decorated career, becoming the 33rd major leaguer to reach the mark and the first player from Venezuela to accomplish the feat. Still an imposing presence at 39, Cabrera made history by grounding a single to right field in the first

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has clinched a record-tying 10th French league title. Lionel Messi scored in their 1-1 home draw with Lens. The Argentina superstar controlled a pass from Neymar before curling home from the edge of the box in the 68th minute. Lens substitute Corentin Jean equalized with a sliding effort in the