Month: May 2022

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a mammoth three-run drive in the ninth inning for his first walk-off home run in the major leagues to give the New York Yankees a 6-5 comeback victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a three-run shot in

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Gavin Sheets homered in his second straight game, Tim Anderson had three hits and 2 RBIs and the Chicago White Sox shook off the previous night’s big collapse by beating the Cleveland Guardians 4-1. Starter Lucas Giolito went seven innings and gave up just the one

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Verlander missed out on his fourth no-hitter by five outs but still faced the minimum through eight innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 5-0 for their eighth straight win. Twins third baseman Gio Urshela singled to right field with one out in the

CINCINNATI (AP) — Josh Hader reached 500 career strikeouts, Luis Urías hit tying home run and made a clutch catch and the Milwaukee Brewers held off Cincinnati 5-4 to stop the Reds’ season-high, two-game winning streak. Jace Peterson broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with the first of his two doubles for the NL

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cedric Mullins and Tyler Nevin each homered and Kyle Bradish struck out 11 over seven strong innings for his first career win, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Mullins also added three singles and a stolen base in a

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 left in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 and take a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series. William Nylander added a goal and two assists for Toronto, which

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored 19 points, Myisha Hines-Allen had 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and the Washington Mystics used a big third quarter to beat the Las Vegas Aces 89-76. Washington trailed by 13 points at halftime before outscoring the Aces 24-7 in the third for a 60-56 lead. The

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander lost a no-hit bid with one out in the eighth inning when the Minnesota Twins’ Gio Urshela lined a clean single to right field. Verlander was five outs away from completing his fourth no-hitter when Urshela poked his 84th pitch into the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Max Strus added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Miami Heat moved one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference finals by topping the Philadelphia 76ers 120-85. Victor Oladipo scored 13 for Miami, which got 12 from Bam

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Turner hit three of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ eight doubles and finished with four hits and four RBIs in an 11-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Dodgers hadn’t hit eight doubles in a game since moving to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958. The franchise

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points, Crystal Dangerfield had 10 points and six assists against her former team and the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-76 to snap a six-game losing streak in the series. Dangerfield, who was waived by Minnesota a week ago, made a jumper from the free throw line

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have agreed to a four-year contract with first-round draft pick Ikem Ekwonu. Ekwonu, the sixth overall pick, agreed to a four-year rookie contract with a team option for a fifth season. Terms of the deal were not released. He is slated to become the team’s starting left tackle

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have signed running back Mike Davis to a one-year deal. The Ravens announced the move Tuesday. Davis rushed for 503 yards and three touchdowns last season for the Atlanta Falcons. Prior to last season, Davis played two seasons with Carolina, two with Seattle and two with San

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin says he’ll have prostate surgery and hopes he misses only part of a forthcoming road trip. Melvin says he doesn’t think he has cancer, but doctors won’t know until the surgery. Melvin was in street clothes during his pregame

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL placekicker Josh Lambo has filed a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Jaguars, saying former coach Urban Meyer created a hostile work environment. Lambo says in the lawsuit that his performance suffered as a result of being kicked and verbally abused by Meyer. Lambo is seeking more than $3.5 million in

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jiménez says he is making quick strides in his recovery from a torn hamstring. Jiménez says he is coming along sooner than expected. He is pain free and has been running and swinging. Jiménez was injured trying to beat out a grounder at Minnesota on April 23.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Red Sox manager Alex Cora shaved his beard before Tuesday night’s game against the Braves, hoping a new vibe might help Boston snap its five-game losing streak. The Red Sox have lost 14 of 18 games and are in last place in the AL East. Cora

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The Montreal Canadiens are hosting the NHL draft in July and will have the right to the No. 1 pick. Montreal won the draft lottery on Tuesday night. It follows a turbulent season in which they finished last in the overall standings. The New Jersey Devils shook up the

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies say All-Star guard Ja Morant is doubtful for the remainder of the postseason after an MRI and further evaluation revealed a bone bruise in his injured right knee. The NBA’s most improved player had been averaging 38.3 points a game in the Grizzlies’ Western Conference semifinal matchup with

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is denying releases to golfers who want to play in the first Saudi-funded tournament next month in England. It’s a bold move by Commissioner Jay Monahan in trying to quash Greg Norman’s latest bid to start a rival league. The first LIV Golf Invitational is scheduled

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom has been transferred to the 60-day injured list by the New York Mets. The procedural move does not necessarily indicate anything new with his progress in returning from a stress reaction on his right shoulder blade. DeGrom has not

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Grizzlies star Ja Morant is out for Game 5 with a bone bruise in his right knee. It comes as the Warriors have a 3-1 lead in the series after a fourth-quarter rally in its Game 4 win. Golden State is on the verge of returning to the Western

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo has been taken off the field in an ambulance after clashing heads with a teammate and collapsing. The Uruguay defender appeared to be conscious as he was put into the ambulance. The club says Araújo “has suffered a concussion and has been taken to the hospital to

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators can pat themselves on the back for overachieving and extending the franchise’s run of playoff berths to an eighth straight season. Now, the offseason question is whether reaching the playoffs is enough for a team trying to avoid a full rebuild.

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college says sheriff’s deputies in Georgia intimidated and humiliated the school women’s lacrosse team when officers pulled over the athletes’ bus and searched it for drugs. Delaware State University President Tony Allen said in a letter to students and faculty

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liverpool recovered from conceding in the third minute to beat Aston Villa 2-1 and move level on points with Manchester City in the Premier League title race. City still leads thanks to its superior goal difference and plays its game in hand against Wolverhampton on Wednesday. The teams will then only

By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers Comebacks are hard to come by so far in the NHL playoffs after they were so commonplace during the regular season. Blowouts and empty-net goals are plentiful midway through the first round. There has been a plethora of lopsided games despite nearly every series being close.

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal led the Tigers to a 6-0 win over Oakland as the visiting team in the opener of a unique doubleheader caused by Major League Baseball’s lockout. With the Athletics as the visiting team in the second game, 25-year-old Adrian Martinez (1-0) pitched  5 1/3 scoreless

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Marleau has announced his retirement from hockey after a 23-year career and the most games played in NHL history. Marleau made the announcement at the Shark Tank in San Jose, where he played 21 of his 23 seasons. It came almost exactly a

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have placed shortstop Carlos Correa on the 10-day injured list. His bruised right middle finger wasn’t healing fast enough for him to face his former team. The move was made retroactive to last Friday and before the Twins began a three-game series against Houston. Correa played for the Astros