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Juan Soto swats first Mets HR in 3-1 win over Astros
Juan Soto blasted a solo home run and Tylor Megill pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the visiting New York Mets topped the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday to knot the three-game interleague series.,Soto walloped a 1-2 cutter from Astros right-hander Hunter Brown with two outs in the top of t...

Jonah Heim's two homers help Rangers past Red Sox
Jonah Heim slugged two homers and right-hander Jack Leiter picked up his first major league victory as the Texas Rangers recorded a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.,Jake Burger and Josh Jung also had run-scoring hits as the Rangers evened the four-game series ...

Knicks sweep season series from Bucks
OG Anunoby scored 31 points and Mikal Bridges added 26 to lead the New York Knicks to a road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks 116-107 on Friday night.,New York, which has won three of its last four, got 14 points and 10 boards from Karl Anthony-Towns. Josh Hart added 13 points with 14 rebounds and e...

Steph Curry returns to lead Warriors past Pelicans
Steph Curry overcame a slow start in his return from injury to score 23 points as the visiting Golden State Warriors defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 111-95 on Friday night.,Curry, who missed two games because of a pelvic contusion, scored just two points in the first quarter. But the Warriors (42-...

Jets get out to quick lead, take down Devils
Alex Iafallo scored twice to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-0 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Friday.,Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist, and Kyle Connor had two assists for the Jets (50-19-4, 104 points), who passed the idle Washington Capitals for top spot in the NHL. Connor Hell...

Timberwolves complete 4-game season sweep of Suns
Julius Randle had 25 points, six rebounds and eight assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 124-109 win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert notched 17 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (42-32), which completed a four-game sweep of the Suns during th...

Gotham FC, Dash tussle to scoreless draw
NJ/NY Gotham FC played to a scoreless draw on the road against the Houston Dash on Friday, continuing the club's success at collecting points on the road over the last two seasons.,After playing to a 1-1 tie on the road against the Seattle Reign to open the season, Gotham FC (0-1-2, 2 points) matche...

Ashley Hatch scores twice, Spirit defeat Bay FC
Ashley Hatch scored three minutes apart in the first half to lift the Washington Spirit in a 2-0 victory against visiting Bay FC on Friday night.,Aubrey Kingsbury needed only two saves for her first clean sheet of the year as Washington (2-1-0, 6 points) was in control.,Hatch has three goals this se...

Blue Jays erase early deficit in blowout of Orioles
Kevin Gausman allowed two runs in six innings and was supported by 14 hits as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Friday night.,Gausman (1-0) yielded three hits and one walk while striking out four to help give Toronto a split of the first two contests of a four-game...

Tennessee's defense smothers Kentucky, books trip to Elite Eight
INDIANAPOLIS -- Zakai Zeigler and Tennessee booked a spot in the Elite Eight with a 78-65 win over Kentucky, avenging a pair of regular-season losses to advance to a regional final for the second consecutive season.,The second-seeded Vols (30-7) went from Sweet to Elite on Friday with a super-sized ...

Jackets rally from 3-goal hole, top Canucks in shootout
Boone Jenner had two goals and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a three-goal deficit to post a 7-6 shootout win against the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Friday.,Kent Johnson scored the only goal in the three-round shootout.,Jenner has four goals in his past three games for the B...

Surging Clippers heap another blowout loss on Nets
Kawhi Leonard scored 19 of his 31 points in the second quarter when the Los Angeles Clippers seized control and cruised to a 132-100 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night in New York.,Leonard finished two points shy of his season high, and his 10-for-14 shooting helped the Clippers (42-31) win f...

Panthers' Sam Bennett notches both goals in OT win over Utah
Sam Bennett's second goal of the game with 42 seconds left in overtime gave the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Friday in Sunrise, Fla.,Sergei Bobrovsky made 13 saves for the Panthers (44-25-3, 91 points), who won their second straight.,Defenseman Sean Durzi scored for the Ut...

Stars look to move closer to clinching playoff spot vs. Kraken
The Dallas Stars are spending the weekend in Seattle as they will play two games in three days against the Kraken starting Saturday night. The Stars can officially clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Kraken and a St. Louis Blues' loss to the Colorado Avalanche.,While the Kraken (31-36-6, 68 po...

Aneesah Morrow, LSU overtake NC State to reach Elite Eight
Aneesah Morrow scored 30 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as No. 3 seed LSU rallied past No. 2 seed N.C. State 80-73 in the semifinals of the Spokane 1 Region of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday in Spokane, Wash.,The Tigers scored the game's final 10 points in the last two minutes.,Sa'Myah Smith ...

Oneil Cruz (2-run HR), Pirates fend off Marlins
Oneil Cruz slugged a two-run home run, stole a base and scored twice, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over the host Miami Marlins on Friday night.,On Opening Day on Thursday, Cruz went 0-for-4 with two fielding miscues but redeemed himself on Friday with his first homer of the season.,Pi...

Raptors hold off Hornets for third straight win
Jakob Poeltl scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a third consecutive win on Friday, 108-97 against the visiting Charlotte Hornets.,Poeltl's efficient 12-of-14 effort from the field pushed him to his 22nd double-double of the season. Immanuel Quickley scored 19 poi...

Jackson Blake powers Hurricanes past Canadiens
Jackson Blake snapped a scoring drought with a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Carolina's Taylor Hall and Sebastian Aho scored in a 2 1/2-minute span of the second period. Andrei Svechnikov, who was back after missi...

Tim Hardaway Jr., Pistons end long drought vs. Cavaliers
Tim Hardaway Jr. had a season-high 32 points and the host Detroit Pistons clinched their first winning season in nine years by defeating the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers 133-122 on Friday night.,The last time Detroit posted a winning season was 2015-16 when it finished 44-38. The P...

Michigan State knocks off Ole Miss to reach its 15th Elite Eight
ATLANTA -- Freshman Jase Richardson scored a team-high 20 points to lead No. 2 Michigan State to a 73-70 win over No. 6 Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament South Region semifinals on Friday.,Coen Carr added 15 points and Jaden Akins scored 13 for the Spartans (30-6), who are headed to the program's 15th...