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Rapids build 2-goal lead, fend off San Diego FC
Rafael Navarro scored his fourth goal of the season, Djordje Mihailovic scored from the penalty spot for his third and the Colorado Rapids defeated San Diego FC 3-2 on Saturday night in Commerce City, Colo.,Darren Yapi also scored and earned a penalty for the Rapids (4-2-2, 14 points), who turned a ...

Western Michigan downs Boston University for 1st Frozen Four title
Owen Michaels scored two third-period goals Saturday night and Western Michigan won the first national championship of any kind for its school in 60 years with a 6-2 decision over Boston University in the Frozen Four finals in St. Louis.,Michaels gave the Broncos (34-7-1) a 4-2 advantage at 7:16, fo...

FC Cincinnati gets lone goal in win over slumping D.C. United
Making his first start of the season, Gerardo Valenzuela scored the lone goal to propel visiting FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory Saturday over D.C. United.,It was the third straight win for injury-riddled Cincinnati (5-2-1, 16 points), which contained D.C.'s top threat Christian Benteke, limiting him...

Jets beat Blackhawks in shootout, clinch West's top seed
Cole Perfetti scored a nifty goal on his first-career shootout attempt to help the Winnipeg Jets clinch the top spot in the Western Conference with a 5-4 road win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Winnipeg (55-21-4, 114 points) inched closer to its first Presidents' Trophy in franchise histor...

Dan Hart sharp for 6 innings as Padres blank Rockies
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jason Heyward homered Saturday night and Kyle Hart tossed six scoreless innings as the San Diego Padres improved to 9-0 at home with a 2-0 shutout of the Colorado Rockies. ,Hart (2-0) allowed just one hit, a one-out double in the fourth inning by Kyle Farmer, and walked none w...

Dan Hart, Padres blank Rockies for 2nd straight night
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jason Heyward homered Saturday night and Kyle Hart tossed six shutout innings as the San Diego Padres improved to 9-0 at home with a 2-0 shutout of the Colorado Rockies. ,Hart (2-0) allowed just one hit, a one-out double in the fourth inning by Kyle Farmer, and walked none whi...

Diamondbacks score 5 in ninth to rally past Brewers
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a base-loaded sacrifice fly to cap a five-run ninth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 in Phoenix on Saturday.,The Diamondbacks had not scored in the first 17 innings of the series before their ninth-inning comeback.,Arizona's Gabriel Moreno wal...

Tyler Anderson sparkles, Angels pound 2 HRs in win over Astros
Tyler Anderson carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Taylor Ward and Nolan Schanuel each hit solo home runs, and the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday.,The Angels have hit 25 home runs across their last nine games for the most homers in any nine-game span in fr...

Power surge: Utah scores 4 times with man advantage in beating Stars
The Utah Hockey Club were 4-for-4 on the power play and defeated the host Dallas Stars 5-3 on Saturday night.,Logan Cooley had a goal and two assists, Barrett Hayton a goal and assist while defenseman Sean Durzi, Josh Doan and Nick Schmaltz also scored for the Utah Hockey Club (37-30-13, 87 points),...

Sam Surridge lifts Nashville over Real Salt Lake on PK in 91st minute
Sam Surridge converted a penalty kick in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to give host Nashville SC a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night.,After Nashville star Hany Mukhtar was the recipient of a clumsy foul in the box from RSL's Nelson Palacio in the 89th minute, it was S...

Danny Musovski’s early goal is enough for Sounders to top FC Dallas
Danny Musovski scored on the rebound of a shot by Pedro de la Vega in the 17th minute and the Seattle defense, anchored by keeper Stefan Frei, made that tally stand up as the visiting Sounders beat FC Dallas 1-0 on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.,Seattle (2-3-3, 9 points) sn...

Ukraine, Great Britain, Spain advance in BJK Cup qualifying
Ukraine advanced to the Billie Jean Cup Finals for the first time by defeating Switzerland 2-1 on Saturday and clinching Group E in Radom, Poland.,Great Britain and Spain also qualified on Saturday with group-stage victories, joining defending champion Italy and Kazakhstan for the finals in Septembe...

Leafs top Habs 1-0 in OT, extend Atlantic lead to 4 points
Mitch Marner scored 36 seconds into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Saturday night.,Marner scored from the edge of the left circle after taking a pass from William Nylander. Anthony Stolarz made 15 saves to earn his third shutout of the season and...

Jets beat Blackhawks in shootout, clinch Western Conference top seed
Cole Perfetti scored a nifty goal on his first-career shootout attempt to help the Winnipeg Jets clinch the top spot in the Western Conference with a 5-4 road win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Winnipeg (55-21-4, 114 points) inched closer to their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise hist...

Maple Leafs top Canadiens in OT to extend lead for top spot in East to 4 points
Mitch Marner scored 36 seconds into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Saturday night.,Marner scored from the edge of the left circle after taking a pass from William Nylander. Anthony Stolarz made 15 saves to earn his third shutout of the season and...

Alonso Martinez scores as NYCFC blank Union 1-0
Alonso Martinez scored his fifth goal of the season early in the second half and New York City FC snapped a three-match winless run with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.,Matt Freese made three stops to keep his second clean sheet for NYCFC (3-3-2, 11 points), whi...

Tyler Anderson sparkles, Angels pound two homers in win over Astros
Tyler Anderson carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Taylor Ward and Nolan Schanuel each hit solo home runs, and the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday.,The Angels have hit 25 home runs across their last nine games for the most homers in any nine-game span in fr...

FC Cincinnati get lone goal in win over slumping D.C. United
Making his first start of the season, Gerardo Valenzuela scored the lone goal to propel visiting FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory Saturday over D.C. United.,It was the third straight win for injury-riddled Cincinnati (5-2-1, 16 points), which contained D.C.'s top threat Christian Benteke, limiting him...

Bryan White (4 goals), Whitecaps blow out Austin FC
Bryan White scored four goals and the Vancouver Whitecaps manhandled visiting Austin FC 5-1 on Saturday night.,Emmanuel Sabbi added a goal and one assist for Western Conference-leading Vancouver (6-1-1, 19 points), which has allowed one goal over its last three matches (2-0-1).,Dani Pereira scored f...

Pep Biel’s early goal all Charlotte FC needs to top CF Montreal
Pep Biel's team-leading third goal of the season was enough to lift visiting Charlotte FC to a 1-0 win over CF Montreal on Saturday evening.,Charlotte (5-2-1, 16 points) won its second straight match while picking up its first win of the season away from home (1-2-1). It also won at Stade Saputo for...