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Kirill Kaprizov directs Wild to 3-2 series edge over Stars
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Stars 4-2 in Game 5 of their Western Conference First Round series Tuesday night in Dallas.,The No. 3 seeded Wild lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 with Game 6 set for Thursday night in Minnesota. The series winner advances t...

Brewers end 7-game homerless stretch, demolish Diamondbacks
Sal Frelick went deep to snap Milwaukee's seven-game homerless streak and propel the Brewers to a 13-2 rout of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in the opener of the three-game series.,Frelick opened the second inning with his second homer, sending a 1-2 pitch from Merrill Kelly 396 feet ...

David Pastrnak saves Bruins' season with OT winner in Buffalo
David Pastrnak's breakaway goal at 9:14 of overtime lifted the visiting Boston Bruins to a season-saving, 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.,Less than two minutes after Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman made a massive sto...

Drew Romo switch-hits 2 home runs as White Sox bash Angels
Drew Romo homered from both sides of the plate, Colson Montgomery also went deep and Davis Martin pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Tuesday.,Chicago has won the first two games of the series against skidding Los Angeles, wh...

Late offensive eruption leads Mariners over Twins
Josh Naylor went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with three doubles and two RBIs for Seattle, which evened the three-game series at one win apiece with the rubber match...

Martin Perez leads Braves past Tiger in matchup of division leaders
Martin Perez pitched five scoreless innings and Ozzie Albies homered to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday in the opener of a three-series between division-leading clubs.,The journeyman left-hander (2-1) allowed two hits and four walks, striking out five. It wa...

Bo Bichette, Clay Holmes help Mets blank Nationals
Clay Holmes threw six scoreless innings Tuesday night for the struggling New York Mets, who rolled to an 8-0 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East rivals.,Bo Bichette homered leading off the first and Juan Soto's two-run ...

Trey Yesavage shines in season debut as Jays blank Red Sox
Trey Yesavage pitched 5 1/3 sharp innings in his season debut Tuesday night and the Toronto Blue Jays shut out the visiting Boston Red Sox 3-0.,Yesavage (1-0) allowed four hits and no walks while striking three. He started the season on the injured list due to a right shoulder impingement.,Vladimir ...

Sixers stun Celtics to stay alive in series, force Game 6
Joel Embiid tossed in 33 points and added eight assists as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination by beating the Boston Celtics 113-97 Tuesday in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.,Embiid, who missed the first three games of the series following an appendecto...

Cardinals set season high in runs, blow past Pirates
Nolan Gorman and Victor Scott II homered Tuesday night, while Jordan Walker and Alec Burleson each knocked in three runs as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals outslugged the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7.,St. Louis scored multiple runs in four different innings, finishing with 12 hits. The Cards were effici...

Shane Baz earns first win as Oriole, downing Astros
Shane Baz earned his first pitching victory with the Baltimore Orioles and Pete Alonso smacked a two-run homer in a 5-3 victory against the visiting Houston Astros to open a three-game series Tuesday night.,Baz (1-2), an offseason acquisition who signed a big contract just days before his Orioles de...

Phillies post 2-hit shutout of Giants in first game since manager's firing
Jesus Luzardo allowed just two hits over seven innings as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Tuesday, hours after firing manager Rob Thomson.,With a league-worst 9-19 record entering Tuesday, the Phillies opted to part ways with Thomson, who had managed the squ...

Elly De La Cruz shines at plate, in field as Reds beat Rockies
Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4, drove in four runs and provided a highlight-reel defensive play while Spencer Steer belted a two-run homer as the Cincinnati Reds beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday.,With his eighth inning two-run shot, De La Cruz now has 10 homers, tied with three others...

Nick Martinez, Rays' bullpen mow down Guardians in 1-0 win
Jonathan Aranda had an RBI single in the fifth inning and Nick Martinez and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edged the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Tuesday night.,Martinez (2-1) worked seven-plus innings, striking out four in lowering his ERA to 1.70. The right-...

Jannik Sinner's win streak reaches 20 as he cruises to Madrid QFs
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner continued his quest to become the first player to win five consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments by besting Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.,With an early 11 a.m. start time for the match, the Italian ...

Hailey Baptiste saves six match points to stun Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid
Hailey Baptiste upset World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and did so in dramatic fashion, saving six match points en route to a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.,The 30th-seeded Baptiste earned the first top-five victory of her young career by handing Sabalenka on...

Kyle Tucker's walk-off single caps Dodgers' rally past Marlins
Kyle Tucker delivered a game-ending two-run single to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday to open a three-game series.,Shohei Ohtani (3-for-5) added an RBI ground-rule double in the ninth and scored the de...

Munetaka Murakami blasts 3-run homer to spark Angels' rally past White Sox
Munetaka Murakami belted a go-ahead three-run home run and Miguel Vargas followed with a solo shot to key a seven-run seventh inning and lift the host Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 victory against the skidding Los Angeles Angels on Monday.,Chicago regrouped from a sluggish start to send the Angels to ...

Kyle Tucker's walkoff single caps Dodgers' rally past Marlins
Kyle Tucker delivered a game-ending two-run single in the bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday to open a three-game series.,Shohei Ohtani added a run-scoring ground-rule double in the ninth and scored the game-winning run ...

Knights pull level with Mammoth on Shea Theodore's OT goal
Shea Theodore scored with 52 seconds remaining in overtime, giving the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 win over the Utah Mammoth in Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Monday in Salt Lake City.,The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2, as the Knights rebounded after losing the pr...