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Mitch Marner, Maple Leafs thrash Senators 6-2 in series opener
Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 6-2 win against the visiting Ottawa Senators in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday.,John Tavares and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist, Auston Matthews had two assists and Anthony Stola...
Donovan Mitchell, Ty Jerome power Cavaliers past Heat
Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and Ty Jerome scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away for a 121-100 victory over the visiting Miami Heat in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday.,Backup point guard Jerome, making his...
Rookie Ingrid Lindblad wins JM Eagle LA Championship in third start
Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden posted a final-round, 4-under-par 68 and prevailed at the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday in Los Angeles.,Lindblad -- who was making her third start in her first season on the LPGA Tour -- shot 21-under 267 for the week at El Caballero Country Club, with 68s on Thursday,...
Kellen Mond, Brahmas deal Defenders first defeat
Kellen Mond threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ward to lift the previously winless San Antonio Brahmas past the D.C. Defenders 24-18 on Sunday in Washington.,The Brahmas (1-3) led 12-0 after the first quarter as Aidan Robbins scored the first of his two rushing TDs and Mathew Sexton returned a pu...
Josh Naylor's 11th-inning single guides Diamondbacks past Cubs
Josh Naylor had three hits and two RBIs and drove in the tie-breaking run in the 11th inning when the Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the final game of a three-game series with a 3-2 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Sunday.,Naylor singled off Jordan Wicks (0-1) with no outs in the 11th to drive i...
Jo Adell, Angels rally in ninth to stun Giants
Jo Adell capped a four-run bottom of the ninth with a one-out, bases-clearing double, delivering the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif., and denying Justin Verlander his first win of the season.,After Verlander threw six sharp inning...
Alex Ovechkin, top-seeded Capitals launch Cup quest vs. Canadiens
In his final tune-up before the playoffs begin, Alex Ovechkin spent time on the ice with a different and beloved pair of teammates: his young sons, Sergei and Ilya.,The Washington Capitals invited Ovechkin and his teammates to bring family members on the ice to enjoy an Easter Sunday skate a day bef...
Justin Thomas wins RBC Heritage in playoff to end drought
Justin Thomas made a birdie putt from 21 feet out on the first playoff hole to win the RBC Heritage on Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C., winning a tournament for the first time in nearly three years.,Thomas and Andrew Novak, who was seeking his first victory on the PGA T...
Celtics erase small halftime deficit to trounce Magic in Game 1
Derrick White made seven 3-point attempts and scored a team-high 30 points Sunday to lead the Boston Celtics to a 103-86 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic in Game 1 of their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.,Jayson Tatum added 17 points and 14 rebounds for second-seeded Boston...
Logan Stankoven scores 2 goals, Hurricanes defeat Devils
Logan Stankoven scored twice in the second period as the Carolina Hurricanes earned a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes began their sixth postseason meeting with the Devils by controlling all...
Nationals ride two unearned runs to Game 1 win over Rockies
Jake Irvin scattered three hits over 6 1/3 innings and Trey Lipscomb had two hits as the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in the first game of a split doubleheader Sunday afternoon in Denver.,Irvin (2-0) struck out nine to beat Colorado for the first time in three career starts. Ky...
Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow, six relievers shut out Rangers
Freddie Freeman drove home Will Smith with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly to back Tyler Glasnow and six relievers as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,Freeman's RBI flyout to left field came with ...
Brewers swipe team-record nine bases to spark blowout of A's
Logan Henderson allowed one run in six innings in his big-league debut and the Milwaukee Brewers set a franchise record with nine stolen bases to earn a 14-1 victory over the visiting Athletics on Sunday that claimed the rubber match of the three-game series.,Henderson (1-0), called up Tuesday from ...
Javier Sanoja's first homer sparks Marlins' rally past Phillies
Javier Sanoja homered and drove in five runs as the Miami Marlins avoided a sweep with a 7-5, victory in 10 innings against the host Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.,Sanoja, who entered the day with zero home runs and three RBIs in 27 career games, helped Miami snap a five-game losing streak. Connor...
Reds score 24 runs, destroy Orioles in series finale
Austin Wynns had a home run, five singles and drove in six runs and Noelvi Marte had a grand slam as one of his five hits and finished with seven RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds ripped the host Baltimore Orioles 24-2 in Sunday afternoon's series finale.,Austin Hays supplied four hits and scored four run...
Cal Raleigh, Rowdy Tellez homer as Mariners beat Blue Jays
Both Cal Raleigh and Rowdy Tellez hit two-run home runs and the visiting Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Sunday afternoon.,Dylan Moore added a solo shot for Seattle in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Tellez, a former Blue Jay, had three home runs in the series.,Tyler ...
Mets complete historic four-game sweep of Cardinals
The slumping Brandon Nimmo laced the tie-breaking two-out RBI single in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon for the host New York Mets, who completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-4 win.,The Mets squandered a 3-0 lead before rallying back. They improve to 15-7 -- tied for the...
Royals snap six-game losing streak at Tigers' expense
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 10th-inning sacrifice fly as the visiting Kansas City Royals snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.,Mark Canha and Drew Waters each had two hits and an RBI for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino drove in the other run and Carlos ...
Max Fried dominates as Yankees blank Rays 4-0
Max Fried dominated into the eighth inning, Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells each hit home runs, and the visiting New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Sunday.,Fried (4-0) did not allow a hit through five-plus innings and exited after giving up two hits with two walks and two...
White Sox rally past Red Sox for first road win this season
Edgar Quero and Andrew Vaughn each drove in two runs as the visiting Chicago White Sox scored six runs over the final three innings to rally for an 8-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.,Vaughn highlighted his 2-for-5 performance with a two-run home run in the eighth, helping the White...