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Blue Jackets keep playoffs in view, win fifth straight vs. Flyers
Jet Greaves made 29 saves as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets kept their playoff hopes alive with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.,Named the NHL's First Star of the Week, Greaves denied Tyson Foerster on a point-blank chance early in the third period to highlight his second s...
J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper slug Phillies past Giants
J.T. Realmuto and Bryce Harper each homered and drove in two runs Tuesday as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-4 to even their four-game series at one win apiece.,Alec Bohm had the go-ahead hit for Philadelphia, which had dropped four of its previous five games. Br...
Corbin Carroll's grand slam guides D-backs past Marlins
Corbin Carroll slugged a grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.,Geraldo Perdomo blasted a three-run homer and Josh Naylor -- Miami's first-round pick in 2015 -- hit a solo shot for the Diamondbacks.,Arizona,...
Jake Irvin silences Pirates for Nationals' first shutout this season
Jake Irvin scattered three hits over seven shutout innings to help the Washington Nationals beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Tuesday night.,The Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak and recorded their first shutout of the season. Jose Ferrer and Kyle Finnegan combined to allow one hit ...
Leafs hope D Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be ready by playoffs
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson is expected to be ready for the playoffs, head coach Craig Berube said on Tuesday.,Ekman-Larsson, 33, hasn't played since sustaining an upper-body injury while falling awkwardly on a breakaway in a 4-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning last Wedne...
Rockies end scoreless streak but Dodgers pull out victory
Shohei Ohtani hit a home run and Dustin May went five strong innings for his first win in nearly two years as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies in the opener of a three-game series.,Mookie Betts also hit a home run and left-hander Tanner Scott pitched th...
Fernando Tatis Jr. socks two homers as Padres top Cubs
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice Monday night and Luis Arraez added three hits, including a solo homer, as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 10-4 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,While improving to 11-0 at home this year and winning its 15th straight game at Petco Park dating back to last Septem...
Kings blank Oilers, clinch home-ice advantage in first round
The Los Angeles Kings clinched home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with Tuesday's 5-0 road victory over the Edmonton Oilers, their opposition to kick off the championship race.,Adrian Kempe scored once in a three-point performance, while Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala b...
Canucks' Jake DeBrusk scores in OT, extends Sharks' skid
Jake DeBrusk scored a rebound goal with 17.6 seconds left in overtime as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday night.,Brock Boeser fired a one-timer from the high slot that caromed off the glass behind the goal straight to DeBrusk stationed by th...
Clayton Keller's 4-point night carries Utah past Preds
Clayton Keller celebrated his 600th NHL game by scoring two goals and assisting on two more to lead the Utah Hockey Club to a 7-3 victory Monday against the host Nashville Predators.,The four points gave the 26-year-old center a career-high 89 points for the season and allowed him to reach 60 assist...
Juan Soto hits two-run shot as Mets down Twins
Juan Soto drilled a two-run homer and the New York Mets pulled away for a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Pete Alonso went 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI for the Mets, who won their second game in a row and improved to 9-2 in their past 11 contests. Mark Vientos d...
Cards back Sonny Gray's scoreless start, pound Astros
Nolan Arenado had a homer, two doubles and two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Houston Astros 8-3 on Monday.,Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 with two runs and an RBI triple for the Cardinals, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.,Pedro Pages hit a two-run double for St. Louis...
Tarik Skubal, Tigers roll past Brewers
Tarik Skubal tossed seven innings of four-hit ball and Kerry Carpenter homered to pace the visiting Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.,Staked to a 9-0 lead, Skubal (2-2) retired the first 12 hitters before Rhys Hoskins' lead-off...
Rays crush Red Sox 16-1 behind 16-hit attack
Kameron Misner went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs, leading a 16-hit attack as the Tampa Bay Rays plated 14 runs in the first three innings and walloped the visiting Boston Red Sox 16-1 on Monday night. ,The Rays set season highs in hits and runs as they cranked out four-run and nine-run inn...
Blackhawks' shootout win keeps Canadiens from clinching
Frank Nazar recorded a goal and an assist in regulation, then scored the only goal of a shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win a Montreal on Monday, preventing the Canadiens from clinching a playoff spot.,The Canadiens fell short despite increasing their home-ice point streak to 11 games ...
Rangers take out frustrations on Panthers
Vincent Trocheck scored a go-ahead, short-handed goal in the third period, leading the New York Rangers to a 5-3 win over the host Florida Panthers on Monday night in Sunrise.,Trailing 3-1 midway through the second period, New York scored four straight goals.,The Panthers (47-30-4, 98 points), the r...
Red Wings extend Stars' losing streak to six games
Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider each had a goal and two assists and the Detroit Red Wings won their home finale, beating the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Monday.,Jonatan Berggren added a goal and an assist and Albert Johansson, Alex DeBrincat and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for Detroit (38-35-7, 83 points...
Austin Riley (5 RBIs), Grant Holmes lift Braves over Jays
Grant Holmes didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning, Austin Riley hit two home runs and drove in five and the visiting Atlanta Braves defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Monday night.,Sean Murphy added a two-run blast for Atlanta in the opener of a three-game series.,Myles Straw's sixth-inning ...
Yankees use four home runs to defeat Royals
Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells homered in a span of five batters off Seth Lugo in the fifth inning to power the New York Yankees to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Monday night in the first meeting between the teams since last October's American League Division Series...
Giants stay hot, win opener in Philadelphia
Tyler Fitzgerald drove in three runs and finished a single shy of the cycle as the San Francisco Giants posted a 10-4 road victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday in the opener of a four-game series.,Mike Yastrzemski also finished with three RBIs for San Francisco, which has won four of its...