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Trio of homers powers Nationals comeback against Cardinals
James Wood, Brady House and CJ Abrams homered in a six-run eighth inning and the Nationals rallied for a 9-6 win against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday night in Washington, ending their five-game losing streak.,With Washington trailing 6-3, Drew Millas and Jorbit Vivas singled off Ryne Stanek with o...
Jason Zucker leads Sabres to pivotal win over Lightning
Jason Zucker broke a tie in the second period and added an assist as the host Buffalo Sabres defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night.,Alex Tuch, Josh Norris and Jack Quinn also scored for the Sabres (47-23-8, 102 points), who snapped a two-game losing streak and moved into a tie with th...
Michigan up 33-29 at halftime playing UConn's pace
INDIANAPOLIS -- A free-throw-fueled run to end the first half pushed Michigan in front of UConn, 33-29, in a back-and-forth national championship game on Monday night.,Roddy Gayle Jr. followed a missed layup with a two-hand flush for Michigan, which missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in a firs...
Magic continue playoff push with win over Pistons
Paolo Banchero scored 31 points and Desmond Bane added 25 as the Orlando Magic withstood a fourth-quarter rally and closed on a 14-2 run to beat the visiting Detroit Pistons 123-107 on Monday.,Anthony Black contributed 14 points off the bench for Orlando, which won for the fourth time in the past fi...
Jalen Brunson's huge fourth quarter powers Knicks over Hawks
Jalen Brunson hit the tiebreaking basket with 29.8 seconds remaining and prevented CJ McCollum from getting off a tying 3-pointer at the buzzer as the visiting New York Knicks outlasted the Atlanta Hawks for a 108-105 victory on Monday night in a possible playoff preview.,Brunson scored 17 of his 30...
German Marquez's strong start helps Padres shut out Pirates
Nick Castellanos and Jake Cronenworth each had two hits, including a double and an RBI, to lead the Padres to a 5-0 victory over the host Pirates on Monday night in Pittsburgh.,Xander Bogaerts and Freddy Fermin each also had two hits as San Diego won its third in a row and seventh in a row at PNC Pa...
Rockets, Suns fight for playoff position as Kevin Durant returns to Phoenix
Kevin Durant will make his belated return to Phoenix when the Houston Rockets play the host Suns on Tuesday.,Durant missed the first game between the two in Phoenix in November while attending to a family matter, but about the only thing that matters now is playoff positioning.,"It's going to be a h...
Clippers host Mavericks, eye No. 8 seed in West
With a key play-in tournament seeding matchup set for later in the week, the Los Angeles Clippers are intent to focus on the task at hand when they play host to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday at Inglewood, Calif.,The Clippers (40-38) are tied with the Portland Trail Blazers for eighth place in the ...
On a roll since coaching change, Golden Knights eye sweep of Canucks
The Vegas Golden Knights will look to stretch their winning streak to four games under new head coach John Tortorella when they continue a four-game road trip against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.,Vegas (35-26-16, 86 points) improved to 17-14-7 on the road this season with a 5-1 win over t...
Michael Wacha earns win as Royals down Guardians
Carter Jensen hit a go-ahead, solo homer in the sixth inning and Jonathan India belted a two-run shot in the eighth, lifting the visiting Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.,Jensen drove a fastball into the right field stands off rookie Peyton Pallette (...
Brandon Williamson, Reds combine for three-hit shutout of Marlins
Brandon Williamson pitched 6 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball, and hometown hero Sal Stewart stroked an RBI single as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the host Miami Marlins 2-0 on Monday night.,Cincinnati, which has won four straight games, also got a home run from Tyler Stephenson.,Williamson (1-1) l...
Pelicans to host Jazz in matchup of Western Conference also-rans
Late-season losing streaks collide Tuesday when the New Orleans Pelicans play host to the Utah Jazz.,While losing has more benefit than winning for teams low in the standings, the Jazz (21-58) have more to gain by losing as they sit fourth from the bottom of the overall NBA pecking order with three ...
Blues shoot for critical two-game sweep of NHL-best Avalanche
Defeating the Colorado Avalanche once has proven to be a difficult assignment for most teams, but defeating them twice in a row seems akin to ascending Mount Everest.,That's the mountain that the St. Louis Blues must climb to pick up crucial points Tuesday night when they welcome the Avalanche in th...
Celtics looking to integrate Nikola Vucevic against surging Hornets
Although this is the final week of the NBA regular season, the Boston Celtics still have at least one significant thing to iron out entering Tuesday's game against the visiting Charlotte Hornets: making sure Nikola Vucevic fits comfortably into the rotation before the playoffs begin.,Vucevic returne...
Bucks, Nets playing better of late than records would indicate
At the beginning of the final week of the regular season, two teams already looking toward the offseason face off as the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday in New York.,It's the first of two matchups between these teams in the next week, as they'll reconvene Friday in Milwaukee.,An...
Deep Mets forge ahead without Juan Soto, open series vs. D-backs
The New York Mets have scored 23 runs and earned a trio of lopsided wins since Juan Soto exited with a right calf strain in the first inning of Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants.,Now the Mets just need to figure out how to maintain that Soto-less surge for the next two or three we...
Rays defeat Cubs in return to Tropicana Field
Cedric Mullins and Jonathan Aranda crushed two-run homers, and the Tampa Bay Rays returned to their renovated domed stadium Monday afternoon with a 6-4 home-opening win over the Chicago Cubs in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Back in the dome across the bay from Tampa, the Rays rallied from a two-run deficit t...
Yankees hope Cam Schlittler's white-hot start continues vs. A's
Cam Schlittler emerged as a possible mainstay for the New York Yankees during the final two months of the regular season when he replaced an injured Clarke Schmidt.,His star received a boost when he tossed eight innings and 12 strikeouts in a shutout over the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the wild-car...
Slumping Jackets, Wings meet with playoff spot within reach
A pair of struggling Eastern Conference teams in desperate need of a win will square off in Detroit on Tuesday night.,The Columbus Blue Jackets have lost six straight games while the Detroit Red Wings have dropped six of their last eight. Both clubs are trying to revive their fading playoff hopes.,C...
Bruins stand in way of Hurricanes sewing up Metropolitan Division
It has been a long time since the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes have seen each other.,They'll meet for the final time in the regular season Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Bruins and Hurricanes haven't met since splitting a pair of November games in Boston, with the hosts winning 2-1 on N...