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Zach Dezenzo, Astros eye series win over Jays
Opportunities have been few and far between for Astros utility man Zach Dezenzo, whose breakout performance on Monday helped pace Houston to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,The Astros will try to clinch the three-game series in the middle contest on Tuesday.,Making his fifth start...

Braves set for bullpen day against slumping Cardinals
The Braves will go for their fifth straight win on Tuesday when they host the St. Louis Cardinals, but Atlanta won't have its recovering ace on the mound.,Atlanta opened the three-game series with a 7-6 come-from-behind win on Monday, handing St. Louis its fifth straight loss.,The Braves had planned...

Francisco Lindor, Mets chase more success against Phillies
Francisco Lindor led off the past two games with homers, positive omens for the New York Mets, who are tied for the major leagues' best record going into their Tuesday home game against the Philadelphia Phillies.,New York opened the three-game series with a 5-4 win on Tuesday, getting two long balls...

Reds starter Nick Martinez returns home to face Marlins
Right-hander Nick Martinez will make a homecoming on Tuesday night when his Cincinnati Reds visit the Miami Marlins for the middle contest of a three-game series.,Martinez (0-3, 6.00 ERA), a Miami native, is off to a slow start as the Reds are winless in his four starts. He has no quality starts thi...

Colin Blackwell's OT goal helps Stars even series with Avs
Colin Blackwell scored 17:46 into overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Monday in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.,The best-of-seven Western Conference series is tied 1-1, with Game 3 set for Wednesday in Denver.,A healthy scratch ...

Colin Blackwell's OT goal helps Stars even series with Avalanche
Colin Blackwell scored 17:46 into the first overtime period to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 OT win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Monday in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.,The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1, with Game 3 set for Wednesday in Denver.,A healthy scratch...

Kings blow 4-goal lead, edge Oilers in last minute
Phillip Danault scored his second goal of the game with 41.1 seconds remaining in regulation to give the host Los Angeles Kings a wild 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in their Stanley Cup playoff opener Monday night.,Andrei Kuzmenko and Adrian Kempe both collected one goal and two assists while...

Kawhi Leonard scores 39 as Clippers even series vs. Nuggets
Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15-of-19 shooting as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 105-102 on Monday to level their Western Conference first-round playoff series at one win apiece.,Denver's Christian Braun and Nikola Jokic missed 3-point attempts to end the game. Jokic ...

NCAA rule change would permit direct payment to athletes
In a major move that would allow schools to start directly paying their athletes, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors proposed deleting 153 rules from its handbook as part of nine potential legislative changes at a Monday meeting.,The proposals are pending approval of the $2.8 billion House settl...

Hunter Brown stars again as Astros blank Jays
Hunter Brown extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24 and the Houston Astros parlayed a four-run fifth inning into a 7-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.,Brown (3-1) surrendered two hits and issued one walk while recording a season-high nine strikeouts over seven...

Alex Ovechkin nets OT winner as Capitals nip Habs
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on Monday.,Ovechkin also notched an assist for Washington, which squandered a two-goal lea...

Kyle Connor plays hero again as Jets take 2-0 lead
Kyle Connor scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period for a second straight game to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday.,Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist for the Jets, who lead the se...

Francisco Lindor's two homers power Mets past Phillies
Francisco Lindor homered twice Monday night and Tylor Megill dominated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies for 5 1/3 innings as the New York Mets opened an early-season showdown of National League East rivals with a 5-4 victory.,Megill (3-2) allowed only one hit and four walks while striking out 10 i...

Marlins' Max Meyer sparkles with 14 Ks in win vs. Reds
Max Meyer pitched six scoreless innings and struck out a career-high 14 as the host Miami Marlins cooled off the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 on Monday night.,The Reds were coming off a 24-2 win over Baltimore on Sunday, but they managed just five hits and no walks against Meyer in the opener of a three-game...

Braves top Cards with five-run 8th
Michael Harris II drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Sean Murphy followed with a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Atlanta Braves came from behind to beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Monday and extend their winning streak to four games.,The five-run rally agains...

Reports: A's set to call up top hitting prospect Nick Kurtz
The Athletics will call up one of their top prospects, Nick Kurtz, this week, multiple outlets reported on Monday.,A power-hitting first baseman, Kurtz was the No. 4 overall selection in last year's MLB Draft out of Wake Forest. ,The 22-year-old leaped up to Triple-A this spring, where he batted .32...

Marlins' Max Meyer sparkles with 14 Ks, 6 shutout innings in win over Reds
Max Meyer pitched six scoreless innings and struck out a career-high 14 batters as the host Miami Marlins cooled off the Cincinnati Reds, 6-3, Monday night.,The Reds were coming off a 24-2 win over Baltimore on Sunday, but they managed just five hits and no walks against Meyer (2-2, 2.10 ERA).,Miami...

Jose Ramirez (4 RBIs), Guardians take down Yankees
Jose Ramirez clubbed a three-run homer and added an RBI single and Kyle Manzardo also went deep as the Cleveland Guardians won their fourth straight, a 6-4 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Monday night.,Steven Kwan, Brayan Rocchio and Angel Martinez each posted two hits, while Gavin Wil...

Seahawks receiving calls about QB Sam Howell
The Seattle Seahawks have received calls about a potential trade for quarterback Sam Howell.,Multiple outlets reported the trade inquiries Monday and Seahawks general manager John Schnieder confirmed they had taken place to The Athletic, but he declined to describe the organization as being "open" t...

Mariners look to continue power surge vs. Red Sox
The visiting Seattle Mariners will attempt to outmuscle the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday when the teams begin a three-game series.,Seattle has homered 13 times during its last six games and has 32 homers this season, good for fifth among MLB teams entering Monday. Cal Raleigh has homered a team-high ni...