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Dickerson leads way as Marlins beat Burnes, Brewers 8-0 Luplow hits 2-run homer in 10th, Indians top Twins CLEVELAND, April 27, (AP): Jordan Luplow hit a two-run homer in the 10th MLB Results/Standings inning off Alex Colomé, giving the Cleveland Indians a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins in their series opener. WASHINGTON, April 27, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB Luplow’s second career game-end- games on Monday. ing homer was a leadoff that eas- Kansas City 3 Detroit 2 ily cleared the wall in left fi eld, scor- Cleveland 5 Minnesota (10 Inns) 3 ing free runner César Hernández from Baltimore 4 NY Yankees 2 Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 1 second base. Minnesota fell to 0-5 in LA Angels 9 Texas 4 extra-inning games. Houston 5 Seattle 2 Emmanuel Clase (2-1) worked a Philadelphia 2 St Louis 1 perfect inning, helping Cleveland to its Atlanta 8 Chicago Cubs 7 Miami 8 Milwaukee 0 second straight win. Luplow was the San Francisco 12 Colorado 0 only batter faced by Colomé (1-3). Cincinnati 5 LA Dodgers (10 Inns) 3 It was the fi rst of 19 meetings this American League season between teams that have com- East Division bined to win the last fi ve AL Central W L Pct GB Boston 14 9 .609 _ titles. Minnesota is the two-time de- Tampa Bay 11 12 .478 3 fending champion. Toronto 10 11 .476 3 Luis Arraez gave the Twins a 3-2 Baltimore 10 12 .455 3-1/2 lead in the eighth when he singled New York 9 13 .409 4-1/2 Central Division home Jake Cave with two outs, but W L Pct GB José Ramírez answered in the bottom Kansas City 14 7 .667 half with a homer off Tyler Duffey. Chicago 12 9 .571 2 Cleveland 10 11 .476 4 Angels 9, Rangers 4 Minnesota 7 14 .333 7 In Arlington, Texas, Shohei Ohtani Detroit 7 16 .304 8 struck out nine after a shaky fi rst in- West Division ning on the mound, and also scored W L Pct GB Oakland 15 8 .652 _ three runs and drove in two in a start Seattle 13 10 .565 2 like none since Babe Ruth 100 years Los Angeles 11 10 .524 3 earlier, as Los Angeles beat Texas. Houston 11 11 .500 3-1/2 A day after hitting his seventh homer Texas 9 14 .391 6 National League to tie for the major league lead, Ohtani East Division (1-0) became the fi rst home run leader W L Pct GB to be the starting pitcher for a game New York 9 8 .529 _ Philadelphia 11 11 .500 -1/2 Atlanta 10 12 .455 1-1/2 BASEBALL Miami 10 12 .455 1-1/2 Washington 8 11 .421 2 since Ruth for the New York Yankees Central Division W L Pct GB against Detroit on June 13, 1921. It Milwaukee 13 9 .591 _ was the second time this season Ohtani Pittsburgh 11 11 .500 2 Milwaukee Brewers’ Kolten Wong is out at fi rst as Miami Marlins’ Jesus Aguilar completes the double play during the third inning of a baseball game on pitched and batted second. St Louis 11 11 .500 2 April 26, in Milwaukee. (AP) The Japanese right-hander gave up Chicago 10 12 .455 3 Cincinnati 10 12 .455 3 four runs in the fi rst inning before retir- West Division ing 14 of the last 15 batters he faced, W L Pct GB with all his strikeouts coming during Los Angeles 15 8 .652 _ San Francisco 15 8 .652 _ that span. San Diego 13 11 .542 2-1/2 Ohtani walked and scored in the Arizona 11 11 .500 3-1/2 fi rst, then threw 28 pitches in the bot- Colorado 8 14 .364 6-1/2 McDavid notches 3rd hat-trick tom of the inning, including two walks, a hit batsman and a wild pitch. But the game was tied at 4 in the second after Ohtani hit a two-run double and scored on Mike Trout’s single. Justin Upton and Albert Pujols put of season, lifts Oilers past Jets the Angels ahead to stay with back- to-back homers to begin the third off starter Jordan Lyles (1-2), who allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings. Perron posts 3-point game as Blues top Avalanche 4-1 José Iglesias later went deep off Hyeon- Jong Yang, the lefty from South Korea WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Robertson at 2:44 of overtime. He making his big league debut. scored 32 seconds into overtime Satur- Astros 5, Mariners 2 April 27, (AP): Connor day to beat Detroit 2-1. In Houston, Jose Altuve had three McDavid recorded his Joe Pavelski, Jason Dickinson and hits and two RBIs in his return to the third hat-trick of the sea- Denis Gurianov also scored for the lineup after testing positive for COV- Stars. Jake Oettinger made 29 saves. ID-19, leading Houston over Seattle. son and the ninth of his Max McCormick, Jaccob Slavin Yordan Alvarez and Yuli Gurriel career, leading Edmonton and Jani Hakanpaa scored for the Hur- both had three hits and drove in a run to a 6-1 win over Winnipeg ricanes, who clinched a playoff berth as the Astros won for the fourth time with the point. James Reimer stopped in fi ve games after losing their previ- that lifted the Oilers past 27 shots. ous three. Cleveland Indians’ Franmil Reyes hits the Jets and into second Predators 4, Panthers 1 Braves 8, Cubs 7 an RBI single during the sixth inning place in the North Division. In Nashville, Tennessee, Juuse Sa- In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman hit a ros made 39 saves, and Nashville beat three-run homer and Atlanta woke up of a baseball game in Cleveland, on had a and an April 26. (AP) Florida to hold onto the fourth and fi nal offensively after a grim doubleheader. assist and Alex Chiasson and Dar- playoff spot in the Central Division. The Braves were coming off two four-game sweep on the road for the nell Nurse also scored for Edmon- Saros improved to 13-4-1 in his last shutout losses to Arizona the previous fi rst time since 1999. ton, which has two games in hand 18 starts and helped the Predators stay afternoon - managing just a single hit, The surprising Royals have won a on the Jets. Mike Smith made 36 two points ahead of Dallas by beating by Freeman, over 14 innings. Madison season-high fi ve straight and own the saves. Florida for the fi rst time this season in Bumgarner held Atlanta without a hit best record in the American League at Nashville. in his seven-inning victory, though it McDavid, who leads the NHL in 14-7. scoring with 81 points, also had an as- ’ Mathieu Perreault (85) tries to check ’ Nick Cousins scored the go-ahead did not qualify as an offi cial no-hitter. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) during third-period NHL hockey game action goal in the second period. Yakov Phillies 2, Cardinals 1 Orioles 4, Yankees 2 sist. In Baltimore, Cedric Mullins hit two against the Edmonton Oilers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 26. (AP) Trenin and Erik Haula each scored a In St. Louis, Zack Wheeler took a goal in the third, and Mikael Granlund one-hit shutout into the ninth inning home runs and a double, Matt Harvey pitched six impressive innings and Bal- had a power-play goal for Nashville, and Rhys Hoskins homered twice as which won its second straight. Philadelphia beat St. Louis. timore moved one game ahead of last- place New York in the AL East. The Oilers improved to 6-2-0 Sam Bennett scored for Florida, Hoskins’ seventh career multi-hom- which needed to beat Nashville in any er game and second this season helped Harvey (2-1) won consecutive starts against Winnipeg and have won fi ve for the fi rst time since winning four in straight versus the Jets, allowing just fashion to clinch the seventh playoff the Phillies improve to 3-1 against the berth in franchise history. Cardinals. a row with Cincinnati in 2018. He al- six goals over that span. lowed one run and three hits, striking scored for Winnipeg Kings 4, Ducks 1 Wheeler (2-2) struck out nine and In Los Angeles, Sean Walker and edged Adam Wainwright in a classic out fi ve and walking three. César Val- (27-18-3). The Jets dropped a fourth dez earned a four-out save. straight game in regulation, Mikey Anderson scored, Jonathan pitchers’ duel that took just 2 hours, 22 Quick made 21 saves and Los Angeles minutes. Athletics 2, Rays 1 Blues 4, Avalanche 1 Reds 5, Dodgers 3, 10 Innings In St. Petersburg, Florida, Sean In St. Louis, David Perron had a goal defeated Anaheim. In Los Angeles, Jesse Winker’s Murphy homered, Sean Manaea got and two assists as St. Louis beat Colo- Dustin Brown and Trevor Moore two-run homer in the 10th inning sent some key defensive help and Oakland rado. added empty-net goals for the Kings, Cincinnati past Los Angeles to snap a bounced back a day after its 13-game , Brayden who are six points behind St. Louis in seven-game losing streak. winning streak ended. Schenn, and Robert Thomas also the race for the fi nal playoff spot in the Winker led off the 10th by taking After Matt Chapman drew a two-out scored, and made West Division. Kenley Jansen (0-1) deep with the free walk from Rich Hill (1-1) in the fourth 30 saves as St. Louis won its second Jamie Drysdale scored for the runner on second base. The Reds lead inning, Murphy homered. Hill struck straight game against the Avalanche. Ducks, who have lost fi ve in a row. the majors with 34 home runs, including out 10 in six innings. Colorado won the season series 5-3. Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves. fi ve by Winker, who tops the National Giants 12, Rockies 0 Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colo- Sharks 6, Coyotes 4 In San Jose, California, Alexander League with a .382 batting average. In San Francisco, Anthony DeScla- rado, and Jonas Johansson had 16 saves. St. Louis Blues’ David Perron (57) reaches for a loose puck as Colorado Ava- Marlins 8, Brewers 0 fani pitched a three-hitter, Evan Lon- The Avalanche remain four points Barabanov scored his fi rst NHL goal lanche goaltender Jonas Johansson (35) and Cale Makar (8) defend during and rookie goalie Josef Korenar made In Milwaukee, Trevor Rogers goria had a two-run double and an RBI behind West Division-leading Vegas. the second period of an NHL hockey game on April 26, in St. Louis. (AP) pitched six spotless innings and Corey single after sitting out three games with 21 saves in his fi rst NHL win as San Colorado has played one fewer game. Jose beat Arizona in its fi rst home Dickerson fi nished a triple shy of the a sore left hamstring, and San Francis- Canadiens 2, Flames 1 Montreal opened a six-point gap Olli Juolevi scored for the Canucks, cycle in Miami’s win over Milwaukee. co routed Colorado. on Calgary, which is chasing the Ca- temporarily drawing Vancouver even game with fans in 13 months. In Calgary, Alberta, ’s Korenar made 21 saves as San Jose Dickerson drove in three runs, two Mauricio Dubon drove in four runs goal in the second period was the win- nadiens for the fourth and fi nal playoff with a long blast 14:07 into the fi rst against Brewers starter Corbin Burnes and Buster Posey hit a two-run homer in berth in the North Division. Elias Lind- period. snapped an eight-game losing streak, ner as Montreal beat Calgary. its longest since 2005. (2-2), who had only allowed one earned the sixth inning that gave DeSclafani (2- Toffoli scored his fourth goal in as holm scored for Calgary. Jacob Mark- Ottawa’s Marc Hogberg stopped 25 run over four outings this season. 0) all the run support he needed and then Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson, Brent many games and his team-leading 25th strom had 22 saves in the loss. of 26 shots for his third win of the sea- Burns, Noah Gregor and Evander Kane Royals 3, Tigers 2 some. The right-hander struck out nine of the season. Shea Weber also scored Senators 2, Canucks 1 son. Braden Holtby had 25 saves for In Detroit, Jarrod Dyson doubled and walked one as the Giants took over scored for the Sharks. for the Canadiens. Jake Allen made 21 In Ottawa, Ontario, Drake Bather- Vancouver. Jakob Chychrun scored twice and and scored the go-ahead run in the fi fth the major league ERA lead at 2.81 in a saves for the win. son scored a tiebreaking goal midway Stars 4, Hurricanes 3, OT inning and Kansas City completed a game that took just 2 hours, 27 minutes. Michael Bunting and Clayton Keller through the second period and Ottawa In Dallas, Jamie Benn scored the added goals for Arizona. Adin Hill defeated Vancouver. overtime winner for the second straight made 15 saves for Arizona after replac- Josh Norris also scored for the Sena- game and assisted on Dallas’ three ing Darcy Kuemper, who was pulled tors, and Brady Tkachuk had two as- regulation goals in a win over Carolina. in the second period after San Jose’s sists. Benn scored on a pass from Jason fourth goal. NHL Results/Standings

WASHINGTON, April 27, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Monday. Montreal 2 Calgary 1 Nashville 4 Florida 1 Ottawa 2 Vancouver 1 Edmonton 6 Winnipeg 1 St Louis 4 Colorado 1 Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 1 Dallas 4 Carolina OT 3 San Jose 6 Arizona 4 East Division West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 49 32 14 3 67 169 135 x-Vegas 47 34 11 2 70 160 103 Washington 48 31 13 4 66 170 144 x-Colorado 46 31 11 4 66 162 112 NY Islanders 48 29 14 5 63 136 113 x-Minnesota 47 31 13 3 65 151 123 Boston 47 27 14 6 60 136 118 St Louis 46 21 19 6 48 135 143 NY Rangers 49 25 18 6 56 164 131 Arizona 49 21 23 5 47 132 156 Philadelphia 48 22 19 7 51 136 171 San Jose 48 19 24 5 43 131 167 New Jersey 48 14 27 7 35 121 170 Los Angeles 46 18 22 6 42 124 137 Buffalo 49 13 29 7 33 121 171 Anaheim 49 14 28 7 35 106 160 Central Division North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Carolina 48 31 10 7 69 156 118 Toronto 48 30 13 5 65 159 130 Florida 50 31 14 5 67 159 137 Edmonton 46 28 16 2 58 150 126 Tampa Bay 48 32 14 2 66 160 125 Winnipeg 48 27 18 3 57 149 135 Nashville 50 27 21 2 56 137 139 Montreal 47 21 17 9 51 136 136 Dallas 48 21 15 12 54 139 124 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 128 139 Chicago 48 22 21 5 49 135 151 Vancouver 42 19 20 3 41 114 132 Detroit 50 17 25 8 42 115 158 Ottawa 49 18 27 4 40 133 171 Columbus 50 15 25 10 40 121 170 Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for under this season’s temporary realignment. Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani works the fi rst inning against the Texas Rangers during a base- x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ball game on April 26, in Arlington, Texas. (AP)