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Pederson, Rizzo, Contreras homer as Cubs beat Cardinals DeGrom exits with elbow injury in Mets’ victory over Padres NEW YORK, June 12, (AP): Jacob de- Grom was pulled from a do-it-all gem with right fl exor tendinitis, a troubling MLB Results/Standings diagnosis for the New York Mets that clouded a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Suns spoil Jokic’s MVP party, DeGrom (6-2) faced the minimum WASHINGTON, June 12, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Friday. over six innings and ripped a two-run Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 2 single, giving him fi ve RBIs this sea- Cleveland 7 Seattle 0 son - compared to four earned runs al- Chic. Wht. Sox 5 Detroit (10 inn) 4 lowed. He struck out 10 in the abbrevi- Boston 6 Toronto 5 ated outing. Houston 6 Minnesota 4 top Nuggets to take 3-0 lead Oakland 4 Kansas City 3 DeGrom left after 80 pitches and LA Dodgers 12 Texas 1 extending his scoreless streak to 22 LA Angels 6 Arizona (10 inn) 5 innings. He had a no-hit bid until 8 St Louis 5 Wil Myers beat the shift with a weak San Francisco 1 Washington 0 NY Mets 3 San Diego 2 76ers grab series edge with 127-111 win over Hawks grounder in the fi fth. Cincinnati 11 Colorado 5 Billy McKinney drove in a run with Miami 4 Atlanta 3 the fi rst of his two doubles in the fi fth, Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 4 DENVER, June 12, (AP): Devin Booker and the Phoenix second-round exit. and deGrom followed with his two-run American League Suns spoiled Nikola Jokic’s MVP celebration with a 116- Booker scored 28 points and teamed with Chris Paul to lead a hit. East Division W L Pct GB 102 victory over Denver in Game 3 that put “The Joker” steady offensive onslaught that countered Jokic’s triple-double of San Diego dropped its third straight. Tampa Bay 40 24 .625 _ Blake Snell (2-3) allowed three runs Boston 39 25 .609 1 and the rest of the reeling Nuggets on the brink of a quick 32 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists. in four-plus innings, and the Padres New York 33 30 .524 6-1/2 With their sixth straight victo- couldn’t do enough damage against Toronto 31 30 .508 7-1/2 ry, the second-seeded Suns took New York’s bullpen. Baltimore 22 40 .355 17 Central Division a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Cubs 8, Cardinals 5 W L Pct GB Chicago 39 24 .619 _ series. Game 4 is Sunday night at In Chicago, hit a ty- Cleveland 33 27 .550 4-1/2 Ball Arena. ing home run in the sixth inning on the Kansas City 30 32 .484 8-1/2 Paul had 27 points, eight as- 14th pitch of his at-bat against Daniel Detroit 26 37 .413 13 Ponce de Leon. and and Minnesota 25 38 .397 14 sists and three steals for the Suns, West Division who pulled away after halftime also went deep to W L Pct GB lead Chicago over St. Louis. Oakland 38 27 .585 _ for the third straight time. All With Wrigley Field allowed 100% Houston 36 27 .571 1 fi ve Phoenix starters scored in capacity for the fi rst time since 2019, Los Angeles 31 32 .492 6 double fi gures. the Cubs rallied from a 5-1 defi cit be- Seattle 31 34 .477 7 They are a one win away from fore a crowd of 35,112. Texas 24 40 .375 13-1/2 National League their fi rst trip to the Western Pederson drove in three runs and East Division gave the Cubs a 7-5 lead in the seventh W L Pct GB Conference Finals since 2009-10 with a two-run double against Génesis New York 31 24 .564 _ - which was the last time Phoenix Cabrera (1-2). Philadelphia 30 31 .492 4 made the playoffs. Monte Morris Atlanta 29 32 .475 5 Miami 28 35 .444 7 Washington 25 34 .424 8 BASEBALL Central Division BASKETBALL W L Pct GB Chicago 36 27 .571 _ Milwaukee 36 27 .571 _ scored 21 off the bench for Den- Tommy Nance (1-0) threw two in- St Louis 32 31 .508 4 nings to win his fi rst major league de- Cincinnati 30 31 .492 5 ver. cision. and retired three Pittsburgh 23 39 .371 12-1/2 76ers 127, Hawks 111 batters for his 16th save. West Division W L Pct GB In Atlanta, Joel Embiid scored Giants 1, Nationals 0 San Francisco 39 23 .629 _ Los Angeles 38 25 .603 1-1/2 Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, (front), drives past Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. during the sec- 27 points and Philadelphia beat In Washington, Washington ace ond half of Game 3 of an NBA second-round playoff series, on June 11, in Denver. (AP) Max Scherzer left after just 12 pitches San Diego 37 28 .569 3-1/2 Atlanta Hawks to take a 2-1 lead Colorado 25 39 .391 15 in the Eastern Conference semifi - because of groin infl ammation, Buster Arizona 20 44 .313 20 Posey homered and San Francisco beat nal series. the Nationals on Anthony DeSclafa- Embiid, playing with a carti- ni’s career-best two-hitter. Storm remain unbeaten on road lage tear in his right knee, added A crowd of 18,029 attended the nine rebounds, eight assists and first game at Nationals Park without ATLANTA, June 12, (AP): Jewel Seattle take a 45-35 lead. Stewart fi n- home. Candace Parker scored 17. three blocked shots. capacity limits since the 2019 World Loyd scored 20 points, Breanna Stew- ished with 13 rebounds as Seattle im- Seattle shot 58% in the fi rst half, hit- Series. art pitched in with a double-double and proved to 4-.0 away from home. ting 6 of 10 from distance. Atlanta made Tobias Harris had 22 points Scherzer retired leadoff batter La- the Seattle Storm remained unbeaten Courtney Williams had 19 points - just 10 of 37 shots (27%), including 2 of and Ben Simmons added 18 Monte Wade Jr. on a fl y ball to left and on the road with an 86-75 victory over 10 from beyond the arc, in the fi rst half to help the 76ers end Atlanta’s had a 3-2 count on Brandon Belt when the Atlanta Dream in WNBA action. but kept within striking distance by mak- streak of 13 home wins. The he stretched his body. He took a war- Loyd, who came into the game tied BASKETBALL ing 13 of 14 free throws. 76ers have taken the series lead mup toss before exiting. for third in the league with 25 made Epiphanny Prince came off the with back-to-back wins. DeSclafani (6-2) struck out eight 3-pointers, hit 2 of 5 from beyond the bench to score 11 for the Storm, who and walked on his his third career shut- arc as the Storm (9-2) shot 47.6% from on 7-of-20 shooting - and 11 rebounds won their second straight and sport the Trae Young led Atlanta with out and complete game. distance (10 of 21). Stewart scored 11 to pace the Dream (4-6), who lost their best record in the league. Prince sank 3 28 points. Game 4 is Monday Angels 6, D-backs 5, 10 Innings of her 18 points in the fi rst half to help fourth straight game and fell to 1-4 at of 4 from beyond the arc. night in Atlanta. In Phoenix, Shohei Ohtani struck out eight, hit two doubles and pushed Miami ahead to stay, and the Marlins through an injury scare to lead Los An- beat Atlanta for the fourth time in fi ve Arizona powers past Ole Miss geles past slumping Arizona. New York Mets’ Jacob deGrom de- meetings this year. Max Stassi’s RBI groundout scored livers a pitch during the third inning Sandy Alcantara (4-5) allowed two Jared Walsh in the top of the 10th to of a baseball game against the San runs in six innings. Yimi García, the Vandy’s Rocker & Stanford’s Beck put the Angels ahead for good. Extra Diego Padres, on June 11, in New Marlins’ fi fth pitcher, earned his 11th innings were needed after Arizona’s York. (AP) save in 14 chances. Eduardo Escobar hit a two-out, tying The Braves have lost three consecu- dominate in NCAA super regionals homer off Raisel Iglesias (4-2) in the nine and walked none. tive games by a run each. Mike Foltynewicz (1-7) fell behind WASHINGTON, June 12, (AP): NCAA Tournament last year because ninth. Reds 11, Rockies 5 Alex Claudio earned his fi rst save of 6-0 in the fi rst. Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker and of the pandemic. He’s now 6-0 in his the season. Athletics 4, Royals 3 In Cincinnati, Joey Votto’s three- Stanford’s Brendan Beck turned in career in the national tournament with run blast highlighted a fi ve-homer ef- dominant pitching performances in a 0.63 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 42 2/3 Arizona lost its eighth in a row and In Oakland, Calif., Elvis Andrus hit has lost 31 of its last 36. The team’s fort as Cincinnati extended Colorado’s NCAA super regionalsto put their innings. a winning single in the ninth inning af- road woes. teams on the cusp of berths in the Rocker (13-3) prevailed in the 20-44 record is the worst in the big ter making pair of fi elding gaffes, and leagues. Nick Castellanos, Scott Heineman, College World Series. pitcher’s duel with Gavin Williams Oakland beat Kansas City. Kyle Farmer and Tyler Stephenson Rocker led the reigning national (10-1), who lost for the first time this D-backs starter Merrill Kelly gave Seth Brown homered to snap a long up three runs over fi ve innings. also went deep against Kyle Freeland champion Commodores to a 2-0 vic- season after scattering seven hits and funk for the A’s. Matt Chapman had (0-2), who set a career high for home tory over East Carolina in Nashville, striking out 13 in 7 1/3 innings. Dodgers 12, Rangers 1 three hits including an RBI double. runs allowed in a game. The Reds fell East Carolina (44-16) is in its sixth Salvador Pérez hit solo homers in and Beck held down one of the In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw one short of matching their single- Seattle Storm forward Katie Lou nation’s top offensive teams in a 15-3 super regional, and its 30 NCAA bounced back from two bad outings the seventh against Cole Irvin and the game season high for homers. Samuelson shoots over Atlanta eighth against former teammate Jake win over Texas Tech in Lubbock, Tournament appearances without with six sharp innings, Gavin Lux The Rockies fell to 5-25 away from Dream guard Courtney Williams Texas. making it to the CWS is the longest drove in four runs and hit one of fi ve Diekman. Coors Field and have lost every road during the fi rst half of a WNBA bas- Kansas City has lost six of seven. No. 1 national seed Arkansas made streak of its kind. Dodgers homers as Los Angeles rout- series this season. ketball game, on June 11, in Col- fast work of North Carolina State in the Stanford’s Beck (9-1) went to the ed Texas. Lou Trivino (3-2) retired four bat- lege Park, Ga. (AP) ters. Scott Barlow (2-2) took the loss. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5 opener of its best-of-three series, getting mound in the bottom of the first inning Max Muncy, Justin Turner and Lux a grand slam from Cullen Smith and two with a four-run lead. He had 0-2 counts homered in the fi rst inning. Albert Pu- Indians 7, Mariners 0 In Boston, Alex Verdugo hit a line drive off the Green Monster to drive Brewers 7, Pirates 4 homers from Robert Moore in a 21-2 on 18 of the 30 batters he faced and jols and Will Smith also went deep as In Cleveland, Aaron Civale gave up struck out a career-high 13 in 7 1/3 in the game-winning run in the ninth In Milwaukee, Christian Yelich hit win in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was the Los Angeles won its fourth in a row a single to start the game before domi- largest margin of victory in super region- innings. He gave up two runs and was and sent Texas to its 16th straight road inning and Boston rallied from a four- a bases-loaded double that broke a tie nating Seattle’s light-hitting lineup for run defi cit to beat Toronto. never stressed after the No. 9 Cardinal loss. eight innings, leading the Cleveland to and Pittsburgh relievers issued three Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three of consecutive bases-loaded walks in a (37-15) scored four times in the first Kershaw (8-5) gave up only one the win in front of the largest crowd at BASEBALL on a homer by Tim Tawa and three unearned and three hits. He struck out Toronto’s 16 hits, including his major fi ve-run seventh inning that helped Progressive Field since 2019. league-leading 19th homer of the sea- straight RBI singles. Civale (9-2) allowed J.P. Crawford’s fuel Milwaukee’s win. son, to help the Blue Jays open a four- Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a two-run hom- Stanford entered the game 1-8 in its leadoff hit and nothing else to become run lead in the sixth inning. The Red als since the tournament went to its cur- last four super-regional appearances the fi rst AL pitcher with nine wins. He er, and Ben Gamel and Gregory Po- Sox scored three in the bottom half and lanco added solo shots for the Pirates, rent format in 1999. and is going for its 17th CWS appear- struck out a career-high 11 and retired tied it on Christian Arroyo’s towering Tony Bullard continued his three- ance, and first since 2008. The No. 8 22 in a row after loading the bases in who lost their fi fth straight. Pittsburgh solo home run. pitchers issued a total of 11 walks. week offensive surge, homering twice Red Raiders (39-16) are trying to get the fi rst. Blake Parker worked the ninth Verdugo’s single off the wall in left and tripling to lead Arizona past to their third straight CWS. to complete the two-hitter. Clay Holmes (2-1) took the loss. was his third hit, and pinch-runner Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff Mississippi 9-3 in Tucson, Arizona. The Razorbacks’ 21 runs were their Rays 4, Orioles 2 Danny Santana scored easily for Bos- (5-2) gave up the homers to Gamel and Rocker was the biggest star of the most in 162 all-time NCAA In St. Petersburg, Fla., Ryan Yar- ton’s major league-best 23rd come- Polanco. He allowed two other hits in last NCAA Tournament, and he’s Tournament games and the most brough pitched six solid innings and back win of the season. seven innings, striking our fi ve with no doing his thing again, keeping batters allowed by the Wolfpack in 123. Tampa Bay became the fi rst team to Astros 6, Twins 4 walks. off balance while mixing his mid-90s Moore’s first homer gave the fastball with a slider and curve. Razorbacks a 2-1 lead in the second reach 40 wins this season. In Minneapolis, Martín Maldonado White Sox 5, Tigers 4, 10 Innings Yarbrough (4-3), the fi rst Rays’ Rocker, who could be the first player inning and his three-run blast in the hit a go-ahead double in the ninth and In Detroit, Liam Hendricks angrily taken in the draft eighth closed the scoring. Charlie pitcher to go the distance in fi ve years Houston beat Minnesota. in his previous start, gave up two un- threw a wet ball into foul territory af- next month, allowed three hits and Welch also went deep for the Hogs, earned runs and three hits, striking out Jose Altuve and Yuli Gurriel ter his fi rst pitch of the ninth inning, struck out 11 in 7 2/3 innings in what whose 106 homers lead the nation. six. homered and Alex Bregman drove in leading to a lengthy rain delay, then was probably his final appearance at Patrick Wicklander (7-1) gave up a Brandon Lowe homered for the two runs for Houston, which won for gave up a tying two-run homer to Daz Hawkins Field. In the regional opener run and six hits in six innings, and two ’ Kyle Rays, who are 21-5 since May 13. the fourth time in fi ve games. Michael Cameron before Chicago beat Detroit against Presbyterian last week, he threw relievers allowed the Wolfpack (33- Schwarber (12) is out at second Baltimore got a home run from Trey Brantley added three hits for the As- in 10 innings. seven innings of two-hit shutout ball for 18) one hit the rest of the way. as San Francisco Giants second Mancini. Keegan Akin (0-1) took the tros. Chicago led 4-2 when Hendriks en- No. 4 national seed Vandy (44-15). Arizona’s Bullard, who hit one baseman Donovan Solano, (right), loss. Ryne Stanek (1-1) allowed a tying tered to start the ninth, seeking his AL- Rocker in 2019 pitched a no-hitter home run in his first 36 games, went throws to fi rst to complete the dou- homer to Josh Donaldson in the eighth high 17th save. Marlins 4, Braves 3 against Duke in the super regionals deep in the second and fourth innings ble play on Yan Gomes during the but earned the win in relief of starter Hendriks (3-1) had entered with 14 and was selected the CWS Most and has hit six homers in his last six fi fth inning of a baseball game, on In Miami, Jazz Chisholm’s two-out, José Urquidy. Ryan Pressly notched straight scoreless appearances and had Outstanding Player. There was no games. June 11, in Washington. (AP) two-run single in the fourth inning put his 10th save in 11 chances. retired 26 of his previous 28 batters. Islanders-Lightning, Knights-Canadiens in uncertain fi nal 4 NEW YORK, June 12, (AP): If the fi nal two rounds with the Stanley Cup It allowed all 31 teams to complete a ing one playoff series than they have teams left in the NHL playoffs are sick on the line bring every element of the condensed, 56-game schedule with all-time in the regular season, because and tired of facing the same opponents unknown. 16 making the playoffs. New York the Golden Knights began playing in over and over, they are in luck in the “It’s such a different series in emerged from the East, Tampa Bay the 2017. semifi nals. terms of the preparation,” Vegas gen- Central, Vegas the West and Montreal The Lightning and Islanders grinded After exclusively divisional play eral manager Kelly McCrimmon said. the North. Players and coaches from out a six-game series nine months ago this season and through the fi rst two “Now with the Islanders and Tampa these teams haven’t thought much in the postseason bubble in Edmonton, rounds, the hockey playoffs are down about each other all season, let alone Alberta, so there will be some familiar- to a fi nal four of teams that haven’t scout or prepare for them. ity when the puck drops Sunday after- played each other all year. The New ICE HOCKEY “Different season for everyone,” noon in Tampa. York Islanders face the Tampa Bay Canadiens coach Dominique Ducha- “It helps a little bit,” Islanders coach Lightning in one semifi nal that’s a re- rme said. “Different style of play or Barry Trotz said. “Most of our players match of the 2020 Eastern Conference Bay, our own series with Montreal, it’s different teams that you play often, but played in that series, so they under- fi nal, while the Vegas Golden Knights brand new. Starting from scratch.” that’s part of the challenge for every- stand when we’re talking about certain play the Montreal Canadiens in a play- The league that has emphasized one right now.” trends or the way they play.” off series for the fi rst time. rivalries for decades limited play If Montreal-Vegas, which begins Tampa Bay won that series last fall Vanderbilt’s Enrique Bradfi eld Jr. hits an infi eld single against East Caro- After so much familiarity from see- within four remade divisions for one Monday night, goes the distance, the before beating Dallas and hoisting the lina in the eighth inning of an NCAA college baseball super regional game, ing the same teams over and over, the season only because of the pandemic. teams will face off more times dur- Stanley Cup. on June 11, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP)