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Phillies dominate again, sweep Braves on Bohm hit Ohtani’s 2-way play, Walsh’s HRs lead Angels past ChiSox ANAHEIM, California, April 5, (AP): Jeff Hoffman (1-0), acquired from Shohei Ohtani hit a 451-foot homer and the in an off-season pitched two-hit ball into the fi fth trade, gave up a just run and three hits in a historic two-way performance, and through fi ve with six . hit a walkoff homer in the Indians 9, Tigers 3 ’ 7-4 victory over In Detorit, Jordan Luplow hit a two- the . run homer to cap a four-run seventh, Walsh hit two homers, including a and Cleveland overcame a big three-run shot off Matt Foster to by Akil Baddoo on the fi rst pitch of his end the Angels’ third win over Chicago fi rst major league at-bat. in their four-game, season-opening se- Cleveland avoided a sweep in De- ries. troit after falling behind 3-1 in the Ohtani reached another milestone third. Yu Chang put the Indians up 4-3 in his unique career when he took the with a two-run single off Daniel Norris mound and occupied the No. 2 slot in (0-1) in the seventh, and Luplow added the batting order for the Angels. He his homer one out later. was just the third in 45 seasons Baddoo was taken by the Tigers to hit for himself in a game with the with the third pick of the 2020 winter available, and the fi rst meeting draft of unprotected players. to bat second since Jack Dunleavy did The 22-year-old, who had never played it for the Cardinals in 1903. above , gave his bat a little fl ip after hitting an opposite-fi eld drive to left in the third off Aaron Civale (1-0). Orioles 11, Red Sox3 In Boston, Boston dropped to 0-3 In the fi rst inning alone, Ohtani both at Fenway Park for the fi rst time since threw the hardest pitch by any starting 1948 and the second time ever as Trey pitcher in baseball this season and pro- Mancini and Austin Hays hit two-run duced the hardest hit by any batter this doubles during a seven-run third inning. season. Ohtani touched 101 mph with Cedric Mullins went 5 for 5 with a fastball, and his fi rst-pitch homer off three doubles and walk for the Orioles, Chicago’s Dylan Cease left his bat at collecting four of hits in the initial four 115 mph. innings. Maikel Franco added a fi rst- Ohtani also didn’t allow a run inning, two-run double, helping Bal- through the fi rst four innings, but his timore to its fi rst three-game sweep at control problems abetted Chicago’s Fenway since Aug. 25-27, 2017. three-run rally in the fi fth. Ohtani left Boston is coming off a 24-36 record after a passed ball and a throwing error that was its worst winning percentage by catcher led to a scary col- since 1965. lision at home plate between Ohtani and Baltimore left-hander Bruce Zim- AL MVP José Abreu, but the Angels merman (1-0) gave up three runs said the two-way star avoided injury. and four hits in six innings with fi ve New Angels closer strikeouts and one walk for his fi rst (1-0) couldn’t quite come up with a victory. (28) hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the , on April 4, in Philadelphia. (AP) fi ve-out . Chicago tied it in the Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1 ninth when Nick Madrigal scored from In New York, Vladimir Guerrero second on a throwing error by Iglesias, Jr. and homered off who tried to get him at third after fi eld- Domingo Germán (0-1). who allowed ing Adam Eaton’s one-out grounder. three runs over three innings in his Phillies 2, Braves 1 fi rst appearance since Sept. 18, 2019, In Philadelphia, Alec Bohm hit a tie- after serving a suspension under Major Ovi scores historic PP goal breaking single in the eighth inning and League Baseball’s domestic violence Zach Efl in gave Philadelphia another policy. Toronto won two of three. strong start to complete a three-game T.J. Zeuch pitched four scoreless sweep of defending NL East champion innings, left-hander Ryan Borucki (1- Atlanta. 0) got two outs to escape a jam in the Philadelphia’s starting trio of Aaron sixth and got his Nola, and Efl in (1-0) second save with a perfect ninth. as Capitals hold off Devils surrendered three runs, 11 hits and one Cubs 4, Pirates 4 walk in 20 2/3 innings against an At- In Chicago, Zach Davies (1-0) per- lanta lineup that led the majors in 2020 mitted two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 with 556 hits. innings in his Chicago debut against Red Wings end drought in Tampa with 5-1 win over Lightning The Phillies bullpen, which posted a short-handed Pittsburgh. 7.06 ERA in 2020, didn’t yield a run in Ian Happ homered and NEWARK, N.J., April Central Division. 7 1/3 innings in the set. reached three times as Chicago earned Driedger, who has earned wins Reds 12, Cardinals 1 its second straight win after losing on 5, (AP): Alex Ovechkin in four of his last fi ve appearances, In Cincinnati, Nick Castellanos . moved into a second-place stopped all 32 shots he faced for his came out swinging with his bat a day Pittsburgh played without third tie on the all-time list for second shutout of the season. after being ejected for inciting a bench- baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, placed on Joonas Korpisalo also had 32 saves clearing melee, hitting a three-run the 10-day with a strained NHL power-play goals and for Columbus. homer off Carlos Martinez (0-1) and left wrist. the Washington Capitals Hurricanes 1, Stars 0 triple to fi nish the series 6 for 11 with Rangers 7, Royals 3 beat the New Jersey Devils In Raleigh, N.C., Petr Mrazek made fi ve RBIs. In Kansas City, Mo., Nate Lowe 28 saves in his fi rst game back after a also a three-run shot three-run homer in the third for Texas, 5-4, completing a sweep of two-month absence as Carolina beat for the Reds, who won two in a row to which avoided a sweep, and a team-re- their eight-game season se- Dallas. take the opening matchup of NL Cen- cord nine RBIs in the fi rst three games Mrazek, who notched his third shut- tral teams that earned wild-card spots of the season, a Texas record. ries. Ovechkin’s second-period goal out of the season, played for the fi rst last season. Isiah Kiner-Falefa also drove in time since suffering a thumb injury three runs. was his 265th with the extra man, Jan. 30 against Dallas. Jordan Lyles (1-0) gave up two runs tying him with Brett Hull for sec- Stars coach Rick Bowness didn’t in 5 2/3 innings, struck out eight and ond place and leaving him nine allowed fi ve hits. return to the bench for the third period Twins 8, Brewers 2 because of what the team announced In Milwaukee, Miguel Sanó and was a COVID protocol. ICE HOCKEY Jordan Martinook’s second-period homered to back up Mi- Washington Capitals’ Justin Schultz (2) fi ghts for control of the puck with chael Pineda (1-0), who gave up just goal was enough scoring. It was his behind all-time league leader Dave New Jersey Devils’ Jesper Boqvist (90) during the fi rst period of an NHL second goal of the season, with the one unearned run and four hits in fi ve hockey game, on April 4, in Newark, NJ. (AP) innings. Andreychuk (274). The 35-year- other coming Feb. 13 at Dallas. Luis Arraez went 3 of 3 with a pair Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger made old Russian, who also picked up 37 saves just a night after a 41-save of walks as the Twins took two of two assists, has 19 goals this sea- three. Max Kepler and Sanó each drove NHL Results/Standings outing in a victory against the Hurri- son and 725 in his career. canes. in three runs. Ilya Samsonov stopped 35 shots, Dodgers 4, Rockies 2 Maple Leafs 4, Flames 2 and T.J. Oshie, Conor Sheary, Carl In Calgary, Alberta, Auston Mat- In Denver, Julio Urías (1-0) gave Hagelin and Evgeny Kuznetsov also WASHINGTON, April 5, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on up one run and three hits over seven- Sunday. thews and John Tavares each had a scored for Washington. The eight- goal and an assist and Toronto beat plus innings in the longest start of the game sweep was the fi rst in team his- Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 1 Arizona 3 Anaheim OT 2 24-year-old left-hander’s major league Washington 5 New Jersey 4 Carolina 1 Dallas 0 Calgary. career. He struck out six and walked tory against a single opponent. Florida 3 Columbus 0 Toronto 4 Calgary 2 Morgan Rielly and Alex Galche- one. Travis Zajac scored twice and East Division West Division nyuk also scored for the Maple Leafs, Yegor Sharangovich and Jesper Bratt GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA who are 6-3-1 in their last 10 and con- Austin Gomber (0-1) walked seven, Washington 38 25 9 4 54 132 117 Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher allowing three runs - one earned - and once for New Jersey, which trailed 3-2 Colorado 37 25 8 4 54 132 83 tinue to top the NHL’s North Division. after two periods despite outshooting NY Islanders 38 24 10 4 52 117 90 Vegas 36 24 10 2 50 113 84 Shohei Ohtani (17) throws during the one hit in three innings. Pittsburgh 38 24 12 2 50 126 102 Minnesota 36 23 11 2 48 104 89 Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves. first inning of a baseball game against Astros 9, Athletics 2 the Caps 31-12. Mackenzie Black- Boston 34 19 10 5 43 96 86 Arizona 38 18 15 5 41 102 116 Joakim Nordstrom and Andrew the Chicago White Sox, on April 4, in wood fi nished with 14 saves. Philadelphia 36 17 14 5 39 109 132 St Louis 37 16 15 6 38 103 118 Mangiapane scored for the Flames, In Oakland, California, Jason Castro NY Rangers 37 17 15 5 39 117 99 Anaheim, California. (AP) homered in his fi rst start with Houston Red Wings 5, Lightning 1 San Jose 37 17 16 4 38 105 122 who are 2-8-0 in their last 10 and 5-8-0 New Jersey 36 13 17 6 32 88 113 Los Angeles 36 14 16 6 34 98 102 In Tampa, Florida, Thomas Greiss Buffalo 37 8 23 6 22 82 128 since Darryl Sutter took over as head since as a free agent following the 2016 Anaheim 39 11 21 7 29 87 130 season, helping complete a four-game made 27 stops to lead Detroit to its fi rst Central Division coach. David Rittich stopped 26 shots. GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division sweep. road win against Tampa Bay in the GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto has won fi ve of seven meet- regular season in more than 10 years. Florida 39 26 9 4 56 130 103 MLB Results/Standings Dusty Baker tied Bill McKechnie for Tampa Bay 38 26 10 2 54 130 93 Toronto 38 25 10 3 53 125 95 ings between the teams this season. 14th among managers with 1,896 wins. Marc Staal, Valtteri Filppula, Mi- Carolina 37 25 9 3 53 120 92 Edmonton 38 23 14 1 47 125 109 The Flames host the Maple Leafs chael Rasmussen, Darren Helm and Nashville 39 20 18 1 41 99 113 Winnipeg 38 22 13 3 47 121 104 again Monday. Diamondbacks 3, Padres 1 Montreal 34 16 9 9 41 111 94 In San Diego, Rookie Taylor Wid- Dylan Larkin all scored for the Red Chicago 39 17 17 5 39 109 122 Coyotes 3, Ducks 2, OT WASHINGTON, April 5, (AP): Re- Wings, who snapped a three-game Dallas 36 13 13 10 36 98 95 Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 sults and standings from the MLB ener (1-0) held San Diego to three hits Columbus 40 14 18 8 36 98 129 Calgary 39 16 20 3 35 100 119 In Anaheim, California, Jakob Chy- games on Sunday. over six scoreless innings to win his winless streak. Luke Glendening and Detroit 40 13 22 5 31 88 125 Ottawa 38 13 21 4 30 101 142 chrun scored his third goal 1:47 into Toronto 3 NY Yankees 1 fi rst big league start and David Peralta Anthony Mantha each fi nished with Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each overtime and Arizona Coyotes beat Cleveland 9 Detroit 3 two assists for Detroit, which had lost division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Anaheim. Baltimore 11 Boston 3 hit a two-run triple as Arizona avoided Texas 7 KC Chiefs 3 a four-game sweep. 17 consecutive regular-season games It was the fi rst career hat trick for in Tampa. Chychrun, who scored on a long wrist Twins 8 Brewers 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his fi rst homer ond period. out, and Florida won its sixth straight. Astros 9 Oakland 2 of the season with two outs in the ninth, Victor Hedman scored his seventh shot. LA Angels 7 Chic. W. Sox 4 goal for the Lightning. Christopher Panthers 3, Blue Jackets 0 Frank Vatrano and Gustav Forsling Adin Hill made 18 saves for the Phillies 2 Atlanta 1 off Chris Devenski, who got the save. Cincinnati 12 St Louis 1 Tatis also made his fi fth error at short- Gibson stopped 13 shots in the loss, In Sunrise, Florida, Aleksander also scored, and MacKenzie Weegar Coyotes, who swept the two game set Chic Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 3 stop. his undoing coming when he allowed Barkov had a goal and an assist, Chris had two assists as the Panthers moved after winning 4-2 on Friday. Arizona LA Dodgers 4 Colorado 2 three goals in a span of 2:53 in the sec- Driedger posted his third career shut- into sole possession of fi rst place in the has won fi ve of six. Arizona 3 SD Padres 1 East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 3 0 1.000 _ TB Rays 2 1 .667 1 Asgreen beats Van der Poel, Toronto 2 1 .667 1 New York 1 2 .333 2 Boston 0 3 .000 3 Central Division wins Tour of Flanders classic W L Pct GB Detroit 2 1 .667 _ KC Royals 2 1 .667 _ OUDENAARDE, Belgium, April 5, was a really hard race. We were both Twins 2 1 .667 _ (AP): Danish cyclist Kasper Asgreen on the limit. It was a question of mar- Cleveland 1 2 .333 1 timed his attack perfectly with about gins at the end.” Chicago 1 3 .250 1-1/2 West Division 250 meters left and overtook Dutch- Both completed the 254-kilometer W L Pct GB man Mathieu Van der Poel to win the (157.5-mile) trek in just over six hours. Houston 4 0 1.000 _ Tour of Flanders classic for the fi rst The last Dane to win the race was Los Angeles 3 1 .750 1 Seattle 2 1 .667 1-1/2 time. Rolf Sorensen in 1997. Texas 1 2 .333 2-1/2 Asgreen sat on the defending cham- It was Asgreen’s second big win of Oakland 0 4 .000 4 pion’s wheel entering the last kilom- the season after victory late last month East Division eter and then at the E3 Classic, which was also held W L Pct GB Philadelphia 3 0 1.000 _ surged ahead of in the Flanders region of Belgium. New York 0 0 .000 1-1/2 Van der Poel, Van der Poel, who rides for the Washington 0 0 .000 1-1/2 who tried to re- Alpecin-Fenix team, won last year’s Miami 1 2 .333 2 Atlanta 0 3 .000 3 sist but eased Central Division up just before W L Pct GB the line when he CYCLING Chicago 2 1 .667 _ knew defeat was Cincinnati 2 1 .667 _ Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1 inevitable. exciting race in a photo fi nish ahead Pittsburgh 1 2 .333 1 “I felt good in of his former Cyclo-cross rival Wout St Louis 1 2 .333 1 the last kilome- van Aert of Belgium, who was dropped West Division W L Pct GB tres still so I de- from the leading group of three riders Los Angeles 3 1 .750 _ cided to try and Asgreen with 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) to go. San Diego 3 1 .750 _ trust my sprint,” He fi nished third, about 30 seconds be- SF Giants 1 2 .333 1-1/2 Arizona 1 3 .250 2 the 26-year-old Elegant-QuickStep hind the front two. Colorado 1 3 .250 2 Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Christopher Gibson, of Finland, makes a save against Detroit Red Wings’ Filip rider said. “I decided to stay (on) the His father Adrie van der Poel won Zadina, of Czech Republic, during the fi rst period of an NHL hockey game, on April 4, in Tampa, Florida. (AP) wheel, so I could decide when to go. It the race in 1986.