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South African Higgo claims second European Tour title Aussies Leishman and Smith win Zurich Classic in a playoff AVONDALE, La., April 26, (AP): Cameron best result since tying for fi fth at the Masters Smith and Marc Leishman outlasted Louis this month and his fi rst win since the 2020 Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel to win the Farmers Insurance Open. Zurich Classic in a playoff that capped a tight They fi nished regulation at 20 under. Pogacar ‘outsprints’ French duo to and tense fi nal round. Peter Uihlein and Richy Werenski shot a Smith and Leishman won with a par on 67, with six birdies and one bogey, to shoot their second trip up the par-5 18th after Oost- up the leaderboard from 18th to third. win Liege-Bastogne-Liege classsic huizen pushed his tee shot into the water and LIEGE, Belgium, April, 26, (AP): Slovenian Alejandro Valverde and Michael Woods missed an 11-foot par putt. GOLF rider Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Frenchmen broke away from the pack on the fi nal climb The Australians forced the playoff by Julian Alaphilippe and David Gaudu to win of the race. shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate-shot play the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic. Valverde and Woods fi nished just off the at the PGA Tour’s lone regular-season team Billy Horschel and former LSU play- A group of fi ve riders that also included podium in fourth and fi fth places, respectively. event. Oosthuizen and Schwartzel, a shot er Sam Burns shot a 69 to tie for fourth ahead entering the day, but the shot a 71. with Brandt Snedeker-Keith Mitchell and The South Africans had three pars and two Brendan Steele-Kegan Bradley. won the Veritex Bank Championship, over- Other Tours: Rikuya Hoshino won the Ja- bogeys. In Las Palmas, Spain, South African left- coming a fi ve-stroke defi cit for his fi rst Korn pan Golf Tour’s Kansai Open, closing with a It’s Smith’s third career victory - second at hander Garrick Higgo won the Gran Canaria Marc Leishman, of Australia, (left), and Ferry Tour victory. 2-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Chan Open for his second European Tour title, teammate Cameron Smith, of Australia, The 32-year-old former Florida player Kim. Rikuya had a 14-under 270 total at Ari- the Zurich team event - and best result since hold the trophy after winning the PGA Zu- tying for second at the pandemic-delayed closing with his second straight 7-under 63 closed with a 7-under 64 to fi nish at 23-un- ma Royal in Hyogo, Japan. ... Brandon Stone rich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisi- der 261 at Golf Club, a stroke won the Limpopo Championship in a four- 2020 Masters last November. It’s also was for a three-stroke victory. ana in Avondale, La., on April 25. (AP) his sixth top 10 since the current tour sea- The 21-year-old Higgo fi nished at 25-un- ahead of Dallas resident Theo Humphrey way playoff, topping fellow South Africans son started last October. Smith’s last victory der 255 at Meloneras Golf Course in the Ca- Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer was sec- (70). Hennie du Plessis, Oliver Bekker and Daniel came at the 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii. nary Islands. He also won the Portugal Open ond after a 62. Taylor Moore (65) and Brett Drewitt (68) van Tonder at Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Es- It was Leishman’s sixth career victory, his last season. In Arlington, Texas, Tyson Alexander were 20 under. tate in Mookgophong, South Africa. A’s 13-game win streak ends, O’s romp 8-1 Bumgarner solid, D-backs sweep Braves Zibanejad nets hat trick

ATLANTA, April 26, (AP): threw a seven-inning no- hitter, an achievement that won’t count MLB Results/Standings in the Major League record as Rangers beat Sabres book but completed a dominant day of pitching for a WASHINGTON, April 26, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on 7-0 win over the and a Sunday. sweep. Boston 5 3 Arizona 5 Atlanta (1st game) 0 Bumgarner (2-2) struck out seven Baltimore 8 Oakland 1 NY Mets 4 Washington 0 and walked none. The only Braves bat- Cleveland 7 NY Yankees 3 St Louis 5 Cincinnati 2 Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 0 Milwaukee 6 Chicago Cubs 0 ter who reached base against him came Kansas City 4 Detroit 0 Arizona 7 Atlanta (2nd game) 0 on ’s throwing LA Angels 4 Houston 2 Colorado 12 Philadelphia 2 error in the second inning. Pittsburgh 6 Minnesota 2 S. Francisco 4 Miami 3 Offi cially, Bumgarner’s gem won’t C.. Wht Sox 8 Texas 4 San Diego 8 LA Dodgers (11 inn) 7 count in the list of no-hitters. MLB’s East Division East Division eight-man committee on statistical ac- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB curacy decided in 1991 that a no-hitter Boston 14 9 .609 _ New York 9 8 .529 _ was a game of nine or more innings Tampa Bay 11 11 .500 2-1/2 Philadelphia 10 11 .476 1 Toronto 10 11 .476 3 Atlanta 9 12 .429 2 that ended with no hits. Baltimore 9 12 .429 4 Miami 9 12 .429 2 In the opener, (1-0) New York 9 12 .429 4 Washington 8 11 .421 2 pitched a one-hitter, allowing Freddie Central Division Central Division Freeman’s sharp single to right-center W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Kansas City 13 7 .650 _ Milwaukee 13 8 .619 _ fi eld with one out in the sixth of a 5-0 Chicago 12 9 .571 1-1/2 St Louis 11 10 .524 2 win. This was the fi rst time a team Cleveland 9 11 .450 4 Pittsburgh 11 11 .500 2-1/2 pitched two complete-game shutouts Minnesota 7 13 .350 6 Chicago 10 11 .476 3 in a doubleheader since Boston’s Reg- Detroit 7 15 .318 7 Cincinnati 9 12 .429 4 West Division West Division gie Cleveland and Don Aase at Toron- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB to on Sept. 5 1977 Oakland 14 8 .636 _ Los Angeles 15 7 .682 _ Arizona has won six of seven. Seattle 13 9 .591 1 S. Francisco 14 8 .636 1 Los Angeles 10 10 .500 3 San Diego 13 11 .542 3 and Houston 10 11 .476 3-1/2 Arizona 11 11 .500 4 homered in the fi rst game, Bryse Wil- Texas 9 13 .409 5 Colorado 8 13 .381 6-1/2 son (1-1) allowed four hits, including both home runs, in four innings. Drew Smyly (0-1) gave up six runs - fi ve twice to raise his season total to 10, and earned - over four innings in the sec- Eduardo Rodríguez (4-0) gave up eight Dylan Cozens (24) collides with ’ Igor Shesterkin (31) and Libor Hajek (25) in the ond game, allowing homers to Pavin hits and struck out eight in six innings second period of an NHL hockey game, on April 25, in New York. (AP) Smith, and Eduardo Es- in Boston’s major league-leading 11th cobar homered. comeback victory of the season. Orioles 8, Athletics 1 Seattle starter Nick Margevicius (0- Pens blank Bruins In Baltimore, Oakland’s 13-game 2) got just one out while allowing four NHL Results/Standings winning streak ended as Austin Hays runs in the fi rst inning. He faced seven his fi rst two home runs. batters and walked four of them -- two NEW YORK, April 26, The A’s, who opened the season with the bases loaded -- while also al- WASHINGTON, April 26, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on with six straight losses, put together lowing two hits. (AP): Mika Zibanejad Sunday. their third-longest winning string since Mets 4, Nationals 0 scored three times for his Pittsburgh 1 Boston 0 Philadelphia 4 New Jersey SO3 moving to Oakland in 1968. In New York, Taijuan Walker (1-1) third hat trick in 22 games NY Rangers 6 Buffalo 3 Tampa Bay 4 Columbus OT 3 pitched three-hit ball over seven in- East Division West Division and seventh of his career GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA nings in his fi rst win for the Mets, and Pittsburgh 49 32 14 3 67 169 135 x-Vegas 47 34 11 2 70 160 103 BASEBALL J.D. Davis hit a two- homer in the to help lift the New York Washington 48 31 13 4 66 170 144 x-Colorado 45 31 10 4 66 161 108 fi rst off a faltering Patrick Corbin. Rangers beat the Buffalo 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 Arizona 48 21 22 5 47 128 150 Oakland won 14 in a row in 1988 Corbin (0-3) lost his 10th straight NY Rangers 49 25 18 6 56 164 131 and a then-American League record of decision dating to last August, allow- Sabres 6-3. St Louis 45 20 19 6 46 131 142 Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitch- Kaapo Kakko added two goals Philadelphia 48 22 19 7 51 136 171 San Jose 47 18 24 5 41 125 163 20 consecutive wins in 2002. Cleve- ing four runs, seven hits and three New Jersey 48 14 27 7 35 121 170 Los Angeles 45 17 22 6 40 120 136 er Madison Bumgarner delivers during Buffalo 49 13 29 7 33 121 171 walks in four-plus innings. and Kevin Rooney had an empty- Anaheim 48 14 27 7 35 105 156 land broke that mark with 22 straight Central Division in 2017. The Athletics’ string had been the sixth inning of the second game of White Sox 8, Rangers 4 netter for the Rangers. They pulled North Division a double header against the Atlanta GP W L OT Pts GF GA the longest in the majors since that run In Chicago, Michael Kopech (2-0) within four points of Boston for Carolina 47 31 10 6 68 153 114 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Braves, on April 25, in Atlanta. (AP) Toronto 48 30 13 5 65 159 130 by the Indians. struck out a career-high 10 while al- the fi nal playoff spot in the East Florida 49 31 13 5 67 158 133 lowing one run and four hits in fi ve in- Tampa Bay 48 32 14 2 66 160 125 Winnipeg 47 27 17 3 57 148 129 John Means (2-0) allowed one run four hits in six innings. Division after the Bruins lost 1-0 Nashville 49 26 21 2 54 133 138 Edmonton 45 27 16 2 56 144 125 and two hits in 6 1/3 innings, lowering Indians 7, Yankees 3 nings, José Abreu homered and drove Dallas 47 20 15 12 52 135 121 Montreal 46 20 17 9 49 134 135 in three runs and Chicago won its sea- to Pittsburgh earlier Sunday. Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 127 137 his ERA to 1.50. In Cleveland, Franmil Reyes hit a Adam Fox had three assists and Igor Chicago 48 22 21 5 49 135 151 Jesús Luzardo (1-2) allowed three-run homer, tripled and stole his son-high fourth straight. Detroit 50 17 25 8 42 115 158 Vancouver 41 19 19 3 41 113 130 three runs and seven hits with eight Abreu hit a two-run homer, the fi fth Shesterkin made 31 saves to improve Columbus 50 15 25 10 40 121 170 Ottawa 48 17 27 4 38 131 170 fi rst career base, helping Cleveland to 4-0-1 in his career against Buffalo. Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each and two walks over a sea- avoid a four-game series sweep. of the year for the reigning AL MVP, division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. son-high 6 2/3 innings. Reyes homered in the fourth off in the fi rst off Kohei Arihara (2-2). x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Padres 8, Dodgers 7, 11 Innings Jameson Taillon (0-2) as Cleve- Pirates 6, Twins 2 In Los Angeles, Fernando Tatís Jr. In Minneapolis, Gregory Polanco land overcame a 3-0 defi cit and took give lift Tampa Bay past Columbus. scored on Eric Hosmer’s sacrifi ce fl y a 4-3 lead. Reyes a burly 6-foot-5, homered and had three hits as Pitts- in the 11th off Garrett Cleavinger (0-1) 265-pounder, led off the sixth with his burgh completed a 6-3 trip. The Rangers won for the seventh Ondrej Palat had a and two and San Diego rallied from a late six- second big league triple and scored on Clay Holmes (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 hit- time in their last 10 games and assists, Mathieu Joseph and Alex run defi cit. Jordan Luplow’s double against Nick less innings for his fi rst win since July improved to 5-1-1 against the Sabres Barre-Boulet also scored, and Manny Machado delivered the ty- Nelson for a 6-3 advantage. 2, 2019, against the Chicago Cubs. Sam this season, including 3-0-0 at home. Brayden Point had three assists for ing RBI single in the ninth inning for Blue Jays 1, Rays 0 Howard got two outs, Chris Stratton The teams meet again Tuesday night Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy the Padres, who claimed their third In St. Petersburg, Florida, Toronto allowed Nelson Cruz’s seventh homer at Madison Square Garden. made 19 saves for his NHL-leading win in this dramatic four-game series starter Hyun Jin Ryu was forced to in a three-hit eighth and David Bednar Jeff Skinner, Victor Olofsson and 28th victory of the season. between Southern rivals in leave early with a right glute strain af- struck out two in a perfect ninth. Sam Reinhart scored for the Sabres. The Lightning moved to within a appropriately theatrical fashion. San ter giving up three hits in 3 2/3 innings. Cardinals 5, Reds 2 Dustin Tokarski made 23 saves. point of idle Florida for second place in Diego trailed 7-1 entering the seventh, Five relievers completed a fi ve- In St. Louis, Tyler O’Neill homered Penguins 1, Bruins 0 the Central Division. Tampa Bay has but scored two runs in each of the next hitter. Tim Mayza (1-0) followed Ryu twice and Jack Flaherty (4-0) allowed In Pittsburgh, Tristan Jarry made played one less game than the Panthers. three innings to force the defending and got the fi nal out in the fourth. He one run and three hits in seven innings. 29 saves for his first shutout of the Eric Robinson scored twice and World Series champs into extras on a gave up two singles in the fi fth - the last Cincinnati has lost seven straight, its season and Jake Guentzel scored in Mikhail Grigorenko added a goal for chilly night at Chavez Ravine. hits for the Rays - and was replaced by longest skid since an eight-game slide Pittsburgh’s victory over Boston. Columbus. The Blue Jackets are win- Rockies 12, Phillies 2 Tyler Chatwood, who worked out of from March 31-April 7, 2019. . Jarry has won his last four deci- less in nine games 0-7-2. In Denver, Trevor Story hit a grand the jam. Rafael Dolis got four outs for O’Neill, who came off the injured sions, including a sloppy 7-6 home Flyers 4, Devils 3, SO slam to cap a seven-run fourth inning, his second . list on Friday after missing 13 games victory over New Jersey last week, in In Philadelphia, Claude Giroux letting loose a shout to his dugout and Royals 4, Tigers 0 with a right groin strain, hit solo home which he allowed six third-period scored twice in 22 seconds to force a big bat fl ip, and Colorado overcame In Detroit, Danny Duffy (3-1) al- runs in the second and fi fth innings. Brewers 6, Cubs 0 goals. He rebounded two nights later overtime and was one of three Flyers two solo home runs by Bryce Harper. lowed four hits in fi ve innings abd struck against the Devils and has earned a to score in a shootout in Philadelphia’s Story hit his third career slam and out eight. He’s allowed one In Chicago, Brandon Woodruff (2- goaltender 0) allowed two hits in six innings and point in 11 of his last 12 starts. victory over New Jersey. second on a 2-2 curveball in 23 innings so far this season. Guentzel scored his 21st at 4:03 of Tristan Jarry (35) blocks a shot by Bos- also scored in regu- from Dave Hale, sending the ball 433 Hunter Dozier hit a solo homer for struck out eight for his fi rst win in 11 ton Bruins’ Brad Marchand (63) during career appearances against Chicago. the third period to help the Penguins lation for the Flyers, and Brian Elliott feet into the left-fi eld seats. Story did the AL Central-leading Royals, who win their fourth straight. the first period of an NHL hockey game had 29 saves. not hit his fi rst home run of the season have won four straight. Luis Urías hit a two-run single dur- in Pittsburgh, on April 25.(AP) ing a fi ve-run ninth, helping the Brew- Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin Michael McLeod, Miles Wood and until Friday, in his 68th at-bat. Detroit starter Michael Fulmer made a plays at the blueline and along Jeremy Swayman’s glove from the Pavel Zach scored for New Jersey. Harper hit a 430-foot drive to right- yielded one hit in three scoreless in- ers close out a 5-1 trip. Jake Arrieta gave up one run two the wall to keep the puck in the zone left faceoff dot. The Devils have gone 10 straight center in the fi rst and a 468-foot drive nings, but reliever Tarik Skubal (0-3) Lightning 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT that landed on the second deck above gave up runs in the fi fth and sixth. The hits in six innings on a 44-degree, and get it to Sidney Crosby near the games without a win. Philadelphia’s bullpen beyond right- Tigers have lost nine of 10. windy day at Wrigley Field. goal-line. Crosby set up Guentzel, In Tampa, Florida, Victor Hedman The teams will meet again Tuesday center in the third, both off Sonny Red Sox 5, Mariners 3 Angels 4, Astros 2 who ripped a high slap shot past scored 10 seconds into overtime to night in New Jersey. Gray (3-1), who gave up two runs and In Boston, J.D. Martinez doubled In Houston, Shohei Ohtani hit a tie- breaking solo home run in the eighth inning off Luis Garcia (0-2) as the An- gels stopped a four-game losing streak. Australian swimming great John Konrads dies It was the second consecutive game with a homer for the two-way star, SYDNEY, April 26, (AP): John Konrads, who set 26 At the age of 14, Konrads was a reserve for Australia’s who is tied for the MLB lead with sev- individual freestyle swimming world records and won Olympic swim team at the 1956 Melbourne Games. en home runs and who is scheduled to an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Four years later Konrads won the 1,500-meter free- pitch on Monday. Australia Hall of Fame announced style gold and two bronze medals at the 1960 Olympics Yuli Gurriel hit a tying, two-run Monday. He was 78. in Rome. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall homer in the seventh. Konrads was born in Latvia in of Fame in 1985. Chris Rodriguez (1-0) struck out 1942 and moved to Australia Konrads started swimming because his father thought two in a scoreless seventh, and Raisel with his parents, his two sisters it would help him recover from a childhood illness. Iglesias allowed one hit in a scoreless and a grandmother in 1949. After moving to Sydney from a rural immigration facil- ninth for his third save. “As a swimming sensation in Giants 4, Marlins 3 the 1950’s and 60’s, John SWIMMING In , Logan Webb (1-1) Konrads dominated the world pitched three-hit ball over seven score- swimming scene, breaking every less innings, matched his career-best freestyle world record between ity where they started to swim, Konrads and his sister, with eight strikeouts and had a two-run 200 meters and 1,500 meters by Ilsa, trained under Australian swimming coach great triple off Paul Campbell (0-1) for his the time he was 15,” Sport Konrads Don Talbot. fi rst career extra-base hit. Australia Hall of Fame chairman Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates Tyler Rogers got his second save. John Bertrand said in a statement. “His career tally of 26 said the “Konrads Kids” were a story of opportunity ’ Austin Hays hits a solo home run against the Oakland Ath- Jesús Aguilar homered for the third individual world records is an incredible record.” meeting talent and determination. letics in the second inning of a baseball game, on April 25, in Baltimore. (AP) consecutive day for Miami.