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Athletics take lead on Upton’s error to beat Ohtani, Angels 3-1 Grossman’s two-run homer rallies Tigers past Yankees DETROIT, May 29, (AP): a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the a 3-2 victory over the . The Yankees took the lead in the top of the inning when automatic runner Janmark scores hat trick, leads came home from third on a passed ball. (1-1) retired the first two Detroit batters in the bottom half, but on a full count, Grossman sent a high drive that cleared the fence in left field. homered and had Vegas to Game 7 win over Wild four hits for the Yankees, who dropped a bizarre game that also included a three-ball walk for New York hitter . (1-1) won in relief for Fleury makes 19 saves to earn 85th playoff victory Detroit. Each starting — for New York and for LAS VEGAS, May 29, (AP): Mattias Janmark had his first career hat Nic Hague, Max Pacioretty and Zach Whitecloud also scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, Detroit — was a former No. 1 overall trick and the Vegas Golden Knights eliminated the Minnesota Wild with playing in his eighth career Game 7, made 19 saves to earn his 85th playoff victory in front of draft pick. Mize, the top pick in the an announced crowd of 12,156. Fleury is three playoff wins shy of tying Billy Smith and Ed 2018 draft, allowed a run and five hits a 6-2 win in Game 7 of their opening-round series. Belfour for fourth in NHL history. in five innings. He struck out seven It marked the first time the Golden Knights hosted a Game 7 after losing in San Jose in Vegas, which squandered a 3-1 series lead for the third straight , heads to Denver for with no walks. 2018 and defeating Vancouver in Edmonton last year. It was also the first time Vegas Sunday’s second-round opener against the Colorado Avalanche. Cole was picked first overall by clinched a playoff series at home. Peter DeBoer improved to 6-0 when coaching in Game 7s, while Minnesota dropped to 3-1 Pittsburgh in 2011. He allowed a run all-time in a seventh game. Home and six hits in six innings. teams in Game 7s are 105-74, Athletics 3, Angels 1 excluding last season’s playoff bub- In Oakland, California, ble in Canada. scored the tiebreaking run in the sev- enth inning after left fielder Justin Zach Parise and Kirill Kaprizov Upton bobbled ’s sin- scored for the Wild. Cam Talbot gle, tied the Oakland made 29 saves. record for managerial wins and the Janmark set the tone as he fought Athletics beat Shohei Ohtani and the the pressure to create his own rush, Angels. then went forehand-to-backhand Ohtani walked Lowrie on four and used a filthy deke before softly pitches leading off the seventh and tapping the puck past Talbot’s right then walked . skate. Chapman followed with a soft single to left that Upton struggled to pick up, Parise, who started the series allowing Lowrie to score easily. Seth scratched from the lineup, posi- Brown added an RBI single. tioned himself perfectly in front of the crease for Joel Eriksson Ek’s feed, which he sent between both his legs and Fleury’s to make it 1-1. Sitting at the blue line after had two hits to help William Karlsson won a faceoff to the A’s to their third straight win. the right of Talbot, Hague - the only Ohtani (1-1) allowed three earned runs and three hits but had control Golden Knights skater in the lineup problems late. He walked four and hit who hadn’t played in a Game 7 - with a pitch. fired a wrist shot stick side and into The win was Melvin’s 708th as A’s the net to give Vegas a 2-1 advan- manager, tying him with current White tage. It was Hague’s first in 24 Sox skipper Tony La Russa for most in games dating to the regular season. Oakland history. Connie Mack owns the franchise record with 3,582 victo- ries. (7-0) retired four batters to win. pitched the Moments after Ryan Reaves was ninth for his seventh . called for cross-checking Ryan Giants 8, Dodgers 5 In Los Angeles, Giants left fielder Suter, Kaprizov’s snapper from the reached over the wall edge of the left circle beat Fleury to to rob Albert Pujols of a walk-off his glove side. in the bottom of the ninth In his first game of the series, inning and San Francisco broke Pacioretty sneaked into the slot and through in the 10th to beat Los one-timed Chandler Stephenson’s Angeles. feed from the boards past the pads Dodgers pinch-hitter Austin Barnes of Talbot to put Vegas back on top, hit a three-run homer with two outs in 3-2. the ninth to make it 5-all. Later in the second, defenseman LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a go-ahead Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) vies for the puck against Vegas Golden Knights center Nicolas Roy (10) during the second period of Game Shea Theodore unselfishly passed single in 10th off Kenley Jansen (0-2). 7 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, on May 28, in Las Vegas. (AP) Evan Longoria added a two-run dou- up an opportunity to fire one on net, ble. dished to his right for Whitecloud, Tyler Rogers (1-0) got the win MLB Results/Standings who found the far, top corner to despite giving up Barnes’ homer. extend Vegas’ lead to 4-2. Jarlin Garcia got his first save since he Canada top Kazakhstan 4-2 at worlds Theodore snapped a scoreless was a Marlins minor leaguer in 2011. RIGA, Latvia, May 29, (AP): champion Finland on Tuesday. want to be successful.” series drought with assists on Three times the Giants had a lead WASHINGTON, May 29, (AP): Pacioretty and Whitecloud’s goals. and three times the Dodger tied it. In Adam Henrique had a goal and two “We have to focus on Italy first. Nikita Mikhailis scored twice for Results and standings from the assists and Canada beat Kazakhstan We need to continue to play our Kazakhstan, and Andrei Shutov After playing aggressively the end, the Giants wound up with MLB games on Friday. through the first two periods, once their first win over their NL West Boston 5 (6 innings) 2 4-2 in world hockey championship game,” Mangiapane said. “Early on stopped 32 shots. Toronto 11 Cleveland (7 inn) 2 again dominating the second, the rivals in five tries this season. Detroit 3 NY Yankees (10 inn) 2 to move into sixth place in Group in the tournament we were a little In the other Group B game Friday, Cubs 1, Reds 0 Kansas City 8 Minnesota 3 B. Latvia beat Norway 4-3 in a shoot- Knights played low-risk hockey in In Chicago, David Bote homered, Oakland 3 LA Angels 1 Cole Perfetti scored the winner, out. Michael Haga scored the win- the third while keeping the Wild at San Diego 10 Houston (11 inn) 3 ICE HOCKEY bay until Janmark scored his second Adbert Alzolay wriggled out of sever- Seattle 3 Texas 2 Andrew Mangiapane and Connor ner that left Latvia fourth and al jams while pitching into the sixth 1 Cincinnati 0 Brown each had a goal and an assist, Norway seventh. after Nicolas Roy stripped Ryan inning and Chicago beat Cincinnati. St Louis 8 Arizona 6 and Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves. nervous or anxious, but now we In Group A, Mario Kempe scored Suter behind the net. Roy fed Bote homered leading off the fifth San Francisco 8 LA Dodgers (10 inn) 5 Canada is 2-3-0. have started to find our rhythm and twice in ’s 4-1 victory over Janmark, who snapped the puck to spoil Reds starter Vladimir East Division The top four teams in each group we are playing the right way. Britain, and Mathias From broke a over Talbot’s far shoulder. Gutiérrez’s major league debut. The W L Pct GB will advance to the quarterfinals. We are really starting to jell as a third-period tie to help fourth-place Janmark’s empty-netter with a Cubs managed just three hits and won Tampa Bay 32 20 .615 _ for the 10th time in 12 games. Boston 31 20 .608 -1/2 Canada has two games left, against team, but we have to keep going and Denmark beat Belarus 5-2. Sweden little more than three minutes left New York 29 22 .569 2-1/2 winless Italy on Sunday and 2019 playing a full 60-minute game if we is fifth at 2-3-0. put the game out of reach. Alzolay (3-4) threw 103 pitches in 5 Toronto 26 24 .520 5 2/3 innings and gave up five hits, Baltimore 17 33 .340 14 struck out six and walked three. Craig Central Division W L Pct GB Kimbrel earned his 12th save in 14 Chicago 29 20 .592 _ Navarro ‘clinches’ NCAA women’s chances. Cleveland 27 22 .551 2 Nick Castellanos singled twice, Kansas City 24 25 .490 5 Minnesota 20 30 .400 9-1/2 extending the majors’ longest active Detroit 20 31 .392 10 singles title, Riffice claims men’s hitting streak to 14 games. West Division Gutiérrez (0-1) went five innings, W L Pct GB ORLANDO, Florida, May 29, (AP): two-time champion Danielle Collins allowing one run and two hits. He Oakland 31 22 .585 _ Virginia freshman Emma Navarro (2014, 2016). Navarro beat top-seed Houston 27 23 .540 2-1/2 needed just 75 minutes to claim the Sara Daavettila of North Carolina in struck out three and walked two. Seattle 25 27 .481 5-1/2 Blue Jays 11, Indians 2, 7 Innings Los Angeles 22 29 .431 8 NCAA women’s singles champion- the semifinals. In Cleveland, Hyun Jin Ryu Texas 22 31 .415 9 ship, and Sam Riffice won the men’s Riffice become the first Gator since National League title for team champion Florida. 1999 to claim the men’s title by defeat- regained his control after a rough first East Division inning battling strong winds and W L Pct GB ing second-seeded Daniel Rodriques Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Joe Panik New York 24 20 .545 _ of South Carolina 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Riffice drove in three runs apiece, leading Philadelphia 25 26 .490 2-1/2 TENNIS also helped Florida win the team Atlanta 24 25 .490 2-1/2 Toronto over Cleveland in a game Miami 24 27 .471 3-1/2 championship last week. called in the bottom of the seventh. Washington 21 25 .457 4 In women’s doubles, North The game was played in winds gust- Central Division Navarro (25-1) avenged her only Carolina’s Makenna Jones and W L Pct GB loss of the season, on April 4, by beat- Elizabeth Scotty beat Texas’ freshman ing to 45 mph throughout, and a St Louis 29 22 .569 _ steady, blowing rain made conditions Chicago 28 22 .560 -1/2 ing defending champion Estrela Perez- duo of Kylie Collins and Lulu Sun 7-6 miserable. Milwaukee 25 25 .500 3-1/2 Canada’s Justin Danforth tries to score against Kazakhstan’s goaltender Andrei Somarriba (24-3) of Miami (Florida) (3), 4-6, 1-0 (10-8). Eli Morgan (0-1) may remember his Cincinnati 22 27 .449 6 6-3, 6-1 to become the first freshman Tennessee’s Adam Walton and Pat Pittsburgh 18 31 .367 10 Shutov during the Ice Hockey World Championship Group B match between major league debut more for the lousy West Division Kazakhstan and Canada at the Arena in Riga, Latvia, on May 28. (AP) to win the singles title since 2009. Harper claimed a 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (13- weather than anything else. W L Pct GB Navarro is the second player in pro- 11) victory over Finn Murgett and Tad Ryu (5-2) allowed two runs — both San Diego 33 19 .635 _ gram history to win the final, joining Maclean of Auburn in men’s. Los Angeles 31 20 .608 1-1/2 in the first — and four hits in five San Francisco 31 20 .608 1-1/2 innings because of rain. Randy Dobnak (1-4) struggled in innings. He walked two in the opening Adam Ottavino slogged through a his second start for Minnesota, giving Colorado 19 32 .373 13-1/2 Padres 10, Astros 3, 11 Innings inning after not allowing more than Arizona 18 34 .346 15 soggy top of the sixth before umpires up six runs and nine hits in six one walk in any of his first nine starts In Houston, Fernando Tatis Jr. and suspended play. After a delay of 1 innings. Mitch Garver hit his eighth Tommy Pham homered, then each had in 2021. hour, 25 minutes, the game was called, homer of the season for the Twins, Red Sox 5, Marlins 2, 5 1/2 run homer, J.D. Martinez drove in two an RBI in a seven-run 11th inning that with Ottavino getting his second save. who had their four-game winning sent San Diego past Houston. Innings runs with a and Boston beat Martín Pérez (3-2) pitched five streak end. In Boston, Alex Verdugo hit a three- Miami in a game called after 5 1/2 The Padres improved to an MLB- innings and got the win, holding Mariners 3, Rangers 2 best 7-0 in interleague play this sea- Miami to two runs on five hits and In Seattle, Kyle Lewis doubled and son. The Astros have lost five of six struck out four. scored Seattle’s first run, then hit a overall. Rookie Cody Poteet (2-1) took his two-run opposite-field homer an Pham’s homer came in the third first loss. Poteet pitched 4 1/3 innings, inning later that proved to be the dif- inning and Tatis tied it at 2-all with his allowing five runs on four hits and two ference in the Mariners’ win over solo shot in the eighth. walks. Poteet also struck out six. Jorge Texas, the 10th straight road loss for Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 6 Alfaro hit a two-run homer for the the Rangers. In Phoenix, Tyler O’Neill hit a two- Marlins. Seattle has followed up a six-game run homer for the second straight Royals 8, Twins 3 losing streak by winning four of five. night, Nolan Arenado added a solo In Minneapolis, Whit Merrifield The Rangers 10-game road losing shot and St. Louis dealt Arizona its had two hits and three RBIs, Kris streak is their longest since 2014. They 12th straight loss. Bubic had another strong start and haven’t won away from Arlington The Cardinals never trailed, jump- Kansas City beat Minnesota. since May 6 at Minnesota. ing to a 4-0 lead in the first. Paul Merrifield had a two-run double in a Lyles (2-4) settled down after Goldschmidt had a sacrifice fly, five-run seventh inning as Kansas Lewis’ home run and retired nine of added an RBI double starting pitcher City’s offense broke out after scoring the final 11 he faced, including five of and O’Neill’s homer easily cleared the throws to a Los five total runs during a three-game his eight . left field wall. Angeles Angels batter during the Detroit Tigers’ Robbie Grossman watches his walk-off two-run home run series at Tampa Bay. Justus Sheffield (4-4) allowed six Jake Woodford (1-0) earned the win first inning of a baseball game, on during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Bubic (1-0) allowed one run and hits and struck out one. Erik Swanson with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief May 28, in Oakland, California. on May 28, in Detroit. (AP) four hits in six innings. earned his first save. while striking out six. (AP)