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Bauer K’s 10, Muncy has 3 hits as Dodgers blank Marlins 7-0 Judge homers again, Yankees beat Orioles BALTIMORE, May 16, (AP): Aaron 4-3, 7-6 and 8-7 to win a back-and- Judge homered for the third time in forth game in which neither starting two games, Domingo Germán had made it past the third. The final another stellar outing at Camden Yards comeback by the Tigers came when and the New York Yankees beat the they scored twice off Kimbrel (0-2). Baltimore Orioles 8-2. Nomar Mazara tied it with an RBI Dowd scores in overtime as After hitting two home runs Friday, single that scored the automatic run- Judge provided New York a 5-0 lead ner, and JaCoby Jones ran for Mazara with a two-run shot in the second. Six and stole second. Then Castro — hit- of Judge’s 11 homers this season have less in five previous at-bats Saturday come against Baltimore. with three — slapped a two- Germán (3-2) allowed one run and out single to left. The throw home by four hits with six strikeouts and two Kris Bryant was a bit off line and Caps edge Bruins in Game 1 walks over six innings. He has won all Jones was easily safe. four of his career starts in Baltimore. Matt Duffy homered and drove in Tyler Wade had three hits while bat- five runs for the Cubs. His RBI single ting ninth for New York, which off Michael Fulmer (3-2) gave the improved to 4-1 on its 10-game road Cubs the lead in the top of the 10th. trip and has won 11 of its last 14 Braves 6, Brewers 1 games overall. In Milwaukee, took a The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the no-hit try into the seventh inning, first on a passed ball by catcher Chance Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer Sisco and a two-run single by Gary and Atlanta beat Milwaukee. Sánchez off Jorge López (1-4). Anderson (3-1) cruised through the Judge increased the margin with the first six innings, mixing a 96 mph fast- two-run homer in the second. He has ball, an effective changeup and an hit 23 home runs in 59 career games even slower curveball that kept the against Baltimore. Brewers guessing. Blue Jays 4, Phillies 0 The 23-year-old right-hander In Dunedin, Fla., Vladimir Guerrero walked four and struck out four before Jr. homered and five the Brewers ended Anderson’s bid in combined on a six-hitter to beat the seventh. Daniel Vogelbach blooped Philadelphia in a game where Phillies a leadoff single to center and Pablo star exited early with Reyes followed with a double that right shoulder soreness. chased Anderson. Harper was replaced defensively in right field by Scott Kingery to start the bottom of the fourth. Harper struck out in both of his at-bats. The Phillies said Harper is day to day. Guerrero hit his 10th homer, a first- Reliever A.J. Minter gave up a sac- inning solo shot off Aaron Nola (3-3). rifice fly to Luis Urías. The drive to right was Guerrero’s sixth Royals 5, White Sox 1 to the opposite field. In Chicago, Salvador Perez hit a went four innings for three-run homer for the second straight the Blue Jays, giving up one hit, two day and Kansas City handed Carlos walks and striking out six during a Rodón his first loss of the season with 79-pitch outing. Relievers Travis a victory over Chicago. Bergen (2-0), A.J. Cole, Tyler Whit Merrifield had two hits and Chatwood and Jordan Romano helped scored twice as the Royals got to Toronto pitchers finish with 14 strike- Rodón (5-1) for four runs in the first outs. three innings. The left-hander allowed Dodgers 7, Marlins 0 two earned runs in 31 innings while In Los Angeles, Trevor Bauer threw winning his first five starts of the year, seven shutout innings and struck out including a 3-0 victory at Kansas City 10, Max Muncy had three hits and Los in his previous start on May 7. Angeles beat Miami for its fourth The big blow was Perez’s ninth straight victory. homer, an opposite-field drive on a right wing Craig Smith (12) and goaltender Craig Anderson (31) and defenseman John Carlson (74) scramble for the The reigning NL Cy Young Award 96-mph fastball up and out of the zone puck during the second period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, on May 15, in Washington. (AP) winner improved to 4-2, allowing only in the third. two hits and three baserunners. He Red Sox 9, Angels 0 retired the last 11 hitters he faced. In Boston, Alex Verdugo hit a solo Canucks top Oilers Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager is homer in his first at-bat on his 25th NHL Results/Standings headed to the injured list after he broke birthday, Xander Bogaerts had a three- his right hand in the fifth inning when run shot and Boston beat Los Angeles. WASHINGTON, May 16, he was hit in the right hand by a pitch Rafael Devers added a solo shot, (AP): T.J. Oshie’s from . Miami’s Jordan Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run double WASHINGTON, May 16, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Saturday. Holloway (1-2) didn’t allow a hit the and Franchy Cordero drove in two song, John Denver’s “Take Vancouver 4 Edmonton 1 Washington 3 Boston 2 first three innings, but ran into trouble runs with two doubles for the Red Sox. Me Home, Country East Division West Division They won their third straight and GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA in the fourth. Roads,” echoed through y-Pittsburgh 56 37 16 3 77 196 156 z-Colorado 56 39 13 4 82 197 133 Tigers 9, Cubs 8, 10 Innings matched their season high by climbing x-Washington 56 36 15 5 77 191 163 x-Vegas 56 40 14 2 82 191 124 In Detroit, Harold Castro hit an RBI nine games over .500. Capital One Arena and its x-Boston 56 33 16 7 73 168 136 x-Minnesota 56 35 16 5 75 181 160 single in the 10th inning off Craig Angels star Shohei Ohtani had a 25% capacity crowd. It x-NY Islanders 56 32 17 7 71 156 128 x-St Louis 56 27 20 9 63 169 170 rough day, getting cut down on a bas- NY Rangers 56 27 23 6 60 177 157 Arizona 56 24 26 6 54 153 176 Kimbrel to lift Detroit past Chicago. turned out the credit tech- Philadelphia 56 25 23 8 58 163 201 Los Angeles 56 21 28 7 49 143 170 Detroit rallied from deficits of 2-0, erunning blunder after a single in his New Jersey 56 19 30 7 45 145 194 San Jose 56 21 28 7 49 151 199 first at-bat, and striking out his next nically belonged elsewhere, Buffalo 56 15 34 7 37 138 199 Anaheim 56 17 30 9 43 126 179 Central Division three. but Capitals fans were in North Division Padres 13, Cardinals 3 GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Carolina 56 36 12 8 80 179 136 GP W L OT Pts GF GA In San Diego, Austin Nola homered, no mood to nitpick. x-Florida 56 37 14 5 79 189 153 y-Toronto 56 35 14 7 77 187 148 doubled and drove in a career-high six Nic Dowd’s deflection of Oshie’ x-Tampa Bay 56 36 17 3 75 181 147 x-Edmonton 56 35 19 2 72 183 154 runs, and Tommy Pham and rookie shot from the blue line found the x-Nashville 56 31 23 2 64 156 154 x-Winnipeg 56 30 23 3 63 170 154 Dallas 56 23 19 14 60 158 154 x-Montreal 56 24 21 11 59 159 168 Kim Ha-seong also connected off back of the net 4:41 into overtime, Chicago 56 24 25 7 55 161 186 Calgary 53 24 26 3 51 142 150 Adam Wainwright to lead San Diego giving the Capitals a 3-2 victory Detroit 56 19 27 10 48 127 171 Ottawa 56 23 28 5 51 157 190 over St. Louis. over the Boston Bruins in Game 1 Columbus 56 18 26 12 48 137 187 Vancouver 53 22 28 3 47 140 174 The Padres beat the Cardinals for Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this the second straight night in their first of the first-round playoff series. season’s temporary realignment. matchup since San Diego eliminated x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division St. Louis from the playoffs last season. ICE HOCKEY Nola hit a three-run homer off broke his stick on a shot attempt, lead- The Bruins answered with 6:50 left the right. Wainwright (2-4) in the third, an RBI ing to a 3-on-2 Washington breakaway in the period when Curtis Lazar won Vanecek hurt himself on the play double off Tyler Webb in the sixth and with Oshie at the center of it. After a an offensive-zone faceoff and chopped and Anderson, who turns 40 on Friday, a two-run single off infielder Matt The Capitals weathered the loss of starting goaltender Vitek Vanecek to a few quick passes, Wilson roofed it the puck behind him to DeBrusk for a replaced him. He had not played a Carpenter, who was summoned to over Rask’s far shoulder. wrister that evaded Vanecek’s lunge to postseason game since 2017 and saw pitch with the bases loaded and two lower-body injury early on, with back- up Craig Anderson making 21 saves action in just four regular-season outs in the seventh. games for Washington. Los Angeles Dodgers starting Astros 6, Rangers 5 and allowing only a power-play goal. pitcher Trevor Bauer (27) throws As four Capitals players entered the Anderson joked that he was well- during the first inning of a baseball In Houston, Carlos Correa and Kyle rested from having played so little Tucker each homered to help Luis offensive zone, Tom Wilson shuttled a game against the Miami Marlins, pass back to Oshie, who blasted a one- during the season. Garcia earn his first career win as The crowd at Capital One Arena on May 15, in Los Angeles. (AP) timer on net. Dowd extended his stick Houston held on to beat Texas for its thought Alex Ovechkin put the fifth straight victory. for the deflection, and soon the puck Capitals ahead in the second period MLB Results/Standings Correa capped a four-run first with a trickled through Tuukka Rask’s leg with a deflection goal off Dillon’s two-run homer to right as the Astros pads and over the line. point shot. Instead the goal was cred- got to Texas starter Dane Dunning A challenge initiated by the NHL ited to Dillon after replay showed the (2-3). Alex Bregman also had a two- Situation Room investigated whether puck bounced through traffic and off a WASHINGTON, May 16, (AP): run single in the inning. the Capitals entered the zone on-side, Boston stick, but not off Ovechkin’s. Results and standings from the Tucker upped the lead to 6-1 with a but the video supported the call on the Canucks beat Oilers 4-1 MLB games on Saturday. two-run shot to right in the seventh. ice. Tampa Bay 12 NY Mets 5 In Edmonton, Alberta, Matthew Minnesota 5 Oakland 4 Mariners 7, Indians 3 Tom Wilson and Brenden Dillon Highmore scored twice in the third Boston 9 LA Angels 0 In Seattle, Mitch Haniger hit his also scored for the Capitals. Daniel period to help the Vancouver Canucks Detroit 9 Chicago W Cubs (10 innings) 8 12th home run, Justus Sheffield picked Sprong and Anthony Mantha, making beat the Edmonton Oilers. NY Yankees 8 Baltimore 2 up a win against the team that drafted their playoff debuts, each had an assist. Kansas City 5 Chic. W Sox 1 Travis Boyd and Bo Horvat also Houston 6 Texas 5 him and Seattle beat Cleveland. Jake DeBrusk and Nick Ritchie scored and Thatcher Demko made 31 Toronto 4 Philadelphia 0 Dylan Moore added a three-run scored for Boston, and Tuukka Rask saves. J.T. Miller added two assists. Seattle 7 Cleveland 3 homer in the fourth inning off Triston made 29 saves. Atlanta 5 Milwaukee 1 Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) and Vancouver Canucks’ Adam Larsson scored for the Oilers Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco 6 McKenzie to break open a close game Wilson opened the scoring 6:22 into Jimmy Vesey (24) battle for the puck during third-period NHL hockey game in their regular-season finale. Mikko Arizona 11 Washington 4 and give Sheffield (3-3) the win in a the game. Boston’s Charlie McAvoy action in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 15. (AP) Koskinen made 37 saves. San Diego 13 St Louis 3 showdown of former Indians first- Cincinnati 6 Colorado (12 innings) 5 round draft picks. LA Dodgers 7 Miami 0 Jr. for the major league lead with 12. Twins 5, Athletics 4 inning and Minnesota came back to the win. American League Haniger, a former All-Star who East Division missed most of the last two years with He singled and scored in the fifth to In Minneapolis, Miguel Sanó beat Oakland. Jesse Winkler was at second base to W L Pct GB injuries, hit a solo shot in the first make it 5-0, helping chase McKenzie snapped a 19-game homerless drought Sanó pounded his chest and ges- start the 12th and Castellanos hit a Boston 25 16 .610 _ tured to his teammates as he rounded pitch from Antonio Santos (0-1) to the New York 22 17 .564 2 inning to tie Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña (1-2). with a three-run homer in the eighth Toronto 21 17 .553 2-1/2 the bases after his homer off left- wall to make it 5-4. Pinch-hitter Nick Tampa Bay 22 19 .537 3 hander Jake Diekman just reached the Senzel singled and Eugenio Suarez Baltimore 16 23 .410 8 overhang in right field. Sanó was hit- had an RBI groundout. Central Division W L Pct GB ting just .114 this season before the Pirates 8, Giants 6 Chicago 23 15 .605 _ homer, which was just his second of In Pittsburgh, Jacob Stallings hit a Cleveland 21 16 .568 1-1/2 the year and first since the third game two-out, two-run homer in the ninth Kansas City 18 21 .462 5-1/2 Detroit 14 25 .359 9-1/2 of the season. inning and Pittsburgh rallied past San Minnesota 13 24 .351 9-1/2 It was the big hit Minnesota needed Francisco. West Division to snap its five-game losing streak and Stallings had a two-out, two-run W L Pct GB finally offer some relief for its strug- double that capped four-run comeback Oakland 24 17 .585 _ Houston 23 17 .575 -1/2 gling offense. in the seventh that made it 6-all. Seattle 20 20 .500 3-1/2 Rays 12, Mets 5 Adam Frazier singled to lead off the Texas 18 23 .439 6 In St. Petersburg, Fla., Joey Wendle Pittsburgh ninth and was thrown out at Los Angeles 16 22 .421 6-1/2 National League had three doubles and a single, keying the plate when he tried to score on East Division two big innings that sent Tampa Bay Bryan Reynolds’ one-out double. W L Pct GB past New York. Reynolds took third on the play, and New York 18 15 .545 _ Philadelphia 21 19 .525 -1/2 Yandy Diaz, who had two of Tampa scored when Stallings homered off Atlanta 19 20 .487 2 Bay’s eight doubles, and Randy Jake McGee (1-1). Miami 17 22 .436 4 Arozarena each had three hits. Diamondbacks 11, Nationals 4 Washington 15 20 .429 4 Central Division Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and In Phoenix, Eduardo Escobar hit a W L Pct GB Jose Peraza each homered for the three-run homer, a two-run homer and St Louis 23 17 .575 _ Mets. tied a career high with seven RBIs to Milwaukee 20 20 .500 3 Cincinnati 18 19 .486 3-1/2 Reds 6, Rockies 5, 12 Innings lead Arizona past Washington. Chicago 18 20 .474 4 In Denver, Nick Castellanos hit a Escobar broke the game open in the Pittsburgh 17 22 .436 5-1/2 tiebreaking double in the 12th and fourth when he launched a full-count, West Division Cincinnati kept up its success in extra two-out pitch from Joe Ross (2-3) W L Pct GB San Francisco 23 16 .590 _ innings, beating Colorado. deep into the right field seats that San Diego 23 17 .575 -1/2 Castellanos also homered and sin- made it 6-2. He added a two-run shot Los Angeles 22 17 .564 1 gled to help Cincinnati improve to off Austin Voth in the eighth and Arizona 18 22 .450 5-1/2 New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge lines out to Baltimore Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins during the fourth Colorado 15 25 .375 8-1/2 7-2 in extra-inning games. Lucas started the D-backs’ scoring with a inning of a baseball game, on May 15, in Baltimore. (AP) Sims (3-1) pitched two innings for two-run single in the first.