THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017 SPORTS NHL Dallas Stars bring back Hitchcock as coach DALLAS: Ken Hitchcock is returning to Jackets and St. Louis Blues. “Congrats sons in Dallas. The Stars missed the ers for its vacancy but went with the demanding with players, they don’t like coach the Dallas Stars, a person with Ken Hitchcock on the (Stars) head playoffs this year after winning the affable Hitchcock, whose recipe for it at the time, but when you go away or direct knowledge of the situation tells coach job,” 1999 Cup winner and Stars Central Division last season. success has worked through several there’s a change and they come back The Associated Press. The Stars are legend Mike Modano tweeted . “My The Edmonton native is fourth on eras of hockey. Good friend and 10 years later and they go, ‘You had it expected to announce the hire today, schedule is pretty open.” the NHL’s all-time wins list with 781, Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz right. I was all wrong.’” Hitchcock made but the person confirmed the move on The 65-year-old was fired as Blues one shy of legendary New York said he believes Hitchcock will be the playoffs in all five full seasons he condition of anonymity yesterday. coach in February and replaced by Islanders coach Al Arbour for third. inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame coached the Blues, leading them to the Hitchcock won the Stanley Cup with Mike Yeo. Even before that, St. Louis Hitchcock can now pass Arbour back one day. Western Conference final last spring. He Dallas in 1999, coaching there for parts had announced it was Hitchcock’s final with the team that he led to its only “He’s a guy that tries to teach the won the Jack Adams Award as NHL of seven seasons from 1995-96 season there and that Yeo would take title in franchise history. game,” Trotz said. “He’s a little bit old- coach of the year in 2011-12 when St. through 2001-02. He has since coached over. Hitchcock replaces Lindy Ruff, Dallas considered former Florida school sometimes because he’s Louis won its first of two division titles the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue who was fired Monday after four sea- Panthers coach Gerard Gallant and oth- demanding and it’s funny. When you’re during his tenure. — AP BASEBALL Cespedes hits 3 home runs as Mets defeat Phillies PHILADELPHIA: Yoenis Cespedes hit three of RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 1 New York’s seven homers to back Matt Drew Pomeranz struck out six in his sea- Harvey, and the Mets beat the Philadelphia son debut, Dustin Pedroia drove in four runs Phillies 14-4 Tuesday night. Harvey (2-0) left and Boston beat Baltimore. Christian Vazquez with tightness in his left hamstring after added a two-run triple in the eighth, capping allowing two runs and five hits and striking off a 4-for-4 game, as the Red Sox tagged out six in 5 2/3 innings. Phillies starter Clay Baltimore pitchers for 15 hits and had back- Buchholz (0-1) also exited because of an to-back three-run innings in the seventh and injury, a strained right forearm. He gave up six eighth to blow the game open. Pomeranz, runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. Lucas who opened the season on the disabled list Duda hit two homers and Asdrubal Cabrera with a strained left forearm, took a shutout and Travis d’Arnaud also went deep for New into the seventh inning. He held Baltimore to York, which has 46 homers in its last 21 four hits and one run in six innings and games at Citizens Bank Park. Cespedes fell picked up his first win at Fenway Park. down on a wild swing on the first pitch he saw, then hit a three-run homer to straight- TIGERS 2, TWINS 1 away center field off Buchholz in the first Matthew Boyd allowed one hit in six out- inning. He connected to deep left in the standing innings and James McCann homered fourth off Adam Morgan and drove another in the fifth to lift Detroit over Minnesota. Boyd one way out to left in the fifth against (1-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth before Morgan. Robbie Grossman broke it up by lining a clean single to left field with two out. The Detroit INDIANS 2, WHITE SOX 1, 10 INNINGS left-hander struck out six and walked two Michael Brantley doubled home Francisco before turning the game over to the bullpen. Lindor with two outs in the 10th inning as Tigers relievers have struggled so far this sea- Cleveland celebrated its 2016 AL champi- son, but they were able to close this game out. HONG KONG: From left, New Zealand’s Sam Webster, Ethan Mitchell and Edward Dawkins, celebrate on the podium after winning the gold onship and then beat Chicago in its home Francisco Rodriguez allowed a run in the ninth medal in the Men’s Team Sprint at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong, yesterday. —AP opener. Brantley could only watch and cheer but recovered for his third save in four for his teammates last October during their chances. Pinch-hitter Max Kepler hit a popup postseason run after undergoing two surger- with two on to end it. Hector Santiago (1-1) CYCLING ies on his right shoulder. But he’s healthy now, allowed only three hits in 6 1/3 innings, but and after playing in just 11 games last season, one of them was a two-run shot by McCann. Brantley made the most of his first home game since May 10 with his game-winning NATIONALS 8, CARDINALS 3 Olympic dreams as Kiwis hit. Lindor walked with two outs off Tommy Daniel Murphy homered, doubled twice Kahnle (0-1) before Brantley sliced a 3-2 pitch and tied career highs with five RBIs and four down the left-field line. Lindor was running hits and Washington defeated St. Louis. Matt on the pitch and scored easily while Brantley Wieters and Jayson Werth also hit solo shots shoot to sprint supremacy danced around second base before being to help Washington earn a second home mobbed by his teammates. It was the dramat- series victory. Nationals left-hander Gio ic ending the Indians didn’t get in their last Gonzalez (1-0) allowed two runs - one earned HONG KONG: New Zealand’s team sprint trio home game, a 10-inning loss to the Chicago - over seven innings. He allowed six hits allowed themselves to dream of an elusive Cubs in Game 7 of the World Series. Cleveland before retiring his last 11 batters. Lance Lynn Olympic gold medal after they underlined their led the majors with 11 walk-off wins last sea- (0-1) allowed six runs - four earned - and five dominance at the Track Cycling World son. Bryan Shaw (1-0), who took the loss hits and four walks over five innings. Championships yesterday. when the Cubs won their first title in 108 Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Ed Dawkins years, got the win. ROCKIES 3, PADRES 2 made it two world titles in a row and three in Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead homer in four years with a flawless performance at the MARLINS 8, BRAVES 4 the seventh, Antonio Senzatela threw seven Hong Kong Velodrome. A gray cat went scrambling for cover in sharp innings for his first major league win The Kiwis were denied Olympic glory last year the Marlins Park outfield midway through and Colorado beat San Diego. Arenado lined in Rio by a British team which is now on hiatus, Miami’s home opener, and no wonder, given a fastball from reliever Miguel Diaz (1-1) to but they were worthy champions in Hong Kong the barrage off Marcell Ozuna’s bat. Ozuna right for his third homer. Carlos Gonzalez and as they qualified fastest for the final and beat the homered twice and had a career-high six RBIs Charlie Blackmon also hit solo shots to help Netherlands by 0.333sec. to help Miami beat Atlanta. Announced Colorado knot the three-game series with “We just want it more than everyone else,” attendance was 36,519, and that didn’t San Diego at a game apiece. Senzatela (1-0) said a jubilant Dawkins. “We’ve been the same include a cat that ran onto the field midway and his blazing fastball made things difficult three guys in the same order for the last eight through the game. It scurried along the out- for the Padres. He allowed two runs while years. “We know each other so well we can fight field warning track, ran away from right field- striking out five. The Rockies’ reliable bullpen as hard as we can and still have perfect tech- er Giancarlo Stanton, crawled up the center took it from there, with Greg Holland working nique. That’s what we have over the rest of the field wall and then appeared to get stuck in his way around a leadoff walk in the ninth to world. “We are not physically better riders. We the animatronic home run sculpture. Marlins earn his fifth save. have the same bikes thereabout. president David Samson said if Ozuna had hit But as a team as a unit we perform better.” DIAMONDBACKS 4, GIANTS 3 a third homer, the sculpture would not have After world titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017, as Robbie Ray pitched shutout ball into the HONG KONG: Gold medalist Rachele Barbieri, center, of Italy, silver medalist Elinor Barker, left, been activated for fear of harming the cat.