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DeGrom strikes out 9 in row as Mets split with Rockies Rays beat Yankees, drop New York to AL-worst 5-9 NEW YORK, April 18, (AP): Manuel Margot hit a tiebreaking two-run hom- er, Tyler Glasnow overcame cramps MLB Results/Standings and poor control to pitch fi ve innings of one-run ball and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 6-3 and dropped WASHINGTON, April 18, (AP): Re- New York to an AL-worst 5-9. sults and standings from the MLB New York lost its seventh straight games on Saturday. series to the Rays is last this late in the Toronto 5 Kansas City (7 innings 1st game) 1 for the fi rst time since 1991, Tampa Bay 6 NY Yankees 3 Oakland 7 Detroit 0 per Elias Sports. Fans in the Bronx Cincinnati 3 Cleveland (10 innings) 2 again booed the Bombers, but they Boston 7 Chic. White Sox 4 were more restrained a day after some Kansas City 3 Toronto (7 innings 2nd game) 2 Baltimore 6 Texas 1 hurled and other items on the Houston 1 Seattle 0 fi eld late in an 8-2 loss to the Rays. Chicago Cubs 13 Atlanta 4 NY Mets 4 Colorado (7 innings 1st game) 3 Dodgers 2, Padres 0 St Louis 9 Philadelphia 4 In San Diego, Mookie Betts made Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 1 an outstanding diving catch and Clay- Miami 7 San Francisco (10 innings) 6 ton Kershaw starred on the mound and Colorado 7 NY Mets (7 innings 2nd game) 2 LA Dodgers 2 San Diego 0 at the plate for Los Angeles. Washington 6 Arizona 2 Kershaw (3-1) struck out eight American League while working six innings of three- East Division W L Pct GB hit ball. He also drew a bases-loaded Boston 10 4 .714 _ walk against Yu Darvish (1-1) in the Baltimore 7 8 .467 3-1/2 fi fth, leading Los Angeles to its eighth Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 3-1/2 straight win. Justin Turner hit a solo Toronto 7 8 .467 3-1/2 New York 5 9 .357 5 homer in the ninth. Central Division W L Pct GB Mets 4, Rockies 3, 1st Game Kansas City 8 5 .615 _ Rockies 7, Mets 2, 2nd Game Cleveland 7 7 .500 1-1/2 Chicago 6 8 .429 2-1/2 In Denver, Minnesota 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight Detroit 6 9 .400 3 batters against Colorado, falling one West Division shy of matching Tom Seaver’s ma- W L Pct GB Los Angeles 8 5 .615 _ jor league record, and fi nished with Seattle 9 6 .600 _ 14 to win the doubleheader Oakland 8 7 .533 1 opener. Houston 7 7 .500 1-1/2 Texas 6 9 .400 3 German Márquez pitched a two- National League hitter for his second career complete East Division as the Rockies won the nightcap, stop- W L Pct GB ping a seven-game losing streak and New York 6 4 .600 _ Miami 7 7 .500 1 the Mets’ four-game winning streak. Philadelphia 7 7 .500 1 Josh Fuentes broke open the game Washington 5 7 .417 2 with a three-run homer in the fi fth off Atlanta 6 9 .400 2-1/2 Central Division Jacob Barnes. W L Pct GB Nashville Predators Juuse Saros (74) and defenseman Roman Josi (59) defend against left wing Warren Foegele (13) Cubs 13, Braves 4 Cincinnati 9 5 .643 _ during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., on April 17. (AP) Milwaukee 8 6 .571 1 In Chicago, Kris Bryant and Willson St Louis 7 7 .500 2 Contreras each homered twice, and Chicago 6 8 .429 3 Chicago won on an afternoon when Pittsburgh 6 9 .400 3-1/2 West Division Atlanta returned Sean Kazmar Jr to the W L Pct GB major leagues for the fi rst time in 13 Los Angeles 13 2 .867 _ years. San Francisco8 6 .571 4-1/2 Panthers top Lightning to Javier Báez and David Bote also San Diego 9 7 .563 4-1/2 Arizona 5 10 .333 8 homered for the Cubs. who stopped a Colorado 4 11 .267 9 three-game losing streak. Trevor Wil- liams (2-1) allowed one run and four hits in fi ve innings. Astros 1, Mariners 0 In Seattle, Zack Greinke pitched move into 2nd in Central eight sharp innings, rookie Taylor Jones drove in the only run and de- pleted Houston ended a six-game los- ing streak. Buchnevich scores hat trick on birthday in Rangers’ 6-3 win Greinke (2-1) allowed four hits and walked none. He struck out six, two on 67 mph curveballs. Ryan Pressly TAMPA, Florida, April 18, (AP): Bran- pitched the ninth for his fi rst save. don Montour, Patric Hornqvist and NHL Results/Standings Jonathan Huberdeau scored in the first period, and the Florida Panthers beat the 5-3. WASHINGTON, April 18, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Saturday. Greinke fi nished the game with Frank Vatrano and Anthony Duclair also NY Rangers 6 New Jersey 3 Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 0 2,705 career strikeouts. His teammate, Washington 6 Philadelphia 3 Florida 5 Tampa Bay 3 Justin Verlander (18th at 3,013), and scored as Florida jumped one ahead of Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 2 Carolina 3 Nashville 1 the Washington Nationals’ Max Scher- Washington Nationals’ Juan Soto Tampa Bay for second place in the Central Di- Ottawa 4 Montreal 0 Minnesota 5 San Jose 2 hits a sacrifice fly during the fourth Arizona 3 St Louis 2 Dallas 5 Columbus 1 zer (22nd at 2,808) are the only active vision. Sam Bennett had two assists and Sergei Chicago 4 Detroit 0 players ahead of him on the career list. inning of a baseball game against Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots. East Division West Division Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 2 the Arizona Diamondbacks at Na- tionals Park, on April 17, in Wash- Hurricanes 3, Predators 1 GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA In Washington, Yan Gomes hom- ington. (AP) In Raleigh, N.C., Jani Hakanpaa scored his fi rst Washington 45 29 12 4 62 160 135 ered off Luke Weaver (1-1), drove in Pittsburgh 44 28 13 3 59 150 122 Colorado 43 30 9 4 64 154 101 with Carolina, breaking a tie in the third period NY Islanders 44 27 13 4 58 126 105 Vegas 43 30 11 2 62 142 96 two runs and became the fi rst major across the front, numbers on the back and leading the Hurricanes to the victory. Boston 42 24 12 6 54 119 107 Minnesota 43 27 13 3 57 132 115 league catcher to throw out Tim Lo- and caps, with white pants. Boston was Hakanpaa, a defenseman acquired Monday at the NY Rangers 44 22 16 6 50 146 115 Arizona 45 20 20 5 45 121 141 castro on a steal attempt after 29 con- Philadelphia 44 20 18 6 46 128 161 St Louis 43 19 18 6 44 124 135 the fi rst of seven big league teams that trade deadline from the Anaheim Ducks, was in his New Jersey 43 14 23 6 34 106 145 San Jose 44 18 22 4 40 118 149 secutive swipes to start his career, and will don a new City Series look this second game with Carolina. He blasted in a with Buffalo 44 11 26 7 29 107 152 Los Angeles 42 16 20 6 38 114 127 Washington strung together consecu- season. 11:05 left for just his second goal in 49 career games Central Division Anaheim 45 14 24 7 35 101 142 tive wins for the fi rst time this season. in the NHL. GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division Athletics 7, Tigers 0 Carolina 43 29 10 4 62 140 104 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Locastro was thrown out making a Toronto 44 28 12 4 60 145 117 dive into second base in the third in- In Oakland, California, Matt Olson, Wild 5, Sharks 2 Florida 45 28 12 5 61 143 123 Aramís García and Mark Canha each Tampa Bay 44 29 13 2 60 149 115 Winnipeg 45 27 15 3 57 144 120 ning and left the game with a dislo- In St. Paul, Minn., Mats Zuccarello had a goal and Nashville 46 24 21 1 49 121 130 Edmonton 43 26 15 2 54 137 120 cated left pinkie fi nger. homered and Oakland shut out Detroit an assist, and the Wild stayed hot at home. Chicago 45 21 19 5 47 127 139 Montreal 42 19 14 9 47 125 119 for a second straight game while win- Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Parise, Kirill Kaprizov and Dallas 43 17 14 12 46 122 109 Calgary 44 19 22 3 41 116 129 Blu Jays 5, Royals 1, 1st Game ning its seventh win in a row. Nico Sturm also scored on a night when 12 different Columbus 46 15 22 9 39 114 154 Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 Detroit 46 16 24 6 38 103 145 Ottawa 45 15 26 4 34 122 164 Royals 3, Blue Jays 2, 2nd Game After Oakland’s 3-0 victory Friday, Wild players had at least one point. Kaapo Kahkonen Note: Two points for a win one point for loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs In Kansas City, Mo, (3- Cole Irvin (1-2) struck out six, didn’t made 26 saves as Minnesota won its third straight under this season’s temporary realignment. 0) held Kansas City without a hit into walk a batter and allowed four hits and improved to 17-4-0 at home this season. the sixth inning, and Jonathan Davis over six innings to earn his fi rst victory and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered off since joining the A’s. The last time the loss at Calgary last Saturday. Connor McDa- Mike Minor (1-1) for Toronto in the A’s blanked the Tigers on back-to- vid and Leon Draisaitl each had two assists. seven-inning doubleheader opener. back days was in June 1973 when Ken Edmonton (26-12-2) pulled within three points of Matz allowed only a pair of walks Holtzman and Catfi sh Hunter did it on Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 0 Winnipeg for second place in the North Division. before Nicky Lopez’s blooper to left Oakland’s way to the second of three In Detroit, Malcolm Subban made 29 saves for his The Jets (27-15-3) were playing their fourth game with one out in the sixth. Matz gave up straight World Series championships. second of the season, leading the Blackhawks in six nights. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots Andrew Benintendi’s two-out double Reds 3, Indians 2, 10 Innings to the road win. in the loss. later in the inning and wound up pitch- Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist for Chicago, In Cincinnati, Josh Naylor lined into Coyotes 3, Blues 2 ing six innings with fi ve strikeouts. a triple play in the eighth inning, then which was coming off a 4-1 loss to last-place Detroit on Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat, Wyatt Kalynuk In Glendale, Arizona, Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 Cardinals 9, Phillies 4 let a routine grounder roll through his shots in his return to the lineup, and the Coyotes ral- In Philadelphia, Yadier Molina hit legs at fi rst base with two outs in the and Pius Suter also scored, and Vinnie Hinostroza had three assists. lied for the win. two home runs, doubled and drove in ninth that led to Cincinnati’s tying run Arizona got off to a sluggish start in its fi rst home four runs, and Nolan Arenado and Paul before pinch-hitter Tyler Stephenson’s Rangers 6, Devils 3 game in three weeks, falling into a 2-0 hole in the DeJong also homered for St. Louis. single off Oliver Perez (0-1) in the In New York, Pavel Buchnevich scored three fi rst period. Ryan Helsley (1-0) allowed a run in 10th won it. times on his 26th birthday, and the Rangers beat the 1-2/3 innings of relief to earn the vic- Devils for their third win over their Hudson River ri- Stars 5, Blue Jackets 1 Tucker Barnhart homered in the sec- In Dallas, Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist, tory. St Louis won for just the second ond for the Reds. Sean Doolittle (2-0) vals in fi ve days. time in its last seven games, breaking It was Buchnevich’s fi rst career hat trick. Artemi and Dallas scored four times in 6½ minutes in the pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. second period. the game open with six runs in the Sonny Gray made his fi rst appearance Panarin added a goal and three assists as the Rangers third off Matt Moore (0-1). Moore improved to 12-4-3 in their last 19 games. Florida Panthers left wing Anthony Duclair (91) Denis Gurianov, Jamie Benn, John Klingberg and of the season for the Reds after being Esa Lindell also had a goal and an assist for the Stars, recorded consecutive outs to start the sidelined with a muscle strain in his Capitals 6, Flyers 3 is held up by Tampa Bay Lightning defense- frame before a two-out barrage. man Erik Cernak (81) during the third period of who are on a season-high six-game point streak (3- back. He gave up two runs and six hits, In Philadelphia, Alex Ovechkin scored twice to 0-3). Rookie goalie Jake Oettinger made 20 saves in striking out six over 4 1/3 innings. an NHL hockey game, on April 17, in Tampa, Red Sox 7, White Sox 4 move within one goal of Marcel Dionne for fi fth Florida. (AP) improving to 5-0-1 this season against Columbus. In Boston, Wearing their new blue- Marlins 7, Giants 6, 10 Innings place on the NHL’s career goals list. Vladislav Gavrikov scored for the Blue Jackets, and-yellow uniforms, Boston beat Chi- In Miami, Jorge Alfaro hit a game- Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Conor Sheary 2-2 in their past 14. Jared McCann also scored for who are 0-4-1 in their last fi ve games and 2-10-2 in cago when Marwin Gonzalez homered ending, two-run double, and Miami and Anthony Mantha each added goals while John Pittsburgh, which earned its 59th point to move one their last 14. Joonas Korpisalo was pulled after allow- to key a four-run rally in the eighth rallied from two-run defi cits in the Carlson had four assists for Washington, which in- ahead of the idle , and remain ing four goals on 16 shots. inning. ninth and 10th innings. creased its lead in the East Division to four points The uniforms – lacking any red – three behind the . Senators 4, Canadiens 0 San Francisco led 5-3 before RBI over the New York Islanders. In Montreal, Drake Batherson had two goals and an as- honor the Boston Marathon with the singles in the ninth by Alfaro and Star- Oilers 3, Jets 0 colors that stretch across the fi nish line Penguins 3, Sabres 2 sist for last-place Ottawa, which had dropped fi ve of six. ling Marte off Jake McGee. The closer In Buffalo, N.Y., Tristan Jarry stopped 27 shots In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mike Smith stopped 26 Artem Zub and Nikita Zaitsev also scored for the of the famous race. They featured yel- threw 35 pitches in the inning, retiring shots in his third shutout of the season, sending Ed- low tops with powder-blue lettering as the Penguins eliminated the Sabres from playoff Senators and Brady Tkachuk and Josh Norris each Adam Duvall on an inning-ending fl y- contention. monton to the victory. had two assists. out that stranded the bases loaded. Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues scored second- Tyson Barrie, Jesse Puljujarvi and Alex Chiasson made 23 saves in his fi rst shutout of Orioles 6, Rangers 1 period goals in helping the Penguins improve to 10- scored for the Oilers, who had not played since a 5-0 the season and No. 11 for his career. In Arlington, Texas, Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning for Baltimore. The Orioles got all their runs Nemechek wins NASCAR truck race at Richmond against three relievers after Rangers rookie starter Dane Dunning threw RICHMOND, Va, April 18, (AP): John Hunter repeat winner in the series this year. He’s also Motor Speedway. six scoreless innings. They snapped Nemechek passed team-mate Chandler Smith with won six of the 12 stages in the first six races of Todd Gilliland was sixth, followed by Ben a 1-1 tie off Joely Rodriguez (0-1) 17 laps to go and outran team owner Kyle Busch to the season. Rhodes, Enfi nger, Sam Mayer and Austin Hill. in his season debut. Maikel Franco win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Richmond “Coming from 18th to sec- Ankrum, who was 28th in the point standings hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Raceway. ond in the fi rst stage was pret- entering the race but fi nished ninth overall last sea- Brett de Gues. Nemechek, already the series points leader, ty good,” Nemecheck said, son, hoped the fi nish was a beginning of a better Brewers 7, Pirates 1 gave Kyle Busch Motorsports its fourth consecu- adding that seeing Busch right stretch. In Milwaukee, Brett Anderson tive victory in the series but deprived Busch of a behind him for the last several “For me, I’ve never lost faith in my team” he pitched seven effective innings and victory at the only track where he hasn’t won in laps was unnerving. said. “Every race we’ve gone to, we’ve had top-10 Milwaukee built a big lead early and the Truck Series. Busch also was trying to become “He defi nitely tried in turn or top-fi ve speed.” breezed past Pittsburgh. the only driver to win in all three of NASCAR’s three. He got to my bumper Sauter said he was frustrated despite his good Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a leadoff single top series on the 0.75-mile, D-shaped oval. and got me loose, but I knew fi nish. Tampa Bay Rays’ Ryan Thomp- in the fi rst inning and the Brewers went Tyler Ankrum passed Smith to take third, with he wasn’t going to wreck me,” “This is probably my absolute favorite track that son (81) delivers a pitch during the on to score fi ve times, with every run Johnny Sauter fi fth. Nemechek Nemechek said. we go to and I love this type of racing,” he said. “I eighth inning of a baseball game coming with two outs. Bradley, who Nemechek, who was second behind Grant After Nemechek won at Las never drove so hard to fi nish fi fth in my whole life. against the New York Yankees, on had three hits, tripled and scored in the Enfinger in the first stage and won the second, Vegas, Busch won at Atlanta and Martin Truex Jr I was just hanging on. It just would not turn. Got April 17, in New York. (AP) second as Milwaukee made it 7-0. led a race-high 114 laps and became the first won in a Busch-owned truck on the dirt at Bristol some work to do.”