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Lindor homers, Mets rout Braves 13-2 after Ozuna arrested Surging Rays beat Phillies for 14th victory in 15 games ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, May 30, ly impressive. (AP): Austin Meadows drove in his The Pirates shut out a team in both third on a tiebreaking RBI infi eld games of a doubleheader for the fi rst single during a two-run eighth inning time since Oct. 3, 1976, against the St. and the won for the Louis Cardinals. 14th time in 15 games, 5-3 over the Pittsburgh combined to Phillies. hold Colorado to just six total hits. Pastrnak scores hat trick Randy Arozarena had a leadoff sin- The Rockies have lost fi ve in a row. gle in the eighth and advanced to third Keller (3-6) pitched two- ball on a wild pitch by Sam Coonrod (0- for fi ve innings. He struck out six and 2). After Yandy Díaz was intention- walked two after losing his previous ally walked with one out, Meadows three starts. made it 4-3 with his hit off José Alva- After going 1 for 4 with a in rado. Tampa Bay took a two-run lead the opener, Adam Frazier hit a leadoff as Bruins blast Islanders when Alvarado walked pinch-hitter homer in the second on the fi rst pitch Mike Brosseau with the bases load. from Austin Gomber (3-5). Diego Castillo (1-3) worked out of Brubaker (4-4) allowed four hits in Canadiens force Game 7 vs Leafs a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth six innings and Bryan Reynolds hit for the Rays, who have won three in his team-leading sixth . a row after Kansas City stopped their Rockies starter Jon Gray (4-5) last- BOSTON, May 30, (AP): 11-game winning streak on Tuesday. ed three innings, allowing three runs David Pastrnak got his J.P. Feyereisen worked the ninth to on four hits. second career playoff hat get his second save. Brewers 4, Nationals 1, 1st Game Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler Brewers 6, Nationals 2, 2nd Game trick, David Krejci had gave up three runs, four hits, two In Washington, Luis Urías went four assists and the Boston walks and struck out a career-high 14 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including the Bruins beat the New York over seven innings. tiebreaking double in a four-run sixth Matt Joyce homered for the Phil- inning, and Milwaukee swept a dou- Islanders 5-2 in the open- lies, who struck out 15 times. Tampa bleheader from Washington. ing game of their second- Bay struck out 16 times. Leadoff batter Kolten Wong also round playoff series. Mets 13, Braves 2 had three hits and drove in two runs Charlie McAvoy and Tay- In New York, Francisco Lindor, for the Brewers in the nightcap. Lor- James McCann and enzo Cain was 3 for 3 and scored lor Hall also scored, and Patrice hit three of the Mets’ season-high twice. Bergeron had a pair of assists for fi ve homers, Freddy Peralta pitched his fi rst the Bruins, who will host Game 2 Taijuan Walker major league in the on Monday night. pitched fi ve opener, going all seven innings. Mil- Tuukka Rask finished with 20 scoreless in- waukee (27-25) is two games over saves as the Bruins kept most of the nings in his .500 for the fi rst time since May 13. action at the other end of the ice, return from outshooting the Islanders 40-22. the and New York BASEBALL won its fourth ICE HOCKEY straight as word The Nationals dropped to 21-27 spread that At- and are in last place in the NL East Adam Pelech and Anthony lanta star Mar- following a three-game losing streak. Beauvillier scored for the Islanders, cell Ozuna had Meadows Washington is 0-5 in seven-inning Jordan Eberle had two assists and been arrested. games this season. Ilya Sorokin finished with 35 saves, Ozuna was charged with aggra- Brent Suter (5-3) struck out two in keeping New York in it through the vated assault strangulation and mis- one inning of relief for the win. first 40 minutes despite the onslaught demeanor battery/family violence, ac- Daniel Hudson (3-1) took the loss. of shots from the Bruins. cording to Fulton County Jail records Peralta (5-1) allowed four hits Toronto Maple Leafs’ Zach Hyman (11) moves in on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price as Canadiens’ Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2, OT in Georgia. in the fi rst game, including Kyle Erik Gustafsson (32) defends during the fi rst period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup fi rst-round playoff In Toronto, Jesperi Kotkaniemi Brandon Drury and Billy McKin- Schwarber’s home run, while strik- seres, on May 29, in Montreal. (AP) scored at 15:15 of overtime and ney piled on with homers during the ing out seven and walking one. The Montreal beat Toronto to force Game Mets’ seven-run sixth inning. 24-year-old right-hander made his 7 in the first-round series. Walker (4-1) had been out since 33rd start in the big leagues. Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli also May 17 with left side tightness but re- Avisaíl Garcia homered and drove US top Norway for 4th straight victory scored and Carey Price made 41 saves turned in top form, striking out eight in three runs. in front of the first Canadian hockey while allowing two hits and a walk. Tigers 6, Yankees 1 RIGA, Latvia, May 30, (AP): Tage to the quarterfi nals. sists in Kazakhstan’s 11-3 victory crowd since the start of the pandemic. Braves starter Ian Anderson (4-2) In Detroit, Jonathan Schoop homer- Thompson had a goal and an as- Ken Andre Olimb scored for Nor- over Italy. Jason Spezza and T.J. Brodie scored allowed four runs in four innings as ed and Spencer Turnbull pitched well sist and the United States won its way. Russia and Slovakia each won dropped to 24-26. into the sixth inning as Detroit beat for Toronto, beating Price with under fourth straight game in the world Finland beat fourth-place Ger- to remain tied for the Group A lead. 10 minutes to go in regulation to tie it. Giants 11, Dodgers 6 New York. hockey championship, beating Sergei Tolchinski had a goal and In , Donovan Solano Turnbull (4-2) allowed one run on Norway 2-1. an assist in a third-period burst in Jack Campbell stopped 28 shots. and Evan Longoria homered, Lo- three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 in- Jake Oettinger made 22 saves ICE HOCKEY Russia’s 4-1 victory over Switzer- Game 7 is Monday night in gan Webb pitched fi ve sharp innings nings. He struck out six. and Conor Garland also scored. land, and Julius Hudacek made 24 Toronto, with the winner facing and won consecutive Yankees starter Deivi Garcia (0-2) The Americans are second in many 2-1, with Arttu Ruotsalainen saves in Slovakia’s 2-0 victory over Winnipeg. Also an overtime winner games at Dodger Stadium after losing was called up from Triple-A Scran- Group B, a point behind Finland - breaking a tie midway through the Denmark. in Game 5 in Toronto, the Canadiens the fi rst four in the season series. ton/Wilkes-Barre before the game which beat the U.S. in the opener third period. Also, Libor Sulak scored twice are looking to come back from a 3-1 Mike Yastrzemski hit two doubles and allowed fi ve runs — four earned - with two games left. The top four Also in Group B, Roman Starch- in the Czech Republic’s 2-1 victory series deficit to win for the third time and Wilmer Flores had three of the — and fi ve hits in 4 1/3 innings. teams in each group will advance enko had two goals and three as- over Britain. in franchise history. Giants’ 16 hits. New York has lost the fi rst two Webb (4-3) held the Dodgers to just games of a weekend series at last- out seven and not allowing a walk Frankie Montas (5-5) allowed six innings. one hit and one . He struck place Detroit after winning seven of in the second game. Liam Hendriks hits, struck out seven and walked one. Mariners 3, Rangers 2 out seven, walked none and retired the nine. pitched a perfect seventh for his 12th The Angels are 22-8 when scoring In Seattle, J.P. Crawford and Mitch fi nal 11 batters he faced. White Sox 7, Orioles 4, 1st Game save. He also recorded a save in the four or more runs and avoided match- Haniger homered late, and Seattle sent hit his 669th career White Sox 3, Orioles 1, 2nd Game opener. ing the club’s season-low at eight Texas to its 11th straight road loss. home run and doubled, and is tied In Chicago, Billy Hamilton hit a homered twice and games below .500. The Rangers managed four hits in with Babe Ruth for the fourth most solo home run, Jose Abreu had a two- hit a solo shot for the Red Sox 3, Marlins 1 their fi fth consecutive defeat overall. extra-base hits in major league history run homer, and Lance Lynn pitched Orioles in the fi rst game. Baltimore In Boston, Nathan Eovaldi went 5 They matched the second-longest with 1,356. Pujols drove in three runs. fi ve scoreless innings to help Chicago managed one run in the second game 1/3 scoreless innings and Boston beat road skid in team history, an 11-game Max Muncy also homered for Los complete a doubleheader sweep of with getting hit by a Miami. stretch in 1982. The team record is 12 Angeles. Julio Urias (7-2) had his Baltimore. pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth. Bobby Dalbec, Kevin Plawecki in 2003. worst start of the season and allowed In the opener, Jake Lamb and Yoán Orioles starter (4-1) al- and Hunter Renfroe each had an RBI Crawford hit a solo homer in the seven runs — six earned — on 11 hits Moncada homered, with Abreu driv- lowed three runs and fi ve hits while single for Boston, which won for the seventh to break a 1-all tie and Hani- in fi ve innings. ing in three runs for the White Sox. striking out four and allowing two seventh time in nine games and post- ger added his 14th of the season in the Pirates 7, Rockies 0, 1st Game Chicago has won fi ve of six after walks in the second game. ed its ninth straight home victory over eighth. Pirates 4, Rockies 0, 2nd Game getting swept by the New York Yan- Twins 6, Royals 5 the Marlins in front of an announced Daniel Zamora (1-0), Paul Sewald In Pittsburgh, Mitch Keller and the kees last weekend. The Orioles have In Minneapolis, rookie Trevor crowd of 25,089. and Rafael Montero allowed two hits starting Eovaldi (6-2) allowed four hits, in 3 1/3 innings. Montero earned his Pittsburgh bullpen fi nished off a pair lost 12 straight for their longest los- Larnach homered and Rob Refsnyder Julio Urias throws to the of seven-inning shutouts in a sweep of ing streak since dropping 13 in a row drove in two runs as Minnesota hung plate during the second inning of striking out seven with one walk. Matt seventh save. Colorado. from Sept. 17-30, 2009. on to beat Kansas City. a baseball game against the San Barnes got the fi nal three outs for his Mike Foltynewicz (1-5) scattered After JT Brubaker excelled to win Lance Lynn (6-1) became the fi fth had an RBI double Francisco Giants, on May 29, in 12th save in 13 chances. six hits over seven innings. the opener and end Pittsburgh’s six- White Sox pitcher to go 5-0 in May. that drove in with a Los Angeles. (AP) Trevor Rogers (6-3) gave up two Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4 game losing streak, Keller was equal- He allowed three hits while striking notable run — it was the 2 millionth runs in six innings, allowing nine hits In Phoenix, Tyler O’Neill homered run scored in ing the Cubs improve to 18-7 this with six and no walks. for a third straight game, Yadier Mo- history. month. Padres 11, Astros 8, 12 Innings lina had three RBIs and St. Louis sent J.A. Happ (3-2) won for the fi rst Cincinnati right-hander Luis Cas- In Houston, Fernando Tatis Jr. Arizona to its 13th straight loss. time in fi ve starts. tillo (1-8) pitched fi ve-plus innings of launched a monstrous, three-run hom- The Diamondbacks are stuck in Adalberto Mondesi hit his fi rst four-run ball in his seventh straight er with two outs in the ninth inning to their longest losing streak since drop- home run of the season in the ninth, loss. Castillo became the fi rst pitcher tie it, Wil Myers hit a three-run drive ping a franchise-record 14 consecu- a two-run shot off to to drop seven consecutive decisions or in the 12th and San Diego beat Hou- tive games in 2004. bring the Royals within one. Rogers starts for the Reds since Homer Bailey ston. O’Neill added two doubles and fi n- recovered to record his fourth save in lost seven straight starts in 2018. Myers connected against Ralph ished with three RBIs. Cardinals clos- six attempts. Angels 4, Athletics 0 Garza Jr (0-1), sending a drive just er Alex Reyes earned his 15th save. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer In Oakland, California, Shohei over the glove of leaping right fi elder St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright for the Royals. Ohtani hit a key two-run single, Alex Kyle Tucker for his fi fth home run. (3-4) got off to a great start, retiring Kansas City’s Ervin Santana (0-1) Cobb struck out eight over seven Miguel Díaz pitched the 12th for the fi rst eight batters he faced. But was pulled after a leadoff walk in the scoreless innings to win consecutive his fi rst career save. the Diamondbacks started to hit the fourth inning and charged with three starts for the fi rst time this season, and Austin Adams (2-0) earned the win. veteran in the fi fth and sixth. Stephen runs. the Angels beat Oakland, stopping a Yu Darvish surrendered a season-high Vogt connected on a two-run homer Cubs 10, Reds 2 two-game skid. fi ve runs – four earned – on four hits and Christian Walker brought home In Chicago, , Ian Cobb (3-2) allowed three hits and with fi ve strikeouts and three walks in two more runs with a single. Happ and Eric Sogard each drove in walked two facing Oakland for the fi ve innings. Seth Frankoff (0-2) lasted just fi ve two runs, and Chicago beat Cincinnati fi rst time since 2018 while with Bal- permitted one run on innings. He gave up seven earned runs Reds for its season-high sixth consec- timore. three hits with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 on seven hits and four walks. ’ Francisco Lindor follows through on a two-run home run utive victory. during the seventh inning of a baseball game, next to catch- homered and Kris er William Contreras on May 29, in New York. (AP) Bryant had a run-scoring single, help- Cameron stops Hernandez in 5th round MLB Results/Standings Haney keeps WBC title , May 30, (AP): Devin years his elder. WASHINGTON, May 30, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. Haney said he wanted ’ Haney looked as if he was going Tampa Bay 5 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 7 Colorado (7 inn 1st game) 0 best when the two met for the WBC to drop Linares in the sixth round. He Chic. Wht. Sox 7 Baltimore (7 inn 1st game) 4 Milwaukee 4 Washington (7 inn 1st game) 1 world lightweight title, so there would landed an overhand right and subse- Minnesota 6 Kansas City 5 10 Cincinnati 2 Detroit 6 NY Yankees 1 Pittsburgh 4 Colorado (7 inn 2nd game) 0 be no excuses after a win. quent punches that caused Linares’ LA Angels 4 Oakland 0 Milwaukee 6 Washington (7 inn 2nd game) 2 As it turned out, Haney came close right eye to swell. Boston 3 Miami 1 NY Mets 13 Atlanta 2 to needing an excuse of his own. Haney said he now wants Teofi mo Chic. Wht. Sox 3 Baltimore (7 inn 2nd game) 1 San Francisco 11 LA Dodgers 6 San Diego 11 Houston (12 inn) 8 St Louis 7 Arizona 4 After dominating the fi rst seven Lopez, who fi ghts June 19 in Miami Seattle 3 Texas 2 rounds, Haney weathered a late surge against George Kambosis. Lopez is American League by Linares to unanimously outpoint the undisputed champion, so a bout East Division East Division the former three-weight champion and between the two would be for suprem- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 33 20 .623 _ New York 25 20 .556 _ successfully defend his belt. acy of the lightweight division. Boston 32 20 .615 -1/2 Philadelphia 25 27 .481 3-1/2 Haney, the fi rst person to outpoint New York 29 23 .558 3-1/2 Atlanta 24 26 .480 3-1/2 Linares, won 116-112, 116-112, 115- Toronto 26 24 .520 5-1/2 Miami 24 28 .462 4-1/2 BOXING Baltimore 17 35 .327 15-1/2 Washington 21 27 .438 5-1/2 113 on the judges’ scorecards. But it was Linares staggering the Central Division Central Division Devin Haney celebrates after de- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB 135-pound champion at the end of the In the co-featured event, champion feating Jorge Linares by unani- Chicago 31 20 .608 _ St Louis 30 22 .577 _ 10th round in the 12-round bout. Chantelle Cameron (14-0), of Great Cleveland 27 22 .551 3 Chicago 29 22 .569 -1/2 mous decision in the WBC light- Kansas City 24 26 .480 6-1/2 Milwaukee 27 25 .519 3 Haney (26-0) spent much of the Britain, defended her WBC world weight title boxing match on May Minnesota 21 30 .412 10 Cincinnati 22 28 .440 7 fi nal three rounds ducking under Lin- super-lightweight title with TKO of 29, in Las Vegas. (AP) Detroit 21 31 .404 10-1/2 Pittsburgh 20 31 .392 9-1/2 ares’ arms, hugging and stalling the Miami’s Melissa Hernandez (23-8), West Division West Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB action. in a bout stopped at 1:38 of the fi fth WBO middleweight title. Oakland 31 23 .574 _ San Diego 34 19 .642 _ Linares (47-6), the only person to round. South Africa’s Azinga Fuzile (15- Houston 27 24 .529 2-1/2 San Francisco 32 20 .615 1-1/2 put Vasiliy Lomachenko on his back, On the undercard, Ireland’s Jason 1) defeated Great Britain’s Martin Seattle 26 27 .491 4-1/2 Los Angeles 31 21 .596 2-1/2 Los Angeles 23 29 .442 7 Colorado 19 34 .358 15 survived an early onslaught by Haney, Quigley (19-1) defeated Shane Mos- J. Ward (24-2) with a seventh-round Texas 22 32 .407 9 Arizona 18 35 .340 16 who used strong combinations to the ley Jr. (17-5) by majority decision (97- TKO in a fi nal eliminator for the IBF head and body to hurt the opponent 13 93, 96-94, 95-95) to claim the vacant world super title.