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No. 2 North Dakota St. holds off No. 24 Northern Iowa 23-20 Sam Houston State routs McNeese State, clinches Southland title HUNTSVILLE, Texas, April 11, (AP): Eric Schmid passed for 202 yards and a touchdown and ran for 92 yards to help Sam Houston State beat McNeese State 27-13. The No. 5 Bearkats (5-0, 5-0 South- DeGrom Ks 14, but Chisholm’s HR, land Conference) earned a share of the conference title at the time of their victory and clinched it outright when Incarnate Word loss to Northwestern State on Saturday night. The loss ended the season for the Cowboys (3-4, 2-4) and snapped their Rogers’ gem lift Marlins past Mets streak of 15 straight winning seasons, which had been the longest active streak in FCS. McNeese State opened the scoring MLB Results/Standings Red Sox top Orioles 6-4, extend win streak to 5 with a fi eld goal in the middle of the fi rst quarter, and Sam Houston State answered with 27 straight points. Noah NEW YORK, April 11, Smith caught a 19-yard TD pass from WASHINGTON, April 11, (AP): Results and (AP): Jazz Chisholm Jr. Schmid, Ramon Jefferson and Dono- standings from the MLB games on Saturday. van Williams each had TD runs, and Tampa Bay 4 NY Yankees 0 hit a stunning homer off Seth Morgan kicked a pair of fi eld Seattle 4 Minnesota (10 innings) 3 an otherwise dominant Ja- goals. Oakland 7 Houston 3 Cleveland 11 Detroit 3 cob deGrom, Trevor Rog- N.D. State 23, N. Iowa 20 San Diego 7 Texas 4 Toronto 15 LA Angels 1 ers beat the two-time Cy In Cedar Falls, Iowa, Christian Miami 3 NY Mets 0 Watson scored on a 100-yard kick- Milwaukee 9 St Louis 5 Young Award winner for San Francisco 4 Colorado 3 off return, Hunter Luepke ran for 95 Pittsburgh 8 Chicago Cubs 2 the second time and the yards that included a fourth-quarter Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 4 Miami Marlins blanked the touchdown, and second-ranked North Arizona 8 Cincinnati 3 Dakota State held off No. 24 Northern LA Dodgers 9 Washington 5 New York Mets 3-0. Boston 6 Baltimore (10 innings) 4 DeGrom (0-1) matched a career Iowa for a 23-20 victory. American League Tyler Hoosman had a pair of 1-yard East Division best with 14 over eight scoring runs in the fourth quarter for W L Pct GB innings, Rogers fanned 10 in six Boston 5 3 .625 _ Northern Iowa, the second with 2:47 Baltimore 4 4 .500 1 and the teams combined for 28 remaining. The Panthers forced a Tampa Bay 4 4 .500 1 overall. three-and-out on the ensuing series but Toronto 4 5 .444 1½ The 23-year-old Rogers (1-1) out- New York 3 5 .375 2 then could not convert on fourth-and-1 Central Division pitched deGrom for the second time at their 13. W L Pct GB in nine major league starts. The left- The Bison (6-1, 5-1 Missouri Val- Minnesota 5 3 .625 _ hander got his fi rst big league win ley) have won seven straight against Cleveland 4 3 .571 ½ against deGrom in a 5-3 victory last Chicago 4 4 .500 1 Kansas City 3 3 .500 1 Aug. 31. This was his second. Detroit 3 5 .375 2 A 2017 fi rst-round draft pick, Rog- FOOTBALL West Division ers cruised in his third career outing W L Pct GB Houston 6 3 .667 _ against New York. He scattered three Los Angeles 6 3 .667 _ hits and two walks, retiring 11 straight Northern Iowa (3-4, 3-4). Seattle 4 4 .500 1½ during one stretch. Texas 3 5 .375 2½ Monmouth 42, Kennesaw St 17 Oakland 3 7 .300 3½ Rogers mixed a fastball averaging 95 mph with a slider and changeup, In West Long Beach, N.J., Tony National League East Division inducing 19 swing-and-misses among Muskett threw four touchdown passes W L Pct GB his 82 pitches. He ended his outing as No. 20 Monmouth upset seventh- Philadelphia 5 3 .625 _ with strikeouts of Michael Conforto ranked Kennesaw State 42-17 and won Atlanta 4 4 .500 1 New York 2 3 .400 1½ and Pete Alonso, stranding two run- the Big South Conference title for the Washington 1 4 .200 2½ ners to preserve a 1-0 lead. second straight season. Miami 2 6 .250 3 Dylan Floro followed with a perfect The series has determined the last Central Division W L Pct GB seventh, Richard Bleier was helped by four conference titles. The Owls (4-1, Cincinnati 6 2 .750 _ shortstop Miguel Rojas’ diving catch 2-1), who ended their regular season, St Louis 5 3 .625 1 to rob pinch-hitter Kevin Pillar during won the 2017 and 2018 titles. Chicago 4 4 .500 2 a 1-2-3 eighth, and Yimi García com- Muskett was 19-of-23 passing for Milwaukee 4 4 .500 2 Pittsburgh 2 6 .250 4 pleted the three-hitter for his fi rst , 290 yards. The freshman has totaled West Division spelling struggling closer Anthony 742 yards passing and eight touch- W L Pct GB Bass. down passes without an interception Los Angeles 7 2 .778 _ San Diego 6 3 .667 1 Dodgers 9, Nationals 5 this season. San Francisco 5 3 .625 1½ NSU 49, UIW 47 Arizona 3 6 .333 4 In Los Angeles, Chris Taylor hit a Colorado 3 6 .333 4 three-run homer and Zach McKinstry In San Antonio, Eddie Godina made big plays with his bat and arm kicked a 32-yard fi eld goal on the fi - in Los Angeles’ victory over Wash- nal play and Northwestern State won 4-2). ington. Miami Marlins’ Jesus Aguilar hits an RBI single off New York Mets relief Edwin Diaz in the ninth inning of a its fi rst game of the spring season in The Bears took a 7-0 lead on Peevy’s game, on April 10, in New York. (AP) its season fi nale 49-47 over Incarnate 22-yard TD pass to Drake Starks, cap- Word. ping a 45-yard drive that was set up by BASEBALL Incarnate Word was the last team Zach Hopkins’s fumble recovery on a that could challenge Sam Houston muffed punt return. McKee’s 80-yard Roglic bags 2nd Tour of Basque Country title State for the Southland Conference ti- kickoff return to the ETSU 8 in the AJ Pollock also drove in three runs tle and Saturday night’s loss knocked second quarter helped the Bears ex- for the defending World Series cham- MADRID, April 11, (AP): Primoz Slovenian Tadej Pogacar was Gaudu was fi fth overall, behind it out of contention. Had the Cardinals tend the lead to 14-3 on Peevy’s 1-yard pions. They are off to a 7-2 start that Roglic won his second Tour of third overall, more than a minute Britain’s Adam Yates. Veteran (3-2, 3-2) beat Northwestern State, keeper. includes wins in four of their last fi ve Basque Country title on Saturday. Spaniard Alejandro Valverde was their season fi nale on Saturday, host- Delaware 34, Delaware St 14 games. He was second to Frenchman seventh overall. ing the undefeated and fi fth-ranked David Gaudu in Saturday’s sixth CYCLING Roglic also won the Tour of In Dover, Delaware, Dejoun Lee ran Julio Urías (2-0) allowed three runs Bearkats, would have determined the in 5 2/3 innings. Juan Soto homered stage to clinch overall victory, fi n- Basque Country in 2018. Last Southland’s regular season champion. 14 times for 109 yards and two touch- ishing 52 seconds in front of Danish year’s race was canceled because downs to help Delaware beat Delaware twice and Ryan Zimmerman had three rider Jonas Vingegaard. behind countryman Roglic. of the coronavirus pandemic. N. Arizona 28, S. Utah 28-20 State 34-14. hits for the Nationals. Patrick Corbin In Cedar City, Utah, Keondre Nolan Henderson passed for 167 (0-1) was the loser. Wudtee passed for 289 yards and a yards, a touchdown and no intercep- Rays 4, Yankees 0 a two-run homer, rookie Seth Brown on second base. seventh in a row against Texas. Eric touchdown and ran for 38 yards and tions for the No. 8 Blue Hens (4-0), In St. Petersburg, Florida, Aus- connected for his fi rst big league home For Seattle, that was Taylor Tram- Hosmer and Ha-Seong Kim also two TDs, and Northern Arizona beat who scored the fi rst 31 points of the tin Meadows and Randy Arozarena run and the Oakland Athletics beat the mell, who homered earlier in the game. homered for San Diego. Southern Utah 28-20 to earn a sweep game and have won their fi rst four homered off Domingo Germán, help- 7-3 to win the series. Taylor Rogers (0-1) picked up Braden Grisham put San Diego up 5-4 with in the spring 2021 season. games of the season for the fi rst time ing Tampa Bay extend its mastery over The Astros won the opener 6-2 Bishop’s bunt in front of the mound, his two-run homer off reliever Wes The Lumberjacks (2-2, 2-2 Big Sky since 2012. New York. on Thursday night to give them fi ve but he couldn’t get a clean grip and Benjamin (0-1). Conference) scored touchdowns on four Lee scored on TD runs of 7 yards in The Rays have won 10 of 12 regu- straight victories over the A’s after a held off on a throw as a precaution. Ryan Weathers (1-0) struck out of fi ve straight possessions beginning the fi rst quarter and 14 yards in the sec- lar-season games between the AL East four-game sweep to start the season. Haniger hit a one-out fl y deep enough three in his two innings, though he with Wudtee’s 1-yard TD pass to Kevin ond. Thyrick Pitts added fi ve catches rivals since the start of 2020. Tampa Brown sent a homer into the second to left for Trammell to come home. gave up a tiebreaking solo homer to Daniels with 7 seconds left in the fi rst for 87 yards, including a 9-yard touch- Bay also eliminated the Yankees from deck in the eighth inning to give the (1-0) worked the Isiah Kiner-Falefa in the fi fth. Mark half. That capped a seven-play, 63-drive down catch in the with 19 seconds left last year’s playoffs in a fi ve-game se- Athletics fi ve home runs in the last two ninth, and Keynan Middleton pitched a Melancon worked a perfect ninth for that took only 38 seconds, coming after in the fi rst half. ries that went the distance. games after they managed just three in perfect 10th for the save. his fourth save. Southern Utah scored with 52 seconds SE Louisiana 52, Nicholls St 45 Six Tampa Bay combined their fi rst eight. Indians 11, Tigers 3 Diamondbacks 8, Reds 3 left in the quarter to take a 14-0 lead. to limit the Yankees to fi ve hits. Frankie Montas (1-1) held Houston In Thibodaux, La., Cole Kelley passed scoreless and retired seven in a row In Cleveland, Aaron Civale allowed In Phoenix, Riley Smith pitched Mercer 21, ETSU 13 for 391 yards, four touchdowns and no Meadows got things rolling for the just three hits while dominating over six effective innings in his fi rst career Rays with a solo homer in the fi rst in- before Kyle Tucker’s solo homer to In Macon, Ga., Yahsyn McKee interceptions and Southeastern Louisi- start the seventh ended his day. Hou- 7 2/3 innings and was backed by fi ve start, Tim Locastro had four hits and made a pair of big plays, Carter Peevy ana rallied for a 52-45 win over Nicholls ning, his third of the season. He had home runs, including Jordan Luplow’s Arizona cooled off Cincinnati. three hits in Tampa Bay’s 10-5 win ston starter José Urquidy (0-1) allowed passed for a touchdown and ran for an- State in the River Bell Classic. seven hits and four runs. three-run shot, as Cleveland pounded Smith (1-0) gave up two runs on other, and Mercer beat East Tennessee With the win, Southeastern Louisi- over New York the previous day and Detroit. eight hits against a Reds team that had State 21-13. ana (4-2, 4-2 Southland Conference), has homered three times in eight career Pirates 8, Cubs 2 Luplow narrowly missed a second won six in a row. The Bears (5-5, 5-2 Southern Con- ranked 23rd in the FCS Top 25, kept its at-bats against Germán (0-2). In Pittsburgh, Mitch Keller pitched three-run homer, settling for a two- The Diamondbacks - who came in ference) beat their third straight oppo- hope alive for an at-large selection in Arozarena hit a 420-foot solo shot in fi ve effi cient innings and Pittsburgh run double to fi nish with a career-high hitting just .205 through eight games nent ranked in the FCS Top 25 despite the FCS playoffs. The Lions will face the third inning for a 4-0 lead. Andrew used an early burst to chase Chicago’s fi ve RBIs. Franmil Reyes hit his third - broke the game open with a fi ve-run getting outgained 382-219 in total of- Southern Illinois on Saturday to close Kittredge (2-0) worked 1 2/3 innings Zach Davies. homer in two days, Roberto Pérez and fi fth. Eduardo Escobar added his third fense by the No. 20 Buccaneers (4-2, their season. for the victory. Phil Evans hit his team-high third Andrés Giménez each added a two-run homer of the season on a solo shot in Red Sox 6, Orioles 4, 10 Innings homer as the Pirates ended a six-game homer and César Hernández had a solo the seventh. Asdrubal Cabrera also In Baltimore, Rafael Devers homer- losing streak. shot. homered. ed and Boston scored twice in the 10th Keller (1-1) bounced back from a Civale (2-0), who beat the Tigers Jeff Hoffman (1-1) was the loser. inning on a wild pitch and an RBI sin- rough 2021 debut by allowing one in his season debut a week ago, gave Braves 5, Phillies 4 gle by Christian Vázquez to beat Balti- run. The 25-year-old, who has strug- up two singles and faced the mini- gled with his command since spring mum through six innings before Rob- In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman hit a more for its fi fth straight victory. two-run homer and drove in the go- Baltimore outfi elder Trey Mancini training started, struck out seven and bie Grossman homered off him in the walked just one. seventh. ahead run with a grounder in the sev- hit his fi rst home run since his return enth inning to lead Atlanta past Phila- from cancer surgery that caused him to Colin Moran, Bryan Reynolds and Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run Jacob Stallings all drove in two runs homer in the ninth for Detroit. delphia. miss the 2020 season. It was Mancini’s The Braves have recovered from fi rst homer since Sept. 28, 2019. during Pittsburgh’s seven-run outburst Tarik Skubal (0-1) was the loser. in the second against Davies (1-1). an 0-4 start with a four-game winning Michael Chavis, recalled from the Padres 7, Rangers 4 streak, including the fi rst two games alternate training site earlier in the day, Giants 4, Rockies 3 In Arlington, Texas, Trent Grisham of this series against the NL East rival entered as a pinch-runner in the 10th In San Francisco, hit a go-ahead homer for San Diego in Phillies. and scored on a low pitch by Dillon delivered the decisive hit for a second the seventh inning and the Padres fol- Sean Newcomb (1-0) had strikeouts Tate (0-1) that rolled to the backstop. straight day, connecting for a three-run lowed up the franchise’s fi rst no-hitter on four of his six outs in relief of Ian Vázquez added an insurance run with homer in the sixth inning in San Fran- with another victory over Texas. Anderson. The right-hander yielded a single off Wade LeBlanc. cisco’s victory over Colorado. A day after Joe Musgrove pitched four runs in 5 1/3 innings and gave up Matt Barnes (1-0) struck out two in Crawford also came through with that no-hitter, the Padres won their homers to Andrew McCutchen in the the ninth, and Matt Andriese earned a bases-loaded, two-run double in the fi fth and Bryce Harper in the sixth. Boston’s fi rst save of the season. seventh of a 3-1 victory Friday in the Will Smith pitched a perfect ninth for Katie Ledecky competes in the women’s 400-meter freestyle fi nal at the Brewers 9, Cardinals 5 home opener. his second save. Archie Bradley (0-1) TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet on April 10, in Mission Viejo, California. In St. Louis, Avisaíl García homer- Ben Bowden (0-2) relieved Chi Chi took the loss. (AP) ed, doubled and drove in fi ve runs and González and surrendered consecutive Blue Jays 15, Angels 1 walks to and pinch- Milwaukee ended St. Louis’ winning In Dunedin, Florida, Bo Bichette streak at four games. hitter before Craw- Keston Hiura hit a three-run hom- ford’s second homer of the season. had fi ve RBIs, Randal Grichuk hit a Ledecky dips under 4 minutes, er that capped a fi ve-run burst in the Ryan McMahon had put the Rock- three-run double during a seven-run seventh inning that made it 8-2. The ies ahead 3-1 with a two-run homer in second inning and Toronto stopped a Brewers won for the third time in four the fi fth. four-game skid by routing Los Ange- wins 400 free at TYR Pro Series games. Caleb Baragar (2-0) pitched the les following a rain delay that lasted García’s two-run homer off Carlos sixth for the win. Three relievers later, more than 2 1/2 hours. MISSION VIEJO, California, to the 200 free she won a day ear- Bichette had two-run doubles in the April 11, (AP): Katie Ledecky won lier, also with the fastest time in the Martínez (0-2) gave Milwaukee a 3-0 Jake McGee earned his fourth save lead in the fi fth. García drew a bases- overall and second in two games fac- third and fourth, and Vladimir Guer- the 400-meter freestyle at the TYR world this year. loaded walk in the sixth and added a ing his former Colorado club. rero Jr. added RBI singles in both in- Pro Swim Series with the world’s nings as the Blue Jays went up 14-1. two-run double in the seventh. Mariners 4, Twins 3, 10 Innings fastest time this year. Brewers starter Adrian Houser (1- The pair drew bases-loaded walks in She touched in 3 minutes, 59.25 SWIMMING 1) allowed runners in each of his fi ve In Minneapolis, the second from José Quintana (0-1), seconds in the outdoor pool. The innings and was pulled after walking homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifi ce who allowed seven runs, fi ve hits and Yadier Molina to begin the sixth. fl y in the 10th inning, lifting Seattle four walks in 1 2/3 innings. defending Olympic champion is past Minnesota. All three of Minneso- The game ended about 12 hours be- the only swimmer to go under 4 Brazil’s Bruno Fratus edged Austin Dean hit a three-run homer Boston Red Sox starting pitcher for the Cardinals in the eighth. ta’s losses this season have come in the Garrett Richards throws a pitch to fore Sunday’s series fi nale was sched- minutes this year. Leah Smith fi n- Caeleb Dressel to win the 50 free. 10th, with the bullpen struggling with the Baltimore Orioles during the uled to start. ished second in 4:06.37. Fratus touched in 21.80 seconds, Athletics 7, Astros 3 baseball’s new-as-of-2020 rule that fi rst inning of a baseball game, on Steven Matz (2-0) gave up one run Ledecky added the 400 free title with Dressel fi nishing in 21.83. In Houston, Ramón Laureano hit starts each extra inning with a runner April 10, in Baltimore. (AP) in six innings.