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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1968 — Lee Trevino becomes the first golfer to play all four rounds of the U.S. Open under par as he Numbers Game beats Jack Nicklaus by four strokes. Antelope Valley Press, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 C3 Boxing MLB results | Tuesday Washington past Pittsburgh. Bradley homered for Cleveland, earned, in 3 1/3 innings. The Nationals won their third and Baltimore lost its 17th N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 5 in a row and sent Pittsburgh to straight on the road. Mets 3, Cubs 1 fifth. Boston 10, Atlanta 8 López positive for COVID-19; Taijuan Walker struck out a Seth Lugo got six outs for its ninth straight loss. The Orioles made four errors career-high 12, Pete Alonso his first save since returning Corbin (4-5) pitched 8 1/3 and moved closed to the major Cincinnati at Milwaukee, Kambosos fight moved to August drove in three runs and the on June 2 from elbow surgery, innings, allowing one run and league record of 22 consecutive late surging New York Mets threw and the NL East-leading Mets eight hits. He struck out seven road losses, shared by the 1943 Detroit at Kansas City, late out the potential tying run at Philadelphia Athletics and 1963 By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press (34-25) won for the fifth time in and walked one while going at Tampa Bay at Chicago White the plate in the ninth inning of least eight innings for the first New York Mets. six games to move nine games Sox, late LOS ANGELES — Lightweight champion Teófi- a 3-2 victory over the Chicago over .500 for the first time since time since Aug. 21, 2019. Amed Rosario got three hits, mo López is symptomatic after testing positive for Cubs on Tuesday night. the end of the 2019 season. Gomes’ slam finished a five- stole a base and drove in a run Texas at Houston, late COVID-19, and his bout with mandatory challenger Walker (6-2) allowed two runs Alec Mills (2-1) allowed three run first inning against Tyler for Cleveland, which has won Miami at St. Louis, late George Kambosos has been postponed until Aug. 14. and five hits in seven innings, runs, five hits and two walks in Anderson (3-7). It was Gomes’ four of five and is a season-high eight games over. 500. San Diego at Colorado, late López and Kambosos were scheduled to fight Satur- and he walked none for the 4 1/3 innings. first grand slam since joining James Karinchak (4-2) struck LA Angels at Oakland, late day night at the Miami Marlins’ home stadium. The en- third time. the Nationals in 2019 and the tire card has been pushed back eight weeks, according to Javier Báez put the Cubs NATIONALS 8, PIRATES 1 out all three batters he faced in Arizona at San Francisco, late WASHINGTON — Yan Gomes fourth of his career. Triller Fight Club co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh. ahead 2-0 in the third with his the eighth. 15th home run. Alonso hit a connected for a grand slam INDIANS 7, ORIOLES 2 Matt Harvey (3-8) suffered Minnesota at Seattle, late Both Kambosos and Bob Arum, López’s estranged two-run single in the bottom and Trea Turner got four hits, CLEVELAND — Eddie Rosario his career-high seventh straight Philadelphia at LA Dodgers, promoter, criticized the lightweight champ Tuesday for half and a sacrifice fly in the leading Patrick Corbin and hit a two-run double and Bobby loss and gave up six runs, five late falling ill so close to the bout. Arum ripped López for ap- parently refusing to be vaccinated. “Now, with the vaccination (available), anybody (who) gets COVID, shame on them,” the 89-year-old Arum NHL playoff results | Tuesday said in Los Angeles, where he was promoting heavyweight CONFERENCE FINALS scorer on Tampa Bay’s 2020 back for the opening game of and for our organization, I don’t champion Tyson Fury’s third fight with Deontay Wilder. Lightning 4, Islanders 2 Stanley Cup run didn’t play a game the playoffs, when the collective think they could have unfolded “Shame on them because they hadn’t taken the time, or Series tied 1-1 Lightning benefit from exploiting cap after he hoisted that trophy in bargaining agreement that any better.” they decided for some crazy reason not to get vaccinated. loophole with Kucherov September until mid-May, when has been in place since 2005 It didn’t unfold so well for the That’s nuts.” Nikita Kucherov would have much the playoffs began. stipulates the cap does not count Florida Panthers, who lost to Tampa López (16-0, 12 KOs), a Brooklyn native, won the In between, the Lightning were because players only draw salaries Bay in six games in the first round, IBF lightweight title in December 2019. He became a rather ground through the season able to get an exemption for during the regular season. He now or the Carolina Hurricanes, who rising star last October with a stunning upset of veteran with his Tampa Bay Lightning Ukrainian lightweight champ Vasyl Lomachenko, win- teammates than sit out all 56 Kucherov’s salary cap hit, which leads all scorers in the postseason were ousted 4-1 in the second. ning a decision in the first major fight card after the start games while recovering from hip allowed them to keep their core as the stacked Lightning try to win “We had a great season,” Carolina of the pandemic. surgery. group of players together and — back-to-back titles. defenseman Dougie Hamilton In a social media post, Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs) said “Missing a whole year, you ask any with some gymnastics — even add “Sometimes the stars align for said. “We lost to a team that’s $18 he was “absolutely devastated” by the postponement. player, you don’t want to be that an important player at the trade you,” general manager Julien million over the cap or whatever The Australian challenger lamented a 13-week training guy,” Kucherov said. deadline. BriseBois said. “I didn’t know how they are, unbelievable goalie and camp away from his children and said he had flown his Kucherov was that guy. The leading It all meant that Kucherov was things would unfold. Luckily for me all that stuff. We played them pregnant wife to Miami for the fight. “I put every bit of my life into this camp with my team,” Kambosos wrote, addressing López. “I would GOLF MOTORSPORTS MLB NHL NBA have been Undisputed Champion this weekend. I US Open exempt NASCAR Cup Series AMERICAN LEAGUE NHL Playoff Glance NBA Playoff Glance know it and you know it. Your actions and decisions players Schedule-Winners West Division SECOND ROUND CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS SAN DIEGO — The 156-man field for the Feb. 9 — Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Kyle W L Pct GB (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) have affected not only our fight but everyone involved 121st U.S. Open, which starts Thursday Busch) Oakland 41 27 .603 _ Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 1 x-if necessary in this fight! Pure irresponsibility on your whole side. at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Players listed Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 Houston 37 28 .569 2½ Sunday, May 30: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Eastern Conference only in the first category for which they are at DAYTONA (Aric Almirola) Angels 33 33 .500 7 Tuesday, June 1: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Brooklyn 2, Milwaukee 2 Our time will come and I promise you and the world elegible (a-amateur): Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 Seattle 33 35 .485 8 Thursday, June 3: Carolina 3, Tampa Bay Saturday, June 5: Brooklyn 115, U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (10-year at DAYTONA (Austin Dillon) Texas 25 41 .379 15 2, OT Milwaukee 107 that I’m going to take you out worse than ever for ev- Monday, June 7: Brooklyn 125, exemption): Bryson DeChambeau, Feb. 14 — DAYTONA 500 (Michael East Division Saturday, June 5: Tampa Bay 6, Carolina Milwaukee 86 erything.” Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka, Dustin McDowell) W L Pct GB 4 Tuesday, June 8: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 0 Thursday, June 10: Milwaukee 86, Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Martin Kaymer, Feb. 21 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At Tampa Bay 43 25 .632 _ López traveled to Las Vegas last weekend for Shakur N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 Brooklyn 83 Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy. DAYTONA (Christopher Bell) Boston 41 27 .603 2 Feb. 28 — Dixie Vodka 400 (William Saturday, May 29: Boston 5, N.Y. Sunday, June 13: Milwaukee 107, Stevenson’s victory over Jeremiah Nakathila before re- TOP 10 AND TIES FROM 2020 U.S. New York 34 32 .515 8 Byron) Islanders 2 Brooklyn 96 OPEN: Matthew Wolff, Louis Oosthuizen, Toronto 33 32 .508 8½ turning to Miami to continue fight preparations. Harris English, Xander Schauffele, Will March 7 — Pennzoil 400 presented by Monday, May 31: N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston Tuesday, June 15: Milwaukee at Baltimore 22 44 .333 20 López and Arum have been at odds since Triller made Zalatoris, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas, Zach Jiffy Lube (Kyle Larson) 3, OT Brooklyn, late Johnson. March 14 — Instacart 500 (Martin Truex Central Division Thursday, June 3: Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders Thursday, June 17: Brooklyn at a hefty $6 million purse bid to secure the right to promote U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPION AND Jr) W L Pct GB 1, OT Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. RUNNER-UP: Tyler Strafaci, a-Charles March 21 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Chicago 42 25 .627 _ Saturday, June 5: N.Y.