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Walsh slams Chapman as Angels stun Yanks after Ohtani flops Turner hits for 3rd cycle, red-hot Nats rout Rays WASHINGTON, July 1, (AP): Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth- Aces crush Sparks inning triple for the Washington Na- tionals, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the McBride scores 26, Tampa Bay Rays. The speedy shortstop became the Lynx beat Mercury fi fth player in major league history with three cycles, joining Adrian Bel- PHOENIX, July 1, (AP): Kayla Mc- tre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and Bride scored a season-high 26 points, John Reilly, according to the Elias Sylvia Fowles and Napheesa Collier Sports Bureau. each had a double-double and the Min- He also scored four times in the nesota Lynx beat victory, which the Phoenix Mer- sealed a two- cury 82-76. game sweep as McBride made well as Wash- 9 of 12 from the ington’s fourth fi eld, including 5 straight win and of 6 from 3-point 14th in its last 17 range. Collier games. fi nished with 19 Turner sin- points and 11 gled in the fi rst rebounds and Fowles, who was off Tampa Bay McBride opener Drew 7-of-11 shoot- Turner Rasmussen, dou- ing, scored 15 points and grabbed 11 bled in the third rebounds. Layshia Clarendon added 12 against Ryan Sherriff (0-1), then hit his points for Minnesota (8-7). McBride 14th homer in the fourth off Michael hit back-to-back 3-pointers - the fi rst Wacha. six of her 10 points in a 12-0 run that made it 64-53 late in the third quarter Angels 11, Yankees 8 - to give Minnesota the lead for good. In New York, Jared Walsh hit a ty- ing grand slam off Aroldis Chapman in Aces 99, Sparks 75 a seven-run ninth inning for his second In Los Angeles, A’ja Wilson had homer of a long night, and Los Ange- 17 points and 10 rebounds, Liz Cam- les stunned New York. bage scored 13 points and grabbed 11 Shohei Ohtani’s highly anticipated boards and the Las Vegas Aces beat fi rst pitching appearance at Yankee the Los Angeles Sparks 99-75 to move Stadium was a wild wreck that ended Mississippi State celebrates after winning the College World Series 9-0 against Vanderbilt in the deciding Game 3 on June 30, in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP) into a tie with the Seattle Storm atop early. He was charged with seven runs the WNBA standings. in the fi rst inning, but the Angels per- a three-run homer in the 10th inning severed through two weather delays and Seattle held on after blowing two Mississippi State wins 1st national title BASKETBALL that lasted more than two hours and earlier leads. broke loose for seven of their own in Moore hit a 3-1 pitch from right- OMAHA, Neb., July 1, (AP): Will James threw to fi rst for the fi nal just seven hits and three runs over the ninth. hander Patrick Murphy (0-1) to left- Bednar and Landon Sims com- out, the Bulldogs’ dugout emptied the last 25 innings of the fi nals. Jackie Young fi nished with 18 Pinch-hitter Luis Rengifo broke the center, scoring automatic runner Luis bined on a one-hitter, Mississippi and about 100 fans jumped out Mississippi State (50-18) knocked points, fi ve rebounds, fi ve assists and tie with a two-run single off Lucas Lu- Torrens and Shed Long Jr., who sin- State scored early and built on its of the stands to celebrate as Josh out Kumar Rocker (14-4) in the fi fth. three steals for Las Vegas (12-4). The etge (2-1) with two outs, and Taylor gled as a pinch-hitter. lead, and the Bulldogs won their Hatcher waved a national champi- Four of the fi rst fi ve batters in the in- game marked the return of Chelsea Ward added an RBI single. Gray and Riquna Williams to Los An- Padres 7, Reds 5 fi rst national championship with a onship fl ag around the infi eld. The ning singled, and Rocker left with geles. Gray helped the Sparks win the Brewers 15, Cubs 7 In Cincinnati, Trent Grisham hit a 9-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the players then walked the warning his team down 5-0. It was the second In Milwaukee, highly touted Mil- WNBA championship in 2016. She grand slam and a solo shot and San deciding third game of the College track reaching up to high-fi ve the time in three CWS starts that the pro- fi nished with six points and eight as- waukee prospect Aaron Ashby got Diego rallied for its 11th win in the World Series fi nals. fans that love them so much. jected top-10 draft pick wasn’t at his hammered for seven runs in the fi rst sists. Williams had 14 points and eight last 12 games, beating Cincinnati in a Bednar, working on three days’ best, in part because of more shaky rebounds, Dearica Hamby added 13 inning of his big league debut, but Luis game called in the sixth inning due to Urias homered twice as the Brewers rest, walked three of the fi rst fi ve bat- BASEBALL defense behind him. The Commo- points and Kelsey Plum had 11 points, rain. ters he faced before retiring 15 in a dores committed six errors in the six rebounds and seven assists. rallied to rout Chicago for their eighth Grisham’s fi rst career grand slam in straight win. the fi fth inning came off reliever Josh row. He turned the game over to the second and third games of the fi - Sky 91, Wings 81 The Brewers swept the three-game Osich and gave San Diego the lead and Bulldogs’ star closer to start the sev- Bednar (9-1), whose 15 strikeouts nals and 13 in seven CWS games. In Arlington, Texas, Kahleah Copper series and increased their NL Central its sixth straight win over Cincinnati in enth, and Vandy broke up the no-hit- in his Omaha debut against Texas The Bulldogs were error-free in scored 17 points to lead seven Chicago lead to six games over Chicago. The the past two weeks. ter when Carter Young singled into on June 20 were the most here in 25 their seven games. players scoring in double fi gures and the Cubs lost their sixth in a row. Grisham and Wil Myers hit back- center fi eld with one out in the eighth. years, fanned four against Vandy (49- The national championship is the Sky beat the Dallas Wings 91-81. Willy Adames hit a grand slam dur- to-back solos shots in the Padres’ sec- It was the fi rst one-hitter at the 18) and was named the CWS Most fi rst in a team sport for the school Candace Parker had 10 points, 10 ing an eight-run burst in the fourth in- ond. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his National CWS since 2014, and it seemed like Outstanding Player. and it came in the Bulldogs’ 12th rebounds and two blocks and Courtney ning that put Milwaukee ahead 14-7. Vandersloot added 10 points, 12 as- League-leading 26th homer leading off the whole city of Starkville, Missis- Tanner and Clark homered in CWS appearance. Only Florida His error at shortstop helped the Cubs the third. sists and four steals for Chicago (10- break loose at the start against Ashby. sippi, was at TD Ameritrade Park to the four-run seventh inning to put State (23) and Clemson (12) have 8). Azura Stevens scored 13 points, Marlins 11, Phillies 6 witness it. the game out of reach against a been to Omaha at least as many Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4 while Diamond DeShields and Allie In Philadelphia, Joe Panik made an When third baseman Kamren Vanderbilt offense that managed times without winning a title. Quigley each had 10. In St. Louis, Kwang Hyun Kim won instant impression in his fi rst game for the fi rst time in 11 starts, pitching in Miami’s lineup, homering in his fi ve solid innings and helping himself fi rst at-bat and adding a go-ahead RBI with a two-run double as St. Louis beat single during a six-run sixth inning ain Arizona for a three-game sweep. a come-from-behind win over Phila- delphia. Starling Marte went 4-for-6 for Mi- Lightning beat Canadiens in BASEBALL ami and Garrett Cooper and Adam Du- vall each had three hits for the Marlins. Kim (2-5) had lost fi ve straight deci- Duvall recorded his 18th homer of the sions since his last win on April 23. He season, and Cooper, Jesus Sanchez and stranded six runners through his fi rst Sandy Leon each drove in two runs. four innings, giving up just an RBI single to Asdrúbal Cabrera. Orioles 5, Astros 2 Game 2, take 2-0 series lead In Houston, Austin Hays homered Rockies 6, Pirates 2 and Ryan Mountcastle drove in two In Denver, Jon Gray tossed six runs to help Baltimore wrap up a three- strong innings and Colorado beat Pitts- game sweep of slumping Houston. Coleman stars burgh. It’s the fi rst time the Orioles have Garrett Hampson had four hits for swept the Astros since June 17-19, the Rockies, who swept the three-game 2008, in Baltimore and their fi rst-ever TAMPA, Florida, July 1, series and improved to 28-16 at home. sweep at Minute Maid Park. (AP): Just when the Mon- Colorado is 6-31 on the road. The Orioles jumped on rookie start- treal Canadiens found an- After a rough fi rst inning, Gray (5-6) er Luis Garcia (6-5) for four runs in the didn’t give up another hit before leav- fi rst inning. other gear to show they ing four a pinch-hitter in the sixth. White Sox 13, Twins 3 can hang with the defend- Tigers 9, Indians 4, 1st Game In Chicago, Yasmani Grandal hit a ing champion Tampa Bay Tigers 7, Indians 1, 2nd Game three-run shot and a towering two-run Lightning in the Stanley In Cleveland, Miguel Cabrera hit drive, and Chicago went deep six times his 494th career homer, moving into in a rout of Minnesota. Cup Final, Blake Coleman sole possession of 28th place all-time, Rookie Andrew Vaughn smacked singlehandedly kept the se- and Detroit completed a doubleheader a two-run homer and had three RBIs. ries from being tied. sweep over Cleveland. Gavin Sheets hit his fi rst career home Cabrera went 2 for 4 and scored run in his second game as Chicago twice in raising his hit total to 2,919, 10 won its third straight. ICE HOCKEY shy of matching Al Simmons for 40th José Abreu and Brian Goodwin add- place in baseball history. He broke a ed solo shots to help fi rst-place Chi- tie with Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff cago expand its lead over Cleveland in Coleman scored a one-armed, on the homer list with a solo shot off the AL Central. diving buzzer-beater and goalten- Nick Wittgren in the fi fth inning. Athletics 3, Rangers 1 der Andrei Vasilevskiy was the Wily Peralta (1-1) allowed one un- In Oakland, California, Chris Bassitt best player on the ice in making earned run over fi ve innings for his pitched three-hit ball over seven score- fi rst victory since April 17, 2019, with a playoff career-high 42 saves to less innings to win his ninth straight put the Lightning up two games to Kansas City. He struck out a season- decision and Oakland beat Texas. high fi ve without issuing a walk. none in the final with a 3-1 victory. Frank Schwindel hit his fi rst career The Canadiens outshot the Lightning Braves 20, Mets 2 homer in his A’s debut after becoming 43-23 and dominated long stretches of In Atlanta, Ozzie Albies drove in the 2,000th player in franchise history play, but they head home for Games 3 seven runs with fi ve hits, including earlier in the day. Elvis Andrus added Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak (81) controls the puck next to Montreal Canadiens center Eric Staal and 4 in Montreal needing to win at least during the third period in Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, on June 30, in Tampa, Florida. (AP) two home runs, and Atlanta battered two hits. one to avoid being swept by an opponent New York. Red Sox 6, Royals 2 that can win many different ways. le down with any kind of lead. Days Game 2 of the fi nal, and it worked. Mets left-hander David Peterson runner-up made one diffi cult save after In Boston, J.D. Martinez and It was more Montreal’s style of play after coach Jon Cooper said, “Part of Chants of “Va-sy! Va-sy!” from the another and fi nished with a . No player exited due to right side soreness in the Hunter Renfroe homered, Martin to give up a ton of shots, rely on goalie our success has been trying not to rely crowd of over 18,000 echoed through fourth inning, leaving his status for got a bigger roar during pregame intro- Perez pitched two-run ball into the Carey Price to bail them out and buck- on Vasilevskiy,” they did just that in Amalie Arena after the Vezina Trophy ductions, and he was the focus all night his next start unknown. Peterson (2-6) sixth inning and Boston beat Kansas allowed six runs and eight hits, each with the Canadiens fl inging the puck at City in a game twice delayed by poor him from all angles in a much better matching his career high. weather. Austin Riley drove in three runs on MLB Results/Standings performance than the series opener. Perez (6-4) allowed two runs on sev- But the Lightning showed again three hits. Freddie Freeman had three en hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out hits and scored four runs. why they’re the champs and favorites two. He allowed a homer to Salvador to repeat by taking blow after blow and Mariners 9, Blue Jays 7, 10 Innings Pérez leading off the second. Pérez’s WASHINGTON, July 1, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Wednesday. responding. Missing fourth-leading In Buffalo, N.Y., Dylan Moore hit homer came during a 4-for-4 night. Detroit 9 Cleveland (7 inn 1st game) 4 Detroit 7 Cleveland (7 inn 2nd game) 1 scorer Alex Killorn because of an inju- Washington 15 Tampa Bay 6 St Louis 7 Arizona 4 ry from Game 1 and with defenseman Boston 6 Kansas City 2 Milwaukee 15 Chicago Cubs 7 Mikhail Sergachev and forwards Tyler LA Angels 11 NY Yankees 8 Colorado 6 Pittsburgh 2 Chic. White Sox 13 Minnesota 3 San Diego 7 Cincinnati (6 inn) 5 Johnson and Ross Colton wincing in Seattle 9 Toronto (10 inn) 7 Atlanta 20 NY Mets 2 obvious pain, Tampa Bay managed Baltimore 5 Houston 2 Miami 11 Philadelphia 6 to beat Price three times on goals by Oakland 3 Texas 1 Anthony Cirelli, Coleman and Ondrej American League National League Palat despite a major shot discrepancy. East Division East Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Coleman’s goal made all of that a Boston 50 31 .617 _ New York 41 35 .539 _ moot point. With the clock running Tampa Bay 47 34 .580 3 Washington 40 38 .513 2 down at the end of the second, Barclay Toronto 41 37 .526 7-1/2 Atlanta 38 41 .481 4-1/2 New York 41 39 .513 8-1/2 Philadelphia 37 41 .474 5 Goodrow put the puck around Mon- Baltimore 27 54 .333 23 Miami 34 45 .430 8-1/2 treal defenseman Ben Chiarot and sent Central Division Central Division the puck over on a rush to Coleman, W L Pct GB W L Pct GB who fought off Phillip Danault to bat Chicago 47 32 .595 _ Milwaukee 48 33 .593 _ Cleveland 42 35 .545 4 Chicago 42 39 .519 6 the puck past Price and put the Light- Detroit 36 45 .444 12 St Louis 40 41 .494 8 ning up 2-1 at the end of one of their Minnesota 33 45 .423 13-1/2 Cincinnati 39 40 .494 8 worst periods of the playoffs. Kansas City 33 46 .418 14 Pittsburgh 29 50 .367 18 West Division West Division Turnovers, lost puck battles and other W L Pct GB W L Pct GB mistakes added up - but not to a loss for Houston 48 33 .593 _ San Francisco 50 29 .633 _ the Lightning because of the dominant Oakland 48 34 .585 -1/2 Los Angeles 49 31 .613 1-1/2 Seattle 42 39 .519 6 San Diego 49 33 .598 2-1/2 play of Vasilevskiy, who was perfect Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws during the first inning of Los Angeles 39 41 .488 8-1/2 Colorado 34 47 .420 17 except for another fl uky bounce goal the team’s baseball game against the New York Yankees on June 30, in Texas 31 49 .388 16-1/2 Arizona 22 60 .268 29-1/2 when Nick Suzuki’s shot pinballed in New York. (AP) midway through the second.