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Pollock 8 RBIs, Beaty 7 RBIs, each slam as Dodgers rout Brewers Alonso helps Mets top Phillies for wild victory MILWAUKEE, May 3, (AP): Pete Alonso capped New York’s six-run MLB Results/Standings eighth inning with a three-run double, and the Mets used a defensive melt- down by Philadelphia and a replay reversal to beat the Phillies 8-7. WASHINGTON, May 3, (AP): Lightning beat Red Wings 2-1, Michael Conforto snapped a tie with Results and standings from the a bases-loaded walk against José MLB games on Sunday. NY Yankees 2 Detroit 0 Alvarado, driving in Jose Peraza, and Toronto 7 Atlanta 2 Alonso followed with a liner off David Tampa Bay 5 Houston 4 Hale that split the gap in right-center Minnesota 13 Kansas City 4 for an 8-4 lead. Cleveland 5 Chic. W Sox 0 Texas 5 Boston 3 aiming for Carolina in Central Philadelphia got a run back in the Oakland 7 Baltimore 5 ninth on Roman Quinn’s RBI . Seattle 2 LA Angels 0 After a walk, Washington 3 Miami 1 St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0 hit an opposite-field drive off Edwin Cincinnati 13 Chic. Cubs 12 Coleman shines Díaz that was initially ruled a tying LA Dodgers 16 Milwaukee 4 three-run homer first base umpire Jose San Francisco 7 San Diego 1 Navas. Arizona 8 Colorado 4 DETROIT, May 3, (AP): NY Mets 8 Philadelphia 7 A replay review showed the ball hit American League The defending Stanley Cup the top railing of the fence on the out- East Division of-town scoreboard in right, never W L Pct GB champion Tampa Bay clearing the wall itself. Hoskins was Boston 17 12 .586 _ Toronto 14 12 .538 1-1/2 Lightning have not lost a placed at second with a two-run dou- New York 14 14 .500 2-1/2 game this season when ble. Tampa Bay 14 15 .483 3 Díaz then departed with an injury Baltimore 13 15 .464 3-1/2 leading after two periods. Central Division and Jeurys Familia struck out Bryce W L Pct GB The last two NHL teams to Harper on a high fastball, earning his Kansas City 16 10 .615 _ pull off that feat in the reg- first save. Chicago 15 12 .556 1-1/2 and Andrew Cleveland 13 13 .500 3 ular season - Pittsburgh in Minnesota 10 16 .385 6 McCutchen homered for Philadelphia, Detroit 8 21 .276 9-1/2 2016 and Chicago in 2015 and Hoskins had two hits and two West Division - went on to hoist the Cup. RBIs. But Hoskins also had a memo- W L Pct GB Blake Coleman scored 16 sec- rable defensive miscue that led to a run Oakland 17 12 .586 _ Seattle 16 13 .552 1 onds into the game, Mikhail for New York. Houston 15 13 .536 1-1/2 (1-1) got the loss. Los Angeles 13 13 .500 2-1/2 Sergachev added another goal Jacob Barnes (1-0) pitched a scoreless Texas 13 16 .448 4 early in the second period, and the National League inning for the win. East Division Lightning killed three penalties Dodgers 16, Brewers 4 W L Pct GB late in the game. In Milwaukee, A.J. Pollock drove in Washington 12 12 .500 _ eight runs and Matt Beaty knocked in New York 11 11 .500 _ Philadelphia 13 15 .464 1 ICE HOCKEY seven for Los Angeles, with both play- Atlanta 12 16 .429 2 ers hitting early grand slams in a star- Miami 11 16 .407 2-1/2 tling power show. Central Division Tampa Bay’s Christopher Gibson W L Pct GB Pollock homered twice and doubled Milwaukee 17 11 .607 _ had 22 saves, filling in for star goalten- while Beaty went 4 for 6 and scored St Louis 16 12 .571 1 der Andrei Vasilevskiy. Cooper said three times. Their slams came against Cincinnati 13 14 .481 3-1/2 the team has a plan for how to use Alec Bettinger (0-1), who gave up 11 Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 4-1/2 Vasilevskiy and that included scratch- Chicago 12 16 .429 5 runs in his big league debut. West Division ing him for a second straight game. W L Pct GB Detroit Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula (51) tries to steal the puck from Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Jonathan Bernier gave up a goal on San Francisco 17 11 .607 _ Cernak (81) during the first period of an NHL hockey game on May 2, in Detroit. (AP) the game’s first shot and finished with Los Angeles 17 12 .586 -1/2 San Diego 16 13 .552 1-1/2 40 saves for the Red Wings, who went Arizona 15 13 .536 2 0 for 4 on the power play. Colorado 10 18 .357 7 Weir captures 1st senior crown Filip Zadina scored from the left This was the first time in franchise circle on a one-timer with 6:23 left in history that the Dodgers had two play- the second, trimming Detroit’s deficit ers with at least seven RBIs in the to one. same game. The last time it happened Burns wins Valspar for first PGA title With 5:54 left in the third, the for any major league team was on Lightning had three players in the box. Aug. 22, 2007, when Jarrod PALM HARBOR, , May 3, Detroit did not take advantage of a Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vazquez (AP): Eight times this season, Sam 5-on-3 situation. each had seven RBIs for Texas in a Burns has been atop the leaderboard NHL Standings The Lightning are 5-0-1 in their last 30-3 blowout of Baltimore. after every round except the one that six games, pulling within two points of Yankees 2, Tigers 0 mattered. That changed, finally, at the Central Division-leading Carolina and In New York, Corey Kluber hand- Valspar Championship. into a tie with Florida. cuffed Detroit batters to earn his 100th Burns got some help from Keegan WASHINGTON, May 3, (AP): Standings from the NHL games on Sunday. A day after Detroit shut out Tampa career win with his most dominant Bradley hitting into the water on the East Division West Division Bay 1-0 in an eight-round shootout, performance since 2018, and New 13th hole, and then the 24-year-old GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA the Lightning appeared to be very York completed its first series sweep x-Pittsburgh 52 34 15 3 71 178 142 x-Vegas 50 36 12 2 74 168 110 motivated to start strong against a from Louisiana took it from there with x-Washington 51 32 14 5 69 175 152 x-Colorado 49 33 12 4 70 171 120 this season. two big birdies that led to a 3-under 68 x-NY Islanders 51 31 15 5 67 143 114 x-Minnesota 50 32 14 4 68 162 135 banged-up rebuilding team. Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher and a three-shot victory. Boston 50 30 14 6 66 150 123 St Louis 49 23 19 7 53 147 154 Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek who won AL Cy Young Awards with Burns won for the first time on the NY Rangers 52 26 20 6 58 167 139 Arizona 52 22 24 6 50 139 163 turned the puck over behind Bernier to Cleveland in 2014 and 2017, before inju- Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 51 144 186 San Jose 51 20 26 5 45 138 176 Tampa Bay center Barclay Goodrow, PGA Tour after twice failing to con- New Jersey 51 17 27 7 41 136 178 Los Angeles 49 19 24 6 44 130 147 Buffalo 52 13 32 7 33 126 185 and he set up Coleman for a one-timer ries wrecked his 2019 and 2020 seasons. vert 54-hole leads in the Houston Anaheim 52 16 29 7 39 116 166 ’ David Peterson Central Division Nationals 3, Marlins 1 Open last fall and the Genesis North Division in the opening sequence of the game. pitches during the first inning of GP W L OT Pts GF GA In Washington, Max Scherzer deliv- Invitational at Riviera in February. x-Carolina 51 34 10 7 75 166 121 GP W L OT Pts GF GA ered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to baseball game against the x-Toronto 51 33 13 5 71 172 133 on May 2, in The victory moves him into the top x-Tampa Bay 52 35 14 3 73 172 131 lead Washington over Miami. The 50 in the world and all but assures a x-Florida 53 34 14 5 73 175 148 Edmonton 49 30 17 2 62 158 131 Philadelphia. (AP) Nashville 52 28 22 2 58 142 146 Winnipeg 50 27 20 3 57 153 143 three-time Cy Young Award winner spot in the U.S. Open, along with his Montreal 50 23 18 9 55 145 145 hustled out of Nationals Park after a Dallas 51 21 17 13 55 140 133 Rangers 5, Red Sox 3 first trip to the Masters next spring. Chicago 51 22 23 6 50 146 167 Calgary 50 22 25 3 47 132 144 game that took only 2 hours, 37 min- He had reason to believe this Detroit 54 18 27 9 45 118 164 Ottawa 51 19 27 5 43 141 177 utes, dashing to be with wife Erica for In Arlington, Texas, David Dahl and Columbus 52 16 25 11 43 123 172 Vancouver 45 19 23 3 41 119 147 Brock Holt each hit an RBI single in moment could have come sooner. the birth of their third child. Burns wasted a good start at the sea- Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each Scherzer (2-2) carried a shutout into Texas’ three-run eighth inning, and the division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Rangers took advantage of a costly error son-opening Safeway Open. He closed x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division the ninth inning before Isan Díaz led with a 2-over 72 to tie for seventh in off with a . by Boston Alex Verdugo. the Houston Open. He lost a two-shot Blue Jays 7, Braves 2 Isiah Kiner-Falefa homered to help lead at Riviera, coming up one shot In Dunedin, Florida, Marcus Semien Texas take three of four from the AL short of a playoff. homered and drove in four runs as East leaders. Josh Sborz (3-1) got three Bradley and Burns were tied Geraint Thomas uses fast time Toronto finished off a three-game outs for the win, and Ian Kennedy through 36 holes and 54 holes, and sweep of Atlanta. earned his seventh save in seven they stayed that way through 12 holes Blue Jays newcomer George opportunities. on another blistering day at the trial to win Tour de Romandie Reds 13, Cubs 12, 10 Innings Springer exited early with leg fatigue. Copperhead course. That changed FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 3, He was the designated hitter for the In Cincinnati, Nick Castellanos hit a with one swing. game-ending single off Craig Kimbrel (AP): Geraint Thomas rebounded from fourth consecutive game since making his finish-line crash Saturday to win his Toronto debut after being slowed (0-1) in the 10th inning to give Cincinnati a wild win over Chicago. the Tour de Romandie with a fast by a strained oblique and quadriceps GOLF time-trial to end the six-day race. Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia lifts strain. Castellanos finished with five hits and four RBIs against his former team, The 2018 Tour de France winner the trophy after winning against Rays 5, Astros 4 placed third in the 16.2-kilometer (10- Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany at In St. Petersburg, Florida, Austin including two of the Reds’ five hom- Bradley came up well short on the the tennis ATP final match in ers. Mike Moustakas, Eugenio Suárez mile) time trial to overhaul Michael Meadows hit a three-run homer and par-3 13th and went into the water, Woods, who took the yellow jersey Munich, Germany, on May 2. (AP) later scored the go-ahead run on Manuel and Tucker Barnhart also connected. leading to double bogey. Burns saved Ryan Hendrix (2-0) got the win - Saturday only because Thomas fell in Margot’s pinch-hit single in the seventh par with an 8-foot putt for a two-shot their sprint finish for victory in a inning as Tampa Bay beat Houston. fanning pinch-hitting pitcher Jake lead. Ramos-Viñolas wins Arrieta to end the Cubs 10th. chilly, rain-swept mountain stage. The Rays avoided a three-game Burns followed with a wedge that Thomas finished 28 seconds clear in sweep in a series between the last two Cardinals 3, Pirates 0 stopped next to the hole for a tap-in the overall standings from his Ineos American League champions. In Pittsburgh, Carlos Martínez birdie on the par-5 14th. He put Basilashvili claims Meadows homered in the fifth to pitched eight marvelous innings, Grenadiers teammate Richie Porte, the Bradley away with a 7-iron to 18 feet 2017 Romandie champion. Fausto make it 3-all. Harrison Bader hit an early three-run for birdie. Munich Open title Twins 13, Royals 4 homer and St. Louis shut down Masnada was third overall, trailing Cameron Tringale was lurking but Thomas by 38 seconds. MUNICH, May 3, (AP): Nikoloz In Minneapolis, Andrelton Simmons Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep. never seriously challenged. He shot 68 and Mitch Garver homered in a seven- St. Louis has won seven straight Britain’s Geraint Thomas of team Basilashvili clinched his second title and shared third with Viktor Hovland, of the year with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory run third inning, and rookie Alex against the Pirates and is 20-6 versus whose had a 65 but started too far back Ineos Grenadiers celebrates in the CYCLING Kirilloff went deep for the fourth time Pittsburgh since the start of the 2019 yellow jersey after winning the 74th over Jan-Lennard Struff in the final of at the start of the day. Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour the Munich Open. in three games as Minnesota routed season. Max Homa briefly tied for the lead Kansas City. Giants 7, Padres 1 cycling race in Fribourg, Switzerland The fifth-seeded Basilashvili, who with a birdie on the par-5 opening on May 2. (AP) The time-trial was won by Rémi won in Qatar in March, started well José Berríos (3-2) took advantage of In San Diego, Kevin Gausman hole. He didn’t make another birdie his team’s tear at the plate to win for pitched six effective innings and Cavagna, who clocked 21 minutes, 54 and resumed after a 30-minute rain the rest of the day, missing several seconds around the city of Fribourg. the first time in four starts. Berríos scored twice, Mike Tauchman hom- chances around the turn and ending his interruption to win his fifth ATP title. gave up four runs and struck out nine ered and drove in four runs, and San Cavagna was six seconds faster than Basilashvili lost just three service hopes with a double bogey on the Stefan Bissegger and 17 ahead of in six innings. Francisco beat San Diego to prevent a par-3 15th without hitting into the points in the 35-minute first set, and he Indians 5, White Sox 0 three-game sweep. Thomas. saved the only break point he faced in water. He shot 74. Woods lost 53 seconds to Thomas In Chicago, José Ramirez and Cesar Tauchman hit a three-run shot in the In The Woodlands, Texas, Former the sixth game. Hernandez homered, Amed Rosario third off Joe Musgrove (2-3) to help and dropped to fifth in the overall Both players served well in the tie- Masters champion Mike Weir won his standings. had three hits and Cleveland blanked the Giants remain atop the NL West. first PGA Tour Champions event breaker until Struff struck a backhand The Romandie race through Chicago. Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 4 when he held steady with pars down into the net. Zach Plesac (2-3) and three reliev- In Phoenix, Stephen Vogt hit a go- the stretch for a 4-under 68 and let Switzerland’s French-speaking region ers limited the White Sox to four hits ahead, two-run triple, Josh Rojas and John Daly made the last mistake in the is the last stage-race warmup for the as Cleveland took two of three in a Daulton Varsho added RBI doubles Insperity Invitational. Giro d’Italia, the first Grand Tour of TENNIS series between AL Central foes that and Arizona topped Colorado. Weir and Daly were tied going the season starting next Saturday. both made the playoffs last year. The game was tied at 4 when Josh down the stretch at The Woodlands, VanMeter led off the Diamondbacks which was reduced to 36 holes because dropping shots on the 13th and 14th Basilashvili won two matches on eighth with a walk. of heavy rain earlier in the week. holes, and making pars the rest of the Saturday to reach the final. His quar- Athletics 7, Orioles 5 Daly, playing in the group ahead of way for a 66. terfinal with Norbert Gombos was sus- In Oakland, California, center field- Weir, was posing over his 9-iron over All three made par on the 18th for pended Friday due to rain. er Ramón Laureano robbed the Orioles the water to the 18th green when it the first playoff hole, and Kennerly The Georgian player completed a of the likely go-ahead run with a leap- came up a fraction short and splashed was eliminated the second time around 6-4, 6-4 win before sweeping past ing catch in the eighth inning and then next to the bulkhead. He made double Sam Burns tees off on the 18th with a bogey on the 18th. The playoff Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-2 in the semifi- hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the bogey for a 69 and had to settle for hole during the final round of the moved to the par-5 10th, where Barjon nals. bottom half to send Oakland past being a runner-up. Valspar Championship golf tourna- won it with an eagle. Basilashvili did not drop a set in Baltimore. Weir, who missed birdie chances ment on May 2, in Palm Harbor, In Tenerife, Spain, Dean Burmester five matches in Munich and now has a Yusmeiro Petit (4-0) won in relief inside 10 feet on the 16th and 17th Florida. (AP) of South Africa ended four years with- 5-2 career record in finals. of starter Sean Manaea to help the holes, watched it all unfold and knew out a victory by closing with a 9-under Though he lost, the 44th-ranked Athletics avoid a sweep. what he had to do. first Korn Ferry Tour title at the 62 to win the Tenerife Open by five Struff shed his record of being the Mariners 2, Angels 0 He fired his approach to about 15 Huntsville Championship. shots. highest-ranked men’s player yet to In Seattle, Justus Sheffield shook feet behind the hole, and pumped Barjon has won three times on the Burmester last won the Tshwane have played an ATP singles final. off early control problems to allow just his fist as he walked toward the Mackenzie Tour in Canada. The vic- Open in 2017. Nicolai von In Estoril, Portugal, Albert Ramos- two hits over six innings, leading green. He wound up winning by two tory over Billy Kennerly and Mito Dellinghausen of Germany made eagle Viñolas triumphed again on clay after Seattle over Los Angeles. shots. Pereira moved him to No. 6 on the on the final hole for a 68 to finish rallying to beat Cameron Norrie 4-6, ’ AJ Pollock Sheffield (2-2) and four relievers In Huntsville, Alabama, Paul Barjon points list and all but assures him of a alone in second. 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the final of the Estoril hits a grand slam during the first combined on a five-hitter as the of France birdied the 17th hole and PGA Tour card next season. Burmester finished at 25-under 259. Open. inning of a baseball game against Mariners won two of three in the closed with a 1-under 69, and then Kennerly closed with a 63 and was It was the eighth victory of his career, He converted his first match point in the Milwaukee Brewers on May 2, series. Rafael Montero closed for his won a three-way playoff with an eagle the first to finish at 15-under 265. and the first time the 31-year-old won the deciding tiebreaker to clinch his in Milwaukee. (AP) fourth save in eight opportunities. on the third extra hole to capture his Pereira appeared to have control until outside of South Africa. third ATP title.