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Peralta blanks Braves, bullpen falters, Brewers survive Ohtani’s 12th homer lifts Angels over Red Sox BOSTON, May 17, (AP): Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the MLB Results/Standings Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5, ending a four- game losing streak. WASHINGTON, May 17, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB Matt Barnes (1-1) retired the games on Sunday. fi rst two batters in the ninth before Tampa Bay 7 NY Mets 1 giving up a bloop single to Mike Chicago Cubs 5 Detroit 1 10 NY Yankees 6 Trout. LA Angels 6 Boston 5 Ohtani followed with his 12th Toronto 10 Philadelphia 8 Houston 6 Texas 2 homer, tying for the major league Chic. White Sox 4 Kansas City 3 lead, a drive tucked just inside the Oakland 7 Minnesota 6 Pesky Pole in right fi eld. It was Seattle 3 Cleveland 2 San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh 1 Ohtani’s second homer of the se- Milwaukee 10 Atlanta 9 ries and stopped Boston’s three- Washington 3 Arizona 0 Cincinnati 7 Colorado 6 game winning streak. Miami 3 LA Dodgers 2 Raisel Iglesias (2-2) pitched a San Diego 5 St Louis 3 scoreless eighth and Mike Mayers American League East Division got his second save. W L Pct GB Boston 25 17 .595 _ Blue Jays 10, Phillies 8 Toronto 22 17 .564 1-1/2 In Dunedin, Florida, Television New York 22 18 .550 2 cameras showed a confrontation in Tampa Bay 23 19 .548 2 Baltimore 17 23 .425 7 the dugout between Phillies man- Central Division ager Joe Girardi and second base- W L Pct GB Chicago 24 15 .615 _ man Jean Segura, who committed Cleveland 21 17 .553 2-1/2 two errors. Kansas City 18 22 .450 6-1/2 Detroit 14 26 .350 10-1/2 Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette Minnesota 13 25 .342 10-1/2 hit consecutive fi rst-inning homers, West Division and Randal Grichuk had a two-run W L Pct GB Oakland 25 17 .595 _ double in a fi ve-run second as To- Houston 24 17 .585 -1/2 ronto burst to an 8-0 lead. Vladimir Seattle 21 20 .512 3-1/2 Los Angeles 17 22 .436 6-1/2 Guerrero Jr. hit his 11th homer. Texas 18 24 .429 7 Bryce Harper entered in the sixth, National League popped up a bunt in the eighth and East Division Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, (center), cannot get his stick on the puck in front of New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokinin, (right), with Island- W L Pct GB stranded two in the ninth with a ers’ Ryan Pulock (6) defending during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Pittsburgh, on May 16. (AP) New York 18 16 .529 _ game-ending against Jer- Philadelphia 21 20 .512 -1/2 Atlanta 19 21 .475 2 emy Beasley. Miami 18 22 .450 3 Toronto starter Robbie Ray (2-1) Washington 16 20 .444 3 Central Division allowed four runs and seven hits W L Pct GB over 5 2/3 innings. St Louis 23 18 .561 _ Chase Anderson (2-4) gave up Palmieri scores in OT as Milwaukee 21 20 .512 2 Cincinnati 19 19 .500 2-1/2 seven runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 Chicago 19 20 .487 3 innings. Pittsburgh 17 23 .425 5-1/2 West Division Padres 5, Cardinals 3 W L Pct GB In San Diego, rookie Ivan Cas- San Francisco 24 16 .600 _ San Diego 24 17 .585 -1/2 tillo had a pinch RBI single for Los Angeles 22 18 .550 2 his fi rst big league hit to cap a go- Arizona 18 23 .439 6-1/2 ahead, four-run rally in the fourth Isles pip Pens in Game 1 Colorado 15 26 .366 9-1/2 inning and San Diego beat NL Central-leading St. Louis for a three-game sweep. Ek’s overtime goal lifts Wild past Vegas 1-0 The Padres continue to play well despite having fi ve players on the COVID-19-related injured list, PITTSBURGH, May 17, (AP): Kyle including star shortstop Fernando Palmieri scored his second goal of the NHL Results/Standings Tatis Jr. game at 16:30 of overtime to give the Dinelson Lamet (1-0) allowed one run in two relief innings. Mark New York Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of WASHINGTON, May 17, (AP): Results and stand- Melancon pitched the ninth for his ings from the NHL games on Sunday. big league-leading 14th save in as their first-round series. NY Islanders 4 Pittsburgh OT (Playoffs Game 1) 3 many chances. Minnesota 1 Vegas OT (Playoffs Game 1) 0 Palmieri collected a pass from Jean-Gabri- Calgary 6 Vancouver OT 5 Three of the runs allowed by el Pageau near the goal line and lifted it over Tampa Bay 5 Florida (Playoffs Game 1) 4 Kwang Hyun Kim (1-1) in the East Division Tristan Jarry and into the net as New York beat GP W L OT Pts GF GA fourth were unearned. He departed the Penguins for the first time in five tries at y-Pittsburgh 56 37 16 3 77 196 156 after 3 1/3 innings. x-Washington 56 36 15 5 77 191 163 PPG Paints Arena this season. x-Boston 56 33 16 7 73 168 136 Orioles 10, Yankees 6 Pageau and Brock Nelson also scored for the Is- x-NY Islanders 56 32 17 7 71 156 128 In Baltimore, landers. Rookie goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 39 NY Rangers 56 27 23 6 60 177 157 saves in his playoff debut and New York handed Philadelphia 56 25 23 8 58 163 201 homered and drove in three runs, New Jersey 56 19 30 7 45 145 194 Former UConn standout Phoenix rookie Bruce Zimmermann (2-3) Pittsburgh its 10th playoff loss in the franchise’s past Minnesota Wild center Nick Bjugstad (27) and Buffalo 56 15 34 7 37 138 199 Mercury guard Diana Taurasi, (left), came out of the bullpen to allow 11 postseason games. Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach White- Central Division gets a shot off over Connecticut cloud (2) battle for the puck during the third peri- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Sun forward Jonquel Jones, (right), one run and two hits over 5 2/3 in- y-Carolina 56 36 12 8 80 179 136 in the home opener, on May 16, in nings as Baltimore avoided rallied od of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff x-Florida 56 37 14 5 79 189 153 ICE HOCKEY series, on May 16, in Las Vegas. (AP) x-Tampa Bay 56 36 17 3 75 181 147 Uncasville, Conn. (AP) from a four-run defi cit to avoid a x-Nashville 56 31 23 2 64 156 154 three-game sweep. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. Point tied it at 4 with seven minutes to go on a Dallas 56 23 19 14 60 158 154 Aaron Judge homered for the Chicago 56 24 25 7 55 161 186 Liberty down Fever Sidney Crosby, Frederick Gaudreau and Kasperi power play, then skated in on a breakaway and back- Detroit 56 19 27 10 48 127 171 third straight game and went 6 for Kapanen scored for the Penguins, but the East Di- handed the puck past Bobrovsky for the winner. Columbus 56 18 26 12 48 137 187 10 with four home runs and fi ve vision champions couldn’t capitalize despite con- Nikita Kucherov scored two power-play goals in his West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Bonner drops 27, RBIs in the series. trolling play for most of the fi rst two periods. Jarry fi rst appearance of the season, Blake Coleman had a short- z-Colorado 56 39 13 4 82 197 133 Jordan Montgomery failed to fi nished with 37 saves but had issues with his glove handed goal, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 35 saves. x-Vegas 56 40 14 2 82 191 124 Sun top Mercury hold leads of 4-0 in the fi rst and 5-2 side. All four of New York goals sailed over, around Flames 6, Canucks 5, OT x-Minnesota 56 35 16 5 75 181 160 or seemingly through Jarry’s left arm. x-St Louis 56 27 20 9 63 169 170 in the third. In Vancouver, British Columbia, Elias Lindholm Arizona 56 24 26 6 54 153 176 UNCASVILLE, Conn., May 17, (AP): put the Orioles Wild 1, Knights 0 scored the overtime winner and Calgary Flames Los Angeles 56 21 28 7 49 143 170 DeWanna Bonner scored 27 points San Jose 56 21 28 7 49 151 199 against her former team to help the ahead for good at 6-5 with an RBI In Las Vegas, Joel Eriksson Ek scored at 3:20 of over- bounced back after blowing a four-goal lead in the Anaheim 56 17 30 9 43 126 179 double off Michael King (0-1) in time lifted to lift Minnesota past Vegas in Game 1. third period to beat Vancouver. North Division Connecticut Sun hold off the Phoenix the fourth. After Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo failed to The Canucks and Flames have already been elimi- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Mercury 86-78. clear the puck, Eriksson Ek was in the slot to send a y-Toronto 56 35 14 7 77 187 148 Bonner, who played her first nine nated from playoff contention and face each other twice x-Edmonton 56 35 19 2 72 183 154 shot that went off the skate of Golden Knights de- more to end the regular season - despite several postsea- x-Winnipeg 56 30 23 3 63 170 154 WNBA seasons with Phoenix, made fender Alec Martinez and past goalie Marc-Andre son matchups already underway. The overlap is due to x-Montreal 56 24 21 11 59 159 168 a 3-pointer with 2:27 left to give Con- Fleury. Calgary 54 25 26 3 53 148 155 necticut (2-0) the lead for good at 76- the COVID-19 outbreak that swept through Vancouver’s Ottawa 56 23 28 5 51 157 190 Rays 7, Mets 1 Lightning 5, Panthers 4 team and halted the Canucks’ schedule for three weeks. Vancouver 54 22 28 4 48 145 180 73, sparking a 7-0 run. The Mercury In St. Petersburg, Florida, Man- In Sunrise, Florida, Brayden Point scored two late Andrew Mangiapane scored twice and Josh Leivo, Note: Two points for a win one point for over- (1-1) cut it to three, but the Sun’s Bri- time loss. The top four teams in each division will ann January and Brionna Jones made uel Margot, Willy Adames and goals, breaking a tie with 1:14 left to give defending Milan Lucic and Matthew Tkachuk also had goals in qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary Brandon Lowe homered off Mar- champion Tampa Bay a 5-4 victory over Florida in regulation for Calgary. Jacob Markstrom made 30 realignment. baskets in the final minute. cus Stroman (3-4) as Tampa com- Game 1. saves for his 21st win. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Natisha Hiedeman added a career- pleted a three-game sweep and high 17 points for Connecticut. Janu- ary had 15 points and Jonquel Jones extended its winning streak to four. ing a homer, and was aggressive on Reds 7, Rockies 6 had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Two-run homers by Margot in the bases as the Cubs won for the In Denver, Dom Nunez’s passed the fourth and by Adames in the second time in six games. ball allowed home the tying run in fi fth built a 4-0 lead, and Lowe led Matthew Boyd (2-4) gave up four the ninth inning and Jordan Shef- BASKETBALL off the sixth with his seventh home earned runs in six inning, dropping fi eld’s wild pitch scored the go- run this season. to 0-3 in his last fi ve starts. ahead run. Diana Taurasi had 19 points for the Josh Fleming (3-3) allowed up Giants 4, Pirates 1 Mychal Givens (1-2) hit Jona- Mercury. Down 13 in the third quarter, one hit in fi ve scoreless innings Phoenix took the lead at 68-66 when In Pittsburgh, Alex Wood (5-0) than India with a pitch leading off and four relievers completed a two- the ninth, and shortstop Trevor Sto- Taurasi made the second of back-to- hitter. gave up one run and eight hits in back 3-pointers with 5:54 left in the six innings as NL West-leading ry’s bad throw prevented a double fourth quarter. Stroman (3-4) dropped to 0-4 in play. Then the Rockies wasted a his last fi ve starts. He allowed fi ve San Francisco gained a four-game Skylar Diggins-Smith added 18 split. chance to retie the game by when points and Brittney Griner had 16 for runs and six hits in six innings as Conor Joe committing a baserun- his ERA rose from 2.01 to 2.72. Mike Yastrzemski hit a two- the Mercury. run homer in the ninth off David ning blunder in the bottom half Cubs 5, Tigers 1 Liberty 73, Fever 65 Bednar. Tyler Rogers pitched and failed to score from second on In Indianapolis, Betnijah Laney In Detroit, Kyle Hendricks (3-4) a scoreless ninth inning for his Ryan McMahon’s single. scored 20 points and Sabrina Ionescu allowed one run and eight hits in fourth save. Sean Doolittle (3-0) struck out had 12 to help New York beat Indiana eight-plus innings, and struck out a Mitch Keller (2-5) allowed two two in a one-hit eighth. Tejay for the second time to open the season. season-high eight. runs and six hits in fi ve-plus in- Milwaukee Brewers starting Freddy Peralta throws during the first Antone got his second save when On Friday night in Brooklyn, Ionescu Ian Happ had three hits, includ- nings. inning of a baseball game against the , on May 16, in Mil- Garrett Hampson grounded into a made a 3-pointer from the wing with less waukee. (AP) game-ending double play. than a second remaining to give the Lib- Astros 6, Rangers 2 erty a 90-87 victory over the Fever. In Houston, Yuli Gurriel broke a games since April 15-17. Brewers, who withstood Freddie Marlins 3, Dodgers 2 Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 16 2-2 tie with a sacrifi ce fl y off Jo- In Los Angeles, Adam Duvall Athletics 7, Twins 6 Freeman’s grand slam off Brent points. ely Rodríguez (1-2) in a four-run Suter in a seven-run seventh. hit a three-run homer in the fifth eighth, Chas McCormick added a In Minneapolis, Matt Chapman inning off Edwin Uceta (0-2) for had three hits and three RBIs and Dansby Swanson hit a sacrifi ce Detwiler pitch on Saturday night. two-run single and Houston won fl y in the ninth off Josh Hader, who three unearned runs in a rally that its sixth straight game. Ramón Laureano scored the go- Mariners 3, Indians 2 struck out William Contreras with began with fill-in second base- Lance McCullers Jr. allowed fi ve ahead run on a wild pitch in the In Seattle, Mitch Haniger hit two on for his ninth save. man Sheldon Neuse’s fielding hits in six scoreless innings and ninth inning by Taylor Rogers (0- error. two doubles and ended the record Huascar Ynoa (4-2) allowed a Brooks Raley (2-2) struck out the 2) as Matt Chapman struck out. Duvall then threw out Mookie streak of Shane Bieber (4-3), who side in the eighth. Lou Trivino (2-1) got four outs season-high fi ve runs and nine hits Betts at the plate from right fi eld in struck out seven, ending a string of for the win as Oakland fi nished 4-2 in 4 1/3 innings. White Sox 4, Royals 3 the bottom half trying to score from 20 games with eight or morw. In Chicago, Wade Davis (0-2) on a trip that started in Boston. Nationals 3, Diamondbacks 0 second on Matt Beaty’s single. Bieber was pulled after his fourth bounced a wild pitch that allowed Andrelton Simmons tied it for In Phoenix, Erick Fedde (3-4) Pablo López (1-3) gave up two walk, fi nishing his shortest outing José Abreu to dash home with the Minnesota in the eighth with a two- allowed three hits in seven innings runs and seven hits in fi ve innings of the season at 4 2/3 innings trail- game-ending run, capping a two- out, two-run homer off Jake Diek- with four , Daniel Hud- as Miami won for the third time in ing 3-0. run rally in the ninth that included man. son pitched a one-hit eighth and nine games. Yimi García got his The victory was Seattle’s third Yoán Moncada’s RBI single. Brewers 10, Braves 9 Brad Hand struck two for is fourth seventh save when he retired Betts straight following a season-high Matt Foster (2-1) struck out two In Milwaukee, Freddy Peralta (4- save, fi nishing a four-hitter. a groundout with a runner on fi rst, fi ve-game losing streak. Cleveland Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani 1) struck out eight and allowed two Yadiel Hernandez hit a go-ahead, ending the Dodgers’ four-game has lost three in a row. rounds second base on a double in a perfect ninth. completing a by Jared Walsh during the fifth in- six-hitter that gave Chicago a four- hits over six scoreless innings for pinch-hit homer in the eighth off winning streak. Paul Sewald (1-0) pitched two ning of a baseball game against game split. Adam Eaton homered Milwaukee, which took an 8-0 lead Stefan Crichton (0-2), who allowed Gavin Lux took over at shortstop innings for his fi rst win since 2019, the Boston Red Sox, on May 16, in for AL Central-leading Chicago, and held on. Trea Turner’s RBI double and Kyle for Kyle Seager, who broke a bone and Kendall Gravemen worked the Boston. (AP) which has not lost consecutive Avisaíl García homered for the Schwarber’s run-scoring single. in his right hand when hit by a Ross ninth for his fi fth save.