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Adrianza, Braves rally for 8-7 win over Phillies in 12th Torres lifts Yanks over Scherzer, Nats in 11th inning NEW YORK, May 9, (AP): Gleyber Torres’ tying single in the ninth inning and winning infi eld single in the 11th helped the New York Yankees over- came ’s commanding McDavid reaches 100 points as 14- performance to beat the 4-3. Scherzer allowed two hits in 7 1/3 innings, but the Yankees rallied three times. Kyle Higashioka’s tied the Oilers hold on to beat Canucks score at 1 in the third, Torres made it 2-all against in the ninth and Mike Ford’s single evened it 3-3 against Hand in the 10th. Pens win East Division, Caps pip Flyers in OT With automatic runner DJ LeMahieu on second in the 11th, Tanner Rainey EDMONTON, Alberta, May 9, (AP): Connor McDavid Penguins 1, Sabres 0 (0-2) walked Giancarlo Stanton on In Pittsburgh, Jeff Carter scored, Maxime Lagace stopped 29 shots for his fi rst a full count and Aaron Judge on four had a goal and three assists to reach 100 points, leading New York Yankees starting pitch- career shutout and Pittsburgh beat the Buffalo, then won the East Division title pitches, loading the bases. the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver hours later when Washington needed overtime to beat Philadelphia. Washington went to a fi ve-man er Corey Kluber throws during the fi rst inning of a game Canucks. Carter scored his 17th goal as the Penguins fi nished the regular season with 13 infi eld, replacing left fi elder Kyle wins and points in 14 of their last 16 games. Schwarber with . Tor- against the Washington Nation- McDavid reached the milestone before the end of the second period of als, on May 8, at Yankee Stadium Capitals 2, Flyers 1, OT res hit a dribbler to the third-base side his 53rd game. The 24-year-old became the ninth NHL player - and fi rst in In Washington, Lars Eller tied it with 39.8 seconds left in regulation, Conor that bounced off Rainey’s bare hand as in New York. (AP) his lifetime - to get to 100 points in 53 games or fewer. Sheary scored in overtime and short-handed Washington beat Philadelphia to guar- New York got its fi rst walk-off win this The pair attempted to dismiss Fri- McDavid has 32 goals and 68 assists for his NHL-leading 100 points. Edmonton season. antee it’ll open the playoffs at home. day’s dustup by bizarrely claiming they has three games remaining in the regular season. Failing to win in regulation gave the East Division title to rival Pittsburgh. Braves 8, Phillies 7 were arguing over an animal spotted in In Atlanta, capped the clubhouse tunnel - Lindor said it Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 a night full of comebacks for Atlanta was a rat, McNeil’s story was that it In Toronto, Mitch Marner scored his with a game-ending RBI single in the was a raccoon or possum. 20th goal of the season and Toronto 12th inning, helping the Braves stun No critters Saturday - just a couple beat Montreal to wrap up the North Di- Philadelphia in a chaotic victory. All-Star hitters. McNeil hit a two-run vision title. Atlanta overcame defi cits of 3-1 in homer in the third off Merrill Kelly (2- William Nylander and Pierre the ninth and 4-3 in the 11th before ral- 3), and Lindor had a double, an RBI Engvall also scored, and Jack Camp- lying from a 7-4 hole in the 12th - all and scored on a throwing error after a bell made 21 saves. with Ronald Acuña Jr. out of the game stolen base. Rangers 5, Bruins 4 after he was hit by a pitch in his left Rangers 9, Mariners 8 In Boston, Mika Zibanejad scored little fi nger in the seventh. X-rays were In Arlington, Texas, Rangers rookie two of New York’s four third-period negative. center fi elder Adolis Garcia threw out goals and the Rangers ended their sea- Phillies right fi elder Bryce Harper Kyle Lewis at the plate on a wild, son with a victory over Boston to halt a didn’t bother to fi eld Adrianza’s bloop scrambly play for the fi nal out, and fi ve-game losing streak. single as Braves players poured out of Texas held off Seattle. Alexis Lafrenière and Vitali Kravts- the dugout to begin their on-fi eld cel- Trailing 9-7 with two outs in the ov also scored in a wild third when the ebration. ninth inning, the Mariners had Lewis Rangers turned a 2-1 defi cit to a 4-2 William Contreras tied it at 7 with at fi rst base and Mitch Haniger at third edge. K’Andre Miller added a goal for a three-run double off right-hander when J.P. Crawford blooped a single the Rangers, and Keith Kinkaid made Enyel De Los Santos (0-1) before scor- between three Rangers in left-center 28 saves before leaving with an injury ing on Adrianza’s hit. Contreras’ rip fi eld. When the ball ricocheted off Gar- midway into the third. scored designated runner cia, Lewis raced toward to the plate. Islanders 5, Devils 1 along with , who walked, Garcia recovered and threw to catcher In Uniondale, N.Y., Brock Nelson and , who singled. Jonah Heim, who made the game-end- scored twice in the second period and Dodgers 14, Angels 11 ing tag. New York beat New Jersey in the fi nal In Anaheim, California, Mookie Joey Gallo homered twice and Gar- regular-season game at Nassau Coli- Betts drove in a season-high four runs, cia also went deep off Anthony Misie- seum. and the Dodgers blew most of a 13-run wicz (2-2) before Heim hit a tiebreak- Mathew Barzal had a goal and an as- lead before holding on to beat their ing double in the eighth. sist, and Jordan Eberle and Kyle Palm- Southern California rivals. Athletics 6, Rays 3 ieri also scored for the Islanders. Clayton Kershaw (5-3) pitched fi ve In Oakland, California, Seth Brown Golden Knights 4, Blues 1 innings of two-hit ball on three days’ hit a two-run homer in the fi rst inning In Las Vegas, Reilly Smith had his rest for the defending a day after delivering a walkoff drive, fi rst career hat trick, Marc-Andre Fleury champions, who emerged from a three- sending Oakland past Tampa Bay. made 20 saves and Vegas beat St. Louis week funk for just their fi fth win in 19 Hawaii team members hold the trophy after Hawaii defeated BYU in the fi nal of the NCAA men’s volleyball tourna- to tie Carolina for the NHL points lead. games. ment on May 8, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP) The Dodgers went up 13-0 in the BASEBALL fourth and fi fth innings, only to watch ICE HOCKEY their bullpen surrender 11 runs to the Brown added an RBI single in the Hawaii wins fi rst men’s volleyball title Angels in the following two innings. seventh for key insurance before the Chandler Stephenson also scored for The Halos scored seven unearned runs Rays got one back in the eighth on COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 9, (AP): Rado “It’s about the heart, it’s about your Parapunov had fi ve kills in the fi rst the Golden Knights. Vegas extended in a two-out rally in the seventh, caped its home winning streak to a season- Mike Zunino’s RBI single against Jake Parapunov had 13 kills, seven digs, two teammates, it’s about doing your best, set and freshman Chaz Galloway added by Jose Rojas’ fi rst career homer. Diekman. Lou Trivino relieved and high seven games. Mets 4, Diamondbacks 2 blocks and three aces, and Hawaii won it’s never about stats,” Parapunov said. three. Hawaii was never challenged in Senators 4, Jets 2 had to escape trouble recording the its fi rst national championship in men’s “It’s about this right here (trophy). I the second set, going on a 6-0 run and In New York, Jeff McNeil and Fran- fi nal four outs for his sixth save after In Winnepeg, Manitoba, rookie Tim cisco Lindor teamed up to produce all volleyball with a dominating 25-21, 25- lost it once and second time thankfully jumping out to a 16-8 lead. Stutzle had his fi rst NHL hat trick to blowing a chance in Thursday’s loss to 19, 25-16 victory over BYU. I got it.” Hawaii kept it going in the third, four runs a night after scuffl ing in the Toronto. help Ottawa beat Winnipeg for its third dugout and New York beat Arizona. Austin Allen also homered for Oak- Parapunov was named the most out- The top-seeded Rainbow Warri- building a 11-5 advantage and fi nish- consecutive victory. land to back Frankie Montas (4-2), standing player after his 18th straight ors (17-1) didn’t lose a set during the ing with 41 kills, 10 aces and just 11 Connor Brown scored and added whose day ended in the sixth one batter match this season with double-digit kills. NCAA Tournament. service errors while hitting .381. two assists, Shane Pinto also had two after Brandon Lowe’s two-run homer. assists, and Filip Gustavsson made 27 Giants 7, Padres 1 saves. In San Francisco, Brandon Craw- NHL Results/Standings Panthers 5, Lightning 1 ford, Brandon Belt and Austin Slater In Sunrise, Florida, Alex Wennberg homered and San Francisco kept roll- scored three goals and Florida beat ing at home, beating San Diego. Tampa Bay, keeping alive its hopes of Kevin Gausman (3-0) permitted WASHINGTON, May 9, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Saturday. home-ice advantage in the upcoming three hits and struck out seven in six Pittsburgh 1 Buffalo 0 Florida 5 Tampa Bay 1 fi rst-round playoff series between the smooth innings before San Francisco’s NY Rangers 5 Boston 4 Nashville 3 Carolina 1 intrastate rivals. NY Islanders 5 New Jersey 1 Minnesota 4 Anaheim OT 3 The Panthers moved two points bullpen blanked the Padres for the fi nal Ottawa 4 Winnipeg 2 Colorado 3 Los Angeles 2 three innings. ahead of the Lightning and into second Washington 2 Philadelphia OT 1 Edmonton 4 Vancouver 3 place in the Central Division. Lightly regarded when the season Columbus 5 Detroit OT 4 Vegas 4 St Louis 1 began, the Giants (20-13) own the Toronto 3 Montreal 2 Arizona 5 San Jose OT 4 Predators 3, Hurricanes 1 National League’s best record and a 2 East Division West Division In Nashville, Tenn., Luke Kunin 1/2-game lead over second-place San GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA scored twice, Juuse Saros made 21 x-Pittsburgh 56 37 16 3 77 196 156 x-Vegas 54 39 13 2 80 184 122 saves and Nashville beat the Carolina Diego in the West. x-Washington 55 35 15 5 75 189 162 Blue Jays 8, Astros 4 x-Colorado 53 36 13 4 76 184 131 to secure the Central Division’s fourth x-Boston 54 32 15 7 71 164 132 x-Minnesota 54 35 14 5 75 178 149 and fi nal playoff berth. In Houston, Cavan Biggio hit his x-NY Islanders 55 32 17 6 70 154 125 x-St Louis 53 24 20 9 57 156 166 ’ Andrew Mc- fi rst homer at the ballpark where his NY Rangers 56 27 23 6 60 177 157 Arizona 56 24 26 6 54 153 176 With Carolina already having locked Cutchen swings for an RBI-single dad closed out his Hall of Fame career, Philadelphia 55 24 23 8 56 159 199 San Jose 55 21 27 7 49 151 193 up the top spot in the Central, the Hur- New Jersey 55 19 29 7 45 143 190 Los Angeles 53 21 26 6 48 141 157 ricanes and Predators will meet in the off pitcher Ian An- Marcus Semien added a three-run shot Buffalo 56 15 34 7 37 138 199 derson in the second inning of a Anaheim 56 17 30 9 43 126 179 opening round of the playoffs. late and Toronto beat Houston. Central Division North Division baseball game, on May 8, in At- Biggio, son of Astros great Craig GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Wild 4, Ducks 3, OT lanta. (AP) y-Carolina 55 36 11 8 80 179 131 In St. Paul, Minn., Victor Rask Biggio, hit a two-run shot off Cristian x-Florida 55 36 14 5 77 185 153 x-Toronto 54 35 13 6 76 182 140 Javier (3-1) with one out in the second x-Tampa Bay 55 36 16 3 75 181 143 x-Edmonton 53 33 18 2 68 174 144 scored 2:46 into overtime and Minne- Nashville 55 30 23 2 62 151 154 x-Winnipeg 53 28 22 3 59 160 149 sota beat Anaheim. inning to make it 2-0. Biggio was 5 for Montreal 54 24 21 9 57 153 160 MLB Results/Standings 15 with two doubles but no homers at Dallas 54 22 18 14 58 151 146 Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman and Chicago 54 23 25 6 52 153 179 Ottawa 54 22 27 5 49 152 181 Nick Bonino also scored and the Wild Minute Maid Park before Saturday. His Detroit 56 19 27 10 48 127 171 Calgary 51 22 26 3 47 132 148 father played at the park 590 times after Columbus 56 18 26 12 48 137 187 Vancouver 49 20 26 3 43 132 163 fi nished 4-1-2 on a season-high seven- the franchise left the Astrodome. Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this game homestand. WASHINGTON, May 9, (AP): Results Avalanche 3, Kings 2 and standings from the MLB games Red Sox 11, Orioles 6 season’s temporary realignment. on Saturday. In Baltimore, Michael Chavis x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division In Los Angeles, Devon Toews NY Yankees 4 Washington (11 Inns) 3 homered in his fi rst start of the season, scored twice for his fi rst multigoal Oakland 6 Tampa Bay 3 Xander Bogaerts also connected and game and Colorado beat Los Angeles. Detroit 7 Minnesota 3 Cale Makar had a goal and an assist Cleveland 9 Cincinnati 2 Boston beat Baltimore. Bogaerts and S. Dakota St advances to 1st FCS champ’ship game Chic. Wht. Sox 9 Kansas City 1 Alex Verdugo each had three hits for for the second straight game Toronto 8 Houston 4 the Red Sox. Coyotes 5, Sharks 4, OT Boston 11 Baltimore 6 In San Jose, Calif., Phil Kessel Texas 9 Seattle 8 Garrett Richards (2-2) beat the Ori- LA Dodgers 14 LA Angels 11 oles for the fi rst time in three starts this scored his 10th goal of the season 3 Pittsburgh 2 season, allowing four runs and eight Ezzard rallies Sam Houston St past JMU against San Jose 2:30 into overtime St Louis 9 Colorado 8 hits over seven innings. and Arizona ended its season with a San Francisco 7 San Diego 1 HUNTSVILLE, Texas, May 9, (AP): earlier Saturday. It’s the Bearkats’ fi rst Johnson threw for 271 yards and victory. Milwaukee 6 Miami 2 The Red Sox took a 4-1 lead in the NY Mets 4 Arizona 2 Jequez Ezzard’s catch-and-run for a trip to the title game since losing in three touchdowns for James Madison. Conor Garland had given Arizona second on a single by Hunter Renfroe S. Dakota St 33, Delaware 3 Atlanta 8 Philadelphia (12 Inns) 7 and a two-run homer by Chavis off touchdown and punt return for a score 2012 to North Dakota State. the lead with 3:53 left before Alexander American League Orioles left-hander Zac Lowther (0-1), were among two of three touchdowns Schmid ran it in from 20 yards out In Brookings, SD, Mark Gronowski Barabanov answered for the Sharks with East Division Sam Houston State scored in the last passed for two touchdowns and caught W L Pct GB who made his fi rst major league start. as time expired to end the third quarter 48.1 seconds remaining in regulation. Boston 21 13 .618 _ Cardinals 9, Rockies 8 2-1/2 minutes of the third quarter en for a 31-27 Sam Houston State lead it a 24-yard TD pass from Pierre Strong Blue Jackets 5, Red Wings 4, OT Toronto 17 15 .531 3 route to a 38-35 comeback win against never gave back. Jr to help top-seeded South Dakota In Columbus, Ohio, Max Domi New York 17 16 .515 3-1/2 In St, Louis, Yadier Molina drove in three runs in his return from the injured James Madison. State beat Delaware 33-3 in the semi- scored 4:39 into overtime to lift Co- Tampa Bay 18 17 .514 3-1/2 lumbus past Detroit in the season fi nale Baltimore 15 18 .455 5-1/2 list, Paul Goldschmidt homered and St. Second-seeded Sam Houston State FOOTBALL fi nals of the FCS playoffs. Central Division Louis beat Colorado. (9-0) advances to the FCS title game South Dakota State, in its ninth con- for both teams. W L Pct GB Goldschmidt also had three RBIs to face No. 1-seed South Dakota State secutive FCS playoffs appearance, ad- Eric Robinson, Cam Atkinson, Oli- Chicago 18 13 .581 _ ver Bjorkstrand and Jack Roslovic also Cleveland 18 14 .563 -1/2 and Nolan Arenado hit another double (8-1) on Sunday in Frisco, Texas. The Ezzard fi nished with 107 yards re- vanced to the championship game for Kansas City 16 16 .500 2-1/2 against his former team. The Cardi- Jackrabbits dismantled Delaware 33-3 ceiving on four receptions. the fi rst time in program history. scored and Matiss Kivlenieks made 33 Minnesota 12 20 .375 6-1/2 nals have won eight straight and 14 of saves for the Blue Jackets. Detroit 10 24 .294 9-1/2 West Division their last 15 games against Colorado at Craig Kimbrel got the fi nal three outs Indians 9, Reds 2 W L Pct GB Busch Stadium. for his sixth save. In Cleveland, César Hernández hit Oakland 21 14 .600 _ Carlos Martínez (3-4) wound up Seattle 18 16 .529 2-1/2 Tigers 7, Twins 3 a three-run triple and Aaron Civale Houston 17 16 .515 3 winning his third straight start. He al- In Detroit, slumping Miguel Cabrera pitched seven strong innings to stay Texas 17 18 .486 4 lowed fi ve runs on six hits and fi ve hit a tiebreaking single to key a fi ve-run unbeaten as Cleveland struck back after Los Angeles 14 18 .438 5-1/2 walks in fi ve innings. Alex Reyes burst in the seventh inning that sent De- being no-hit for the second time in 24 National League struck out the side in a scoreless ninth East Division troit over Minnesota. days by belting Cincinnati. W L Pct GB for his 10th save. Cubs 3, Pirates 2 Cabrera had two hits, raising his bat- The Indians became the 18th team to New York 15 13 .536 _ ting average to .149. The longtime star be no-hit twice in the same season on Philadelphia 18 16 .529 _ In Chicago, pinch-hitter Matt Duffy Atlanta 16 17 .485 1-1/2 had a go-ahead single in the seventh now has 2,876 hits, tied with Mel Ott Friday, when Wade Miley shut them Miami 15 17 .469 2 for 44th on the all-time list. down for the majors’ fourth no-no in Washington 13 16 .448 2-1/2 inning, reliever Keegan Thompson Central Division pitched three scoreless innings for his Brewers 6, Marlins 2 2021. W L Pct GB fi rst major league victory and Chicago In Miami, Adrian Houser struck out White Sox 9, Royals 1 St Louis 20 14 .588 _ beat Pittsburgh for its fi fth straight win. 10 in six innings and homered off Dan- In Kansas City, Mo., Danny Mendick Milwaukee 18 16 .529 2 iel Castano (0-2) for the second time hit a two-run homer during an eight-run Chicago 17 16 .515 2-1/2 and Eric Sogard Cincinnati 15 16 .484 3-1/2 each drove in a run for Chicago, which this season, and Milwaukee snapped a fi rst inning for Chicago, Yoan Mon- Pittsburgh 13 19 .406 6 has won seven of nine to improve to six-game losing streak. cada added three RBIs on two hits in West Division Avisaíl García added his fourth the inning, and Andrew Vaughn, Leury W L Pct GB 17-16. San Francisco 20 13 .606 _ Thompson (1-0) allowed two hits home run for the Brewers, who im- Garcia and Yasmani Grandal each had Los Angeles 18 16 .529 2-1/2 and a walk following starter Tre- proved to 1-5 on their seven-game trip. an RBI. San Diego 18 16 .529 2-1/2 vor Williams, who gave up two runs Miami had won four in a row. Marlins The White Sox hit for the cycle in the Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan McLeod (71) and Vancouver Canucks’ Bo Horvat Arizona 15 18 .455 5 Colorado 12 21 .364 8 and fi ve hits in four innings. Andrew batters struck out 18 times and totaled fi rst and scored their most runs in the (53) vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, on Chafi n worked a scoreless eighth and only six hits. opening frame on the road in 21 years. May 8, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP)