THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1933 — The first major league All-Star game is played at Comiskey Park, Chicago. The Ameri- can League beats the National League 4-2 on Numbers Game Babe Ruth’s two-run homer. Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, July 6, 2021 B3 MLB results | Monday National Hockey League | Columbus Blue Jackets Cardinals 5, Giants 3 Michael Conforto added an RBI SAN FRANCISCO — Kwang Hyun single and Dominic Smith had Kim pitched seven scoreless a sacrifice fly for the Mets, who Blue Jackets goaltender Kivlenieks dies after fireworks accident innings, Matt Carpenter hit a managed only one hit against an tion called Kivlenieks’ death “a two-run triple in the seventh for By STEPHEN WHYNO and efficient Woodruff (7-4) through KATHLEEN FOODY great loss not only for Latvian the first runs of the game and the six innings. Associated Press St. Louis Cardinals snapped San Still, they improved to 25-11 TRAGEDY hockey but for the entire Latvian Francisco’s three-game winning at Citi Field with another stingy Columbus Blue Jackets goal- Blue Jackets nation.” streak by beating the Giants 5-3 pitching performance — New York tender Matiss Kivlenieks died of 24-year-old Kivlenieks most recently rep- on Monday. began the day with a 2.08 ERA at chest trauma from an errant fire- goaltender Matiss resented Latvia this spring at the Kim (3-5) allowed three hits home that was best in the majors works mortar blast in what author- Kivlenieks (80) world hockey championship in with two strikeouts and two walks. — and reached the midpoint of the has died of chest Donovan Solano and Steven ities described Monday as a tragic trauma from an which he played four games. He season with a 44-37 record. accident on the Fourth of July. played two games for the Blue Duggar hit RBI singles in the Rookie right-hander Tylor errant fireworks ninth against Alex Reyes, but Megill, with his parents in the Police in Novi, Michigan, said mortar blast on Jackets and eight for the American San Francisco’s comeback bid stands for his third big league the firework tilted slightly and Sunday in Novi, Hockey League’s Cleveland Mon- fell short. start, allowed just two hits and started to fire toward people near- Michigan. sters this past season. Giants starter Kevin Gausman two walks while striking out seven by Sunday night. The 24-year-old Associated Press A native of Riga, Latvia, Kivle- didn’t allow a hit until Nolan in five impressive innings. Arenado’s one-out single in the Kivlenieks was in a hot tub and slipped and hit his head on con- years with our organization will nieks signed with the Blue Jackets Omar Narváez homered for the seventh that started a two-run tried to get clear with several other crete while running from a mal- as a free agent in May 2017 and Brewers, who won 11 straight not be forgotten,” he said. rally in what had been a scoreless people, police Lt. Jason Meier said. played eight games for the club before a 2-0 loss Sunday in functioning firework. Kivlenieks’ death came on the game. After Yadier Molina struck Authorities earlier said the Lativan “At the moment, we’re pretty eve of Game 4 of the Stanley overall. He was seen as a possible out, Tommy Edman singled Pittsburgh. Milwaukee entered with the best record in baseball had died of an apparent head in- certain this was a tragic accident,” Cup Final in Montreal, where No. 2 goaltender next season if before Carpenter’s triple. jury during a fall, but an autopsy Arenado, an NL All-Star, added (30-11) since May 22 and the Meier said. the Tampa Bay Lightning had a Joonas Korpisalo or Elvis Merzlik- an RBI single in the eighth. Alex largest cushion (seven games) of clarified the cause of death. Columbus general manager chance to clinch the champion- ins is traded. Dickerson slugged a pinch-hit any first-place club. The fire department and Jarmo Kekalainen tweeted: “Life ship against the Canadiens on Kivlenieks was at Mid-Ohio home run in the bottom half of The Brewers also had won EMTs got to the private home is so precious and can be so fragile. Monday night. Bell Centre held a Sports Car Course in Lexington the inning that held up on replay eight of the past nine games and shortly after 10 p.m. and took last Tuesday as a guest of IndyCar 16 of the last 22 between the Hug your loved ones today. RIP moment of silence for Kivlenieks review. Kivlenieks to a hospital, where he Matiss, you will be dearly missed.” prior to the national anthems. driver Alexander Rossi. Gausman (8-3) began the teams — though this was their first day with a 1.68 ERA, the lowest meeting since May 2019. was pronounced dead, Meier said. Blue Jackets president of hockey NHL Commissioner Gary Rossi announced that day he through 16 starts of any Giants Seth Lugo (2-1) struck out two in The Oakland County Medical operations John Davidson called it Bettman said Kivlenieks’ “love for was going to race the Baja 1000 pitcher since the team moved a perfect seventh, and Díaz earned Examiner’s office reported pre- a “devastating time” for the team. life and passion for the game will in Mexico in November, and West in 1958. his 18th save in 19 opportunities. liminary autopsy results Monday “Kivi was an outstanding be deeply missed by all those who Kivlenieks took a ride around The right-hander, named an After putting his first three batters afternoon. young man who greeted every have been fortunate to have him as Mid-Ohio in a Honda Ridgeline All-Star on Sunday, issued a one- on, the closer struck out Jace Prior to the autopsy, police said day and everyone with a smile and a teammate and a friend.” to help promote both Rossi and out walk to Paul Goldschmidt in Peterson and Keston Hiura before the first then didn’t allow another Jackie Bradley Jr. flied out to Kivlenieks was believed to have the impact he had during his four The Latvian Hockey Federa- Sunday’s IndyCar race. baserunner until Carpenter end it. walked with one out in the fifth. Hiura fanned all four times up. TEnnIS MOTORSPORTS MLB NHL NBA But Gausman turned an inning- Narváez connected off Megill Wimbledon Results NASCAR Cup Series AMERICAN LEAGUE NHL Playoff Glance NBA Playoff Glance Monday ending double play as Harrison in the fourth, but the Mets Schedule-Winners West Division SECOND ROUND CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS At All England Lawn Tennis Feb. 9 — Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Kyle W L Pct GB (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) Bader flied out and Carpenter was responded immediately. and Croquet Club; London Busch) Houston 52 33 .612 _ Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 1 x-if necessary caught off first. Woodruff had retired his first Surface: Grass Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at Oakland 49 37 .570 3½ Sunday, May 30: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Eastern Conference Seattle 45 40 .529 7 Tuesday, June 1: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Third baseman Wilmer Flores nine batters, striking out five, (seedings in parentheses): DAYTONA (Aric Almirola) Milwaukee 4, Brooklyn 3 Men’s Singles Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at Angels 42 41 .506 9 June 3: Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT June 5: Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 Texas 33 51 .393 18½ June 5: Tampa Bay 6, Carolina 4 made a diving stop of Edmundo before Brandon Nimmo doubled Fourth Round DAYTONA (Austin Dillon) June 7: Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 Feb. 14 — DAYTONA 500 (Michael East Division Tuesday, June 8: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 0 Sosa’s hard grounder to start the leading off the Mets fourth. He Matteo Berrettini (7), Italy, def. Ilya June 10: Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 McDowell) W L Pct GB N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 June 13: Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn 96 sixth and fired to first. Ivashka, Belarus, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. May 29: Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Feb. 21 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At Boston 53 32 .624 _ Tuesday, June 15: Brooklyn 114, Karen Khachanov (25), Russia, def. DAYTONA (Christopher Bell) May 31: N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 3, OT St. Louis had scored two or Tampa Bay 48 36 .571 4½ Milwaukee 108 $341 million shortstop Francisco Sebastian Korda, United States, 3-6, 6-4, Feb. 28 — Dixie Vodka 400 (William Byron) June 3: Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT fewer runs in each of its last 10 Toronto 43 39 .524 8½ Thursday, June 17: Milwaukee 104, Lindor and scored on Smith’s 6-3, 5-7, 10-8. March 7 — Pennzoil 400 presented by New York 42 41 .506 10 June 5: N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 1 Brooklyn 89 road losses but pulled this one off Jiffy Lube (Kyle Larson) Baltimore 27 57 .321 25½ June 7: N.Y. Islanders 5, Boston 4 sac fly. Denis Shapovalov (10), Canada, def. Saturday, June 19: Milwaukee 115, after finally getting to Gausman. Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, 6-1, March 14 — Instacart 500 (Martin Truex Central Division June 9: N.Y. Islanders 6, Boston 2 Lindor drew a leadoff walk in Jr) Brooklyn 111, OT 6-3, 7-5. W L Pct GB Montreal 4, Winnipeg 0 The Cardinals and Giants play March 21 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 June 2: Montreal 5, Winnipeg 3 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3 the seventh and dashed to third Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def.