Month: April 2022

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Aroldis Chapman walked home the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees. The Yankees didn’t score in either extra inning, and Baltimore finally pushed its automatic runner across in its half of the 11th.

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Miles Mikolas carried a one-hitter into the seventh inning, Tommy Edman homered for the second straight night and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Mikolas (1-0) struck out seven and allowed three hits, one run and one

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Rodón allowed one run in seven innings, Joey Bart hit a two-run homer in the eighth, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 in their first home game using their new name. Rodón struck out nine, giving up two hits and a pair

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Trae Young scored 32 of his 38 points in the second half and the Atlanta Hawks overcame losing center Clint Capela to a knee injury to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-101 in the play-in and earn the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 playoff seed. Young started slowly

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rookie Spencer Torkelson hit a long two-run homer and had two of Detroit’s three hits, and the Tigers handed the Kansas City Royals their fifth straight loss, 2-1. Miguel Cabrera doubled with one out in the seventh, leaving him five hits shy of 3,000. Torkelson

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie slugger Jake Burger had a solo homer and an RBI single, Dylan Cease dominated into the sixth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2. Cease struck out eight and allowed just one run over 5 2/3 innings. Gavin Sheets and Leury

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league leading fifth home run, Zack Collins had two hits and an RBI, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. reached base three times, scored a run and drove in a run as Toronto won

MONTREAL (AP) — Ilya Sorokin made a career-high 44 saves to tie the New York franchise record for shutouts in a season with seven, helping the Islanders spoil Carey Price’s season debut in a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Before the game, the Canadiens recognized Islanders great and Montreal native Mike Bossy. He died

MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Sánchez tripled for the second straight game, doubled and drove in two runs, and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1. Pablo López scattered four hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He struck out two and walked two for his first victory since July 11. Jesús Aguilar drove in three

By PAUL GEREFFI Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves, Jonathan Huberdeau and Gustav Forsling each scored twice and the Florida Panthers won their ninth straight game, beating the Winnipeg Jets 6-1. Bobrovsky picked up win number 36 for the season, a franchise record. Huberdeau, who also picked up an assist,