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TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist to reach a career-high 98 points for the season, helping the Toronto Maple Leafs rout the Montreal Canadiens 7-1 on Saturday night. John Tavares scored twice, Auston Matthews had a goal and three assists and William Nylander and Michael Bunting also scored.  Ilya Samsonov

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered to cap New York’s three-run fifth inning, and the Yankees went on to a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Anthony Volpe tripled for his first big league extra-base hit and Aaron Hicks delivered a crucial RBI single for the Yankees. But it

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Nashville Predators 2-0 on Saturday night. Defenseman Neal Pionk and forward Mark Scheifele scored to help the Jets improve to 44-32-3 in a desperate race for the final wild-card playoff berth in the

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dylan Borrero and Carles Gil scored first-half goals and the New England Revolution cruised to a 4-0 victory over CF Montreal. New England grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute when Borrero took a pass from Gustavo Bou and scored. The Revolution (5-1-1) stretched their lead to 2-0 at halftime

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Eugenio Suárez drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners got to Cal Quantrill early before handing Cleveland’s starter his first home loss since 2019 with a 3-2 win over the Guardians. Suárez hit RBI singles in the first and second innings off Quantrill, who came

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy rains forced play to be suspended in the third round of the Masters, but it’s hardly the first time the tournament has been affected by Augusta’s persnickety spring weather. Four years ago, the final round was moved up much earlier in the day to ensure play would be completed before

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Steele pitched six effective innings and Patrick Wisdom homered, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 10-3. Trey Mancini collected three of Chicago’s 14 hits in its third consecutive win. Yan Gomes hit a solo homer in a four-run eighth, and Wisdom, Dansby Swanson,

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Rafael Devers homered twice, including his fifth career grand slam, and drove in five runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit Tigers 14-5. Devers’ grand slam capped a six-run, second inning. Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer, doubled twice and scored three runs for

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryon Stott capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with the game-winning single to right field to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. Brandon Marsh ripped an RBI single to right to make it 2-1. Edmundo Sosa

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, Norman Powell added 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers solidified their hopes of avoiding the play-in game with a 136-125 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Russell Westbrook had 20 points for the Clippers, who have won four of their

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz had the only goal in a shootout to give the Dallas Stars a 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in a matchup of playoff-bound division leaders. Dallas has 102 points with three games left in the regular season. The Stars began the day

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — There was chaos on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday, with bumping down the stretch and close finishes from coast-to-coast on the last weekend of major prep races before the Triple Crown begins next month. The winners were separated by a mere quarter-length. Practical Move held

NEW YORK (AP) — Lord Miles, a 59-1 long shot, held off favorite Hit Show by a nose with Dreamlike next in a thrilling three-wide finish to win the $750,000 Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct, earning 100 points toward the Kentucky Derby. Lord Miles broke from the No. 8 post in the Grade 2

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Salvador Pérez hit a game-tying, three-run homer in the eighth inning and Nate Eaton scored on a wild pitch in the ninth as the Kansas City Royals rallied past the San Francisco Giants 6-5. Eaton pinch-ran for Vinnie Pasquantino, who led off the ninth with a

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Darin Ruf agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants, reuniting with his former team six days after he was released by the New York Mets. The 36-year-old spent parts of three seasons with San Francisco from 2020-22, batting .248 with 32 home runs in 247 games. Ruf

By DAVE SKRETTA and STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy rain that left pools of standing water across Augusta National brought play to a halt at the Masters on Saturday, and Brooks Koepka and the rest of the field will have a long Sunday slog to determine who will wear the

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Phoenix Suns was their 42nd win this season and guaranteed a finish over .500. That was only a dream in early November when Los Angeles stumbled out of the gates by losing 10 of its first 12 games.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods made the cut at the Masters and then it all went downhill from there. Slogging through a rain-drenched, 49-degree day at Augusta National proved too much for the aching five-time champion to overcome. The 47-year-old Woods, who is still recovering from a 2021

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — One week after being jeered by his own fans Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up the other as Paris Saint-Germain won at a wasteful Nice 2-0 to maintain its six-point lead of the French league. Argentina’s Word Cup-winning star clipped in a cross from

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Samuel Chukwueze has upstaged Vinícius Júnior by scoring twice in an outstanding performance by the Villarreal forward to lead its 3-2 comeback win at Real Madrid in the Spanish league. The Nigeria international canceled out a sixth-minute own goal by teammate Paul Torres when he scored