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By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer With all the former MVPs on their roster, it feels almost unfair when the Los Angeles Dodgers get major contributions from less heralded players. Imagine how the rest of the National League must feel watching Tony Gonsolin and Tyler Anderson so far this season. On back-to-back days, those two

By The Associated Press Mike Trout is mired in the worst slump of his brilliant career and the Angels are one loss from matching their longest skid in 34 years. Noah Syndergaard starts Monday night as Los Angeles returns home looking to stop an 11-game slide in the opener of a four-game series against Michael

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Dylan Rock hit a three-run homer in a five-run seventh and added a two-run double in a seven-run ninth as No. 5 overall seed Texas A&M rallied to win the College Station Regional with a 15-9 victory over TCU, earning the Aggies a berth in the Super Regionals.Texas A&M (40-18)

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Tennessee was right where it was expected to be Sunday night, celebrating an NCAA regional title on its home field and eager to continue one of the most dominant runs in college baseball history. The No. 1 national seed Volunteers, No. 4 Virginia Tech, No. 5 Texas A&M, Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dylan Campbell hit two solo home runs, Ivan Melendez added a two-run shot and No. 9 overall seed Texas rolled to a 10-1 victory over Air Force Academy to win the Austin Regional and earn a berth in the Super Regionals. Melendez, who is batting .404 this season, hit his home

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Aidan Meola had a go-ahead two-run single in the 10th inning, Nolan McLean followed with a two-out two-run homer and No. 7 overall seed Oklahoma State rallied to beat Arkansas 14-10 to stay alive in the Stillwater Regional. Oklahoma State (42-21) and Arkansas (40-19) will square off for the third time

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Spencer Jones drove in two runs and Vanderbilt staved off elimination with an 8-1 victory over hosts Oregon State in the Corvallis Regional. The teams will meet again Monday in the double-elimination regional. Vanderbilt beat San Diego 14-4 victory earlier Sunday. Devin Futrell allowed

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Tanner O’Tremba had a two-out two-run double in the top of the ninth inning and Arizona rallied to beat No. 7 overall seed Miami 4-3, knocking the Hurricanes out of the Coral Gables Regional.Arizona (39-24) will play Mississippi for the championship on Monday. The Wildcats will have to beat Ole

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jayson Tatum found his scoring touch after a rare poor shooting night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals but it was the rest of his Boston Celtics teammates who went missing. Now instead of going home in control of the Finals, the Celtics will

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Nick Lorusso smashed a bases-loaded single off the wall in the bottom of the 11th inning to send overall No. 15 seed Maryland to a 7-6 win over Connecticut to force a deciding game for the College Park Regional. The Terrapins and Huskies meet Monday afternoon for a berth in

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Bob Talamini, an offensive lineman on the New York Jets’ Super Bowl-winning team in 1969 after eight seasons with the Houston Oilers, died May 30. He was 83. Citing his family, the Jets announced Talamini’s death on their website Saturday night. No cause of death was provided,

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Justin Storm pitched five innings of scoreless relief and No. 11 overall seed Southern Miss forced another game in the Hattiesburg Regional with an 8-4 win over LSU on Sunday night. The Golden Eagles (46-17) and Tigers (40-21) will square off Monday afternoon for a berth in the Super Regionals. Storm

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Leadoff batter Nick Biddison had a RBI triple and a solo home run, Tanner Schobel hit a two-run shot in the first inning and No. 4 overall seed Virginia Tech cruised past Columbia 7-2 to win the Blacksburg Regional and earn a berth in the Super Regionals. The Hokies (44-12) won

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Christian Moore singled in two runs in the middle of a six-run ninth inning to help No. 1 overall seed Tennessee rally for a 9-6 win over Georgia Tech  to win the Knoxville Regional. The Volunteers fell behind the Yellow Jackets 4-0 after four innings, with two runs coming in

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Tennessee was right where it was expected to be Sunday night, celebrating an NCAA regional title on its home field and eager to continue one of the most dominant runs in college baseball history. The No. 1 national seed Volunteers, No. 4 Virginia Tech and Notre Dame closed out

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Juan Yepez singled home automatic runner Nolan Gorman to lead off the 11th, Brendan Donovan doubled in an insurance run and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3. Yepez lined his tiebreaking hit and Donovan delivered off Daniel Norris (0-4), who had had pitched a

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just like in Game 1, the Golden State Warriors took command with a big third quarter. Unlike Game 1, they finished the job. The NBA Finals are now tied, after the Warriors turned a close game into a rout with a third-quarter masterpiece. Stephen Curry

GAINSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Carsten Finnvold worked out of a jam in the first inning and threw what amounted to a complete game as Florida, the overall No. 13 seed, defeated Oklahoma 7-2 on Sunday, setting up a Monday showdown for the Gainsville Regional title. Gator starter Timmy Manning hit the first batter, threw

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. national team forward Catarina Macario injured her anterior cruciate ligament in a match with French club team Lyon and will miss World Cup qualifying next month. Macario was injured 13 minutes into Lyon’s season finale on Wednesday, a 4-0 victory over Issy. The 22-year-old was Lyon’s top

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Estelle Czech allowed just one hit in 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, JJ Smith hit a three-run homer and Texas defeated Arizona 5-2 to advance to the Women’s College World Series semifinals. Czech retired the first eight batters she faced in relief of ace