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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer shut down the San Diego Padres for five innings, rebounding from his postseason flop against them last year, and the New York Mets won 5-0 in a playoff rematch between National League heavyweights. Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor each laced a two-run double

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out 11 over seven innings, Christian Walker smacked a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks won their fourth straight game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0. Nick Ahmed had three hits while Ketel Marte added two for the D-backs, who took three of four

By GEORGE RICHARDS Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — John Tavares scored with 21.3 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Florida 2-1 Monday night to snap the Panthers’ six-game winning streak. Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto, netting his 40th of the season. Ilya Samsonov made 46 saves. Brandon Montour scored

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Joe Pavelski notched his 1,000th career point with a second-period goal, Roope Hintz had a goal and three assists and the Dallas Stars thumped the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Monday night. Pavelski, playing in his 1,248th game, became the 10th American-born player to reach the milestone

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nico Hoerner’s soft single off Matt Brash with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Nick Madrigal and gave the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Jarred Kelenic hit a game-tying home run off closer Michael Fulmer with one out

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman homered for the second straight game, Kyle Gibson earned his third victory in as many starts with Baltimore, and the Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-1. Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays also went deep for Baltimore, which improved to 4-0 in series openers this season.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. Murphy blasted the first pitch from Derek Law to center field for his third hit of the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Islanders are no longer in control of their chances to make the playoffs after losing 5-2 to the Washington Capitals. Ilya Sorokin allowed three goals on the first six nine shots he faced behind sloppy defense before settling down. The Islanders did not

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Mittelstadt scored the tying goal in the third period and got the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers. JJ Peterka also scored for the Sabres and rookie Devon Levi made 26 saves

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm homered and had six RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies tagged NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara for nine runs in a 15-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave added solo homers for the Phillies. Philadelphia pounded Alcantara for five

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber shook off a rough first inning to pitch seven, and Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh to give the Cleveland Guardians a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in a rematch of last year’s AL Division Series. Bieber gave

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays became the first major league team since the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers to open the season with 10 straight wins, getting a solo homer from Brandon Lowe in the eighth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 1-0. Lowe homered for the

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever made the most of the first No. 1 draft pick in franchise history, selecting Aliyah Boston. The South Carolina star had a stellar college career, leading the Gamecocks to a national championship her junior year, losing only nine games total and helping

By The Associated Press Will Zalatoris is out for the rest of the PGA Tour season after back surgery. He says he had surgery on the Saturday of the Masters. Zalatoris was at Augusta National for practice rounds and withdrew before the Masters started. He is the No. 8 player in the world who had

TOKYO (AP) — The head of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Sapporo may delay its bid for the Winter Olympics, going for 2034 instead of 2030. Yashuhiro Yamashita indicated on Monday that he would hold talks with Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto. Akimoto was re-elected on Sunday, overcoming challenges from two anti-Olympic opponents. Despite the victory,

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The captain of the U.S. women’s national team, Becky Sauerbrunn, has written an open letter to Kiwis in which she praises New Zealand for its commitment to gender equality and women’s rights. She says there “could not be a more fitting host for our base camp during the first round”

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins has expectations that he can recover this season from a torn ACL after injuring his left knee while fielding a grounder in a spring training game. Hoskins spoke to reporters Monday for the first time since he “felt a pop”

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has hired Dean Smith as manager until the end of the season as it fights to avoid relegation from the Premier League. The former Aston Villa manager has been out of work since leaving Norwich earlier this year. Smith will oversee the final eight games of Leicester’s campaign following the

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — First-year Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro is returning to the dugout for the Royal’s game against the Texas Rangers after missing the previous five games with COVID-19. The Royals went 2-3 under interim manager Paul Hoover, their bench coach. Kansas City lost four of its first five games under Quatraro, who

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has failed to rebound from its big loss to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. It was held to a 0-0 home draw with Girona in the Spanish league on Monday. Barcelona finished with 18 shots in total but only three were on target.