Hunter Brown extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24 and the Houston Astros parlayed a four-run fifth inning into a 7-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Brown (3-1) surrendered two hits and issued one walk while recording a season-high nine strikeouts over seven dominant innings. It marked his third consecutive […]
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Cade Cunningham scored 33 points and Dennis Schroder hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 55.7 seconds left as the visiting Detroit Pistons evened their Eastern Conference first-round series, escaping with a physical 100-94 Game 2 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night. Game 3 is Thursday in Detroit. After struggling through a rough playoff
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Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on Monday. Ovechkin also notched an assist for Washington, which squandered a two-goal lead in the third period but rallied in the
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Kyle Connor scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period for a second straight game to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday. Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist for the Jets,
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Francisco Lindor homered twice Monday night and Tylor Megill dominated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies for 5 1/3 innings as the New York Mets opened an early-season showdown of National League East rivals with a 5-4 victory. Megill (3-2) allowed only one hit and four walks while striking out 10 in a 92-pitch effort that gave
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The Canucks will not exercise the contract option on Rick Tocchet for 2025-26 but hope to keep the veteran coach behind the bench in Vancouver. President of hockey operations Jim Rutherford said Monday that the organization offered Tocchet a new long-term deal. Expectations were high for a deep playoff run this season after the Canucks
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Michael Harris II drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Sean Murphy followed with a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Atlanta Braves came from behind to beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Monday and extend their winning streak to four games. The five-run rally against reliever Phil
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The Athletics will call up one of their top prospects, Nick Kurtz, this week, multiple outlets reported on Monday. A power-hitting first baseman, Kurtz was the No. 4 overall selection in last year’s MLB Draft out of Wake Forest. The 22-year-old leaped up to Triple-A this spring, where he batted .321 with seven home runs
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Gleyber Torres had three hits and drove in two runs as the host Detroit Tigers downed the San Diego Padres, 6-4, on Monday night. Zach McKinstry supplied three hits, scored a run and drove in another for Detroit. Starter Keider Montero gave up four runs (three earned) in 4 1/3 innings. Brenan Hanifee (1-0) was
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