Month: April 2022

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and first baseman José Abreu each made throwing errors on the same sloppy play, allowing the Minnesota Twins to score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of a 2-1 victory over Chicago on Friday night. Anderson made his sixth error in

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Roberto Perez drove in three runs, Michael Chavis broke a tie with a home run in the fourth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2. The Cubs were held scoreless over the final seven innings by Pirates left-hander Jose Quintana and four relievers. The

HOUSTON (AP) — Matt Chapman doubled home Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with two outs in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 4-3 for their third straight win. Chapman’s tiebreaking drive into the left-center field gap off reliever Héctor Neris scored Guerrero from first base. Houston lost its third in a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jin Young Ko had five back-nine birdies in a 7-under 64 at demanding Wilshire Country Club for a share of the second-round lead Friday with Nasa Hataoka in the DIO Implant LA Open. Five strokes behind first-round leader Alison Lee after a 71, the top-ranked Ko moved into position for her

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Grayson Allen made five 3-pointers and scored 22 points and the Milwaukee Bucks dominated the Chicago Bulls 111-81 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series without the injured Khris Middleton. Giannis Antetokounmpo added 18 points, Bobby Portis had 18 points

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning, Bryce Harper got two key hits and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Milwaukee 4-2, stopping the Brewers’ four-game winning streak. Jean Segura, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto also had two hits each for Philadelphia, which won for

By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and three assists to become the first player in Minnesota franchise history with at least 100 points in a season, and the Wild established four franchise records and tied another in beating Seattle 6-3. Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Xander Bogaerts had three hits and scored twice in the first five innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3. Trevor Story made three key defensive plays to preserve the win for the Red SOx. Wander Franco, Tampa Bay’s 21-year-old shortstop,

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young hit a floater in the lane with 4.4 seconds left and the Atlanta Hawks overcame a 16-point deficit in the second half to beat top-seeded Miami 111-110 on Friday night, cutting the Heat’s series lead to 2-1. Jimmy Butler missed a jumper with 12.6

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt helped slow down rookie fireballer Hunter Greene, Steven Matz pitched one-run ball over five innings and the St. Louis Cardinals stretched the Cincinnati Reds’ losing streak to 10 games with a 4-2 victory. Greene delivered 39 fastballs at least 100 mph in his previous

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tim Stutzle scored in the shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets for their second straight road win. Brady Tkachuk also scored and Filip Gustavsson stopped 33 shots for Ottawa in his first career shootout win. Jack Roslovic

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Brittany Force had the fastest pass in Houston Raceway Park history Friday to take the lead in Top Fuel qualifying at the final NHRA SpringNationals. Force broke her own speed record at the track with a 3.695-second run at 333.58 mph. The track that hosted its first national event in 1988

By The Associated Press Miguel Cabrera should get to swing for his 3,000th career hit after his pursuit was delayed a day by a rainout. The Tigers are set for a day-night doubleheader against Colorado at Comerica Park. The teams were washed out Friday. Cabrera got to 2,999 hits on Wednesday night, then struck out

TOKYO (AP) — Roki Sasaki is the 20-year-old Japanese pitcher with a 100 mph fastball and a devastating splitter. He will try for perfection again when he starts Sunday for the Chiba Lotte Marines against the Orix Buffaloes in Osaka. Sasaki pitched a perfect game on April 10, the first one in Japan in 28