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LOS ANGELES – Joe Panik homered for the second straight game. thid time o“ closer Kenley Jansen, and the San Francisco Giants beat the error-prone Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on Friday night. The Giants won by an identical score in Thursday’s season opener on Panik’s solo shot o“ Clayton Kershaw. This time, Panik went deep to the right ÿeld pavilion leading o“ the ninth against Jansen (0-1), making Giants skipper Bruce Bochy the ÿrst visiting manager ever to amass 100 wins at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers have yet to score a run this season. San Francisco’s Johnny Cueto retired the ÿrst 18 batters he faced before Chris Taylor singled to lead o“ the seventh. The right-hander struck out four and walked none on 97 pitches in his season debut. Cueto struggled with blister issues last year, when he was 8-8 with a 4 .52 ERA in 25 starts, his fewest since 2013. Tony Watson (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth. Hunter Strickland, ÿlling in for injured closer Mark Melancon, earned his second save. He retired the side in the ninth with two strikeouts and a popup behind the plate. The sellout crowd of 53,4 78 watched a pitching duel between Cueto and Alex Wood, who worked eight scoreless innings. The only hit Wood allowed was a single by Brandon Crawford in the ÿfth. The left-hander struck out ÿve and walked none on 90 pitches. See DODGERS, Page 11C

The Giants‘ Joe Panik hits a solo home run off Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen. AP

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This 1983 photo shows North Carolina State’s Terry Gannon helping cut down the nets following the Wolfpack’s ACC Tournament Championship game in Atlanta, Ga. Gannon, in town to do play-by-play for the Golf Channel, shared his memories of playing for that NCAA championship team. AP

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ultiple miracle ÿnishes to start the tournament. An underdog team capturing the nation’s attention. Entering the Final Four with a belief they can beat anyone. That’s a description of the current Loyola (Chicago) Ramblers, but it could also be said of the famed North Carolina State team of 1983. They had Jim Valvano, a team concept, and showed no fear. Loyola has all the same stu“ , but replace Valvano with Sister Jean. True, the Wolfpack were from a power conference, but other than that, there are a lot of similarities between the two teams. And that’s coming from someone who knows, Terry Gannon, the current Golf Channel play-byplay man, who was a member of that N.C. State team that took down the No. 1-ranked Houston team with Clyde Drexler and Akeem Olajuwon in the memorable 1983 ÿnal. “I mean we were just like them, about to lose in

Terry Gannon and Judy Rankin pair up to work during a Golf Channel broadcast. SCOTT HALLERAN, GETTY IMAGES COURTESY OF GOLF CHANNEL

the ÿrst round,” Gannon said Wednesday while preparing to call the ÿrst LPGA major of the year, the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California. “We were down four with 50 seconds left to Pepperdine in the opening round, and their best free throw shooter was at the line. I remember looking up at the scoreboard and thinking ‘It’s been fun, but I guess I gotta go back to history class tomorrow.’” See GANNON, Page 8C

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Life isn’t supposed to be easy for an expansion team, so says American sports history and conventional theory. But while Bob Bradley is a history bu“ , his theories, particularly around Major League Soccer’s newest club, are anything but conformist. Bradley, the former U.S. men’s national team coach, leads LAFC, which became MLS’ 23rd entrant this season and has willingly set the bar extraordinarily high for itself. Not only does it want to make a quick and early impact on the league, LAFC wants to usurp the popularity of local rival the Los Angeles Galaxy — the most successful team in MLS history — and capture the soccer soul of the City of Angels. “When you look at soccer around the world and the passion and feeling we all love about it, so much of that is built on intense local rivalries,” Bradley told USA TODAY in a recent interview. See RIVALRY, Page 2C

SAN ANTONIO – These days, the Final Four is all about the 3. Gone are the days when the longrange shot was the low-percentage bet in college basketball compared with layups and midrange jumper. Now – much like its record usage in the NBA – it’s an indispensable piece of the arsenal for any team with serious hopes of winning the national championship. Look no further than the last four teams at the Alamodome still contending for the NCAA title. Villanova, Kansas, Michigan and Loyola-Chicago all can knock down 3s at high rates and won’t hesitate to launch them – which could mean a big leap from past Final Fours when 3s weren’t quite so plentiful. “It’s a huge part of our o“ ense, and the other teams as well,” said the Wolverines’ Moe Wagner, a 6-foot-11 forward who shoots just shy of 40 percent from behind the arc. “It’s really a big part of college basketball to be honest with you. There are no good teams out there anymore that can’t shoot.”

Villanova players run shooting drills during practice before the Final Four Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY SPORTS

The 3-point production jumps out in each team’s stats: z Villanova (34-4) shoots 40 percent from behind the arc and has made 436 3s, putting the Wildcats six away from matching the NCAA Division I record set by VMI in 2007 entering Saturday’s national semiÿnal against fellow 1-

seed Kansas. z The Jayhawks (31-7) rank 11th nationally in 3-point percentage (.4 03) with an unusually guard-heavy lineup. z Michigan (32-7) has ÿve players shooting at least 37 percent from beSee 3-POINTS, Page 9C

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there I felt it. I did it and I took over, so after three months the haters became my fans, all the people that was criticizing. And it didn’t become as fun as it was when I started in the beginning when I come. “Where many players would be comfortable and they will choose something that is more easier or more comfortable, I will not.’’ Ibrahimovic admitted he was set to join the Galaxy before signing with Manchester United, where he scored 17 goals in 28 games as the Red Devils won the Europa League and League Cup that season. Seeing himself as a di“ erence-maker for the popularity of MLS in the same mold as David Beckham, Ibrahimovic said the Galaxy have as much to o“ er him as he does to his new club. “This thing was supposed to happen a couple of years before, but it didn’t,” Ibrahimovic said. “But I’m here now, so it was supposed to happen. The question was only when.” The only other topic on which Ibrahimovic refused to take a stance was whether he would be joining Sweden in this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Ibrahimovic retired from international competition after Euro 2016 in France as the top scorer in national team history with 62 goals in 116 games, but Sweden’s surprise qualiÿcation raised the prospect that he would return.

Lakers’ Next 5 Sunday, April 1: Kings, 6:35 p.m. (SPECSN) Tuesday, April 3: at Jazz, 6:05 p.m. (SPECSN) Wednesday, April 4: Spurs, 7:35 p.m. (SPECSN, ESPN) Friday, April 6: Timberwolves, 7:35 p.m. (SPECSN) Sunday, April 8: Jazz, 6:05 p.m. (SPECSN)

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Rivalry Continued from Page 1C

“When you are starting something new you want people to feel good and uplifted and energized by what they are involved in. Certainly the concept of one-upping your neighbor is part of that.” The ÿrst salvos in that ‘edgling rivalry will be ÿred on the ÿeld on Saturday, when the squads meet in a regular-season game at the Galaxy’s StubHub Center, yet in truth the battle for L.A. began as soon as LAFC’s introduction was signed three years ago. “They’ve got a new fan base who kind of think they’re the best team in L.A.,” Galaxy defender Ashley Cole said. “We have to prove our characteristics and our history.” With the Galaxy having won a record ÿve MLS Cups, LAFC’s lofty ambitions might sound like pipe dreams. But when you consider the heavyweight clout behind the club, things begin to come into clearer focus. On the investment side, ÿgures such as Magic Johnson, Golden State Warriors owner Peter Guber and renowned life coach Tony Robbins have pumped in money.

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Girls’ 18s semiÿnalists dominant at the Easter Bowl Staff reports

Alexa Noel, Gabby Price, Emma Navarro and Katie Volynets have shown all week that they are the most dominant junior girls’ tennis players in the United States. The quartet advanced to the semiÿnals at the Adidas Easter Bowl on Friday. Noel (2015 14s ÿnalist), Price (2015 12s winner), Navarro (2017 16s winner) and Volynets (2012 12s ÿnalist) have each played before in an Easter Bowl ÿnal. The four have a combined set record of 28-1 this week, with only the top-seeded Noel having dropped a set in the ÿrst round. On a steamy 98degree day in the desert, Noel of Summit, N.J. beat No 10 Hurricane Tyra Black, Boca Raton, Fla., 6-3, 6-2; No. 8 Price of Boca Raton, Fla., downed Savannah Broadus of Carrollton, Texas, 7-5, 6-1 and Navarro of Charleston, S.C., got past No. 2

Eighth-seeded Gabby Price of Boca Raton, Fla., downed Savannah Broadus of Carrollton, Texas, 7-5, 6-1 on Friday at the Easter Bowl in Indian Wells. PHOTOS BY DAVE KENAS / ADIDAS EASTER BOWL

Margaryta Bilokin of New Canaan, Conn., 6-3, 6-4 . No. 15 Volynets of Walnut Creek, Calif., never stepped on the court as No. 11 Chloe Beck of Watkinsville, Ga., was forced to withdraw with a back injury. “I thought I played pretty well today against a very tough opponent,”

said the 14-year-old Price, with a huge ice pack on her left ankle. “She made me work for all the points because she has such a ‘at game. But overall I thought I played pretty well despite spraining my ankle.” Price led 5-0 in the second set, but her game dropped as she tried to

Unseeded Jenson Brooksby of Carmichael, Calif., beat last year’s 16s Easter Bowl champion Brandon Nakashima, 6-2, 6-3, in a Boys’ 18s ITF quarterÿnal on Friday at the Easter Bowl.

close it out. Price will face Noel in Saturday’s semiÿnal. Price and Noel are former training partners and remain good friends. “I mean, on the court we’re not going to be friends,” Price said. In other action, unseeded Jenson Brooksby of Carmichael, Calif., beat

last year’s 16s Easter Bowl and Kalamazoo Boys’ Hardcourt Nationals champion Brandon Nakashima, 6-2, 6-3, in a Boys’ 18s ITF quarterÿnal. “My passing shots were really working good today,” said Brooksby, 17, who plays primarily USTA Pro Circuit Futures events.

ANA INSPIRATION NOTES

Defending champ made the weekend cut -- barely Larry Bohannan Palm Springs Desert Sun USA TODAY NETWORK

With a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-5 ninth hole, So Yeon Ryu managed to avoid a bit of history Friday at the ANA Inspiration. Only one past champion, 2012 winner Sun Young Yoo, has missed the cut in the tournament the following year. Ryu was on the verge of doing just that. After an openinground 75, Ryu was still 2over for the tournament playing her ÿnal hole, the par-5 ninth. She hit a chip from just in front of the green about 17 feet past the hole, but made the speedy downhill putt to get to 1-over and make the cut on the number. Ryu is 13 shots behind the leaders, but she does get to play Saturday and Sunday. In all, 76 players made the cut.

Amateur hour Of the seven amateurs in the ÿeld this week, four will stick around to play the weekend in the major championship. That group will be led by Albane Valenzuela of Stanford University, who is 6-under par through two rounds and tied for eighth.

Rose Zhang of Irvine, the winner of the ANA Junior Inspiration on Sunday to get into the ÿeld, ÿnished two rounds at 2under. That’s the same number for Atthaya Thitikul of the Philippines. Lilia Vu of UCLA, a past winner of the ANA Junior and now the top player in college golf, ÿnished at 1-under. Lucy Li, the only amateur to make the cut in 2017 after winning the ANA Junior, will not be around for the weekend. She ÿnished at 2-over to miss the cut by one shot.

Annika Major Award When So Yeon Ryu won the ANA Inspiration last year, it was the ÿrst step in Ryu winning the Rolex Annika Major Award. That award is given to the golfer who has the best overall performance in the ÿve LPGA majors. A player only qualiÿes for the award if she wins one of the majors. In addition to winning the ANA Inspiration, Ryu tied for third in the U.S. Women’s Open and made the cut in the other three majors. Players earn points for top-10 ÿnishes in the majors, with 60 points for a win and two points for a 10th-place ÿnish.

So Yeon Ryu ÿnishes her round at the 9th hole at the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage. JAY CALDERON/THE DESERT SUN

Second ace Sydnee Michaels made the second hole in one of the tournament with an ace on the 175yard eighth hole. Michael slammed the ball in on two hops with a 6-iron. Olaÿa Kristensdotter aced the 17th hole on Thursday and won two round-trip tickets to anywhere in the world from ANA. No such prize was

o“ ered on the eighth hole.

Q-school memories Amy Olson is ranked 219th in the Rolex World Rankings, but she made the ÿeld of the ANA Inspiration this year by being one of the top 20 players on this year’s money list who were not otherwise eligible for the major championship,

Now she ÿnds herself tied for fourth entering the weekend. How could she be doing so well? “This is only my second time playing the ANA. I played Q-school out here, I’ve played some smaller events, and then this is where I stay when I train in like January, February,” Olson said.

Hossler leads at Houston Open as Fowler, Spieth chase ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUMBLE, Texas – Beau Hossler was steady while better-known players faltered down the stretch Friday at the Houston Open, leaving him with a one-shot lead heading into the weekend. The 23-year-old Hossler shot a 4-under 68 for a two-day total of 11-under 133, good enough for the second 36-hole lead of his rookie season. He shared the lead with Dustin Johnson at the halfway mark at Pebble Beach before falling out of contention. Hossler opened with a bogey but didn’t drop another shot the rest of the day, ÿnishing with a wedge from 114 yards to inside 3 feet to save par on the tough par-4 18th. He said patience will be key as he seeks his ÿrst

Beau Hossler hits an approach shot on the 18th fairway during the second round of the Houston Open Friday. TIM WARNER/HOUSTON CHRONICLE VIA AP

PGA Tour victory. “The reality is I’m 11 under par. More than likely 18 under is going to win the tournament unless the conditions are tough, so there’s a long way to go,” Hossler said. “It’s not like I can go shoot even par and win the tournament. But I’m look-

ing forward to the challenge of the weekend.” Rickie Fowler was tied with Hossler before he hooked his drive into the water on 18, leading to bogey. He shot 68 to join Sam Ryder, Abraham Ancer and Nicholas Lindheim at 10 under. Jordan Spieth’s putter

heated up before his momentum stalled with a missed 3-footer on the 16th hole. He shot 67 and was two shots back as he seeks his ÿrst win of the season on the eve of the Masters. Spieth lost in a playo“ in Houston in 2015 and went on to win the ÿrst of his three major titles the following week at Augusta National. “From where I was three days ago, my goal (is) accomplished for the week already,” Spieth said. “So at this point anything else is icing on the cake. It was a round that could have been really special. But I don’t have to (shoot) 8 or 9 under. I feel like my game’s in form, and that’s really cool. I’m having a lot of fun out there.” Phil Mickelson took the biggest step backward on 18. He was bogey-free for 17 holes and 8

under for the tournament before he found the water twice and made triple bogey. Twenty-two players were within three shots of the lead. Paul Dunne of Ireland, who ÿnished his ÿrst-round 64 on Friday morning, was 9 under after a 71. Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar were among the dozen players at 8 under. Hossler, from Mission Viejo, California, ÿrst showed o“ his game to a national audience when he brie‘y led the 2012 U.S. Open while still in high school. He went on to star at Texas and is now based in Dallas, where he frequently practices alongside Spieth at Trinity Forest, which will host the AT&T Byron Nelson in May. Spieth also played at Texas, although the two were never teammates.

All three other semiÿnalists besides Brooksby needed three sets to advance as top-seeded Tristan Boyer (Altadena, Calif.), Cannon Kingsley (Northport, N.Y.) and Siem Woldeab (La Mesa, Calif.) each posted wins. Kingsley beat Martin Andres of Flowery Beach, Ga., in the closest match of the day, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6). In the Girls’ 16s semiÿnals, unseeded India Houghton of Belvedere Tiburon, Calif., beat another unseeded player, Hibah Shaikh of Teaneck, N.J., 6-1, 6-3, to advance to Saturday’s singles ÿnal to start at 9 a.m. She will take on Anessa Lee of San Marino, Calif., in the other semiÿnal. Lee downed No. 8 Chidimma Okpara from Bronxville, N.Y., 6-2, 6-4. In the Boys’ 16s ÿnals Saturday also at 9 a.m., it will be No. 1 Keshav Chopra of Marietta, Ga., taking on No 2 Max McKennon of Newport Beach, Calif.

Friday At Mission Hills CC (Dinah Shore Tournament Course) Rancho Mirage, Calif. Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 6,763; Par 72 Second Round Sung Hyun Park 68-64-132 Pernilla Lindberg 65-67-132 Jessica Korda 67-68-135 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-67-137 Charley Hull 69-68-137 Amy Olson 69-68-137 Ayako Uehara 66-71-137 Jennifer Song 69-69-138 a-Albane Valenzuela 67-71-138 Beatriz Recari 66-72-138 Jeong Eun Lee 72-67-139 Alena Sharp 71-68-139 Inbee Park 70-69-139 In Gee Chun 68-71-139 Caroline Masson 72-68-140 Nelly Korda 71-69-140 Bronte Law 70-70-140 Lydia Ko 70-70-140 Sei Young Kim 70-70-140 Moriya Jutanugarn 70-70-140 Sun Young Yoo 69-71-140 Hee Young Park 69-71-140 Cristie Kerr 68-72-140 Lexi Thompson 68-72-140 Ha Na Jang 67-73-140 Ryann O’Toole 72-69-141 Ariya Jutanugarn 72-69-141 Shanshan Feng 71-70-141 In-Kyung Kim 71-70-141 Jeongeun Lee 71-70-141 Azahara Munoz 71-70-141 Brittany Altomare 68-73-141 Chella Choi 68-73-141 Michelle Wie 75-67-142 Marina Alex 73-69-142 a-Rose Zhang 72-70-142 Austin Ernst 72-70-142 a-Atthaya Thitikul 71-71-142 Paula Creamer 70-72-142 Emma Talley 69-73-142 Laetitia Beck 74-69-143 a-Lilia Vu 73-70-143 Anna Nordqvist 73-70-143 Hyejin Choi 73-70-143 Tiffany Joh 72-71-143 Stacy Lewis 72-71-143 Sandra Gal 72-71-143 Nicole Broch Larsen 71-72-143 Sarah Jane Smith 71-72-143 Caroline Inglis 71-72-143 Lindy Duncan 70-73-143 Pornanong Phatlum 70-73-143 Kim Kaufman 70-73-143 Nasa Hataoka 70-73-143 Lizette Salas 75-69-144 Wei-Ling Hsu 74-70-144 Mirim Lee 73-71-144 Jin Young Ko 72-72-144 Jenny Shin 71-73-144 Jacqui Concolino 71-73-144 Madelene Sagstrom 70-74-144 Hannah Green 70-74-144 Morgan Pressel 76-69-145 So Yeon Ryu 75-70-145 Minjee Lee 74-71-145 Candie Kung 73-72-145 Catriona Matthew 73-72-145 Angela Stanford 72-73-145 Florentyna Parker 72-73-145 Ai Suzuki 72-73-145 Mi Jung Hur 71-74-145 Gaby Lopez 71-74-145 Cydney Clanton 71-74-145 Angel Yin 70-75-145 Brooke M. Henderson 70-75-145 Kris Tamulis 69-76-145 Failed to make the Danielle Kang 75-71-146 Brittany Lincicome 73-73-146 Yani Tseng 73-73-146 Hyo Joo Kim 73-73-146 Mariah Stackhouse 73-73-146 Karine Icher 72-74-146 Mel Reid 71-75-146 a-Lucy Li 70-76-146 Brittany Lang 76-71-147 Carlota Ciganda 75-72-147 Mo Martin 75-72-147 Ally McDonald 74-73-147 Katherine Kirk 73-74-147 Cindy LaCrosse 73-74-147 Jane Park 72-75-147 Eun-Hee Ji 71-76-147 Sydnee Michaels 75-73-148 Mi Hyang Lee 74-74-148 Na Yeon Choi 73-75-148 Jing Yan 72-76-148 Megan Khang 71-77-148 Amy Yang 77-72-149 a-Sophia Schubert 76-73-149 Jaye Marie Green 75-74-149 Erynne Lee 75-74-149 Juli Inkster 74-75-149 Aditi Ashok 71-78-149 Ashleigh Buhai 77-73-150 Emily K. Pedersen 77-73-150 Georgia Hall 74-76-150 Olafia Kristinsdottir 72-78-150 Peiyun Chien 71-79-150 Mariajo Uribe 75-76-151 Haru Nomura 75-76-151 Lindsey Weaver 75-76-151 a-Maria Fassi 77-75-152 Laura Davies 81-72-153 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 80-73-153 Ji-Hyun Kim 78-76-154 Su Oh 80-79-159 Donna Andrews 82-81-163

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Cavaliers coach Lue returns as observer CLEVELAND – Tyronn Lue is back around the Cavaliers. Cleveland’s coach, who has been away from the team for medical reasons, attended Friday night’s game against New Orleans. Lue is remaining off the “oor , however, and not sitting on the bench. A team spokesman said Lue will likely watch the game from his o‘ce. Lue announced he was leaving the club on March 19, saying he experienced chest pains and “other troubling symptoms” this season. The 40-yearold missed two games earlier in the year with illness. Lue, who took over the Cavs midway through the 2016 season and guided them to an NBA championship, last coached in a game on March 17 in Chicago. But after the ÿrst half, he remained in the locker room and did not return. Associate head coach Larry Drew has been coaching the Cavaliers in Lue’s absence and led them to a 5-1 record. Drew had lunch with Lue on Thursday and said the coach’s condition – and mood – have improved. “Ty was Ty,” said Drew, who reported Lue at a healthy salad. “But it was good to see that he’s moving in the right direction and it looks like he’ll be back to join us hopefully real soon.” It’s still not clear when Lue will return to the team in a full capacity, but he could be back in the near future. Lue’s illness is just one of many setbacks this season for the Cavs, who thanks to LeBron James, have managed to stay playoff-bound despite numerous injuries and a roster-“ipping makeover at the trade deadline. Cleveland has won six of seven heading into Friday’s matchup with the Pelicans. The Cavs also got back All-Star forward Kevin Love back after he missed one game with a concussion suffered Tuesday in Miami. Love, whose front tooth was damaged when he was inadvertently struck in the face, participated in the team’s morning shootaround and the team upgraded him to “questionable.” Love’s status will depend on how he recovers following the workout. As long as he passes the tests required under the NBA’s concussion protocol guidelines, he’ll be cleared to play. Love averaged 20.3 points and 10

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MIAMI – Another year. Another record. The NBA’s 3-point craze is not slowing down. Sometime this weekend, almost certainly during one of the nine games on Friday night’s schedule, someone will connect from beyond the arc and take the NBA to yet another long-distance level. For the sixth consecutive season, NBA teams will combine to set a leaguewide 3-point record. There have already been 23,635 3-pointers made this season, and the league is more than 8 percent ahead of the pace established last year, when the total across the NBA was 23,748. So clearly, the reliance on the 3pointer is not going to lessen anytime soon. “I think it’s a trend for a while – but at some point it has to peak,” said Cleveland forward Kevin Love, one of the many NBA big men who has no trouble making 3s, and that’s a big reason why the totals are soaring. “Every position, 1 through 5, is now shooting 3s. You see that as such a weapon. It makes the game fun, makes it interesting. There’s deÿnitely a lot of spacing out there and it’s wild to see.” Thing is, that peak isn’t visible. Out of 30 teams, 19 are either on pace to set – or have already set – franchise records for made 3s this season, and a couple others are within reasonable striking distance. There are shooters now all over the league. Only four seasons ago, the total of NBA players who made at least 100 3s was 57. This year, that total is going to be close to doubled. Across the NBA this season, 91 percent of players have attempted at least one 3-pointer and 81 percent of players have made at least one. Rookies are making them; Utah’s Donovan Mitchell has 172 and is closing in on the record for a ÿrst-year player, that being 185 by Portland’s Damian Lillard. Also making them are 7footers; eight guys listed at 7-0 or better will likely get to the 100 mark by the end of the season.

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Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue, shown in December, did not sit on the bench Friday. TONY DEJAK/AP

rebounds in his ÿrst four games after missing seven weeks with a broken left hand. Forward Kyle Korver rejoined the team following his younger brother’s funeral, but he’s not ready to play because of a sore right foot.

NFL Chargers sign ex-Eagles S Jaylen Watkins to 1-year contract: Defensive back Jaylen Watkins has left the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles for a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers announced the deal Friday. Watkins appeared in 36 games over four seasons for the Eagles, playing extensively on special teams. After making four starts for Philadelphia in 2016, he played in 15 games and all three postseason games for the Eagles last season. Los Angeles still hasn’t re-signed safety Tre Boston, who has struggled to ÿnd a home in a weak NFL market for safeties. Boston played roughly 99 percent of the Chargers’ snaps last season after signing a one-year deal. Vikings sign Kendall Wright, who led Bears in receiving: The Minnesota Vikings have signed wide receiver Kendall Wright, who led the Chicago Bears in receptions and yards last season. The Vikings announced the addition Friday, putting Wright in the mix behind Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. Laquon Treadwell, the team’s ÿrst-round draft pick in 2016, is the only other wide receiver on the roster with signiÿcant NFL playing time on his resume. — Wire services

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FRIDAY’S GAMES

EASTERN CONFERENCE

HOME team in caps.

GP W L OT Pts GF GA 78 52 22 4108 282 224

x-Tampa Bay x-Boston

76 48 17 11 107 253 196

x-Toronto

78 47 24 7 101 266 223

x-Washington 78 46 25 7 99 244229 78 4428 6 94 257 241

Pittsburgh Columbus

78 4429 5 93 227 212

Philadelphia

78 39 25 14 92 234232

New Jersey

77 40 28 9 89 232 232

Florida

76 39 29 8 86 231 231

Carolina

78 35 32 11 81 219 245

N.Y. Rangers

78 33 36 9 75 226 255

N.Y. Islanders 78 32 36 10 74250284 Detroit

78 29 38 11 69 205 242

Montreal

77 28 37 12 68 196 245

Ottawa

77 27 39 11 65 210 272

Buffalo

77 24 41 12 60 180 256

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn and Rangers center David Desharnais battle for position in the crease on Friday. ANDY MARLIN/USA TODAY SPORTS

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Nashville

77 50 16 11 111 250 196

x-Vegas

78 49 22 7 105 260 211

x-Winnipeg

77 47 20 10 104 257 206

San Jose

78 44 24 10 98 241 214

Minnesota

77 43 24 10 96 238 217

Los Angeles 79 43 28 8 94 229 194 Anaheim

78 40 25 13 93 220 209

St. Louis

77 43 28 6 92 215 202

Colorado

78 42 28 8 92 246 224

Dallas

78 39 31 8 86 220 215

Calgary

78 35 33 10 80 206 239

Edmonton

78 34 38 6 74 225 252

Chicago

79 32 37 10 74 223 245

Vancouver

78 29 40 9 67 203 249

78 27 40 11 65 195 248 Arizona x- clinched playoff spot

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Maple Leafs 5, ISLANDERS 4: Auston Matthews scored the tiebreaking goal with just under four minutes remaining to lift the playoff-bound Maple Leafs to a victory over the Islanders. Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Zaitsev and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots to help the Maple Leafs win for the eighth time in 10 games and extend a franchise record with their 47th win. Hurricanes 4, CAPITALS 1: Justin Faulk scored midway through the second period, and the Hurricanes beat the Capitals to stay in the playoff race. The Hurricanes, who haven’t made the playoffs for the last eight years, have won four of five. Carolina, which has four games remaining, remains a long shot to qualify for the postseason. Lightning 7, RANGERS 3: Brayden Point and Cedric Paquette each scored two goals, and the Lightning stopped a three-game slide with a victory over the Rangers.

All times Pacific Thursday Detroit 6, Buffalo 3 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3, OT Ottawa 3, Florida 2, OT Nashville 5, San Jose 3 Minnesota 5, Dallas 2 Chicago 6, Winnipeg 2 Columbus 5, Calgary 1 Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles 4, Arizona 2 Saturday Florida at Boston, 10:00 a.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 11:00 a.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m. San Jose at Vegas, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Boston at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 4 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

AVALANCHE 5, Blackhawks 0: Sven Andrighetto scored twice, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots before leaving in the third period with an apparent injury, and the Avalanche continued their playoff push with a victory over the Blackhawks. DUCKS 3, Kings 2 (OT): Rickard Rakell scored with 19 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Ducks defeated the Kings. Nick Ritchie also scored and John Gibson saved 28 shots for the Ducks, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Ondrej Kase had two assists. Drew Doughty had a goal and Jonathan Quick made 31 saves for the Kings. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, Blues 3 (OT): Jonathan Marchessault’s goal 22 seconds into overtime lifted the Golden Knights to a victory over the Blues. The expansion Golden Knights (49-22-7) can win the Pacific Division with a point in Saturday’s game against San Jose.

SCOREBOARD Maple Leafs 5, Islanders 4 Toronto N.Y. Islanders

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First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Beauvillier 18 (Eberle, Pelech), 12:04. 2, Toronto, Kadri 31 (Rielly, Marner), 16:22 (pp). 3, N.Y. Islanders, Boychuk 6 (Beauvillier, Nelson), 18:34 (pp). Second Period—4 , Toronto, Zaitsev 5 (Gardiner, Matthews), 7:56. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 19 (Pelech, Ladd), 10:45. 6, Toronto, Marner 22 (Kadri, Gardiner), 17:18. Third Period—7, Toronto, van Riemsdyk 36 (Hainsey), 2:01. 8, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 34 (Eberle, Lee), 6:28 (pp). 9, Toronto, Matthews 31 (Hyman, Nylander), 16:02. Shots on Goal—Toronto 11-12-9—32. N.Y. Islanders 11-11-11—33. Power-play opportunities—Toronto 1 of 2; N.Y. Islanders 2 of 3. Goalies—Toronto, Andersen 37-20-5 (33 shots-29 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Gibson 2-3-2 (32-27). A—13,018 (15,795). T—2:29. Referees—TJ Luxmore, Francois St Laurent. Linesmen—Derek Amell, Tony Sericolo.

Hurricanes 4, Capitals 1 Carolina Washington

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First Period—None. Second Period—1, Washington, Kempny 2 (Carlson, Oshie), 2:35. 2, Carolina, Ryan 14 (Slavin, Nordstrom), 3:15. 3, Carolina, Faulk 8 (Di Giuseppe, Ryan), 11:43. Third Period—4 , Carolina, Aho 28 (Slavin, Zykov), 14 :32. 5, Carolina, McGinn 16 (Staal, Williams), 17:50. Shots on Goal—Carolina 8-17-5—30. Washington 6-10-5—21. Power-play opportunities—Carolina 0 of 1; Washington 0 of 2. Goalies—Carolina, Darling 13-19-7 (21 shots-20 saves). Washington, Holtby 32-16-4 (29-26). A—18,506 (18,277). T—2:21. Referees—Kendrick Nicholson, Dan O’Halloran. Linesmen—Scott Cherrey, Scott Driscoll.

Lightning 7, Rangers 3 Tampa Bay N.Y. Rangers

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2 0

5 2

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First Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Skjei 4 (Buchnevich, Desharnais), 41 :59. Penalties—Stamkos, TB, (boarding), 16:53; Buchnevich, NYR, (tripping), 20:00; Stamkos, TB, Major (fighting), 20:00; Buchnevich, NYR, Major (fighting), 20:00; Stamkos, TB, (instigator), 20:00; Stamkos, TB, Misconduct (misconduct), 20:00. Second Period—2, Tampa Bay, Paquette 4 (Miller, Sergachev), 3:15. 3, Tampa Bay, Killorn 15 (Cirelli, Hedman), 4 :33. Penalties—Girardi, TB, (tripping), 9:31; Pionk, NYR, (interference), 10:04 ; Miller, TB, (hooking), 12:33; Namestnikov, NYR, (interference), 12:57; Kreider, NYR, (roughing), 19:16; Kreider, NYR, served by Spooner, (roughing), 19:16; Gourde, TB, (roughing), 19:16. Third Period—4 , Tampa Bay, Miller 22 (Killorn, Hedman), 0:35 (pp). 5, Tampa Bay, Paquette 5 (Kunitz, Conacher), 1:53. 6, Tampa Bay, Point 29 (Gourde), 2:38. 7, N.Y. Rangers, Chytil 1 (Hayes, Zuccarello), 8:14 . 8, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 16 (Zibanejad, Fast), 16:31. 9, Tampa Bay, Point 30 (Gourde), 18:16. 10, Tampa Bay, Girardi 5 (Kunitz, Paquette), 19:26 (pp). Penalties—Kunitz, TB, (hooking), 4 :05; Namestnikov, NYR, (interference), 18:44. Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 13-15-22—50. N.Y. Rangers 8-10-13—31. Power-play opportunities—Tampa Bay 2 of 4; N.Y. Rangers 0 of 4. Goalies—Tampa Bay, Domingue 7-9-0 (31 shots-28 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Pavelec 4-8-1 (49-43). A—18,006 (18,006). T—2:42.

Referees—Brian Pochmara, Chris Rooney. Linesmen—Ryan Daisy, Libor Suchanek.

Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 0 Chicago Colorado

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First Period—1, Colorado, Andrighetto 7 (Girard), 18:54 (pp). Penalties—Delia, CHI, served by Kane, (tripping), 17:45. Second Period—2, Colorado, Barrie 13 (Landeskog, Rantanen), 8:1 4 (pp). Penalties—Compher, COL, (roughing), 6:4 9; Murphy, CHI, (roughing), 6:4 9; Kampf, CHI, (high sticking), 7:29. Third Period—3, Colorado, Rantanen 28 (MacKinnon, Barrie), 6:25 (pp). 4 , Colorado, Jost 10 (Barrie, Kerfoot), 8:39. 5, Colorado, Andrighetto 8, 17:51. Penalties—Martinsen, CHI, (holding), 4:43. Shots on Goal—Chicago 15-10-8—33. Colorado 10-12-14—36. Power-play opportunities—Chicago 0 of 0; Colorado 3 of 3. Goalies—Chicago, Delia 1-1-0 (36 shots-31 saves). Colorado, Bernier 18-11-2 (3-3), Varlamov 24-16-6 (30-30). A—17,985 (18,007). T—2:25. Referees—Dean Morton, Tim Peel. Linesmen—Bevan Mills, Tim Nowak.

Ducks 2, Kings 1 (OT) Los Angeles Anaheim

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0 0

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First Period—1, Los Angeles, Doughty 10 (D.Brown, Kopitar), 6:01. Second Period—2, Anaheim, Ritchie 9 (Kase, Beauchemin), 16:55. Third Period—None. Overtime—3, Anaheim, Rakell 32 (Montour, Kase), 4:41. Shots on Goal—Los Angeles 10-10-7-2—29. Anaheim 16-11-2-4—33. Power-play opportunities—Los Angeles 0 of 0; Anaheim 0 of 1. Goalies—Los Angeles, Quick 31-27-3 (33 shots-31 saves). Anaheim, Gibson 31-18-7 (29-28). A—17,473 (17,174). T—2:32. Referees—Wes McCauley, Brad Watson. Linesmen—Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik.

Golden Knights 4, Blues 3 (OT) St. Louis Vegas

2 2

0 1

1 0

0 1

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3 4

First Period—1, St. Louis, Berglund 13 (Brodziak, Steen), 2:54. 2, Vegas, Karlsson 41 (Eakin), 6:18 (sh). 3, Vegas, Marchessault 26 (Karlsson, Tuch), 13:31. 4, St. Louis, Schenn 26 (Schwartz, Tarasenko), 16:09. Penalties—Haula, VGK, (tripping), 3:07; Subban, VGK, served by Lindberg, (delay of game), 5:23. Second Period—5, Vegas, Neal 25 (Haula, Tatar), 16:35. Penalties—Berglund, STL, (slashing), 9:12. Third Period—6, St. Louis, Thorburn 1 (Sundqvist, Upshall), 4 6:1 . Penalties—None. Overtime—7, Vegas, Marchessault 27 (Karlsson, Schmidt), 0:22. Penalties—None. Shots on Goal—St. Louis 9-7-8—24. Vegas 6-10-9-1—26. Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 0 of 2; Vegas 0 of 1. Goalies—St. Louis, Allen 27-21-3 (26 shots-22 saves). Vegas, Subban 12-3-2 (24-21). A—18,191 (17,367). T—2:29. Referees—Tom Chmielewski, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen—Devin Berg, Ryan Gibbons.

THURSDAY’S GAMES Red Wings 6, Sabres 3 Detroit Buffalo

1 2

2 0

3 1

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6 3

First Period—1, Buffalo, Eichel 25 (Guhle, Pominville), 3:16. 2, Buffalo, O’Reilly 21 (Ristolainen, Reinhart), 7:11 (pp). 3, Detroit, Larkin 13 (Svechnikov), 7:41.

Second Period—4 , Detroit, Helm 11 (Nielsen), 5:21 (sh). 5, Detroit, Mantha 24 (Nielsen, Hicketts), 16:26. Third Period—6, Detroit, Athanasiou 15 (Kronwall, Abdelkader), 1:50. 7, Buffalo, Rodrigues 7 (Mittelstadt), 4:51. 8, Detroit, DeKeyser 6 (Zetterberg, Nyquist), 10:10. 9, Detroit, Svechnikov 2 (Larkin, Mantha), 16:59. Shots on Goal—Detroit 12-8-12—32. Buffalo 11-13-8—32. Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 of 5; Buffalo 1 of 4. Goalies—Detroit, Howard 21-27-8 (32 shots-29 saves). Buffalo, Johnson 9-13-3 (12-9), Lehner 14-26-9 (20-17). A—18,493 (19,070). T—2:33. Referees—TJ Luxmore, Justin St Pierre. Linesmen—Kory Nagy, James Tobias.

Penguins 4, Devils 3 (OT) Pittsburgh New Jersey

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1 0

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First Period—1, New Jersey, Palmieri 24 (Hischier), 12:19. 2, Pittsburgh, Sheary 16 (Hornqvist, Oleksiak), 4 4 12: . Penalties—Zacha, NJ, (tripping), 14 :27; Dumoulin, PIT, (interference), 17:57. Second Period—3, Pittsburgh, Letang 8 (Hagelin, Dumoulin), 6:59. 4, New Jersey, Hall 43 (Butcher), 414: 1 (pp). Penalties—Letang, PIT, (tripping), 1:12; Oleksiak, PIT, (interference), 13:4 0; Hunwick, PIT, Major (fighting), 17:4 9; Wood, NJ, Major (fighting), 17:49. Third Period—5, New Jersey, Coleman 12 (Zajac), 5:11. 6, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 25 (Dumoulin, Sheahan), 11:26. Penalties—Zajac, NJ, (slashing), 7:37; Hornqvist, PIT, (roughing), 20:00; Moore, NJ, (roughing), 20:00. Overtime—7, Pittsburgh, Crosby 28 (Letang), 0:19. Penalties—None. Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 12-8-14 -1—35. New Jersey 12-9-10—31. Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 0 of 2; New Jersey 1 of 3. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Murray 25-15-3 (31 shots-28 saves). New Jersey, Kinkaid 22-10-2 (35-31). A—16,514 (16,514). T—2:35. Referees—Francis Charron, Steve Kozari. Linesmen—Darren Gibbs, Libor Suchanek.

Bruins 4, Lightning 2 Tampa Bay Boston

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First Period—1, Boston, Schaller 12 (Wingels), 19:02. 2, Boston, Pastrnak 32 (Bergeron, Krug), 19:3 4 (pp). Penalties—Point, TB, (holding), 8:12; K.Miller, BOS, (high sticking), 14 :26; Killorn, TB, (interference), 19:29. Second Period—3, Tampa Bay, J.Miller 21 (Kucherov, Hedman), 4 1:4 (pp). Penalties—Gionta, BOS, (boarding), 1:18; Donato, BOS, (high sticking), 8:4 1; Conacher, TB, (interference), 11:16; Conacher, TB, (roughing), 11:16; Rask, BOS, served by Wingels, (roughing), 11:16; Vasilevskiy, TB, served by Paquette, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:16; Rask, BOS, served by Wingels, (roughing), 11:16; McQuaid, BOS, (hooking), 16:10. Third Period—4 , Boston, Bergeron 28 (Marchand, Krug), 11:59. 5, Tampa Bay, Hedman 15 (Girardi, Gourde), 13:54 . 6, Boston, Marchand 43 (Bergeron, Pastrnak), 19:04 . Penalties—Girardi, TB, Major (fighting), 7:16; Pastrnak, BOS, Major (fighting), 7:16; Paquette, TB, (roughing), 10:13; Backes, BOS, (roughing), 10:13; J.Miller, TB, (roughing), 19:54 ; Kucherov, TB, (slashing), 19:54 ; Acciari, BOS, (slashing), 19:54 ; Schaller, BOS, (roughing), 19:54. Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 6-11-11—28. Boston 17-3-10—30. Power-play opportunities—Tampa Bay 1 of 4; Boston 1 of 2. Goalies—Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 4 2-15-3 (29 shots-26 saves). Boston, Rask 32-11-5 (28-26). A—17,565 (17,565).

NBA STANDINGS

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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x-Toronto

20 .733

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x-Boston

23 .693

x-Cleveland

30 .605

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x-Philadelphia

30 .600

x-Indiana

31 .592 101⁄2

Washington

34 .547

Miami

35 .539 141⁄2

Milwaukee

35 .539 141⁄2

Detroit

40 .467

Charlotte

42 .447 211⁄2

New York

49 .355 281⁄2

Chicago

51 .329 301⁄2

Brooklyn

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Orlando

53 .293

Atlanta

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Portland

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San Antonio

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Minnesota

33 .571 181⁄2

Oklahoma City

33 .571 181⁄2

Utah

33 .566

New Orleans

33 .566

Denver

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L.A. Clippers

35 .539

L.A. Lakers

42 .440 28 ⁄2

Sacramento

52 .316

Dallas

53 .303

Memphis

55 .276

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RESULTS AND SCHEDULE Thursday

Detroit 103, Washington 92 Miami 103, Chicago 92 San Antonio 103, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 106, Sacramento 103 Milwaukee 116, Golden State 107 All times Pacific

Saturday

Charlotte at Washington, noon Detroit at New York, 2 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Miami, 5 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Sunday

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 10 a.m. Houston at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Dallas at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Detroit at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 3 p.m. Orlando at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 6 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.

Bulls 90, MAGIC 82: Rookie Lauri Markkanen and Sean Kilpatrick each scored 13 points, rookie Ryan Arcidiacono had all of his eight points in the fourth quarter, and Chicago snapped a seven-game losing streak. Arcidiacono’s 3-pointer started a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter for the Bulls, who took an 80-71 lead and held on to complete a four-game season sweep of the Magic. 76ers 101, HAWKS 91: Ben Simmons had a triple-double in three quarters, Ersan Ilyasova scored 21 points and Philadelphia won its ninth straight game. With 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, Simmons has five tripledoubles in his last 10 games and 11 overall. The Rookie of the Year candidate did not play after leaving with 3:37 left in the third. THUNDER 126, Nuggets 125, OT: Paul Millsap scored a season-high 36 points to help Denver beat Oklahoma City in overtime. Nikola Jokic had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and Will Barton added 18 points for the Nuggets, who had lost two straight and desperately needed the win for the Western conference playoff race. Denver entered the night two games out of the No. 8 spot. CAVALIERS 107, Pelicans 102: LeBron James scored in double digits in his 867th straight game, breaking the record he shared with Michael Jordan, and Cleveland rallied to beat New Orleans. James finished with 27 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. ROCKETS 104, Suns 103: Gerald Green made a 3-pointer at the buzzer and Houston rallied from a 21-point, second-half deficit for a victory over Phoenix. The win was Houston’s 11th straight and extended Phoenix’s skid to 14 games. James Harden hit a 3-pointer to tie it at 101-all with 12 seconds left before rookie Josh Jackson put Phoenix on top with a basket with 1.4 seconds remaining.

Timberwolves 93, MAVERICKS 92: Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 20 rebounds, Jamal Crawford scored 24 points and Minnesota held off Dallas to gain ground in the Western Conference. After shooting just 34 percent in the first half and trailing until midway through the third quarter, the Wolves turned to Crawford, who scored 15 points after halftime. JAZZ 107, Grizzlies 97: Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points and Dante Exum had a season-high 21 to lead Utah. The Jazz clung to a 96-91 lead in the fourth quarter before Exum made a short jumper and then used his speed to make a layup and put the game out of reach. Exum was just one short of his career best as he shot 8 of 10. TRAIL BLAZERS 105, Clippers 96: Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and 12 rebounds, Damian Lillard added 17 points and 11 assists, and Portland held off Los Angeles. Rookie Zach Collins came off the bench with a career-high 15 points for the Blazers, who were hurt in the third quarter when Ed Davis rolled his right ankle and left the game. Bucks 124, LAKERS 122, OT: Eric Bledsoe scored 11 of his 39 points in overtime, and Milwaukee overcame a huge comeback by Los Angeles. Khris Middleton added 28 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 for the Bucks, who won their third straight game and second in two nights.

SCOREBOARD Bucks 124, Lakers 122 (OT)

Nuggets 126, Thunder 125 (OT)

MILWAUKEE (124) Middleton 10-19 6-7 28, Antetokounmpo 8-20 11-15 27, Zeller 1-3 0-0 2, Bledsoe 15-24 2-2 39, Snell 3-5 0-0 8, Parker 4-10 0-0 8, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0, Terry 0-2 0-0 0, Jennings 0-3 2-2 2, Brown 0-1 2-2 2, Muhammad 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 45-94 23-28 124. L.A. LAKERS (122) Kuzma 11-20 3-3 27, Randle 5-13 7-8 18, Lopez 9-14 1-2 20, Ingram 5-7 0-3 12, Caldwell-Pope 3-8 0-0 6, Frye 0-3 0-0 0, Zubac 6-9 4-5 16, Caruso 2-5 1-2 6, Ennis 2-5 0-0 4 , Hart 5-10 2-2 13. Totals 48-94 18-25 122.

DENVER (126) Chandler 1-6 0-0 2, Millsap 13-18 8-11 36, Jokic 11-22 0-0 23, Murray 5-12 2-2 15, Barton 7-15 3-3 18, Lyles 3-5 0-0 6, Plumlee 3-5 3-3 9, D.Harris 4 -6 2-2 12, Craig 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 49-94 18-21 126. OKLAHOMA CITY (125) George 4-12 4-6 13, Anthony 9-21 0-0 23, Adams 3-8 1-4 7, Westbrook 12-32 5-8 33, Brewer 4 -7 1-2 10, Grant 5-9 4 -6 16, Patterson 3-7 0-0 9, Felton 2-7 0-0 5, Ferguson 1-2 0-0 3, Abrines 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 45-108 15-26 125.

Milwaukee 39 29 29 15 L.A. Lakers 34 23 26 29

12 10

— 124 — 122

3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 11-29 (Bledsoe 7-12, Snell 2-3, Middleton 2-6, Brown 0-1, Muhammad 0-1, Jennings 0-1, Terry 0-2, Parker 0-3), L.A. Lakers 8-27 (Ingram 2-2, Kuzma 2-9, Randle 1-1, Caruso 1-1, Lopez 1-3, Hart 1-5, Ennis 0-1, Frye 0-2, Caldwell-Pope 0-3). Fouled Out—Middleton. Rebounds—Milwaukee 39 (Antetokounmpo 16), L.A. Lakers 56 (Hart 13). Assists—Milwaukee 24 (Bledsoe 6), L.A. Lakers 33 (Kuzma, Caruso, Ingram 6). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 25, L.A. Lakers 23. Technicals—Caldwell-Pope 2. Ejected—Caldwell-Pope. A—18,997 (19,060).

Trail Blazers 105, Clippers 96 L.A. CLIPPERS (96) Gallinari 3-6 3-5 11, Harris 6-17 0-3 12, Jordan 4-7 2-6 10, Rivers 1-8 1-3 3, Wallace 4-9 3-4 12, Dekker 1-2 1-2 3, Johnson 1-1 0-0 3, Harrell 3-6 3-4 9, Marjanovic 3-6 4-5 10, L.Williams 10-22 3-3 23, C.Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Thornwell 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 36-89 20-35 96. PORTLAND (105) Turner 4-10 2-2 12, Aminu 3-9 1-1 7, Nurkic 9-17 3-3 21, Lillard 5-16 5-6 17, McCollum 6-15 0-0 13, Layman 0-0 0-0 0, Swanigan 1-3 0-0 2, Davis 2-3 0-0 4, Collins 7-10 1-1 15, Napier 2-4 3-3 8, Connaughton 2-7 0-0 6, Baldwin IV 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-95 15-16 105. L.A. Clippers Portland

23 26

26 38

17 23

30 18

— 96 — 105

3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 4-13 (Gallinari 2-2, Johnson 1-1, Wallace 1-2, Dekker 0-1, L.Williams 0-2, Rivers 0-2, Harris 0-3), Portland 8-30 (Connaughton 2-4, Turner 2-5, Lillard 2-10, Napier 1-2, McCollum 1-4, Swanigan 0-1, Collins 0-1, Aminu 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 4 6 (Jordan 14 ), Portland 50 (Nurkic 12). Assists—L.A. Clippers 13 (L.Williams 3), Portland 30 (Lillard 11). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 16, Portland 25. Technicals—Portland coach Trail Blazers (Defensive three second). A—20,013 (19,393).

Jazz 107, Grizzlies 97 MEMPHIS (97) Martin 3-8 0-0 6, Green 1-3 0-0 2, Gasol 11-12 0-0 28, Simmons 3-7 0-0 6, D.Brooks 5-12 0-0 10, Rabb 2-5 0-0 4, Davis 0-1 0-2 0, Teague 0-3 1-4 1, M.Brooks 8-13 7-7 24, McLemore 4 -10 0-0 8, Selden 2-7 2-2 8. Totals 39-81 10-15 97. UTAH (107) Ingles 7-15 0-0 17, Favors 5-8 0-4 10, Gobert 3-4 3-6 9, Mitchell 7-15 6-10 22, O’Neale 5-7 2-2 13, Crowder 2-9 0-0 5, Jerebko 3-4 0-0 8, Exum 8-10 2-2 21, Burks 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 40-74 15-26 107. Memphis Utah

14 29

33 23

29 28

21 27

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97 107

3-Point Goals—Memphis 9-23 (Gasol 6-7, Selden 2-5, M.Brooks 1-2, Teague 0-1, Green 0-1, McLemore 0-2, Simmons 0-2, D.Brooks 0-3), Utah 12-31 (Exum 3-4 , Ingles 3-8, Jerebko 2-3, Mitchell 2-8, O’Neale 1-2, Crowder 1-5, Burks 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 33 (Green 6), Utah 38 (Gobert 10). Assists—Memphis 24 (Teague, Simmons 5), Utah 42 (Ingles 10). Total Fouls—Memphis 21, Utah 19. Technicals—McLemore. A—18,306 (19,911).

Denver 27 35 30 22 12 Oklahoma City 28 30 21 35 11

— 126 — 125

3-Point Goals—Denver 10-30 (Murray 3-6, Millsap 2-3, D.Harris 2-4, Craig 1-3, Barton 1-6, Jokic 1-6, Lyles 0-1, Chandler 0-1), Oklahoma City 20-4 4 (Anthony 5-10, Westbrook 4-9, Patterson 3-5, Grant 2-3, Abrines 2-3, Ferguson 1-2, George 1-3, Brewer 1-4, Felton 1-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 58 (Jokic 16), Oklahoma City 50 (Adams 10). Assists—Denver 27 (Jokic 6), Oklahoma City 25 (Westbrook 13). Total Fouls—Denver 24 , Oklahoma City 22. A—18,203 (18,203).

Timberwolves 93, Mavericks 92 MINNESOTA (93) Bjelica 2-6 0-0 6, Gibson 5-10 2-3 12, Towns 8-21 4 -4 21, Teague 3-6 6-6 14 , Wiggins 4 -17 0-0 8, Dieng 0-1 0-0 0, T.Jones 2-4 3-4 8, Crawford 11-18 0-0 24. Totals 35-83 15-17 93. DALLAS (92) Barnes 8-18 2-2 19, Nowitzki 3-7 0-0 7, Powell 2-3 1-2 6, Smith Jr. 8-15 0-1 17, Finney-Smith 2-8 0-0 5, McDermott 3-6 0-0 8, Kleber 3-6 2-2 10, Noel 2-2 0-0 4, Ferrell 6-16 0-0 14 , Harrison 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 38-85 5-7 92. Minnesota Dallas

16 20

28 26

23 18

26 28

— —

93 92

3-Point Goals—Minnesota 8-25 (Bjelica 2-3, Teague 2-4, Crawford 2-5, T.Jones 1-3, Towns 1-7, Gibson 0-1, Wiggins 0-2), Dallas 11-28 (McDermott 2-2, Kleber 2-5, Ferrell 2-6, Powell 1-1, Barnes 1-2, Smith Jr. 1-2, Nowitzki 1-3, Finney-Smith 1-5, Harrison 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Minnesota 4 4 (Towns 20), Dallas 46 (Noel 12). Assists—Minnesota 14 (T.Jones 4 ), Dallas 22 (Smith Jr. 7). Total Fouls—Minnesota 13, Dallas 17. A—20,244 (19,200).

Houston 104, Suns 103 PHOENIX (103) Jackson 13-24 1-2 27, Bender 2-3 2-2 7, Chriss 6-11 0-0 12, Ulis 5-15 3-4 16, Daniels 8-14 0-0 23, House 2-3 0-0 5, Williams 2-2 3-5 7, Peters 0-4 0-0 0, Harrison 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 41-84 9-13 103. HOUSTON (104) Ariza 4-12 0-0 9, Tucker 6-9 1-2 18, Capela 3-7 0-0 6, Harden 8-21 11-17 28, Green 5-14 1-1 15, Mbah a Moute 2-5 2-4 7, Black 1-1 0-0 2, Anderson 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 5-10 5-5 16. Totals 35-81 20-29 104. Phoenix Houston

25 22

32 18

29 35

17 29

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103 104

3-Point Goals—Phoenix 12-32 (Daniels 7-12, Ulis 3-7, Bender 1-2, House 1-2, Jackson 0-1, Harrison 0-2, Chriss 0-3, Peters 0-3), Houston 14 -38 (Tucker 5-7, Green 4 -11, Anderson 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Mbah a Moute 1-3, Ariza 1-6, Harden 1-8). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 46 (Chriss 11), Houston 39 (Harden, Capela 8). Assists—Phoenix 23 (Ulis 12), Houston 22 (Harden 10). Total Fouls—Phoenix 21, Houston 12. Technicals—Phoenix coach Suns (Defensive three second). A—18,055 (18,055).

Cavaliers 107, Pelicans 102 NEW ORLEANS (102) Moore 1-5 0-0 3, Davis 6-19 4-4 16, Okafor 1-2 0-0 2, Rondo 3-7 1-2 7, Holiday 12-18 0-0 25, S.Hill 3-6 0-0 7, Miller 4-7 0-0 11, Diallo 2-2 0-0 4, Mirotic 8-13 0-0 20, Clark 3-10 0-0 7. Totals 43-89 5-6 102.

CLEVELAND (107) James 12-24 3-3 27, Love 3-11 2-3 8, Nance Jr. 1-4 2-2 5, G.Hill 4-7 0-0 8, Hood 7-11 0-0 16, Green 1-7 1-1 3, Thompson 2-4 0-0 4 , Calderon 2-3 0-0 5, Clarkson 9-13 1-2 23, Smith 2-6 2-4 8. Totals 43-90 11-15 107. New Orleans Cleveland

29 29

28 18

22 33

23 27

— 102 — 107

3-Point Goals—New Orleans 11-26 (Mirotic 4-7, Miller 3-4 , Moore 1-2, Holiday 1-3, S.Hill 1-4, Clark 1-4, Davis 0-2), Cleveland 10-24 (Clarkson 4-4, Hood 2-3, Smith 2-3, Nance Jr. 1-1, Calderon 1-1, Green 0-2, James 0-4, Love 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 4 1 (Davis 8), Cleveland 4 5 (Thompson 41 ). Assists—New Orleans 25 (Rondo 8), Cleveland 22 (James 11). Total Fouls—New Orleans 19, Cleveland 14. Technicals—New Orleans coach Pelicans (Defensive three second). A—20,562 (20,562).

76ers 101, Hawks 91 PHILADELPHIA (101) Covington 4 -11 0-0 10, Saric 2-10 0-0 6, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Simmons 6-11 1-3 13, Redick 8-14 2-3 19, Ilyasova 8-16 3-4 21, Holmes 3-7 1-1 7, Fultz 4 -8 2-2 10, McConnell 2-3 0-0 4, Belinelli 5-14 0-0 11, Korkmaz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-95 9-13 101. ATLANTA (91) Prince 6-17 0-0 12, Collins 2-3 0-2 5, Dedmon 4-13 1-1 11, Taylor 5-18 2-2 12, Lee 8-17 2-4 20, White III 3-11 0-0 9, Muscala 1-6 2-2 5, Plumlee 3-3 1-2 7, Dorsey 4-13 2-2 10. Totals 36-101 10-15 91. Philadelphia Atlanta

30 27

17 14

39 18

15 32

— 101 — 91

3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 8-38 (Saric 2-7, Ilyasova 2-8, Covington 2-9, Redick 1-3, Belinelli 1-8, Korkmaz 0-1, Holmes 0-2), Atlanta 9-39 (White III 3-8, Dedmon 2-5, Lee 2-6, Collins 1-1, Muscala 1-6, Taylor 0-3, Dorsey 0-4 , Prince 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Philadelphia 53 (Ilyasova 16), Atlanta 59 (Dedmon 15). Assists—Philadelphia 34 (Simmons 11), Atlanta 42 (Taylor 7). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 18, Atlanta 41 . A—16,579 (19,049).

Bulls 90, Magic 82 CHICAGO (90) Holiday 2-5 2-2 8, Markkanen 4-10 4-5 13, Felicio 4-8 0-1 8, Payne 4-8 0-0 11, Nwaba 1-5 1-2 3, Valentine 2-5 0-0 6, Vonleh 3-8 1-2 8, Portis 3-8 0-1 7, Arcidiacono 3-4 0-0 8, Grant 2-12 1-2 5, Kilpatrick 2-11 7-8 13. Totals 30-84 16-23 90. ORLANDO (82) Gordon 6-21 5-6 18, Isaac 1-5 2-2 4, Vucevic 5-16 2-2 12, Augustin 6-16 2-2 15, Purvis 2-7 0-0 5, Biyombo 1-5 0-0 2, Birch 2-3 0-0 4, Mack 4-9 0-0 9, Hezonja 2-8 0-0 5, Artis 2-4 2-2 8. Totals 31-94 13-14 82. Chicago Orlando

30 24

27 20

9 25

24 13

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90 82

3-Point Goals—Chicago 14 -4 1 (Payne 3-4 , Arcidiacono 2-3, Holiday 2-4 , Valentine 2-4, Kilpatrick 2-8, Portis 1-2, Markkanen 1-5, Vonleh 1-5, Nwaba 0-1, Grant 0-5), Orlando 7-39 (Artis 2-3, Augustin 1-5, Mack 1-5, Purvis 1-5, Hezonja 1-7, Gordon 1-8, Isaac 0-2, Vucevic 0-4 ). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 53 (Felicio 16), Orlando 55 (Vucevic 41 ). Assists—Chicago 16 (Payne 6), Orlando 16 (Augustin 4 ). Total Fouls—Chicago 17, Orlando 18. A—18,918 (18,846).

NBA CALENDAR April 11-14 — Portsmouth (Va.) Invitational Tournament. April 11 — Regular season ends. April 14 — Playoffs begin. April 22 — Early entry eligibility deadline for NBA draft (11:59 p.m. EDT). May 31 — NBA Finals begin. June 11 — Early entry withdrawal deadline for NBA draft (5 p.m. EDT). June 17 — NBA Finals latest possible date. June 21 — NBA draft.

6C z SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 z T H E D E S E R T S U N

Miss State earns second straight trip to women’s ÿnal Mitch Stacy ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Teaira McCowan had 21 points and 25 rebounds to help Mississippi State reach the national championship game for the second straight year with a 73-63 overtime win over Louisville on Friday night. Down three points, Roshunda Johnson hit a 3-pointer from the wing to tie the game at 59 with seven seconds left in regulation. Louisville’s Myisha Hines-Allen then drove the length of the ‘oor but missed a layup as time ran out with McCowan dogging her. In overtime, the Bulldogs asserted themselves and Morgan William, who hit the game-winning shot in OT last year in the Final Four to end UConn’s 111game winning streak, made two free throws in the last minute to help Mississippi State (37-1) pull away. Louisville (36-3) managed just one basket on 10 shots in the extra period.

The Cardinals were hurt when center Sam Fuehring was called for a technical foul with 2:42 left in the fourth quarter when she slapped the ‘oor after getting called for a foul. That technical fouled her out of the game. The Cardinals were down 54 -53 and William hit both free throws to give the Bulldogs a three-point lead. Louisville came back to take a 59-56 advantage on Hines-Allen’s layup with 11.3 seconds left setting up the exciting ÿnish in regulation. McCowan broke the rebounding mark set by Charlotte Smith of North Carolina in 1994 when Mississippi State’s 6-foot-7 center grabbed her 24th board. Asia Durr scored 18 for Louisville (36-3), which was making its third appearance in the Final Four. Jazmine Jones added 15. The loss ended a wonderful season for Louisville, which won the ACC regular season and conference tournament for the ÿrst time in school history.

Notre Dame forward Jessica Shepard drives to the basket against UConn forward Azura Stevens in Friday’s semiÿnals of the women's Final Four at Nationwide Arena. AARON DOSTER/USA TODAY SPORTS

Notre Dame beats top-ranked UConn Doug Feinberg ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Moser hopes run opens door for mid-majors Gannon Ralph D. Russo ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO – Loyola-Chicago’s miraculous run to the Final Four will be remembered for clutch shots, the “Wall of Culture,” a couple of guards who have been playing together since gradeschool and, of course, Sister Jean. Regardless of whether the Ramblers beat Michigan (32-7) in the Final Four on Saturday night at the Alamodome to become the lowest seeded team to reach the national championship game, they have been the stars of this NCAA Tournament. Coach Porter Moser hopes his team’s legacy is more than just memorable moments. Maybe the Ramblers’ success can help turn around a troubling trend for programs from mid-major conferences that are ÿnding it increasingly di“cult to secure at-large NCAA bids. The Ramblers (32-5) are the fourth No. 11 seed to reach the Final Four. The last two were George Mason in 2006 and VCU in 2011. Both of those underdogs came from the Colonial Athletic Association, but unlike the Loyola, they didn’t win their conference to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. “Those story lines wouldn’t have happened in today’s day and age because they wouldn’t have got in,” Moser said. In 2006, eight at-large bids went to teams from conferences other than the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference. And that was when the ÿeld had still had only 64 teams. In 2011, when the ÿeld expanded to 68, seven at-large bids went to teams outside college bas-

“The thing that bothers me the most is us getting blamed for not having a tough schedule when we’re trying our tails off,” Loyola head coach Porter Moser said. ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY SPORTS

ketball’s big six conferences. This year, that number was down to ÿve. Loyola won both the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and regularseason titles, but had the Ramblers stumbled in the league tournament there is a decent chance they would have been left out of the NCAA ÿeld. That’s what happened to Middle Tennessee this season. The Blue Raiders went 24-7 overall

and 16-2 in the Conference USA, but were upset in the league’s tournament and relegated to the NIT. Meanwhile, Marshall, which won the C-USA tournament, ended up winning a ÿrst-round NCAA game against fourth-seeded Wichita State. The problem, as Moser points out, is the selection committee’s emphasis on schedule strength gives major conference teams a built-in advantage. Syracuse can go 8-10 in the ACC, but simply by having more opportunities to face what is considered better quality opponents the Orange can accumulate more impressive victories than a team such as Middle Tennessee can. “The thing that bothers me the most is us getting blamed for not having a tough schedule when we’re trying our tails o‘ ,” Moser said. Moser said getting games against teams in the power conferences – even in preseason tournaments – is becoming more di“cult. Loyola played at Florida this season and beat the Gators in a buy game, when a power conference team cuts a check to the opponent instead of playing a future game at their place. The Ramblers success this season will make even those games harder for Loyola to get. “To get bought now is tricky,” Moser said. Third-seeded Michigan has been playing the underdog card for much of this season. The Wolverines were unranked nationally to start the season, predicted to ÿnish in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and stood at 19-7 on Feb. 6 after losing at Northwestern.

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SAN ANTONIO – Don’t mind Kansas or Villanova if the winner starts cutting down nets Saturday night. In the most lopsided Final Four bracket since the tournament was expanded in 1985, these two No. 1 seeds square o‘ in what might as well be called the “Big Boy Semiÿnal.” Barring an injury or something else totally unexpected, the winner will be favored to take the championship two nights later against either third-seeded Michigan or the Sister Jean-inspired 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago Ramblers. Monday night’s game is, naturally, not a topic anybody playing or coaching is very interested in discussing at this point – everyone is well-versed in taking it one game at a time. But it brings up the on-again, o‘ again discussion of whether the sacred NCAA bracket should be reseeded at some point to ensure the matchup between No. 1s is more likely to take place at the end of the tournament instead of the semiÿnal. “My concern is that the very thing that makes the tournament so popular would be diminished in some way,” said Dan Gavitt, the NCAA senior vice president of basketball. “You’d set up barriers as you advance in the tournament that make it harder for the lower seeded teams. Loyola is a great example of, hey, they had one region to play in, there were upsets in that region, and they took advantage of that opportunity.” Some of the greatest moments in the Final Four have come thanks to underdogs such as Loyola. Two of the poster children for those sort of upsets: Kansas

“It will be a chess match with both of them,” Kansas coach Bill Self said of Devonte Graham and Villanova’s Jalen Brunson. ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY SPORTS

and Villanova. Coached by Larry Brown and led by Danny Manning, “Danny and the Miracles” of Kansas made it to the Final Four as a No. 6 seed in 1988 and beat No. 2 Duke and No. 1 Oklahoma on its way to the title. Three years before that, in the ÿrst 64 -team tournament, Rollie Massimino’s eighth-seeded Wildcats shot 78.6 percent in the ÿnal to knock o‘ topseeded Georgetown 66-64. And yet, neither of those Final Four brackets was as lopsided as this one. This marks the seventh time since 1985 – but only the second time since 2002 – that two No. 1s have squared o‘ in one semiÿnal with a guarantee they wouldn’t face another one in the ÿnal. In 1986, when LSU and Duke were in the “other”

semiÿnal, their seedings added up to 13. Michigan and Loyola add to 14. But never have the numbers meant less in the way of predicting winners at the tournament than this year, which featured the ÿrst 16-vs-1 upset (UMBC over Virginia), along with the ÿrst 9-vs-11 regional ÿnal (Kansas State vs. Loyola). “They might win the national championship,” Michigan coach John Beilein said of his opponent Saturday. “So I’m not saying that seeding is wrong. I’m just saying it’s an inexact science to try to ÿgure out.” In Las Vegas, Villanova will be a 5 1/2point favorite over Michigan and a 9 1/2point favorite over Loyola-Chicago, and Kansas will be a 1 1/2-point favorite over Michigan and 5 1/2-point favorite over Loyola.

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Source: Temple set to replace Dunphy with McKie PHILADELPHIA – Temple’s Fran Dunphy is set to coach one more season and then step aside for assistant and former Philadelphia 76ers star Aaron McKie to succeed him in 2019, a person familiar with the succession plan said Friday. McKie is set to coach his alma mater after one more season under Dunphy, the person said on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been ÿnalized. Dunphy took over for retired Hall of Fame coach John Chaney in 2006 and has led the Owls to seven NCAA Tournaments. The Owls, who play in the American Athletic Conference, missed the postseason last season and were bounced in the ÿrst round of the NIT this year. McKie starred at Temple under Chaney and played 13 seasons in the NBA. McKie scored 1,650 career points with the Owls, averaged 17.9 points and led Temple to the Elite Eight in 1993. He was the NBA sixth man of the year in 2000-01 when he helped lead the Sixers to the NBA Finals. He spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the 76ers. He’s been on Dunphy’s sta‘ since 2014. Dunphy is 24 7-152 at Temple and twice ÿnished ÿrst in the Atlantic 10. He won the AAC championship in 2015-16 when the Owls went 14-4. Dunphy won 10 Ivy League championships, three Big

Temple coach Fran Dunphy cheers his team. GARY LANDERS/AP

5 city series titles and went 310-163 in 17 seasons at Penn. Dunphy’s connection to Philadelphia basketball stretches back more than 40 years. He started at La Salle where he was a co-captain and helped the Explorers to a 23-1 record in 1969 under coach Tom Gola. The big knock on Dunphy is his lack of success in the NCAA Tournament. The Owls won only two games in the tournament under Dunphy and the Quakers, out of the Ivy League, had one win in his 10 trips to the tournament. McKie takes over at a program that has had remarkable consistency on the bench. He’ll become just the ÿfth coach at Temple since 1952. The Owls haven’t played in a Final Four since 1958 and they haven’t reached the Sweet 16 or Elite 8 since 2001.

Believe the hype! Penn State tops Utah for NIT championship: Flavor Flav had his red cap ’ipped backward as he pulled out his iPhone on the Madison Square Garden court. Flav held the camera steady and recorded cousin Shep Garner clip the ÿnal strands of the championship net and wave it toward the Penn State die-hards. Flav’s T-shirt at the NIT said it all for the Nittany Lions: Believe the hype! Garner hit the 3-pointer that brought rapper and reality star Flavor Flav to his feet and helped send Penn State on its way to an NIT title in an 82-66 victory over Utah on Thursday night. The fourth-seeded Nittany Lions (2613) also knocked o‘ No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the tournament en route to winning their ÿrst NIT title since 2009. “This means the whole world to me right now ,” Flavor Flav said. They were pretty pumped in Happy Valley, too. “I think we set the standard,” Garner said. “We preach defense and rebounding, but now we have something we can always go to. We won something.’’ Flavor Flav, member of the seminal ‘80s rap group Public Enemy, sang along to “Fight the Power” as it blasted in the Garden and had the PSU student section chanting “Flav! Flav! Flav!” as the Nittany Lions pulled away for a program-deÿning championship. — Wire services

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But N.C. State rallied to win that game 69-67 over Pepperdine, and then beat UNLV 71-70 in the second round. After a rout of Utah, it was another nail-biter, a 63-62 win over Virginia to make the Final Four. Loyola has traveled almost the exact same path with two one-point wins, a twopointer and a blowout. “Just like Loyola, we pulled out that opener, then pulled o‘ another escape against UNLV in the second round, and so we pulled o‘ miracle after miracle and just started to believe that we would do it some how,” Gannon said. “And I think they’re very much like that, just thinking, let’s play and we’ll ÿgure out a way to win. And now as the upset team of the tournament, sharing the ball and having a blast on the ride to the Final Four. That was us. I see a lot of us in them.” The rest of that N.C. State season is now the stu‘ of legend: The desperation air ball by Dereck Whittenburg, the drop-in by Lorenzo Charles just before the buzzer, Valvano running around looking for someone to hug. It lives on in commercials, in an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, heck almost every NCAA Tourney broadcast shows that game at least for a split second. That’s why Gannon loves this time of year. He’s always reminded of one of the best nights of his life. The end of that game lives on in college basketball lore even now 35 years later. In fact a popular commercial for virtual reality running during this year’s tournament features guys sitting on their couch watching that game through VR headsets. “Whenever I see it, it takes me right back to that moment when the buzzer sounded,” Gannon said. “All the joy and satisfaction I felt back then thinking that all the hours I put in in my backyard when it was ÿve-below in Chicago were all worth it. And then I feel that way again. I knew it would have legs. I knew it was an upset that people would remember. But I had no idea that this many years later it would still have an impact on people and make them believe that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. “When that commercial came on this year -- it was literally the ÿrst commercial I saw watching games that ÿrst Thursday, -- I got all kinds of texts from my teammates and friends, ‘Did you just see that?’ It was pretty crazy.” When Gannon does ’ash back to that team, and that night in Albuquerque, and that moment after the ÿnal buzzer, it always comes back to Valvano. While the rest of the world came to know the type of man he was as he battled cancer and started the Jimmy V Foundation, players on his teams already knew. Valvano wanted to win, of course, and came up with unique strategies -he was an early adopter on fouling to extend the game -- but mostly he cared about the players on his team and the people around him. Gannon said Valvano would do things like huddle the team together and read a letter from a woman explaining that N.C. State’s run helped her husband who was ready to give up in his ÿght with cancer. But seeing what the team did gave him hope that anything was possible. Valvano would share those things with the team and it was important to him. It was Valvano’s heart that really made the team believe they could win those games, Gannon said. In other words, with people in the world battling cancer, why are you going to be afraid of Drexler and Olajuwon? “We knew they were an unbelievably talented team, but we had also played Michael Jordan and beaten them twice, we had played Ralph Sampson and beaten them twice, so we got to the point where we believed if you said ‘OK, tomorrow night you have to play the Celtics’ we’d say ‘Alright we’ll ÿnd a way to win. We’ll ÿgure it out,’ “ Gannon said. “And that was all Jim Valvano. “It was him, it was his presence, it was his personality, it was his belief that he instilled in us that we could beat anybody,” he said. “So we weren’t intimidated. But looking back on it several years later you do shake your head and go, ‘Wait, how did we beat them again?’ And that feeling exists today.” So it begs the question, while Valvano was running all over the court looking for someone to hug, where was Gannon? “I was in a melee in the middle of the ’oor ,” Gannon said, laughing. “First of all during the play, I was wide open on the wing calling for the ball and didn’t quite get it. Wittenberg always told me he wasn’t going to pass it to a sophomore. Anyway, it goes in and if you look at the freeze frame of when it went in, I’m already up in the air, probably the highest I ever leaped in my life.’’

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Pirates 13, TIGERS 10 (13 innings): Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer in the 13th inning to lift Pittsburgh over Detroit.

Today’s games AMERICAN LEAGUE

Nationals 2, REDS 0: Max Scherzer struck out 10 in six innings and Washington, in its first game with Dave Martinez as a major league manager, began defense of its NL East title by opening with a win over Cincinnati. Yankees 4, BLUE JAYS 2: Masahiro Tanaka pitched six sharp innings and New York did fine without any pop from its sluggers. Giancarlo Stanton went 0 for 4.

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Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. PT

RANGERS 5, Astros 1: Doug Fister mostly silenced the powerful Houston lineup for five innings in his Texas debut, Nomar Mazara homered for an early lead and the Rangers beat the Astros.

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MARLINS 2, Cubs 1 (17 innings): Miguel Rojas drove in Brian Anderson with a single to center in the 17th inning, and Miami topped the Chicago.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. PT

Phillies 5, BRAVES 4 (11 innings): Carlos Santana drove in J.P. Crawford with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and first-year Philadelphia manager Gabe Kapler went through nine pitchers for his first win. D-BACKS 9, Rockies 8: Nick Ahmed had a career-best five RBIs and Arizona regrouped after blowing a five-run lead to top Colorado. Ahmed hit a three-run homer in Arizona’s five-run first inning and an RBI single in the third.

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Angels 2, ATHLETICS 1: Mike Trout homered and scored twice and Los Angeles beat Oakland despite a rocky ninth inning by closer Blake Parker.

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r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

h 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

bi bb so avg 0 1 1 .333 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 .250 0 1 0 .667 1 0 1 .000 0 0 1 .250 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 .000 2 4 6

Batting - 2B: Kendrick (1); SF: Goodwin (1); RBI: Goodwin (1); Zimmerman (1) LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Taylor (1). Cincinnati ab r h bi bb so avg Winker lf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Suarez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Votto 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Gennett 2b 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 Schebler rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Barnhart c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Mesoraco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Peraza ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Bailey sp 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 Duvall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ervin rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Totals 34 0 7 0 2 14 Batting - 2B: Gennett (1) LOB: 9. Baserunning - SB: Schebler (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Washington Scherzer W,1-0 6 5 0 0 1 10 0.00 Kintzler H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Madson H,1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 Doolittle S,1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Cincinnati Bailey L,0-1 6 4 1 1 3 3 1.50 Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 1 Peralta /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Quackenbush /3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hughes 1 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Scherzer 24 ; 100-67; Kintzler 3; 10-8; Madson 5; 19-15; Doolittle 4; 18-11; Bailey 25; 104-67; Garrett 4; 16-11; Peralta 1; 3-2; Quackenbush 3; 13-8; Hughes 4; 16-11 Game data - T: 3:09. Att: 43,878.

ab 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 31

r 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

bi bb so avg 0 0 1 .125 1 0 0 .429 0 0 1 .125 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .286 0 0 2 .143 0 0 1 .286 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5

Batting - HR: Panik (2); S: Panik Panik (2) LOB: 4. Fielding - DP: 1. Los Angeles ab r h bi bb Taylor cf 3 0 1 0 0 Seager ss 3 0 0 0 0 Puig rf 3 0 0 0 0 Bellinger 1b 3 0 0 0 0 Grandal c 3 0 0 0 0 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 0 Forsythe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 0 Pederson ph 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 0 1 0 0

(1); RBI:

so 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 8

avg .143 .000 .000 .000 .333 .167 .250 .000 .000 .000 .000

Batting - GIDP: Seager. Fielding - E: Forsythe 3 (3); Seager (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era San Francisco Cueto 7 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 Watson W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Strickland S,2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Los Angeles Wood 8 1 0 0 0 5 0.00 Jansen L,0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Cueto 21; 97-58; Watson 3; 12-9; Strickland 3; 15-10; Wood 28; 90-65; Jansen 4; 12-8 Umpires - HP: Reynolds; 1B: DiMuro; 2B: Tumpane; 3B: Wegner. Game data - T: 2:23. Att: 53,478.

Marlins 2, Cubs 1 CHC .001 000 000 000 000 00—1 MIA ..001 000 000 000 000 01—2 Chicago Almora Jr. cf Caratini c Bryant 3b Rizzo 1b Contreras c Schwarber lf Heyward rf Russell ss Butler p Zobrist rf Baez 2b Hendricks p La Stella ph Happ lf Totals

ab 4 2 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 7 2 1 4 58

r 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8

bi bb so avg 0 1 0 .200 0 1 1 .000 1 1 2 .400 0 1 1 .091 0 1 2 .167 0 0 3 .143 0 0 2 .167 0 2 0 .333 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 .429 0 0 2 .000 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 .500 0 0 3 .111 1 8 20

2B: Bryant (2); Zobrist (1); HR: Bryant (1); RBI: Bryant (1); GIDP: Heyward LOB: 15. E: Bryant (1); PB: Contreras (1); DP: 1. Miami ab r h bi bb so avg Brinson cf 8 1 4 0 0 1 .308 Dietrich lf 7 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Castro 2b 7 0 2 1 1 1 .300 Bour 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 Rivera pr 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Garcia p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holaday ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Despaigne p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson 3b 8 1 2 0 0 2 .364 Cooper rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Maybin pr 3 0 1 0 3 0 .500 Rojas ss 5 0 1 1 3 0 .222 Wallach c 7 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Telis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee ph 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 61 2 12 2 8 14 RBI: Rojas (1); Castro (1); GIDP: Castro LOB: 18. CS: Maybin (1). DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Chicago Hendricks 6 4 1 1 3 5 1.50 Montgomery 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Edwards Jr. 1 1 0 0 2 2 0.00 Wilson 12/3 1 0 0 2 2 0.00 Butler L,0-1 7 4 1 1 1 5 1.29 Morrow 1 0 0 0 0 Miami Smith 51/3 4 1 1 3 8 1.69 2 Turner /3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Steckenrider 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Barraclough 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Ziegler 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Garcia 6 1 0 0 2 6 0.00 O’Grady 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 Despaigne W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Hendricks 25; 88-55; Montgomery 4 ; 14 -9; Edwards Jr. 6; 29-15; Wilson 8; 36-20; Butler 26; 90-62; Morrow 1; 2-1; Smith 23; 100-68; Turner 3; 6-5; Steckenrider 4; 22-12; Barraclough 4; 1710; Ziegler 5; 18-11; Garcia 20; 67-43; O’Grady 5; 18-12; Despaigne 3; 11-6 Game data - T: 5:18. Att: 12,034.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, ppd. Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2, 11 innings Houston 4, Texas 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 5, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 14, Kansas City 7 Seattle 2, Cleveland 1 Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:15 a.m. Houston at Texas, 12:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, ppd. Washington at Cincinnati, ppd. Chicago Cubs 8, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 9, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 2, San Diego 1, 12 innings San Francisco 1, L.A. Dodgers 0 Arizona 8, Colorado 2 Sunday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 5:37 p.m. MLB Calendar April 17-18 — Cleveland vs. Minnesota at San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 16-17 — Owners’ meetings, New York. June 4 — Amateur draft starts. June 15 — International amateur signing period closes. July 2 — International amateur signing period opens. July 6 — Last day to sign for amateur draft picks subject to deadline. July 17 — All-Star Game, Washington. July 29 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Aug. 31 — Last day to be contracted to an organization and be eligible for postseason roster. Oct. 2-3 — Wild-card games. Dec. 10-13 — Winter meetings, Las Vegas.

ab 3 4 4 0 3 4 4 4 3 3 32

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

h 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 7

bi bb so avg 0 1 0 .143 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 .286 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 .000 0 0 0 .625 1 0 1 .250 0 0 1 .375 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 .333 1 2 6

Batting - 2B: Bogaerts 2 (4); RBI: Devers (3); GIDP: Bradley Jr. LOB: 6. Fielding DP: 1. Tampa Bay ab r h bi bb so avg Duffy 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Kiermaier cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Gomez rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Cron dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Ramos c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Miller 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Hechavarria ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Robertson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Span ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Refsnyder lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Wendle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 1 9 Batting - GIDP: Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip Boston Price W,1-0 7 Barnes H,1 1 Kimbrel S,1 1 Tampa Bay 2 Snell 5 /3 1 Roe L,0-1 /3 Alvarado 1 Andriese 2

Robertson LOB: 4. h r er bb so

era

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 5 0.00 1 1 0.00 0 3 0.00

3 1 2 1

2 0 0 0

0 1 0 0

2 0.00 1 27.00 1 0.00 2 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Price 24; 76-55; Barnes 4; 18-9; Kimbrel 3; 15-10; Snell 21; 84-49; Roe 2; 12-9; Alvarado 4; 16-12; Andriese 7; 27-22 Game data - T: 2:46. Att: 19,203.

Phillies 5, Braves 4 PHI.............011 011 000 01 — 5 ATL...........002 100 010 00 — 4 Philadelphia Hernandez 2b Santana 1b Herrera cf Hoskins lf Altherr rf Kingery 3b Knapp c Pivetta p Williams ph Franco ph Alfaro c Crawford ss Totals

ab 4 3 6 5 4 5 4 2 1 1 1 4 40

r 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5

h 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10

bi bb so avg 0 2 1 .444 3 1 0 .125 0 0 1 .167 1 0 1 .500 0 1 2 .143 0 0 1 .400 0 1 2 .143 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 .200 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .143 5 5 10

Batting - 2B: Herrera (1); Hernandez (1); HR: Hoskins (1); Santana (1); SF: Santana 2 (2); RBI: Williams (1); Hoskins (2); Santana 3 (3); GIDP: Santana LOB: 10. Baserunning SB: Altherr (1); Knapp (1); Kingery (). Fielding - DP: 2. Atlanta ab r h bi bb so avg Inciarte cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .222 Albies 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .100 F. Freeman 1b 2 1 0 0 3 1 .250 Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .222 Suzuki c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Stewart c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tucker lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .375 Bourjos pr 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Swanson ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 .375 Carle p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Flaherty 3b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .375 Foltynewicz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Culberson ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Totals 37 5 9 4 5 9 Batting - 2B: Flaherty (1); Swanson (1); S: Foltynewicz (1); SF: Inciarte (1); RBI: Flaherty (1); Inciarte (1); Tucker (2); Swanson (1); GIDP: Markakis LOB: 9. Baserunning - CS: Markakis (1). Fielding - E: Ramirez (1); Suzuki 2 (2); DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Philadelphia Pivetta 4 5 3 3 2 3 6.75 2 Arano /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 Milner /3 0 0 0 1 0 13.50 1 Ramos H,1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Morgan H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2 10.80 2 Rios H,1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Garcia BS,1 1 2 1 1 1 0 4.50 Neris 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 Hutchison W,1-0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 Atlanta Foltynewicz 5 5 3 2 1 7 3.60 Ramirez 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.00 S. Freeman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 1 Moylan /3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Minter /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 Carle L,0-1 2 2 1 1 0 1 4.50 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Pivetta 18; 73-45; Arano 2; 11-6; Milner 2; 6-2; Ramos 1; 1-1; Morgan 3; 14-9; Rios 3; 8-7; Garcia 5; 21-14; Neris 3; 12-7; Hutchison 9; 39-24; Foltynewicz 22; 92-57; Ramirez 5; 21-12; S. Freeman 3; 19-11; Moylan 3; 11-8; Minter 2; 12-7; Vizcaino 5; 21-9; Carle 8; 36-22 Umpires - HP: Gibson; 1B: Carapazza; 2B: Baker; 3B: Layne. Game data - T: 4:16. Att: 35,123.

ab 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 33

r 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4

h 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 8

bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4

bb so 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 6

avg .222 .250 .333 .333 .111 .286 .250 .429 .200

Batting - 2B: Drury (1); Gregorius (1); Wade (1); 3B: Gregorius (1); RBI: Drury 2 (2); Wade 2 (2); GIDP: Judge LOB: 6. Toronto ab r h bi bb so avg Travis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Donaldson dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Smoak 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .143 Granderson lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Pearce ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Solarte 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Grichuk rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .143 Martin c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Pillar cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Diaz ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ngoepe ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 1 12 Batting - 2B: Pearce (1); Pillar (1); Smoak (1); Solarte (1); HR: Grichuk (1); RBI: Grichuk (1); Solarte (1) LOB: 4. Fielding - DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era New York Tanaka W,1-0 6 3 1 1 0 8 1.50 Kahnle H,1 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 2 Robertson H,1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Chapman S,1 1 2 1 1 0 3 4.50 Toronto 2 Sanchez L,0-1 5 /3 8 4 4 4 2 6.35 1 Barnes /3 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Tepera 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.50 Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Tanaka 21; 79-61; Kahnle 5; 18-10; Robertson 2; 5-3; Chapman 5; 23-18; Sanchez 27; 89-48; Barnes 1; 6-3; Tepera 3; 11-9; Clippard 3; 12-9; Osuna 3; 13-9 Umpires - HP: Nauert; 1B: Barry; 2B: Rackley; 3B: Danley Game data - T: 2:49. Att: 33,716.

D-backs 9, Rockies 8 COL ..............020 500 100 — 8 ARI...............502 020 00X — 9 Colorado Blackmon cf LeMahieu 2b Arenado 3b Story ss C. Gonzalez rf Desmond 1b Parra lf Iannetta c Anderson p Senzatela p Valaika ph Tauchman ph Totals

ab 5 2 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 36

r 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 8

h 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 10

bi bb so avg 3 0 1 .143 0 3 1 .167 0 0 1 .444 0 0 4 .111 1 1 1 .250 2 0 0 .375 2 0 1 .250 0 1 1 .714 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 8 5 11

Batting - 2B: Arenado (1); HR: Blackmon (1); Desmond (1); Parra (1); S: Senzatela (); RBI: Blackmon 3 (3); C. Gonzalez (1); Desmond 2 (2); Parra 2 (2); GIDP: Blackmon; Desmond LOB: 6. Baserunning - SB: LeMahieu (1). Arizona ab r h bi bb so avg Peralta lf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .375 Marte 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Avila ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Goldschmidt 1b 2 1 0 0 1 2 .000 Pollock cf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .375 Owings rf 3 3 2 1 1 1 .500 Lamb 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .375 Ahmed ss 4 1 3 5 0 0 .571 Murphy c 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Ray p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Descalso ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marrero 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 32 9 8 9 5 9 Batting - 2B: Pollock (1); 3B: Pollock (1); HR: Ahmed (1); RBI: Owings (1); Murphy (1); Ahmed 5 (5); Pollock 2 (2) LOB: 5. Baserunning - SB: Pollock (1). Fielding - E: Murphy (1); DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Colorado Anderson 21/3 5 7 7 4 3 27.00 Senzatela L,0-1 22/3 3 2 2 0 1 6.75 Ottavino 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 McGee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Shaw 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Arizona Ray W,1-0 5 7 7 6 3 8 10.80 De La Rosa H,2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Bradley H,2 1 2 1 1 0 1 3.38 Hirano H,1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Boxberger S,1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Anderson 16; 71-42; Senzatela 12; 46-29; Ottavino 3; 14-11; McGee 3; 11-9; Shaw 4; 13-5; Ray 25; 8552; De La Rosa 3; 18-9; Bradley 5; 15-14; Hirano 4; 19-12; Boxberger 4; 20-12 Umpires - HP: Cooper; 1B: Blaser; 2B: Scheurwater; 3B: Cederstrom. Game data - T: 3:22. Att: 23,937.

ab 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 1 4 31

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

h 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

bi bb so avg 0 0 1 .250 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 .333 0 1 1 .167 0 1 0 .167 0 1 0 .167 0 0 1 .143 0 0 1 .000 0 1 1 .000 1 0 1 .250 1 5 6

2B: Stassi (1); Gattis (1); RBI: Stassi (1); GIDP: Bregman; Reddick LOB: 8. E: Gonzalez (); Bregman (1); DP: 2. Texas ab r h bi bb so avg DeShields cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .143 Gallo 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .250 Andrus ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .571 Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .375 Mazara rf 3 2 1 1 1 2 .167 Choo dh 4 0 3 0 0 0 .500 Chirinos c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Odor 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .200 Rua lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 10 5 2 6 2B: Gallo (1); Beltre (1); Choo (1); HR: Mazara (1); SF: Chirinos (1); Odor (1); RBI: Chirinos (1); Mazara (1); Odor (1); Gallo (1); Andrus (1); GIDP: Chirinos; Andrus LOB: 6. E: Odor (1); Andrus (1); DP: 3. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Houston Keuchel L,0-1 6 7 3 3 1 4 4.50 Smith 1 2 2 2 1 1 18.00 Rondon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Texas Fister W,1-0 5 4 1 1 3 3 1.80 2 C. Martin H,1 /3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 Claudio H,1 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Jepsen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Kela 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Keuchel 25; 99-60; Smith 6; 26-17; Rondon 4; 12-8; Fister 20; 77-4 8; C. Martin 5; 23-14 ; Claudio 4 ; 13-8; Jepsen 3; 9-5; Kela 4; 16-8 Umpires HP: Kulpa; 1B: Hickox; 2B: Morales; 3B: Meals. Game data - T: 3:02. Att: 35,469.

ab 4 0 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 32

r 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

h 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6

bi bb so avg 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 .100 1 0 0 .222 0 0 2 .222 0 0 1 .300 0 0 1 .375 0 0 0 .429 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 .375 2 0 7

Batting - HR: Trout (1); RBI: Trout (1); Upton (); GIDP: Pujols LOB: 3. Oakland ab r h bi bb so avg Semien ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .444 Smolinski cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Powell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Lowrie 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Davis dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 .286 Olson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Piscotty rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 Chapman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .125 Lucroy c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Pinder lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Joyce ph 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Totals 33 1 7 1 1 8 Batting - 2B: Joyce (1); RBI: Lucroy (1) LOB: 8. Fielding - E: Joyce (1); DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Los Angeles Skaggs W,1-0 61/3 3 0 0 0 5 0.00 2 Wood H,2 /3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Middleton H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Parker S,1 1 2 1 1 1 2 9.00 Oakland Manaea L,0-1 72/3 4 1 1 0 7 1.17 1 Petit /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pagan 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Skaggs 23; 98-60; Wood 3; 14 -8; Middleton 4 ; 11-9; Parker 6; 27-16; Manaea 26; 95-65; Petit 1; 1-1; Pagan 5; 20-12 Umpires - HP: Barksdale; 1B: Fairchild; 2B: Little; 3B: Barrett. Game data - T: 2:48. Att: 27,665.

Giants 1, Dodgers 0 SF .................000 010 000 — 1 LAD .............000 000 000 — 0 San Francisco Jackson cf Panik 2b McCutchen rf Posey c Longoria 3b Pence lf Belt 1b Crawford ss Blach sp Hernandez ph Sandoval ph Totals

ab 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 34

r 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8

bi bb so avg 0 0 1 .250 1 0 0 .500 0 0 1 .250 0 2 1 .000 0 0 3 .000 0 0 1 .500 0 0 2 .250 0 0 0 .250 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 2 11

Batting - 2B: McCutchen (1); Pence (1); HR: Panik (1); RBI: Panik (1); GIDP: McCutchen LOB: 8. Fielding - DP: 2. Los Angeles ab r h bi bb so avg Taylor cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Seager ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Puig rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Hernandez 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Bellinger 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Kemp lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 Grandal c 3 0 2 0 1 1 .667 Forsythe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kershaw sp 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Utley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Pederson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 6 0 5 10 Batting - GIDP: Forsythe; Seager LOB: 9. Baserunning - SB: Puig (1); Utley (1). Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era San Francisco Blach W,1-0 5 3 0 0 3 3 0.00 Osich H,1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Gearrin H,1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 Watson H,1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 Strickland S,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Los Angeles Kershaw L,0-1 6 8 1 1 2 7 1.50 Chargois 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Fields 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Cingrani 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Blach 19; 81-48; Osich 4; 19-12; Gearrin 5; 18-12; Watson 4; 17-11; Strickland 4; 19-12; Kershaw 27; 91-62; Chargois 3; 12-10; Fields 3; 13-9; Cingrani 3; 15-11 Umpires - HP: Wegner; 1B: Reynolds; 2B: DiMuro; 3B: Tumpane Game data - T: 2:55. Att: 53,595.

Brewers 8, Padres 6 MIL...............200 010 005 — 8 SD..................030 100 110 — 6 Milwaukee Cain cf Yelich lf Braun 1b Shaw 3b Santana rf Pina c Perez 2b Jennings p Thames ph Aguilar ph Arcia ss Villar 2b Totals

ab 5 5 4 5 4 4 2 0 0 1 4 3 37

r 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 8

h 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 11

bi bb so avg 1 0 0 .500 0 0 1 .222 5 0 1 .125 0 0 1 .300 1 0 0 .333 0 0 0 .111 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .222 1 0 1 .167 8 1 4

Batting - 2B: Santana (1); Shaw (2); Cain 2 (2); HR: Braun (1); S: Chacin (1); SF: Braun (1); RBI: Villar (1); Santana (1); Braun 5 (5); Cain (1); GIDP: Arcia LOB: 5. Baserunning - SB: Cain (2). Fielding - E: Arcia (1); DP: 1. San Diego ab r h bi bb so avg Margot cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .222 Myers rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Szczur pr 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .250 Pirela lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .300 Asuaje 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .286 Galvis ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .444 Spangenberg 3b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .200 Hedges c 3 2 1 1 1 1 .125 Lucchesi p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Headley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Renfroe ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Totals 37 6 12 6 4 7 Batting - 2B: Hosmer (1); Asuaje (1); HR: Spangenberg (1); Hedges (1); RBI: Hosmer (1); Spangenberg 2 (2); Hedges (1); Asuaje (1); Margot (1); GIDP: Hosmer LOB: 9. Fielding - E: Hand (1); Spangenberg (1); DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Milwaukee Chacin 31/3 7 4 4 2 1 10.80 Jennings 12/3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Woodruff 2 3 1 1 0 1 4.50 Drake W,1-0 1 2 1 1 1 2 9.00 Knebel S,1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.50 San Diego 2 Lucchesi 4/3 7 3 3 0 1 5.79 Makita 11/3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Stammen H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Yates H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hand L,0-1 BS,1 1 4 5 2 0 1 6.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Chacin 20; 69-41; Jennings 5; 15-9; Woodruff 9; 34-26; Drake 5; 18-10; Knebel 3; 14-11; Lucchesi 22; 7555; Makita 4 ; 13-9; Stammen 3; 9-8; Yates 3; 10-6; Hand 8; 29-22 Umpires - HP: Carlson; 1B: Knight; 2B: Hoberg; 3B: Davis. Game data - T: 3:08. Att: 31,513.

D-backs 8, Rockies 2

THURSDAY’S GAMES Mariners 2, Indians 1 CLE...............000 000 100 — 1 SEA..............200 000 00X — 2 Cleveland Lindor ss Kipnis 2b Ramirez 3b Alonso 1b Encarnacion dh Chisenhall rf Gomes c Naquin lf Zimmer cf Totals

ab 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 3 30

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

h 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5

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Batting - 2B: Chisenhall (1); RBI: Gomes (1); GIDP: Chisenhall; Ramirez LOB: 7. Baserunning - SB: Chisenhall (1); Davis (1). Fielding - DP: 2. Seattle ab r h bi bb so avg Gordon cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 Segura ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cano 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Cruz dh 3 1 1 2 0 0 .333 Seager 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Haniger rf 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 Healy 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Marjama c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Suzuki lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Heredia lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 28 2 6 2 1 8 Batting - 2B: Haniger (1); HR: Cruz (1); RBI: Cruz 2 (2); GIDP: Segura; Marjama LOB: 3. Fielding - E: Marjama (1); DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Cleveland Kluber L,0-1 8 6 2 2 1 8 2.25 Seattle Hernandez W,1-0 51/3 2 0 0 2 4 0.00 2 Altavilla H,1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 Rzepczynski H,1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Vincent H,1 /3 3 1 1 0 0 13.50 Nicasio H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Diaz S,1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Kluber 29; 91-66; Hernandez 20; 83-4 9; Altavilla 1; 3-3; Rzepczynski 1; 1-1; Vincent 5; 13-9; Nicasio 3; 17-10; Diaz 5; 20-13 Umpires - HP: Holbrook; 1B: Marquez; 2B: Wolf; 3B: Reyburn. Game data - T: 2:35. Att: 47,149 .

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OAKLAND– Mike Trout homered and scored twice and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Friday night despite a rocky ninth inning by closer Blake Parker. Tyler Skaggs (1-0) pitched 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball in his ÿrst win over the A’s in six career starts. The lefthander, who missed 85 games last season due to a strained oblique, allowed only one runner past ÿrst base. It was Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia’s 1,571st win, tying him with Hall of Famer and former A’s and Angels manager Dick Williams for 21st all-time. Parker nearly let it slip away in the ninth. He issued a leado“ walk to cleanup hitter Khris Davis and Matt Olson followed with a single to right. After striking out Stephen Piscotty and Matt Chapman, Parker allowed Jonathan Lucroy’s RBI single before he got Matt Joyce to ground out to second for the save. Japanese two-way player Shohei Ohtani, who singled in his ÿrst at-bat in the majors on Thursday, was held out because the A’s started a left-hander. Ohtani is scheduled to make his pitching debut Sunday.

SAN DIEGO – Ryan Braun hit a threerun homer with two outs in the ninth and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for ÿve runs o“ All-Star closer Brad Hand to stun the San Diego Padres 8-6 on Friday night. The Brewers trailed 6-3 coming into the ninth and quickly jumped on Hand (0-1) for two runs on three hits, a grounder and his throwing error. Braun came up with runners on the corners and hit a no-doubter to left on an 0-2 pitch for his ÿrst homer this season. Hand’s shaky performance spoiled a night in which left-hander Joey Lucchesi and reliever Kazuhisa Makita made their big league debuts for the Padres. Oliver Drake (1-0) pitched one inning for the win and Corey Knebel struck out the side in the ninth for his ÿrst save. Lucchesi just missed getting through ÿve innings and Makita would have gotten the win if Hand hadn’t imploded. Lucchesi, a 24 -year-old left-hander, was the ÿrst pitcher from the draft class of 2016 to make his big league debut. One of the rebuilding Padres’ top prospects, he allowed three runs and seven hits in 4 2-3 innings, with one strikeout and no walks. Lucchesi allowed a double, single and

Angels ÿrst baseman Albert Pujols, top left, forces out the Athletics' Boog Powell, bottom, at ÿrst base after a ground ball during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday in Oakland. AP

Trout homered o“ Sean Manaea (0-1) in the ÿrst. He also reached on a ÿelder’s choice in the ninth and scored from ÿrst when left ÿelder Joyce short-hopped Justin Upton’s single and the ball rolled to the fence. It was Trout’s 26th career home run against the A’s and 14th at Oakland Coliseum.

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Tulowitzki to have surgery on bone spurs in both heels TORONTO – Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will have surgery Monday to remove bone spurs from both heels and is expected to miss eight weeks, general manager Ross Atkins said Friday. The bone spurs have bothered Tulowitzki during his recovery from surgery to repair the ligament damage su“ ered when he stepped on C.J. Cron’s foot while trying to beat out an inÿeld hit in a game last July against the Los Angeles Angels. The ÿve-time All-Star has not played since. The spur on Tulowitzki’s right heel was a minor irritant at the beginning of spring training, and he hoped to be able to play through it. The decision to undergo surgery came after pain also developed in his left heel. “We felt we were making some progress then the other foot started bothering him,” Atkins said. Including this latest absence, Tulowitzki will have missed at least 30

games in seven consecutive seasons. Plate umpire leaves game in Detroit, hit in mask by pitch: Plate umpire Mike Everitt has left a game between the rTroy Detroit Tigers and PittsTulowitzki burgh Pirates after being hit in the mask by a pitch. The game on Friday was delayed a few minutes in the eighth inning because of the injury. Pirates reliever George Kontos threw a pitch that sailed past catcher Francisco Cervelli and caught Everitt. The crew chief stayed on his feet, with Cervelli helping steady him, and rolled his neck around a bit. Everitt eventually left the ÿeld. Tony Randazzo, who had been umpiring second base, took over behind the plate after Everitt’s departure and the game continued with three umps.

Braves place catcher Flowers on DL with oblique strain: The Atlanta Braves put catcher Tyler Flowers on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left oblique on Friday and prepared to be without him for a few weeks. Flowers sustained the injury on a swing in his ÿrst at-bat of the season in Atlanta’s 8-5 win over Philadelphia on Thursday. He could not complete the at-bat and headed straight to the clubhouse. Manager Brian Snitker said Friday that Flowers felt a pop. Snitker said the strain was diagnosed as being of midlevel severity. “It’s safe to say it’s going to take a while,” Snitker said, adding he expects Flowers will need “a couple weeks without doing anything” before taking the next step on his rehab. Snitker said it was “a bummer, one of those freak things” for Flowers to get hurt on his ÿrst at-bat. — Wire services

Matt Szczur of the Padres tries to avoid the tag of Manny Pina of the Brewers after missing the plate during the eighth inning Friday in San Diego. GETTY IMAGES

sacriÿce ‘y after getting the ÿrst out of the ÿfth. After a throwing error by third baseman Cory Spangenberg put runners on the corners, manager Andy Green came out with the hook. Green brought on Makita. The submariner needed just two pitches to get Domingo Santana to ground out. Makita threw 1 1-3 scoreless innings, allowing only a walk. The 6-foot-5 Lucchesi, a fourthround pick in the 2016 draft, spent a good deal of the fourth inning on the bases after reaching on a ÿelder’s choice.

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Logan Forsythe committed three of the Dodgers’ four errors at third base. Playing out of his usual spot at second, Forsythe is ÿlling in for injured Justin Turner. It was the most errors the Dodgers have made in a game since Aug. 11, 2013, when they had four against Tampa Bay. Shortstop Dee Gordon committed three of those. Forsythe’s miscues came in the fourth, ÿfth and ninth innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM Giants: Injured RHP Je“ Samardzija is “throwing great,” according to Bochy.

UP NEXT LHP Derek Holland makes his Giants debut against RHP Kenta Maeda for the Dodgers. Holland was 7-14 with a 6.20 ERA for the White Sox last year.

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Chicago White Sox designated hitter Matt Davidson, left, is congratulated by right ÿelder Avisail Garcia after hitting a home run against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. JAY BIGGERSTAFF/USA TODAY SPORTS

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After breaking the record for most league-wide homers in a season in 2017, the 2018 Major League Baseball season stayed on brand with a smashing opening day. The ÿrst pitch of the 2018 campaign was turned around for a home run and three players went deep multiple times on the ÿrst day of the season. In all, 33 home runs were struck, and while there's nothing quite so odious as "on pace for..." statistics after opening day, su’ce to say that 33 home runs in 13 games is a ÿne start if major league sluggers want to top last year's record 6,430 homers. Here are some of the more interesting facts on opening day's barrage of homers: z Cubs center ÿelder Ian Happ homered on the ÿrst pitch of the season. He became the ÿrst player to hit a home run on the ÿrst pitch his team saw in a season since Kaz Matsui in 2004. z As a team, the White Sox hit six home runs in their 14-7 win against the Royals, tying the major league record (1988 Mets) for most home runs on opening day. z White Sox designated hitter Matt

Davidson hit three home runs, becoming just the fourth player in history to go deep three times on opening day – though it seems the only one we'll ever remember is Tu“y Rhodes. z Shortstop Tim Anderson hit two home runs in the game, making it the eighth time in history that two teammates have hit multiple home runs on opening day. z Houston’s George Springer led o“ the game against the Rangers with a homer, making him the ÿrst player to ever hit a leado“ home run on consecutive opening days. z Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit two home runs against the Blue Jays, joining Roger Maris as the only Yankee to have a multi-homer game in their debut with the team. z It was Athletics ÿrst baseman Matt Olson’s 24th birthday on Thursday, and he became the fourth player to hit a opening day homer on their birthday. z Giants second baseman Joe Panik homered o“ Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, just his third career home run against a left-handed pitcher. z Boston’s Eduardo Nunez hit an inside-the-park homer against the Rays, only the fourth time an inside-theparker has been hit on opening day since 1968.

Anthony Joshua says he is ready for it all. Boxing’s IBF and WBA heavyweight champion claims to be ready for the latest round of buzz, ready for his latest opponent, Joseph Parker, ready to show why he is even better than the hype suggests. And ready for America. Joshua, 28, is arguably the biggest worldwide name in boxing right now, and has already brought long-lost gravitas back to the heavyweight division. His battle with WBO titleholder Parker will take place in his native United Kingdom this Saturday, at the Principality Stadium in Cardi“ , Wales, but it may not be long before audiences in the United States get a piece of the champ. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, has already suggested as much, touting either Las Vegas or New York as viable destinations where Joshua could make even more money than the $20-plus million per ÿght he currently commands. To that end, Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has pitched a multi-ÿght deal worth up to $500 million to Joshua “ as White looks to expand his reach into boxing. “We’re all ears man,” Joshua said.

“I’m happy that Dana is coming into the game. Hopefully he can add some excitement and we can progress forward and make some good money and make some good ÿghts.” If White, whose understanding of the combat sports audience has driven the UFC’s success, believes in Joshua’s ability to appeal to the American market, that speaks volumes. Yet it relies on the assumption that Joshua, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, can transition his fame and popularity to the American market. Is it possible for a ÿghter who is from overseas, lives overseas and has fought all his signiÿcant bouts overseas, to become America’s most popular boxer? The case “for” is made most convincingly by a look at Manny Pacquiao’s career. At his best, Pacquiao’s style, fearlessness and willingness to o“ er all-action entertainment allowed him to connect with an American audience in a way that made his Filipino nationality moot. It could be even easier for Joshua. He is good-looking, charismatic, and critically possesses the knockout power to ÿnish a ÿght with a single ‘urr y of blows, or perhaps just one. Billboards with his face are all over the U.K. Some big ÿghts on American soil could catapult him to a similar level here.

Britain's Anthony Joshua, left, and New Zealand's Joseph Parker weigh in at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena on Friday. AP

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“It was unfortunate for Roberto, but it was equally unfortunate for me,” says Bob Goalby, shown at right in top photo with Roberto De Vicenzo in this April 14, 1968, file photo. AP

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No stranger to being extended to three sets at the 51st Adidas Easter Bowl this week, top-seeded Keshav Chopra did all he could to keep from going the distance in the USTA Spring Nationals Boys’ 16s final played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday. Up a set, but down 5-6 in the second set, Chopra fought back to force a tiebreaker against No. 2-seeded Max McKennon, Newport Beach, recording a 7-5, 7-6 (4) victory for his third straight USTA Super Nationals win as he won both the singles and doubles at the USTA Winternationals in Florida to start the year. Later in the day, Chopra lost his bid for his fourth straight gold ball this year as he and partner Coy Simon fell to fellow USTA Southern players Welsh Hotard and Benjamin Koch in the Boys’ 16s doubles final, 6-3, 6-3. Chopra, 16, was taken to three sets three times this week, including the first round, a third-set tiebreaker in the third round and again in the semifinals on Friday. “When he hit that last backhand long to end the match, I was pretty relieved,” said Chopra, who trains at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., and lost in the second round last year at the Easter Bowl. “It’s pretty surprising,” said Chopra, who lost in the first round last week at the Newport Beach ITF, of winning the title. “I didn’t feel like I was prepared for the ITF, so I wanted to get here early and get used to the courts and get acclimated to the conditions.” Chopra and McKennon were playing for the first time. McKennon said he got sick on the drive over to the Garden for the 9 a.m. match, but made no excuses afterward. “I wasn’t feeling nerves, but I had my normal breakfast and felt horrible in the car over here and threw it up in the parking lot. But that’s no excuse. It didn’t affect me that much. He played great. He outplayed me.” McKennon, 15 who does online school through Laurel Springs, took a medical timeout at the end of the first set and had the trainer massage both hips which were tightening on him. Similar to Chopra, Girls’ 16s champion Anessa Lee of San Marino, Calif., also surprised herself in going all the way and earning the coveted USTA gold ball and title. The No. 11-seeded Lee beat unseeded India Houghton of Belvedere Tiburon, Calif., 6-2, 6-3. “I just wanted to live up to my seeding and get to the Round of 16,” said Lee. “I was down in my first match 4-0 in the first set. I was thinking, ‘God, I’m going to lose in the first round.’ ” Lee, 16, basked in the glory of her title afterward and said playing with ball kids and having her match live streamed with a commentator is something she could get used to. “This is my first media interview,” she said as she began her post-match press conference. “I don’t know

Top-seeded Keshav Chopra beat No. 2-seeded Max McKennon 7-5, 7-6 (4) victory for the Boys’ 16s Easter Bowl title Saturday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. DAVE KENAS / ADIDAS EASTER BOWL

what to say. At first, the ball kids threw me off, but after a few games I got into it.” Harsh Parikh of Tucson, Ariz., picked up the Boys’ 16s bronze ball with his, 6-4, 7-5, win over Logan Zapp of Fleming Island, Fla. Twins from Saint Helena, Calif., Maribella and Allura Zamarripa captured the 16s Doubles title as they beat Amanda Chan (Pasadena, Calif.) and Chidimma Okpara (Bronxville, N.Y.), 6-4, 6-4. In the Girls’ 16s third-fourth place match, Hibah Shaikh of Teaneck, N.J. won the bronze with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Chidimma Okpara of Bronxville, N.Y. In the Girls’ 18s ITF singles final to start at 10 a.m. Sunday, top-seeded Alexa Noel will take on Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek, Calif. Noel took out 14-yearold No. 8 Gabby Price of Boca Raton, Fla., 6-3, 6-0. In the other semifinal, the No. 15-seeded Volyets outlasted Emma Navarro of Charleston, S.C., 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. In the Boys’ ITF singles final to follow the girls, unseeded wild-card entry Jenson Brooksby of Carmichael, Calif., will oppose Altadena’s Tristan Boyer, the top-seeded player. Brooksby beat Siem Woldeab of La Mesa, Calif., 6-1, 6-3, while Boyer had to come back to beat Cannon Kingsley of Northport, N.Y., 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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Stephens captures Miami Open title Steven Wine

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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Half an hour after Sloane Stephens won her hometown tournament, she lingered on the confetti-covered court, posing for photos and signing autographs as if reluctant to leave Key Biscayne. The Miami Open is moving, and Stephens became the final women’s champion on the picturesque island by beating Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (5), 6-1 Saturday. Stephens was born in South Florida, played on Key Biscayne as a junior and lives in nearby Fort Lauderdale. That made the reigning U.S. Open champion especially eager to win the Miami Open before it moves 18 miles north next year to suburbia and the NFL Dolphins’ stadium. “This place is pretty special to me,” Stephens said. “I’m definitely happy I could be the last person to win here.’’

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Ibrahimovic leads Galaxy rally past LAFC Dan Greenspan ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARSON – Zlatan Ibrahimovic couldn’t have scripted his Hollywood debut any better. The superstar Swedish forward scored twice in his first MLS game to cap the Los Angeles Galaxy’s comeback from three goals down to beat LAFC 4-3 on Saturday. “I gave them Zlatan,” Ibrahimovic said. Ibrahimovic won it in the opening seconds of stoppage time with a header off a cross by Ashley Cole to send a soldout StubHub Center into hysterics. “After that, I was like, ‘Just stop the game now.’ I don’t want to feel any more adrenaline,” Ibrahimovic said. Ibrahimovic’s first goal in America was more audacious, scoring on a 40yard kick when he caught LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller off his line to tie the score 3-3 in the 77th minute. Still working his way back to full fitness after sustaining a major knee injury last April,

The Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates his goal during the second half against Los Angeles FC on Saturday in Carson. JAE C. HONG/AP

Ibrahimovic said the play was more about being able to make it through the rest of the match than heralding his long-anticipated arrival in spectacular

fashion. “I felt like I played 40 games for my 20 minutes,” Ibrahimovic said. “I said this time I shoot, I don’t run with the ball.

That’s the ball that went in. I said I will save strength to play another 15 minutes.” No matter the intention behind the goal, Galaxy manager Sigi Schmid was blown away by the natural talent required to make it happen. “That’s just world class. You can’t teach that,” Schmid said. “You can’t do something brilliant unless you dare to be brilliant, and Ibrahimovic is a perfect definition of the guy who always dares to be brilliant. That’s got to be a goal that’s going to go around the world. I’m sure it will be a YouTube sensation, it’s fantastic.” It continued Ibrahimovic’s streak of scoring in his first game for every club he has played for. Ibrahimovic replaced Sebastian Lletget in the 71st minute shortly after chants of “We want Zlatan” started in earnest. Ibrahimovic’s first touch came in the 73rd minute and helped lead to a goal by Chris Pontius on a header to pull to 3-2.

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Nash, Kidd head to Hall of Fame SAN ANTONIO – Steve Nash was an unsung Canadian kid who got one significant U.S. basketball scholarship offer. Jason Kidd was an Oakland hoops prodigy ticketed for superstardom from childhood. After parallel careers that first crossed during college workouts a quarter-century ago, two of the best point guards of their generation are thrilled to be headed into the Basketball Hall of Fame together. “It’s even more special when it’s with him, and with so many people you respect,” Nash said. Nash, Kidd, Grant Hill and Ray Allen learned Saturday that they are among the 13-member Hall of Fame class that will be inducted in September. The class also includes Maurice Cheeks, Tina Thompson, coach Lefty Driesell, Charlie Scott, longtime executive Rick Welts, NBA executive Rod Thorn, Katie Smith, the late Ora Mae Washington and Croatian star Dino Radja. Most of the inductees appeared together before the Final Four semifinals in San Antonio, beginning the five-month stretch of togetherness before the ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. But Nash and Kidd have been linked since their teenage years for more than their sublime playmaking skills, and they’ve both provided assists to each other along the way. They played nearly two seasons together with the Phoenix Suns from late 1996 to 1998, but their bond began in the Bay Area during their famed group workouts while Nash was at Santa Clara and Kidd was at

In this 2009 photo, Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Kidd (2) prepares to pass the ball as New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor (50) defends during the second half in Dallas. TONY GUTIERREZ/AP

California. “He kept pushing me, and hopefully I pushed him to become a better player,” Kidd said. “Steve was always early, and he was always the last to leave, and he never gets tired. So when you have a workout partner like that, it will only make you better.” Nash went on to become a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and an eight-time All-Star, while Kidd earned 10 AllStar selections and claimed a championship ring in Dallas in 2011. They’re both also bonded with Hill, the seven-time NBA All-Star who won two NCAA titles at Duke. The trio’s professional careers all encompassed roughly the same two-decade stretch, and they exchanged excited text messages earlier this week when they learned of their impending Hall trip. Allen, a 10-time AllStar, is the most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history and a two-time league champion whose career also encompassed roughly the same twodecade stretch as his three fellow inductees.

College Basketball Xavier promotes Travis Steele to coach, replacing Mack: Xavier has hired assistant Travis Steele as its coach, keeping with its custom of promoting from within and maintaining continuity. Steele has been an assistant at Xavier for 10 seasons, including the last nine on the staff of Chris Mack, who left for Louisville earlier in the week. The 36-year-old Steele becomes the school’s 18th coach. Steele has been an integral part of the program’s development in the Big East. The Musketeers won their first Big East regular-season title last season and were ranked as high as No. 3 in the AP poll, a school record. They also received the first No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in school history, but lost to Florida State in the second round.

time before beating Joseph Parker by unanimous decision and becoming a three-belt world heavyweight boxing champion on Saturday. Following a fight whose flow was disrupted by the regular interventions of Italian referee Giuseppe Quartarone, two judges awarded it to Joshua 118-110 and the other makes it 119-109. Joshua won his previous 20 fights by knockout but struggled to land many clean shots on Parker, who stayed alive with his movement and counterattacking skills in front of a crowd of 78,000 at Cardiff ’s Principality Stadium. “We’re not satisfied,” Joshua said, “but one step at a time.” Joshua added Parker’s WBO strap to his WBA and IBF titles, and moved within one belt of becoming the first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000.

Horse Racing Thunder Snow wins Dubai World Cup by over 5 lengths: Thunder Snow stormed past race favorite West Coast to complete a stunning night for local stable Godolphin in the Dubai World Cup on Saturday. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon, Thunder Snow started from the widest post and triumphed by more than five lengths. For trainer Saeed Bin Suroor, it was his eighth win in the $10 million main race.

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It was a highly entertaining year for the winter sports teams in the desert. We had individual milestones falling all over the place. We had a CIF champion on the soccer pitch, we had girls’ basketball teams making it farther than any desert team has in 35 years. High-flying dunks, history-making pins and lastsecond goals in the pool and on the pitch. With all that action, we had a lot to choose from, but here is the coveted list. These are our top athletes in each sport for the Winter season. They will be recognized during the the fourth annual Boys & Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley’s Sports Heroes Luncheon on April 11 at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa at 44600 Indian Wells Lane in Indian Wells.

A. Dominique Urbina CATHEDRAL CITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL It was a special year for the Cathedral City girls’ basketball team and the 5foot-3 junior point guard Urbina was a big reason why. She was an easy choice as she led the desert in points per game (23.0) and assists per game (6.7) and helped the Lions do something no desert team had done in 35 years, make it to a CIF championship game. She can shoot or set up her teammates, but her best skill is her dribbling ability as the ball is like an extension of her hand, always in control. She earned a spot on the All-CIF team for Division 4A and was named second-team All-DVL by the league’s coaches. GET TO KNOW DOMINIQUE Spring break plans: Play softball Country you’d most like to visit: Australia Favorite athlete: Kyrie Irving Favorite post-game meal: Pizza Favorite TV show: Cake Wars Favorite sport other than basketball: Softball

B. Zack Kroker RANCHO MIRAGE BOYS’ BASKETBALL Kroker was the straw that stirred the

A drink for the top basketball team in the desert. His unique skill of being able to play the guard position despite being 6foot-7 was a matchup nightmare all year as he could shoot from the outside or take it to the rack for a crowd-pleasing dunk at any moment. He averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds a game in leading the Rattlers to a share of the De Anza League title, their fourth straight. He was league co-MVP. GET TO KNOW ZACK College plans: Still picking out the right destination for him Any spring break plans: Visiting colleges before making a decision Country you’d most like to visit: Italy Favorite athlete: Kevin Durant or LeBron James Favorite post-game meal: In-N-Out or pizza Favorite TV show: SpongeBob Favorite sport other than basketball: Baseball

C. Alex Pimentel DESERT MIRAGE BOYS’ SOCCER Pimentel is not just this year’s top player, he’s one of the best in the desert in a long time. He finished his career with a whopping 101 goals, including eight in his final two games. And those weren’t against inferior opponents, those were regional contests after he led the Rams to a CIF championship in Division 4, including the game-winning goal in the closing minutes. He was named the CIF Division 4 Player of the Year. GET TO KNOW ALEX Spring break plans: Play soccer and get back into shape Country you’d most like to visit: England or Spain Favorite athlete: Lionel Messi Favorite post-game meal: Burrito Favorite TV show: Soccer highlights and games Favorite sport other than soccer: None D. Tatiana Woodworth LA QUINTA GIRLS’ SOCCER Woodworth continued to pile on the personal and team goals as a senior. She became the school’s all-time leading goal-scorer and assist leader, while helping the Blackhawks to an unbeaten league run and Desert Valley League title. The Blackhawks made it to the semi-

finals before bowing out in the playoffs. She finished her career with 80 goals and 62 assists. GET TO KNOW TATIANA College plans: Woodworth will continue her soccer career at the University of Toledo. Favorite athlete: Serena Williams Country I’d most like to visit: Really like to visit South Africa because I want to swim with the great whites. Favorite sport other than soccer: My dad and I like to play tennis. Favorite post-competition meal: I usually go eat sushi after a big win. Favorite TV show: I just watched “The Bachelor” Favorite weekend getaway: Like going to music festivals with my friends. That’s usually what I do when I’m not playing soccer.

E. Troy Mantanona PALM DESERT BOYS’ WRESTLING For the second consecutive year, Mantanona made the state meet and after finishing seventh as a sophomore, he finished just outside the top eight this year as a junior. That doesn’t take away from another fantastic season for the 152-pounder. And the scary part for future opponents is that he’s more motivated than ever for his senior season. His junior season included finishing second at the Masters Meet, and he also added another DVL individual title to his trophy case. GET TO KNOW TROY Favorite athlete: Bryce Meredith, a 141-pounder from Wyoming. He’s fun to watch, flashy style Favorite sport other than wrestling: Football. I’m a Denver Broncos fan because my mom brain-washed me. Favorite post-match meal: Sounds bad because it’s so heavy but I like pasta. For fun on the weekends: Usually catch up on sleep, hang out with my family; that’s if I’m not wrestling or working out. Country most like to visit: Russia. Mostly because they have good wrestling over there too, but a completely different style. It’d be cool to travel there and see what it’s like.

F. Cindy Zepeda PALM SPRINGS GIRLS’ WRESTLING As the sport of girls’ wrestling continues to grow with more than 70 girls participating at the All-DVL meet, it was Zepeda who stood above the rest. She won her weight class at the DVL, then took first in the CIF qualifier and second at the CIF finals to advance to the state meet, where she picked up two wins before being eliminated. Zepeda is a relentless worker and is motivated by her goal to be an MMA fighter. GET TO KNOW CINDY Favorite athlete: I can’t choose. I just respect every athlete’s grind. Favorite post-match meal: I usually go for sweets, or a granola bar after weigh-in Spring break plans: Going to Kings MMA and go down to El Monte High School because the UCLA coach is hosting a thing and he wants me to go practice with them. Favorite TV show: I don’t watch TV, but I watch motivational stuff on YouTube some times Country I’d like to visit: I want to go to Brazil because it’s so beautiful

G. Savannah Hampton LA QUINTA GIRLS’ WATER POLO Only a junior, Hampton was the most lethal scorer on a La Quinta team that won the DVL title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. She was named co-MVP of the Desert Valley League and was the only desert water polo player to take home all-CIF honors. GET TO KNOW SAVANNAH Spring break plans: Going on a cruise to Mexico with my grandparents and my cousins Country you’d most like to visit: Italy Favorite athlete: Katie Ledecky Favorite sport other than yours: Football, I like watching it but also playing it Favorite post-competition meal: Chicken Caesar salad home-made by mom Fun weekend getaway: Going to the beach Favorite TV show: Don’t watch much, but I do like Shark Tank

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Poulter shares lead in Houston after a 65

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Caryn Wilson has been a top college and professional tennis player, a top amateur golfer and a member of the LPGA. Now she can add a new line to her resume: LPGA caddie Wilson, one of only two women to play in the U.S. Open in both tennis and golf, is serving as the caddie this weekend at the ANA Inspiration for Rose Zhang, the 14-year-old from Irvine who won the ANA Inspiration last Sunday to get into the field. Zhang had a caddie for the first two rounds who had to leave. Zhang’s father called a friend at Mission Hills, who in turn called Stan Wilson and asked if he was interested. Stan said no, but he would ask his wife Caryn, who agreed to caddie if Zhang made the cut. Zhang made the cut at 2-under par, and that meant Zhang would have the experience of Wilson on her bag. Wilson played in the ANA as an amateur and as a professional, and she is a multiple-time winner of the Mission Hills Country Club women’s club championship. Asked just before her tee time if she knew Wilson had played in the U.S. Open in tennis, Zhang’s eye widened as she said, “Yes, and she played at Stanford.” Asked if she knew Wilson had reached the round of 16 in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Zhang said, “The round of 16? Really?” Actually, Wilson reached the semifinals of that national championship in 2013.

Low score for Lee The scoring Saturday on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course might not have been as low as it had been the first two days, but that didn’t stop Minjee Lee from shooting a 64, tied for the best

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round of the week. The round featured nine birdies and one bogey on the par-3 eighth hole. “Actually, the first two days I was hitting it really well, but I just didn't make any putts,” Lee said. “Yeah, I just made a couple. I mean, I started with two birdies today, so I started off nice, and then just kind of holed a couple through the middle and just kept going from there.” The final birdie in the round came on the par-3 17th when Lee holed a bunker shot.

Sister act The LPGA’s two sister acts both made the cut this week, but one of those duos had a better Saturday. Moriya Jutanugarn managed a 66 on Saturday despite two bogeys to move to 10under par. Her younger sister, Ariya Jutanugarn, shot 68 in the third round to reach 7-under par for the tournament. The Korda sisters didn't do quite as well. Nelly Korda shot 71 and is 5-under entering the final round. That’s three shots behind her sister Jessica, who

struggled early but rallied on the back nine to finish with a 73 and 8-under par.

Par-5 binge It’s a tight race for which of the par-5s on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course is going to be the easiest this week. The four par-5s are the easiest four holes, with the 11th hole playing to an average of 4.66 to rank the easiest. But the second hole has a 4.68 average, while the 18th hole is at 4.83. Technically, the toughest of the par-5s this week is the ninth hole, but that is still yielding a 4.84 average. The toughest hole on the course is the par-4 13th with a 4.18 scoring average.

Amateur record With a 1-under 71 despite a stumbling finish, Albane Valenzuela broke the tournament’s 54-hole scoring record for amateurs at 7-under par. The previous record was by 14-year-old Michelle Wie at 6-under in 2004.

HUMBLE, Texas – Ian Poulter has played in the Masters a dozen times, never missing the cut. Beau Hossler has never played a competitive round at Augusta National. Both are in position to become the last man in the Masters field, and neither wants to think about it. The 42-year-old Poulter surged into a share of the lead at the Houston Open on Saturday with a 7-under 65, and Hossler, a 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie, matched him at 14-under 202 after he holed a 7-footer for birdie on the par-4 18th to shoot 69. Like all PGA Tour events that offer full FedEx Cup points, the Houston Open title comes with an invitation to next week’s Masters. “No, not thinking about it, not talking about it,” Poulter said. “I’m going to go out and have some fun tomorrow. There’s a lot of ifs and buts. I’ll have no emotion at all. I’m in a no-lose situation. … I’ll go do my job.” Four players were two shots behind Poulter and Hossler – Australian Greg Chalmers (65), Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (67), American Kevin Tway (69) and Paul Dunne of Ireland (69) – and none of them has a spot at Augusta yet either. Hossler has popped up on a major leaderboard before – he briefly led the 2012 U.S. Open while still in high school – and he said getting to the Masters would be “as good as it gets.” But he said contemplating that opportunity would only lead to “trouble” on Sunday. Poulter shot 64 on Friday after opening with a 73 that had him packing in anticipation of a missed cut.

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cenzo signed for a wrong score in the final round. An 18-hole playoff that seemed assured between the two players never happened. The golfing public saw De Vicenzo as the sympathetic figure, casting Goalby as the heavy in the story. As Goalby heads to Augusta National in Georgia for the 50th anniversary of his victory and the annual Champions Dinner at the Masters, the part-time Palm Desert resident wonders just how many people today even know the story of his win. “Somebody said last year, they said at the cocktail party, there are about six or seven guys, and one of them said, we’ve got to get Goalby to tell his story next year, meaning this year, the 50th,” Goalby said. “He said because these guys in this room, they don’t even know how that ever happened or they might have the wrong idea about what happened. If someone asks me to do it, I would be glad to, just to explain what happened quickly so they got a little picture of what they are talking about.” An 11-time winner on the PGA Tour and later a golf commentator for NBC, Goalby had a fine career both on and off the golf course. But it is still the incident from that Sunday at the Masters 50 years ago – and the lingering misconceptions about the day – that seem to have defined Goalby’s golf career. “It was unfortunate for Roberto, but it was equally unfortunate for me,” the 89year-old Goalby said. “I didn’t get credit for winning the tournament.” As Masters week ramps up with talk of Tiger Woods’ comeback, Rory McIlroy’s bid for a career Grand Slam and Sergio Garcia’s defense of his 2017 title, Goalby’s win will certainly be one of the stories at Augusta National. Golf Channel and ESPN have already been to Palm

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Desert to film stories for the week, and writers from Golf Digest and Golf magazine have asked for Goalby to retell the tale. “There is quite a bit more of interest than there has been in years because Roberto passing away (last June at 94) and the way I won the tournament with the scorecard incident. There have been more articles written,” Goalby said. The Goalby story is familiar to golf historians and Masters lovers. A birdiebirdie-eagle stretch starting on the 13th hole of the final round launched Goalby into the lead over De Vincenzo, who was playing about 40 minutes ahead of Goalby. But Goalby bogeyed the par-4 17th with his only three-putt of the week on the notoriously difficult Augusta National greens. When Goalby made a four-foot putt on the 18th for a par, he believed that he had tied De Vincenzo for the lead at 11-under par. Then he walked into the scorer’s tent to see De Vincenzo and his playing partner, Tommy Aaron, still in the tent. “(De Vincenzo) was sitting there and I said well, I guess we’ll be playing tomorrow Roberto.” Goalby recalled. “And he never answered me. He was kind of looking up at the sky. I guess he was in a fog and he didn’t even hear me and he didn’t have any comment about it. ” De Vincenzo had made a birdie-3 on the 17th hole, but Aaron, keeping De Vincenzo’s score as is customary in golf, had marked down a 4. De Vincenzo didn’t catch the mistake before signing the card. The Rules of Golf stated that De Vincenzo had to take the 4 as his official score. Because of the mistake, Goalby went from looking at a Monday playoff to winning by one. The incident led to De Vincenzo’s famous quote that day, “What a stupid I am.” But the story was muddled throughout the evening, even as Goalby returned to the media tent to answer questions well into the night. “They were running around, I could

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see this or that going on and they were jumping through hoops. I think Cliff (Roberts, tournament chairman) was at a loss. I think he didn’t know what to do,” Goalby said. “Maybe something about the rules or changes, and then they went to Bobby Jones’ cottage.” Jones, the legendary player and the founder of Augusta National and the Masters, had stayed inside a cottage on the grounds through the week because he was ill. “When they opened the door, they tell me this is what he said, he said boys, you know the Rules of Golf. Goalby wins the tournament,” Goalby said. Goalby, meanwhile, was still back in the media tent, trying to follow the advice he had been given by USGA executive director Joe Dye after the round about not engaging the press in a debate. “There were very few stories written the next morning that had it correct,” Goalby said. “A lot of the stories in the newspaper said I kept his score, I did it on purpose, you know, I took the tournament away from him, to that effect.” There were even questions whether Goalby and De Vincenzo should go ahead with the playoff, though Goalby never talked about it. "I never mentioned a playoff because no one ever mentioned a playoff to me," he said. In the following years, Goalby says he took abuse from some fans who never had the story right or who believed somehow Goalby should have offered a playoff for the title to De Vincenzo despite the rules. “I remember I was playing with Gardner Dickinson somewhere and somebody said, ‘Hey, Goalby, where’s your green coat with the yellow stripes down the back?’ And Gardner went over and I saw Gardner shaking his finger right in this guy’s face,” Goalby said with a smile. “I don’t know what he said do him. Yeah, that kind of stuff happened.” Eventually those kinds of incidents

Ian Poulter shot a 65 on Saturday to grab the lead at the Houston Open. AP

calmed down. De Vicenzo had won a major championship the previous year at the British Open and later became an important figure in the early days of the Senior PGA Tour. Goalby, a fine amateur golfer who had given up golf while playing football at the University of Illinois and while serving in the Korean War, won tournaments in each of the three years after his Masters win. But by 1976, Goalby had taken a job as a golf commentator for NBC, splitting time between television and playing on the Senior PGA Tour. As the 1968 Masters controversy has faded, Goalby certainly has enjoyed being acknowledged as a Masters winner and returning to the tournament each year. Last week, The Lakes Country Club in Palm Desert, Goalby's winter home for the past 16 years, held a celebration dinner for Goalby's 50th anniversary of his only major title. “It kind of meant everything to my career,” Goalby said. “I finished second in the (U.S.) Open, second in the PGA, won 11 tournaments on tour. So I had a halfway decent career on tour. Sure, we’d all like to have done better. But we are all not Nicklaus and Palmer and Snead and Hogan.” Goalby’s connection with the game continues today, with his nephew Jay Haas still playing on the PGA Tour Champions and his great nephew Bill Haas being a seven-time winner and former FedEx Cup winner on the PGA Tour. The Haas family has allowed Goalby to have connections with the game’s greatest players over the last 100 years. “I feel like I’m one of the lucky guys. I played with Sarazen and Hogan and Snead and Hogan, Middlecoff, Demaret, Burke, all those guys, plus Palmer, Nicklaus, Casper, January, Littler. I played with all of those super players later on,” Goalby said. “And I played up to (Tom) Watson a little bit and I played one time with Tiger. So I had a pretty good run there.”

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Baseball DODGERS 5, GIANTS 0

ANGELS 8, ATHLETICS 3

Dodgers get 1st runs and win of season Beth Harris

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LOS ANGELES – Kenta Maeda struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers finally found their offense to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Saturday night for their first win of the season. After striking out 18 times in a pair of 1-0 defeats to open the season, the Dodgers got the loudest cheers in the first inning for a sacrifice fly by Yasiel Puig that scored their first run off Derek Holland (0-1). Matt Kemp followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0. Kike Hernandez added a run with another sacrifice fly in the third. Maeda (1-0) allowed five hits and walked one. He faced baserunners in every inning except the fifth. The Dodgers extended their lead to 5-0 in the fourth on a two-run error by center fielder Gregor Blanco. . Angels second baseman Zack Cozart hits a two-run double against the Athletics in the sixth inning Saturday in Oakland, Calif. JOHN HEFTI/USA TODAY SPORTS

Trout, Cozart each drive in 2 runs as Angels wallop A’s Gideon Rubin

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OAKLAND, Calif. – A new team. A couple of new positions. A different spot in the batting order. Welcome to Zack Cozart’s first week with the Los Angeles Angels. “A little different,” Cozart said. If all the upheaval is bothering the veteran infielder, it’s hard to tell. Cozart had two hits and two RBIs, Mike Trout also drove in two runs and the Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Saturday. Los Angeles finished with 12 hits. Albert Pujols had two hits and two RBIs, and No. 9 batter Rene Rivera had two hits and scored two runs. Cozart, who signed a $38 million, three-year deal with Los Angeles in free agency, helped the Angels get off to a fast start. He tripled and scored on Trout’s double in the first. He also hit a two-run double in a three-run sixth as Los Angeles jumped out a 7-0 lead. Cozart played shortstop during his first seven seasons with Cincinnati. But he started at second on opening day and played third and second in Los An-

geles’ second game before starting at second again on Saturday after Ian Kinsler went on the disabled list with a groin injury. Cozart is batting .357 (5 for 14) with four extra-base hits with his new team. “It says a lot for Zack, it says a lot for his ability and it says a lot for his talent,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “He made a great transition to third base and at second base he’s making a seamless transition.” Cozart turned a double play in the bottom of the fourth. “Probably the hardest thing about second is the double play,” Cozart said. “You’re blind making that throw when you first catch it.” Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker (1-0) gave up three runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked four while improving to 5-0 with a 2.38 ERA in his last seven starts against Oakland. Shoemaker got two quick outs in the sixth on three pitches. Then he walked Jed Lowrie on four pitches, the first of five straight batters to reach in a threerun inning. “Being honest, that’s atrocious,”

Shoemaker said. “I’ve got to find a way to re-focus in, bear down. I thought I was doing that, I just missed the zone.” A’s starter Daniel Mengden (0-1) was charged with six runs, five earned, and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He also threw two wild pitches. “I thought he threw the ball well,” A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell said. “His command was there. There were some mishaps behind the plate that were my fault. It’s on me that the game was out of reach more than it should have. He showed a lot of poise on the mound.” Oakland stranded nine runners, including five in scoring position.

TRAINER’S ROOM Angels: Kinsler was placed on the DL with a groin sprain. INF Nolan Fontana was promoted from the minors. Athletics: OF Matt Joyce (ankle soreness) was in Saturday’s lineup as the DH.

UP NEXT Ohtani makes his major league pitching debut in Sunday.

UP NEXT Right-hander Chris Stratton of the Giants opposes left-hander Rich Hill in the series finale. Stratton allowed three runs or fewer in each of his last nine starts in 2017 with a 2.42 ERA.

Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda (18) struck out 10 on Saturday. RICHARD MACKSON/USA TODAY SPORTS

BREWERS 7, PADRES 3

Brewers’ Yelich ties career high with 5 hits Bernie Wilson

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Cards finish deal with closer Holland NEW YORK – The St. Louis Cardinals completed their deal with free-agent closer Greg Holland on Saturday and put left-handed reliever Brett Cecil on the 10-day disabled list with a strained pitching shoulder. The Cardinals made the moves Saturday before playing the Mets in the second game of the season. They called up left-hander Ryan Sherriff from Triple-A Memphis and transferred righty Alex Reyes from the 10-day DL to the 60-day DL. The club also announced a swap of minor league pitchers, acquiring righthander Casey Meisner from Oakland for reliever Josh Lucas. A two-time minor league All-Star, the 6-foot-7 Meisner is 30-34 with a 3.66 ERA over 85 minor league starts and 104 total appearances. Holland will report to Class A Palm Beach to prepare for his St. Louis debut. The 32-year-old righty signed a oneyear deal for $14 million. “It’s amazing what it does for our bullpen now,” manager Mike Matheny said. “We’ve seen plenty of him to know this guy is a legit, end-of-the-game pitcher.” Holland consented to up to 14 days in the minors. The three-time All-Star had 41 saves for Colorado last season, going 3-6 with a 3.61 ERA. “We talked for months about being happy with our bullpen and willing to go with what we had,” general manager John Mozeliak said. “It got to a point where it was a deal that was good enough for us to make it worthwhile to

add that closer with not just closing experience, but big-game playoff closing experience.” The Cardinals had planned to use Luke Gregerson as their closer before he injured his hamstring during a conditioning drill in spring training, putting him on the DL. Cecil threw 10 pitches in Thursday’s 9-4 loss to the Mets in the opener. The 31-year-old got one out and gave up one hit. “Hopefully it’s something we can be proactive about, get ahead of it and put behind us,” Matheny said. Mozeliak said Cecil reported his shoulder didn’t feel right when he left the mound, adding the team doesn’t think the injury is serious. Sherriff pitched 13 times in relief for St. Louis last year, going 2-1 with a 3.14 ERA. Reyes missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. “Not in any way related to any setback,” said Mozeliak about Reyes’ move. “Given the additions to the roster, we’ve always talked about trying to be conservative with Alex.” Rangers CF DeShields out 4-6 weeks, broke hand bone on swing: Texas Rangers center fielder Delino DeShields is expected to miss four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while taking a swing. The Rangers put DeShields on the 10-day disabled list Saturday, a day after he hurt his hamate bone against Houston. DeShields was injured in the seventh inning, but stayed in the game. DeShields was scheduled to be ex-

amined further on Saturday. He was 1 for 7 after two games. To take DeShields’ roster spot, Texas recalled right-hander Nick Gardewine from Triple-A Round Rock for Saturday’s game against the Astros. Rule 5 draft pick Carlos Tocci was in the Rangers’ lineup in center field, batting ninth in his major league debut. Braves TV reporter hit by foul ball, her eye socket broken: A TV reporter who covers the Atlanta Braves for Fox Sports South has suffered a fractured eye socket after she was hit by a foul ball. Kelsey Wingert was struck Friday night while standing in the camera well past the Braves’ first base dugout. Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies grounded the foul in the seventh inning that hit her. In a statement on its Twitter account, the network says Wingert was briefly hospitalized, was resting comfortably on Saturday and expected back on the job soon. Wingert posted an update on her Twitter account expressing thanks for the support and adding “it could have been MUCH worse.” Wingert retweeted a photo taken of her black eye after returning home. The Braves released a statement wishing Wingert a speedy recovery. All 30 big league teams have expanded netting this season to protect fans sitting close to the field, extending to end of the dugouts. - Wire services

SAN DIEGO – Christian Yelich tied his career high with five hits, and the Milwaukee Brewers swept the San Diego Padres with a 7-3 victory on Saturday night. Yelich scored three times and drove in two runs as Milwaukee improved to 3-0 for the first time since it won its first five games in 2006. Lorenzo Cain had three hits and two RBIs, and Travis Shaw drove in three runs. The Brewers acquired Yelich in a January trade with Miami and signed Cain to an $80 million, five-year contract during free agency, bolstering their outfield with a pair of bold moves. Looks pretty good so far. Yelich had his first three hits off Luis Perdomo (0-1), including a single in the first, a single in the third and an RBI double in the fourth.

UP NEXT Padres: RHP Bryan Mitchell is scheduled to make his Padres debut Monday night.

The Brewers’ Eric Thames, left, scores with home plate umpire Brian Knight making the call as Padres catcher Austin Hedges. ALEX GALLARDO/AP

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METS 6, Cardinals 2: Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d’Arnaud homered, Todd Frazier drove in three runs and New York beat St. Louis.

Nationals 13, REDS 7: Adam Eaton had solo homer among his career-high five hits, powering Washington over Cincinnati.

Angels 8, ATHLETICS 3: Mike Trout had three hits and two RBIs, Zack Cozart also drove in two runs and Los Angeles beat Oakland.

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BLUE JAYS 5, Yankees 3: Yangervis Solarte hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to send Toronto over New York.

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Twins 6, ORIOLES 2: Minnesota right-hander Kyle Gibson held Baltimore hitless over six innings.

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Cubs 10, MARLINS 6 (10 innings): Ben Zobrist had a tiebreaking RBI single in a four-run 10th inning for Chicago.

April 1 1931 — Pitcher Virne Mitchell, 17, signed with the Chattanooga club of Tennessee, becoming the first woman to play for an otherwise all-male baseball team. 1972 — The first collective players strike in major league history began. The strike lasted 12 days and canceled 86 games. 1996 — Umpire John McSherry, 51, who planned to see doctors the next day about an irregular heart beat, collapsed seven pitches into Cincinnati’s opener and died at a hospital about an hour later. 1970 — An investment group headed by Bud Selig bought the

Seattle pilots for $10.8 million. 2001 — The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 when the major league baseball season opened in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2013 — Bryce Harper homered in his first two at-bats, Stephen Strasburg retired 19 batters in a row and the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals opened the season with a 2-0 victory over the Miami Marlins. Harper, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, hit solo shots over the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field off Ricky Nolasco in the first and fourth innings. 2013 — Clayton Kershaw launched his first career home run to break a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, then finished off a four-hitter that led the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on opening day.

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Cleveland Lindor ss Kipnis 2b Ramirez 3b Encarnacion dh Davis cf Alonso 1b Guyer lf Zimmer ph Gomes c Chisenhall rf Totals

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Minnesota Dozier 2b Mauer 1b Sano 3b Rosario lf Morrison dh Adrianza ss Kepler rf Buxton cf Castro c Totals

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Batting - HR: Carpenter (1); RBI: Carpenter (1); Martinez (3) LOB: 8. New York ab r h bi bb so avg Cabrera 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .333 Cespedes lf 2 2 1 1 3 1 .429 Bruce rf 5 1 0 0 0 1 .125 Frazier 3b 3 0 1 3 0 0 .286 d’Arnaud c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Familia rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lagares cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .400 deGrom sp 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Gsellman rp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flores 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Rosario ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .286 Totals 33 6 11 6 5 5

Batting - 2B: Cabrera 2 (2); Frazier (1); HR: Cespedes (1); d’Arnaud (1); SF: Frazier (1); RBI: Cabrera (1); Cespedes (4); Frazier 3 (3); d’Arnaud (1) LOB: 10. Fielding - E: Frazier (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era St. Louis Wacha L,0-1 42/3 5 4 4 2 2 7.71 Norris 11/3 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 1 Sherriff /3 1 1 1 1 0 27.00 Tuivailala 1 2 1 1 1 1 9.00 2 Lyons /3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 New York deGrom W,1-0 52/3 4 1 1 1 7 1.59 2 Gsellman H,1 /3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 Swarzak H,1 11/3 1 1 1 1 2 3.86 Familia S,1 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Wacha 22; 95-52; Norris 5; 18-13; Sherriff 3; 12-8; Tuivailala 6; 17-10; Lyons 4; 4-4; deGrom 22; 10164; Gsellman 4; 14-9; Swarzak 6; 30-18; Familia 5; 30-17 Umpires - HP: O’Nora; 1B: Bucknor; 2B: Conroy; 3B: Culbreth Game data T: 3:22. Att: 36,098.

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h 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6

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WSH .............301 110 124 — 13 CIN ...............000 102 022 — 7 Washington Eaton lf Rendon 3b Harper rf M. Adams 1b Kendrick 2b Turner ss Goodwin cf Wieters c Strasburg sp Taylor cf Totals

ab 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 1 38

r 4 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 13

h 5 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 14

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Batting - 2B: Eaton 2 (2); HR: M. Adams (1); Eaton (1); Goodwin (1); Turner (1); SF: Harper 2 (2); RBI: M. Adams 3 (3); Eaton 3 (3); Goodwin 4 (5); Harper 2 (2); Turner (1) LOB: 5. Baserunning - CS: Goodwin (1). Fielding - E: Turner (1). Cincinnati ab r h bi bb so avg Winker rf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .286 Suarez 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 .222 Votto 1b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .250 Gennett 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .667 Schebler cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .333 Duvall lf 4 1 1 3 0 2 .200 Peraza ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Barnhart c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Castillo sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gosselin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pennington ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Ervin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 39 7 12 7 2 11

Batting - 2B: Schebler (1); HR: Duvall (1); Schebler (1); Suarez (1); SF: Duvall (1); RBI: Duvall 3 (3); Gennett (1); Schebler (1); Suarez 2 (2) LOB: 8. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Washington Strasburg W,1-0 61/3 8 3 1 1 7 1.42 2 Solis H,1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Grace 1 2 2 2 0 2 18.00 2 Romero /3 2 2 2 1 1 27.00 1 Gott /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Cincinnati Castillo L,0-1 5 6 6 6 1 6 10.80 Brice 2 3 1 1 1 1 4.50 Stephens 1 3 2 2 0 1 18.00 2 Quackenbush /3 2 4 4 2 0 27.00 1 Hughes /3 0 0 0 0 0 6.75

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Strasburg 29; 99-68; Solis 2; 7-6; Grace 5; 19-13; Romero 5; 24-11; Gott 1; 4-3; Castillo 22; 85-58; Brice 9; 38-22; Stephens 7; 26-19; Quackenbush 6; 29-14; Hughes 1; 1-1 Umpires - HP: Wolcott; 1B: Hudson; 2B: Hoye; 3B: Kellogg Game data - T: 3:16. Att: 27,341.

Brewers 7, PADRES 3: Christian Yelich tied his career high with five hits, and Milwaukee swept San Diego.

DODGERS 5, Giants 0: Kenta Maeda struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, and Los Angeles beat the San Francisco.

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Batting - 2B: Gonzalez (1); Gattis (2); Springer (1); Correa (2); HR: Marisnick (2); Correa (1); SF: Gonzalez (1); RBI: Altuve (2); Gonzalez 2 (2); Marisnick 2 (3); Springer (2); Correa 2 (3); McCann (1) LOB: 9. Texas ab r h bi bb so avg Andrus ss 3 3 2 1 1 0 .600 Gallo 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .167 Beltre 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .364 Profar 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Mazara rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .300 Choo dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .364 Odor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Centeno c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Robinson lf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Tocci cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Totals 32 3 5 3 4 13

Batting - 2B: Cano (1); HR: Haniger (1); Cruz (2); RBI: Segura (1); Haniger (1); Cruz 2 (4); Cano (1) LOB: 5. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Cleveland Carrasco W,1-0 52/3 7 5 5 0 4 7.94 McAllister H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Miller H,1 11/3 3 0 0 1 3 0.00 C. Allen S,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Seattle Paxton L,0-1 42/3 6 6 6 4 4 11.57 2 Lawrence 2 /3 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 2 Rzepczynski /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Altavilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Batting - 2B: Beltre (2); HR: Andrus (1); RBI: Mazara (2); Beltre (1); Andrus (2) LOB: 6. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Houston McCullers Jr. 51/3 4 2 2 1 10 3.38 W,1-0 2 Harris /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Sipp 12/3 1 1 1 2 2 5.40 McHugh 11/3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Texas Moore L,0-1 4 7 4 4 0 6 9.00 Gardewine 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 Chavez 2 4 3 3 0 1 13.50 1 Diekman /3 0 1 1 2 1 27.00 2 Leclerc /3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Bush 1 0 0 0 2 1 4.50

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Carrasco 23; 77-52; McAllister 3; 8-5; Miller 8; 26-19; C. Allen 3; 10-7; Paxton 24; 104-60; Lawrence 8; 36-23; Rzepczynski 2; 5-4; Altavilla 3; 10-6 Umpires - HP: Marquez; 1B: Wolf; 2B: Reyburn; 3B: Holbrook. Game data - T: 2:47. Att: 35,881.

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: McCullers Jr. 21; 91-60; Harris 2; 7-5; Sipp 8; 32-17; McHugh 5; 21-11; Moore 19; 85-53; Gardewine 5; 14-12; Chavez 10; 35-24; Diekman 3; 13-5; Leclerc 3; 16-8; Bush 5; 20-10 Umpires - HP: Hickox; 1B: Morales; 2B: Meals; 3B: Kulpa. Game data - T: 3:19. Att: 36,892.

PHI ..............200 000 000 — 2 ATL..............124 105 02X — 15 Philadelphia Hernandez 2b Santana 1b Herrera cf Hoskins lf Knapp 1b Altherr rf Kingery ss Franco 3b Alfaro c Williams ph Crawford ss Totals

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r 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

h 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6

bi bb so avg 0 0 2 .308 0 1 0 .182 0 1 1 .111 1 1 0 .500 0 0 0 .125 1 0 2 .091 0 0 0 .444 0 0 1 .143 0 1 2 .250 0 0 0 .167 0 0 1 .111 2 4 9

Batting - 2B: Kingery 2 (2); Santana (1); S: Velasquez (1); RBI: Altherr (1); Hoskins (3) LOB: 7. Baserunning - CS: Altherr (1). Fielding - E: Alfaro (1); Crawford (1); Franco (1); Hernandez (1). Atlanta ab r h bi bb so avg Inciarte cf 6 1 3 4 0 0 .333 Albies 2b 6 2 1 1 0 1 .125 F. Freeman 1b 5 1 2 2 1 0 .333 Markakis rf 3 1 2 2 3 1 .333 Tucker lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .417 Winkler rp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .667 Swanson ss 6 1 2 1 0 1 .357 Flaherty 3b 5 4 4 0 0 0 .538 Stewart c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .286 McCarthy sp 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Bourjos lf 1 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Totals 43 15 19 14 5 5

Batting - 2B: Flaherty 2 (3); F. Freeman (1); Swanson (2); Tucker (1); 3B: Albies (1); HR: Adams (1); S: McCarthy 2 (2); SF: Stewart (1); RBI: Adams 2 (2); Albies (2); F. Freeman 2 (4); Inciarte 4 (5); Markakis 2 (5); Stewart 2 (2); Swanson (2) LOB: 12. Fielding - PB: Stewart (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Philadelphia Velasquez L,0-1 22/3 9 7 4 2 4 13.50 1 Milner /3 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 Thompson 2 6 5 4 1 0 18.00 Rios 1 2 1 0 1 0 0.00 Arano 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Florimon 1 1 2 2 1 0 18.00 Atlanta McCarthy W,1-0 51/3 6 2 2 3 5 3.38 2 Winkler /3 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Socolovich 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Ravin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Velasquez 20; 69-47; Milner 3; 10-8; Thompson 14; 48-32; Rios 6; 20-13; Arano 3; 16-9; Florimon 5; 18-7; McCarthy 24; 97-59; Winkler 2; 7-6; Socolovich 6; 22-18; Ravin 4; 16-7 Umpires - HP: Carapazza; 1B: Baker; 2B: Layne; 3B: Gibson Game data - T: 3:21. Att: 37,777.

The New York Mets’ Todd Frazier congratulates Yoenis Cespedes after Cespedes hit a home run during the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Citi Field in New York.

Rockies 2, D-BACKS 1: Charlie Blackmon homered twice and Colorado salvaged the final game of their season-opening series in Arizona.

Batting - 2B: Kipnis (1); HR: Gomes (1); Alonso (1); RBI: Gomes 2 (3); Alonso 4 (4) LOB: 4. Fielding - DP: 1. Seattle ab r h bi bb so avg Gordon cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .375 Segura ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 .125 Cano 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .571 Cruz dh 3 1 1 2 0 0 .333 Heredia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seager 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Haniger rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .667 Healy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Marjama c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vogelbach ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Suzuki lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Totals 36 5 10 5 1 8

Braves 15, Phillies 2 Nationals 13, Reds 7

White Sox 4, ROYALS 3: Wellington Castillo delivered a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to rally Chicago.

Angels 8, Athletics 3 LAA ...............102 013 001 — 8 OAK .............000 003 000 — 3 Los Angeles Cozart 2b Trout cf Upton lf Pujols dh Calhoun rf Simmons ss Valbuena 3b Marte 1b Rivera c Totals

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r 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8

h 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 12

bi bb so avg 2 0 1 .357 2 0 1 .267 1 0 1 .214 2 0 0 .286 0 0 1 .231 1 0 0 .333 0 0 0 .100 0 1 0 .000 0 0 2 .500 8 1 6

Batting - 2B: Trout 2 (2); Cozart (2); Pujols (1); Rivera (1); Upton (1); 3B: Cozart (1); RBI: Trout 2 (3); Cozart 2 (3); Simmons (2); Pujols 2 (3); Upton (1) LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Trout (1). Fielding - DP: 1. Oakland ab r h bi bb so avg Joyce dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Semien ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .357 Lowrie 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .308 Davis lf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .400 Olson 1b 2 1 0 0 2 2 .182 Piscotty rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .167 Chapman 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .273 Powell cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Maxwell c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 34 3 8 3 5 9

ab 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 34

r 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6

h 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 9

bi bb so avg 0 1 1 .333 1 1 1 .333 2 0 1 .111 0 0 2 .125 0 1 2 .000 0 0 0 .250 1 1 0 .429 0 0 2 .143 1 0 0 .125 5 4 9

Batting - 2B: Dozier (1); Kepler (1); Mauer (1); HR: Kepler (1); Sano (1); Castro (1); RBI: Kepler (1); Sano 2 (2); Mauer (1); Castro (1); GIDP: Sano; Castro LOB: 5. Baltimore ab r h bi bb so avg Davis 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Machado ss 1 0 0 0 3 0 .400 Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .111 Jones cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .125 Mancini lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .167 Rasmus rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Valencia ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Beckham 3b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .125 Santander dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Joseph c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sisco ph 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Totals 30 2 3 2 7 11

Batting - 2B: Valencia (1); HR: Beckham (1); RBI: Beckham 2 (2) LOB: 8. Fielding - E: Joseph (1); DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Minnesota Gibson W,1-0 6 0 0 0 5 6 0.00 Pressly 2 1 0 0 1 3 0.00 Moya 1 2 2 2 1 2 18.00 Baltimore Cashner L,0-1 5 6 5 4 2 5 7.20 Cortes Jr. 2 3 1 1 2 2 4.50 Araujo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Castro 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Gibson 23; 102-56; Pressly 8; 30-20; Moya 6; 22-12; Cashner 22; 79-53; Cortes Jr. 10; 39-24; Araujo 3; 11-6; Castro 3; 13-8 Umpires - HP: Eddings; 1B: Foster; 2B: Ripperger; 3B: West. Game data - T: 2:50. Att: 17,763.

Cubs 10, Marlins 6 CHC ..........020 031 000 4 — 10 MIA ............200 030 010 0 — 6 Chicago Happ cf Caratini ph Bryant 3b Rizzo 1b Contreras c Schwarber lf Baez 2b Russell ss Zobrist 2b Heyward rf Darvish p La Stella ph Almora Jr. lf Totals

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r 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10

h 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 13

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Batting - 2B: Baez (1); Russell (1); Bryant (3); Schwarber (1); HR: Schwarber (2); S: Darvish (1); SF: Heyward (1); RBI: Rizzo 2 (3); Bryant 3 (4); Schwarber 2 (3); Zobrist (1); Heyward (2); GIDP: Rizzo LOB: 8. Fielding - E: Baez (1); PB: Contreras (2); DP: 3. Miami ab r h bi bb so avg Brinson cf 4 1 1 1 0 3 .294 Dietrich lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .333 Castro 2b 5 0 1 2 0 2 .267 Bour 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Anderson 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Maybin rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Rojas ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .308 Holaday c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .250 Despaigne p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Telis ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Lee ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Cooper ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 37 6 9 6 3 7

Batting - 2B: Davis 2 (2); Semien (1); Chapman (1); RBI: Piscotty 2 (2); Chapman (1); GIDP: Powell LOB: 9. Fielding - E: Semien (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Los Angeles Shoemaker W,1-0 52/3 4 3 3 4 4 4.76 1 Bedrosian /3 1 0 0 0 1 13.50 2 Alvarez /3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Johnson H,1 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Bard 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Oakland Mengden L,0-1 52/3 7 6 5 1 5 7.94 1 Hendriks /3 2 1 1 0 0 27.00 Coulombe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pagan 2 2 1 1 0 1 6.00

Batting - HR: Dietrich (1); RBI: Dietrich 2 (2); Holaday (1); Brinson (1); Castro 2 (3); GIDP: Anderson; Castro LOB: 6. Baserunning - CS: Anderson (1). Fielding - E: Maybin (1); DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Chicago Darvish 41/3 5 5 5 2 4 10.38 2 Duensing /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Cishek H,1 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Edwards Jr. H,1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.50 2 Strop W,1-0 BS,1 1 /3 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Miami Despaigne 5 6 5 4 2 6 6.00 Turner 2 3 1 1 1 1 3.38 Tazawa 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 Ziegler L,0-1 12/3 3 4 4 1 1 13.50 1 O’Grady /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Shoemaker 24; 90-54; Bedrosian 2; 7-5; Alvarez 4; 13-9; Johnson 5; 29-17; Bard 4; 15-11; Mengden 27; 100-69; Hendriks 3; 13-7; Coulombe 4; 10-6; Pagan 9; 30-20 Umpires - HP: Fairchild; 1B: Little; 2B: Barrett; 3B: Barksdale. Game data - T: 3:23. Att: 17,012.

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Darvish 21; 102-59; Duensing 2; 5-4; Cishek 5; 21-12; Edwards Jr. 4; 15-10; Strop 7; 22-14; Montgomery 3; 13-8; Despaigne 22; 82-50; Turner 10; 42-26; Tazawa 5; 23-14; Ziegler 10; 31-21; O’Grady 1; 7-4 Umpires - HP: Guccione; 1B: Torres; 2B: Vanover; 3B: Wendelstedt. Game data - T: 3:57. Att: 13,422.

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h 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8

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ab 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 2 1 33

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h 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4

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Batting - 2B: Gregorius (2); Stanton (2); HR: Austin 2 (2); RBI: Austin 3 (3); GIDP: Judge LOB: 4. Fielding - E: Betances (1); Drury (1); DP: 1. Toronto ab r h bi bb so avg Pearce lf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Granderson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Donaldson dh 3 1 1 0 1 2 .100 Smoak 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .364 Solarte 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Grichuk rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .200 Pillar cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .333 Diaz ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Maile c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .333 Ngoepe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Totals 32 5 9 4 4 9

Batting - 2B: Castillo (1); HR: Moncada (1); RBI: Castillo 2 (2); Moncada (2); Davidson (6); GIDP: A. Garcia LOB: 6. Baserunning - SB: Anderson (1). Fielding - PB: Castillo (1); DP: 1. Kansas City ab r h bi bb so avg Jay rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .333 Merrifield 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .125 Moustakas 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .375 Duda 1b 3 0 1 2 1 1 .286 Cuthbert dh 2 0 1 1 1 0 .400 Orlando cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gordon lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Butera c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Goins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 31 3 6 3 5 5

Batting - 2B: LeMahieu (1); HR: Blackmon 2 (3); RBI: Blackmon 2 (5) LOB: 4. Baserunning - SB: C. Gonzalez (1). Fielding - E: Story (1); DP: 3. Arizona ab r h bi bb so avg Peralta lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .364 Pollock cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .364 Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Descalso 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Dyson rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Marte ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Ahmed ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .455 Mathis c 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Greinke p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owings rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 Totals 29 1 6 1 5 8

Batting - 3B: Moustakas (1); SF: Cuthbert (1); RBI: Duda 2 (5); Cuthbert (2); GIDP: Orlando LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Jay (1). Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Chicago Giolito 6 4 3 3 4 1 4.50 Farquhar W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Jones H,1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Soria S,1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 Kansas City Kennedy 6 4 1 1 2 5 1.50 Grimm H,1 1 1 0 0 0 2 6.75 Maurer L,0-1 BS,1 1 3 3 3 1 0 16.20 Hill 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.75

Batting - 2B: Ahmed (2); RBI: Ahmed (6); GIDP: Ahmed; Peralta LOB: 6. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Colorado Marquez 5 4 1 1 4 4 2.45 Rusin 1 0 0 0 1 1 11.57 Shaw W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 McGee H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Davis S,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Arizona 2 Greinke 5 /3 5 1 1 0 9 1.59 1 De La Rosa /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Salas L,0-1 2 1 1 1 0 1 3.00 Chafin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Batting - 2B: Smoak (2); Donaldson (1); HR: Solarte (1); RBI: Solarte (2); Maile (1); Smoak 2 (2); GIDP: Solarte LOB: 7. Baserunning - SB: Pillar 3 (3); Maile (1); CS: Granderson (1). Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era New York Sabathia 5 5 2 1 2 4 1.80 2 Warren /3 0 1 1 1 0 13.50 1 Holder /3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Betances L,0-1 2 3 2 2 1 4 9.00 Toronto Estrada 7 4 3 3 3 2 3.86 Tepera W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Osuna S,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Marquez 22; 89-55; Rusin 3; 10-4; Shaw 3; 12-8; McGee 3; 13-10; Davis 3; 16-9; Greinke 22; 83-59; De La Rosa 1; 6-4; Salas 7; 43-28; Chafin 3; 11-8 Umpires - HP: Blaser; 1B: Scheurwater; 2B: Cederstrom; 3B: Cooper Game data - T: 2:54. Att: 33,346.

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Sabathia 22; 84-54; Warren 3; 7-2; Holder 2; 7-5; Betances 9; 39-23; Estrada 27; 91-57; Tepera 4; 13-5; Osuna 3; 10-7 Umpires - HP: Barry; 1B: Rackley; 2B: Danley; 3B: Nauert. Game data - T: 2:37. Att: 37,692.

Red Sox 3, Rays 2

Brewers 7, Padres 3

Dodgers 5, Giants 0

BOS ...............010 101 000 — 3 TB .................000 001 010 — 2

MIL ...............102 200 020 — 7 SD ................021 000 000 — 3

SF................000 000 000 — 0 LAD ..............201 200 00X — 5

Boston Betts rf Benintendi cf Ramirez dh Martinez lf Bogaerts ss Moreland 1b Nunez 3b Holt 2b Leon c Totals

Milwaukee Thames 1b Yelich lf Cain cf Shaw 3b Santana rf Sogard ss Villar 2b Bandy c Suter p Perez ph Aguilar ph Arcia ph Totals

San Francisco Panik 2b Belt 1b McCutchen rf Posey c Sandoval 3b Longoria 3b Tomlinson ph Crawford ss Pence lf Hernandez lf Blanco cf Holland p Hundley c Totals

WP: Giolito. HBP: Merrifield (by Giolito). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Giolito 26; 89-49; Farquhar 3; 12-7; Jones 4; 17-12; Soria 5; 15-8; Kennedy 23; 105-73; Grimm 4; 16-11; Maurer 7; 23-13; Hill 3; 7-7 Umpires - HP: Iassogna; 1B: Johnson; 2B: Gibson; 3B: Gorman. Game data - T: 2:54. Att: 17,564.

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h 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 7

bi bb so avg 0 1 0 .182 0 2 1 .000 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 .200 2 0 0 .667 0 1 0 .000 1 0 1 .250 0 2 1 .000 0 0 2 .000 3 6 5

Batting - 2B: Martinez (1); Bogaerts (5); Betts (1); Ramirez (1); HR: Bogaerts (1); RBI: Nunez (2); Bogaerts 2 (2); GIDP: Ramirez LOB: 9. Baserunning - SB: Ramirez (1); CS: Betts (1). Fielding - DP: 1. Tampa Bay ab r h bi bb so avg Span dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Kiermaier cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Gomez rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .182 Miller 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Duffy 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .333 Wendle 2b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .000 Hechavarria ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Smith lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Sucre c 2 0 1 0 1 1 .500 Cron ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 33 2 8 2 3 7

Batting - 2B: Gomez (1); HR: Gomez (1); SF: Wendle (1); RBI: Wendle (1); Gomez (1) LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Duffy (1). Fielding - E: Duffy (1); DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Boston Porcello W,1-0 51/3 6 1 1 1 4 1.69 Hembree H,1 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 2 Poyner H,1 /3 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 2 Smith H,1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 13.50 Kimbrel S,2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Tampa Bay Kittredge L,0-1 31/3 3 2 1 1 1 2.70 Yarbrough 4 4 1 1 3 3 2.25 2 Romo /3 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Roe 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.75

WP: Hembree. Batters faced; pitchesstrikes: Porcello 23; 89-61; Hembree 5; 21-12; Poyner 3; 9-6; Smith 3; 13-8; Kimbrel 3; 16-9; Kittredge 13; 57-32; Yarbrough 20; 73-43; Romo 3; 13-6; Roe 3; 13-6 Umpires - HP: Fletcher; 1B: Gonzalez; 2B: Nelson; 3B: Diaz. Game data - T: 3:21. Att: 17,838.

ab 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 1 39

r 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7

h 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12

bi bb so avg 0 2 0 .000 2 0 0 .500 2 1 0 .571 3 1 1 .357 0 2 2 .250 0 0 1 .000 0 0 2 .182 0 0 1 .200 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 .200 7 6 9

Batting - 2B: Yelich (1); Shaw (3); Cain (3); RBI: Yelich 2 (3); Shaw 3 (3); Cain 2 (3) LOB: 11. Baserunning - SB: Villar (1); Thames (1); Cain (3). Fielding - DP: 1. San Diego ab r h bi bb so avg Margot cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Pirela lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .333 Renfroe rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Villanueva 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Asuaje 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Galvis ss 3 1 1 2 0 0 .417 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Perdomo p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Erlin p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Headley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 6 3 1 8

Batting - 2B: Hosmer (2); Pirela (1); 3B: Renfroe (1); HR: Galvis (1); RBI: Hosmer (2); Galvis 2 (3); GIDP: Renfroe LOB: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Milwaukee Suter W,1-0 5 5 3 3 1 4 5.40 Hader H,2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Albers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Barnes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 San Diego Perdomo L,0-1 4 7 5 5 4 7 11.25 Erlin 32/3 3 2 2 1 0 4.91 1 Cimber /3 1 0 0 0 1 6.75 Lyles 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00

IBB: Shaw (by Perdomo). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Suter 20; 83-49; Hader 6; 29-19; Albers 3; 12-8; Barnes 3; 4-3; Perdomo 23; 96-55; Erlin 15; 57-37; Cimber 2; 8-6; Lyles 5; 19-10 Umpires - HP: Knight; 1B: Hoberg; 2B: Davis; 3B: Carlson. Game data - T: 2:51. Att: 35,106.

ab 5 3 4 3 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 34

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

h 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9

bi bb so avg 0 0 1 .417 0 1 1 .200 0 0 2 .083 0 0 1 .222 0 0 0 .500 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 .182 0 0 0 .300 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 .667 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 .000 0 3 11

Batting - 2B: Posey (1); GIDP: Panik; Tomlinson LOB: 10. Baserunning - SB: Belt (1). Fielding - E: Belt (1); Blanco (1); Longoria (1); DP: 2. Los Angeles ab r h bi bb so avg Taylor cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .200 Hernandez ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Puig rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Kemp lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Bellinger 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Forsythe 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Barnes c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Farmer 3b 3 0 0 2 0 0 .000 Maeda p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Utley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Totals 26 5 4 5 3 5

Batting - 2B: Hernandez (1); 3B: Taylor (1); SF: Hernandez (1); Puig (1); RBI: Hernandez (1); Puig (1); Farmer 2 (); Kemp (1); GIDP: Barnes; Bellinger LOB: 2. Fielding - DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era San Francisco Holland L,0-1 5 3 5 3 3 4 5.40 P. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Dyson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Moronta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Los Angeles Maeda W,1-0 5 5 0 0 1 10 0.00 Stripling 2 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 Baez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Alexander 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.00

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Holland 21; 80-51; P. Johnson 3; 9-6; Dyson 4; 12-6; Moronta 3; 11-7; Maeda 21; 90-62; Stripling 9; 2919; Baez 3; 10-9; Alexander 4; 17-6 Umpires - HP: DiMuro; 1B: Tumpane; 2B: Wegner; 3B: Reynolds. Game data - T: 2:43. Att: 45,938.

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College basketball

Bulldogs, Irish vie for women’s NCAA title Doug Feinberg

ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Vic Schaefer and his Mississippi State Bulldogs carry a constant reminder of how far they went in the women’s NCAA Tournament last year, and what must still be done. It’s right there, engraved on the side of their runner-up rings: “ONE MORE.” A season after losing to South Carolina 67-55 in the title game, Morgan William and the Bulldogs try again to win that elusive first crown. They play Notre Dame on Sunday night in a matchup of teams that both have spoiled perfect seasons for mighty UConn. “We would say add another one a lot. One More,” Schaefer said. “It came from two Navy SEALs who worked with the kids in the fall – Sam and Brian. One of the things they talk about all the time is one more.” Schaefer learned a lot from last year’s loss in the title game. He felt his players were tired after practicing the day after the monumental upset of UConn that ended the Huskies’ record 111-game winning streak. So he’s changed his philosophy the second time around and will be taking it a bit easier on his team. “I told my seniors and they called the doctor thinking I had lost my mind,” Schaefer said. “We’re not going to kill ourselves in practice. We’ll spend a lot of time stretching especially with those kids that played a lot of minutes last night. We are going to shoot a lot, go through their stuff and our stuff. That’s about it.” The Bulldogs won another thriller, beating Louisville in overtime to advance to the title game a second straight year. This time though, it was the first semifinal and the players were able to get to bed about three hours earlier than the previous year. “Yeah, we watched the UConn-Notre Dame game but then were able to get to sleep around 12:30 a.m.,” said William, who hit the buzzer-beating shot that dropped UConn last season. This time it was Notre Dame that ended the Huskies’ undefeated season. Arike Ogunbowale hit a jumper from the

Kansas’s Udoka Azubuike shoots during a practice session on Friday in San Antonio. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan shoots over Louisville’s Sam Fuehring during a Final Four game Friday. RON SCHWANE/AP

wing with a second left in overtime to beat UConn. A win on Sunday would give coach Muffet McGraw a second title at Notre Dame. The Irish won in 2001 before falling short in the championship game in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. “It’s all about the mindset,” she said. “Really it’s all about this is a game, two teams coming in playing for a national championship. They were here last year. They know what it’s like. So for us, I think just a matter of continuing to do what we’ve been doing and not let the pressure of the moment get to us.” This might be one of the most improbable NCAA runs by a McGraw team despite being a No. 1 seed. The Irish lost four players over the season to ACL injuries. They never felt sorry for themselves. “We actually didn’t really talk about it at all,” McGraw said. “We just constantly focus on what we have, what we can do, who’s going to step up, how are the roles changing?” What do you need to do now? We never even talked about where we could be or what we should be thinking.”

Villanova starts fast in rout of Jayhawks

International Jayhawks to reunite with family Greg Beacham

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO – Udoka Azubuike had waited several years for the thrill of looking into the Alamodome stands at the Final Four and seeing his mother. Sure, Azubuike appreciates the opportunity to play for a national title with his Kansas Jayhawks. But he is the starting center for one of the nation’s most prestigious college basketball programs, and his mother has never seen him play. In fact, Florence Azonuwu hasn’t seen her son at all for six years. “It is just going to be nice to see her again,” Azubuike said. “This is what basketball is all about. Reuniting with family and getting to meet your family. That is the best part about it.” Azonuwu’s emergency travel visa from Nigeria to the U.S. was only approved Thursday, following some wrangling by the school, Kansas’ two senators and the U.S. State Department. If she got through three flights over 24 hours while avoiding trouble from an Air France strike in Paris, Azonuwu expected to be in San Antonio by the time Kansas take the court against fellow top seed Villanova. Azubuike was 13 years old when he left Nigeria to play basketball in Jacksonville, Florida. While he grew into an impressive student-athlete, most of his contact with his mother and siblings has been limited to phone calls every few weeks. “Can you imagine?” Kansas coach Bill Self asked. “You’ve never seen your son play basketball, and the first time you do it is in front of 70,000 people at this thing? I can’t even imagine what’s going to be

going through her mind.” And she is not the only parent taking advantage of the financial help provided by the NCAA, which gives several thousand dollars in stipends to family members so they can make the trip to the Final Four. Silvio De Sousa’s father was planning to travel from Angola to see his son for the first time since last summer. Ukrainian guard Svi Mykhailiuk was to welcome both of his parents, who have already made the trip stateside this season for Kansas’ senior night. De Sousa also left Africa to play high school basketball in the U.S., and he spent the past four years learning English and becoming a student capable of thriving at Kansas while growing into one of the nation’s most coveted big men. He was looking forward to showing everything he has learned to his father, Jean-Jacques, since De Sousa was still in high school the last time they saw each other. “I didn’t know everything would be so hard for me, but the past two years have been a lot better,” De Sousa said. “I feel more comfortable here, and since I get to see my family almost every summer, now I’m handling things a lot better. I made the decision, and I knew it was going to be a hard decision, a tough decision. I just took it day by day, and I’m glad so far.” After committing to the Jayhawks last year, De Sousa completed his final high school exams in Florida shortly before Christmas, eager to get to Kansas in time to contribute to the current team. De Sousa, who says he can’t sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time, credits his active mind and ferocious attitude toward self-improvement partly to his parents’ influence.

Eddie Pells

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO – One by one, Villanova keeps winning games and getting closer to another national title. Three by three, the Wildcats kept knocking down shots, making sure Kansas wouldn’t get in their way. Villanova made a Final Four-record 18 3-pointers Saturday night and also became the most prolific 3-point shooting team in college-hoops history, playing long ball to snuff out the Jayhawks early in a 95-79 victory. Junior wingman Eric Paschall led the barrage, going 4 for 5 from 3, 10 for 11 overall, and finishing with a career-high 24 points. But the hoop was as wide as the Alamodome for pretty much everyone in a Wildcats jersey. Seven ‘Nova players made 3s. Villanova shot 50 percent from behind the arc in the first half to put things out of reach – and 45 percent for the game. “That happens sometimes when you’re a good-shooting team and when you start that way,” Villanova coach Jay Wright said. “It’s hard for Kansas, it’s hard to come back. That doesn’t happen often. We’re lucky it happened tonight.” Next up is Michigan, which will try to guard the perimeter Monday night when Villanova (35-5) goes for its second title in three seasons. Good luck with that. Nobody has had much success this season, and in what turned out to be an unexpectedly lopsided matchup between top seeds, Kansas (31-8) certainly didn’t Saturday night. Player of the Year Jalen Brunson made three 3s and finished with 18 points. Omari Spellman made three, as well, in a 15-point, 13-rebound monster game. About 1 minute into the second half, Paschall drained a 3 for Villanova’s 14th of the game, breaking a Final Four record first set by UNLV in 1987.

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Villanova’s Eric Paschall dunks against Kansas during a Final Four game Saturday in San Antonio. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP

Much earlier, at about the 13-minute mark of the first half, Collin Gillespie spotted up and swished for ‘Nova’s sixth 3 of the game, which gave it the NCAA record for 3s in a season, with 442. VMI set that record in 2007. Very few remember that team, though, because even though the importance of the long shot has grown as the decades have passed, it’s never been thought of as a guaranteed way to win consistently. Wright’s team is laying waste to that theory and, at times, making other teams look bad while doing it. On Saturday, the typical Villanova possession involved working the ball down low on the wing, then a skip pass across the bottom of the paint, followed by one, two or three passes around the arc until somebody got open. It usually worked. Most of the 18 makes barely skimmed the net. Villanova attempted 40 shots from 3, and only 25 from 2. Gillespie’s record-setter gave Villanova a 22-4 lead, and at that point, Kansas had as many turnovers as points and had taken as many timeouts as it had field goals. Coach Bill Self did what he could, urging his 7-foot center, Udoka Azubuike, out of the paint and into the faces of this group of hybrid forwardguards, all of whom can shoot. The big fella couldn’t get there.

known as Akeem) and Larry Bird of Indiana State in 1979. As the seconds ticked off, Wagner pumped his fist to the many Michigan fans who made the trek to San Antonio and Loyola’s Jackson, who got the Ramblers rolling with a late game-winning 3 in the first round against Miami, looked toward the roof and shook his head. Cameron Krutwig, Loyola’s big man, scored 17 points and Clayton Custer had 13 of his 15 after halftime. But facing one of the best defensive teams in the country, the best defensive team Beilein has ever had in 11 seasons in Ann Arbor, the Ramblers scored just 16 points in the final 14 minutes. Custer scored seven straight points for Loyola at one point to put the Ramblers up 41-31 with 14:08 remaining. Michigan refused to fade, even with point guard Zavier Simpson – whose solid play has been critical to the Wolverines’ late-season surge – playing terribly. Simpson had none points and four turnovers. Jaaron Simmons, Simpson’s backup, made a 3 and Duncan Robinson hit another a few minutes later and the deficit was down to 45-42 with 10 minutes left. “Not dropping our heads, that was the main thing,” Simmons said. “We haven’t been down in a game for a long time. So not dropping our heads was one of the main adjustments we had to make.” Wagner hit a 3 from right in front of the Michigan bench with 6:50 left to tie it, and moments later the Wolverines were back on top, 49-47, when Jordan

Michigan’s Moe Wagner (13) controls the ball against Loyola guards Lucas Williamson (right) and Clayton Custer. SOOBUM IM/USA TODAY SPORTS

Poole made two free throws. Loyola turned it over on three straight possessions and Wagner tipped in a miss by Poole, was fouled and converted the three-point play to put Michigan up 54-47 with just under five minutes left. The Ramblers’ 14-game winning streak is over, along with an incredible feel-good story at a time that college basketball, engulfed in a corruption scandal, could truly use one. Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt and her favorite team, the Missouri Valley Conference champions, making their first NCAA appearance since 1985, will return to Chicago as heroes, regardless. “It’s special to see kind of what stage we were able to get to,” said Richardson, a senior who grew up in Kansas with Custer and then convinced his friend to transfer from Iowa State to Loyola.

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NHL STANDINGS

SATURDAY’S GAMES

EASTERN CONFERENCE

HOME team in caps.

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Boston

77 49 17 11 109 258 197

x-Tampa Bay

78 52 22 4 108 282 224

x-Toronto

79 47 25 7 101 267 226

x-Washington 78 46 25 7 99 244 229

79 45 28 6 96 262 243

Pittsburgh

Columbus

79 44 29 6 94 231 217

Philadelphia

78 39 25 14 92 234 232

New Jersey

78 41 28 9 91 236 235

Florida

77 39 30 8 86 232 236

Carolina

79 35 33 11 81 220 247

N.Y. Rangers

79 34 36 9 77 228 256

N.Y. Islanders 79 32 37 10 74 253 288

Detroit

79 30 38 11 71 207 242

Montreal

78 28 38 12 68 198 250

Ottawa

78 27 40 11 65 210 274

Buffalo

78 25 41 12 62 187260

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Nashville

78 50 17 11 111 254 203

x-Vegas

79 50 22 7 107 263 213

x-Winnipeg

78 48 20 10 106 260 207

San Jose

79 44 25 10 98 243 217

Minnesota

78 43 25 10 96 239 221

Los Angeles 79 43 28 8 94 229 194

Anaheim

78 40 25 13 93 220 209

St. Louis

78 43 29 6 92 215 208

Colorado

78 42 28 8 92 246 224

Dallas

79 40 31 8 88 224 216

Calgary

79 36 33 10 82 209 241

Edmonton

79 34 39 6 74 227 255

Chicago

79 32 37 10 74 223 245

Vancouver

79 30 40 9 69 208 253

79 28 40 11 67 201 248 Arizona x- clinched playoff spot

SCOREBOARD

BRUINS 5, Panthers 1: Jake DeBrusk scored twice in his first game in more than two weeks, and Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots to help Boston beat the Panthers and move the Bruins back into first place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. David Krejci had three assists and rookie Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist for Boston, which has won four of its last five games.

RED WINGS 2, Senators 0: Jimmy Howard stopped 31 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Red Wings beat the Senators. Dylan Larkin and Andreas Athanasiou scored to help the Red Wings win their third straight game, their longest winning streak since a season-high four-game stretch Dec. 29 to Jan. 5.

CANUCKS 5, Blue Jackets 4 (OT): Alex Edler scored 1:21 into overtime to give the Canucks a wild win over the Blue Jackets. Edler picked up a loose puck in the Blue Jackets’ end, waited patiently, then beat Columbus goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a shot to the far side.

Jets 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1: Josh Morrissey and Dustin Byfuglien scored 1:10 apart in the second period as the Jets beat the Maple Leafs.

DEVILS 4, Islanders 3: Taylor Hall scored two goals and the Devils took a major step toward their first playoff berth since 2012 with a victory over the Islanders.

PENGUINS 5, Canadiens 2: Patric Hornqvist picked up his 200th career goal and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions clinched their 12th straight playoff berth with a victory over the Canadiens.

Rangers 2, HURRICANES 1: Ryan Sproul scored and Kevin Hayes added a short-handed goal, and the Rangers beat the Hurricanes to eliminate them from the playoff race.

STARS 4, Wild 1: John Klingberg scored a goal while adding to his NHL-leading assist total for defensemen and the Stars beat the Wild.

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Sabres 7, PREDATORS 4: Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick with Jack Eichel adding a career-high five assists as the Sabres stunned the NHL-leading Predators.

All times Pacific Friday Carolina 4, Washington 1 Toronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 5, Chicago 0 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Vegas 4, St. Louis 3, OT Sunday Boston at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 4 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Monday Buffalo at Toronto, 4 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

COYOTES 6, Blues 0: Antti Raanta stopped 34 shots for his third shutout of the season and the Coyotes scored three goals in the second period and beat the playoffchasing Blues.

FLAMES 3, Oilers 2: Dougie Hamilton started Calgary’s three-goal first period and the Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers. Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist and Garnet Hathaway also scored to help Calgary snap a seven-game skid.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, Sharks 2 : William Karlsson scored a short-handed goal in the third period, and the expansion Golden Knights clinched the Pacific Division title with a victory over the Sharks.

Florida Boston

Bruins 5, Panthers 1 1 2

0 3

0 0

Toronto 10-9-10—29. — —

1 5

First Period—1, Florida, McGinn 13 (Yandle, Trocheck), 4:59. 2, Boston, Holden 4 (DeBrusk, Krejci), 11:15. 3, Boston, DeBrusk 15 (Krejci, Donato), 14:06. Penalties—None. Second Period—4, Boston, Donato 4 (Krejci), 1:32. 5, Boston, Bergeron 29 (Backes, Pastrnak), 13:40 (pp). 6, Boston, DeBrusk 16 (Grzelcyk, Miller), 16:32. Penalties—Haley, FLA, Major (fighting), 1:57; McQuaid, BOS, Major (fighting), 1:57; Trocheck, FLA, (roughing), 10:29; Marchand, BOS, served by Heinen, (roughing), 10:29; Marchand, BOS, (roughing), 10:29; Haley, FLA, (holding), 12:50. Third Period—None. Penalties—Grzelcyk, BOS, (hooking), 3:53; Weegar, FLA, Major (fighting), 12:38; Acciari, BOS, Major (fighting), 12:38. Shots on Goal—Florida 7-9-15—31. Boston 12-12-9—33. Power-play opportunities—Florida 0 of 2; Boston 1 of 1.

Red Wings 2, Senators 0

Ottawa Detroit

0 0

0 1

— —

0 2

First Period—None. Penalties—Hoffman, OTT, (holding), 2:36; Athanasiou, DET, (hooking), 5:40; Jensen, DET, (interference), 11:10. Second Period—1, Detroit, Larkin 14 (Mantha, Jensen), 4:10. Penalties—Pageau, OTT, (high sticking), 0:43; Hicketts, DET, (slashing), 14:25. Third Period—2, Detroit, Athanasiou 16 (Svechnikov, Kronwall), 4:29. Penalties—Athanasiou, DET, (delay of game), 1:55; Svechnikov, DET, (slashing), 7:48; Borowiecki, OTT, (holding), 10:41; Ryan, OTT, (slashing), 18:19. Shots on Goal—Ottawa 10-9-12—31. Detroit 5-11-11—27.

Canucks 5, Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Columbus Vancouver

1 0

0 2

3 2

0 1

— —

4 5

First Period—1, Columbus, Jones 16 (Atkinson, Panarin), 13:55 (pp). Penalties—D.Sedin, VAN, (tripping), 13:48. Second Period—2, Vancouver, Archibald 4 (Sautner), 11:53. 3, Vancouver, Goldobin 6 (Jokinen), 13:37. Penalties—Cole, CBJ, (tripping), 8:12; Stecher, VAN, (tripping), 17:45. Third Period—4, Vancouver, Jokinen 4 (Virtanen, Horvat), 5:14. 5, Vancouver, Horvat 21 (Jokinen, Pouliot), 14:03. 6, Columbus, Dubois 19 (Jones, Panarin), 16:02 (pp). 7, Columbus, Werenski 15 (Jones, Panarin), 18:23. 8, Columbus, Atkinson 21 (Panarin, Jones), 18:39. Penalties—Biega, VAN, (tripping), 15:15. Overtime—9, Vancouver, Edler 6 (Sutter), 1:21. Penalties—None.

Jets 3, Maple Leafs 1

Winnipeg Toronto

0 0

3 1

0 0

— —

3 1

First Period—None. Penalties—Kapanen, TOR, (hooking), 4:31; Wheeler, WPG, (high sticking), 5:01. Second Period—1, Toronto, Marleau 26 (Gardiner, Matthews), 2:02 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Morrissey 6 (Ehlers, Trouba), 8:30. 3, Winnipeg, Byfuglien 7 (Stastny, Wheeler), 9:40 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Copp 6 (Lowry, Tanev), 17:24. Penalties—Chiarot, WPG, (holding), 1:42; Gardiner, TOR, (cross checking), 8:57; Perreault, WPG, (hooking), 12:03. Third Period—None. Penalties—Winnipeg bench, served by Perreault (too many men on the ice), 9:48; Hainsey, TOR, (holding), 18:53. Shots on Goal—Winnipeg 10-12-7—29.

Devils 4, Islanders 3

N.Y. Islanders New Jersey

1 1

1 3

1 0

— —

3 4

First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Fritz 3 (Tavares, Davidson), 1:15. 2, New Jersey, Noesen 13 (Coleman, Butcher), 7:54. Penalties—Lee, NYI, (tripping), 19:11. Second Period—3, New Jersey, Hall 35 (Palmieri, Butcher), 0:41 (pp). 4, New Jersey, Hall 36 (Noesen), 9:08. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Beauvillier 19 (Nelson, Barzal), 13:19 (pp). 6, New Jersey, Coleman 13 (Mueller, Grabner), 18:58 (sh). Penalties—New Jersey bench, served by Maroon (tripping), 11:22; Severson, NJ, (holding), 18:27. Third Period—7, N.Y. Islanders, Wagner 7 (Boychuk, Leddy), 16:21. Penalties—Leddy, NYI, (hooking), 5:28. Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 12-11-7—30. New Jersey 15-10-10—35.

Penguins 5, Canadiens 2

Montreal Pittsburgh

2 3

0 0

0 2

— —

2 5

First Period—1, Montreal, Petry 11 (Gallagher, Byron), 8:42. 2, Pittsburgh, Sheary 17 (Hunwick, Sheahan), 9:41. 3, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 26 (Kessel, Schultz), 10:18 (pp). 4, Pittsburgh, Hagelin 10 (Malkin), 14:36. 5, Montreal, Drouin 13 (Galchenyuk, Gallagher), 19:49 (pp). Penalties—McCarron, MTL, (hooking), 9:57; Benn, MTL, (slashing), 11:33; Guentzel, PIT, (cross checking), 19:05. Second Period—None. Penalties—Carr, MTL, (holding), 3:36. Third Period—6, Pittsburgh, Kessel 31 (Malkin, Crosby), 7:18 (pp). 7, Pittsburgh, Sheahan 11 (Letang, Maatta), 9:07 (pp). Penalties—Drouin, MTL, (hooking), 6:26; Galchenyuk, MTL, (slashing), 7:32. Shots on Goal—Montreal 11-4-11—26. Pittsburgh 16-7-10—33. Power-play opportunities—Montreal 1 of 1; Pittsburgh 3 of 5. Goalies—Montreal, Niemi 6-9-4 (33 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 26-15-3 (26-24).

Rangers 2, Hurricanes 1

N.Y. Rangers Carolina

0 0

2 0

0 1

— —

2 1

First Period—None. Second Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Sproul 1 (Carey, Namestnikov), 3:01. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Hayes 23 (Fast), 13:23 (sh). Third Period—3, Carolina, Skinner 24 (Dahlbeck, Ryan), 8:07. Shots on Goal—N.Y. Rangers 11-5-4—20. Carolina 13-12-16—41. Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Rangers 0 of 1; Carolina 0 of 3. Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 26-24-7 (41 shots-40 saves). Carolina, Ward 22-14-4 (20-18). Minnesota Dallas

Stars 4, Wild 1 0 1

0 1

1 2

— —

1 4

First Period—1, Dallas, Spezza 8 (Radulov, Klingberg), 12:49. Penalties—Seeler, MIN, (roughing), 6:33; Prosser, MIN, (tripping), 13:59; Radulov, DAL, (hooking), 14:32. Second Period—2, Dallas, Klingberg 8 (Benn, Seguin), 8:00. Penalties—Dubnyk, MIN, served by Greenway, (interference), 11:53; Elie, DAL, (holding), 19:45. Third Period—3, Dallas, Faksa 16 (Pitlick), 0:19 (sh). 4, Minnesota, Parise 13 (Brodin, Granlund), 1:29 (pp). 5, Dallas, Seguin 40, 19:13. Penalties—Roussel, DAL, (delay of game), 14:40. Shots on Goal—Minnesota 10-11-13—34. Dallas 13-15-8—36. Power-play opportunities—Minnesota 1 of 3; Dallas 0 of 3.

Goalies—Minnesota, Dubnyk 33-14-7 (35 shots-32 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 13-14-3 (34-33).

Sabres 7, Predators 4

Buffalo Nashville

1 2

5 2

1 0

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7 4

First Period—1, Buffalo, Pominville 13 (Eichel, Girgensons), 0:43. 2, Nashville, Subban 16 (Johansen, Josi), 2:59 (pp). 3, Nashville, Watson 13 (Ekholm, Bonino), 17:00. Second Period—4, Nashville, Turris 16 (Smith, Fiala), 2:00. 5, Buffalo, O’Reilly 22 (Eichel, Ristolainen), 5:45 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Okposo 12 (Mittelstadt, Rodrigues), 7:20. 7, Nashville, Bonino 12 (Ellis, Watson), 12:50. 8, Buffalo, Reinhart 21 (Ristolainen, Eichel), 15:04 (pp). 9, Buffalo, Reinhart 22 (Eichel, O’Reilly), 17:18 (pp). 10, Buffalo, Okposo 13 (Ristolainen, Eichel), 19:00 (pp). Third Period—11, Buffalo, Reinhart 23 (O’Reilly), 8:17. Shots on Goal—Buffalo 14-15-7—36. Nashville 9-9-18—36. Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 4 of 9; Nashville 1 of 4. Goalies—Buffalo, Johnson 9-13-3 (36 shots-32 saves). Nashville, Saros 9-5-7 (7-6), Rinne 41-11-4 (29-23).

Coyotes 6, Blues 0

St. Louis Arizona

0 1

0 3

0 2

— —

0 6

First Period—1, Arizona, L.Schenn 1 (Strome, Domi), 14:59. Penalties—Sundqvist, STL, (holding stick), 12:53. Second Period—2, Arizona, Panik 13 (Keller, Stepan), 3:51. 3, Arizona, Ekman-Larsson 14 (Stepan, Panik), 15:09 (pp). 4, Arizona, Chychrun 4 (Richardson, Ekman-Larsson), 19:40. Penalties—Thorburn, STL, Major (fighting), 5:42; L.Schenn, ARI, Major (fighting), 5:42; Schwartz, STL, (tripping), 14:27; Stepan, ARI, (cross checking), 18:44; Jaskin, STL, (slashing), 18:44. Third Period—5, Arizona, Goligoski 12 (Domi, Strome), 11:59. 6, Arizona, Rinaldo 5 (Domi, Strome), 17:40. Penalties—L.Schenn, ARI, (interference), 6:35. Shots on Goal—St. Louis 11-8-15—34. Arizona 12-11-10—33. Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 0 of 1; Arizona 1 of 2.

Flames 3, Oilers 2

Edmonton Calgary

1 3

1 0

0 0

— —

2 3

First Period—1, Edmonton, Slepyshev 6 (Kassian), 2:41. 2, Calgary, Hamilton 17 (Backlund, Frolik), 6:43. 3, Calgary, Hathaway 3, 11:54 (sh). 4, Calgary, Backlund 14 (Stone, Frolik), 15:28. Second Period—5, Edmonton, Cammalleri 6 (Sekera, Kassian), 12:41. Third Period—None. Shots on Goal—Edmonton 9-12-15—36. Calgary 7-5-8—20. Power-play opportunities—Edmonton 0 of 5; Calgary 0 of 3.

Golden Knights 3, Sharks 2

San Jose Vegas

1 1

0 1

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2 3

First Period—1, Vegas, Theodore 6 (Engelland, W.Karlsson), 2:21. 2, San Jose, Pavelski 21 (Donskoi, Meier), 7:14. Second Period—3, Vegas, Lindberg 8 (Theodore), 3:03. 4, San Jose, Vlasic 11 (Braun, Pavelski), 9:50. Third Period—5, Vegas, W.Karlsson 42, 8:35 (sh). Shots on Goal—San Jose 14-10-7—31. Vegas 10-16-12—38. Power-play opportunities—San Jose 0 of 2; Vegas 0 of 4.

SCOREBOARD MLS All Times PDT/MST EASTERN CONFERENCE NY City FC Columbus Atlanta FC New England New York Philadelphia Orlando City Montreal Toronto FC D.C. United Chicago

4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2

T Pts GF GA

1 13 10 4 1 10 9 5 0 9 8 6 1 7 6 5 0 6 10 5 1 4 2 3 1 4 6 8 0 3 4 5 0 3 3 4 2 2 5 10 1 1 6 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Sporting KC Vancouver LA Galaxy Los Angeles Minnesota FC Dallas Colorado Houston Real Salt Lake San Jose Portland Seattle

T Pts GF GA

3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2

1 10 10 1 10 7 1 7 7 0 6 9 0 6 6 2 5 5 1 4 6 1 4 7 1 4 4

9 7 6 5 9 2 4 6 9

1 0 0

2 2 2

0 2 0

7 9 4

3 2 0

6 4 0

Friday, March 30 Toronto FC 3, Real Salt Lake 1 Saturday, March 31 Orlando City 4, New York 3 LA Galaxy 4, Los Angeles FC 3 Vancouver 2, Columbus 1 Portland 2, Chicago 2, tie Atlanta United FC 1, Minnesota United 0 NY City FC 2, San Jose 1 New England 2, Houston 0 Sporting KC 1, D.C. United 0 Colorado 3, Philadelphia 0 Montreal at Seattle, late Friday, April 6 Montreal at New England, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7 Houston at New York, noon Los Angeles FC at Atlanta United FC, 2 p.m. San Jose at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at FC Dallas, 5 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8 Portland at Orlando City, 1 p.m. Sporting KC at LA Galaxy, 6 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA Tournament Glance FINAL FOUR At The Alamodome San Antonio National Semifinals Saturday, March 31 Michigan 69, Loyola of Chicago 57 Villanova 95, Kansas 79 National Championship Monday, April 2 Michigan (33-7) vs. Villanova (35-4), 6:20 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Glance All Times PDT/MST FINAL FOUR At Columbus, Ohio National Semifinals Friday, March 30 Mississippi State 73, Louisville 63, OT Notre Dame 91, UConn 89, OT National Championship Sunday, April 1 Mississippi State (37-1) vs. Notre Dame (34-3), 4 p.m.

GOLF Houston Open Par Scores Saturday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $7 million Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 Third Round Ian Poulter 73-64-65- 202 -14 Beau Hossler 65-68-69- 202 -14 Greg Chalmers 67-72-65- 204 -12 Emiliano Grillo 69-68-67- 204 -12 Kevin Tway 65-70-69- 204 -12 Paul Dunne 64-71-69- 204 -12 Keith Mitchell 67-71-67- 205 -11 Robert Garrigus 69-69-67- 205 -11 Henrik Stenson 68-68-69- 205 -11 Chesson Hadley 68-68-69- 205 -11 Matt Kuchar 68-68-69- 205 -11 Sam Ryder 66-68-71- 205 -11 Luke List 68-68-70- 206-10 Shawn Stefani 67-69-70- 206-10 Jordan Spieth 68-67-71- 206-10 Abraham Ancer 68-66-72- 206-10 Nate Lashley 70-69-68- 207 -9 John Huh 70-67-70- 207 -9 Bud Cauley 67-69-71- 207 -9 Shane Lowry 68-68-71- 207 -9 Nicholas Lindheim 68-66-73- 207 -9 Rickie Fowler 66-68-73- 207 -9 Michael Thompson 67-71-70-208 -8 Scott Piercy 68-70-70-208 -8 Charles Howell III 71-67-70-208 -8 Dawie van der Walt 70-69-69-208 -8 Danny Lee 68-70-70-208 -8 Grayson Murray 67-69-72-208 -8 Julian Suri 66-69-73-208 -8 Ryan Armour 66-70-72-208 -8 Tom Lovelady 70-69-70- 209 -7 Aaron Wise 69-69-71- 209 -7 Jamie Lovemark 69-69-71- 209 -7 Keegan Bradley 68-71-70- 209 -7 Kevin Streelman 68-72-69- 209 -7 Jason Dufner 71-67-71- 209 -7 Johnson Wagner 71-67-71- 209 -7 Nick Watney 71-69-69- 209 -7 Andrew Putnam 71-69-69- 209 -7 Roberto Diaz 68-69-72- 209 -7 Matt Every 67-70-72- 209 -7 Justin Rose 68-69-72- 209 -7 Tony Finau 70-70-69- 209 -7 James Hahn 69-67-73- 209 -7 Daniel Berger 69-72-68- 209 -7 J.B. Holmes 73-68-68- 209 -7 Tom Hoge 68-73-68- 209 -7 Lucas Glover 65-73-72- 210 -6 Troy Merritt 69-69-72- 210 -6 Russell Henley 69-71-70- 210 -6 Ethan Tracy 70-67-73- 210 -6 Hunter Mahan 71-69-70- 210 -6 Brett Stegmaier 67-69-74- 210 -6 Bronson Burgoon 67-68-75- 210 -6 Phil Mickelson 68-71-72- 211 -5 Ben Crane 72-67-72- 211 -5 Rory Sabbatini 69-71-71- 211 -5 Tyler Duncan 68-72-71- 211 -5 Tyrone Van Aswegen 72-68-71- 211 -5 Sam Saunders 70-66-75- 211 -5 Thomas Pieters 69-72-70- 211 -5 Martin Piller 68-73-70- 211 -5 Brandon Harkins 70-71-70- 211 -5 Bobby Gates 70-71-70- 211 -5 Adam Schenk 70-69-73- 212 -4 Byeong Hun An 69-72-71- 212 -4 Ernie Els 70-71-71- 212 -4 Seungsu Han 71-70-71- 212 -4 Denny McCarthy 68-73-71- 212 -4 Aaron Baddeley 71-68-74- 213 -3 Sean O’Hair 71-68-74- 213 -3 Seamus Power 67-72-74- 213 -3

Chad Campbell Matt Jones Rob Oppenheim

69-71-73- 213 -3 70-71-72- 213 -3 69-72-72- 213 -3

Made cut did not finish Jonathan Byrd 69-70-75- 214 -2 Joel Dahmen 68-71-75- 214 -2 Bill Haas 68-72-74- 214 -2 Scott Brown 71-70-73- 214 -2 Lee Westwood 69-70-76- 215 -1 Jason Kokrak 67-74-74- 215 -1 Ben Silverman 73-68-74- 215 -1 Kelly Kraft 70-71-74- 215 -1 Scott Stallings 73-68-74- 215 -1 Fabian Gomez 68-73-75- 216 E Richy Werenski 70-71-75- 216 E Jhonattan Vegas 71-68-78- 217 +1 Brandt Snedeker 67-73-77- 217 +1 Padraig Harrington 67-73-79- 219 +3 Dominic Bozzelli 72-69-79- 220 +4 World Golf Ranking Through March 25 1. Dustin Johnson USA 2. Justin Thomas USA 3. Jon Rahm ESP 4. Jordan Spieth USA 5. Justin Rose ENG 6. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 7. Rory McIlroy NIR 8. Rickie Fowler USA 9. Sergio Garcia ESP 10. Brooks Koepka USA 11. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 12. Jason Day AUS 13. Paul Casey ENG 14. Alex Noren SWE 15. Henrik Stenson SWE 16. Marc Leishman AUS 17. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 18. Phil Mickelson USA 19. Pat Perez USA 20. Matt Kuchar USA 21. Bubba Watson USA 22. Rafael Cabrera Bello ESP 23. Brian Harman USA 24. Patrick Reed USA 25. Kevin Kisner USA 26. Xander Schauffele USA 27. Francesco Molinari ITA 28. Charley Hoffman USA 29. Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA 30. Gary Woodland USA 31. Branden Grace SAF 32. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 33. Patrick Cantlay USA 34. Tony Finau USA 35. Ross Fisher ENG 36. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 37. Daniel Berger USA 38. Kevin Chappell USA 39. Brendan Steele USA 40. Webb Simpson USA 41. Li Haotong CHN 42. Adam Hadwin CAN 43. Kyle Stanley USA 44. Cameron Smith AUS 45. Thomas Pieters BEL 46. Satoshi Kodaira JPN 47. Dylan Frittelli SAF 48. Chez Reavie USA 49. Jason Dufner USA 50. Siwoo Kim KOR

9.88 9.49 8.19 7.88 7.64 6.77 6.46 6.16 5.67 5.66 5.51 5.48 5.40 5.11 5.10 4.89 4.75 4.40 4.26 4.18 4.17 4.00 3.97 3.79 2.77 3.48 3.41 3.37 3.29 3.21 3.20 3.17 3.07 3.04 3.03 2.98 2.97 2.88 2.71 2.66 2.66 2.64 2.59 2.56 2.55 2.48 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.37

PGA Tour Schedule Oct. 5-8 — Safeway Open (Brendan Steele) Oct. 12-15 — CIMB Classic (Pat Perez) Oct. 19-22 — The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges (Justin Thomas) Oct. 26-29 — WGC-HSBC Champions (Justin Rose) Oct. 26-29 — Sanderson Farms Championship (Ryan Armour) Nov. 2-5 — Shriners Hospital for Children Open (Patrick Cantlay) Nov. 9-12 — OHL Classic at Mayakoba (Patton Kizzire) Nov. 16-19 — RSM Classic (Austin Cook) Jan. 4-7 — Sentry Tournament of Champions (Dustin Johnson) Jan. 11-14 — Sony Open (Patton Kizzire) Jan. 18-21 — CareerBuilder Challenge (Jon Rahm) Jan. 25-29 — Farmers Insurance Open (Jason Day) Feb. 1-4 — Waste Management Phoenix Open (Gary Woodland)

Feb. 8-11 — AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Ted Potter, Jr.) Feb. 15-18 — Genesis Open (Bubba Watson) Feb. 22-25 — Honda Classic (Justin Thomas) March 1-4 — WGC-Mexico Championship (Phil Mickelson) March 8-11 — Valspar Championship (Paul Casey) March 15-18 — Arnold Palmer Invitational (Rory McIlroy) March 21-25 — WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (Bubba Watson) March 22-25 — Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (Brice Garnett) March 29-April 1 — Houston Open, Golf Club of Houston (Tournament Course), Humble, Texas April 5-8 — Masters, Augusta National GC, Augusta, Ga. April 12-15 — RBC Heritage, Harbour Town GL, Hilton Head Island, S.C. April 19-22 — Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks Course), San Antonio April 26-29 — Zurich Classic of New Orleans, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, La. May 3-6 — Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. May 10-13 — The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. May 17-20 — AT&T Byron Nelson, Trinity Forest GC, Dallas May 24-27 — Dean & DeLuca Invitational, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas May 31-June 3 — Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio June 7-10 — FedEx St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn. June 14-17 — U.S. Open, Shinnecock Hills GC, Southampton, N.Y. June 21-24 — Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn. June 28-July 1 — The National, TBA July 5-8 — The Greenbrier Classic, The Greenbrier (The Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. July 12-15 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill. July 19-22 — The Open Championship, Carnoustie GC, Carnoustie, Scotland July 19-22 — Barbasol Championship, Robert Trent Jones Trail (Grand National Lake), Auburn, Ala. July 26-29 — RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, Ontario Aug. 2-5 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC (South Course), Akron, Ohio Aug. 2-5 — Barracuda Championship, Montreux Golf and CC, Reno, Nev. Aug. 9-12 — PGA Championship, Bellerive CC, St. Louis Aug. 16-19 — Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C. Aug. 23-26 — The Northern Trust, Ridgewood CC, Paramus, N.J. Aug. 31-Sept. 3 — Dell Technologies Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, Mass. Sept. 6-9 — BMW Championship, Aronimink GC, Newtown Square, Pa. Sept. 20-23 — Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta Sept. 28-30 — Ryder Cup, Le Golf National (Albatross Course), Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

March 26 — STP 500 (Clint Bowyer) April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 15 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. April 21 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. April 29 — GEICO 500, Lincoln, Ala. May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. May 12 — TBA, Kansas City, Kan. May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Concord, N.C. May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 3 — Pocono 400, Lond Pond, Pa. June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. July 1 — Overton’s 400, Joliet, Ill. July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 22 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon July 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 12 — TBA, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 2 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Sept. 16 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Sept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 7 — TBA, Dover, Del. Oct. 14 — Alabama 500, Lincoln, Ala. Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Nov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Points Leaders Through March 26 1. Kyle Busch, 257 2. Martin Truex Jr., 249 3. Ryan Blaney, 233 4. Joey Logano, 232 5. Brad Keselowski, 226 6. Denny Hamlin, 217 7. Kevin Harvick, 212 8. Clint Bowyer, 210 9. Kyle Larson, 195 10. Kurt Busch, 177 11. Aric Almirola, 171 12. Erik Jones, 152 13. Austin Dillon, 148 14. Alex Bowman, 145 15. Paul Menard, 139 16. Ryan Newman, 135 17. Jimmie Johnson, 121 18. Chase Elliott, 115 19. AJ Allmendinger, 110 20. William Byron, 108

BETTING LINE

AUTO RACING NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Schedule Feb. 11 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash (Brad Keselowski) Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 1 (Ryan Blaney) Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 2 (Chase Elliott) Feb. 18 — Daytona 500 (Austin Dillon) Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Kevin Harvick) March 4 — Penzoil 400 (Kevin Harvick) March 11 — TicketGuardian 500 (Kevin Harvick) March 18 — Auto Club 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)

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-110 Minnesota -110 TORONTO

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+180 +108 +138 +165

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-112 TAMPA;BAY +102 -120 Chicago +110 -149 TEXAS +139 -119 OAKLAND +109 -124 SEATTLE +114 Interleague

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DETROIT Game One -109 Pittsburgh -101 DETROIT Game Two OFF Pittsburgh OFF

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Philadelphia 2 (2171⁄2) CHARLOTTE Washington 8 (2101⁄2) CHICAGO SAN ANTONIO OFF OFF Houston LA CLIPPERS 2 216 Indiana CLEVELAND 11 217 Dallas Oklahoma City 1 (226) NEW;ORLEANS ATLANTA 2 209 Orlando Detroit 1 (210) BROOKLYN MINNESOTA OFF OFF Utah DENVER 3 224 Milwaukee GOLDEN STATE 14 215 Phoenix PORTLAND 14 206 Memphis LA LAKERS OFF OFF Sacramento

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PHILADELPHIA OFF Boston OFF TAMPA BAY OFF Nashville OFF New Jersey -158 MONTREAL +148 PITTSBURGH OFF Washington OFF ANAHEIM OFF Colorado OFF

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed 2B Ian Kinsler on the 10-day DL. Recalled INF Nolan Fontana from Salt Lake (PCL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded RHP Casey Meisner to St. Louis for RHP Josh Lucas and optioned Lucas to Nashville (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS — Placed Delino DeShields on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Nick Gardewine from Round Rock (PCL). National League CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Zack Weiss to Louisville (IL). Signed RHP Yovani Gallardo to a one-year contract. Designated C Stuart Turner for assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned 1B Ji-Man Choi to Colorado Springs (PCL). Transferred RHP Jimmy Nelson to the 60-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LHP Brett Cecil on the 10-day DL. Recalled LHP Ryan Sherriff from Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Alex Reyes to the 60-day DL. Signed RHP Greg Holland to a one-year contract and optioned him to Palm Beach (FSL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned C Raffy Lopez to El Paso (PCL). Transferred RHP Colin Rea to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Joey Lucchesi from San Antonio (TL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred F Andrew White III to Erie (NBAGL). HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled D Oliver Kylington from Stockton (AHL) on an emergency basis. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled D Chris Butler from San Antonio (AHL) on an emergency basis. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned D Matt Spencer from Syracuse (AHL) to Adirondack (ECHL). COLLEGE XAVIER — Promoted men’s assistant basketball coach Travis Steele to head coach.

10C z SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 z T H E D E S E R T S U N

NBA STANDINGS

SATURDAY’S GAMES

EASTERN CONFERENCE

HOME team in caps.

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x-Toronto

21 .724

x-Boston

23 .697

x-Cleveland

30 .605

x-Philadelphia

30 .600

91⁄2

x-Indiana

31 .592

x-Washington

34 .553

Milwaukee

35 .539

Miami

36 .532 141⁄2

Detroit

40 .474

Charlotte

43 .442 211⁄2

New York

50 .351 281⁄2

Chicago

51 .329

Brooklyn

51 .329

Orlando

53 .293 321⁄2

Atlanta

55 .276

L Pct

z-Houston

14 .816

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y-Golden State

21 .724

Portland

29 .618

San Antonio

32 .579

Minnesota

33 .571 181⁄2

Oklahoma City

33 .571 181⁄2

Utah

33 .566

New Orleans

33 .566

Denver

35 .539

L.A. Clippers

35 .539

L.A. Lakers

42 .440 281⁄2

Sacramento

53 .312 381⁄2

Dallas

53 .303

Memphis

55 .276

19 Phoenix x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

58 .247 431⁄2

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE Friday

Chicago 90, Orlando 82 Philadelphia 101, Atlanta 91 Cleveland 107, New Orleans 102 Denver 126, Oklahoma City 125, OT Houston 104, Phoenix 103 Minnesota 93, Dallas 92 Utah 107, Memphis 97 Milwaukee 124, L.A. Lakers 122, OT Portland 105, L.A. Clippers 96 All times Pacific

Sunday

Monday

No games scheduled.

Warriors 112, Kings 96 GOLDEN STATE (112) Durant 8-16 9-11 27, Green 3-5 2-2 8, McGee 3-7 1-2 7, Cook 4-10 0-0 10, Thompson 10-19 2-3 25, West 4-7 0-1 8, Looney 1-2 5-6 7, Bell 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Livingston 1-1 1-2 3, McCaw 3-6 1-1 7, Young 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 41-83 21-28 112. SACRAMENTO (96) Jackson 2-9 0-0 4, Labissiere 2-8 4-4 8, Cauley-Stein 6-10 0-0 12, Fox 6-11 3-3 15, Bogdanovic 5-8 0-0 12, Caboclo 2-6 2-2 7, Sampson 0-7 1-2 1, Cooley 3-5 1-1 7, Mason 2-5 2-4 7, Carter 2-6 0-0 4, Hield 6-11 3-3 19. Totals 36-86 16-19 96. Golden State Sacramento

WESTERN CONFERENCE

SCOREBOARD

Pistons center Andre Drummond drives to the basket against Knicks forward Luke Kornet during the first half Saturday in New York. AP

WIZARDS 107, Hornets 93: All-star John Wall had 15 points and 14 assists in his first game in two months, Otto Porter Jr. had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Washington beat Charlotte to clinch their fourth playoff berth in five seasons. Wall, who last played on Jan. 25 and had left knee surgery six days later, made his first shot of the game – a 3-pointer from the top of the key – and played 33 minutes.

Pistons 115, KNICKS 109: Andre Drummond narrowly missed a second straight 20-20 game with 22 points and 17 rebounds, and Detroit beat New York for its fourth straight victory. Reggie Jackson and Anthony Tolliver each scored 17 points for the Pistons, who won for the sixth time in seven games despite playing without the injured Blake Griffin. Reggie Bullock added 16.

CELTICS 110, Raptors 99: Marcus Morris had 25 points and nine rebounds before getting ejected in the closing seconds, and Boston rallied to beat Eastern Conferenceleading Toronto. Jayson Tatum added 24 points, six rebounds and four assists as Boston posted its sixth straight win. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 32 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Nets 110, HEAT 109, OT: Caris Levert scored with about a half-minute left in overtime to put Brooklyn up for good, Dwyane Wade missed on a play where he thought he got fouled at the buzzer and the Nets beat Miami. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson finished with 20 points for the Nets, who denied Miami a chance to clinch a playoff spot.

Warriors 112, KINGS 96: Golden State guard Patrick McCaw left on a stretcher late in the third quarter of the Warriors’ win over Sacramento after a terrifying thud to the floor following an undercut by Vince Carter that appeared unintentional. McCaw was transported to UC Davis Medical Center for further evaluation, the team said. Kevin Durant had 27 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

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29 24

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19 27

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3-Point Goals—Golden State 9-26 (Thompson 3-7, Durant 2-5, Young 2-6, Cook 2-6, McCaw 0-1, Green 0-1), Sacramento 8-28 (Hield 4-5, Bogdanovic 2-3, Mason 1-2, Caboclo 1-3, Sampson 0-1, Fox 0-2, Carter 0-2, Labissiere 0-4, Jackson 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Golden State 42 (Durant 10), Sacramento 46 (Cauley-Stein 8). Assists—Golden State 28 (Green 7), Sacramento 27 (Fox 8). Total Fouls—Golden State 18, Sacramento 23. Technicals—Young. A—17,583 (17,608).

Nets 110, Heat 109 (OT) BROOKLYN (110) Carroll 1-9 0-0 2, Hollis-Jefferson 8-16 3-5 20, Allen 5-9 2-2 12, Russell 0-5 0-0 0, Crabbe 2-7 5-7 10, Cunningham 4-6 0-0 9, Acy 4-5 2-2 13, Dinwiddie 4-12 1-2 12, LeVert 7-13 5-5 19, Harris 4-9 4-5 13. Totals 39-91 22-28 110. MIAMI (109) Richardson 6-15 0-0 13, J.Johnson 7-10 4-5 18, Whiteside 5-10 4-4 14, Dragic 7-17 2-3 18, T.Johnson 2-4 2-2 6, Winslow 5-11 0-0 11, Olynyk 6-9 2-4 16, Ellington 0-3 0-0 0, Wade 5-16 2-3 13. Totals 43-95 16-21 109. Brooklyn Miami

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3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 10-35 (Acy 3-4, Dinwiddie 3-7, Hollis-Jefferson 1-2, Cunningham 1-3, Crabbe 1-4, Harris 1-4, Russell 0-3, LeVert 0-3, Carroll 0-5), Miami 7-17 (Olynyk 2-2, Dragic 2-4, Wade 1-1, Winslow 1-2, Richardson 1-5, T.Johnson 0-1, Ellington 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Brooklyn 47 (Hollis-Jefferson 14), Miami 51 (Olynyk, Dragic 8). Assists—Brooklyn 27 (Dinwiddie 12), Miami 19 (J.Johnson 5). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 24, Miami 22. Technicals—Hollis-Jefferson, Richardson, Wade. A—19,600 (19,600).

Celtics 110, Raptors 99 TORONTO (99) Anunoby 3-4 1-2 8, Ibaka 5-7 2-2 15, Valanciunas 6-12 1-2 13, Lowry 4-13 1-2 11, DeRozan 12-19 8-10 32, Powell 1-3 0-0 2, Miles 0-6 3-3 3, Siakam 1-3 0-0 2, Poeltl 0-1 0-0 0, VanVleet 4-8 1-1 11, Wright 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 37-80 17-22 99. BOSTON (110) Tatum 9-16 4-4 24, Horford 5-10 4-5 14, Baynes 5-10 0-0 12, Rozier 8-17 3-4 21, J.Brown 2-8 0-0 4, Ojeleye 1-3 0-0 2, Nader 0-2 2-2 2, Morris 7-15 10-11 25, Monroe 3-7 0-0 6, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Silas 0-0 0-0 0, Bird 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 40-88 23-27 110. Toronto Boston

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3-Point Goals—Toronto 8-35 (Ibaka 3-3, VanVleet 2-5, Lowry 2-10, Anunoby 1-2, Valanciunas 0-1, Wright 0-1, Siakam 0-1, Powell 0-2, Miles 0-5, DeRozan 0-5), Boston 7-17 (Tatum 2-2, Baynes 2-2, Rozier 2-5, Morris 1-4, Ojeleye 0-1, Horford 0-1, J.Brown 0-1, Nader 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Toronto 46 (Valanciunas 11), Boston 41 (Morris 9). Assists—Toronto 23 (Lowry 9), Boston 19 (Rozier 7). Total Fouls—Toronto 26, Boston 23. Technicals—Miles, Morris 2. Ejected—Morris. A—18,624 (18,624).

Pistons 115, Knicks 109 DETROIT (115) Johnson 4-8 2-2 10, Tolliver 5-9 3-4 17,

Wizards center Marcin Gortat dunks over Hornets center Dwight Howard during the second half Saturday in Washington. AP Drummond 8-13 6-8 22, Jackson 8-17 0-2 17, Bullock 6-14 2-2 16, Ennis III 4-6 0-0 9, Ellenson 3-4 2-2 9, Moreland 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 4-9 0-0 8, Kennard 1-4 2-2 5. Totals 44-85 17-22 115. NEW YORK (109) Beasley 14-21 1-1 32, Williams 3-8 3-3 11, O’Quinn 3-5 2-2 8, Hardaway Jr. 7-17 1-1 18, Burke 7-17 2-2 18, Thomas 2-5 0-0 6, Kornet 1-5 0-0 3, Hicks 1-3 0-2 2, Mudiay 2-6 0-0 4, Dotson 3-4 1-1 7. Totals 43-91 10-12 109. Detroit New York

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3-Point Goals—Detroit 10-24 (Tolliver 4-8, Bullock 2-4, Kennard 1-1, Ennis III 1-2, Ellenson 1-2, Jackson 1-3, Smith 0-1, Johnson 0-3), New York 13-29 (Beasley 3-4, Hardaway Jr. 3-7, Thomas 2-2, Williams 2-3, Burke 2-5, Kornet 1-5, Mudiay 0-1, O’Quinn 0-1, Hicks 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 43 (Drummond 17), New York 40 (O’Quinn 15). Assists—Detroit 24 (Smith 6), New York 31 (Burke 15). Total Fouls—Detroit 15, New York 18. A—19,812 (19,812).

Wizards 107, Hornets 93 CHARLOTTE (93) Kidd-Gilchrist 4-6 2-2 10, Williams 3-7 2-2 10, Howard 9-15 4-11 22, Walker 3-9 0-0 7, Batum 2-7 2-2 6, Bacon 2-6 0-0 4, Kaminsky 2-5 2-2 6, Hernangomez 3-5 5-6 11, Monk 7-17 0-0 17, Stone 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 35-77 17-27 93.

WASHINGTON (107) Porter Jr. 10-15 0-0 26, Morris 1-4 0-0 3, Gortat 4-8 1-1 9, Wall 6-17 1-1 15, Beal 8-14 0-0 22, Satoransky 3-6 0-0 6, Oubre Jr. 2-14 4-5 9, Scott 6-9 1-1 15, Mahinmi 0-1 2-4 2, Sessions 0-0 0-0 0, Meeks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-88 9-12 107. Charlotte Washington

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3-Point Goals—Charlotte 6-23 (Monk 3-9, Williams 2-5, Walker 1-6, Bacon 0-1, Batum 0-2), Washington 18-39 (Beal 6-8, Porter Jr. 6-10, Scott 2-3, Wall 2-6, Morris 1-3, Oubre Jr. 1-9). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte 46 (Howard 13), Washington 44 (Porter Jr. 11). Assists—Charlotte 22 (Batum 7), Washington 30 (Wall 14). Total Fouls—Charlotte 14, Washington 23. Technicals—Walker. A—19,071 (20,356).

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he road to an LPGA victory has been a long one for Pernilla Lindberg, more than eight years. But it’s a road Lindberg still enjoys. “I feel like as a player I might be kind of slow, but I for sure keep going in the right direction all the time,” Lindberg said Friday after maintaining a share of the lead in the ANA Inspiration. “I just know, obviously, nowadays we have a lot of young players that come out and win right away, but I haven’t let myself get frustrated that I haven’t maybe had the success yet that I’ve wanted. I just kind of keep plugging away and feel that I improved year by year.” Lindberg’s play has not only be improved this week, it has been historic. With a 5-under 67 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course, Lindberg is at 12-under 204 , breaking Lorena Ochoa’s 36-hole tournament scoring record of 11-under par in 2006.

But Lindberg can only share that record with Sung Hyun Park, the reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion. Park ÿred an 8-under 64 on the Shore Course on Friday to reach 12-under. With 36 holes to play, Lindberg and Park have a three-shot cushion over Jessica Korda entering Saturday’s round. “Just following up a low round yesterday with another low round today, it’s always hard to do,” Lindberg said. “So I can’t really remember the last time I did that. It feels great.” With Lindberg and Park both playing in the morning, they were comfortably in the clubhouse as the afternoon players tried to get closer to the lead on an afternoon when temperatures hit the mid-90s. That charge was made by Korda, who followed her 67 on Thursday with a 68 on Friday afternoon. After playing her ÿrst 11 holes even par with three birdies and three bogeys, Korda made four birdies in her ÿnal seven holes, including a 4 on the par-5 ninth, her ÿnal hole of the day. See RECORD, Page 4W

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They are two of the biggest names in women’s golf, two of the LPGA’s biggest draws and both made the cut at the ANA Inspiration while paired together this week. But how Lexi Thompson and Michelle Wie reached the weekend in the LPGA’s ÿrst major championship of the year was certainly di“ erent. Thompson enjoyed a strong ÿrst round on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club only to stagger a bit Friday, while Wie rallied from a poor Thursday for a 5-under 67 in the second round despite dizzy spells. “I deÿnitely saw one golf ball today, which was good,” Wie joked after her 67 on Friday pushed her to 2-under 142 for See WOES, Page 4W

LEADERBOARD 1. Sung Hyun Park......................-12 1. Pernilla Lindberg....................-12 3. Jessica Korda ...........................-9 4. Jodi Ewart Shadoff .................-7 4. Charley Hull ..............................-7 4. Amy Olson.................................-7 4. Ayako Uehara ...........................-7

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Michelle Wie battled dizzy spells Friday and took a seat at the second tee box during the second round of the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. RICHARD LUI/THE DESERT SUN

Is this the year for a British invasion at the ANA Inspiration? It would be the ÿrst. No player from Great Britain has ever won this event, but a quick look at the leader board shows that distinctive ‘ ag with a red cross on a white background next to not one, but two players. Jodi Ewart Shado“ and Charley Hull are both 7-under through 36 holes and part of a four-way tie for fourth. True, they are ÿve shots behind the record-breaking co-leaders, but both have been around the block and are ready for a major breakthrough. Hull is 22, Ewart Shado“ is 30, and though they were interviewed at di“ erent See BRITISH, Page 4W

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Four players, including American Amy Olsen who is ranked just 219th in the Rolex World Rankings, are at 7-under. Lindberg joined both the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour in 2010. While the Swedish star has nine professional wins, none have been on the LPGA. But she could become the fourth player to make the ANA Inspiration her ÿrst tour victory, joining Nanci Bowen, Helen Alfredsson and Morgan Pressel. To do that, Lindberg also will have to beat Park, the LPGA Rookie of the Year and the co-player of the year on the tour last year with So Yeon Ryu. Park stumbled out of the gates Friday with a bogey on the ÿrst hole, but then put together a round that at one point threatened Ochoa’s single-round scoring record of 62 on the course. “Today the shots were awesome. I just felt really good about my driver,” Park said through an interpreter. “The shots fell in just as I wanted them to. Even though there were a couple things that I missed, but overall just had a great round.” Park caught Lindberg at 7-under par early in the day with a 3-under 33 on the front nine, then played her next six holes in 5-under. The capper came when Park holed out from the fairway on the par-4 15th for an eagle. The 50-degree wedge “ ew past the pin about 12 feet, then spun back into the cup. “The second shot was 93 meters out, and I just felt really good about the dis-

the tournament, three shots better than the cut line. Thompson managed to ÿnish at 140, but had to ÿght back late in the Friday round to shoot even-par 72. “I hit it really well. I just struggled on the greens,” Thompson said. “I missed a good amount of putts, shorter putts, too.” While both popular players made the cut Friday, they have plenty of work to do to get back into contention. Thompson, a winner of the 2014 event in a ÿnalround duel over Wie, is eight shots behind leaders Sung Hyun Park and Pernilla Lindberg. The Friday round belonged to Wie, who has been ÿghting dizziness this week, a condition doctors have told her is viral. After ÿve pars to open the second round, Wie started to play better with birdies on the sixth, seventh and ninth holes. Birdies on the two par-5s on the back nine completed the bogey-free 67. “I just sat down every chance I could. My caddie helped me a lot out there, just getting all the numbers,” Wie said of her dizziness in the ÿrst two rounds. “I asked him to read every putt for me because I just couldn't see everything. But I'm excited to -- I'm just going to go see the doctor right now and just rest for the afternoon.” While Wie shot 75 on Thursday and bounced back, the story was reversed for her playing partner. Thompson reached 5-under late in

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times, both gave eerily similar answers to questions about how comfortable they feel here, the course conditions and what it's going to take to catch the leaders. Some sort of English simpatico perhaps. "I like this golf course, I always have good memories of it," said Hull, who ÿnished tied for second here in 2016 and tied for seventh in 2014 . Those are her only top-10 ÿnishes in any major. "I've played it since I was 15 or 16 that was my ÿrst year here as an amateur. And I just enjoy it. I have good memories of this whole place." Ewart Shado‘ 's best ÿnish here is a

Jessica Korda sinks a long birdie putt on the seventh hole at the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage Friday. PHOTOS BY JAY CALDERON/THE DESERT SUN

tance and saw that it had really great backspin, but I didn’t even see it go in,” Park said. As well as Park was playing during her 64, Lindberg didn’t back down. For the second day in a row, Lindberg played the Shore Course without a bogey. She birdied three of her last four holes on the front nine to tie Park for a moment at 10under. “Both 13 and 14 were tap-ins (birdies),” Lindberg added. “I mean, tap-in birdies during a major week, so they’re always welcome, so that felt good.” Park has not won on the LPGA since her U.S. Women’s Open title.

tie for seventh in 2013, but she did ÿnish second at last year's Women's British Open. She echoed those sentiments almost to a tee. "Typically, I play well Jodi Ewart around here. I really love Shadoff being here. I have so much fun out there," she said. "You have to be a good ball-striker to play good around here, and it just ÿts my eye and my game. I like the whole atmosphere here." Normally being 7-under through 36 holes would have you right near the leader. Last year's top 36-hole score for example was 8-under by Lexi Thompson. But this year, both Pernilla Lindberg and Sung Hyun Park are 12-under. Thoughts?

Charley Hull tees off on 2 during the second round of the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage Friday. RICHARD LUI/THE DESERT SUN

Hull: "I just gotta keep on digging away." Ewart Shado‘: "I'm just going to try to keep going steady and see what hap-

Lexi Thompson tees off on No. 2 during the second round of the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club Friday. RICHARD LUI/THE DESERT SUN

her Thursday round and ÿnished with a 68, but Friday was a frustrating round for much of the day. She missed makeable birdie putts on the ÿrst and second holes, bogeyed the fourth from a greenside bunker and bogeyed the ÿfth with a three-putt that included a missed second putt from about three feet. In all, Thompson missed ÿve putts from ÿve feet or less, including threeputting from four feet for a bogey on the 12th hole. “Just felt a little uncomfortable today on the greens, but I'm going to get a little practice in and hopefully get it by the weekend,” Thompson said. But just as it appeared Thompson was playing her way out of tournament contention, she rallied back late in the morning half of the ÿeld. She birdied the 15th and 17th holes, then nearly holed her third shot into the par-5 18th hole for a tap-in birdie to get back to even par for the day.”

pens." Why all the low scores? Hull: "The golf course is in great condition this year. It's pretty like perfect. You can hit a good putt and they'll go in, so, yeah, it's good." Ewart Shado‘: "The condition of the course is probably the best I've ever seen it, the greens are like perfect, probably the best greens I've ever played on. The weather's helping out too. Sometimes it can get windy around here, but the past couple days it's been absolutely perfect." Identical scores, similar mindsets, interchangeable answers. Maybe this is the year. Is there something in the air that's suiting the British players? "I don't know. I don't look into that," Hull said. Fair enough.

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14-under par. “I’m sure I will (be nervous), absolutely. I’ve never been in this position before, but I’m excited about it. I deÿnitely look at it as an awesome learning experience. You can’t really learn until you’ve been there. So I’m really excited about that,” said Olson, a 25-year-old who set the record for collegiate wins with 20 during her time at North Dakota State. Those winning ways haven’t translated to the LPGA Tour yet. She turned pro in 2013 --she was Amy Anderson then, before switching to her married name Amy Olson to start the 2017 season -- and has yet to be this close to a title in any event (her best ÿnish is a tie for 7th), much less a major. Olson is only in the ÿeld because she is one of the top 20 players on the 2018 money list that were not already eligible for a di“ erent reason. Her money title buoyed by a tie for 11th place in Phoenix. A likely reason for her success so far at this year’s event is her familiarity with the course. She has actually lived at the Mission Hills complex at times during January and February to work on her game and stay with friends. “I would come out here in the evenings and chip and putt on the greens of the tournament course, so I’ve gotten to know some of the di“ erent deceptive areas,” she said earlier in the week. “I’ve probably spent at least four weeks here already this year just kind of practicing and, not necessarily with (doing

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get on SportsCenter on a Sunday night. But it’s also about achieving a dream and joining a special sorority. People forget that the Alcott leap of 1988 started the tradition, but it was a sputtering start at best. In 1989 Juli Inkster didn’t jump in the lake after winning, and Betsy King didn’t jump in the lake in 1990. Alcott won again in 1991 and took Dinah Shore into the lake with her, and people started to get the idea. But again it wasn’t until Donna Andrews went into the lake in 1994 that winners other than Alcott splashed around next

well in this event) in mind, just trying to get better.” Now that she’s in this lofty position, she does feel like she has a little bit of a home-course advantage. She said she’s noticed more fans than usual following here, some of them people she’s met while staying here, and has been in a few positions that she might not have been familiar with otherwise. “Yeah there were a couple. I think like hole 10, I felt like I knew the green slipped away from me, and I still hit it a little bit past. But I was sitting there like ‘I know this,’ and I was actually proud of myself for making an aggressive putt,” Olson said. “But, yeah, there were a couple times it crossed my mind like ‘I’ve been here, I’ve hit this putt, and I know what this does.’” On Saturday, she played a consistent round with ÿve birdies and one bogey. She ÿnished with a ‘ourish, canning about a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 18 which drew a nice roar from the gallery. Everything seems to be in place for Olson, but there’s still that one burning: How will she handle being in the ÿnal group at a major? ... But ideally, like I don’t want to treat it any di“ erent from any other day, so that’s going to be the goal. If there is something that I do, I’ll learn from it. But the goal is to treat it like any other day.” And during all that time she spent on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course practicing and getting used to the greens, did she ever dip her toe in Poppie’s Pond to see what it might feel like to jump into? “No, I did not. I feel like that’s jinxing it,” she said with a laugh.

to the 18th green. And as more people jumped in the lake, the tournament cleaned the lake up and made it more inviting. For Brittany Lincicome, missing the cut this week was a disappointment because she says she loves the tournament so much. She is one of the few players who has had the chance to jump into the lake twice as a two-time winner. “I feel like it’s bad luck to think about it beforehand. You walk by the pond and you’re like, wow, you know. Your brain starts thinking, well, if I did a cannonball or a belly -- no. You don’t want to jinx yourself,” Lincicome said. “So twice, when I’ve done it, I think my thought has been don’t mess up your make-up. I don’t want the mascara run-

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“I just tried to play my own game and stay focused on what I had to do,” Park said through an interpreter, not blaming the tough back nine on being timed on her shots. “At the end of the day, I just had to focus on what I had to accomplish. It was a rough day out there today.” For Lindberg, the story was her play on the smooth and fast Shore Course greens. Lindberg made a bogey on the par-3 ÿfth hole for her ÿrst bogey of the week, but she managed to make a tough downhill par putt on the sixth hole to stop her momentum from disappearing completely. “I love these greens. Obviously, I made quite a few downhill putts,” Lindberg said. “I feel like when I’m above the hole I just have to get it on line.” Her strong putting continued on the back nine as she missed the green on the 13th, 15th and 16th holes but made putts from 10 to 15 feet to save her pars. She also rolled in a long birdie putt on the 14th hole and added a short birdie putt on the 18th hole to complete the 70 and set the 54-hole scoring record. “If anything, I would say I was actually kind of bummed with leaving quite a few putts short today. Even the ones I left short, they were tracking on such a good line,” the Swedish star said. “It’s just something I have been working hard on for years. I know when I’ve gotten myself into position I’ve not been maybe aggressive enough with the putts.”

ning down my face. But thankfully the pond is not very deep. So literally twice now my feet have hit the bottom so my head doesn’t even go under.” For Jessica Korda, still looking for her ÿrst major championship, the 18th hole green complex at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage is the best in women’s golf. “My favorite walk is deÿnitely 18. From when you hit your shot in, to highÿving everyone, walking down past all the past champions, and the Dinah Shore statue is obviously so iconic, and seeing the clear, blue water that you so desperately want to jump into at the end of the week,” Korda said. There is no statue of Alcott next to

Playing in her seventh ANA Inspiration, Lindberg has become familiar with the desert. Her best ÿnish here was a tie for 18th in 2016. But why take a ride up the Tramway in the middle of a major championship? “I actually went up, I don’t know, one of the ÿrst years I played here and missed the cut so I had a little more time on the weekend,” Lindberg said. “But my parents hadn’t been up before, so I wanted to take them up there. “It’s such a neat experience being down here in the 90-something degree weather, head up there and it was 4 0 degrees up there,” she said. “It’s pretty cool. Not that my parents were looking for cold weather.” Lindberg now faces the potential pressure of not only playing for her ÿrst LPGA win in her eight-year career, but having that tournament be a major championship. Only three other players, Nanci Bowen, Helen Alfredsson and Morgan Pressel, have made the ANA Inspiration their ÿrst win on tour. “Obviously, it is going to be di“ erent,” Lindberg said. “I don’t know how many girls chasing me tomorrow. That’s going to be di“ erent. Someone is going to go out there and shoot a lot round. I just need to keep doing what I am doing.” As for the pressure, Lindberg is more interested in enjoying the weekend at the top of a major leaderboard. “I said, ‘how cool is this experience,’ ” Lindberg said she told friends before the round. “It’s not very many people who get to do this. You play a major, you go out in the last group. Let’s just have fun. Let’s just enjoy it. So we tried to do that.”

the 18th green, as there is of Shore herself. And while Alcott’s name is on three plaques on the Wall of Champions as a three-time winner of the tournament, there is no plaque talking about her ÿrst leap into the pond 30 years ago. But perhaps that’s okay. Because as long as the ANA Inspiration is played, players and fans will remember that it was Alcott who started the tradition by jumping into the lake. And every player will still want to jump into the lake on Sunday afternoon. Larry Bohannan is The Desert Sun golf writer. He can be reached at (760) 778-4 633 or larry.bohannan@desertsun.com. Follow him on Facebook or on Twitter at @Larry_Bohannan.