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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This kind of playoff triumph is three years in the making for Klay Thompson, who endured countless hours of rehab and heartache to reach this point again. And after another spectacular shooting performance on the big stage, coach Mike Brown just wanted to offer up

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say three people have been shot near Deer District following the Milwaukee Bucks game. The Milwaukee Fire Department said authorities took two people to a hospital, a 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl, and a third person drove to a hospital. All three people have non-life-threatening injuries. Police said a 29-year-old

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks played a ton of one-run games last season and lost most. This year’s team is built to not only survive, but thrive in tight games. They did it again Friday night. Ketel Marte had three hits and drove in a run, Zach Davies

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and an RBI triple, Hunter Dozier had his first career five-hit game and the Kansas City Royals broke out of their offensive funk in a 14-10 victory over the bumbling Colorado Rockies. Ryan O’Hearn also homered, Michael A. Taylor had three

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Miro Heiskanen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat Calgary 4-2 to force a Game 7 in their first-round Western Conference series. The Stars blew an early two-goal lead before going ahead to stay. The series goes back to

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Ha-Seong Kim hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning off reliever Will Smith, Wil Myers went deep in the sixth against Max Fried and the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 11-6 on Friday night. Kim homered for the fourth time after Eric Hosmer

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered in his third consecutive game, Aaron Judge went deep for the second time in two nights and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 10-4. After connecting twice and driving in a career-high six runs in Thursday’s 15-7 win, Stanton smacked

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Logan Webb pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants won their sixth straight game, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 on Friday night. Curt Casali hit his first homer of the season during a five-run burst in the eighth inning. St. Louis has lost

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Sewald got a key strikeout and won in his Citi Field return, Ty France hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning for yet another key hit, and the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Mets 2-1 in their first game at Citi Field.

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a pair of triples and Manuel Margot had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2. Lowe’s RBI triple capped a three-run eighth as the Rays sent Toronto to its fifth straight

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera doubled and homered to help the slumping Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and walking four as the Tigers won for just the second time in 11 games. The Orioles left the bases loaded

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nick Pivetta allowed a run and three hits in a season-long seven innings to win for the first time since August and the Boston Red Sox had a four-run sixth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on Friday night. J.D. Martinez began Boston’s big inning by lining a single to

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 24 points, Victoria Vivians added 20 and the Indiana Fever beat the New York Liberty 92-86 in overtime Friday night. Danielle Robinson scored eight of her 17 points in overtime, breaking a tie with two free throws with 24.9 seconds left. On the ensuing possession New York turned

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jayson Tatum wouldn’t let it happen again. With the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks attempting to complete a fourth-quarter comeback for the second straight game and close out their Eastern Conference semifinal, Tatum made sure the Boston Celtics instead kept their season alive and forced a decisive

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 15 points, Kelsey Plum had 14 points and 11 assists and the Las Vegas Aces rolled to a 96-73 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night. Wilson also had seven rebounds and five blocks to help Las Vegas improve to 3-1 overall and 2-1 on the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ty France hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning for yet another key hit, and the Seattle Mariners broke through against the Mets bullpen after Max Scherzer tired and beat New York 2-1 in their first game at Citi Field. The Mets wore black

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered on the first pitch of the game, Yordan Alvarez and Yuli Gurriel also homered and the Houston Astros extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 6-1 rout of the Washington Nationals. Houston manager Dusty Baker won in his first game back at

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Kreider’s long slap shot bounced over Louis Domingue and into the net with 1:28 left and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 to push their thrilling first-round series to a deciding Game 7. Kreider’s second goal of the game and fourth of