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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s starters have taken turns stringing together quality starts all season for one of baseball’s best rotations. To say they’re feeding off each other might be a stretch. More like nobody wants to be the one who unravels the string. Zac Gallen struck out seven in

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen used an aggressive early pass on Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc then controlled the inaugural Miami Grand Prix to pick up his third win of the season. The reigning world champion started third but Red Bull quickly got the best

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Tosaint Ricketts scored in the 90th minute to give the Vancouver Whitecaps a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC 1-0 on Sunday. Ricketts tucked the ball past goalkeeper Alex Bono after fellow substitute Lucas Cavallini broke past a defender to fire a pass across the face of the goal. Vancouver (2-6-1)

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Steve Flesch is a winner again on the TPC Sugarloaf. Four years after his only other PGA Tour Champions win, Flesch won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the second time. He had to rally from a four-shot deficit in the final round with a 65. David Toms needed to birdie the

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Max Homa played solid, steady golf during a week of cold, wet conditions and a back-and-forth Sunday duel with Keegan Bradley. He closed with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship. The 31-year-old Homa finished at 8-under 272 at TPC

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Colin Moran hit a grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler Mahle pitched five solid innings and the Reds rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the sixth. Cincinnati took two

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis guard Ja Morant is unlikely to play in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against Golden State on Monday night after injuring his right knee on a play with Jordan Poole that the teams are debating from the Grizzlies’ 142-112 loss Saturday night.

By JORDAN GODWIN Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam, Jake Odorizzi threw five innings of one-hit ball and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 for a four-game sweep and their seventh straight win. Díaz’s second home run of the season came in the third inning on a 92

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City will have to cope without injured defenders Rúben Dias, Kyle Walker and John Stones for the final three matches of the Premier League title run-in. Dias came off at halftime of City’s 5-0 rout of Newcastle with a hamstring problem. Walker was forced off in the second half of

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has defeated newly crowned Spanish league champion Real Madrid 1-0 in the last city derby of the season to move closer to securing a Champions League spot. Atlético kept its promise of not giving Madrid an honor guard before the match and clinched the

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — French champion Paris Saint-Germain threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with 15th-place Troyes in another disappointing performance. PSG was in control after 25 minutes with goals from central defender Marquinhos and forward Neymar. But poor defending allowed Troyes to equalize. Marseille earlier showed it

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Michael Taylor hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning after a pair of two-out Baltimore errors, giving the Kansas City Royals a 6-4 win over the Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader. With the score 4-all, Jorge Lopez retired the first two batters in

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres hit a game-ending homer to lead off the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Torres gave the Yankees their third walk-off victory of the season when he lifted a 3-1 sinker from

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola’s team is top of the English Premier League playing a widely admired style of soccer. But that didn’t stop the Manchester City manager claiming Sunday that “everyone in this country supports Liverpool.” He gave the title rivalry a spiky edge after City

By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Franmil Reyes lumbered home on Óscar Mercado’s tiebreaking, two-out single in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3. Toronto took a 3-2 lead into the eighth, but Owen Miller’s one-out homer off Tim Mayza tied it. Mayza retired José Ramírez, but

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Sandro Tonali has celebrated his 22nd birthday by scoring two goals. He helped AC Milan win 3-1 at Hellas Verona on Sunday and move a step closer to its first Serie A title in 11 years. Rafael Leão set up both goals for Tonali. Stefano Pioli’s

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure is squarely on the Florida Panthers, New York Rangers and Calgary Flames down two games to one in their respective first-round series. Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida is considering making some lineup adjustments for Game 4 at the Washington Capitals after a 6-1 loss Saturday. The

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Adam Duvall and William Contreras homered to help Charlie Morton won for the first time in five starts as the Atlanta Braves cranked up their bats to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2. Matt Olson hit a two-run double during a four-run second inning. Duvall homered in