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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit two solo homers off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales for the seventh multi-homer game of his career, Manuel Margot hit his first grand slam, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their sixth straight, beating the Mariners 8-2. Lowe’s last multi-homer game came on Oct.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Cardoso scored the decisive goal while JT Marcinkowski stopped four shots as the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 1-0 win Saturday night over the Colorado Rapids. Cardoso’s game-winner came in the 64th minute to seal the win for the Earthquakes (2-5-3). Cristian Espinoza had an assist on the goal.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Josh Bell, Yadiel Hernandez and Nelson Cruz went deep, Maikel Franco drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. “Two things for me that stood out was we

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Yonathan Daza, José Iglesias and Connor Joe hit consecutive, two-out, run-scoring singles in the ninth inning to help the Colorado Rockies rally past the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Saturday night. Colorado trailed 1-0 entering the ninth and pieced together four runs off Arizona closer Mark Melancon

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta defender Miles Robinson has been stretchered off the field after collapsing to the artificial turf with a non-contact injury to his left leg in Atlanta’s 4-1 win over the Chicago Fire. Atlanta coach Gonzalo Pineda said Robinson will have an MRI on his Achilles tendon. A serious injury to the 25-year-old

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesus Ferreira was among the scorers for Dallas in a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders. With the victory, Dallas moved to 5-1-4, while the Sounders dropped to 2-5-1.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored 16 points in her debut for Atlanta, Cheyenne Parker had 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and the Dream beat the Dallas Wings 66-59 in the season opener for both teams. Nia Coffey added 11 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta, Erika Wheeler also scored 11 points

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Brandon Vazquez scored an all-important goal while Roman Celentano stopped the five shots he faced as Cincinnati earned a 1-0 win over Minnesota United. Cincinnati moved to 5-5-1 with the victory and United fell to 4-4-2.

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Danton Heinen’s first playoff goal in three years just past the midway point of the third period helped the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers. The win gives the Penguins a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. Pittsburgh blew a

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw remembered getting knocked out in the shortest start of his stellar career. Fair to say, things went a little better for him in his return to Wrigley Field. It turned out to be a good day for Mookie Betts, too. Kershaw dominated over seven

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spyros Chakas had 14 kills and 16 1/2 points and Hawaii swept Long Beach State 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 on Saturday night to win its second straight NCAA men’s volleyball title. Hawaii (27-5), which also swept BYU last year in the final, hit at least .400 in each set. Alex Nikolov had

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh emergency catcher Josh VanMeter had a rough time in his first try behind the plate since he was a teenager, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage to end a nine-game losing streak, beating the Pirates 9-2 in the opener of a doubleheader. Tyler Stephenson fouled a ball hard off VanMeter’s mask,

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a fifth-inning homer for the game’s first run, Max Fried outpitched Corbin Burnes and the Atlanta Braves held on in the ninth to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2. Fried allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings to