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With the 2021 Kansas City Chiefs schedule set to be released on Wednesday evening, single-game and group tickets for all home games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will go on sale Thursday, May 13.

Tickets may be purchased at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chiefs.com/">www.chiefs.com</a>&nbsp;by the public beginning at noon Thursday. Season Ticket Members will have an exclusive online presale beginning Thursday at 11 a.m. The club will notify Season Ticket Members via email with instructions on how to purchase single-game tickets in addition to their season tickets.

In continuation of the team's long-standing policy, the taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri, will have a presale opportunity to purchase single-game tickets for the 2021 season from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursday. The Jackson County taxpayer presale will take place online only and purchasers must use a credit card with a billing zip code within Jackson County to participate.

Tickets for the 2021 season will be sold under a full capacity and ticket delivery will be mobile only. The ticket office will not be open for any walk-up sales. All single-game and group tickets for Chiefs home games are subject to availability and dynamic pricing.

All fans are encouraged to purchase parking passes in advance to secure the lowest price and reduce their time spent at the tollgate. All parking is mobile only and can be purchased during the ticket purchase process or in advance of the game at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chiefs.com/parking">www.chiefs.com/parking</a>. Parking is $45 per game when purchased in advance.

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 </figure>With the 2021 Kansas City Chiefs schedule set to be released on Wednesday evening, single-game and group tickets for all home games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will go on sale Thursday, May 13.Tickets may be purchased at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chiefs.com/">www.chiefs.com</a>&nbsp;by the public beginning at noon Thursday. Season Ticket Members will have an exclusive online presale beginning Thursday at 11 a.m. The club will notify Season Ticket Members via email with instructions on how to purchase single-game tickets in addition to their season tickets.In continuation of the team's long-standing policy, the taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri, will have a presale opportunity to purchase single-game tickets for the 2021 season from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursday. The Jackson County taxpayer presale will take place online only and purchasers must use a credit card with a billing zip code within Jackson County to participate.Tickets for the 2021 season will be sold under a full capacity and ticket delivery will be mobile only. The ticket office will not be open for any walk-up sales. All single-game and group tickets for Chiefs home games are subject to availability and dynamic pricing.All fans are encouraged to purchase parking passes in advance to secure the lowest price and reduce their time spent at the tollgate. All parking is mobile only and can be purchased during the ticket purchase process or in advance of the game at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chiefs.com/parking">www.chiefs.com/parking</a>. Parking is $45 per game when purchased in advance.

🏈 Chiefs tickets go on sale Thursday

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Faulk scored 46 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1. Tyler Bozak also scored and Jordan Binnington made 26 saves for the Blues, who are locked into the fourth seed in the West Division and will play Colorado or Vegas in the first round of the playoffs. Alex Iafallo scored, Calvin Petersen made 17 saves and the Kings wrapped up their home schedule with four straight losses.

UNDATED (AP) — United States Olympian Rachel Garcia highlights the 12 players chosen in the first Athletes Unlimited softball draft. Garcia is a two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The pitcher led the Bruins to the national title in 2019. Three Arizona players were chosen. They are USA Olympic catcher Dejah Mulipola, infielder Jessie Harper and pitcher Alyssa Denham. Other draftees include Washington infielder Sis Bates, Oklahoma pitcher Giselle "G" Juarez, Oklahoma State pitcher Carrie Eberle, Texas outfielder Shannon Rhodes, Minnesota pitcher Amber Fiser, Louisiana-Lafayette outfielder Ciara Bryan, Iowa State infielder Sami Williams and LSU infielder Aliyah Andrews.

Spurs' record-setting 1st half ends Bucks' streak, 146-125

UNDATED (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and the San Antonio Spurs set a franchise record for points in the first half while rolling to a 146-125 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee had a five-game winning streak snapped and dropped a game behind idle Brooklyn for second place in the Eastern Conference. San Antonio set a season high for points and a team best with 87 points in the first half. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points. 

— Stephen Curry made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 14 seconds left moments after missing from deep, scoring 36 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz 119-116 on Monday night to keep hold of the eighth seed in the playoff race. Jordan Poole's Curry-like 52-footer at the third-quarter buzzer went to replay review and stood, giving Golden State an 89-75 lead and serious momentum going into the final 12 minutes before Utah's furious comeback effort in the closing minutes. Jordan Clarkson scored 41 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 27 for a Utah team still missing injured All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley. 

— Damian Lillard had 34 points and nine rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers raced to a 140-129 victory over the Houston Rockets. The Blazers scored 50 points in the first quarter, setting a franchise record for scoring in a period, and tied an NBA record for 3-pointers made in a quarter with 12. CJ McCollum had 21 points in the first as Portland built a 17-point lead. McCollum finished with 28 points and Norman Powell also scored 28 for the Blazers, who never trailed as they moved within one-half game of fifth-place Dallas in the Western Conference. Kelly Olynyk had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the NBA-worst Rockets.

— Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's 47-year-old NBA record for triple-doubles and missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer as the Washington Wizards lost 125-124 to the Atlanta Hawks. Westbrook recorded his 182nd triple-double. The nine-time All-Star and 2016-17 MVP finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists, carrying the load for a Wizards team that was missing Bradley Beal, the league's No. 2 scorer. Trae Young scored 36 points for the Hawks, who moved within a half-game of the fourth-place New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference. Washington is 10th in the East.

— The Memphis Grizzlies secured a spot in the postseason play-in tournament by beating the New Orleans Pelicans 115-110. Dillon Brooks scored 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Grizzlies. The Pelicans were without leading scorers Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, along with Josh Hart and Steven Adams.

— Domantas Sabonis amassed 21 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists as the Indiana Pacers strengthened their hold on a play-in tournament spot with a 111-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pacers moved one-half game ahead of Washington into ninth in the Eastern Conference. Collin Sexton scored 25 points for the Cavaliers in their 11th straight loss.

Westbrook breaks Robinson's NBA triple-double record

UNDATED (AP) — Russell Westbrook has set the NBA record with his 182nd triple-double, surpassing the mark set by Oscar Robertson in 1974. 

The 32-year-old Westbrook is in his 13th season overall and his first with the Washington Wizards. Westbrook has recorded a triple-double in each of Washington's last five games, three of them before the start of the fourth quarter. He has 36 this season.

— Bradley Beal will miss at least two games because of a strained left hamstring as his Washington Wizards fight for a play-in berth and he duels Stephen Curry for the NBA scoring title. The Wizards announced that Beal will sit out their games at the Atlanta Hawks this week. He'll be re-evaluated Friday. The shooting guard has a strained his hamstring. He is averaging 31.4 points this season. That trails Golden State guard Curry, who is putting in 31.9 a game. 

— Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left wrist. The team says Brown learned of the injury to his scapholunate ligament this past weekend and is expected to have surgery later this week. Brown has missed the Celtics' past three games with a sprained right ankle. Boston has lost two of three since then and entered Monday seventh in the Eastern Conference with four games left.

— Veteran NBA referee Tony Brown has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will miss the rest of the season. The NBA says the 54-year-old has been undergoing treatment since his diagnosis last month. Brown worked his first NBA Finals last season. He has officiated 1,109 regular-season games, 35 playoff games and the 2018 All-Star Game in his 19 seasons as an NBA official.

Mancini, Orioles avoid four-game sweep, beat Red Sox 4-1

UNDATED (AP) — Trey Mancini hit a go-ahead solo homer and later knocked in an insurance run, Jorge López and four relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. 

The Orioles had dropped their first six games at Camden Yards this season against the Red Sox and avoided a four-game sweep. It was the first time the home team won in 10 games between the teams this season. Boston still has the best record in baseball at 22-14. Baltimore's bullpen combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings, retiring all 10 batters it faced. 

— Mauricio Dubon broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-out, pinch-hit single, Alex Wood won for the fourth time in five starts and the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 3-1. Brandon Belt hit his eighth home run and Mike Yastrzemski doubled for San Francisco. The Giants are tied with idle St. Louis for the best record in the National League at 21-14. Wood had seven strikeouts and allowed one run in seven innings, lowering his ERA to 1.80. The lefty got double plays in the fifth and seventh innings and fanned Adolis Garcia and Joey Gallo with two on and one out in the sixth.

— Luke Weaver pitched scoreless ball into the seventh inning for his best outing in nearly a month, which helped the Arizona Diamondbacks snap a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins. Weaver cruised though 6 1/3 innings, giving up four hits, striking out six and dominating a team that beat him a week ago in Miami. Arizona's David Peralta hit a triple and a double. Asdrubal Cabrera added a two-run double. Miami's Jordan Holloway took the loss in his first major league start. 

— Jared Walsh homered and matched a career high with four hits, Justin Upton also connected and the Los Angeles Angels rallied in the sixth inning to beat the Houston Astros 5-4. Walsh also doubled and had two RBIs as the Angels got their third win in four games. 

— Tyler Naquin homered and drove in four runs, Tucker Barnhart keyed a six-run fourth inning with a two-run double and the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 14-1 victory over the skidding Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

— The game between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies was postponed due to a forecast that called for inclement weather. The Padres and Rockies were set to begin a three-game series at Coors Field. They will play Tuesday and then a traditional doubleheader Wednesday. The forecast Tuesday is calling for more cold and rainy weather with a chance for snow.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom will be placed on the injured list by the New York Mets with tightness in his right side. The move will keep the ace from taking the mound until May 20 at the earliest. The Mets say an MRI on Sunday night was "clean of any issues." 

The team says it will place the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner on the injured list before Tuesday's series opener against Baltimore, a move that will be retroactive to Monday. A 32-year-old right-hander, deGrom is 3-2 with a major league-best 0.68 ERA.

— Two-time All-Star infielder Todd Frazier has been cut by the Pittsburgh Pirates after hitting .086 in 13 games. The team designated him for assignment Monday. The 35-year-old had just three hits in 35 at-bats with no home runs and four RBIs. The Pirates signed Frazier to a minor league contract after he spent last year's pandemic-shortened season with the Texas Rangers and New York Mets. The 11-year veteran has a .241 career average with 218 home runs.

Bruins take Islanders in OT, clinch third in East

UNDATED (AP) —Taylor Hall scored his second goal of the game 2:53 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in their home finale to clinch third place in the East Division. Brad Marchand also scored for Boston, which will face second-place Washington in the upcoming playoffs. Tuukka Rask had 16 saves. Mathew Barzal and Oliver Wahlstrom scored for the Islanders. Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves before he was replaced to start the third period by Ilya Sorokin, who stopped 10 shots. New York will face East-champ Pittsburgh. Hall cut in front and beat Sorokin with a backhander for the game-winner. 

— J.T. Compher scored a go-ahead goal in the third period, Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche preserved their chances to finish in first place in the West Division with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Avalanche, who trail the Golden Knights by two points atop the division. Vegas has game left, Colorado has two. Alex Pietrangelo scored for the Golden Knights. Robin Lehner, facing the Avalanche for the first time this season after Marc-Andre Fleury was in net the first seven meetings, stopped 19 shots.

— Pekka Rinne (PEH'-kuh RIH'-neh) made 30 saves for the shutout as the Nashville Predators finished the regular season by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0. Rinne tied Tom Barrasso for No. 19 in NHL history with his 369th career victory in his first start since April 10. Rinne's 60th career shutout came in what might have been his final start with Nashville. Both teams rested several players ahead of their first-round playoff series.

— Nils Hoglander scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1. Bo Horvat also scored and Thatcher Demko stopped 39 shots for his 14th win of the season for the Canucks, Vancouver was eliminated from the playoff race earlier in the night when Montreal earned a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to Edmonton to clinch fourth place in the North Division. 

— Jason Robertson scored 4:30 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in the final game of the season for each team. Miro Heiskanen had a goal and an assist for Dallas, which had dropped six of seven. 

— Chris Driedger (DREE'-jer) stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season, Juho Lammikko scored a short-handed goal, and the Florida Panthers secured home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the regular season finale for both clubs.

— Joel Farabee scored two goals and James van Riemsdyk added one on the power play to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils in the season finale for both teams. 

— The Flyers finished yet another season without a Stanley Cup. They haven't won one since consecutive championships in 1974 and 1975 and this ends as one of the more disheartening ones in franchise history. Pavel Zacha and Janne Kuokkanen scored for the Devils. Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers.

UNDATED (AP) — As coronavirus restrictions ease in the nation's capital, the Washington city government says sports stadiums can have spectators at full capacity as of June 11.That will allow the Washington Nationals to let about 40,000 fans into its home games. The Major League Baseball team said Monday it was granted a waiver by the city to expand its ticket distribution at Nationals Park to up to 36% of capacity as of Friday. The Nationals currently are allowed 10,000 fans per game -- about 25% of what their outdoor ballpark holds.

As of last month, the NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards have been allowed to host 10% of capacity at their indoor arena downtown, roughly 2,000 people. That will rise to 25%, about 5,000 spectators, on Friday.

In other outbreak related sports matters:

— The Philadelphia Flyers and Penn Medicine partnered to make the one-shot Johnson &amp; Johnson coronavirus vaccine available to fans before Monday night's game. The Flyers said about 75 fans received a shot. They received vouchers for two tickets to a game and Gritty stickers and T-shirts incentives to get their shot. 

— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that Nassau Coliseum will have a fully vaccinated fan section when the New York Islanders open the Stanley Cup playoffs. Half of the arena will be used as a fully vaccinated fan section with attendees spaced approximately 3 feet apart with an unoccupied seat between each party. I

— The Nashville Predators have reached an agreement that will allow for a crowd of 12,135 inside Bridgestone Arena for home games played during the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. The Predators will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, and all home games will see approximately 70% of the arena's 17,159 seats filled. 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer are apparently getting back together, this time in the NFL. 

The NFL Network reports the former Florida star and 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback is expected to team up with his college coach by signing a one-year contract to play for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The league-owned network says the deal "could be official in the next week or so." The 33-year-old Tebow would be returning to the NFL after four years in the New York Mets' organization and he'd be playing for Meyer for the first time since his senior year in 2009. This reunion would come with a twist: Tebow is switching to tight end.

— Two people with direct knowledge have confirmed to The Associated Press the Indianapolis Colts have signed Eric Fisher to play left tackle. Kansas City selected Fisher with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 draft, but the Chiefs released their longtime starter in March. Fisher missed last season's Super Bowl after tearing his Achilles tendon in the AFC championship game. The two-time Pro Bowler could replace Anthony Castonzo in Indy's starting lineup. Castonzo retired in January.

First-place Derby finisher heads to Baltimore, without trainer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is headed to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes while trainer Bob Baffert says he won't attend the race to avoid being a distraction in the wake of scrutiny following the colt's failed postrace drug test. 

Medina Spirit's Derby win by half a length over Mandaloun gave Baffert his record seventh victory in the sport's premier race. That milestone is now in jeopardy following Baffert's announcement that test results revealed the horse had more than twice the state-allowed amount of the steroid betamethasone. Baffert is appealing the positive test and a part of the original sample will be re-tested.

Johnson withdraws from Nelson with knee discomfort

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — One week before the PGA Championship, Dustin Johnson is having knee pain. The world's No. 1 player withdrew from the AT&amp;T Byron Nelson on Monday. 

He cites occasional discomfort in his knee and says his trainers have advised him to stay home and get healthy. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after the 2019 season that caused him to miss three months. He says he was not happy about having to withdraw and pledged to return to Dallas. Johnson has gone six consecutive tournaments without a top-10 finish. That's his longest such stretch since before his 2019 surgery.

<h2>Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press</h2>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Faulk scored 46 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1. Tyler Bozak also scored and Jordan Binnington made 26 saves for the Blues, who are locked into the fourth seed in the West Division and will play Colorado or Vegas in the first round of the playoffs. Alex Iafallo scored, Calvin Petersen made 17 saves and the Kings wrapped up their home schedule with four straight losses.UNDATED (AP) — United States Olympian Rachel Garcia highlights the 12 players chosen in the first Athletes Unlimited softball draft. Garcia is a two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The pitcher led the Bruins to the national title in 2019. Three Arizona players were chosen. They are USA Olympic catcher Dejah Mulipola, infielder Jessie Harper and pitcher Alyssa Denham. Other draftees include Washington infielder Sis Bates, Oklahoma pitcher Giselle "G" Juarez, Oklahoma State pitcher Carrie Eberle, Texas outfielder Shannon Rhodes, Minnesota pitcher Amber Fiser, Louisiana-Lafayette outfielder Ciara Bryan, Iowa State infielder Sami Williams and LSU infielder Aliyah Andrews.Spurs' record-setting 1st half ends Bucks' streak, 146-125UNDATED (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and the San Antonio Spurs set a franchise record for points in the first half while rolling to a 146-125 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee had a five-game winning streak snapped and dropped a game behind idle Brooklyn for second place in the Eastern Conference. San Antonio set a season high for points and a team best with 87 points in the first half. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points. In other NBA action:— Stephen Curry made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 14 seconds left moments after missing from deep, scoring 36 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz 119-116 on Monday night to keep hold of the eighth seed in the playoff race. Jordan Poole's Curry-like 52-footer at the third-quarter buzzer went to replay review and stood, giving Golden State an 89-75 lead and serious momentum going into the final 12 minutes before Utah's furious comeback effort in the closing minutes. Jordan Clarkson scored 41 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 27 for a Utah team still missing injured All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley. — Damian Lillard had 34 points and nine rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers raced to a 140-129 victory over the Houston Rockets. The Blazers scored 50 points in the first quarter, setting a franchise record for scoring in a period, and tied an NBA record for 3-pointers made in a quarter with 12. CJ McCollum had 21 points in the first as Portland built a 17-point lead. McCollum finished with 28 points and Norman Powell also scored 28 for the Blazers, who never trailed as they moved within one-half game of fifth-place Dallas in the Western Conference. Kelly Olynyk had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the NBA-worst Rockets.— Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's 47-year-old NBA record for triple-doubles and missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer as the Washington Wizards lost 125-124 to the Atlanta Hawks. Westbrook recorded his 182nd triple-double. The nine-time All-Star and 2016-17 MVP finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists, carrying the load for a Wizards team that was missing Bradley Beal, the league's No. 2 scorer. Trae Young scored 36 points for the Hawks, who moved within a half-game of the fourth-place New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference. Washington is 10th in the East.— The Memphis Grizzlies secured a spot in the postseason play-in tournament by beating the New Orleans Pelicans 115-110. Dillon Brooks scored 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Grizzlies. The Pelicans were without leading scorers Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, along with Josh Hart and Steven Adams.— Domantas Sabonis amassed 21 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists as the Indiana Pacers strengthened their hold on a play-in tournament spot with a 111-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pacers moved one-half game ahead of Washington into ninth in the Eastern Conference. Collin Sexton scored 25 points for the Cavaliers in their 11th straight loss.Westbrook breaks Robinson's NBA triple-double recordUNDATED (AP) — Russell Westbrook has set the NBA record with his 182nd triple-double, surpassing the mark set by Oscar Robertson in 1974. The 32-year-old Westbrook is in his 13th season overall and his first with the Washington Wizards. Westbrook has recorded a triple-double in each of Washington's last five games, three of them before the start of the fourth quarter. He has 36 this season.Elsewhere in the league:— Bradley Beal will miss at least two games because of a strained left hamstring as his Washington Wizards fight for a play-in berth and he duels Stephen Curry for the NBA scoring title. The Wizards announced that Beal will sit out their games at the Atlanta Hawks this week. He'll be re-evaluated Friday. The shooting guard has a strained his hamstring. He is averaging 31.4 points this season. That trails Golden State guard Curry, who is putting in 31.9 a game. — Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left wrist. The team says Brown learned of the injury to his scapholunate ligament this past weekend and is expected to have surgery later this week. Brown has missed the Celtics' past three games with a sprained right ankle. Boston has lost two of three since then and entered Monday seventh in the Eastern Conference with four games left.— Veteran NBA referee Tony Brown has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will miss the rest of the season. The NBA says the 54-year-old has been undergoing treatment since his diagnosis last month. Brown worked his first NBA Finals last season. He has officiated 1,109 regular-season games, 35 playoff games and the 2018 All-Star Game in his 19 seasons as an NBA official.Mancini, Orioles avoid four-game sweep, beat Red Sox 4-1UNDATED (AP) — Trey Mancini hit a go-ahead solo homer and later knocked in an insurance run, Jorge López and four relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Orioles had dropped their first six games at Camden Yards this season against the Red Sox and avoided a four-game sweep. It was the first time the home team won in 10 games between the teams this season. Boston still has the best record in baseball at 22-14. Baltimore's bullpen combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings, retiring all 10 batters it faced. In other action:— Mauricio Dubon broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-out, pinch-hit single, Alex Wood won for the fourth time in five starts and the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 3-1. Brandon Belt hit his eighth home run and Mike Yastrzemski doubled for San Francisco. The Giants are tied with idle St. Louis for the best record in the National League at 21-14. Wood had seven strikeouts and allowed one run in seven innings, lowering his ERA to 1.80. The lefty got double plays in the fifth and seventh innings and fanned Adolis Garcia and Joey Gallo with two on and one out in the sixth.— Luke Weaver pitched scoreless ball into the seventh inning for his best outing in nearly a month, which helped the Arizona Diamondbacks snap a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins. Weaver cruised though 6 1/3 innings, giving up four hits, striking out six and dominating a team that beat him a week ago in Miami. Arizona's David Peralta hit a triple and a double. Asdrubal Cabrera added a two-run double. Miami's Jordan Holloway took the loss in his first major league start. — Jared Walsh homered and matched a career high with four hits, Justin Upton also connected and the Los Angeles Angels rallied in the sixth inning to beat the Houston Astros 5-4. Walsh also doubled and had two RBIs as the Angels got their third win in four games. — Tyler Naquin homered and drove in four runs, Tucker Barnhart keyed a six-run fourth inning with a two-run double and the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 14-1 victory over the skidding Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates lost for the ninth time in 11 games.— The game between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies was postponed due to a forecast that called for inclement weather. The Padres and Rockies were set to begin a three-game series at Coors Field. They will play Tuesday and then a traditional doubleheader Wednesday. The forecast Tuesday is calling for more cold and rainy weather with a chance for snow.DeGrom on ILNEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom will be placed on the injured list by the New York Mets with tightness in his right side. The move will keep the ace from taking the mound until May 20 at the earliest. The Mets say an MRI on Sunday night was "clean of any issues." The team says it will place the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner on the injured list before Tuesday's series opener against Baltimore, a move that will be retroactive to Monday. A 32-year-old right-hander, deGrom is 3-2 with a major league-best 0.68 ERA.Elsewhere in the majors: — Two-time All-Star infielder Todd Frazier has been cut by the Pittsburgh Pirates after hitting .086 in 13 games. The team designated him for assignment Monday. The 35-year-old had just three hits in 35 at-bats with no home runs and four RBIs. The Pirates signed Frazier to a minor league contract after he spent last year's pandemic-shortened season with the Texas Rangers and New York Mets. The 11-year veteran has a .241 career average with 218 home runs.Bruins take Islanders in OT, clinch third in EastUNDATED (AP) —Taylor Hall scored his second goal of the game 2:53 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in their home finale to clinch third place in the East Division. Brad Marchand also scored for Boston, which will face second-place Washington in the upcoming playoffs. Tuukka Rask had 16 saves. Mathew Barzal and Oliver Wahlstrom scored for the Islanders. Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves before he was replaced to start the third period by Ilya Sorokin, who stopped 10 shots. New York will face East-champ Pittsburgh. Hall cut in front and beat Sorokin with a backhander for the game-winner. Elsewhere on the ice Monday:— J.T. Compher scored a go-ahead goal in the third period, Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche preserved their chances to finish in first place in the West Division with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Avalanche, who trail the Golden Knights by two points atop the division. Vegas has game left, Colorado has two. Alex Pietrangelo scored for the Golden Knights. Robin Lehner, facing the Avalanche for the first time this season after Marc-Andre Fleury was in net the first seven meetings, stopped 19 shots.— Pekka Rinne (PEH'-kuh RIH'-neh) made 30 saves for the shutout as the Nashville Predators finished the regular season by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0. Rinne tied Tom Barrasso for No. 19 in NHL history with his 369th career victory in his first start since April 10. Rinne's 60th career shutout came in what might have been his final start with Nashville. Both teams rested several players ahead of their first-round playoff series.— Nils Hoglander scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1. Bo Horvat also scored and Thatcher Demko stopped 39 shots for his 14th win of the season for the Canucks, Vancouver was eliminated from the playoff race earlier in the night when Montreal earned a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to Edmonton to clinch fourth place in the North Division. — Jason Robertson scored 4:30 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in the final game of the season for each team. Miro Heiskanen had a goal and an assist for Dallas, which had dropped six of seven. — Chris Driedger (DREE'-jer) stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season, Juho Lammikko scored a short-handed goal, and the Florida Panthers secured home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the regular season finale for both clubs.— Joel Farabee scored two goals and James van Riemsdyk added one on the power play to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils in the season finale for both teams. — The Flyers finished yet another season without a Stanley Cup. They haven't won one since consecutive championships in 1974 and 1975 and this ends as one of the more disheartening ones in franchise history. Pavel Zacha and Janne Kuokkanen scored for the Devils. Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers.More fans allowed at DC sports eventsUNDATED (AP) — As coronavirus restrictions ease in the nation's capital, the Washington city government says sports stadiums can have spectators at full capacity as of June 11.That will allow the Washington Nationals to let about 40,000 fans into its home games. The Major League Baseball team said Monday it was granted a waiver by the city to expand its ticket distribution at Nationals Park to up to 36% of capacity as of Friday. The Nationals currently are allowed 10,000 fans per game -- about 25% of what their outdoor ballpark holds.As of last month, the NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards have been allowed to host 10% of capacity at their indoor arena downtown, roughly 2,000 people. That will rise to 25%, about 5,000 spectators, on Friday.In other outbreak related sports matters:— The Philadelphia Flyers and Penn Medicine partnered to make the one-shot Johnson &amp; Johnson coronavirus vaccine available to fans before Monday night's game. The Flyers said about 75 fans received a shot. They received vouchers for two tickets to a game and Gritty stickers and T-shirts incentives to get their shot. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that Nassau Coliseum will have a fully vaccinated fan section when the New York Islanders open the Stanley Cup playoffs. Half of the arena will be used as a fully vaccinated fan section with attendees spaced approximately 3 feet apart with an unoccupied seat between each party. I— The Nashville Predators have reached an agreement that will allow for a crowd of 12,135 inside Bridgestone Arena for home games played during the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. The Predators will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, and all home games will see approximately 70% of the arena's 17,159 seats filled. Tebow to play for Jaguars - as tight endJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer are apparently getting back together, this time in the NFL. The NFL Network reports the former Florida star and 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback is expected to team up with his college coach by signing a one-year contract to play for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The league-owned network says the deal "could be official in the next week or so." The 33-year-old Tebow would be returning to the NFL after four years in the New York Mets' organization and he'd be playing for Meyer for the first time since his senior year in 2009. This reunion would come with a twist: Tebow is switching to tight end.In other NFL activity:— Two people with direct knowledge have confirmed to The Associated Press the Indianapolis Colts have signed Eric Fisher to play left tackle. Kansas City selected Fisher with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 draft, but the Chiefs released their longtime starter in March. Fisher missed last season's Super Bowl after tearing his Achilles tendon in the AFC championship game. The two-time Pro Bowler could replace Anthony Castonzo in Indy's starting lineup. Castonzo retired in January.MEDINA SPIRIT-PREAKNESSFirst-place Derby finisher heads to Baltimore, without trainerLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is headed to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes while trainer Bob Baffert says he won't attend the race to avoid being a distraction in the wake of scrutiny following the colt's failed postrace drug test. Medina Spirit's Derby win by half a length over Mandaloun gave Baffert his record seventh victory in the sport's premier race. That milestone is now in jeopardy following Baffert's announcement that test results revealed the horse had more than twice the state-allowed amount of the steroid betamethasone. Baffert is appealing the positive test and a part of the original sample will be re-tested.Johnson withdraws from Nelson with knee discomfortMCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — One week before the PGA Championship, Dustin Johnson is having knee pain. The world's No. 1 player withdrew from the AT&amp;T Byron Nelson on Monday. He cites occasional discomfort in his knee and says his trainers have advised him to stay home and get healthy. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after the 2019 season that caused him to miss three months. He says he was not happy about having to withdraw and pledged to return to Dallas. Johnson has gone six consecutive tournaments without a top-10 finish. That's his longest such stretch since before his 2019 surgery.<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Hutchinson Community College remains atop the NJCAA rankings after their 6-0 start.&nbsp;

The Blue Dragons start a season 6-0 for just the sixth time in program history, the first since 2014. Hutchinson can win its first league championship since 2014 with a victory on Sunday against Dodge City at Gowans Stadium. 

Dating back to the 2019 season, the Blue Dragons have won eight games in a row.

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 </figure>The Blue Dragons start a season 6-0 for just the sixth time in program history, the first since 2014. Hutchinson can win its first league championship since 2014 with a victory on Sunday against Dodge City at Gowans Stadium. Dating back to the 2019 season, the Blue Dragons have won eight games in a row.

🏈 HutchCC still atop football poll

The Jayhawk West champion Hutchinson Community College baseball team will play the Highland Scotties in the opening game of the 2021 Region VI Hutchinson sub-regional tournament on Friday at Hobart-Detter Field.

Pairings for the Hutchinson, Liberal, Arkansas City and Overland Park sub-regionals were announced on Monday by the Region VI baseball committee. Assigned to the Hutchinson sub-regional are East eighth place Highland, East fourth-place Allen and West fifth-place Colby.

The Blue Dragons (35-15) and Highland (9-32) open the sub-regional at Noon Friday. Allen (31-17) and Colby (26-23) will play in the second opening-round game.

The Hutchinson Community College Athletic Department announced that admission will be charged this weekend at Hobart-Detter Field. Admission will be $10 per person per day with kids age 5 and under admitted free.

All games from the Hutchinson sub-regional will be streamed on the Blue Dragon Sports Network.

The four sub-regional winners move into the Region VI Super-Regional on May 22-24 at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina.

STEVE CARPENTERHutchinson CC Sports InformationMonday, May 10, 2021The Jayhawk West champion Hutchinson Community College baseball team will play the Highland Scotties in the opening game of the 2021 Region VI Hutchinson sub-regional tournament on Friday at Hobart-Detter Field.Pairings for the Hutchinson, Liberal, Arkansas City and Overland Park sub-regionals were announced on Monday by the Region VI baseball committee. Assigned to the Hutchinson sub-regional are East eighth place Highland, East fourth-place Allen and West fifth-place Colby.The Blue Dragons (35-15) and Highland (9-32) open the sub-regional at Noon Friday. Allen (31-17) and Colby (26-23) will play in the second opening-round game.The Hutchinson Community College Athletic Department announced that admission will be charged this weekend at Hobart-Detter Field. Admission will be $10 per person per day with kids age 5 and under admitted free.All games from the Hutchinson sub-regional will be streamed on the Blue Dragon Sports Network.The four sub-regional winners move into the Region VI Super-Regional on May 22-24 at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina.

⚾ Region VI Hutchinson sub-regional set

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Hutchinson Community College men’s golf team had a bit of a shaky start in the opening round of the 2021 NJCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship on Monday at The Rawls Course.

The Blue Dragons finished with a flourish, though, and leads the national tournament after 18 holes, tying a school record in the process.

Led by freshman Ben Partridge’s 5-under 67 and freshman Harry Crockett’s 3-under 69, the Blue Dragons shot an 8-under 280 in Monday’s first round. Hutchinson leads Midland College and Odessa College by three shots each after 18 holes.

The 280 team score tied the Hutchinson record for a national tournament round, matching the 2006 record of 280 set at the Links at Sierra Blanca in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Monday’s round was the best single national tournament round since shooting 288 in the final round at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida in 2016.

The Blue Dragons, Midland and Odessa are scheduled to tee off in Tuesday’s second round from 1:30 to 2:10 p.m. Because of potential rainy weather, Tuesday tee times might be changed, according to tournament officials.

Starting the tournament on Hole No. 10 with the earliest tee times, the Blue Dragons started 7-over par with six bogeys and one double-bogey. Things quickly turned around as Hutchinson had five birdies, collectively, on Nos. 12 and 13. The Dragons made the turn at 4-over par.  

The Blue Dragons started their strong back-nine with six birdies and two bogeys over the next four holes. Then the Dragons caught fire on the final two holes.

Cameron Rios-Ceballos parred the final two holes of his round and Trey McCrae closed with a par and birdie.

Harry Crocket followed with back-to-back birdies, including a 20-foot downhill putt on No. 17. Ben Partridge finished birdie-birdie. Partridge nailed his approach on No 8 to 4 feet.

The only blemish down the stretch was a Charlie Crocket bogey on No. 8.

Partridge’s 67 on Monday started with four birdies on the front nine. He bogeyed Nos. 2 and 7 over his final nine holes, but countered with birdies Nos. 3, 8 and 9 to complete his seventh round in the 60s this season.

Partridge is in a three-way tie for second with Jefferson State’s Dillon West and Midland’s Bladen Samaniego. That trio trails individual leader Wil Adams of Odessa by one stroke.

Harry Crockett started the championship going double-bogey-bogey over his first two holes. He got it back to 2-over at the turn and played the back nine in 4-under to close at 3-under 69. Crockett is also in the Top 10, tied with five others for sixth place.

McCray and Rios-Ceballos are part of a seven-way tie for 18th after even-par 72s.

McCrae had seven birdies and seven bogeys in his first round. Rios-Ceballos started his round with 10 consecutive pars.

Charlie Crockett posted a 4-over 76 on Monday. He is tied for 46th.

Garden City is tied for sixth with Jefferson State at 4-over 292. Dodge City is 16th at 307 and Kansas City is 19th at 315.

STEVE CARPENTERHutchinson CC Sports InformationMonday, May 10, 2021LUBBOCK, Texas – The Hutchinson Community College men’s golf team had a bit of a shaky start in the opening round of the 2021 NJCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship on Monday at The Rawls Course.The Blue Dragons finished with a flourish, though, and leads the national tournament after 18 holes, tying a school record in the process.Led by freshman Ben Partridge’s 5-under 67 and freshman Harry Crockett’s 3-under 69, the Blue Dragons shot an 8-under 280 in Monday’s first round. Hutchinson leads Midland College and Odessa College by three shots each after 18 holes.The 280 team score tied the Hutchinson record for a national tournament round, matching the 2006 record of 280 set at the Links at Sierra Blanca in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Monday’s round was the best single national tournament round since shooting 288 in the final round at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida in 2016.The Blue Dragons, Midland and Odessa are scheduled to tee off in Tuesday’s second round from 1:30 to 2:10 p.m. Because of potential rainy weather, Tuesday tee times might be changed, according to tournament officials.Starting the tournament on Hole No. 10 with the earliest tee times, the Blue Dragons started 7-over par with six bogeys and one double-bogey. Things quickly turned around as Hutchinson had five birdies, collectively, on Nos. 12 and 13. The Dragons made the turn at 4-over par. The Blue Dragons started their strong back-nine with six birdies and two bogeys over the next four holes. Then the Dragons caught fire on the final two holes.Cameron Rios-Ceballos parred the final two holes of his round and Trey McCrae closed with a par and birdie.Harry Crocket followed with back-to-back birdies, including a 20-foot downhill putt on No. 17. Ben Partridge finished birdie-birdie. Partridge nailed his approach on No 8 to 4 feet.The only blemish down the stretch was a Charlie Crocket bogey on No. 8.Partridge’s 67 on Monday started with four birdies on the front nine. He bogeyed Nos. 2 and 7 over his final nine holes, but countered with birdies Nos. 3, 8 and 9 to complete his seventh round in the 60s this season.Partridge is in a three-way tie for second with Jefferson State’s Dillon West and Midland’s Bladen Samaniego. That trio trails individual leader Wil Adams of Odessa by one stroke.Harry Crockett started the championship going double-bogey-bogey over his first two holes. He got it back to 2-over at the turn and played the back nine in 4-under to close at 3-under 69. Crockett is also in the Top 10, tied with five others for sixth place.McCray and Rios-Ceballos are part of a seven-way tie for 18th after even-par 72s.McCrae had seven birdies and seven bogeys in his first round. Rios-Ceballos started his round with 10 consecutive pars.Charlie Crockett posted a 4-over 76 on Monday. He is tied for 46th.Garden City is tied for sixth with Jefferson State at 4-over 292. Dodge City is 16th at 307 and Kansas City is 19th at 315.

⛳️ Record round gives Dragons lead at nationals after Day 1

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Blue Dragons blow out Highland, Royals go winless at home and Wind Surge heads home at 5-1, plus more from Hutch Post.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Corrigan Bartlett&nbsp;hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth to lift Wichita State to a 7-6, come-from-behind win at UCF in the series finale of a four-game American Athletic Conference series Sunday, May 9, at John Euliano Park. With the victory, the Shockers take three of four games from the Knights and improve to 25-18 overall and 13-10 in The American, while UCF falls to 23-25 on the season and 13-11 in conference action. Bartlett went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI, while&nbsp;Seth Stroh&nbsp;went 2-for-3, including a home run, and&nbsp;Hunter Gibson&nbsp;and&nbsp;Paxton Wallace&nbsp;each had a pair of hits, pacing Wichita State at the plate. WSU reliever&nbsp;Aaron Haase&nbsp;(1-1) earned the win on the mound after throwing two scoreless innings and allowing just one hit with no walks and three strikeouts. The Shockers and Knights each traded runs in the opening two innings, with each team scoring a run in the first and second innings, resulting in a 2-2 tie going into the top of the third. Wichita State ended the trend in the third, scoring three runs after&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5923">Jack Sigrist</a>&nbsp;crossed home plate on a double-play and Bartlett launched a two-run homer over the left field wall, gaining a 5-2 advantage. It was Bartlett's sixth round-tripper of the season. The Knights responded though, plating a run in the fourth and three in the sixth to take a 6-5 lead. WSU had an answer of its own, however, and was able to tie the game, 6-6, when&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5928">Andrew Stewart</a>&nbsp;worked a bases loaded walk in the eighth inning. Haase shut down UCF in the bottom-half of the inning with a pair of strikeouts and a ground-out, keeping the contest knotted going to the ninth. After Wallace reached on a one-out walk, pinch-hitter&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5911">Cooper Elliot</a>t smacked an infield single down the first-base line, allowing Wallace to advance to third with Bartlett up to bat. Bartlett hit the first pitch he saw out to left field, bringing in Wallace on his team-best sixth sacrifice fly of the season, allowing Wichita State to regain a 7-6 edge. Tom Josten went 2-for-3 with a double and home run, and batted-in three, pacing UCF offensively. Reliever Billy McKay (1-2) suffered the loss for the Knights after giving up two earned runs on two hits with three walks and a strikeout in 1 2/3 innings. The Shockers are scheduled to welcome South Florida to Eck Stadium for a four-game series May 14-16.&nbsp;&nbsp;

ORLANDO, Fla. — Corrigan Bartlett&nbsp;hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth to lift Wichita State to a 7-6, come-from-behind win at UCF in the series finale of a four-game American Athletic Conference series Sunday, May 9, at John Euliano Park. With the victory, the Shockers take three of four games from the Knights and improve to 25-18 overall and 13-10 in The American, while UCF falls to 23-25 on the season and 13-11 in conference action. Bartlett went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI, while&nbsp;Seth Stroh&nbsp;went 2-for-3, including a home run, and&nbsp;Hunter Gibson&nbsp;and&nbsp;Paxton Wallace&nbsp;each had a pair of hits, pacing Wichita State at the plate. WSU reliever&nbsp;Aaron Haase&nbsp;(1-1) earned the win on the mound after throwing two scoreless innings and allowing just one hit with no walks and three strikeouts. The Shockers and Knights each traded runs in the opening two innings, with each team scoring a run in the first and second innings, resulting in a 2-2 tie going into the top of the third. Wichita State ended the trend in the third, scoring three runs after&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5923">Jack Sigrist</a>&nbsp;crossed home plate on a double-play and Bartlett launched a two-run homer over the left field wall, gaining a 5-2 advantage. It was Bartlett's sixth round-tripper of the season. The Knights responded though, plating a run in the fourth and three in the sixth to take a 6-5 lead. WSU had an answer of its own, however, and was able to tie the game, 6-6, when&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5928">Andrew Stewart</a>&nbsp;worked a bases loaded walk in the eighth inning. Haase shut down UCF in the bottom-half of the inning with a pair of strikeouts and a ground-out, keeping the contest knotted going to the ninth. After Wallace reached on a one-out walk, pinch-hitter&nbsp;<a href="https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5911">Cooper Elliot</a>t smacked an infield single down the first-base line, allowing Wallace to advance to third with Bartlett up to bat. Bartlett hit the first pitch he saw out to left field, bringing in Wallace on his team-best sixth sacrifice fly of the season, allowing Wichita State to regain a 7-6 edge. Tom Josten went 2-for-3 with a double and home run, and batted-in three, pacing UCF offensively. Reliever Billy McKay (1-2) suffered the loss for the Knights after giving up two earned runs on two hits with three walks and a strikeout in 1 2/3 innings. The Shockers are scheduled to welcome South Florida to Eck Stadium for a four-game series May 14-16.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp;&nbsp;

⚾ Shockers rally late to win series finale at UCF

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No. 1 Oklahoma captured the 2021 Big 12 softball regular season championship in a race that came down to the final day of the season. With the Bedlam series tied 1-1, the Sooners won the rubber match over No. 7 Oklahoma State, 11-8, for their ninth-consecutive and 12th&nbsp;overall Conference title. OU completed the regular season at 16-1 in league play and is 42-2 overall while OSU finished at 15-3 and holds a 40-8 record.

The Sooners earned the top seed and the Cowgirls wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship, which will be contested May 14-15 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City. The other four seeds are No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Baylor, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 6 Texas Tech.

The Championship format will consist of pool play on Friday, May 14 with a total of six games utilizing both Integris and OGE Energy fields. Two games will be played simultaneously at both 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. CT. Single contests are scheduled on OGE Energy Field at 5 and 7:30 p.m. CT. The opening game on OGE Energy Field will be televised on ESPNU with the others available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.&nbsp;

Saturday’s final round will feature the third-place (Integris) and second-place (OGE Energy) contests both taking place at 10:30 a.m. CT with each on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The title game will be played at 3 p.m. CT on OGE Energy Field with an ESPN2 telecast. The winner will receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship.

No. 1 Oklahoma captured the 2021 Big 12 softball regular season championship in a race that came down to the final day of the season. With the Bedlam series tied 1-1, the Sooners won the rubber match over No. 7 Oklahoma State, 11-8, for their ninth-consecutive and 12th&nbsp;overall Conference title. OU completed the regular season at 16-1 in league play and is 42-2 overall while OSU finished at 15-3 and holds a 40-8 record.The Sooners earned the top seed and the Cowgirls wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship, which will be contested May 14-15 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City. The other four seeds are No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Baylor, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 6 Texas Tech.The Championship format will consist of pool play on Friday, May 14 with a total of six games utilizing both Integris and OGE Energy fields. Two games will be played simultaneously at both 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. CT. Single contests are scheduled on OGE Energy Field at 5 and 7:30 p.m. CT. The opening game on OGE Energy Field will be televised on ESPNU with the others available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.&nbsp;Saturday’s final round will feature the third-place (Integris) and second-place (OGE Energy) contests both taking place at 10:30 a.m. CT with each on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The title game will be played at 3 p.m. CT on OGE Energy Field with an ESPN2 telecast. The winner will receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship.

Sooners capture Big 12 softball regular season title

Springfield, MO – Aaron Whitefield belted a go-ahead two run home run in the seventh inning to give the Wind Surge a 3-2 victory over the Springfield in the opening road-trip. Wichita improves to 5-1 on the season.

The Cardinals grabbed an early lead scoring a run in the third inning with an RBI single from Nolan Gorman. Wichita battled back and tied it in the fifth with a two-out RBI single from Peter Mooney.

Springfield answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead, Ivan Herrera with a RBI single.

The Wind Surge trailed 2-1 when Mooney reached on a lead-off walk and Whitefield had a ten pitch at bat to deliver the go-ahead home run.

Josh Winder started the game and worked five innings in a no decision. The bullpen tandem of Alex Phillips and Josh Mitchell retired the final twelve Cardinals batters to pick up the win and the save. Salvador Justo took the loss.

The Surge improved to 5-1 on the season and lead the division by a game and a half. The victory is the third come from behind win of the season.

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 </figure>Springfield, MO – Aaron Whitefield belted a go-ahead two run home run in the seventh inning to give the Wind Surge a 3-2 victory over the Springfield in the opening road-trip. Wichita improves to 5-1 on the season.The Cardinals grabbed an early lead scoring a run in the third inning with an RBI single from Nolan Gorman. Wichita battled back and tied it in the fifth with a two-out RBI single from Peter Mooney.Springfield answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead, Ivan Herrera with a RBI single.The Wind Surge trailed 2-1 when Mooney reached on a lead-off walk and Whitefield had a ten pitch at bat to deliver the go-ahead home run.Josh Winder started the game and worked five innings in a no decision. The bullpen tandem of Alex Phillips and Josh Mitchell retired the final twelve Cardinals batters to pick up the win and the save. Salvador Justo took the loss.The Surge improved to 5-1 on the season and lead the division by a game and a half. The victory is the third come from behind win of the season.

Wind Surge finish Springfield set with 3-2 win, 5-1 on year, home opener Tuesday

&nbsp;WICHITA, Kan.—Wichita State softball claimed its first-ever American Athletic Conference regular season title over the weekend with USF dropping three of four game at UCF. The championship locked in the Shockers as the No. 1 seed in next week's American Athletic Conference Championship in Tulsa, Okla., May 13-15. Wichita State (37-11-1, 18-5-1) receives a first round bye as the top seed and will face the winner of No. 4 Tulsa and No. 5 Houston on Friday, May 14 in the semifinals at 6 p.m. on ESPN+. Wichita State was 3-1 vs. Tulsa and 4-0 vs. Houston during the 2021 regular season. The Shockers' 18 conference wins are the most by a school in American Athletic Conference history. Wichita State has played just two games, going 1-1, at the American Athletic Conference Championship since joining the league in 2018. Wichita State's run in 2019 was cut short due to weather, canceling the tournament after just one day of play. Then in 2020, the entire season was called off prior to conference play due to COVID-19. This is only the program's third conference title in school history, joining the 2014 and 2016 squads that won the Missouri Valley Conference. Thursday, May 13 - First Round No. 3 UCF vs. No. 6 East Carolina - 11 a.m. (CT) | ESPN+ No. 2 USF vs. No. 7 Memphis - 2 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ No. 4 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston - 5 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Friday, May 14 - Semifinals Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 3 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Winner of Game 3 vs. No. 1 Wichita State - 6 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Saturday, May 15 - Championship Game Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 - 1 p.m. (CT) | ESPN2&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;WICHITA, Kan.—Wichita State softball claimed its first-ever American Athletic Conference regular season title over the weekend with USF dropping three of four game at UCF. The championship locked in the Shockers as the No. 1 seed in next week's American Athletic Conference Championship in Tulsa, Okla., May 13-15. Wichita State (37-11-1, 18-5-1) receives a first round bye as the top seed and will face the winner of No. 4 Tulsa and No. 5 Houston on Friday, May 14 in the semifinals at 6 p.m. on ESPN+. Wichita State was 3-1 vs. Tulsa and 4-0 vs. Houston during the 2021 regular season. The Shockers' 18 conference wins are the most by a school in American Athletic Conference history. Wichita State has played just two games, going 1-1, at the American Athletic Conference Championship since joining the league in 2018. Wichita State's run in 2019 was cut short due to weather, canceling the tournament after just one day of play. Then in 2020, the entire season was called off prior to conference play due to COVID-19. This is only the program's third conference title in school history, joining the 2014 and 2016 squads that won the Missouri Valley Conference. Thursday, May 13 - First Round No. 3 UCF vs. No. 6 East Carolina - 11 a.m. (CT) | ESPN+ No. 2 USF vs. No. 7 Memphis - 2 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ No. 4 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston - 5 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Friday, May 14 - Semifinals Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 3 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Winner of Game 3 vs. No. 1 Wichita State - 6 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ Saturday, May 15 - Championship Game Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 - 1 p.m. (CT) | ESPN2&nbsp;&nbsp;

Shockers claim first AAC Title; Clinch No. 1 Seed

By STEVE CARPENTER Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The No. 1-ranked Hutchinson Community College football team needed only 14 plays to produce a school-record single offensive quarter on Sunday at Gowans Stadium.

Hutchinson scored 49 points in the first quarter and rolled by the Highland Scotties, 77-7, in a Jayhawk Conference Mother's Day battle.

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The Blue Dragons start a season 6-0 for just the sixth time in program history, the first since 2014. Sitting 5-0 in the KJCCC, Hutchinson can win its first league championship since 2014 with a victory next Sunday against Dodge City at Gowans Stadium. Dating back to the 2019 season, the Blue Dragons have won eight games in a row.

Highland dropped its fifth-straight game and fell to 1-5. The Scotties have now been outscored 267-24 in those five losses.

Hutchinson's 49-point first quarter broke the old record of 41 points (second quarter) set in 2019 against RPA. The Blue Dragons amassed 271 yards total offense on just 14 plays, seven of those plays were for touchdowns. The most plays needed to score on a single possession in the first quarter was just four plays. Hutchinson had three one-play scoring drives in the quarter.

The Blue Dragon defense helped set up their offense with three interceptions, all coming in Highland territory. The Dragons also sacked Highland quarterback Quinn Buessing seven times in the first quarter.

Hutchinson had four touchdowns in the first 5 minutes, 35 seconds of the game.

The scoring explosion started when quarterback&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/laible_dylan_mrze">Dylan Laible</a>&nbsp;threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/braham_cortes_6fw6">Cortez Braham</a>&nbsp;for a 7-0 lead. After linebacker&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/davis_jurriente_hvgl">Jurriente Davis</a>&nbsp;returned an interception 18 yards to the Highland 1,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/lewis_anwar_oe0l">Anwar Lewis</a>&nbsp;plunged into the end zone for a 14-0 lead.

Highland punted on its next possession. Two plays later&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/henderson_cam_tgg8">Cam Henderson</a>&nbsp;caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Laible for a 21-0 lead. Linebacker&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/spraggins_gereme_o8ob">Gereme Spraggins</a>&nbsp;returned an interception on the Scotties' next possession 18 yards to the Highland 18. Laible then threw his third touchdown pass of the period, this one 18 yards to&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/thomas_ivan_quha">Ivan Thomas</a>&nbsp;for a 28-0 lead with 9:25 to play in the opening quarter.

After a Highland punt, Cory McKnight capped off a four-play, 68-yard scoring march with a 6-yard touchdown run.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/wilson_daquan_vy1a">Daquan Wilson</a>'s interception at the Scotty 25 setup&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/edwards_tye_vovm">Tye Edwards</a>' 25-yard touchdown run on the next play for a 42-0 lead with 3:34 to play.

Hutchinson's record-setting quarter was capped on the final play of the first period. Back-up quarterback&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/cash_daisean_h1fz">Daisean Cash</a>&nbsp;broke loose for a 68-yard touchdown run and a 49-0 lead just 15 minutes into the game.

The Blue Dragons scored twice in the second quarter.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/gilbert_marquise_o0s7">Marquise Gilbert</a>&nbsp;intercepted a Highland pass at the Dragon goal line and returned it a school-record 100 yards for a touchdown.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/kedzior_dylan_cbc8">Dylan Kedzior</a>&nbsp;made it 63-0 at halftime in a 23-yard touchdown run.

McKnight scored his second touchdown of the game with 6:39 to play in the third quarter on an 11-yard run. After Highland scored its only touchdown early in the fourth quarter, the Blue Dragons special teams joined in as Emmanuel Mann plucked the ball out of mid-air on a Highland punt attempt and ran it in from 3-yards out for a 77-7 lead with 4:04 to go in the game.

Hutchinson had its second-straight 500-yard game with 511 yards of total offense – 328 rushing yards and 183 passing yards. The Dragons committed three turnovers and were penalized 17 times for 184 yards.

Defensively, the Blue Dragons dominated Highland holding the Scotties to a minus 1-yard of total offense. Highland rushed for a negative 40 yards and threw for 39. Five of Highland's eight first downs came from Hutchinson penalties. The Dragons forced six turnovers and had 11 quarterback sacks.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/pinkley_tre_bmqr">Tre Pinkney</a>&nbsp;had a career-high four sacks and&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/moss_jaylon_a7qv">Jaylon Moss</a>&nbsp;had three sacks. Moss was Hutch's leading tackler with six.

Kedzior led the Blue Dragons with 89 rushing yards on 10 carries. Cash had 76 yards on five attempts.

Laible was 4 of 5 passing for 115 yards and three touchdowns. Cash was 4 of 8 for 58 yards and two interceptions.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/williams_eli_57ne">Eli Williams</a>&nbsp;was 2 of 4 for 10 yards.

<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/williams_rashawn_5inl">Rashawn Williams</a>&nbsp;had two receptions for 24 yards. Nine difference Blue Dragons caught passes on Sunday.

GAME NOTES&nbsp;– The Blue Dragons are now 34-5 all-time against Highland, 22-0 vs. the Scotties at Gowans Stadium. … Blue Dragon punter&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/brickhouse_caleb_mnmx">Caleb Brickhouse</a>&nbsp;had just one punt on Sunday, a 32-yard punt in the fourth quarter. … The 77 points scored is the second most the Blue Dragons have scored in series history against Highland. The Dragons scored 90 points in 2011. … The Blue Dragons tied for the seventh-lost points scored in program history. This is the 13th time in program history Hutchinson has scored 70 or more points in a game.

By STEVE CARPENTER Hutchinson CC Sports InformationThe No. 1-ranked Hutchinson Community College football team needed only 14 plays to produce a school-record single offensive quarter on Sunday at Gowans Stadium.Hutchinson scored 49 points in the first quarter and rolled by the Highland Scotties, 77-7, in a Jayhawk Conference Mother's Day battle.<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/boxscores/20210509_6bye.xml">FULL STATS</a>The Blue Dragons start a season 6-0 for just the sixth time in program history, the first since 2014. Sitting 5-0 in the KJCCC, Hutchinson can win its first league championship since 2014 with a victory next Sunday against Dodge City at Gowans Stadium. Dating back to the 2019 season, the Blue Dragons have won eight games in a row.Highland dropped its fifth-straight game and fell to 1-5. The Scotties have now been outscored 267-24 in those five losses.Hutchinson's 49-point first quarter broke the old record of 41 points (second quarter) set in 2019 against RPA. The Blue Dragons amassed 271 yards total offense on just 14 plays, seven of those plays were for touchdowns. The most plays needed to score on a single possession in the first quarter was just four plays. Hutchinson had three one-play scoring drives in the quarter.The Blue Dragon defense helped set up their offense with three interceptions, all coming in Highland territory. The Dragons also sacked Highland quarterback Quinn Buessing seven times in the first quarter.Hutchinson had four touchdowns in the first 5 minutes, 35 seconds of the game.The scoring explosion started when quarterback&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/laible_dylan_mrze">Dylan Laible</a>&nbsp;threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/braham_cortes_6fw6">Cortez Braham</a>&nbsp;for a 7-0 lead. After linebacker&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/davis_jurriente_hvgl">Jurriente Davis</a>&nbsp;returned an interception 18 yards to the Highland 1,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/lewis_anwar_oe0l">Anwar Lewis</a>&nbsp;plunged into the end zone for a 14-0 lead.Highland punted on its next possession. Two plays later&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/henderson_cam_tgg8">Cam Henderson</a>&nbsp;caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Laible for a 21-0 lead. Linebacker&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/spraggins_gereme_o8ob">Gereme Spraggins</a>&nbsp;returned an interception on the Scotties' next possession 18 yards to the Highland 18. Laible then threw his third touchdown pass of the period, this one 18 yards to&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/thomas_ivan_quha">Ivan Thomas</a>&nbsp;for a 28-0 lead with 9:25 to play in the opening quarter.After a Highland punt, Cory McKnight capped off a four-play, 68-yard scoring march with a 6-yard touchdown run.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/wilson_daquan_vy1a">Daquan Wilson</a>'s interception at the Scotty 25 setup&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/edwards_tye_vovm">Tye Edwards</a>' 25-yard touchdown run on the next play for a 42-0 lead with 3:34 to play.Hutchinson's record-setting quarter was capped on the final play of the first period. Back-up quarterback&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/cash_daisean_h1fz">Daisean Cash</a>&nbsp;broke loose for a 68-yard touchdown run and a 49-0 lead just 15 minutes into the game.The Blue Dragons scored twice in the second quarter.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/gilbert_marquise_o0s7">Marquise Gilbert</a>&nbsp;intercepted a Highland pass at the Dragon goal line and returned it a school-record 100 yards for a touchdown.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/kedzior_dylan_cbc8">Dylan Kedzior</a>&nbsp;made it 63-0 at halftime in a 23-yard touchdown run.McKnight scored his second touchdown of the game with 6:39 to play in the third quarter on an 11-yard run. After Highland scored its only touchdown early in the fourth quarter, the Blue Dragons special teams joined in as Emmanuel Mann plucked the ball out of mid-air on a Highland punt attempt and ran it in from 3-yards out for a 77-7 lead with 4:04 to go in the game.Hutchinson had its second-straight 500-yard game with 511 yards of total offense – 328 rushing yards and 183 passing yards. The Dragons committed three turnovers and were penalized 17 times for 184 yards.Defensively, the Blue Dragons dominated Highland holding the Scotties to a minus 1-yard of total offense. Highland rushed for a negative 40 yards and threw for 39. Five of Highland's eight first downs came from Hutchinson penalties. The Dragons forced six turnovers and had 11 quarterback sacks.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/pinkley_tre_bmqr">Tre Pinkney</a>&nbsp;had a career-high four sacks and&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/moss_jaylon_a7qv">Jaylon Moss</a>&nbsp;had three sacks. Moss was Hutch's leading tackler with six.Kedzior led the Blue Dragons with 89 rushing yards on 10 carries. Cash had 76 yards on five attempts.Laible was 4 of 5 passing for 115 yards and three touchdowns. Cash was 4 of 8 for 58 yards and two interceptions.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/williams_eli_57ne">Eli Williams</a>&nbsp;was 2 of 4 for 10 yards.<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/williams_rashawn_5inl">Rashawn Williams</a>&nbsp;had two receptions for 24 yards. Nine difference Blue Dragons caught passes on Sunday.GAME NOTES&nbsp;– The Blue Dragons are now 34-5 all-time against Highland, 22-0 vs. the Scotties at Gowans Stadium. … Blue Dragon punter&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/bios/brickhouse_caleb_mnmx">Caleb Brickhouse</a>&nbsp;had just one punt on Sunday, a 32-yard punt in the fourth quarter. … The 77 points scored is the second most the Blue Dragons have scored in series history against Highland. The Dragons scored 90 points in 2011. … The Blue Dragons tied for the seventh-lost points scored in program history. This is the 13th time in program history Hutchinson has scored 70 or more points in a game.

🏈 Blue Dragons roll past Scotties

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered against his former team, Adam Wainwright pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0. Yadier Molina hit an RBI double and Ryan Helsley got Josh Fuentes to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded. St. Louis completed a three-game sweep and has won nine of 11 overall. Colorado dropped to a major league-worst 2-14 on the road. Arenado was acquired from the Rockies in a blockbuster trade in early February after the star third baseman spent the first eight years of his career with Colorado. Wainwright struck out five and walked three over 8 1/3 innings, improving to 11-1 against the Rockies.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI's each to help the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 9-3, finishing off a three-game sweep and handing the Royals their eight consecutive loss. The Royals went winless on its seven-game homestand. They opened the homestand up 1½ games in the division but leave their friendly confides back 3½ games. They were swept by the Indians earlier in the week. The White Sox have beaten the Royals 10 straight times on the road. The last team to do that was Oakland from 2003-2006 when they beat Kansas City 12 consecutive times in Kauffman Stadium. &nbsp;

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Gadi Kinda scored in the 90th minute and Sporting Kansas City rallied to beat 10-man Austin 2-1. Austin's Alex Ring was sent off for a reckless challenge in the 67th minute, and Ilie Sánchez tied it for Sporting KC with a header to finish Johnny Russell's corner in the 82nd minute. Jon Gallagher opened the scoring in the seventh minute for Austin.

UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers didn't look like a team that could be relegated to the NBA's play-in tournament.

Anthony Davis had 42 points and 12 rebounds as the Lakers won for just the third time in their last 11 games, 123-110 over the Suns. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso each had 17 points for Los Angeles, which is one game behind Portland for sixth place in the Western Conference. 

Cameron Payne had 24 points in the Suns' second loss in three contests since a five-game winning streak.

Phoenix is two games behind the West-leading Utah Jazz.

— The Knicks had dropped eight straight at Staples Center before Derrick Rose scored 25 points off the bench in New York's 106-100 victory over the Clippers in Los Angeles. Reggie Bullock chipped in 24 points, including five 3-pointers against his former team as the Knicks stayed in sole possession of fourth place in the East. Kawhi (kah-WY') Leonard provided a team-high 29 points for the Clippers, who are third in the West and a game ahead of the Nuggets.

— Jimmy Butler provided 26 points and 11 assists as the Heat beat the Celtics, 130-124 to take a two-game lead over Boston for the sixth seed in the East. The Heat led by as many as 26 in the first half before the Celtics stormed back, opening the third quarter on a 22-8 run to get within 12 points. Duncan Robinson added 22 points and Bam Adebayo (ad-eh-BY'-oh) finished with 20 as Miami took a major step toward avoiding the play-in tournament.

— Tim Hardaway Jr. poured in 25 points and Josh Richardson added 20 as the Mavericks blew by the Cavaliers, 124-97. It was an easy win for Dallas despite Luka Doncic, who received a flagrant-two foul and an automatic ejection early in the third quarter for hitting Collin Sexton in the groin area. Doncic finished with 15 points in 22 minutes and Jalen Brunson had 13 points and seven assists in the Mavs' fourth consecutive win. 

— Eric Bledsoe had 24 points and 11 assists for the Pelicans in a 112-110 comeback win over the hornets. Jaxson Hayes added 18 points and James Johnson finished with 17 points to help New Orleans pull within 1 1/2 games of the Spurs for the 10th spot in the Western Conference. Terry Rozier scored a career-high 43 points on 16-of-26 shooting, including seven 3-pointers for Charlotte.

— The Kings rolled to a 126-98 rout of the Thunder as Maurice Harkless and Terence Davis each scored 18 points to lead eight Sacramento players in double figures. Delon Wright had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Kings won for the fifth time in their last six games.

— Nikola Vucevic (nih-KOH'-lah VOO'-cheh-vihch) delivered 29 points and 16 rebounds to carry the Bulls to a 108-94 victory over the Pistons. Zach LaVine scored 30 points as Chicago moved within 2 1/2 games of the Indiana Pacers for the last Eastern Conference play-in spot. 

— Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell each scored 27 points and the Timberwolves led by 43 in the third quarter of a 128-96 rout of the Magic. Rookie guard Anthony Edwards added 16 points and 10 rebounds to help Minnesota end a three-game losing streak.

NBA fines Pelicans' Griffin $50,000 for detrimental comments

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 for publicly criticizing officiating and making comments the league considered detrimental. 

The Pelicans' executive vice president of basketball operations spoke out strongly about his concerns over the amount of contact NBA referees allow New Orleans forward Zion Williamson to endure.

Williamson is out indefinitely with a broken left index finger. Griffin said Friday that the Pelicans have told league officials many times that they feared Williamson was being exposed to injury because of the way defenders are allowed to play against him. 

CHICAGO (AP) — Just two games were on Sunday's schedule, neither of which involved a playoff contender.

Alex DeBrincat (deh-BRIN'-kat) scored twice and Kevin Lankinen made 37 saves as the Blackhawks doubled up the Stars, 4-2. Chicago hosted a crowd of 3,820 for its first home game with fans in almost 14 months.

Johnny Gaudreau (guh-DROH') and Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK') each had a goal and two assists as the Flames beat the Senators, 6-1. Mikael Backlund, Michael Stone, Dillon Dube and Mark Giordano also scored as Calgary prevented the Canadiens from clinching the final North Division playoff berth. 

Blue Jackets and Coyotes part with their coaches

UNDATED (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes and Columbus Blue Jackets will have new head coaches next season. The Coyotes parted ways with Rick Tocchet (TAH'-keht) and the Blue Jackets did the same with John Tortorella. 

The Coyotes were fourth in the West Division on April 5 before losing 12 of their next 15 games to miss the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. 

The Jackets reached the playoffs in each of their first four full seasons under Tortorella, but they finished last in the Central Division this year at 18-26-12.

DeGrom's injury scare continues, Mets win 5th straight

UNDATED (AP) — The New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 4-2 victory, but they finished the game without their ace.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom took himself out before the sixth inning due to tightness in his right side. He was pitching for the first time since skipping a start due to discomfort in his right lat.

DeGrom allowed just one hit over five innings, retiring the first 12 Diamondbacks. He was scheduled for an MRI on Sunday.

Michael Conforto had two hits, an RBI and a super catch against the right field wall, helping the Mets win their fifth straight and improve to 16-13.

The Diamondbacks have dropped six in a row.

— Freddie Freeman was 1-for-24 this month before hitting one of the Braves' two home runs in a 6-1 whipping of the Phillies. Dansby Swanson also went deep and Huascar Ynoa (hoo-AHS'-kur ee-NOH'-ah) won his fourth straight start, limiting Philadelphia to one run, four hits and one walk with six strikeouts in six innings.

— The Dodgers managed just three hits in losing for the 14th time in 19 games, 2-1 to the Angels. Jared Walsh hit a two-run double in the bottom of the third, a half-inning after Chris Taylor's two-out single put the Dodgers ahead.

— Jake Cronenworth hit a splash shot and Fernando Tatis Jr. also connected off Giants starter Johnny Cueto (KWAY'-toh) before the Padres finished off an 11-1 pounding of San Francisco. Tatis, Cronenworth and Trent Grisham each had two RBIs, while Eric Hosmer produced three of San Diego's 16 hits.

— The Yankees pulled out a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Giancarlo Stanton's walk-off single in the ninth inning. New York built a 2-0 lead on Aaron Hicks' RBI single in the third and Gleyber Torres' solo homer in the sixth, but the Bombers needed Stanton's game-ending hit to finish 7-2 on their homestand.

— The Red Sox knocked off the Orioles, 4-3 as Rafael Devers (DEH'-vurz) and Hunter Renfroe homered to help Nick Pivetta win his third consecutive start. Devers, who homered off Baltimore starter Dean Kremer in the second inning, hit a two-run double off reliever Adam Plutko in the sixth to give Boston a 3-2 lead in its fifth win in six games.

— The Cubs' five-game winning streak is over after Tyler Anderson allowed two runs over eight solid innings of the Pirates' 6-5 victory at Wrigley Field. Wilmer Difo had three hits and drove in three runs as the Pirates won for just the third time in their last 20 games at Wrigley Field. 

— The Astros earned a 7-4 win over the Blue Jays as Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer and tied a career high with four RBIs while Houston built a 7-0 lead. Jose Altuve (al-TOO'-vay) added a solo homer for the Astros to help them win the series, 2-1. 

— Tyrone Taylor hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to push the Brewers past the Marlins, 2-1. Seven Milwaukee hurlers combined on a six-hitter, with Drew Rasmussen pitched the 10th for his first career save.

— Nolan Arenado (ar-eh-NAH'-doh) homered against his former team and Adam Wainwright pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning of the Cardinals' 2-0 shutout of the Rockies. Yadier Molina hit an RBI double and Ryan Helsley got Josh Fuentes to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to complete the Redbirds' three-game sweep.

— Adolis García belted hits team-leading nine home run and had a career-high five RBIs as the Rangers clobbered the Mariners, 10-2. Dane Dunning struck out 10 in five innings before Texas erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fifth, with Nick Solak supplying a tiebreaking, two-run double. 

— Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI's each to help the White Sox thrash the Royals, 9-3 and finish off a three-game sweep. Lucas Giolito (jee-oh-LEE'-toh) gave up one run and four hits over five innings as Chicago dealt Kansas City its eighth loss in a row.

— Willy Adames (ah-DAH'-mehs) crushed a three-run homer in the fifth and Mike Brosseau added a tiebreaking drive the following inning before the Rays held off the Athletics, 4-3. The A's squandered a chance in the eighth when Matt Olson hesitated on Andrew Kittredge's passed ball and was thrown out at third by catcher Mike Zunino.

— The Reds-Indians game in Cleveland was postponed by rain and rescheduled for August 9.

— The Twins and Tigers were rained out in Detroit, creating a July 16 twinbill.

UNDATED (AP) — Relief pitcher Shane Greene has signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Braves. 

Greene was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett and will need some time to get ready before he returns to the majors. The right-hander went 1-0 with a 2.60 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings last season. 

— The Pirates put infielder Colin Moran on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin and claimed outfielder Ben Gamel (GAM'-ul) off waivers from the Indians. Bucs infielder Ke'Bryan Hayes was transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60-day list. 

Churchill Downs suspends Baffert after Derby winner tests positive

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Medina Spirit's victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test. 

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert called a news conference to announce that Medina Spirit tested positive for an excessive amount of the steroid betamethasone that is sometimes used to treat pain and inflammation in horses. 

Churchill Downs immediately suspended Baffert and said Medina Spirit would be disqualified if the drug findings were upheld. Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during its investigation.

Medina Spirit is Baffert's fifth horse known to have failed a drug test in just over a year.

<h2>Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press</h2>ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered against his former team, Adam Wainwright pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0. Yadier Molina hit an RBI double and Ryan Helsley got Josh Fuentes to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded. St. Louis completed a three-game sweep and has won nine of 11 overall. Colorado dropped to a major league-worst 2-14 on the road. Arenado was acquired from the Rockies in a blockbuster trade in early February after the star third baseman spent the first eight years of his career with Colorado. Wainwright struck out five and walked three over 8 1/3 innings, improving to 11-1 against the Rockies.KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI's each to help the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 9-3, finishing off a three-game sweep and handing the Royals their eight consecutive loss. The Royals went winless on its seven-game homestand. They opened the homestand up 1½ games in the division but leave their friendly confides back 3½ games. They were swept by the Indians earlier in the week. The White Sox have beaten the Royals 10 straight times on the road. The last team to do that was Oakland from 2003-2006 when they beat Kansas City 12 consecutive times in Kauffman Stadium. &nbsp;KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Gadi Kinda scored in the 90th minute and Sporting Kansas City rallied to beat 10-man Austin 2-1. Austin's Alex Ring was sent off for a reckless challenge in the 67th minute, and Ilie Sánchez tied it for Sporting KC with a header to finish Johnny Russell's corner in the 82nd minute. Jon Gallagher opened the scoring in the seventh minute for Austin.<h2>Update on the latest sports</h2>NBA-SCHEDULELakers top SunsUNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers didn't look like a team that could be relegated to the NBA's play-in tournament.Anthony Davis had 42 points and 12 rebounds as the Lakers won for just the third time in their last 11 games, 123-110 over the Suns. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso each had 17 points for Los Angeles, which is one game behind Portland for sixth place in the Western Conference. Cameron Payne had 24 points in the Suns' second loss in three contests since a five-game winning streak.Phoenix is two games behind the West-leading Utah Jazz.Elsewhere in the NBA:— The Knicks had dropped eight straight at Staples Center before Derrick Rose scored 25 points off the bench in New York's 106-100 victory over the Clippers in Los Angeles. Reggie Bullock chipped in 24 points, including five 3-pointers against his former team as the Knicks stayed in sole possession of fourth place in the East. Kawhi (kah-WY') Leonard provided a team-high 29 points for the Clippers, who are third in the West and a game ahead of the Nuggets.— Jimmy Butler provided 26 points and 11 assists as the Heat beat the Celtics, 130-124 to take a two-game lead over Boston for the sixth seed in the East. The Heat led by as many as 26 in the first half before the Celtics stormed back, opening the third quarter on a 22-8 run to get within 12 points. Duncan Robinson added 22 points and Bam Adebayo (ad-eh-BY'-oh) finished with 20 as Miami took a major step toward avoiding the play-in tournament.— Tim Hardaway Jr. poured in 25 points and Josh Richardson added 20 as the Mavericks blew by the Cavaliers, 124-97. It was an easy win for Dallas despite Luka Doncic, who received a flagrant-two foul and an automatic ejection early in the third quarter for hitting Collin Sexton in the groin area. Doncic finished with 15 points in 22 minutes and Jalen Brunson had 13 points and seven assists in the Mavs' fourth consecutive win. — Eric Bledsoe had 24 points and 11 assists for the Pelicans in a 112-110 comeback win over the hornets. Jaxson Hayes added 18 points and James Johnson finished with 17 points to help New Orleans pull within 1 1/2 games of the Spurs for the 10th spot in the Western Conference. Terry Rozier scored a career-high 43 points on 16-of-26 shooting, including seven 3-pointers for Charlotte.— The Kings rolled to a 126-98 rout of the Thunder as Maurice Harkless and Terence Davis each scored 18 points to lead eight Sacramento players in double figures. Delon Wright had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Kings won for the fifth time in their last six games.— Nikola Vucevic (nih-KOH'-lah VOO'-cheh-vihch) delivered 29 points and 16 rebounds to carry the Bulls to a 108-94 victory over the Pistons. Zach LaVine scored 30 points as Chicago moved within 2 1/2 games of the Indiana Pacers for the last Eastern Conference play-in spot. — Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell each scored 27 points and the Timberwolves led by 43 in the third quarter of a 128-96 rout of the Magic. Rookie guard Anthony Edwards added 16 points and 10 rebounds to help Minnesota end a three-game losing streak.NBA-PELICANS-GRIFFIN FINEDNBA fines Pelicans' Griffin $50,000 for detrimental commentsNEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 for publicly criticizing officiating and making comments the league considered detrimental. The Pelicans' executive vice president of basketball operations spoke out strongly about his concerns over the amount of contact NBA referees allow New Orleans forward Zion Williamson to endure.Williamson is out indefinitely with a broken left index finger. Griffin said Friday that the Pelicans have told league officials many times that they feared Williamson was being exposed to injury because of the way defenders are allowed to play against him. NHL-SCHEDULEBlackhawks top StarsCHICAGO (AP) — Just two games were on Sunday's schedule, neither of which involved a playoff contender.Alex DeBrincat (deh-BRIN'-kat) scored twice and Kevin Lankinen made 37 saves as the Blackhawks doubled up the Stars, 4-2. Chicago hosted a crowd of 3,820 for its first home game with fans in almost 14 months.Johnny Gaudreau (guh-DROH') and Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK') each had a goal and two assists as the Flames beat the Senators, 6-1. Mikael Backlund, Michael Stone, Dillon Dube and Mark Giordano also scored as Calgary prevented the Canadiens from clinching the final North Division playoff berth. NHL-NEWSBlue Jackets and Coyotes part with their coachesUNDATED (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes and Columbus Blue Jackets will have new head coaches next season. The Coyotes parted ways with Rick Tocchet (TAH'-keht) and the Blue Jackets did the same with John Tortorella. The Coyotes were fourth in the West Division on April 5 before losing 12 of their next 15 games to miss the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. The Jackets reached the playoffs in each of their first four full seasons under Tortorella, but they finished last in the Central Division this year at 18-26-12.MLB-SCHEDULEDeGrom's injury scare continues, Mets win 5th straightUNDATED (AP) — The New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 4-2 victory, but they finished the game without their ace.Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom took himself out before the sixth inning due to tightness in his right side. He was pitching for the first time since skipping a start due to discomfort in his right lat.DeGrom allowed just one hit over five innings, retiring the first 12 Diamondbacks. He was scheduled for an MRI on Sunday.Michael Conforto had two hits, an RBI and a super catch against the right field wall, helping the Mets win their fifth straight and improve to 16-13.The Diamondbacks have dropped six in a row.Elsewhere in the majors:— Freddie Freeman was 1-for-24 this month before hitting one of the Braves' two home runs in a 6-1 whipping of the Phillies. Dansby Swanson also went deep and Huascar Ynoa (hoo-AHS'-kur ee-NOH'-ah) won his fourth straight start, limiting Philadelphia to one run, four hits and one walk with six strikeouts in six innings.— The Dodgers managed just three hits in losing for the 14th time in 19 games, 2-1 to the Angels. Jared Walsh hit a two-run double in the bottom of the third, a half-inning after Chris Taylor's two-out single put the Dodgers ahead.— Jake Cronenworth hit a splash shot and Fernando Tatis Jr. also connected off Giants starter Johnny Cueto (KWAY'-toh) before the Padres finished off an 11-1 pounding of San Francisco. Tatis, Cronenworth and Trent Grisham each had two RBIs, while Eric Hosmer produced three of San Diego's 16 hits.— The Yankees pulled out a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Giancarlo Stanton's walk-off single in the ninth inning. New York built a 2-0 lead on Aaron Hicks' RBI single in the third and Gleyber Torres' solo homer in the sixth, but the Bombers needed Stanton's game-ending hit to finish 7-2 on their homestand.— The Red Sox knocked off the Orioles, 4-3 as Rafael Devers (DEH'-vurz) and Hunter Renfroe homered to help Nick Pivetta win his third consecutive start. Devers, who homered off Baltimore starter Dean Kremer in the second inning, hit a two-run double off reliever Adam Plutko in the sixth to give Boston a 3-2 lead in its fifth win in six games.— The Cubs' five-game winning streak is over after Tyler Anderson allowed two runs over eight solid innings of the Pirates' 6-5 victory at Wrigley Field. Wilmer Difo had three hits and drove in three runs as the Pirates won for just the third time in their last 20 games at Wrigley Field. — The Astros earned a 7-4 win over the Blue Jays as Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer and tied a career high with four RBIs while Houston built a 7-0 lead. Jose Altuve (al-TOO'-vay) added a solo homer for the Astros to help them win the series, 2-1. — Tyrone Taylor hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to push the Brewers past the Marlins, 2-1. Seven Milwaukee hurlers combined on a six-hitter, with Drew Rasmussen pitched the 10th for his first career save.— Nolan Arenado (ar-eh-NAH'-doh) homered against his former team and Adam Wainwright pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning of the Cardinals' 2-0 shutout of the Rockies. Yadier Molina hit an RBI double and Ryan Helsley got Josh Fuentes to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to complete the Redbirds' three-game sweep.— Adolis García belted hits team-leading nine home run and had a career-high five RBIs as the Rangers clobbered the Mariners, 10-2. Dane Dunning struck out 10 in five innings before Texas erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fifth, with Nick Solak supplying a tiebreaking, two-run double. — Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI's each to help the White Sox thrash the Royals, 9-3 and finish off a three-game sweep. Lucas Giolito (jee-oh-LEE'-toh) gave up one run and four hits over five innings as Chicago dealt Kansas City its eighth loss in a row.— Willy Adames (ah-DAH'-mehs) crushed a three-run homer in the fifth and Mike Brosseau added a tiebreaking drive the following inning before the Rays held off the Athletics, 4-3. The A's squandered a chance in the eighth when Matt Olson hesitated on Andrew Kittredge's passed ball and was thrown out at third by catcher Mike Zunino.— The Reds-Indians game in Cleveland was postponed by rain and rescheduled for August 9.— The Twins and Tigers were rained out in Detroit, creating a July 16 twinbill.MLB-NEWSBraves bring back GreeneUNDATED (AP) — Relief pitcher Shane Greene has signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Braves. Greene was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett and will need some time to get ready before he returns to the majors. The right-hander went 1-0 with a 2.60 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings last season. Also in the majors:— The Pirates put infielder Colin Moran on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin and claimed outfielder Ben Gamel (GAM'-ul) off waivers from the Indians. Bucs infielder Ke'Bryan Hayes was transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60-day list. HORSE RACING-MEDINA SPIRIT-BAFFERTChurchill Downs suspends Baffert after Derby winner tests positiveLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Medina Spirit's victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert called a news conference to announce that Medina Spirit tested positive for an excessive amount of the steroid betamethasone that is sometimes used to treat pain and inflammation in horses. Churchill Downs immediately suspended Baffert and said Medina Spirit would be disqualified if the drug findings were upheld. Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during its investigation.Medina Spirit is Baffert's fifth horse known to have failed a drug test in just over a year.If he is disqualified from the Derby, second-place finisher Mandaloun will be declared the winner.NASCAR-DARLINGTONTruex gets third win of yearDARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. powered his way around Darlington Raceway, sweeping both stages and leading the final 105 laps in Sunday's victory.Kyle Larson cut into Truex's often large lead over the final 30 laps and came as close as two car-lengths down the stretch. But the Joe Gibbs Racing driver held him off for his third victory of the season. Truex is the only multi-race winner on the Cup circuit this season.Larson settled for second, followed by Kyle Busch, William Byron and Denny Hamlin.F1-SPANISH GPHamilton wins Spanish GP ahead of VerstappenMONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in a thrilling duel to win the Spanish Grand Prix and increase his championship lead over his top rival. Hamilton's 98th career win came a day after taking his 100th career pole. Hamilton increased his lead to 14 points over Verstappen, who grabbed a bonus point for the fastest lap. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas steered his Mercedes to a third-place finish. PGA-WELLS FARGOMcIlroy ends 18-month drought by winning at Quail HollowCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy is a winner again after 18 long months. McIlroy closed with a 68 for a one-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship, his third win at Quail Hollow.He had a two-shot lead going to the 18th hole when he put his tee shot in the hazard. After choosing to take a penalty drop, he hit an 8-iron to the green and two-putted for the win.Runner-up Abraham Ancer (AN'-sur) closed with a 66.PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS-TRADITIONCejka wins majorBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alex Cejka (CHAY'-kah) has won the Regions Tradition in only his third PGA Tour Champions start, beating defending champion Steve Stricker with a birdie on the first playoff hole.The 50-year-old Cejka made a 14-foot birdie putt on 18 and Stricker missed a 9-footer with a chance to extend the playoff at Greystone Golf &amp; Country Club.Cejka had turned a three-stroke deficit into a two-shot lead over the final nine holes for a 5-under 67.