KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics won consecutive games for the first time this season as Ryan Noda had a triple and double, reaching base four times in a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. The teams are tied for the worst record in the major leagues at 8-26. Ken Waldichuk allowed four runs, six hits and six walks in five innings and Zach Jackson got his first save this season. Brady Singer (2-4) gave up five runs and six hits in four innings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals extended a losing steak to eight for the first time in 16 years, losing to the Detroit Tigers 6-5 in Adam Wainwright’s return from the injured list as Akil Baddoo hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning. St. Louis is on its longest skid since nine straight losses from Sept. 7-15, 2007. At a National League-worst 10-24, the Cardinals are 14 games under .500 for the first time since ending the 1997 season at 73-89. Baddoo doubled off Giovanny Gallegos to drive in automatic runner Jonathan Schoop. Wainwright allowed four runs over five-plus innings.
NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe it was fitting Austin Gomber pitched so well on Mental Health Awareness Day at Citi Field. After opening up about some anxiety he was feeling, Gomber has found his groove. The left-hander won his third straight outing since a terrible start to the season and rookie Ezequiel Tovar had three hits, including a two-run homer, as the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping New York Mets 5-2 on Saturday. Gomber recently disclosed he’s felt pressure to meet expectations because Colorado acquired him from St. Louis in a very unpopular trade for star third baseman Nolan Arenado on Feb. 1, 2021.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers took a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series with a comfortable 127-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3. Anthony Davis had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and a slow-starting LeBron James finished with 21 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. D’Angelo Russell hit five 3-pointers while scoring 21 points for the seventh-seeded Lakers, who remained unbeaten at home in the postseason with a strong defensive effort against the defending NBA champions. Stephen Curry scored 23 points and Andrew Wiggins had 16 in a collective stinker for the Warriors.
Butler scores 28, Heat top Knicks 105-86 for 2-1 series lead
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler returned from his sprained ankle to score 28 points, Max Strus added 19 and the Miami Heat topped the New York Knicks 105-86 to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Bam Adebayo had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Miami and Kyle Lowry added 14 points for the Heat, who never trailed. Jalen Brunson scored 20 for New York, which got 15 from Josh Hart, 14 from RJ Barrett and 12 from Immanuel Quickley. Julius Randle added 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Knicks. Game 4 is Monday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of Game 4s await as the NBA’s conference semifinals continue Sunday. The Celtics visit the 76ers. The Nuggets visit the Suns. Both Boston and Denver hold 2-1 series leads. The 76ers have lost two straight games in the series and James Harden has continued to struggle since a fantastic Game 1 effort. Devin Booker scored 47 points and Kevin Durant added 39 to keep the Suns alive with a Game 3 victory.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid each scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers tied their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece with a 5-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Game 3 is Monday in Edmonton, where the Oilers were 23-12-6 during the regular season. Drasaitl, who scored four goals in the first game, has now tallied at least one point in the first eight games of the postseason, posting 17 points. McDavid, meanwhile, is on a seven-game point streak, with five goals and 11 assists. Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, while rookie goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 30 shots. Ivan Barbashev scored the lone goal for Vegas.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — William Byron scraped the wall in practice at Kansas Speedway, then proceed to set the fastest time in qualifying, and will be joined on the front row by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Byron turned a lap of 179.206 mph on Saturday to earn his second pole of the season and the 10th of his career — all of them coming at different tracks. The trick now is to turn that first-row starting spot into a victory at Kansas, where he got his first win in the Truck Series but has never finished better than sixth in NASCAR’s top series.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race. Early favorite Forte was scratched in the morning because of an injury, the fifth horse to drop out in the run-up to the Derby. The deaths dealt further blows to a sport already reeling from a series of doping suspensions and breakdowns. Two Phil's finished second and 4-1 favorite Angel of Empire was third in front of a crowd of 150,335 on a warm and partly cloudy day at Churchill Downs.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Canelo Alvarez returned home and remained the undisputed super middleweight champion, beating John Ryder by unanimous decision before more than 50,000 fans in his first fight in Mexico since 2011. Alvarez bloodied the British challenger’s nose and knocked him down, cruising to the victory by scores of 120-107 on one card and 118-109 on the other two to improve to 59-2-2. Ryder had his four-bout winning streak stopped and is 32-6. It was Canelo´s first fight since he had surgery on his left wrist last March. Before the fight, he said the injury slowed him down in his previous four fights, including his loss to Dmitry Bivol a year ago.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James says he will play basketball at the University of Southern California in the fall. LeBron James' oldest son abruptly announced his much-anticipated decision on social media Saturday, about two hours before a Lakers playoff game. The 18-year-old James was a McDonald’s All-American just like his father, but he was among the few uncommitted elite high school basketball prospects heading into the summer. The namesake son of the top scorer in NBA history played at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, an outer suburban neighborhood of Los Angeles known for educating scions of the sports and entertainment industries.
SATURDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final Detroit 6 St. Louis 5
Final Toronto 8 Pittsburgh 2
Final Cincinnati 5 Chicago White Sox 3
Final Boston 7 Philadelphia 4
Final Atlanta 5 Baltimore 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 2
Final Cleveland 4 Minnesota 3
Final Oakland 5 Kansas City 4
Final Texas 10 L.A. Angels 1
Final Seattle 7 Houston 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chicago Cubs 4 Miami 2
Final Colorado 5 N.Y. Mets 2
Final San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 1
Final Arizona 8 Washington 7
Final L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Miami 105 New York 86
Final L.A. Lakers 127 Golden State 97
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Edmonton 5 Vegas 1
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