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Edmonton Oilers Team Notes
Oilers’ Mattias Ekholm: Unavailable for Games 1 and 2 Per Ryan Rishaug of TSN, Ekholm (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup for Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference Finals, according to head coach Kris Knoblauch. Knoblauch is optimistic that Ekholm will return at some point in Round 3, as the left-shot defenseman has missed…
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Muncy’s sacrifice fly scores Ohtani with go-ahead run in 10th and Dodgers beat D-backs 4-3
AP LOS ANGELES (AP) Max Muncy’s sacrifice fly to center scored Shohei Ohtani with the winning run in the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 to snap a four-game skid on Tuesday night. Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed seven innings of one-hit ball, losing his no-hit bid on Ketel Marte’s single leading off the seventh.…
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Birdsong pitches the Giants past the Royals 3-2 in his 1st start of the season
AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Hayden Birdsong threw five sharp innings in his first start of the season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Tuesday night. Birdsong (2-0) was moved from the bullpen to the rotation in place of Jordan Hicks and provided just what manager Bob Melvin hoped he would deliver when he…
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Suzuki hits 2-run HR to cap 8-run sixth inning as Cubs beat Marlins 14-1
AP MIAMI (AP) Seiya Suzuki homered, doubled and had four RBIs, Kyle Tucker also went deep and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 14-1 on Tuesday night. In his second game as designated hitter this season, Tucker also had two singles and walked. Justin Turner singled twice and doubled, while Matt Shaw doubled and singled for the Cubs,…
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder beat the rested Timberwolves 114-88 in Game 1 of West finals
AP May 21, 2025 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half, and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. Gilgeous-Alexander made 8 of 14 field goals in the second half after a rough start. “I didn’t particularly…
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Reigning Stanley Cup champ Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in Eastern final opener
AP RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers wasted no time snatching home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference final. Carter Verhaeghe and Aaron Ekblad scored two tone-setting first-period goals while Sergei Bobrovsky remained strong in net as the Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in Tuesday night’s opener of their Eastern Conference final series. A.J. Greer…
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Pfaadt earns MLB-best 7th win as the Diamondbacks beat the scuffling Dodgers 9-5
AP LOS ANGELES (AP) Brandon Pfaadt became the first seven-game winner in the majors, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Geraldo Perdomo each hit a two-run homer, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-5 on Monday night. Coming off a three-game sweep by the last-place Los Angeles Angels, the NL West-leading Dodgers dropped their fourth in…
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Bubic’s 7 shutout innings and Pasquantino’s homer lift the Royals over the Giants 3-1
AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Kris Bubic threw seven scoreless innings, losing a no-hit bid in the sixth on an official scoring change, and Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run homer in the eighth as the Kansas City Royals got past the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Monday night. Bubic, a left-hander who went to Mitty High School in San Jose…
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Sánchez hits leadoff homer and game-ending triple to lift Marlins over Cubs 8-7
AP MIAMI (AP) Jesús Sánchez hit a leadoff homer and a game-ending triple, finishing with three hits and four RBIs as the Miami Marlins came back to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Monday night. Rookie catcher Agustín Ramírez also went deep in the first inning for the Marlins, who squandered two leads before Sánchez’s two-run triple won it…
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Stars Recap
Stars’ Mason Marchment: Helps out in overtime Marchment logged a power-play assist and six hits in Saturday’s 2-1 overtime win over the Jets in Game 6. Marchment put an end to his seven-game point drought when he helped out on Thomas Harley’s goal 1:33 into overtime. The 29-year-old Marchment remains in a second-line role, but that…
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