Go to Source Author: AP News EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The Vancouver Canucks sent St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington to the bench early with three scores in a span of 6:03 in the second period, eliminating the defending champion Blues with a 6-2 victory in Game 6 of their first round series on Friday night.Blues coach Craig Berube put Binnington, the rookie star of last season's out-of-nowhere run to the franchise's first Stanley Cup, back in the net after winning two of the last three with Jake Allen. Binnington gave up four goals on 18 shots and was pulled for Allen at the 8:06 mark of the second period after Brock Boeser's power play goal gave the Canucks a commanding 4-0 lead.Jay

Go to Source Author: AP News BALTIMORE (AP) Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez homered to provide Boston an early lead, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Friday night for their season-high third straight victory.Bogaerts hit a solo shot off John Means (0-2) in the second inning and Martinez connected for a two-run homer in the third. Rafael Devers added a three-run drive to make 6-0 in the fifth, and the Red Sox coasted to the finish.During the game, Boston announced it traded relievers Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree and cash considerations to Philadelphia for right-handers Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold. In a lost season shortened by COVID-19, the rebuilding Red Sox were willing to deal two big

Go to Source Author: AP News CLEVELAND (AP) The Indians began drumming on coolers and buckets in the dugout during their recent win streak. On Friday, they finally stopped beating on the Tigers.Rookie Isaac Paredes hit a grand slam for his first major league homer and Detroit snapped a 20-game losing streak against Cleveland with a 10-5 victory that halted a nine-game skid for the Tigers after a nice start to this shortened season.The Tigers were bound to get a win over the Indians at some point, and manager Ron Gardenhire is glad the drought is over.''It's just basically getting that 20-game monkey off your back, and then nine, how many we lost in a row this year. Nine?'' he said.

Go to Source Author: AP News ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each drove in a run during the 10th inning to help the Toronto Blue Jays win their sixth consecutive game, 6-5 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.Biggio knocked in Brandon Drury from second to start the 10th with a double off Aaron Loup (3-1). Biggio went to third on a sacrifice bunt before Gurriel hit a sacrifice fly as the Blue Jays went up 6-4.''We're having fun,'' Toronto starter Matt Shoemaker said. ''Obviously winning is fun and losing isn't. But when you go out there and you play together as one core unit, and everybody's feeding off each other, it's very contagious.''Yandy Diaz

Go to Source Author: AP News PITTSBURGH (AP) Chad Kuhl's long climb back to the starting rotation is complete. Kuhl pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than two years, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 on Friday night.Kuhl (1-1) gave up a long solo home run to Ben Gamel in the second but otherwise kept the Brewers at bay to pick up his first victory since June 15, 2018. The right-hander missed the second half of 2018 and all of 2019 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He made the team this year as a reliever before being thrust back into the rotation due to a slew of injuries.''Big league wins are hard to

Go to Source Author: AP News HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Dynamo outshot FC Dallas 17-7 in a scoreless draw Friday night.The Dynamo had the best scoring chance, with Christian Ramirez's shot from 10 yards stopped by Jimmy Mauer in the 27th minute. Mauer made six saves.Dallas (1-1-3) was playing its third match in 10 days and hasn't scored.Houston (0-2-4) remains one of three winless teams in MLS. Marko Maric was credited with one save.---More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP-SportsGo to Source Author: AP News

Go to Source Author: AP News TORONTO (AP) Flyers goalie Carter Hart grew up rooting for Carey Price and was thrilled to met his goalie idol this season. Beating the Canadiens and getting congratulated by Price in the handshake line felt so much better for Hart.''He said, `Helluva series' and he'll be watching,'' Hart said. ''Pretty special and definitely something I won't forget.''Ivan Provorov, Kevin Hayes and Michael Raffl scored to lead the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round for the first time in eight years with a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 6 on Friday night.The Flyers won the series 4-2 and are on to the second round in the Eastern Conference for the first time since

Go to Source Author: AP News LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Kemba Walker has been in the NBA nine seasons and been selected to three All-Star games - yet he's never won a playoff series.That might be about to change.Walker scored 24 points and the Boston Celtics closed with a 10-0 run to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-94 on Friday night for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.''This is why I came here (to Boston) and this is a special moment for myself,'' said Walker, who joined the Celtics after eight playoff-free seasons in Charlotte. ''I've never been up 3-0. But the job is not done. You have to give it everything you got because those guys over there are