Go to Source Author: AP News EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Fourth-line grinder Tyler Motte scored two breakaway goals to power the Vancouver Canucks to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.The Canucks lead the best-of-seven opening-round series 3-2 and can send the defending Stanley Cup champions packing from the post-season with a win Friday night.J.T. Miller and Jake Virtanen also scored for Vancouver. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 36 saves.''(Markstrom) made like four or five great saves. I thought that was the turning point for our team,'' said Virtanen, who recorded his first career playoff goal.''We had a lot of energy on the bench. It gave us some momentum and we just took over the second period.''Ryan O'Reilly,

Go to Source Author: AP News SAN DIEGO (AP) Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres are having a grand-slamming good time.Machado left no doubt when he squared up on a full-count, 94 mph sinker from Rafael Montero with one out in the 10th inning, driving it off the facade of the upper deck in left-center field to give the Padres a 6-3 win against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.Machado took a few steps while admiring the drive, tossed his bat aside, thumped his chest three times while looking at the Padres' dugout and then started his trot. He was welcomed with a wild celebration at the plate.It was Machado's 11th career grand slam and sixth walkoff homer. The Padres

Go to Source Author: AP News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Johnny Cueto struck out eight and pitched into the sixth inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Wednesday night.Albert Pujols tied Alex Rodriguez for second on the career RBI list with a sixth-inning single for the Angels, who have lost six of seven.Wilmer Flores homered and drove in four runs for San Francisco. Austin Slater also went deep to help the Giants win consecutive games for only the third time this season. Mike Yastrzemski and Evan Longoria added two hits apiece.''That was a good win,'' Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. ''Johnny pitched great and he was able to go deeper into the game for us. We

Go to Source Author: AP News SEATTLE (AP) When he was younger and probably a little more stubborn, Seattle's Taijuan Walker would have struggled to make a major in-game adjustment that called for abandoning the original game plan.With the Los Angeles Dodgers sitting on Walker's fastball on Wednesday night and clubbing it for three early home runs, there had to be a change.''I faced the Dodgers a lot when I was at Arizona and my attack plan was mostly fastball, changeup to them,'' Walker said. ''But this year I have a curveball now and a pretty good slider, and the confidence I have with them let me be able to go out there and make that adjustment and really trust my

Go to Source Author: AP News OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Manager Bob Melvin always expects resiliency from his Oakland Athletics.Mark Canha hit a two-run homer, Robbie Grossman got things going with a two-run double in the first to back Jesus Luzardo, and the A's beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Wednesday night a day after being thumped in Phoenix.''It's good to be back in Oakland,'' Grossman said.Luzardo (2-0) struck out a career-best seven batters over 6 1/3 sharp innings in his third start as the A's ran their unbeaten run at home to seven games while snapping the D-backs' six-game winning streak.''These guys are pretty resilient, they come back typically after a bad game almost every time,'' Melvin said.Luzardo worked through three

Go to Source Author: AP News LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Luka Doncic has his first NBA postseason victory, though probably not the way he expected.Instead of leading the Dallas Mavericks on the court, he was helping lead cheers from the sideline as his teammates pulled away while he sat.Doncic scored 28 points and the Mavericks put together the pivotal run when he was out to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 127-114 on Wednesday night and even the Western Conference playoff series at a game apiece.''This is how we're going to have to win games,'' Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. ''Our depth is going to be a big part of it.''Two nights after scoring 42 points in the highest-scoring debut in

Go to Source Author: Nick Selbe Harvey gave up three runs, two home runs and two walks while striking out four over three innings in the Royals' 5-0 loss to the Reds.Thirteen months after his last big-league game, the Dark Knight returned to Major League Baseball.Matt Harvey made his 2020 debut Wednesday, this time with the Kansas City Royals. The last time we saw Harvey pitch in the majors, the results were quite bad. In 12 starts with the Angels last season, Harvey posted a 7.09 ERA before being released on July 21. He signed with Oakland on a minor-league deal a month later, but never received a call-up. After electing free agency this past winter, he signed another minor-league deal with

Go to Source Author: AP News DENVER (AP) Kyle Tucker homered, hit two triples and drove in four runs, and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 13-6 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight win.Carlos Correa homered among his three hits, and George Springer and Martin Maldonado also went deep for Houston. The Astros had a season-high 20 hits to back a strong outing from Framber Valdez (2-2).Houston third baseman Alex Bregman left the game with a right hamstring injury after doubling to right field to lead off the fourth inning. He started limping as he approached first, jogged to second base and immediately was removed from the game.''I felt it when I was running down the line to first