Dodgers Sweep The Angels

Dodgers expanse nan Angels

From Maddie Lee: Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki’s first transportation aft giving up a double to Angels prima Mike Trout proved he wasn’t acrophobic to spell backmost into nan onslaught zone.

He landed his forkball, nan slower type of nan caller splitter that he introduced this season, for a onslaught to Nolan Schanuel. Then he tested Schanuel pinch different forkball, this clip retired of nan zone, and a debased fastball.

Now down successful nan count, he went backmost to nan first spot, this clip pinch nan fastball. Schanuel fouled it off. Time to move things up pinch a slider, which Schanuel besides sewage a portion of. Then nan putaway pitch: a forkball connected nan separator of nan sheet for a whiff.

“It was 1 of those things wherever you benignant of conscionable picked 1 of nan 3 [pitches] that you wanted to usage to get ahead,” catcher Dalton Rushing said Sunday aft the Dodgers routed the Angels, 10-1. “And past from there, you tin benignant of play nan pursuit paper pinch him a small bit, and get extracurricular of hitters’ comfortableness zone. And evidently pinch nan worldly that he has, it’s easy to miss barrels. And we hadn’t rather gotten to spot that conscionable yet, and coming was evidently a large step.”

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Dodgers container score

MLB standings

UCLA softball beforehand to ace regional

From Jordan Puente: Four UCLA players deed location runs, helping nan Bruins conclusion South Carolina 15-1 connected Sunday to triumph nan Los Angeles Regional astatine Easton Stadium.

UCLA advances to nan NCAA ace location information and will big Central Florida, which upset favored Florida State astatine nan Seminoles’ location stadium successful Tallahassee, Fla.

Bruins elder Megan Grant deed a expansive slam during nan rout of South Carolina, extending her NCAA-record azygous play tally to 40 location runs.

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Sparks suffer to Toronto

From Steve Galluzzo: The Sparks were wished to extremity a season-opening four-game homestand pinch their 2nd consecutive triumph against Toronto. Instead, nan description Tempo avenged a four-point conclusion 2 days earlier pinch a 106-96 triumph Sunday day astatine Crypto.com Arena.

Guard Kelsey Plum, who started nan time tied for nan WNBA lead successful scoring astatine 26.3 points per game, paced the Sparks pinch 28, Dearica Hamby scored 21 and Nneka Ogwumike added 17 points and 7 rebounds.

Trailing by 13 astatine 1 constituent successful nan 4th quarter, nan Sparks trim nan shortage to six connected Plum’s 2 free throws pinch 4:27 left, but they sewage nary closer. The Sparks fell to 1-3 (tied pinch Seattle for past spot successful nan Western Conference) while Toronto improved to 2-2.

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Sparks container score

WNBA standings

Hat instrumentality defeats LAFC

Hany Mukhtar scored 3 goals, his first chapeau instrumentality since 2023, and Nashville SC hit LAFC 3-2 connected Sunday night.

Mukhtar, nan 2022 MLS MVP, became nan seventh subordinate successful MLS history pinch astatine slightest 5 regular-season chapeau tricks.

Nashville (9-1-3) leads MLS pinch 30 points this play and is unbeaten, pinch 5 wins, successful its past 7 games. San José and Vancouver are tied atop nan Western Conference pinch 29 points apiece.

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LAFC summary

MLS standings

Angel City plays to scoreless draw

Angelina Anderson made 1 prevention for her 2nd shutout and became nan first goalkeeper to clasp Portland scoreless this play arsenic visiting Angel City played nan Thorns to a 0-0 draw connected Sunday.

Mackenzie Arnold made 3 saves for Portland (6-2-2) successful her 4th shutout of nan year. Angel City (3-4-1) ended a four-game skid.

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Angel City summary

NWSL standings

Aaron Rai wins PGA Championship

Aaron Rai shifted into precocious cogwheel Sunday and pulled distant from a world-class section pinch 1 astonishing changeable aft different until he became nan first English-born subordinate successful much than a period to capture nan PGA Championship.

Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver until he turned to play arsenic a boy, was 3 shots down and approaching nan move astatine Aronimink Golf Club erstwhile he delivered a capacity worthy of a awesome champion.

He made a 40-foot eagle putt connected nan par-five ninth during a agelong erstwhile he one-putted 7 consecutive greens to return nan lead.

And connected nan closing holes erstwhile nan contenders needed him to stumble, Rai holed a birdie putt of immoderate 70 feet crossed nan 17th greenish for nan clincher.

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PGA Championship leaderboard

This time successful sports history

1920 — Man o’ War, ridden by Clarence Kummer, wins nan Preakness Stakes by 1½ lengths complete Upset.

1931 — Fifteen-year-old Eddie Arcaro rides his first race, finishing sixth, astatine Bainbridge Park, Ohio.

1957 — Bold Ruler, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins nan Preakness Stakes by 2 lengths complete Iron Liege. It’s nan sixth and past clip Arcaro wins nan Preakness.

1960 — European Cup Final, Glasgow: Ferenc Puskás scores 4, Alfredo Di Stéfano 3 arsenic Real Madrid routs Eintracht Frankfurt, 7-3; 5th consecutive title for Los Blancos.

1968 — Forward Pass wins nan Preakness Stakes by six lengths to springiness Calumet Farm a grounds 7 wins successful by an proprietor successful nan race. Judy Johnson becomes nan first female trainer to saddle a equine for nan Preakness. Her horse, Sir Beau, finishes seventh successful nan section of 10.

1971 — The Montreal Canadiens hit nan Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 successful nan seventh crippled to triumph nan Stanley Cup.

1971 — 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars hit Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3.

1985 — Patricia Cooksey becomes nan first female jockey to compete successful nan Preakness Stakes. Tank’s Prospect wins nan title and Cooksey’s mount, Tajawa, finishes sixth successful nan section of 11.

1990 — Edmonton’s Jari Kurri becomes nan starring extremity scorer successful Stanley Cup history erstwhile he scores his 90th postseason extremity successful nan first play of Game 2 of nan finals against Boston. Kurri adds 2 much goals arsenic nan Oilers hit nan Bruins 7-2.

1994 — 2nd UEFA Champions League Final: Milan thumps Barcelona 4-0 astatine Athens.

1996 — Louis Quatorze carries Pat Day to nan jockey’s 3rd consecutive Preakness Stakes victory. Louis Quatorze, 16th successful nan Kentucky Derby, runs 1 3-16 miles successful 1:53 2-5 to adjacent nan title grounds group by Tank’s Prospect successful 1985.

1997 — Chris Johnson makes an 8-foot par putt connected nan 2nd playoff spread to triumph nan LPGA title complete Leta Lindley. It’s nan 3rd playoff successful nan title since nan tourney began successful 1955, and nan first since 1970.

2008 — Rafael Nadal thumps defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 to triumph nan Hamburg Masters, adding nan only awesome clay-court title missing from his awesome collection.

2008 — Boston’s Paul Pierce and Cleveland’s LeBron James harvester for 86 points successful Game 7 of nan Eastern Conference semifinals. James outscores Pierce 45-41 successful nan shootout, but Boston advances pinch a 97-92 win.

2013 — Oxbow, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, leads from commencement to decorativeness astatine nan Preakness. It’s nan sixth Preakness triumph for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 14th Triple Crown victory, nan astir successful equine racing history.

2014 — The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Kenny Perry wins his 3rd of 4 Champions Tour fields by 1 changeable from Mark Calcavecchia.

2019 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (85,854): Gabriel Jesus & Raheem Sterling each people doubly arsenic Manchester City thrash Watford, 6-0, completing an unprecedented home treble.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

This time successful shot history

1912 — Detroit players went connected onslaught to protestation Ty Cobb’s suspension. To debar a forfeit and fine, head Hugh Jennings recruited assemblage players and others; they mislaid to nan Philadelphia A’s 24-2. Joe Travers gave up each 24 runs connected 26 hits.

1929 — The Brooklyn Dodgers outslugged nan Philadelphia Phillies for a 20-16 triumph successful nan first crippled of a doubleheader. Brooklyn’s Babe Herman and Johnny Frederick each had 5 hits. Frederick scored 5 times to springiness him a awesome convention grounds 8 runs successful 2 games. The Phillies won nan 2nd crippled 8-6. The teams mixed for a grounds 50 runs successful a doubleheader.

1933 — The first All-Star Game is announced for July 6th astatine Comiskey Park. It will beryllium played arsenic portion of nan Chicago World’s Fair celebration.

1956 — Mickey Mantle of nan New York Yankees hits location runs from some sides of nan sheet for nan 3rd clip successful his career, mounting a awesome convention record.

1957 — Dick Williams of nan Orioles deed a ninth-inning, tying solo location tally against Chicago’s Paul LaPalme seconds earlier 10:20 p.m. — nan curfew group truthful nan White Sox could drawback a train retired of Baltimore. If Williams had done thing else, Chicago would person won. The crippled was later replayed from nan opening and Baltimore won.

1968 — Frank Howard deed his 10th location tally successful a six-game span to powerfulness nan Washington Senators to an 8-4 triumph complete Detroit astatine Tiger Stadium.

1981 — Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela yet loses a game, 4-0, to nan Philadelphia Phillies. He is now 8-1 and his earned tally mean increases to 0.90.

1990 — Chicago Cubs Ryne Sandberg’s errorless crippled streak astatine 2nd guidelines comes to an extremity aft 123 games and 584 chances. Joe Morgan of nan Cincinnati Reds had held nan erstwhile grounds of 91 games.

1990 — The Baltimore Orioles tied an AL grounds pinch 8 consecutive singles successful a seven-run first inning against Bobby Witt to hit nan Texas Rangers 13-1. The 8 consecutive singles equaled a grounds group by nan Washington Senators against Cleveland successful 1951 and matched by nan Oakland Athletics against Chicago successful 1981.

1999 — Edgar Martinez deed 3 location runs — tying a awesome convention grounds pinch 5 homers successful 2 games — to springiness nan Seattle Mariners a 10-1 triumph complete nan Minnesota Twins. He homered doubly successful nan opener of nan series.

2000 — Mark McGwire homered 3 times and had a career-high 7 RBIs, starring nan St. Louis Cardinals complete nan Philadelphia Phillies 7-2.

2003 — The Texas Rangers swept 3 games astatine Yankee Stadium for nan first clip successful nan franchise’s 43-year existence, winning 5-3.

2004 — Randy Johnson, 40, became nan oldest pitcher successful awesome convention history to propulsion a cleanable game, retiring each 27 hitters to lead nan Arizona Diamondbacks complete nan Atlanta Braves 2-0. It was nan 17th cleanable crippled successful awesome convention history and nan first since nan New York Yankees’ David Cone did it against Montreal connected July 18, 1999.

2009 — Mark Teixeira homered from some sides of nan sheet and nan New York Yankees vanished a four-game expanse of Minnesota pinch a 7-6 victory.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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