• The Canadian Press

    Seth Lugo throws 7 scoreless innings, leads Royals past Tigers 8-0

    DETROIT (AP) — Seth Lugo pitched seven scoreless innings and the Kansas City Royals won their fourth straight game, beating the Detroit Tigers 8-0 on Friday. Lugo (4-1) allowed three singles and matched a career high with nine strikeouts in a game played at 1:10 pm due to the NFL draft festivities in downtown Detroit on Friday evening. Tigers starter Reese Olson (0-4) allowed one run on three hits and three walks in seven innings, striking out eight. Kansas City led 1-0 before scoring seven runs

  • The Canadian Press

    Shapovalov downs Etcheverry, advances to third round at Madrid

    MADRID — Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentina's Tomas Etcheverry on Friday. Shapovalov had to overcome issues with his serve to defeat the 26th-seeded Argentine in two hours three minutes. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., hit into 12 double faults and only landed 58 per cent of his first serves. But he had eight aces, compared to one for Etcheverry, and converted three break points to Etcheverry's t

  • Yahoo Sports

    The best things we saw this week: Tyler Duffey returns to the mound for Kansas City

    The Royals' reliever was diagnosed with melanoma during spring training.

  • The Canadian Press

    Spence has two goals and assist, Canada thumps Czechia 6-0 at U18 hockey worlds

    VANTAA, Finland — Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship. Tij Iginla also had two goals and Carter George made 26 saves for the shutout Gavin McKenna had a goal and two assists and Carson Wetsch also scored as Canada improved to 2-0. Captain Porter Martone had three assists. Czech starting goaltender Jakub Milota allowed four goals on nine shots before being replaced by Bretislav V