• The Canadian Press

    Mets beat Phillies 6-5 in 11 innings to avoid home-and-home sweep

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Alonso homered, J.D. Martinez hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning and the New York Mets overcame another blown save by Edwin Díaz, avoiding a four-game home-and-home sweep with a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. Starling Marte had two hits for the Mets, who followed a closed-door meeting held by rookie manager Carlos Mendoza on Wednesday night by winning their second game in the last seven. Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm hit RBI doubles for th

  • The Canadian Press

    Loperfido hits first MLB homer, Javier solid as Astros beat A's 8-1 to complete sweep

    HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Joey Loperfido hit his first major league home run and Cristian Javier pitched six scoreless innings Thursday night to help the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 and complete a four-game sweep. The victory extended Houston’s winning streak to a season-long five games. The Astros have won seven of their last eight games. Yainer Diaz hit a three-run double and Loperfido added his two-run shot off Joey Estes (1-1) in a six-run third inning that gave the Astros a bi

  • The Canadian Press

    Canada earns straight-sets win over Dominican Republic in Volleyball Nations League

    RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada earned a straight-sets victory over the Dominican Republic in Volleyball Nations League play Thursday night. The Canadian women won the opening set 25-20 and the second set 25-21 before edging the Dominican Republic 25-22 in the third to clinch the win. Canada led in attacks 44-37 and had seven blocks to six from its opponent. Alexa Gray of Calgary led Canada in scoring with 19 points and Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C., had 18. Canada's women are still vying for a place at

  • The Canadian Press

    Kreider's 3rd-period hat trick lifts Rangers into Eastern Conference Final with win over Hurricanes

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chris Kreider had a third-period hat trick to help the New York Rangers erase a two-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 in Game 6 on Thursday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Final. Kreider single-handedly erased the Hurricanes' 3-1 lead entering the final period. The go-ahead score came when he got position on Jalen Chatfield at the top of the crease and tipped in Ryan Lindgren's pass to make it 4-3 with at the 15:41 mark. That finally allowed the Pr