OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit a two-run homer on his way to a career-high five RBIs, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-4 on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Brett Harris hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth and Brent Rooker added a three-run drive in the seventh for the A's, who backed lefty JP Sears (3-2) and snapped a three-game skid that came after a six-game win streak. Marcus Semien homered for the Rangers against his former club. Leody Taveras then
The Dallas Stars are in an all-too familiar hole. This is their sixth consecutive playoff series over three postseasons, the fourth at home, that they go into Game 2 after losing the opener. “It's not ideal, we know that. And it's definitely not the plan,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Wednesday. “You’re kind of playing with fire when you put yourself in that position enough,” forward Joe Pavelski said. When they play Game 2 of their second-round Western Conference series against Colorado on Thur
Patrick Beverley threw a ball at Pacers fans multiple times in the final minutes of the Bucks' Game 6 loss earlier this month.