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Alanna Smith added a career-high 22 points in her debut with her new team, Napheesa Collier added 20 points and 12 rebounds and the visiting Minnesota Lynx rallied for an 83-70 victory over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday in a season opener for both teams. Courtney Williams, also in her Lynx debut, produced 14 points, seven assists and five steals, while Kayla McBride and Natisha Hiedeman each scored nine points for Minnesota. The Lynx rallied

Shohei Ohtani came within a triple of a cycle, Mookie Betts collected a triple and a single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers made it two in a row over the host San Francisco Giants with a 10-2 romp Tuesday night. Rookie Gavin Stone (4-1) extended his unbeaten streak to six games with six innings of one-run ball, helping the Dodgers win for the 10th time in their last 12 games. Giants rookie Keaton Winn (3-6)

Cal Quantrill pitched into the seventh inning and Ezequiel Tovar homered as the visiting Colorado Rockies stretched their winning streak to six games with a 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Quantrill (3-3) scattered six hits over six-plus innings, allowing one run and three walks while fanning five. He recorded just one 1-2-3 inning but leaned on a defense that turned three double plays. Jurickson Profar walked to open the seventh,

Will Benson hit a two-run homer and Hunter Greene pitched seven solid innings as the Cincinnati Reds notched a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Tyler Stephenson had three hits and two runs as Cincinnati won for just the second time in its past 13 games. Jake Fraley had two hits, one RBI and one run and Jeimer Candelario added two hits and one RBI for the Reds. Greene (2-2)

Alec Burleson hit the decisive two-run homer in the seventh inning to push the visiting St. Louis Cardinals past the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 on Tuesday. Pedro Pages hit a three-run double for his first big league hit as the Cardinals won their third straight game. St. Louis starting pitcher Sonny Gray (5-2) allowed five runs on eight hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out nine. Reliever Ryan Helsley earned his 13th

Nelson Velazquez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night, evening their three-game series at one apiece. Luke Raley and Mitch Haniger hit solo shots to account for Seattle’s two runs. Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-4) allowed one run on three hits over six innings to get the victory. He walked two and fanned seven,

Kevin Newman dropped a two-run single into right field with one out in the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-5 walk-off victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night in Phoenix. Newman went 4-for-5 as Arizona won for the sixth time in its past eight games. Gabriel Moreno and Joc Pederson homered for the Diamondbacks, who swept three games from the Reds in Cincinnati last week. The Reds have lost 11 of

Wyatt Johnston had two goals and an assist, Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists, and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 in Denver on Monday night to take a commanding lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Dallas leads the series 3-1 with a chance to close it out at home on Wednesday night. Sam Steel and Evgenii Dadonov also scored, Jason Robertson had two assists, and Jake Oettinger turned away

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 of his game-high 34 points in the second half as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-96 on Monday to even their Western Conference semifinal series at two wins apiece. Chet Holmgren had 18 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, Luguentz Dort scored 17 points and Jalen Williams had 14 points and nine boards for Oklahoma City, which closed the game on a 20-10 run. The teams will

Will Smith bombed a two-run double with one out in the top of the 10th inning Monday night, sending the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the rival San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series. Neither team had scored since Enrique Hernandez’s pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh when Giants reliever Taylor Rogers (1-2) struck out Shohei Ohtani with automatic runner Mookie Betts on second base for the first