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As Yu Darvish rocked and fired through his warm-up pitches, a beat plenty familiar to Nick Martinez poured into Petco Park. Bakermat’s “Baiana” had been Martinez’s warm-up song of choice both years in San Diego. ...Read more

OAKLAND — JJ Bleday hit a pair of home runs and the Athletics bullpen did what it’s done all season Tuesday night in a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Bleday hit a solo home run in the fifth and two-run shot ...Read more

WINNIPEG — Mikko Rantanen found a stick he liked, and shot the Colorado Avalanche into the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Winnipeg Jets played their best game of the series facing elimination, but the Avs...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nick Castellanos had barely finished his swing when he took his right hand off the bat and pointed to right field.

Castellanos got it.

And he knew it.

Two outs from a second consecutive loss at Angel...Read more

Giants ace Logan Webb entered Fenway Park with an MLB-best streak of 19 scoreless innings. That stretch quickly ended Tuesday night, and another began: the Red Sox scored a single run in each of the first four innings to ...Read more

NEW YORK — As it turns out, the reports of the Sixers’ death were greatly exaggerated.

Surely, the reports were only premature — it’s got to end badly sooner or later — but they’re not dead yet.

Not as long ...Read more

NEW YORK — Three of the four runs the Mets scored Tuesday night were unearned, but earned or not, they still counted.

The Mets evened the series with the Chicago Cubs with a 4-2 win Tuesday night at Citi Field, with DJ ...Read more

DETROIT — The Tigers mustered one run in the first game Tuesday, spoiling a 14-strikeout performance by Jack Flaherty.

But in Game 2, the bats came alive.

Switch-hitting rookie Wenceel Perez hit home runs from each ...Read more

BOSTON — Here we go again.

With a golden chance to put the Auston Matthews-less Toronto Maple Leafs away for another season in Game 5 at TD Garden on Tuesday, the Bruins lost to the Leafs in overtime, 2-1.

Sound ...Read more

Leave it to the Rockies to ruin a couple of storybook stories.

In one of the worst meltdowns in recent memory, the Rockies blew a 5-0 lead in the ninth inning and lost, 7-6, to the Marlins in 10 innings Tuesday night at ...Read more

NEW YORK — Joel Embiid dove for the loose ball. Nick Nurse called timeout. And a crowd at Madison Square Garden that has spent so much of this first-round playoff series in a frenzy quietly began to file for the exits.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — On to the second round.

The Carolina Hurricanes ignited for two goals in eight seconds in the third period Tuesday in taking a 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders to clinch the first-round Eastern ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The Rays went down again, 8-2, on Tuesday, but not without a fight.

Jose Siri was in the center of the action for the Rays throughout the night, capped by the benches clearing in the eighth.

First, he hit a...Read more

CHICAGO — The Twins had two runners thrown out on the basepaths, committed a costly error and saw a reliever give up a game-tying homer in the eighth inning.

Despite the Twins making life more difficult for themselves ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Kansas City Chiefs have won the past two Super Bowls, so whenever they make a move to get better, 31 other NFL teams can’t help but shake their collective heads.

So, when the Chiefs traded up to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — During the Orioles’ rebuild, facing starting pitcher Nestor Cortes was about as close to an automatic loss as there can be in the major leagues. Although, assuming those Orioles teams would lose was a safe ...Read more

TORONTO — The Kansas City Royals turned to ace Cole Ragans to snap a three-game losing streak on Tuesday night.

And Ragans delivered in a big way against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The left-hander, who entered the day with...Read more

BOSTON — The Miami Heat now will need a next man up for their next man up amid their injury-riddled ride through the opening round of the NBA playoffs.

Moved into the starting lineup in the wake of injuries to teammates...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout fought back tears as he stood in front of reporters and described the latest blow to a career that has gone painfully off track.

The Angels’ three-time AL MVP center fielder learned on ...Read more