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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins kept their season alive, edging the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in Game 5 to send the best-of-seven series back to Philly. Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored for the Penguins. Sidney Crosby shook off a shot to his left knee to pick up two assists. Game 6 is Wednesday in Philadelphia. Alex Bump and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers. Pittsburgh is trying to become just the fifth team in NHL history to rally from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose Fermin hit a tiebreaking two-run double after Pedro Pages and JJ Wetherholt hit consecutive homers — all in the ninth inning — as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 after breaking up a perfect game bid in the seventh inning. With the Pirates leading 2-0, four Pittsburgh pitchers combined to shut down the Cardinals through 6 2/3 innings before Alec Burleson legged out a two-out, infield single off Evan Sisk in the seventh. Pages’ and Wetherholt’s home runs off Dennis Santana (2-2) lifted the Cardinals into a 2-all tie before Fermin’s double into the left-field. Ryan Fernandez (1-0) earned the win and George Soriano picked up a save.

NEW YORK (AP) — The first round of the NFL draft averaged 13.2 million viewers across television and digital platforms, according to the league and Nielsen. It was the third-most watched first round on record, behind 2020’s audience of 15.5 million and last year’s 13.6 million. The draft was televised on ESPN, NFL Network, ABC and ESPN Deportes as well as streaming on the ESPN app, Disney+, Hulu, NFL+ and YouTube. The league also said there was record attendance of 805,000 in Pittsburgh across the three days of the draft, including a record 320,000 for Thursday’s first round.