April 18, 2022 3:53 am
UNDATED (AP) – Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Boston expects to be without multiple unvaccinated players for an upcoming series at Toronto. Starting pitcher Tanner Houck told the Boston Globe on Sunday that he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and won’t pitch during the four-game series beginning next Monday. He would have been in line to start the second game. To enter Canada, the Canadian government requires a person must have received a second COVID-19 vaccine dose at least 14 days prior to entry.
April 18, 2022 3:56 am
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – Jordan Spieth used a marvelous approach shot on the first playoff hole to beat Patrick Cantlay and win the PGA’s RBC Heritage. Spieth hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches of the cup. He won his 13th PGA Tour title and second straight on Easter Sunday after taking the Valero Texas Open a year ago to end a four-year drought. Playing four groups ahead of Cantlay, Spieth birdied Harbour Town’s par-4 18th lighthouse hole in regulation, holing a 10-footer for a 5-under 66 and 13-under 271 total.
April 18, 2022 3:55 am
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Kyle Busch eluded the spinning cars of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Reddick was chasing the first Cup win of his career. He led 99 of the 250 laps. and controlled the race from the final restart with 24 laps remaining. But lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on Reddick and he timed his move for the win for the third turn, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside. Reddick finished second and faulted himself for not holding off Briscoe. Joey Logano was third, followed by Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney.
April 17, 2022 1:10 am
BOSTON (AP) -Jeremy Swayman rebounded from a rough stretch with 23 saves and the Boston Bruins clinched a playoff spot by holding off the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to halt a season-high three-game losing streak. Trent Frederic and Erik Haula scored first-period goals for the Boston, which went on the skid after winning 17 of 21. Former Bruin Danton Heinen scored for the Penguins, who fell to 2-5-1 in their past eight. Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots.
April 17, 2022 1:09 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Michael Chavis capped a three-hit night with a leadoff triple in the eighth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 6-4. Diego Castillo drove in Chavis with a single, giving Pittsburgh a 4-2 lead. Chavis has reached safely in eight of 14 plate appearances this season. Dillon Peters relieved Pirates starter Bryse Wilson to pitch two no-hit innings, ending with his second walk. David Bednar surrendered one hit and one walk in 1 2/3 innings.
April 17, 2022 1:11 am
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – Harold Varner III shot an 8-under 63 in the third round to take a one-shot lead at the RBC Heritage. Varner had eight birdies in a bogey-free round to match Cameron Young’s opening score as the lowest at Harbour Town Golf Links this week. Varner is 11-under overall as he seeks his first PGA Tour victory. Patrick Cantlay, Shane Lowry and Erik van Rooyen are a shot back.
April 16, 2022 4:02 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Nelson Cruz and Josh Bell drove in three runs each and Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2. Each of the top four hitters in the Nationals’ lineup — Cesar Hernandez, Juan Soto, Cruz and Bell – had two hits while combining to go 8 for 17. Erik Fedde (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings, struck out six and walked two. Three pitchers combined for four scoreless innings of scoreless, one-hit relief.
April 16, 2022 4:08 am
PITTSBURGH — With just a couple of weeks left in the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled goalie Louis Domingue from Wilkes Barre after an apparent injury to starter Tristan Jarry, who will not travel with the team to Boston Saturday. According to reports, Jarry suffered a lower-body injury in the playoff-clinching win over the Islanders Thursday. Domingue is set to back up Casey DeSmith when the Penguins take on the Bruins Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
April 16, 2022 4:05 am
UNDATED (AP) – Mike Bossy continues continues to own the greatest goal-per-game average in NHL history, netting 573 in just 752 contests. That doesn’t include the 61 goals he provided in 72 playoff games while the New York Islanders were winning four straight Stanley Cups from 1980-83. Bossy died Thursday night at age 65, about six months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Bossy won the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie in 1978 after falling to 15th in the draft. He had five 60-goal seasons and was the first player ever to score at least 50 in his first nine seasons. Bossy developed into an outstanding two-way player who was an eight-time All-Star. He is the second member of the Islanders’ “Trio Grande Line” to die this year, three months after fellow Hockey Hall of famer Clark Gillies passed away.
April 16, 2022 4:05 am
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay birdied his final four holes for a 4-under 67 that puts him two shots ahead of Robert Streb halfway through the RBC Heritage. Cantlay was flawless following bogeys on the 11th and 14th holes, allowing him to surge ahead. Streb also fired a 67. Tour rookie Cameron Young went from his eye-popping debut of 63 on Thursday to a 73 in his second time around Harbour Town. He’s tied for with Joel Dahmen, Cameron Tringale, Erik van Rooyen and Aaron Wise at minus-6. Morgan Hoffmann has missed the cut at the RBC Heritage in his first PGA Tour event since 2019. Hoffmann was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and had to step away from tournament golf for the past two and a-half years.
