Mets star hits 74 homers and beats Trey Mancini 23-22 in the final round.
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Commentary: Shohei Ohtani’s tour de force season exactly what baseball needs
Angels’ star gives an ailing sport a needed dose of enthusiasm and excitement, Drew Bonifant writes.
Lightning strikes twice: Tampa Bay repeats as Stanley Cup champion
NHL: The Lightning win it all for the second time in 10 months by beating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5.
Kemp’s sacrifice fly lifts A’s over Red Sox 7-6 in 12
Tony Kemp hit a game-winning sacrifice fly with nobody out in a threethe 12th inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied pst beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 to snap the Red Sox’s eight-game winning streak
Bucks beat Hawks, head to NBA Finals for 1st time since 1974
Without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks are headed back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974.
Red Sox infielders Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts voted to be All-Star starters
Devers is a first-time All-Star, while Bogaerts earns his second start and third appearance.
Kucherov leads Lightning over Canadiens 5-1 in Game 1
Playoff scoring leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 18 saves to outplay Carey Price and lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
Big 1st inning sends Vandy past MSU 8-2 in CWS finals opener
Vanderbilt gave Jack Leiter a big early lead and went on to an 8-2 victory over Mississippi State in Game 1 of the College World Series finals to move within a win of a second straight national championship
Renfroe homers twice, Red Sox rally to beat Royals 6-5
Hunter Renfroe homered twice, the second to break a sixth-inning tie, as the Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5
Eovaldi strong, Red Sox run win streak to 5 over Yanks, 4-2
Nathan Eovaldi pitched neatly into the eighth inning, Adam Ottavino escaped a pair of late jams and the Boston Red Sox held off the New York Yankees 4-2