THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY MAY 26, 2025

BASEBALL SECTIONAL PAIRINGS

CLASS 4A

1. LAKE CENTRAL (5) | BRACKET | TICKETS

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SOFTBALL SECTIONAL BRACKETS

CLASS 4A

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INDIANA BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE FINALS

MAY 31

CATHEDRAL 30-5 VS. LAKE CENTRAL 29-6

FISHERS 31-4 VS. RONCALLI 28-3

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INDIANA BOYS LACROSSE SEMI-FINALS

TUESDAY MAY 27

SB ST. JOSEPH VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

BISHOP CHATARD VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

WEDNESDAY MAY 28

CARMEL VS. CULVER 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. CATHEDRAL 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

***STATE FINALS SATURDAY MAY 31***

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INDIANA GIRLS LACROSSE SEMI-FINALS

TUESDAY

CASTLE VS. SB ST. JOSEPH 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

CARMEL VS. BISHOP CHATARD 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

WEDNESDAY MAY 28

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

FISHERS VS. BROWNSBURG 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

***STATE FINALS SATURDAY MAY 31***

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INDIANA BOYS REGIONAL TRACK

1. VALPARAISO | 5 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER CENTRAL

2. GOSHEN | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: ANGOLA, GOSHEN, PENN, PLYMOUTH

3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, MARION, MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN

4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FISHERS, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON

5. PLAINFIELD | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BEN DAVIS, PLAINFIELD, SHELBYVILLE, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO

6. LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EAST CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE)

7. BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, COLUMBUS NORTH, MADISON CONSOLIDATED

8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 5:30 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, FLOYD CENTRAL, JASPER, PRINCETON COMMUNITY

INDIANA GIRLS TRACK REGIONALS

1. PORTAGE | 5 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: CHESTERTON, HIGHLAND, HOBART, KANKAKEE VALLEY,

2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: ANGOLA, BREMEN, MISHAWAKA, WARSAW COMMUNITY

3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: DELTA, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, MARION, NEW HAVEN

4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON

5. BEN DAVIS | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: AVON, BEN DAVIS, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO

6. LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EAST CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS

7. BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, COLUMBUS NORTH, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, SEYMOUR

8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 5:30 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FLOYD CENTRAL, MT. VERNON, PERRY CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY

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INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT

https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-25%20GTe%20State%20Championship%20Bracket.pdf

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NBA PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE

CONFERENCE FINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(3) NEW YORK KNICKS VS. (4) INDIANA PACERS

• GAME 1: INDIANA 138 NEW YORK 135 OT (PACERS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: INDIANA 114 NEW YORK 109 (PACERS LEAD SERIES 2-0)
• GAME 3: NEW YORK 106 INDIANA 100 (PACERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
• GAME 4: KNICKS VS. PACERS (TUE. MAY 27, 8 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: PACERS VS. KNICKS (THU. MAY 29, 8 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 6: KNICKS VS. PACERS (SAT. MAY 31, 8 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 7: PACERS VS. KNICKS (MON. JUNE 2, 8 ET, TNT)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(6) MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES VS. (1) OKLAHOMA CITY

• GAME 1: THUNDER 114 WOLVES 88 (THUNDER LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: THUNDER 118 WOLVES 103 (THUNDER LEADS SERIES 2-0)
• GAME 3: WOLVES 143 THUNDER 101 (THUNDER LEAD SERIES 2-1)
• GAME 4: THUNDER VS. WOLVES (MON. MAY 26, 8:30 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 5: WOLVES VS. THUNDER (WED. MAY 28, 8:30 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 6: THUNDER VS. WOLVES (FRI. MAY 30, 8:30 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 7: WOLVES VS. THUNDER (SUN. JUNE 1, 8 ET, ESPN)*
* IF NECESSARY

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WNBA SCORES

ATLANTA 79 CONNECTICUT 55

SEATTLE 102 LAS VEGAS 82

LOS ANGELES 91 CHICAGO 78

PHOENIX 68 WASHINGTON 62

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NHL PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

FLORIDA PANTHERS (3A) VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES (2M)

GAME 1: PANTHERS 5 HURRICANES 2 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: PANTHERS 5 HURRICANES 0 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 2-0)
GAME 3: PANTHERS 6 HURRICANES 2 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 3-0)
GAME 4: HURRICANES AT PANTHERS, MONDAY, MAY 26, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS
GAME 5: PANTHERS AT HURRICANES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 6: HURRICANES AT PANTHERS, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 7: PANTHERS AT HURRICANES, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *

* IF NECESSARY

COMPLETE PANTHERS-HURRICANES SERIES COVERAGE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EDMONTON OILERS (3P) VS. DALLAS STARS (2C)

GAME 1: STARS 6 OILERS 3 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: OILERS 3 STARS 0 (SERIES EVEN 1-1)
GAME 3: OILERS 6 DALLAS 1 (OILERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4: STARS AT OILERS, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS
GAME 5: OILERS AT STARS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 6: STARS AT OILERS, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 8 P.M. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 7: OILERS AT STARS, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *

* IF NECESSARY

COMPLETE OILERS-STARS SERIES COVERAGE

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

DETROIT 5 CLEVELAND 0

MILWAUKEE 6 PITTSBURGH 5

SAN FRANCISCO 3 WASHINGTON 2

BALTIMORE 5 BOSTON 1

TAMPA BAY 13 TORONTO 0

CHICAGO CUBS 11 CINCINNATI 8

KANSAS CITY 2 MINNESOTA 1 (10)

HOUSTON 5 SEATTLE 3

TEXAS 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4

ST. LOUIS 4 ARIZONA 3

NY YANKEES 5 COLORADO 4

LAS VEGAS 5 PHILADELPHIA 4

MIAMI 3 LA ANGELS 0

SAN DIEGO 5 ATLANTA 3

NY METS 3 LA DODGERS 1

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

TOLEDO 8 INDIANAPOLIS 0

FT. WAYNE 4 CEDAR RAPIDS 1

SOUTH BEND 8 WISCONSIN 3

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS

TENNESSEE 1 NEBRASKA 0

UCLA 5 SOUTH CAROLINA 0

OLE MISS 7 ARKANSAS 2

FLORIDA 5 GEORGIA 2

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES

NEW YORK CITY 3 CHICAGO 1

ATLANTA 4 CINCINNATI 2

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UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCORES

HOUSTON 24 DC 21

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES

ALEX PALOU MAKES HISTORY AS 1ST SPANISH DRIVER TO WIN THE INDIANAPOLIS 500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou took the ceremonial swig of milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500. He allowed his wife to have a sip, she in turn gave a sip to their baby, and team owner Chip Ganassi ended up with the bottle and took a drink, as well.

“I have to tell you, it was the best milk I ever had,” Palou said.

The first Spaniard to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” then took a victory lap with his entourage around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the back of a pickup truck. At one point, Palou climbed onto its roof and raised his arms in triumph, the winning wreath draped around his neck. He briefly lost his balance and Ganassi instinctively reached out to grab his star driver.

No need.

Palou rarely makes a wrong move.

Palou came to the speedway as the two-time defending IndyCar champion — he has three titles in four years — and had opened this year with victories in four of the first five races. It’s the kind of start not seen since 1964, when A.J. Foyt won the first seven races of the season, including the Indy 500.

But it was win No. 6 that Palou had circled on his calendar. Without an Indy 500 win, he said, his career would be incomplete.

“Like he said last week, if he was to go through his whole career and not win here at Indianapolis, it wouldn’t be a complete career,” Ganassi said. “I don’t want to say his career is complete now — he’s got a lot in him yet. Look at the last five, six races we’ve had. It’s just incredible. He’s on a roll.”

Such a roll that IndyCar officials were trying to hustle along the postrace commitments for Palou to get him downtown to watch the Indiana Pacers play the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. Palou on Saturday wore a Tyrese Haliburton jersey in the Indy 500 parade.

“That’s going to help some people in Indiana to know me,” Palou said.

Palou was in fuel-saving mode over the closing laps, following former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson. Palou got tired of staying put with 16 laps remaining and charged ahead — a move Ericsson said “will keep me up at night. What I did and what I didn’t do.” Palou was never challenged from there, taking the checkered flag as a crash brought out a caution.

He stopped the car just beyond the Yard of Bricks, climbing out of it and nearly losing his balance as he raised his arms in triumph. Palou jumped down and took off in a run down the front stretch, pulling off his gloves and tossing them behind him, and ultimately was engulfed by his father, Ramon, and his team in a jubilant celebration.

Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti both hugged him, a pair of former Ganassi Indy 500 winners welcoming him into their exclusive club. He wasn’t sure what the win will do for him Spain, which celebrates Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr., but Palou said for the first time he can recall he saw throngs of fans with Spanish flags chanting his name at an IndyCar race.

“It makes it extra special that I’m the first Spanish driver to win it,” Palou said. “But honestly, if I was the 50th Spanish driver to win, I would be as happy as I am now.”

Meanwhile, Ericsson climbed from his car in pit lane and pressed his hands to his face, the disappointment of coming oh-so-close to a second Indianapolis 500 victory etched across his face. David Maluks was third for A.J. Foyt Racing.

“It’s pretty painful,” Ericsson said of his second career Indy 500 runner-up finish. “I need to look at it again. You replay it in your head a million times after the finish, wondering what I could have done differently. Second means nothing in this race.”

Josef Newgarden’s bid to win three consecutive Indy 500s ended with a fuel pump issue. He was trying to become the first driver to come from the back row to win because he and Team Penske teammate Will Power were dropped to the back of the field for failing inspection before the final rounds of qualifying.

Power wound up 19th, the highest-finishing Penske driver on a miserable day for the organization owned by Roger Penske. He earlier this week fired his top three IndyCar executives for a second technical infraction in just over a year, and has had to defend the optics of his teams failing inspections when he also owns IndyCar, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500.

Penske has won the Indy 500 a record 20 times.

It was the sixth Indy 500 win for Ganassi, who has been on a dominating wave since hiring Palou before the 2021 season. Palou won the championship in his first year with the team, added two more titles, and now seems on pace for a fourth one.

“I’ll tell you what, that kid’s a good driver. I think he’s off to a good start,” Ganassi said. “We’re gonna have a good season. It might be OK. Yeah, might be okay. Might be looking at a championship.”

Ganassi also vowed that winning the Indy 500 win “is going to make Alex Palou’s career. It is going to make his life.”

Palou started the race tied with Pato O’Ward as the co-favorites, listed at +500 by BetMGM Sportsbook. O’Ward finished fourth — the fifth time in six career starts the Mexican has finished sixth or higher. Kyle Larson won’t complete “the double” after crashing out of the Indianapolis 500 before he headed to North Carolina to compete in the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race.

NASCAR NEWS

ROSS CHASTAIN CHASES DOWN WILLIAM BYRON, WINS THE 600

Ross Chastain ran down William Byron over the final 37 laps to capture the NASCAR Cup Series’ longest race, Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina.

After fending off a battle with Denny Hamlin, Byron withstood a charge from Chastain until the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet suddenly closed a three-tenth’s gap and got by with six laps to go to beat Byron by 0.673 seconds for his first win this season in the 66th running of the event.

The Alva, Fla., native started last at the 1.5-mile speedway after going to a backup car following a wreck in practice Saturday. He led just eight laps in his sixth career win, while Byron managed a race- and career-high 283.

Polesitter Chase Briscoe, AJ Allmendinger and Brad Keselowski completed the top five.

In attempting “The Double,” Kyle Larson struggled to a 37th-place finish after wrecking out at the midway point of the Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day. He finished 27th in that race.

Larson passed Briscoe on Lap 9 but fought with his car and soon tagged the wall hard. The 2021 Cup champ then spun by himself off Turn 4 on Lap 42, forcing him to pit road for a long stop.

Running ninth with three circuits left in Stage 1, Alex Bowman’s No. 48 banged the wall off Turn 4 and slid through the frontstretch grass. Byron won the second segment during the second caution period, while Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell trailed him.

Byron held an 8 1/2-second lead as Stage 2 neared its end. The two-time Daytona 500 champ then eased to the segment win over Hamlin and Reddick with Carson Hocevar continuing his strong run in fourth.

The 400-lap race’s biggest melee was on Lap 246 after a restart. Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney and Briscoe made contact, and Larson and Justin Haley were involved in the sixth caution on the frontstretch.

Hamlin led 34 laps in Stage 3, but Byron worked his way past the No. 11 Toyota in the closing circuits to sweep the first three stages and pocket the maximum bonus points.

Restarting second on Lap 308, Hocevar had the engine on his No. 77 Spire Motorsports ride expire, triggering the eighth caution.

NBA NEWS

KNICKS CHARGE BACK FROM 20 POINTS DOWN, BEAT PACERS 106-100 TO CUT SERIES DEFICIT TO 2-1

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With the New York Knicks teetering on the brink of a third consecutive playoff loss and Jalen Brunson stuck on the bench with five fouls after three quarters, Karl-Anthony Towns took matters into his own hands.

The Knicks needed everything he could muster — even on a sore knee.

Towns scored 20 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as New York erased yet another 20-point deficit, and Brunson helped close out the 106-100 victory Sunday night to take Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals — making it three straight wins for the road team.

“It’s a true test when you’re down 20-plus,” Towns said. “Tonight was the kind of night where he had to have that never-say-die attitude.”

New York still trails in the series 2-1 with Game 4 set for Tuesday night in Indianapolis.

But with the Knicks trailing by 16 midway through the third quarter and still down 10 entering the fourth, the dreaded 3-0 deficit looked like a real possibility — until Towns asserted himself by driving to the basket and muscling his way into position for more scores. He opened the fourth with a 3-pointer before making two layups to get New York within 82-79.

Brunson’s layup with 7:10 to play finally gave New York an 89-88 lead and New York trailed only two more times the rest of the night. The Knicks never led by more than four until the final free throws with 2.6 seconds left. Brunson finished with 23 points despite spending most of the night in foul trouble.

“They put me in great spots to succeed, and I just wanted to capitalize on the opportunity,” Towns said after also grabbing 15 rebounds. “All of us are just trying to do whatever it takes to win, get ourselves back in the game. We wanted to put ourselves in a position to where at the end of the game we found ourselves with a chance of winning.”

Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 20 points and six assists. Myles Turner added 19 points as Indiana dropped to 0-4 all-time when playing on the same day the Indianapolis 500 was run. Two of those losses came to the Knicks.

Team officials handed out gold-and-blue T-shirts with the words “Vroom Baby” to celebrate the rare Pacers and racers doubleheader, and the winner Spain’s Alex Palou. made the short trek across town where he received during the second quarter — as Indiana started pulling away to a 55-35 lead late in the first half. Six players from Indiana’s 2000 Eastern Conference champs, including Hall of Famer Reggie Miller, also were inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

But after rallying twice from fourth-quarter deficits to take the first two games in New York, and losing their top defender, Aaron Nesmith, with a sprained right ankle in the third quarter, Indiana failed to seal this one.

Nesmith returned in the fourth quarter but coach Rick Carlisle said he wouldn’t know more about Nesmith’s chances to play Game 4 until Monday.

“Regardless of who’s out there, we’ve got to be able to attack better and do the things to maintain it and finish the game,” he said. “We just simply did not execute as well as we needed to.”

NHL NEWS

HYMAN, MCDAVID SCORE 2 EACH AS OILERS DOMINATE STARS FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Connor McDavid also had a two-goal outing and the Edmonton Oilers took a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference final series with a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday.

Evan Bouchard, with a goal and an assist, and John Klingberg also scored for the Oilers, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added three assists.

Stuart Skinner made 33 saves in the Edmonton net to improve to 4-4 in postseason play, his first victory in the playoffs that wasn’t a shutout.

The Oilers have won two straight since their third-period collapse in Game 1 in Dallas.

Jason Robertson scored for the Stars, who are hoping to avoid being knocked out in the third round by the Oilers for a second consecutive season.

Jake Oettinger stopped 18 shots in Dallas’ net, falling to 5-10 in his career in West final contests.

Game 4 will be in Edmonton on Tuesday.

Edmonton started the scoring with six minutes remaining in the opening period as a Bouchard bomb from the point made its way through traffic for his sixth of the playoffs.

The Oilers then made it 2-0 just 36 seconds later on a 3-on-1 opportunity as Nugent-Hopkins made a return pass to McDavid, who snuck his fourth of the postseason past Oettinger.

Nugent-Hopkins now has multi-point efforts in every game of the series, becoming the only Oiler in franchise history other than Wayne Gretzky with more than one point in the first three games of a conference final.

Dallas has been outscored 9-0 in the first period on the road in this year’s playoffs.

The Stars were without forward Roope Hintz, who was tied for second in team scoring entering the game.

Hintz had to be helped off the ice late in the third period of Game 2 after he was slashed on the top of the left foot by Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse.

The Stars argued that Nurse deserved a five-minute major or suspension, neither of which were forthcoming.

BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: TIGERS’ TARIK SKUBAL NOTCHES 13 KS, SHUTS OUT GUARDIANS

Tarik Skubal tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in the first shutout of his career, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday.

Skubal (5-2), the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, retired the first 15 batters he faced and gave up only two hits without issuing a walk.

Skubal blew a 103-mph fastball past Gabriel Arias to complete the shutout. Skubal had never thrown a complete game in his previous 113 starts.

Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a single in the seventh inning.

Mets 3, Dodgers 1

Pete Alonso snapped the longest home run drought of his career when his two-run shot in the first inning sparked New York past Los Angeles in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Shohei Ohtani, who threw his first live batting practice Sunday afternoon since he underwent a second Tommy John surgery in September 2023, hit a 411-foot homer on the second pitch he saw from Kodai Senga (5-3) before the Mets answered with a two-out, two-pitch rally in the bottom half against right-hander Landon Knack (2-2).

Juan Soto reached on an error by third baseman Max Muncy, after which Alonso homered into the left field seats. The round-tripper was the first for Alonso after May 5, a span of 16 games and 71 plate appearances in which he batted just .175 (11 of 63).

Astros 5, Mariners 3

Christian Walker drilled his second career walk-off home run and Houston secured a four-game series victory over visiting Seattle.

Walker followed a ninth-inning leadoff single from Jose Altuve with a line drive to left field for his sixth homer of the season. Walker finished with three hits and three RBIs for the Astros.

Mitch Garver hit a two-run double in the first and Donovan Solano drove in a run in the third to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead. The Astros reached Seattle starter Luis Castillo for three runs on nine hits over six innings.

Athletics 5, Phillies 4

Making his major league debut, catcher Willie MacIver drove in the winning run in the eighth with his first big-league hit as the Athletics ended their 11-game losing streak and the Phillies’ nine-game winning streak with the comeback victory in Sacramento, Calif.

In addition to the 28-year-old MacIver’s game-winning single, 27-year-old first baseman Logan Davidson produced his first two big-league hits and first two RBI while scoring the tying run in the eighth. Starter Gunnar Hoglund allowed three runs on four hits in five innings. Reliever Tyler Ferguson (1-2) faced one batter to retire the Phillies in the eighth and Mason Miller tossed a scoreless ninth for his 12th save.

Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo allowed three runs on seven hits, but fanned 10 with just one walk over seven innings. Matt Strahm (1-3) allowed the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth. Trea Turner went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a homer

Orioles 5, Red Sox 1

Ryan O’Hearn went 3-for-3 with a double and a home run while Dean Kremer pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings as Baltimore earned its second straight win over host Boston.

The Orioles scored a single run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to take the lead for good, with O’Hearn following up Dylan Carlson’s fifth-inning solo shot for Baltimore’s second homer in as many innings in the sixth. Kremer (4-5) struck out four and scattered seven hits with one walk in his start.

Jarren Duran was 4-for-5 from the top of the lineup for Boston, which left nine runners on base. Carlos Narvaez, rookie Marcelo Mayer and Abraham Toro each had two hits.

Giants 3, Nationals 2

Robbie Ray allowed one run and three hits over six innings as San Francisco held on to win the deciding game of the three-game series at Washington.

Ray (7-0) fanned seven and walked none to improve to 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA in May. Sam Huff homered while Mike Yastrzemski tripled and scored to pace the Giants’ offense.

Mike Soroka (1-3) gave up three runs and five hits in his six-inning stint. CJ Abrams and James Wood doubled in the ninth to put the tying run in scoring position with one out, but Ryan Walker stranded Wood to earn his 10th save.

Cubs 11, Reds 8

Seiya Suzuki snapped an 8-8 tie with a three-run homer in the eighth as Chicago scored eight unanswered runs to rally past host Cincinnati in the rubber match of their three-game series.

Catcher Reese McGuire, added to the roster earlier in the day, became the first player since Jim Marshall in 1958 to hit two homers in his Cubs debut. Pete Crow-Armstrong added two hits and two RBIs and Nico Hoerner scored twice and drove in two. Drew Pomeranz (2-0) threw a hitless seventh in relief of Ben Brown, who allowed eight runs and seven hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Austin Hays went 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs for the Reds while TJ Friedl, Elly De La Cruz, Jose Trevino and Matt McLain added two hits apiece. Starter Nick Lodolo gave up three runs and six hits over five innings. Taylor Rogers (1-2) did not retire any of the three batters he faced during the Cubs’ decisive four-run eighth.

Brewers 6, Pirates 5

Caleb Durbin and Brice Turang hit key run-scoring doubles to rally Milwaukee’s win over host Pittsburgh, snap a two-game skid and split the four-game series against the Pirates, who had won four of their previous five.

Trailing 5-3 in the top of the eighth inning, the Brewers put runners on second and third after Rhys Hoskins drew a walk from Pirates reliever Ryan Borucki (1-2) and Isaac Collins doubled with one out. Durbin roped a ball off the left field wall to score Hoskins and Collins to tie the game. Turang then followed with a line drive down the left field line that scored Durbin, putting Milwaukee ahead by its winning margin.

Pittsburgh was led by Adam Frazier’s three hits and three RBIs. Oneil Cruz hit his 11th home run of the season in the bottom of the third — a 432-foot blast that was clocked at 122.9 mph, making it the hardest hit ball ever tracked by Statcast, which began tracking exit velocities in 2015.

Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3

Ivan Herrera drove in two runs and Brendan Donovan cracked three hits as St. Louis rallied to beat visiting Arizona and sweep their three-game series.

Masyn Winn added a home run and scored twice for the Cardinals, who took a 4-3 lead on Victor Scott II’s RBI single in the seventh. Starter Sonny Gray allowed three runs and nine hits over six innings. John King (1-0), JoJo Romero and Phil Maton (second save) each tossed a scoreless inning.

Eugenio Suarez went 3-for-4 with one run and two RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who lost their fifth in a row. Starter Brandon Pfaadt gave up three runs and five hits during his 5 2/3 innings. Kevin Ginkel (0-2) allowed Jordan Walker’s leadoff single in the seventh and he came around to score the winning run.

Rays 13, Blue Jays 0

Ryan Pepiot threw seven shutout innings, Brandon Lowe went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and Tampa Bay rolled over visiting Toronto.

All nine Rays starters got at least one hit as they used a 15-hit attack to finish a three-game sweep over their American League East rivals. Chandler Simpson, Josh Lowe and Junior Caminero each delivered two hits in the Rays’ fifth consecutive victory. Ben Rortvedt had a season-high three RBIs for Tampa Bay and Curtis Mead added a two-run homer.

Infielder Michael Stefanic pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Blue Jays and got a hit in his first at-bat in the ninth.

Rangers 5, White Sox 4

Adolis Garcia laced a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning to propel visiting Texas to a comeback win over Chicago, ending a six-game losing streak.

Texas trailed 3-2 in the ninth against Chicago reliever Jordan Leasure before Josh Jung led off by getting hit by a pitch and Jake Burger followed with a double. Two batters later, Kyle Higashioka reached on an error by first baseman Lenyn Sosa, bringing home the tying run.

Garcia followed with a two-run double off Leasure (0-4) to give the Rangers a 5-3 lead. Chicago added a run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI double by Michael A. Taylor but could get no closer.

Royals 2, Twins 1 (10 innings)

Maikel Garcia drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and Kansas City held on to edge Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Freddy Fermin also drove in a run for the Royals, who salvaged a win in the finale of a three-game series. Winner Carlos Estevez (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, walking none and striking out two. Right-hander Taylor Clarke pitched a scoreless 10th to pick up his first save.

Ty France drove in the lone run for the Twins, who lost for only the third time in the past 19 games. They managed only three hits. Minnesota reliever Jhoan Duran (3-1) allowed one unearned run on one hit in one inning. He walked none and struck out one.

Yankees 5, Rockies 4

Rookie J.C. Escarra had the first three-hit game of his career and drove in two runs, including the eventual game-winner, as New York beat Colorado on a stormy day in Denver.

Mark Leiter Jr. (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless, hitless relief and Luke Weaver survived a shaky ninth to pick up his eighth save for the Yankees. Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt each added two hits.

The game was delayed by rain and lightning for one hour and 46 minutes, in the top of the fifth inning. Mickey Moniak homered and Jordan Beck had two hits for the Rockies, who fell to 9-44 and failed to earn their first series win of the season.

Marlins 3, Angels 0

Edward Cabrera combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as Miami beat Los Angeles to win the three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.

Cabrera (1-1) allowed three hits with two walks and struck out a season-high 10 batters over 5 2/3 innings. Anthony Bender and Calvin Faucher each pitched a scoreless inning before Ronny Henriquez retired the Angels in order in the ninth for his first major league save. Javier Sanoja had two hits and drove in a run for the Marlins, who won their fifth series of the season.

Los Angeles fanned 15 times and was shut out for the first time since April 27. The Angels had their eight-game winning streak snapped in a 6-2 loss on Saturday.

Padres 5, Braves 3

Jake Cronenworth had a pair of hits, including the go-ahead home run, and visiting San Diego beat Atlanta to win the rubber game of their series.

Cronenworth, who also doubled, hit a solo homer in the seventh inning to put the Padres in front for good and help them win the three-game set and finish the season series 6-1 against the Braves.

San Diego starter Dylan Cease pitched five innings and allowed three runs on six hits, one walk and struck out eight. The Padres’ bullpen finished the game, with Jeremiah Estrada (2-3), Adrian Morejon, Jason Adam and Robert Suarez each working a scoreless inning. Suarez picked up his 17th save, tied for the most in the major leagues.

GOLF NEWS

ANGEL CABRERA WINS SECOND MAJOR IN TWO WEEKS AT SENIOR PGA

Angel Cabrera of Argentina achieved the rare feat of winning two major titles within six days when he captured the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday in Bethesda, Md.

Last Monday morning, Cabrera won the Regions Tradition, the final round of which was delayed by inclement weather Sunday. The PGA Tour Champions then headed to Congressional Country Club, where Cabrera’s final round of 3-under 69 pushed him to 8-under 280 and earned him a one-shot victory over Irishman Padraig Harrington and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn.

Cabrera resumed his career this year after spending time in prison between 2021 and 2023 on assault charges, including threatening two of his former girlfriends.

The 55-year-old won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in April before these back-to-back majors.

“I’m extremely happy after winning two tournaments in a row, and also three tournaments within a year,” Cabrera told NBC through a translator. “I’m extremely happy, especially after everything that happened.”

Cabrera shared the 54-hole lead with South Africa’s Retief Goosen, England’s Phillip Archer and Jason Caron.

Cabrera was 1 over through five holes on Sunday, but the turning point came on an eagle at the par-5 sixth. Adding birdies at Nos. 8, 11 and 15 gradually pushed him ahead.

His main competition Sunday was not any of his third-round co-leaders, but rather Harrington, who got off to a blazing start with seven birdies through 14 holes to reach 10 under for the championship. But a double bogey at the par-4 15th knocked him off that perch and opened the door for Cabrera.

Harrington and Bjorn both shot 68, and their 7-under 281 were the clubhouse lead when Cabrera came down No. 18. A closing bogey did not keep Cabrera from victory.

“I didn’t know that it was going to happen this quickly, winning two tournaments in a row, especially with all these great players around this tour,” Cabrera said. “I feel very emotional and proud.”

Caron and Goosen both shot a final-round 71 and tied Stewart Cink (70) for fourth at 6 under. Archer dropped to even par after shooting a 5-over 77.

BEN GRIFFIN HOLDS ON TO WIN CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE

Ben Griffin got off to a fantastic start with an eagle on the first hole and secured his first individual PGA Tour victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge, shooting 1-over-par 71 on Sunday at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

His one-stroke victory came with a 12-under 268 total. Griffin clinched the result with a 4-foot par putt on the last hole.

For the first time in the tournament’s four rounds, Griffin had a different score than Germany’s Matti Schmid (72 on Sunday). Schmid settled for second place.

Griffin, 29, was playing his 94th PGA Tour tournament. It’s the second victory in about a month’s span for Griffin, who combined with Andrew Novak to win April’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans team competition.

Bud Cauley shot 67 to move to third place at 9 under.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who was bidding for a third championship in as many outings, finished with 69, managing his only birdies on Nos. 1 and 11. That left him tied for fourth place at 8 under, joining England’s Tommy Fleetwood (68).

Griffin needed a putt from less than 15 feet for an eagle on the par-5 first hole. He rolled in a birdie on the par-4 second after nearly reaching the green off the tee.

Schmid, who has never won the PGA Tour, birdied the first hole but he was 3 over through six holes during an erratic round. Still, his birdie on No. 16 as Griffin was taking a bogey closed the gap to one stroke.

But Schmid ended up in the bunker on his approach at No. 17, leading to a bogey and a two-stroke gap.

Schmid holed out for birdie from the greenside rough at No. 18 to get back to 11 under and put pressure on Griffin to make his par.

Rickie Fowler, who began the day four strokes back and played as part of the final trio, struggled with a 74 and tied for 16th place at 5 under.

CHISATO IWAI WINS IN MEXICO ON STRENGTH OF FINAL-ROUND 66

Japanese rookie Chisato Iwai fired a final-round 6-under-par 66 to jet away from the pack and secure a six-stroke win on Sunday at the inaugural Mexico Riviera Maya Open in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Iwai, who started the round one shot out of the lead, tamed El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba on a day when few others could. Only two players shot rounds of 69, and none of the other 63 golfers in the field broke 70.

Iwai birdied five of her first six holes to leap ahead. She had two birdies and a single bogey on the inward nine to finish 12-under 276 for the week.

Iwai credited her mental game for guiding her through her hot start.

“My mental is so calm, calm, every day, every time. So it was just calm. Good play,” Iwai said.

It marks Iwai’s first win on the LPGA Tour, though she already has eight titles to her name from LPGA of Japan tournaments.

Iwai’s closest competition was Jenny Bae, the leader after the second and third rounds. The American opened Sunday with consecutive bogeys and struggled to get into gear, carding a 1-over 73 and placing second at 6 under.

Bae, like Iwai, was hunting for her first LPGA victory.

“I’m pretty happy with this week,” Bae said. “It just tells me that I have a long ways to go but also I’m also getting there, too. So I’m happy. I definitely know what I need to work on for the week off for me. Hopefully I’ll be able to score better at the next tournament.”

Iwai, who was ranked 45th in the world entering this week, revealed that she wears pink on Sundays akin to how Tiger Woods always wore red.

“This is my lucky color,” Iwai said. “Yes, every time final day I have pink something. Yeah, that’s why today wear pink, yes.

“Why? So when I won the tournament in Japan I often clothes pink, pants, pink wear, so this is my lucky color.”

Iwai will try to carry this form with her to Wisconsin next week. She was already in the field for the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, the second major of the women’s season.

Haeji Kang of South Korea posted a 71 Sunday and took third place at 5 under. Sweden’s Linn Grant (70), China’s Weiwei Zhang (71) and South Koreans Jenny Shin (71), Somi Lee (72) and Hye-Jin Choi (72) tied for fourth at 4 under.

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INDIANA PACERS

KNICKS SURGE PAST HOST PACERS TO TAKE GAME 3

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and collected a game-high 15 rebounds to help the New York Knicks notch a crucial 106-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night at Indianapolis.

Jalen Brunson scored 23 points despite 6-of-18 shooting but made all 10 free-throw attempts as the Knicks won for the first time in the best-of-seven series. OG Anunoby had 16 points and Mikal Bridges added 15 for third-seeded New York, which recovered from a 20-point, second-quarter deficit.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 points and Myles Turner had 19 for Indiana, which opened the series with two road victories. Pascal Siakam had 17 points and TJ McConnell tallied 12.

Game 4 is Tuesday night at Indianapolis.

New York’s comeback was reminiscent of the Eastern Conference semifinals when the Knicks rallied from 20-point deficits in each of the first two games in Boston to earn victories en route to eventually winning the series in six games.

Indiana led most of the game but needed two free throws apiece from Turner and Siakam to tie the game at 98 with 1:37 left. Brunson hit a runner 20 seconds later to put New York back ahead.

Josh Hart made two free throws with 19.6 seconds left for the Knicks before Haliburton answered with two foul shots with 9.7 seconds left to pull Indiana within 102-100.

Brunson hit two free throws to make it a four-point margin with 8.1 seconds left, and Hart wrapped it up with two of his own with 2.6 seconds remaining.

New York trailed by 15 late in the third quarter and by 80-70 entering the fourth quarter, but Towns came racing out of the gates in the fourth quarter.

Towns scored 15 points in the period-opening 17-5 burst, including a three-point play to give the Knicks an 87-85 with 8:02 left, the team’s first lead since the first quarter.

Towns raised his final-quarter tally to 20 points when he drained a 30-foot, stepback 3-pointer while double-covered to give the Knicks a 94-90 lead with 5:10 remaining.

The Knicks made 43.6 percent of their shots in the game and were 11 of 32 from behind the arc.

Indiana shot 44.2 percent from the field, including a shaky 5 of 25 from 3-point range. The Pacers were stellar in transition with a 16-2 edge in fast-break points.

McConnell scored 10 first-half points as the Pacers grabbed a 58-45 halftime lead. Brunson had 11 in the half for the Knicks.

The Pacers ran off 13 consecutive points in the second quarter to land their biggest lead. Haliburton capped the spurt with a 3-pointer and a steal for an easy dunk to make it 55-35 with 3:20 to go in the half.

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

INDIANS SHUT OUT BY TOLEDO IN SERIES FINALE, 8-0

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Indianapolis Indians were held scoreless by the Toledo Mud Hens in Sunday evening’s series finale at Fifth Third Field, 8-0.

Toledo jumped out to an early lead with a leadoff home run by Parker Meadows in the bottom of the first inning off Randy Labaut (L, 2-1). The Mud Hens (27-24) added to their lead in the second, capitalizing on a pair of walks and a single that loaded bases for Bligh Madris, who cleared them with a three-run double. A wild pitch advanced Madris to third, and Brian Serven followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 5-0.

Back at it in the bottom of the fifth frame, Meadows walked and Wenceel Pérez singled before Jace Jung drove in a run with a fielder’s choice. Akil Baddoo then doubled to bring home another run to pad the Mud Hens’ lead. A home run off the bat of Hao-Yu Lee in the bottom of the seventh plated the final run of the game.

Lael Lockhart (W, 2-3) held the Indians (27-22) to just two hits over the course of his outing, both of which came in the early innings.

The Indians will return home to Victory Field to begin a six-game tilt with the Nashville Sounds on Monday at 6:35 PM. Neither team has named a starter.

PURDUE MEN’S GOLF

AMORNCHAICHAN ADVANCES TO FOURTH ROUND AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH TOP-10 SHOWING

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Freshman Supapon Amornchaichan fired an even-par round of 72 to finish the first three rounds in a tie for 10th, to advance to the fourth and final round at the NCAA Championships held at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California.

Meanwhile as a team, the Boilermakers wrapped up their season with a 27th-place finish at 37-over par 901 (307-294-300). The Boilermakers were done in with a difficult opening round, digging too deep of a hole to advance to the fourth round on Memorial Day.

The 27th-place finish matches the highest for the Boilermakers since also finishing 27th in 2014.

The story of the day was the performance by the freshman from Thailand. He finished round three tied for 10th at 2-under par 214 (73-69-72), currently the highest placing for a Boilermaker at the NCAA Championships since Shiv Kapur finished tied for 10th in the 2004 NCAA Championships.

His 2-under par score through three rounds is the lowest score in relation to par at the NCAA Championships in school history.

Amornchaichan is second among all freshmen in the field behind Oklahoma’s Clark Van Gaalen, who is tied for fourth at 5-under par 211.

In addition, Amornchaichan locks up honorable mention All-America honors with a top-15 finish before the third-round cut and with a comeback victory in the final round, would lock up first-team All-American honors. He is currently nine shots behind the current leader, Ole Miss’ Michael La Sasso (-11), and is just three shots out of the top five.

Amornchaichan is looking for his first career top-10 finish, coming in maybe the most unlikely event. He played well at Regionals, finishing tied for 15th at Auburn, but his best career finish is a 12th-place tie at the Fighting Irish Classic.

Outside of Amornchaichan, the Boilermakers could get nothing going in round three. Purdue managed just 11 birdies and finished tied for last in the field with 33 birdies during the three rounds.

Nels Surtani ended his career with a T-108th showing at 12-over par 228 (73-79-76). He tied a school record this season with 35 rounds of 75 or better (39 total rounds) and finished with a career stroke average of 72.89, good for fourth on the all-time chart. He had 17 career top-20 finishes in 40 career events.

Kent Hsiao finished tied for 135th at 17-over par 233 (79-79-75). Hsiao also finished his career on Sunday, finishing with five top-20 finishes in 10 events this season. He ended his career with a 72.94 stroke average, good for sixth in school history.

Sam Easterbrook ended a strong sophomore campaign with a T-139th finish at 18-over par 234 (82-75-77). He ended the season with nine top-20 finishes in 13 events and a stroke average of 71.77 is eighth in school history. He finished the year second in school history in top-20 showings (9) and rounds in the 60s (11).

Jenson Forrester finished tied for 144th at 19-over par 235 (84-71-80). Forrester posted a 72.54 stroke average this season, good for 18th in school history.

The Boilermakers finished the season with a 286.82 stroke average per 18 holes, ranking second in school history in stroke average, just 0.19 strokes behind the school-record 286.63 during the 2021-22 season.

Amornchaichan will tee off the final round at 3:53 p.m. ET, on Memorial Day off hole No. 10.

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

May 26

1916 — Benny Kauff of the Giants was picked off first base three times by Boston’s Lefty Tyler. The miscues didn’t hurt as New York won its 14th consecutive road victory beating the Braves, 12-1.

1925 — In Detroit’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb became the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career with 1,139.

1929 — Pinch-hitters Pat Crawford of the Giants and Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit grand slams in New York’s 15-9 victory.

1930 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians, who fanned only three times in 353 at-bats during the season, was struck out twice in the same game by Pat Caraway of the White Sox.

1937 — Billy Sullivan and Bruce Campbell appeared for the Cleveland Indians as pinch hitters. Each hit a home run, making this the first time two American League pinch hitters hit home runs in the same game. The Indians beat the Athletics, 8-6.

1956 — Cincinnati Reds pitchers John Klippstein, Hershell Freeman and Joe Black combined for 9 2-3 hitless innings, but lost 2-1 in 11 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies.

1959 — Harvey Haddix of Pittsburgh pitched 12 perfect innings before losing to Milwaukee 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock’s double.

1962 — Sandy Koufax struck out 16 Phillies to lead the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory.

1969 — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 500th career double, becoming only the third major leaguer to reach 500 doubles and 500 home runs.

1995 — Southern California and Fresno State combined for an NCAA postseason baseball record of 39 runs in the Trojans’ 22-17 win in the West Regional. USC scored three runs in the top of the ninth to break the record of 37 set by the Trojans and Houston in 1990.

1996 — The Chicago White Sox became the 16th team in AL history to hit four homers in one inning in their 12-1 win over Milwaukee. Frank Thomas, Harold Baines and Robin Ventura hit consecutive homers and Chad Kreuter added another in Chicago’s seven-run eighth.

1997 — Chicago’s Sammy Sosa and the Pirates’ Tony Womack hit inside-the-park homers in the sixth inning of the Cubs’ 2-1 win. It was the first time two inside-the-park homers had been hit in the same inning in 20 years.

2004 — Daryle Ward hit for the cycle and tied his career best with six RBIs in Pittsburgh’s 11-8 win over St. Louis.

2006 — Derek Jeter gets his 2,000th career hit, becoming the eighth player in Yankees history to reach the milestone.

2008 — Chase Utley tied the National League lead with his 16th homer and drove in six runs as Philadelphia routed Colorado 20-5. The Phillies batted around three times and had season-highs in hits (19) and runs.

2011 — The hot-hitting Boston Red Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 14-1 in an eight-inning, rain-shortened game. The Red Sox, who beat Cleveland 14-2 the previous day, scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since 1998.

2016 — Major League Baseball hands out a suspension of 82 games to Braves OF Hector Olivera, following a domestic violence incident in April. It is by far the most severe penalty yet handed out under baseball’s new domestic violence policy.

2018 — Mike Trout has the first five-hit game of his career and drives in 4 runs to lead the Angels to an 11-4 win over the Yankees.

2021 — Commissioner Rob Manfred issues his ruling following the completion of the investigation of allegations of improper behavior towards a number of women against former manager and coach Mickey Callaway. Callaway is found guilty of violating Major League Baseball policies and is declared ineligible for the remainder of this season and all of 2022, after which he may apply for reinstatement. For their part, the Angels fire him from his position of pitching coach, from which he has been suspended since the allegations surfaced in February, and the Indians, who were Callaway’s employer when some of the offensive incidents took place, state that they will take steps to ensure a more respectful environment in which employees feel empowered to denounce workplace harassement in the future.

2023 — Craig Kimbrel becomes the eighth pitcher to record 400 career saves in Philadelphia’s 6 – 4 win over the Braves, barely two weeks after Kenley Jansen became the seventh.

May 27

1904 — Dennis McGann of the New York Giants stole five bases in one game to set a major league record.

1937 — Carl Hubbell, working in relief for the New York Giants, won his 24th straight game over two seasons. Hubbell pitched two innings and Mel Ott hit a ninth-inning home run to beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. Hubbell’s string started July 17, 1936.

1955 — Norm Zauchin of the Boston Red Sox knocked in 10 runs with three home runs and a double in the first five innings of a 16-0 victory over the Washington Senators.

1960 — Baltimore catcher Clint Courtney used the “big mitt” for the first time to catch knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm. The mitt, designed by Paul Richards, was 50 percent larger than the standard. Nothing got by Courtney as the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2.

1968 — Montreal and San Diego were awarded National League franchises as the league expanded for the first time in seven years.

1974 — Pittsburgh’s Ken Brett beat the San Diego Padres 6-0 with a two-hitter and in the second game of the doubleheader, hit a pinch-hit triple to give the Pirates an 8-7 victory.

1981 — Seattle’s Lenny Randle dropped to his hands and knees in an attempt to “encourage” Amos Otis’ slow roller to go foul. Umpire Larry McCoy accused the Mariner third baseman of blowing the ball foul and gave the Kansas City outfielder the single. Randle explained he was merely yelling at the ball not to stay fair. The Royals won 8-5.

1986 — At Cleveland, the Boston Red Sox were leading the Indians, 2-0, in the sixth inning when the game was delayed then called on account of fog.

1995 — Oakland’s Steve Ontiveros pitched 3-0 one-hitter against the New York Yankees. Luis Polonia got the only hit for New York.

1997 — Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. broke his own major league record for home runs hit through May by connecting for his 23rd of the season in an 11-10 loss to Minnesota. Griffey’s homer broke the mark he set in 1994.

2004 — Carlos Pena was 6-for-6 with two home runs, five RBIs and four runs in Detroit’s 17-7 victory over Kansas City.

2009 — Daisuke Matsuzaka and the rest of Boston’s pitchers tied a modern-day record with six wild pitches. Matsuzaka tied a franchise record set 80 years ago with four, while relievers Manny Delcarmen and Justin Masterson also sent catcher George Kottaras scrambling. It was just the fifth time since 1900 that a team threw six wild pitches in a game.

2010 — Florida International’s Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 50 games, after a third-inning single against Western Kentucky. Wittels moved within eight games of matching the NCAA Division I record of 58, set by Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura in 1987.

2012 — Taylor Sewitt threw 11 shutout innings of relief, entering the game with no outs in the first, to help Manhattan College beat Canisius 3-2, for the school’s second straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title.

2012 — Paul Konerko hit a tiebreaking three-run homer — his 400th with the White Sox — and Chicago routed the Cleveland Indians 12-6. The offensive outburst gave Chicago nine or more runs in four consecutive games. The White Sox last accomplished that feat June 27-30, 1938.

2015 — Cubs pitcher Jon Lester sets a new record for most hitless at bats to begin a career with 58 at bats without a hit.

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May 28

1918 — Boston’s Joe Bush pitched a 1-0 one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and drove in the lone run. The only Chicago hit was by Happy Felsch. It occurred when he threw his bat at the ball on a hit and run.

1939 — Philadelphia pitcher Robert Joyce was victimized two straight days by New York’s George Selkirk. Joyce gave up two homers to Selkirk a day earlier. Joyce came on in relief on this day and gave up two more homers to Selkirk. Selkirk ended with four homers in four at-bats against the same pitcher over two successive games. The Yankees won 9-5.

1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium. The first ball was thrown out by General Electric president Charles E. Wilson.

1951 — After going 0-for-12 in his first three major league games, Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit a home run off Warren Spahn in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Braves.

1956 — Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in his eighth consecutive game, a major league record. Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions. The East division will consist of Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and Washington. California, Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Oakland and Seattle will make up the West.

1979 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle and added another home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 16 innings.

1986 — Joe Cowley of the Chicago White Sox set a major league record by striking out the first seven batters he faced. He lasted 4 2-3 innings in a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers.

1995 — The White Sox and Tigers set a major league record with 12 homers, and combined for an American League-record 21 extra-base hits in Chicago’s 14-12 victory in Detroit.

1998 — Arizona manager Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Diamondbacks held on to beat San Francisco 8-7.

2003 — Atlanta became the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers in its 15-3 win over the Reds. Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first. The Padres did it against the Giants on April 13, 1987.

2006 — Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755.

2007 — Adrian Beltre tied a franchise record with four extra-base hits, including two homers, as Seattle pounded the Los Angeles Angels 12-5.

2010 — Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera hit three homers in a 5-4 loss to Oakland. Oakland’s Ben Sheets gave up three runs — on Cabrera’s first two homers — worked seven innings in his longest start of the season.

2012 — The Cubs end a twelve-game losing streak, their longest since 1997, with an 11-7 win over the Padres at Wrigley Field.

2010 — Matt Cain pitched a one-hitter to match a career best, giving up only a two-out double in the second to Mark Reynolds, and San Francisco beat Arizona 5-0.

2013 — The Mets honor Yankees great Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the year, by having him throw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the two teams from the Big Apple at Citi Field, with retired Mets closer John Franco acting as his catcher for the occasion.

2016 — In the 3rd inning of a game against the Dodgers, Mets P Noah Syndergaard is ejected for throwing at Chase Utley, in apparent retaliation for Utley’s aggressive slide which injured Mets SS Ruben Tejada in last year’s NLDS. Umpire Adam Hamari also tosses Mets manager Terry Collins for arguing his decision, then Utley gets his revenge when he opens the score with a solo homer off Logan Verrett in the 6th and adds a grand slam off Hansel Robles in the 7th. The Dodgers hit five homers in total as they win the game, 9-1.

2019 — Derek Dietrich continues his unlikely homer binge as he hits three, all two-run shots, in leading the Reds to an 11-6 win over the Pirates. With 17 homers this year, he has already topped his career high, and 12 of his last 17 hits have gone over the fence. For the Pirates, rookie Kevin Newman hits his first career homer, a grand slam off Lucas Sims.

2023 — Spencer Strider of the Braves becomes the fastest starting pitcher to record 100 strikeouts in a season, doing so in his 61st inning in an 11 – 4 win over the Phillies. Last year, Strider set the record for the fastest pitcher to reach 200 Ks in a season.

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May 29

1916 — Christy Mathewson defeated the Boston Braves 3-0 for the New York Giants’ 17th consecutive road win.

1922 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled organized baseball was primarily a sport and not a business, and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations. The suit had been brought by the Federal League’s Baltimore franchise.

1928 — Bill Terry hit for the cycle to lead the New York Giants to a 12-5 win over Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. Terry became the first player in major league history to include a grand slam as part of the cycle.

1942 — New York’s Lefty Gomez, self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball, banged out four hits while pitching a 16-1 four-hitter against Washington.

1946 — In a reverse integration role, Edward Klep became the first white to play in the Negro leagues in a game played in Grand Rapids. Klep pitched seven innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes against the American Giants in his debut with the Negro American League team.

1956 — Dale Long went hitless for the Pirates, ending his major league record streak of home runs in eight consecutive games. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh, 10-1.

1965 — Philadelphia’s Richie Allen hit a 529-foot home run over the roof of Connie Mack Stadium off Chicago’s Larry Jackson in the Phillies’ 4-2 victory.

1976 — Houston’s Joe Niekro was the winning pitcher and hit a home run off his brother, Phil Niekro. The Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1. It was the only home run hit by Joe in his 22-year major league career.

1990 — Oakland’s Rickey Henderson broke Ty Cobb’s 62-year-old American League stolen base record, but the Toronto Blue Jays still beat the Athletics 2-1. Henderson’s 893rd steal came in the sixth inning.

2000 — Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde turned the 10th unassisted triple play in regular-season history during a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. With runners on first and second in motion, Shane Spencer hit a line drive to Velarde who caught the ball, tagged out Jorge Posada (running from first) and stepped on second to beat Tino Martinez.

2002 — Roger Clemens recorded the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) were the others to have 100 double-digit strikeout games.

2002 — In an article in Sports Illustrated former NL MVP Ken Caminiti stated that about 50 percent of current major league players used some form of steroids.

2003 — Colorado, behind Todd Helton’s three home runs and Ron Belliard’s five hits beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 12-5. Helton added a single and drove in six runs.

2010 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. It was the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfect games in the same season. Halladay faced three Marlins pinch-hitters in the ninth. Mike Lamb led off with a long fly ball, Wes Helms struck out, and Ronny Paulino to hit a grounder to third for the 27th out. Halladay struck out 11 and went to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.

2013 — Chris Davis went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame three homers by Ryan Zimmerman to beat the Washington Nationals 9-6.

2013 — Dioner Navarro had the first three-homer game of his career, connecting from both sides of the plate at Wrigley Field to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Navarro drove in a career-high six runs and scored four times.

2014 — Diamondbacks pitcher Josh Collmenter faces the minimum 27 batters in spite of allowing three hits in a complete game shutout defeat of the Cincinnati Reds. The three Reds baserunners were erased on double plays.

2015 — Lewis-Clark State wins their 17th NAIA baseball title.

2021 — The Twin’s Josh Donaldson scored the two-millionth run in major league history.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

May 26

1925 — In Detroit’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb becomes the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career with 1,139.

1959 — Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches 12 perfect innings before losing to the Milwaukee Braves, 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock’s double.

1963 — French Championships Men’s Tennis: Australian Roy Emerson beats home favourite Pierre Darmon 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

1963 — French Championships Women’s Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner wins the first of 2 French titles; beats England’s Ann Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

1972 — Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title.

1982 — 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam.

1983 — LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws.

1985 — Danny Sullivan misses almost certain disaster and holds off Mario Andretti and the rest of the fastest field in auto racing to win the Indianapolis 500. On the 119th lap, Sullivan spins his racer 360 degrees, narrowly avoiding both the wall and Andretti.

1987 — Boston’s Larry Bird steals an inbounds pass from Detroit’s Isiah Thomas and feeds over his shoulder to a cutting Dennis Johnson for the winning basket as the Celtics pulls out an improbable 108-107 win over Detroit in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

1988 — The Edmonton Oilers, with MVP Wayne Gretzky leading the way, beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 to complete a four-game sweep and win their fourth Stanley Cup in five years.

1991 — Rick Mears passes Michael Andretti with 12 laps to go and wins his fourth Indianapolis 500, by 3.1 seconds. Mears joins A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as the only four-time winners.

1993 — In Major League Baseball, Carlos Martinez famously hits a ball off Jose Canseco’s head for a home run.

1993 — 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich.

1994 — Haiti’s Ronald Agenor wins the longest match since the French Open adopted the tiebreaker. Agenor takes the 71st and final game of a second-round match with David Prinosil of Germany. His five-hour, 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4, 14-12 victory involves the most games in a French Open match since 1973.

1999 — 7th UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester United beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Barcelona.

2000 — New Jersey finishes the greatest comeback in a conference final when the Devils win the last three games of the series, beating the Flyers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final. Patrik Elias scores his second goal of the game with 2:32 to play for the win.

2004 — Andy Roddick loses at the French Open — to Frenchman Olivier Mutis, who is ranked 125th. With the five-set loss, Roddick joins Andre Agassi and eight other compatriots on the way home, making it the first Grand Slam tournament in more than 30 years without a U.S. man in the third round.

2005 — Americans Andy Roddick, James Blake and Vince Spadea fail to make it through the opening week at the French Open. For the second year in a row — and the second time at a Grand Slam event in more than 30 years — no American man makes it out of the second round.

2008 — Syracuse wins its 10th NCAA men’s lacrosse championship, beating defending champion Johns Hopkins 13-10 behind three goals from Dan Hardy. The crowd of 48,970 at Foxborough, Mass., is the largest to see an NCAA championship outdoors in any sport — the BCS football championship game isn’t an NCAA event.

2009 — NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes, 4 games to 0.

2012 — Toronto FC ends its MLS record nine-game losing streak to open a season with a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Union on a late goal by Danny Koevermans.

2013 — Tony Kanaan ends years of frustration by finally winning the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan drives past Ryan Hunter-Reay on a restart with three laps to go, then coasts across the finish line under yellow when defending race winner Dario Franchitti crashes far back in the field. The Brazilian finished second in 2004 and twice finished third.

2013 — Senior PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Kōki Idoki of Japan wins his lone PGA event by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Kenny Perry.

2015 — Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA Eastern Conference.

2018 — UEFA Champions League Final, Kiev: Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 3-1 for third straight title. Zinédine Zidane first manager to win 3 consecutive titles.

2019 — Indianapolis 500: 2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud of France finishes just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi for Team Penske’s record-extending 18th victory in the event.

2019 — Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC: American Ken Tanigawa wins his first career major title by 1 stroke ahead of Scott McCarron.

May 27

1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long Island, N.Y. American Eclipse wins in two-of-three heats, after his original jockey, William Crafts, is replaced by Samuel Purdy before the second heat. The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event.

1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.

1882 — Trainer Robert Walden wins his fifth consecutive Preakness Stakes, with Vanguard. Walden would win a total of seven Preaknesses, a record for a trainer.

1961 — Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner’s Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg).

1964 — European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title.

1965 — 10th European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Jair da Costa scores winner as defending champions Internazionale beat Benfica, 1-0.

1968 — “Papa Bear” George Halas retires as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

1972 — Mark Donohue wins the Indianapolis 500 over two-time defending champion Al Unser with a record average speed of 162.962 mph.

1975 — The Philadelphia Flyers win their second straight Stanley Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6.

1981 — Willie Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race and then three more. Shoemaker gets the milestone on top of War Allied in the first race at Hollywood Park.

1981 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers is named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, making him the only player to win MVP honors in both the NBA and the ABA.

1981 — 25th European Cup: Liverpool beats Real Madrid 1-0 at Paris.

1982 — The Los Angeles Lakers, despite an 11-day layoff, beat Philadelphia 124-117 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals for their ninth consecutive victory. The nine straight wins sets the NBA record for consecutive wins during one postseason.

1984 — Rick Mears wins the Indianapolis 500 by the largest margin in 17 years with a record-setting 163.612 mph. Mears beats Roberto Guerrero and Al Unser by two laps. Fifteen of the 33 drivers are eliminated during two crashes.

1985 — Scott Wedman sinks four three-point field goals without a miss and shot 11-for-11 overall from the field, both NBA Finals records, as Boston routs the Los Angeles Lakers 148-114 in Game 1. Boston’s 148 points and 62 field goals are NBA Finals records.

1987 — 31st European Cup: Porto beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Vienna.

1990 — Arie Luyendyk wins the fastest Indianapolis 500 by overpowering former winner Bobby Rahal over the final 33 laps, for his first Indy car victory in 76 races. His average speed of 185.984 mph breaks Rahal’s record of 170.722 in 1986. Luyendyk becomes the first to finish the race in under three hours.

1998 — In one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history, Pete Sampras is ousted at the French Open by 21-year-old Ramon Delgado of Paraguay, ranked 97th in the world, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-4.

2001 — Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest outdoor mile ever in the United States, and high school sensation Alan Webb breaks four minutes outdoors. El Guerrouj wins in a sizzling 3 minutes, 49.92 seconds, shattering the U.S. all-comers’ record of 3:50.86. Webb, the 18-year-old from Reston, Va., puts on a brilliant last-lap burst and finishes fifth at 3:53.43, smashing the high school record of 3:55.3 set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

2001 — Senior PGA Championship, Ridgewood CC, NJ: 5-time British Open champion Tom Watson wins first of 6 Champions Tour major titles with a 1 stroke win over Jim Thorpe.

2004 — Brad Richards’ goal in Tampa Bay’s 4-1 victory over Calgary is the game-winner — his record-tying sixth of the postseason.

2007 — Dario Franchitti gambles on the rain and wins the Indy 500. Franchitti inherits the lead by staying on the track when the leaders pit for fuel and then drives slowly to the checkered flag in a downpour when the race is stopped 10 laps later after 415 of the scheduled 500 miles.

2007 — Senior PGA Championship, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina.

2009 — UEFA Champions League Final, Rome: Barcelona beats Manchester United, 2-0; first Spanish treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League.

2011 — Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki loses to Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the French Open. It marks the first time in the Open era that the top two seeded women fail to make the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament. Kim Clijsters, the No. 2 seed, lost on May 26.

2012 — Dario Franchitti wins the Indianapolis for the third time, taking advantage when Takuma Sato crashes on the final lap.

2012 — Manu Ginobili scores 26 points and San Antonio wins its 19th in a row to tie the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs. The Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 to open the Western Conference finals.

2014 — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater becomes the only school in NCAA history to win championships in football, men’s basketball and baseball ni the same school year.

2017 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-1; Aaron Ramsey scores 79′ winner as Arsène Wenger becomes most successful manager in FA Cup history, winning his 7th title.

2018 — Chris Frome wins the Giro d’Italia to join cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault with his third consecutive Grand Tour victory.

2018 — Senior PGA Championship, GC at Harbor Shores: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by 4 strokes from American Tim Petrovic.

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May 28

1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S.

1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan.

1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium.

1956 — Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run in his eighth consecutive game for a major league record. Long connects off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1957 — NL approves baseball’s Brooklyn Dodgers’ & NY Giants’ move to the US west coast.

1958 — European Cup Final, Brussels: Francisco Gento scores the winner in extra time as Real Madrid beats AC Milan, 3-2; 3rd consecutive title for Los Blancos.

1969 — European Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid: AC Milan striker Pierino Prati scores 3 in 4-1 win over Ajax; second title for I Rossoneri.

1975 — 19th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Leeds United 2-0 at Paris.

1978 — Al Unser wins his third Indianapolis 500, the fifth driver to do so, edging Tom Sneva by 8.19 seconds.

1980 — 24th European Cup: Nottingham Forest beats Hamburg 1-0 at Madrid.

1985 — The San Diego Sockers beat the Baltimore Blast 5-3 to win the MISL title in five games.

1994 — Twin’s Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054).

1995 — Jacques Villeneuve overcomes one penalty and wins by another in the Indianapolis 500. Villeneuve drives to victory after fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear is penalized for passing the pace car on the final restart.

1997 — 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich.

2000 — Dutch swimming star Inge de Bruijn sets her third world record in three days, adding the 100 freestyle mark to the 50 and 100 butterfly marks she set previously at the Sheffield Super Grand Prix. De Bruijn becomes the first swimmer to finish under 54.00 in the 100 freestyle at 53.80 seconds.

2003 — Patrick Roy officially announces his retirement from the NHL.

2003 — 11th UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Juventus (0-0, 3-2 on penalties) at Manchester.

2006 — Sam Hornish Jr. overcomes a disastrous mistake in the pits and a pair of Andrettis — Marco and father Michael — to win the second-closest Indianapolis 500 ever, by .0635 seconds.

2006 — Barry Bonds hits his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755.

2007 — Duke has an almost unfathomable comeback fall short in a 12-11 loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse championship game. The Blue Devils never finished their 2006 season, and then make it all the way back to the title game.

2011 — Novak Djokovic extends his perfect start to the season at the French Open, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for his 40th straight victory this year. Djokovic’s 40-0 start to 2011 is the second-best opening streak in the Open era, which started in 1968.

2011 — UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça.

2020 — The Boston Marathon canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. The race had originally been scheduled for April 20 before being postponed for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

2022 — UEFA Champions League Final, Paris: Carlo Ancelotti becomes first manager to win CL x 4 as Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 1-0.

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May 29

1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations.

1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight. They’re flown from New York to Inglewood, Calif., by the American Air Express Corp., a 2,446-mile trip that lasts 20 hours due to bad weather.

1968 — European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Bobby Charlton scores twice as Manchester United beats Benfica, 4-1; first English club to win the trophy.

1971 — Al Unser wins his second straight Indianapolis 500 with a record mark of 157.735 mph and finishes 22 seconds ahead of Peter Revson. The pace car, ridden by Eldon Palmer, crashes into the portable bleachers and injures 20 people.

1977 — A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win four Indianapolis 500s and Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman in the race. Guthrie is forced to drop out after 27 laps with mechanical problems.

1977 — Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney.

1980 — Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year.

1983 — After three second-place finishes, Tom Sneva wins the Indianapolis 500 by 11 seconds over three-time champion Al Unser.

1985 — 29th European Cup: Juventus beats Liverpool 1-0 at Brussels.

1988 — Rick Mears overcomes an early one-lap deficit, then overpowers the rest of the field on the way to his third Indianapolis 500 victory. Mears gives team-owner Roger Penske an unprecedented seventh victory and fourth in five years.

1989 — Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39.

1990 — Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, the top two seeds, are bounced in the first round of the French Open by two European teenagers, the first time the top two men’s seeds are eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. Edberg is swept easily in straight sets by 19-year-old Sergi Bruguera of Spain, and Becker loses to 18-year-old Yugoslav Goran Ivanisevic.

1990 — Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb’s record.

1991 — 35th European Cup: Red Star Belgrade beats Marseille (0-0, 5-3 on penalties) at Bari.

1993 — Wayne Gretzky’s overtime goal gives the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Western Conference finals. The Kings become the first NHL team to play the full 21 games in the first three rounds.

1998 — Eighteen-year-old Marat Safin, ranked 116th in the world and playing in his first Grand Slam tournament, beats defending champion Gustavo Kuerten, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open.

2002 — Roger Clemens records the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Only Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) have more games with 10 or more strikeouts.

2005 — Dan Wheldon wins the Indianapolis 500 when Danica Patrick’s electrifying run falls short. Patrick is the first woman to lead at Indy, getting out front three separate times for a total of 19 laps. But Wheldon passes her with seven of the 200 laps to go and easily holds on.

2006 — Rafael Nadal passes Guillermo Vilas as the King of the clay courts and begins his pursuit of a second successive French Open trophy. Nadal earns his 54th consecutive win on clay, breaking the Open era record he shared with Vilas by beating Robin Soderling in straight sets in the first round at Roland Garros.

2010 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay pitches the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. Halladay strikes out 11 and goes to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.

2011 — JR Hildebrand, one turn from winning the Indianapolis 500, skids high into the wall on the final turn and Dan Wheldon drives past to claim an improbable second Indy 500 win in his first race of the year.

2011 — Roger Federer sets another record by reaching the French Open quarterfinals, and Novak Djokovic closes in on a pair of his own. Federer extends his quarterfinal streak at major tournaments to 28 with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka. Djokovic maintains his perfect season to 41-0 and stretches his overall winning streak to 43 matches by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

2012 — Serena Williams loses in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the French Open. Williams enters the day with a 46-0 record in first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments.

2016 — Alexander Rossi wins the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

2017 — Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida.

2021 — UEFA Champions League Final, Porto: Kai Havertz scores just before halftime to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over Manchester City in an all-English final; Blues’ second CL title.

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TV SPORTS MONDAY

By The Associated Press

(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Monday, May 26
COLLEGE BASEBALL

Noon

ESPN2 — NCAA Baseball Selection Show

COLLEGE GOLF (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

GOLF — NCAA Tournament: Individual National Championship, Omni La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.

COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Maryland vs. Cornell, Final, Foxborough, Mass.

HOCKEY (MEN’S)

8 p.m.

NHLN — The Memorial Cup: Moncton vs. Medicine Hat, Rimouski, Quebec

MLB BASEBALL

1 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Detroit (1:10 p.m.) OR Boston at Milwaukee (2:10 p.m.)

4 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at Kansas City (4:10 p.m.)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Tampa Bay (7:05 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Arizona (8:10 p.m.)

10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Arizona (8:10 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

8:40 p.m.

ESPN — Western Conference Final: Oklahoma City at Minnesota, Game 4

ESPN2 — Western Conference Final: Oklahoma City at Minnesota, Game 4 (InsightCast)

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

TNT — Eastern Conference Final: Carolina at Florida, Game 4

TRUTV — Eastern Conference Final: Carolina at Florida, Game 4

TENNIS

5 a.m.

TENNIS — French Open Early Round Singles

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

6 a.m.

TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

Noon

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

2 p.m.

TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

5 a.m. (Tuesday)

TENNIS — French Open Early Round Singles, Doubles

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

6 a.m. (Tuesday)

TNT — TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

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