MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With their rotation depleted and the new slugger sidelined by a rash of injuries, the Texas Rangers have been forced to find alternate methods for winning.
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INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James has played 152 NBA playoff games but never one like Game 5. He spent nearly as much time on the bench (23 minutes, 39 seconds) as he did in the game (24:21), plagued by foul trouble that forced him to sit for a majority of the first three quarters.
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MLB: Detroit Tigers nip Athletics 6-5
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sonny Gray had nothing to show for two strong pitching performances against the Detroit Tigers during the 2013 playoffs. A year later, Oakland's promising young right-hander is still searching for an answer to the American League powerhouse.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Wainwright won 19 games last season and finished second in the NL Cy Young voting. So far, his encore is even better.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hiroki Kuroda snapped an 11-start road winless streak and Jacoby Ellsbury helped build an early lead with three hits and three RBIs his first three at-bats in the New York Yankees' 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Midway through the third quarter of the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 4 rout of the San Antonio Spurs in these Western Conference finals, a debate broke out on press row that said
Los Angeles Dodgers starter Josh Beckett was the pitcher no one wanted. He was the dead money, $35 million worth, thrown into the mega Boston Red Sox-Dodgers' trade two years ago.
TORONTO (AP) — For the first time in 11 games, the Toronto Blue Jays didn't hit a home run. Instead, they used a dose of speed to extend their winning streak to nine games with a wild walk-off victory.
MIAMI — Perhaps all Chris Bosh needed to spark himself from his series-long slumber was a surprise visit from a few of his teammates during Saturday night's postgame dinner.
MIAMI — The Miami Heat had no answer for Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson. Through three quarters of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, Stephenson had 23 points and was operating as he saw fit against the Heat defense.
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