American LeagueJohnny Damon hit a pair of home runs and Mike Mussina won his fifth straight decision, leading the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-2 on Sunday.
Twins 6, Tigers 4
At Minneapolis, Michael Cuddyer hit a two-run triple in Minnesota's six-run eighth inning.
Mariners 7, Indians 3
At Cleveland, Jose Lopez and Raul Ibanez each had two-run singles with two outs in the ninth to help Seattle get the win.
Athletics 6, Blue Jays 5
At Oakland, California, Milton Bradley hit a three-run shot to lift Oakland to the win.
Angels 10, Red Sox 4
At Boston, Orlando Cabrera, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera hit third-inning homers to send Curt Schilling to his first loss at Fenway Park this year.
Rangers 15, Royals 2
At Arlington, Texas, Michael Young had four hits and a home run, Mark DeRosa added four hits and four RBIs, and Texas beat Kansas City.
National League
Carlos Beltran hit two homers, including his third grand slam last month, and the Mets completed their first sweep of at least three games in Atlanta in 21 years.
Diamondbacks 7, Astros 6
At Houston, Conor Jackson hit a go-ahead homer off Brad Lidge in the ninth inning and Arizona rallied to beat Houston.
Brewers 4, Reds 3
At Milwaukee, newcomer Kevin Mench drove in four runs to lead Milwaukee over Cincinnati.
Phillies 11, Marlins 5, 1st Game, Phillies 9, Marlins 2, 2nd Game
At Philadelphia, Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 31 games to help the Phillies complete a doubleheader over Florida. Utley and Howard continued to show they are the future of the franchise.
Cubs 6, Cardinals 3
At Chicago, Carlos Zambrano outpitched Chris Carpenter as Chicago completed a sweep of St Louis.
Rockies 3, Padres 1
At Denver, Matt Holliday homered and Jason Jennings pitched seven solid innings for his first win in a month.
Dodgers 4, Nationals 3
At Los Angeles, Cesar Izturis doub-led home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Dodgers hit three homers against Ramon Ortiz.
Pirates 2, Giants 1
At Pittsburgh, Jose Hernandez's single in the 10th inning scored Jack Wilson as the Pirates completed a sweep of San Francisco.
Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates yesterday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week. Ohtani, wearing a black training suit and a cap backwards, was the first Dodgers player who showed up at the arrival gate of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. His wife, Mamiko Tanaka, walked several steps behind him. As a crowd of fans, many wearing Dodgers jerseys, shouted his name and cheered slogans, Ohtani briefly waved his hand, but did not say anything before he entered a limousine bus with his wife. Fans held placards
Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals at the All England Open, beating Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 21-15. With the win, Tai earned a semi-final against China’s He Bingjiao, who beat Michelle Li of Canada 21-9, 21-9. Defending champion An Se-young defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu 21-19, 21-11. An on Wednesday cruised into the second round, unlike last year’s men’s winner, Li Shifeng, who suffered a shock defeat. South Korea’s An, the world No. 1, overcame Taiwan’s Hsu Wen-chi 21-17, 21-16 to set up the match against Sindhu. In other women’s singles matches, Taiwan’s Sung Shuo-yun lost 21-18, 24-22 against Carolina Marin of
EYEING TOP SPOT: A victory in today’s final against Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova would return 38-year-old Hsieh Su-wei to the world No. 1 ranking Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on Thursday secured a spot in the women’s doubles finals at the BNP Paribas Open after dispatching Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) at Indian Wells. Hsieh and her Belgian partner Mertens, who won the Australian Open in late January, coasted through the first set after breaking their opponents’ serve twice, but found the going tougher in the second. Both pairs could only muster one break point over 12 games, neither of which were converted, leaving the set to be decided by a tiebreaker. Hsieh and Mertens took a 6-3 lead,
DOUBLES PAYBACK: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Martens avenged their defeat in the quarters at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open against Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium dispatched Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-1, 6-4 to set up a clash against Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez for a spot in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament. Hsieh and Martens made a blistering start to their rematch after they lost to Schuurs and Stefani in the quarter-finals at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open last month, winning three games without reply at the start of the first set