KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-3 for their fifth consecutive victory. Garrett Hampson began the Kansas City 10th on second as the automatic runner, replacing Vinnie Pasquantino. Hampson raced home when Perez led off the inning with a single to center against Wander Suero. James McArthur pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Perez and Nelson Velázquez each had two hits for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia each drove in a run.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles are calling up top prospect Jackson Holliday, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the move wasn't official yet. Holliday was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 amateur draft out of high school in Oklahoma and breezed through the minor leagues. He narrowly missed out on a spot on the Orioles’ opening-day roster last month. The 20-year-old infielder hit .333 with two home runs and five doubles in 42 at-bats during a short stint with Triple-A Norfolk this season. Holliday is the game’s top-ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit three home runs, including a two-run drive in the ninth inning that lifted the Oakland Athletics over the Texas Rangers 4-3. Langeliers, a 26-year-old who entered with 29 career big league homers, hit solo drives in the second off Nathan Eovaldi and in the seventh against David Robertson. Texas led 3-2 in the ninth when Seth Brown walked with one out off José Leclerc (0-2) and Langeliers sent a first-pitch fastball to left-center for his fourth home run this season.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Calipari says he is stepping down as Kentucky's men’s basketball coach after 15 years. He say the “program probably needs to hear another voice” amid reports that he’s closing in on a deal with Arkansas. Calipari posted a video on X in which he said that after talking with his wife, Ellen, he decided a change was needed. He didn’t specifically mention the Arkansas opening. The Hall of Famer simply said, “There have been opportunities that have been presented to us, so we’re discussing them as a family.” Calipari leaves a Wildcats program he guided to the 2012 NCAA championship among four Final Four appearances.
UNDATED (AP) — The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark. The Sunday afternoon game on ABC and ESPN outdrew Monday’s men’s final between UConn and Purdue by four million. The Huskies’ 75-60 victory averaged 14.82 million on TBS and TNT. The women's final was the second most-watched non-Olympic women’s sporting event on U.S. television, trailing only the 2015 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and Japan.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tara VanDerveer, the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history, has announced her retirement after 38 seasons leading the Stanford women’s team and 45 years overall. The 70-year-old VanDerveer surpassed Mike Krzyzewski for the wins record earlier this year. The Hall of Famer departs with 1,216 victories at Idaho, Ohio State and Stanford. And as has been the plan for years, top Cardinal assistant Kate Paye is set to take over the program, and the school said negotiations with Paye are underway. Paye played for VanDerveer from 1991-95 and has coached on her staff for 17 years.
MONACO (AP) — Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. World Athletics said it was setting aside $2.4 million to pay the gold medalists across the 48 events on the program for this year’s Paris Olympics. Relay teams will split the $50,000 between their members. Payments for silver and bronze medalists are planned to start from the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle. But Salt Lake City remains one of the few places where Olympic fever still burns strong even more than two decades after it first hosted in 2002. The city’s enduring enthusiasm will be on full display Wednesday when members of the International Olympic Committee descend on northern Utah for their final site visits ahead of a formal announcement expected this July to name Salt Lake City the host for 2034. The state has spent millions to ensure its Olympic facilities didn’t fall into disrepair in anticipation of hosting again.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods is 48 and coping with injuries that limit his practice and how often he can play. What he hasn't lost is hope. Woods says he still thinks he can win the Masters and match Jack Nicklaus with a sixth green jacket. The evidence is stacked against him, most notably that he has played only 24 holes in one tournament this year. Woods has a chance this week to set the Masters record by making his 24th consecutive cut. Fred Couples currently shares the record and he says Woods isn't thinking about that. Couples says Woods is playing to win.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is ordering a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who admitted to robbing multiple banks to pay $10.8 million to a bank teller he threatened with a gun. However, attorneys say the teller may never be able to collect any money. A judge in Tulsa handed down the order last week against 29-year-old Xaviar Michael Bubudar. Former bank teller Payton Garcia alleged Bubudar used a gun to assault her during a robbery of a Bixby, Oklahoma, credit union in December 2022. Garcia was awarded $3.6 million for her injuries and loss of income and $7.2 million in punitive damages.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a felony rape case against former Kansas basketball player Arterio Morris. They cited insufficient evidence on Tuesday while filing a motion in Douglas County District Court to seek its dismissal without prejudice. Morris was charged last August and dismissed from the Jayhawks’ program after an incident report came to light detailing an alleged rape that occurred at McCarthy Hall, which houses the men’s basketball team along with other residents. The criminal complaint alleged that a sexual assault involving an 18-year-old victim occurred on Aug. 26. Morris was not named in the incident report, but he was subsequently suspended from the team and then dismissed.
TUESDAY SCORES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 3
Final N.Y. Yankees 3 Miami 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Minnesota 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Baltimore 7 Boston 1
Final Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland 5
Final Toronto 5 Seattle 3
Final Oakland 4 Texas 3
Final Kansas City 4 Houston 3
Final Tampa Bay 6 L.A. Angels 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Milwaukee 9 Cincinnati 5
Final Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 5
Final St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 0
Final Arizona 3 Colorado 2
Final Washington 5 San Francisco 3
Final Chicago Cubs 5 San Diego 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Dallas 130 Charlotte 104
Final Philadelphia 120 Detroit 102
Final Indiana 140 Toronto 123
Final Milwaukee 104 Boston 91
Final San Antonio 102 Memphis 87
Final 2OT Miami 117 Atlanta 111
Final Houston 118 Orlando 106
Final Minnesota 130 Washington 121
Final New York 128 Chicago 117
Final Oklahoma City 112 Sacramento 105
Final Denver 111 Utah 95
Final New Orleans 110 Portland 100
Final L.A. Clippers 105 Phoenix 92
Final Golden State 134 L.A. Lakers 120
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Florida 2 Ottawa 0
Final Toronto 5 New Jersey 2
Final Washington 2 Detroit 1
Final Carolina 4 Boston 1
Final Montreal 9 Philadelphia 3
Final Tampa Bay 5 Columbus 2
Final N-Y Islanders 4 N-Y Rangers 2
Final OT Winnipeg 4 Nashville 3
Final Dallas 3 Buffalo 2
Final Colorado 5 Minnesota 2
Final Anaheim 3 Los Angeles 1
Final Seattle 5 Arizona 0
Final OT Calgary 3 San Jose 2