MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Haase and Christian Yelich hit solo home runs to back a strong start by Chad Patrick and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 for their first win of the season. Patrick gave the Brewers something they hadn’t had thus far — three scoreless innings to begin the game. Milwaukee surrendered 24 runs in the first three innings of its first four games. Haase homered from the ninth spot in the order to put the Brewers up 1-0 in the third. Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio followed with singles and Turang scored on a force-out at second on Yelich’s grounder to make it 2-0. Patrick gave up three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyren Paris hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Yoan Moncada followed with a two-run double and the Los Angeles Angels beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7. The game was tied at 3 after nine innings before each team scored three runs in the 10th — and the Angels added three in the 11th. Victor Scott II had an RBI single in the bottom half, but Ryan Zeferjahn got two outs for his first career save. Zeferjahn struck out Willson Contreras with a runner aboard to end it as the Angels outlasted St. Louis in extra innings for the second consecutive night. Ryan Johnson earned his first major league win.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin May allowed just one hit and an unearned run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his first major league start in nearly two years. The right-hander went five innings, struck out six and walked three in the team's 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. May was thrilled to be back after recovering from a life-threatening tear in his esophagus that happened when he was eating a salad and a piece of lettuce got stuck last year. He was nearly ready to come back from Tommy John revision surgery when the scary incident happened. May struck out the side in the first inning and was greeted by high-fives from his teammates in the dugout.
UNDATED (AP) — World Series champion and two-time All-Star pitcher Lance Lynn is retiring from Major League Baseball. Lynn announced his decision Tuesday on the “Dymin in the Rough" podcast. He was 7-4 with a 3.84 ERA in 23 starts last season with St. Louis. The right-hander was 143-99 in his career with six teams. Lynn was an All-Star with the Cardinals in 2012, when he finished the season 18-7, and in 2021 with the White Sox. He helped the Cardinals win the World Series as a rookie in 2011 when he was 2-0 in 10 postseason appearances.
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have caused his injury. Last season Stanton began using the unique bats that feature more wood lower down the barrel closer to the label, shaped a little like a bowling pin. During spring training, he seemed to hint that using the different bats could have caused pain, before later adding he didn’t know why his injury occurred. “You’re not going to get the story you’re looking for,” Stanton said Tuesday before New York opened a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. “So if that’s what you guys want, that ain’t going to happen.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas commit Darryn Peterson scored 18 points as the game’s co-MVP leading the West over the East 105-92 on Tuesday night in the McDonald’s All-American boys game at Barclays Center. Alijah Arenas and son of three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas watching in the stands finished the third quarter with a free throw for a 74-70 lead. The West pushed the lead out in the fourth quarter to as much as 15 late in the game. The game featured three commitments to Duke led by brothers Cayden and Cameron Boozer. They are following their father’s path to Duke before Carlos went to the NBA for 13 seasons as a two-time All-Star. Cameron Boozer shared MVP honors with Peterson scoring 16 for the East.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johni Broome of Auburn is one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the outstanding men’s college basketball player. The others are Walter Clayton Jr. of Florida, Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Mark Sears of Alabama and Braden Smith of Purdue. Broome, Clayton and Flagg will lead their teams at the Final Four in San Antonio this weekend. The Wooden Award winner will be honored April 11 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The other members of the Wooden All-America team announced Tuesday are L.J. Cryer of Houston, Kam Jones of Marquette, Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton, Chaz Lanier of Tennessee and John Tonje of Wisconsin.
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The future of the tush push has been pushed until next month. NFL team owners had been set to vote Tuesday on Green Bay’s proposal to ban the play that’s helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another, but the proposal was tabled until May. Team owners approved modifying the kickoff rule, expanding replay assist and revising overtime rules, along with other changes. The decision to postpone the tush push vote means the debate will continue as the league seeks more information about the safety of the play. Proponents of the play and those who oppose it presented strong arguments while the league’s medical experts expressed safety concerns.
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The one-year trial version of the dynamic kickoff in the NFL led to an uptick in the return rate that wasn’t quite as much as the league had hoped. Now the new form of the kickoff that is more like a scrimmage play is permanent with a change for 2025 that the league hopes will lead to a significant increase in returns. Owners voted to move touchbacks on kicks from the 30 to the 35 in hopes that more teams will kick the ball in play instead of giving up an extra 5 yards of field position. The league also approved changes to the overtime rule and expanded replay assist.
TUESDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final Texas 1 Cincinnati 0
Final Toronto 5 Washington 3
Final Tampa Bay 7 Pittsburgh 0
Final Arizona 7 N.Y. Yankees 5
Final Milwaukee 5 Kansas City 0
Final San Francisco 3 Houston 1
Final L.A. Angels 9 St. Louis 7
Final San Diego 7 Cleveland 0
Final Chicago Cubs 7 Athletics 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Minnesota 8 Chicago White Sox 3
Final Detroit 4 Seattle 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 3 Atlanta 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final New York 105 Philadelphia 91
Final Portland 127 Atlanta 113
Final Milwaukee 133 Phoenix 123
Final Chicago 137 Toronto 118
Final Orlando 116 San Antonio 105
Final Golden State 134 Memphis 125
Final 2OT Minnesota 140 Denver 139
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Buffalo 5 Ottawa 2
Final Washington 4 Boston 3
Final OT Montreal 3 Florida 2
Final Columbus 8 Nashville 4
Final Tampa Bay 4 N-Y Islanders 1
Final OT St. Louis 2 Detroit 1
Final Utah 3 Calgary 1
Final Edmonton 3 Vegas 2
Final SO Anaheim 4 San Jose 3