NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler O’Neill redeemed himself after setting a Cardinals record for a doubleheader with six strikeouts, beating out a tiebreaking infield single in the ninth inning as St. Louis beat the New York Mets 4-3 to split their twinbill. After New York tied it in the eighth, St. Louis drew two walks against Joely Rodríguez in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Nolan Arenado struck out against ex-Rockies teammate Adam Ottavino for the second out. O’Neill then hit a weak roller off Ottavino. Sure-handed third baseman Eduardo Escobar charged hard but double clutched at the ball, allowing the speedy O’Neill to reach first while Brendan Donovan scored from third.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer outdueled Davis Martin as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 in the second game of a doubleheader. The White Sox won the first game 3-0. Singer (1-0) had his best outing since last September 5, when he threw seven shutout innings against the White Sox. He struck out a career high nine batters and didn’t walk anyone. He allowed just four hits in seven innings. Josh Staumont earned his third save in five chances. Davis Martin (0-1) made his debut and was equally impressive. He allowed just one run on five hits in five innings, walking one and striking out seven.
BALTIMORE (AP) —Aaron Judge homered twice after his first-inning drive bounced off the new left-field wall at Camden Yards, and the New York Yankees topped the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 for their 20th win in 23 games. Judge now has a major league-leading 14 home runs. Ramón Urías went deep for the Orioles.
BOSTON (AP) — The Astros tied the MLB record for most home runs in an inning, hitting five off Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi as part of a nine-run second to help Houston rout Boston 13-4. Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jeremy Peña, Michael Brantley and Yuli Gurriel all went deep for the Astros. Eovaldi became just the third pitcher in major league history to surrender five home runs in an inning.
CHICAGO (AP) — Keegan Thompson combined with three relievers on a five-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second straight game, a 7-0 win that extended their winning streak to a season-best four. The shutout was the fifth against Pittsburgh this season.
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 41 points, and the Miami Heat turned things around with a huge third quarter on the way to beating the shorthanded Boston Celtics 118-107 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night. Tyler Herro scored 18 and Gabe Vincent added 17 for the Heat, who outscored Boston 39-14 in the third quarter. Jayson Tatum scored 29 for the Celtics, who were without starters Marcus Smart (foot) and Al Horford (health and safety protocols).
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) —Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Andrei Vasilevskiy remained red-hot with 34 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Florida Panthers 4-1 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night. Game 2 is Thursday night.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) _Tiger Woods is all about majors and legacy, a point he drove home Tuesday in a sharp rebuke of Phil Mickelson and his support of a Saudi-funded golf venture that led to Lefty not defending his title at the PGA Championship. Woods says he feels much stronger than when he competed in the Masters. He suffered severe leg injuries in a car crash 15 months ago.
TUESDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 5 Cleveland 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chicago White Sox 3 Kansas City 0
Final Tampa Bay 8 Detroit 1
Final Toronto 3 Seattle 0
Final Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 1
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 4
Final Houston 13 Boston 4
Final Texas 10 L.A. Angels 5
Final Oakland 5 Minnesota 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N.Y. Mets 3 St. Louis 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 7 Arizona 6
Final San Diego 3 Philadelphia 0
Final Miami 5 Washington 1
Final Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 0
Final St. Louis 4 N.Y. Mets 3
Final Atlanta 3 Milwaukee 0
Final San Francisco 10 Colorado 7
Final L.A. Dodgers 12 Arizona 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Miami 118 Boston 107
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Tampa Bay 4 Florida 1
Final OT Colorado 3 St. Louis 2