BALTIMORE (AP) — Maikel Garcia hit two of Kansas City’s franchise-record seven home runs, a rare long-ball barrage that enabled the Royals to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-6. Bobby Witt Jr. broke a 5-5 tie with a seventh-inning solo shot off Yennier Cano, and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with drive into the right-field seats. Jonathan India, Luke Maile and Michael Massey also went deep for the Royals. Kansas City entered with a major league-low 18 homers in its first 34 games. Jackson Holliday went deep twice for Baltimore in his first career multihomer game. Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins each hit a solo shot.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Victor Scott II robbed Juan Soto of a three-run homer and later hit a tiebreaking double, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to 5-4 victory over the New York Mets for a doubleheader sweep. The Cardinals won the opener 6-5. The nightcap was tied at 4-all in the fourth inning when Soto drove a fastball to straightaway center. Scott ran back to the wall and leaped, and his glove was over the fence when he snatched the ball, preventing it from landing on the grass. In the sixth, Scott’s two-out double off Max Kranick scored Yohel Pozo from first base.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2027 NFL draft is heading to the nation’s capital, a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because President Trump is set to make the announcement on Monday at the White House. Washington hosting the draft two years from now is the latest off-field victory for the Commanders, a week since they reached an agreement with the D.C. government to build a stadium on the old RFK site. That is still pending council approval.
HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, Buddy Hield made nine 3-pointers and scored 33 points, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 103-89 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 7. The Warriors will face the Timberwolves Tuesday night in Minnesota. Hield had a scorching first half with six 3-pointers and 22 points to carry the Warriors to a 12-point lead, with Curry scoring just three points before the break. Then Curry took over in the closing minutes and performed his signature “night night” gesture as the Warriors put the Rockets away.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton made a go-ahead 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter that sparked a decisive burst for the Indiana Pacers, who stunned the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 121-112 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Haliburton finished with 22 points and 13 assists, and he also made key plays on the defensive end, blocking a 3-point attempt by Max Strus with 2:12 left and converting it into a layup for a 10-point lead. Andrew Nembhard added 23 points and made five 3-pointers for the Pacers, who finished 19 of 36 beyond the arc. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Adam Lowry scored on a tipped shot 16:10 into the second overtime and the Winnipeg Jets rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs. Cole Perfetti had two goals, Vladislav Namestnikov also scored, and Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk each had three assists for Winnipeg, which scored twice in the final two minutes of regulation to tie the score. Connor Hellebuyck finished with 26 saves. Jordan Kyrou, Mathieu Joseph and Radek Faksa scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington had 43 saves. The Jets will next face the Dallas Stars starting Wednesday at home in the teams’ first postseason meeting.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Oscar Piastri maintained his advantage in the Formula 1 championship fight by winning the Miami Grand Prix for his fourth win through six races this season. Piastri has now won three consecutive F1 races for McLaren Racing, where he and teammate Lando Norris are trying to dethrone four-time defending champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull. Piastri is the first McLaren driver to win three consecutive F1 races in 28 years. Mika Hakkinen did it with a win in the 1997 season finale and then victories in the first two races of 1998. Norris was second as McLaren went 1-2.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sovereignty’s Kentucky Derby victory in the muck at Churchill Downs sparked curiosity over whether the colt can build on his signature win over a possibly drier, faster surface on the Triple Crown trail. The question now is whether that test will come sooner or later. Trainer Bill Mott initially seemed inclined to bypass the Preakness on May 17 in Baltimore for the Belmont next month but will decide this week. Trainers for other Derby horses face similar decisions after a muddy race that was new for many competitors.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Naoya Inoue remained undefeated after retaining the undisputed junior featherweight title with an eighth-round technical knockout of Ramon Cardenas in front of a packed house inside T-Mobile Arena and a nationally televised audience on ESPN. Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs), who was knocked down in the second round, played the aggressor much of the fight by using precision and power to carve his way through Cardenas (26-2), frequently sending the announced 8,474 gathering into a frenzy.
SUNDAY SCORES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Athletics 3 Miami 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Minnesota 5 Boston 4
Final Kansas City 11 Baltimore 6
Final Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Yankees 5
Final Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 4
Final Cleveland 5 Toronto 4
Final Texas 8 Seattle 1
Final Detroit 13 L.A. Angels 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final San Diego 4 Pittsburgh 0
Final St. Louis 6 N.Y. Mets 5
Final Milwaukee 4 Chicago Cubs 0
Final Arizona 11 Philadelphia 9
Final San Francisco 9 Colorado 3
Final Washington 4 Cincinnati 1
Final St. Louis 5 N.Y. Mets 4
Final Atlanta 4 L.A. Dodgers 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Indiana 121 Cleveland 112
Final Golden State 103 Houston 89