KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered and Hunger Brown tossed six strong innings as the Houston Astros salvaged the series finale against the Kansas City Royals with a 7-3 win. Alvarez’s 436-foot three-run homer snapped Houston’s 26-inning scoreless streak. Brown (4-1) saw his 28-inning shutout streak ended on Bobby Witt Jr.’s two-out RBI double in the fifth. Jeremy Peña drove in three, while Chas McCormick had three hits and scored three runs for the Astros and Yainer Diaz connected for a solo homer. Witt extended his hitting to 19 games. Kris Bubic (2-2) allowed four runs in five innings with four strikeouts.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christian Yelich had two hits and two RBIs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game series sweep. Jackson Chourio added two hits as the Brewers snapped a four-game skid. José Quintana (4-0) struck out six over five innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks to stay unbeaten this season. Erick Fedde (1-3) was chased with two outs in the sixth. The 32-year-old right-hander gave up seven runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking our four.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarren Duran has received plenty of support from his Boston Red Sox teammates and others outside baseball since he revealed in a Netflix documentary that he attempted suicide three years ago. His openness has also exposed him to hecklers, though. Duran said a fan in the front row Sunday near the Red Sox dugout in Cleveland said “something inappropriate” to him after the All-Star left fielder flied out in the seventh inning of a 13-3 victory over the Guardians. Duran stayed on the top step of the dugout and glared at the fan as the inning played out. Moments later, the fan was removed from the stadium by security. After the game, the Guardians released a statement apologizing to the Red Sox and Duran.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons say defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich’s son was responsible for a prank call made to NFL draft pick Shedeur Sanders. The Falcons released a statement saying 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally" found Sanders' phone number on an open iPad while visiting his parent’s home and later made the prank call. The Falcons say Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the data exposure or the prank call until after the fact. Jax Ulbrich posted a public apology on social media. Sanders, a standout quarterback from Colorado, was perhaps the draft’s biggest story as he had to wait until the fifth round before being drafted by the Cleveland Browns. He received the prank call while waiting.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jaden McDaniels converted a three-point play with 39.5 seconds left for the lead and stole the ensuing inbounds pass from LeBron James in a rally by the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 116-113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers that put them up 3-1 in the series. Anthony Edwards had 43 points to lead Minnesota in scoring for the first time in this edition of the NBA playoffs. He drew a foul on James during a drive to the lane with 10 seconds left and hit both free throws. McDaniels rebounded the tying 3-point attempt by Austin Reaves at the buzzer.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 37 points and 14 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 21 points and 11 rebounds and the Boston Celtics took a 3-1 lead in their NBA playoff series with a 107-98 win over the Orlando Magic. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 31 points. Kristaps Porzingis’ 19 points for the Celtics included a dunk of his own missed layup that put Boston ahead for good with 3:58 left. Game 5 of the best-of-7 first-round series will be played Tuesday night in Boston.
AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin shot a 1-under 71 in alternate-shot play Sunday to become first-time PGA Tour winners — by one stroke — at the Zurich Classic. They finished at 28-under 260 at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana and Novak finally broke through after a pair of top-three finishes this month — the last a playoff loss to Justin Thomas a week ago at the RBC Heritage. Play was delayed by weather for just over 90 minutes with Novak on Griffin on the eighth hole. Masters champion Rory McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry, the defending champions, were in contention through 12 holes, but fell to 12th — six shots behind — with three late bogeys.
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Austin Cindric gave Team Penske its first NASCAR victory of the season by holding off a huge pack of challengers over the closing lap in a rare drama-free day at Talladega Superspeedway. Well, there was a tiny bit of drama: Penske teammate Joey Logano was livid following the end of Sunday’s second stage when Cindric didn’t push him and it allowed Toyota driver Bubba Wallace to win the stage. Didn’t matter to Cindric as he celebrated the third win of his Cup Series career and snapped a 30-race losing streak. The victory makes him the first Penske driver locked into the playoffs.
SUNDAY SCORES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 4 San Diego 2
Final San Francisco 3 Texas 2
Final Seattle 7 Miami 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 0
Final Detroit 7 Baltimore 0
Final Boston 13 Cleveland 3
Final N.Y. Yankees 11 Toronto 2
Final Houston 7 Kansas City 3
Final Athletics 3 Chicago White Sox 2
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Toronto 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 8 N.Y. Mets 7
Final Milwaukee 7 St. Louis 1
Final Cincinnati 8 Colorado 1
Final Arizona 6 Atlanta 4
Final L.A. Dodgers 9 Pittsburgh 2
Final Philadelphia 3 Chicago Cubs 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final New York 94 Detroit 93
Final Minnesota 116 L.A. Lakers 113
Final Boston 107 Orlando 98
Final Indiana 129 Milwaukee 103
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final St. Louis 5 Winnipeg 1
Final Carolina 5 New Jersey 2
Final Washington 5 Montreal 2
Final OT Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 3