WISCONSIN--Aaron Judge homered early and then triggered a seven-run sixth inning with a handy slide, propelling the visiting New York Yankees to a 15-5 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday to clinch the three-game series win. With the game tied 4-4 in the sixth, Judge walked to open off reliever Abner Uribe (2-2).
Alex Verdugo hit a tailor-made double-play bouncer to second, but Willy Adames' relay throw hit Judge's upraised hand, allowing Verdugo to reach. Anthony Rizzo walked with two outs and Gleyber Torres singled in Verdugo to make it 5-4. Oswaldo Cabrera walked and Jose Trevino followed with a two-run single. Elvis Peguero relieved and uncorked a run-scoring wild pitch for an 8-4 Yankees lead. Juan Soto added an RBI single and Judge capped the 11-batter inning with a two-run single. The Brewers got one back in the bottom half on a bases-loaded walk, but New York answered with two runs in the seventh on Cabrera's RBI single and Trevino's sacrifice fly.
Anthony Rizzo's two-run homer, his fifth of the season and 300th of his career, put the Yankees up 15-5 in the eighth. Rizzo went 4-for-4 and scored three runs. Ron Marinaccio (1-1) picked up the win, giving up one run on one hit in 1 1/3 innings, with one strikeout and one walk. After dropping the series opener 7-6 in 11 innings, the Yankees scored 30 runs on 37 hits to win the final two games. They had four homers in Saturday's 15-3 rout. Jake Bauers' three-run homer off New York starter Marcus Stroman brought Milwaukee even at 4-4 in the fifth.
Adames doubled in the first run. Anthony Volpe celebrated his 23rd birthday with his third homer, a three-run shot off starter Tobias Myers, in the top half of the fifth to put the Yankees in front 4-0. Judge staked the Yankees to a 1-0 lead with two outs in the first with his sixth homer, sending a 3-2 fastball 441 feet to left-center. Bauers finished with a scoreless ninth, the second consecutive game the Brewers finished with a position player on the mound. Infielder Owen Miller pitched the final two innings of Saturday's 15-3 loss.
BRIGHTON, England-- Phil Foden struck twice as Manchester City stepped up their bid for a fourth Premier League crown in a row with a ruthless 4-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday.
A day after Liverpool's title challenge suffered a huge blow with a 2-0 defeat at Everton, City kept up the pressure on leaders Arsenal with a dominant display that left them one point behind the London club with a game in hand. "I don't know if it was statement, obviously every game is a lot of pressure but the only thing we can do is try to perform as well as we did today," City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne told Sky Sports. De Bruyne's superb diving header put City, missing top scorer Erling Haaland due to injury, ahead in the 17th minute.
"It doesn't happen too much, does it? I think the only way I could reach it was jumping to the ball, and it goes in like a little lob, but it's obviously not something I'm really good at," De Bruyne said after netting his first headed goal in the Premier League. Foden scored his first with a deflected free kick and Brighton defensive errors allowed Bernardo Silva to win the ball and set up Foden to sweep a shot into the bottom corner before halftime. "With Kev's first goal and a bit lucky with my second goal, it settled us a little bit and we grew into the game, in the first half was frightening with the way we attacked," Foden said.
Foden became only the third player to score 50 top-flight goals under manager Pep Guardiola aged 23 or younger, after Lionel Messi and Haaland. Julian Alvarez completed the rout midway through the second half and Brighton, who remained 11th in the table, never looked capable of launching a fightback. Manchester City are unbeaten in 30 games in all competitions with 24 wins and six draws, making them the third English top-flight side to reach that landmark after Nottingham Forest (40 in 1978) and Manchester United (34 in 1993-94 and 33 in 1998-99).
Their last loss excluding penalty shootouts was against Aston Villa in early December. Brighton's best chance came when City keeper Ederson gifted them a late opportunity when he raced out of his box, only to fire the ball straight at Odeluga Offiah who failed to take advantage. City head to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest on Sunday. They close out the season with matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
CINCINNATI --Christian Encarnacion-Strand delivered a go-ahead two-run double, and five relievers combined on 8 1/3 shutout innings as the Cincinnati Reds finished a three-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 3-0 victory Sunday.
Elly De La Cruz finished an impressive weekend with two hits and a run scored for the Reds, who swept a three-game series from the Angels for a second straight year and have won eight straight against Los Angeles.
Angels starter Jose Soriano (0-3) held the Reds hitless over the first 5 1/3 innings and finished with a career-high six innings. He allowed three hits and three unearned runs, with seven strikeouts and three walks while hitting a batter as the Angels dropped their fourth straight and finished 3-7 on a three-city, 10-game road trip.
For the second straight start, Cincinnati right-hander Frankie Montas had an abbreviated outing. On Monday at Seattle, Montas struggled with five walks, while allowing five runs over two-plus innings.
On Sunday, Montas threw 16 pitches before taking a Taylor Ward line drive off his pitching forearm and leaving the game. The Reds later announced X-rays on the forearm were negative and he was diagnosed with a bruise.
Brent Suter entered and pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings in his longest outing since throwing four scoreless on Sept. 25, 2020, for the Milwaukee Brewers against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Emilio Pagan (2-1) earned the win with two scoreless innings and was the beneficiary of a slick around-the-horn double play started by third baseman Jeimer Candelario and turned by Santiago Espinal in the sixth.
Alexis Diaz pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save in as many days and his fourth of the season.
In the sixth, the Reds finally broke through against Soriano, taking advantage of a two-out error by Angels second baseman Luis Rengifo on a routine Nick Martini grounder.
The three-run rally began with the first Cincinnati hit, a one-out grounder up the middle by De La Cruz that Rengifo knocked down on the outfield grass but had no play. After the Rengifo error, Encarnacion-Strand belted a two-run double off the wall in left-center.
Candelario, who finished with two hits, followed with a triple off Mike Trout's glove in center for a 3-0 Cincinnati lead.
SAN SIRO--Inter Milan won their 20th Serie A title on Monday after a 2-1 win at AC Milan gave Simone Inzaghi's side an unassailable lead in the standings. A goal from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram in each half proved sufficient to secure Inter's victory, with Fikayo Tomori scoring a late goal to reduce the deficit. The match also witnessed three red cards in stoppage time, with Milan being reduced to nine men as tensions flared, with Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria getting their marching orders along with Inter's Denzel Dumfries. Inter, who have lost only once in the league this season, hold a 17-point advantage over second-placed Milan with five matches remaining. For Inzaghi, this was the first Serie A title of his managerial career and sixth trophy with Inter. "There are so many protagonists of this success, first and foremost the players, but also the directors and chairman Steven Zhang, as anything we needed during this journey was provided for us," Inzaghi said to DAZN. "It’s an incredible sensation, we did something incredible and it’s only right to share it with as many people as possible." The San Siro was packed with supporters from both clubs, with Inter fans displaying two stars to symbolise their impending 20th Scudetto, spelling out a message to their rivals: 'Our destiny, your nightmare.' Heated Match The match heated up in the opening minutes as both sides engaged in pushing and shouting following a late challenge on Inter's Nicolo Barella. However, play resumed a few minutes later without any bookings. After 18 minutes, the away fans erupted after Benjamin Pavard flicked a corner to a completely unmarked Acerbi, who had little trouble heading in the lead for Inter. Just before the break Inter keeper Yann Sommer made a superb reflex save on a Calabria effort, while at the other end Milan keeper Mike Maignan blocked Henrikh Mkhitaryan's shot moments later. Four minutes after the break, Thuram doubled Inter's lead by sending a low shot from the edge of the box into the bottom-left corner. As the minutes ticked closer to the end, fans set off flares in the stands, casting a foggy veil over the pitch. Milan reignited the match 10 minutes before the time when a save from Sommer rebounded off the post and fell into the path of Fikayo Tomori, who headed it home. In stoppage time, tempers flared as a scuffle broke out between the players which resulted in Dumfries and Hernandez being shown red cards. Yet another brawl ensued on the pitch minutes later, culminating in Milan's Calabria receiving a red card for striking Inter's Davide Frattesi. "It was a good game, it’s a pity that it got so tense in the last five minutes, as it had been very fair until then. We played well, could’ve scored another goal in the first half, but we are very happy," Inzaghi said. As the referee sounded the final whistle, Inter players and staff began to celebrate the triumph. Inter fans then moved the party out of the stadium and towards the Piazza Duomo, a well-known celebration spot in Milan, where thousands celebrated with fireworks and cheers, casting shades of blue and black against the backdrop of the Milan Cathedral.
LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit milestone home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a rough homestand with a dominating 10-0 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday. Tyler Glasnow (4-1) was in control with 10 strikeouts over eight innings as the Dodgers won for just the third time on their just-completed nine-game homestand, while losing all three series. Even with the victory, Los Angeles is just 3-7 since April 10. Ohtani's home run in the third inning gave him the MLB record for players born in Japan with 176, breaking a tie with Hideki Matsui. Pages hit the first home run of his career in his fifth game. The Mets had seven hits, all singles, as they saw their six-game winning streak come to an end. New York entered the day with a 12-3 record following their 0-5 start to the season. New York right-hander Adrian Houser (0-2) was roughed up for eight runs on seven hits over four innings, with four walks and three strikeouts. Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the third inning with his two-run home run deep into the seats in right field for his fifth of the season. Ohtani did his part during the homestand with hits in eight of the nine games, including four home runs. The Dodgers put the game away with eight runs in the fifth inning, their highest-scoring inning of the season. A Mookie Betts RBI single gave the Dodgers a 3-0 lead and Freddie Freeman added a two-run single to make it 5-0. Freeman has five RBIs in two games after he drove in one run over his previous 14 games. The Dodgers continued their fifth-inning outburst with a two-run single from Will Smith before Pages crushed a three-run home run to center field. The Mets put together a scoring chance in the eighth inning by loading the bases against Glasnow, but manager Dave Roberts let his pitcher work out of the jam. Glasnow finished off his scoreless outing with a fist pump after striking out Tyrone Taylor. Left-hander Nick Ramirez pitched the ninth inning for the Dodgers, who delivered their first shutout of the season.
