{allcanada} Walls drives in go-ahead run in 10th as Rays beat Blue Jays

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TORONTO (AP) — Taylor Walls put the Rays ahead with an RBI single in the 10th inning and later scored on Jonathan Aranda’s sacrifice fly, and Tampa Bay held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night for its 16th win in 18 games.

Walls drove in automatic runner Cedric Mullins with a hit through a drawn-in infield against Braydon Fisher (2-1) to make it 6-5. Aranda’s fly ball to center gave the Rays a two-run cushion that held up after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half against Garrett Cleavinger, who picked up his first save.

Ian Seymour (2-0) got four outs for the win.

Ryan Vilade hit his second homer and Mullins drove in a pair as the AL-best Rays (28-13) won their sixth straight series.

Toronto erased a 5-0 deficit against a trio of Rays relievers in the seventh.

Pinch-hitter Jesús Sánchez chased Casey Legumina with an RBI double and George Springer hit an RBI single against Cole Sulser before Yohendrick Piñango followed with a two-run double. Kevin Kelly came on to face Guerrero, whose infield chopper bounced off third baseman Junior Caminero’s glove for an error that brought home the tying run.

Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan struck out seven and allowed one hit in five shutout innings, extending his scoreless streak to 21 2/3.

Walls scored in the sixth on a wild pitch by Tommy Nance that struck plate umpire Chris Segal in the knee before bouncing away. Segal went down in pain and received attention from Toronto’s trainer but remained in the game.

In the fourth, Blue Jays second baseman Lenyn Sosa slid into the legs of umpire Laz Diaz while chasing Aranda’s ground ball single. Diaz stayed on his feet.

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Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (3-1, 2.58 ERA) is set to start against Rays RHP Griffin Jax (1-2, 5.00) on Wednesday.

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{allcanada} Benson breaks tie on birthday, Sabres beat Canadiens 3-2 in Game 4 to even series

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MONTREAL (AP) Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Benson took a pass in the slot from Josh Doan, kicked the puck to his stick and put a backhander past goalie Jakub Dobes at 4:41 of the third. The goal came with Jake Evans off for holding Peyton Krebs.

Game 5 is Thursday night in Buffalo, with Game 6 in Montreal on Saturday night. The series winner will face Carolina in the Eastern Conference final. The Hurricanes swept both of their series.

Tage Thompson tied it for Buffalo in the second period with a fluke goal and also had an assist. Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson opened the scoring and Doan had two assists.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen replaced Alex Lyon in goal after the Sabres dropped Games 2 and 3, making 28 saves in his first action since being pulled in the third period of a Game 2 loss to Boston in the first round.

Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal. Dobes stopped 19 shots.

Thompson tied it at 2 on four-minute power play seven minutes into the second when his dump-in from just over center ice deflected off the glass in the left corner to the crease and bounced in off Dobes’ right leg. Montreal’s Alexandre Carrier was called for the double minor after high-sticking and cutting Rasmus Dahlin.

The Canadiens failed to take advantage of a four-minute power play of their own after Bowen Byram was sent off for high-sticking Alexandre Texier late in the second period. Montreal was 1 for 7 on the power play.

Buffalo opened the scoring on Samuelsson’s goal at 6:32 of the first period, and appeared it make it 2-0 1:30 later when a video review confirmed Jack Quinn’s shot crossed the goal line inside Dobes’ glove, However, Montreal successfully challenged for goalie interference on Konsta Helenius.

Newhook then tied it at 1 with 9:52 left in the first with his fifth goal of the series and sixth of the playoffs. Caufield gave the Canadiens the lead with 13 seconds to go in the period, beating Luukkonen from close range on a power play.

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{allcanada} Calgary Wild FC ownership changes, Mitchell buys majority stake

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CALGARY — Alyssa Mitchell has invested in a majority stake of the Northern Super League’s Calgary Wild.

Mitchell is an American-based entrepreneur with family roots in Winnipeg, the women’s soccer club said Tuesday in a release.

She acquired a 41 per cent stake in Alberta’s only women’s professional sports team, and one of six teams in the Canadian league that opened its second season in April.

Mitchell joined an ownership group of 36 investors that includes co-founder and chief executive officer Lara Murphy and board chair Deanna Zumwalt. Women hold a 76 per cent stake in the club.

Mitchell, a University of Tennessee graduate, founded the clothing brand DDAM in 2020. She was previously a strategic operations manager for the clothing line Baja East and a brand ambassador for PopSockets.

The Wild, which plays out of McMahon Stadium, went 9-14-2 in the team’s inaugural year and averaged just under 4,000 in attendance per game in 2025.

The club opened this season with two losses.

“Women’s sports are one of the most exciting and underappreciated growth opportunities in the world right now,” Mitchell said Tuesday in a statement.

“Calgary Wild FC represents everything I believe in — opportunity, resilience, ambition, and community. I’m proud to support this powerful sport movement with a club that is not only building a competitive team on the pitch but also wants to be a vehicle for positive social change and elevate a generation of female leaders off it.”

Mitchell will be the Wild’s director at NSL meetings.

“She brings an exceptional combination of global business perspective and marketing expertise with a deep passion for sport to our community,” Zumwalt said.

“Just as importantly, she adds another strong female leader to our ownership group, along with a valuable perspective that will help shape our club’s future.

“This model is not about one deep-pocketed owner, but a group of business and sport leaders contributing what they can to make our community stronger by giving young women the opportunity to soar as leaders on and off the pitch.”

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{allcanada} Sidney Crosby added to Team Canada roster for IIHF world championship

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Captain Canada is back donning the Maple Leaf.

Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Sidney Crosby has been added to the Team Canada roster for the IIHF ice hockey world championship, taking place from May 15 to 31 in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland.

Crosby, 38, was not part of the team's initial 23-man roster, as his Pittsburgh Penguins were just coming off a defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In his place, second-year NHLer Macklin Celebrini was named team captain and backed up that honour with a four-point performance in Canada's 6-1 win over France in pre-tournament action on Sunday. Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares and Nashville Predators centre Ryan O'Reilly were named alternates.

However, Crosby has captained Canada in all international competitions he's taken part in since first donning the 'C' for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, including the 2015 world championship, the 2016 world cup of hockey, the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, and most recently, the 2026 Winter Olympics.

However, he was unable to suit up for Canada's semifinal game against Finland and the gold-medal game against the United States after suffering a knee injury in the quarterfinals against Czechia.

Over his 53 games played with the Canadian senior men's team, the Cole Harbour, N.S., native has 27 goals and 43 assists, and has led Canada to six medals on the world stage.

The three-time Stanley Cup champion is coming off his 21st NHL season that saw him record 29 goals and 45 assists for 74 points across 68 games. He led the Penguins in points, power-play goals (10) and game-winning goals (4). 

Crosby paced his team in scoring for a franchise-record 16th time and moved up to seventh place on the NHL's all-time scoring list (1,761). His 21 point-per-game seasons are the most in league history.

In a corresponding move, Mathew Barzal will miss the world championship due to a minor pre-existing injury, Hockey Canada announced.

Along with Crosby, forwards Dawson Mercer of the New Jersey Devils and Porter Martone of the Philadelphia Flyers were also named to the roster on Tuesday, growing the team to 25 players.

Here is the full 25-player roster following Tuesday's changes:

Forwards
Sidney Crosby
Porter Martone
Dawson Mercer
Connor Brown
Robert Thomas
Dylan Cozens
Gabriel Vilardi
Mark Scheifele
Emmitt Finnie
Macklin Celebrini
Dylan Holloway
Ryan O'Reilly
John Tavares
Fraser Minten

Defencemen
Dylan DeMelo
Denton Mateychuk
Sam Dickinson
Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse
Zach Whitecloud
Parker Wotherspoon
Morgan Rielly

Goaltenders
Cam Talbot
Jacko Ivankovic
Jet Greaves

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