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Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) goes up for a shot against Boston Celtics’ Jae Crowder (99) during the second half of Game 4 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 112-99.

(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving gritted his teeth, tightened up his left sneaker and hopped to his feet.

The pain couldn’t stop him. The Celtics couldn’t either.

Irving took over in the second half and finished with 42 points despite playing on a tender ankle, LeBron James added 34 and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved within one win of an almost inevitable third date in the NBA Finals with Golden State by rallying to beat Boston 112-99 on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Confer-ence finals.

With James in foul trouble, Irving was forced to do more than ever and he delivered, scoring 19 in less than five minutes and 33 in a 19-minute stretch.

“The kid is special,” James said. “I was happy to sit back and watch him. He was born for these moments.”

The defending NBA cham-pions, who shot 71 percent in the second half, opened a 3-1 lead in the series and can wrap up their third straight conference title — and a “three-match” against the Warriors — with a win in Game 5 on Thursday night in Boston.

But if Games 3 and 4 are any indication, it won’t be easy.

Fighting to keep their season alive, the Celtics aren’t giving an inch despite playing without All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas, who may need surgery on a hip injury.

The Cavs, meanwhile, wouldn’t be on the cusp of the Finals without Irving.

With Cleveland in jeopardy of dropping its second game in a row after James followed an 11-point Game 3 debacle by picking up four first-half fouls, Irving put on a breathtaking one-man show.

Freezing Boston defenders with his dribble and driving to the basket whenever he wanted, Irving made six layups, two 3-pointers and a free throw in a dizzying span of 4:48. He capped his blistering 19-point outburst with a 3 in the final second of the quarter and cel-ebrated at mid-court by pre-tending to put two pistols back in his holster.

“He saw Bron went out and he wanted to put the team on his shoulders,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “He did that.”

Irving said he was driven by the thought of the Cavs seeing their series lead vanish.

“In the back of my mind, I thought, ‘They can’t tie up the

TIM DAHLBERG, AP Sports Columnist

It never figured to end well for Rio.

Just hosting the Olympics took everything out of the city. Trying to recover from them may be impossible.

Nine months after hosting the world’s best athletes in a flawed — and mostly joyless — Olympics, Rio has little to show for the $12 billion effort. Arenas sit empty or boarded-up, the Olympic Park is vacant, and the city’s former mayor is being investigated for allegedly accepting $5 million in pay-ments for construction projects tied to the games.

And now, even some of the medals presented to athletes are falling apart.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this when Rio won the first Olympics in South America in 2009, with a promise to show-case Brazil and its culture. Chi-cago was the odds-on favorite to get the games, but Rio orga-nizers convinced IOC voters they could stage a historic Olympics.

“There was absolutely no flaw in the bid,” then IOC presi-dent, Jacques Rogge, said at the time of the vote.

This was before Zika made an appearance, one problem Olympic officials couldn’t be expected to foresee. But they knew the waters where sailors

and rowers would compete were filthy, and should have known that promises to clean them up before the games wouldn’t be kept.

One look around Rio and they could have also figured out that $12 billion might have been better spent improving the conditions of the millions of impoverished Brazilians who crowd into the city’s infamous favelas.

That the Olympics are a bloated exercise in excess isn’t exactly a state secret. That they always cost more than origi-nally estimated and are far more complicated by the time they go off is also well known to anyone who follows the Olympic move-ment even casually.

Those are issues that can be overcome in wealthy coun-tries with unlimited resources. China and Russia proved that by staging Olympics that were successful on the surface, even if they lacked a little soul and — in Russia’s case — were marred by cheats both on the ice and in the doping lab.

But one thing Rio — and Athens before that in 2004 — proved is that the Olympics are much too big now to dump on countries that have to struggle to handle them.

The lesson seems to be sinking in, judged from the lack of serious bidders for the 2024 summer games. Paris and Los

Angeles are the only two con-tenders left for those Olympics, after several other cities tested the waters and found them to be too rich for their tastes.

Even the two remaining bids — which will be voted on in September — envision games that will take place for the most part in existing facilities without huge costs for infrastructure. There’s no appetite anymore to build arenas and stadiums for 16 days of competition that have an uncertain future once the Olympic circus has folded up the tents and left town.

Actually, it’s hard to imagine any city wanting to host the Olympics at all. Yes, there’s a sense of civic pride to be able to host the world’s biggest sporting event, but as residents of Rio are finding out, there’s not much else.

A federal prosecutor in Brazil issued a report this week saying many of the Olympic venues are “white elephants” built with little regard for their future use. The Olympic Park is an expanse of empty arenas, while another cluster of venues in a poor area is closed despite plans to open it as a public park.

“There was no planning,” prosecutor Leandro Mitidieri told a public hearing on the Olympics. “There was no plan-ning when they put out the bid to host the Games. No planning.”

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File - In this July 4, 2016 file photo, the Olympic Park of the 2016 Olympics is seen from the air, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Almost one year after the games, Olympic Park in suburban Barra da Tijuca, which was the largest cluster of venues, is an expanse of empty arenas with clutter still remaining from the games. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Marlins manager Don Mat-tingly was clearly pleased after his ballclub’s best offensive output of the season. He was hardly in a mood to celebrate.

Having watched Miami nearly blow a five-run lead in the ninth inning, Miami’s second-year skipper seemed more concerned than anything else. “You’re not going to be able to win like this. I don’t care who you are,” Mattingly said after Miami’s 11-9 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. “You’re not going to go out and score 10, 11 on a consistent basis. You’re going to do that every once in a while so we’re going to have to be better than that for sure, and I think we are.”

Justin Bour matched his career high with four hits including his fourth home run in five games while Giancarlo Stanton and Dee Gordon had three hits each on a night when every Miami player had at least one by the third inning.

Three other Marlins had two hits apiece while Ichiro Suzuki added a two-run single in his return to the starting lineup.

“It’s very easy to become complacent if you go out there and score a lot of runs, but the team did a great job,” Bour said. “Everybody one through nine continued to take good at-bats, getting on base for everyone and it worked out well for us.”

Miami entered the day with the second-worst record in the majors having dropped 14 of 17 before getting a season-high 19 hits against Oakland in the first

meeting between the two clubs since 2014.

Yonder Alonso hit his 13th home run of the season for the A’s, but left with a bruised right hand after getting hit by a pitch in the sixth. Ryon Healy and Rajai Davis also homered for Oakland.

Jose Urena (2-2) pitched five uneven innings for his first career interleague win in 10 appearances. The Miami right-hander allowed six runs over five innings, raising his ERA from 1.91 to 3.08.

Jesse Hahn (1-4) took the loss and left the game in the third inning with a triceps strain. He pitched just two innings, giving up five runs on seven hits while striking out two. He gave up a single to Christian Yelich in the third then left after a visit to the mound by the Oakland trainer.

The A’s scored three times in the ninth and had the tying runner at the plate with two outs before AJ Ramos struck out Stephen Vogt.

“It was a strange game,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. “One point in time, we were just trying to figure out how to get through the game and not use any of our main guys and next thing you know we’re back in the game.”

STANTON MOVES UPNormally Miami’s cleanup

hitter, Stanton was moved up to the No. 2 spot in the bat-ting order for only the second time in his career. The Marlins’ slugger had an RBI single in the first, struck out in his next two at-bats then singled in the sixth and eighth.

URENA’S ROUGH NIGHTUrena had allowed only

seven runs all season before nearly doubling that against the A’s. Healy’s home run was the big blow but he was also hurt by two walks and a hit batter — two of which scored. “It’s kind of controlled madness in a sense,” Mattingly said. “He’s all over the place with the fast-ball at times but he’s going to keep coming at you.”

TRAINER’S ROOMMarlins: Wei-Yin Chen

received a platelet-rich plasma treatment before the game. The left-hander has been out since early May with arm fatigue. . RHP David Phelps was placed on the bereavement list and is expected to rejoin the team Friday. . Reliever Drew Steck-enrider was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. . RHP Junichi Tazawa (rib cage inflammation) is scheduled to throw a bullpen this weekend.

Athletics: X-rays taken on Alonso’s hand were negative. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (shoulder strain) will throw a 25-pitch bullpen Wednesday. If all goes well, the former closer could face hitters in his next outing. ... RHP Ryan Dull continues to be bothered by soreness in his right knee.

UP NEXTMiami right-hander Edinson

Volquez (0-6) pitches the finale of this two-game series Wednesday afternoon while Oakland counters with right-hander Sonny Gray (1-1). Gray is attempting to win consecu-tive starts for the first time since April 2016.

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Oakland Athletics’ Yonder Alonso reacts after being hit by a pitch from Miami Marlins relief pitcher Jarlin Garcia during the sixth inning of a baseball game on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Oak-land, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Bour’s four hits helps Mar-lins hold off Athletics 11-9

The Rio Olympics themselves reflected that. They were chaotic and plagued by low atten-dance, dominated in the beginning by worries about Zika, dirty water and crime, and in the end by allegations of bribes and corruption.

The news hasn’t been good ever since, and now even the medals won by athletes are fading, too. More than 100 athletes from around the

world have medals that are flaking and rusting, apparently because they weren’t coated properly.

Yes, Rio looked good on television during the Olympics. That made NBC and other broad-casters happy, even if those actually at the games didn’t get such a great experience.

As usual with the Olympics, though, looks aren’t everything.

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HOUSTON (AP) — For the second straight night the Houston Astros got a big contri-bution from a role player filling on for one of their injured stars.

Juan Centeno homered to help the Astros to a 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night after Brad Peacock had a solid start in place of ace Dallas Keuchel to help Houston to the win on Monday.

Centeno was making his debut with the Astros in place of catcher Brian McCann, who is on the 7-day concussion list.

“Wasn’t that a great night for him? I always joke with the catchers, ‘catch a winner and get some hits,’ and he did both,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “Had some really big hits and I thought he handled the game extraordinarily well given that’s his first game this season with us.”

His solo home run made it 3-0 in the fourth. The Tigers cut the lead to one on a two-run homer by Mikie Mahtook in the seventh inning before Centeno singled and scored as Houston tacked on two runs in the bottom of that inning to push the lead to 5-2.

Houston starter Lance McCullers (5-1) allowed a season-low one hit in five innings to extend his American League-leading streak of score-less innings to 22. But his early exit came after he needed 96 pitches to get through the fifth in what was his third straight start without allowing a run.

He raved about the work of Centeno.

“We were on the same page a lot,” McCullers said. “And to come up and fill in and catch that well and to have that big homer and a big single for us, hat’s off to him. He did an amazing job.”

Jordan Zimmermann (4-3), who turned 31 on Tuesday, yielded five hits and four runs — two earned — in six-plus innings for the loss.

Mahtook, who had Detroit’s only hit in a 1-0 loss on Monday night, cut the lead to 3-2 with his two-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning off Michael Feliz. That homer was just Detroit’s second hit of the game and snapped a scoreless streak of 22 2/3 innings for the Tigers.

“We’re going to hit. I’m not worried about it. That’s the truth,” manager Brad Ausmus said. “You ask people around baseball if the Detroit Tigers are going to hit. It’ll be a unani-mous yes. We’re going to hit, we just haven’t hit the last few days.”

The Astros added a run in the seventh when George Springer hit a ball to reliever Alex Wilson and his throw to second base sailed past Ian Kinsler and into the outfield for an error that let him reach and Centeno score. Houston made it 5-2 on a sacrifice fly by Josh Reddick.

The Astros took a 1-0 lead on Gurriel’s homer to left-center with no outs in the second. They added a run in the third when third baseman Nick Cas-tellanos committed an error on a grounder hit by Jose Altuve to allow Reddick to score.

McCullers plunked Kinsler to start the game and walked J.D. Martinez with one out in the second, but didn’t allow a hit until a groundball single by Miguel Cabrera with one out in the fourth. But the Tigers couldn’t get anything going after that until Mahtook’s homer in the seventh.

TRAINER’S ROOMAstros: SS Carlos Correa

was out of the lineup on Tuesday because he wasn’t feeling well. Hinch didn’t specify exactly what was wrong with him, but said he “came in a little sick today,” and added: “I’m not going to have him play when he’s not feeling great.”

WATSON HONOREDBob Watson, a former major

league player, coach, general manager and league executive, was honored by the Baseball Assistance Team with its life-time achievement award before Tuesday’s game. MLB com-missioner Rob Manfred, Joe Torre and many of Watson’s former teammates honored him in a pre-game ceremony which also featured a video tribute with messages from Yankees manager Joe Girardi and gen-eral manager Brian Cashman.TOUGH BIRTHDAY LUCK

Tuesday was the second time Zimmermann has pitched in the majors on his birthday and was the second loss on his big day. The first time he pitched on his birthday came in 2014 at Pitts-burgh when he allowed seven hits and four runs in the loss.

UP NEXTTigers: Daniel Norris

(2-3, 4.81 ERA) will start on Wednesday for Detroit. He yielded seven hits and five runs in 5 2/3 innings of a 5-3 loss at Texas on Friday.

Astros: Charlie Morton (5-3, 4.15) starts for Houston on Wednesday. He allowed eight hits and four runs in 5 1/3 innings of a 5-3 loss to Cleve-land on Friday in his last start.

Centeno’s homer helps Astros over Tigers 6-2

Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve (27), Carlos Beltran (15) and Jose Centeno, left, celebrate the team’s 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Houston.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Logan Forsythe batted in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup for the first time in a month and promptly struck out in his first four at-bats.

After getting a few extra innings to find his stroke, the infielder put a celebratory cap on his return.

Forsythe doubled in a run in the 13th inning to lift the Dodgers over the St. Louis Car-dinals 2-1 on Tuesday night after a stellar duel between starters Clayton Kershaw and Lance Lynn.

Forsythe returned from a DL stint with a broken toe and didn’t put a ball in play over the first nine innings. He walked in the 11th, then delivered the winning hit in the 13th, a double off Jonathan Broxton (0-1) that scored Enrique Hernandez.

“You try not to focus on the negatives,” Forsythe said of his early at-bats. “My swing didn’t feel too bad. Something was a tick off. Lance has always had my number when I’ve faced him before. Yeah, I was just trying to make adjustments. I looked at some video. Not a huge video guy. Luckily, the adjustment was made and was able to deliver for the team.”

Kershaw and Lynn struck out 10 batters and allowed a run each, with Kershaw going nine innings and Lynn pitching eight. The Cardinals got just three hits against Kershaw, and the Dodgers had two off Lynn, including Yasmani Grandal’s homer in the first inning.

Kershaw missed out on what would have been his majors-leading eighth victory when Randal Grichuk scored from second on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. Catcher Grandal failed to block the ball in the dirt and then couldn’t track down the misfire, eventually finding

the ball near the Dodger dugout as Grichuk sprinted home.

“Tough pitch to block, obvi-ously,” Kershaw said. “You hope it’s just a wild pitch. Just unfortunate. There’s no way else to put it. The way it bounced, where it ended up. Two bases on a wild pitch, that’s no fun.”

Josh Fields (1-0) pitched the 13th for Los Angeles.

Joc Pederson left the game after a frightening collision with Yasiel Puig in the 10th inning. Puig made a running catch of Yadier Molina’s fly-ball in the right-center gap before crashing into Pederson, and his left elbow appeared to catch Pederson in the side of the head. Pederson’s hat and glove went flying as the center fielder slammed face-first into the outfield wall.

Puig monetarily remained on his feet, raising his glove to show he had caught the ball before grabbing his chest and dropping to the track.

Both players stayed down for a few moments, and Pederson appeared to have blood on his forehead when he finally stood. Pederson, who the Dodgers said suffered a neck sprain, was lifted for pinch-hitter Chris Taylor in the bottom of the inning, then replaced in center by Hernandez in the 11th. Puig returned to the outfield for the next inning.

“My neck is a little stiff. We’ll see (Wednesday),” Ped-erson said. “I already did some treatment (Tuesday night). I’ll come back (Wednesday) and see where I’m at.”

Pederson narrowly avoided a scary collision in the seventh inning, when he and left fielder Cody Bellinger bumped each other while chasing a ball in the left-center gap.

Grandal homered to center,

his fifth of the year, on a full count with two outs in the first inning.

“When it’s all said and done, I made one mistake and it cost me a run,” Lynn said. “But you know it’s a solo homer, and you know you limit it at that and you’re able to get deep in the game and give your team a chance to win.”

GETTING FRIENDLYThe Cardinals and Dodgers

will see plenty of each other in a short amount of time. Los Angeles travels to St. Louis for a four-game series starting Monday.

The Cardinals knocked the Dodgers out of the postseason in back-to-back years in 2013 (NLCS) and 2014 (NLDS).

“It’s tough to play a (divi-sion) team 19 times and really have your way but to get out-side the division and see what else is out there, we have so much respect for the Cardi-nals,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “And there’s a little bit of history, obviously, with the Dodgers and Cardi-nals in the postseason. We have nothing but respect for those guys.”

TRAINER’S ROOMDodgers: OF Andrew Toles

(right knee) had successful knee surgery Tuesday to repair his torn anterior cruciate ligament. It was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. He will try to return in time for spring training.

UP NEXTCardinals: RHP Mike Leake

(4-2, 2.03) has eight quality starts in eight starts this season. He leads the NL with a 2.03 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP.

Dodgers: LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 2.77) makes his second start since doing a DL stint with a blister. He will have had eight days off since his last start.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Logan Forsythe hits an RBI double to win the game during the 13th inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Forsythe, Dodgers win it in 13th after Kershaw duels Lynn

series,’” he said. “We can’t go back to Boston tied 2-2. We needed everything tonight.”

Irving put a scare into the Cavs and their fans when he stepped on Terry Rozier’s foot and rolled his ankle. He stayed on the floor for a few moments before sitting up and re-tying his sneaker. Nothing was keeping him out.

“It was one of those games we had to fight through and we had to earn it,” he said.

Celtics coach Brad Ste-vens was disappointed with his team’s defense on Irving, who was able to spread the floor while surrounded by shooters.

“There’s choices,” Stevens said. “I’m not sure there are good choices. When he gets going like that, he’s tough to stop. The ones we gotta look at are the ones he got at the rim.”

Kevin Love added 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Cavs, now 11-1 in the postseason.

Avery Bradley scored 19 and Jae Crowder 18 for Boston.

ANKLE GRABIrving did not show any

noticeable limp following the game as he walked down the hallway, stopping to hug and kiss friends and family fol-lowing his performance.

Irving, who has had a his-tory of injuries, said he’s rolled his ankle enough times to know when it’s serious.

“My adrenaline is still going,” he said. “I’m pretty sure I’ll be sore when I get home.”

BOSTON BOUNDCrowder and the Celtics are

looking forward to going home and redeeming themselves after the blowout losses in Games 1 and 2.

“I feel like we’re humble enough to know we haven’t played well at home,” he said. “We want to give our home crowd a better outing than we

put out the past two games.”FOUL TROUBLE

Lue paused for several sec-onds before responding to a question about the third and fourth fouls called on James, who was whistled for barely touching Marcus Smart on a jumper and then was called for a charge.

“They called them,” he said of the officials. “We had to do what we had to do.”

TIP-INSCeltics: Thomas spoke to

coach Brad Stevens and told him that he has visited one hip specialist and plans to see more before it’s decided if he needs surgery. Thomas initially injured his hip in March and played the final two months of the regular season before aggravating it during the playoffs. ... Stevens started Kelly Olynyk, who had 15 points. ... Before the playoffs began, the Celtics were 22-5 at home since Jan. 1. They’re 5-4 in the postseason so far.

Cavaliers: The 42 points were a career playoff-high for Irving, who scored 41 in Game 5 of last year’s Finals. ... Cleve-land improved to 35-5 against Eastern teams in the playoffs since 2015. ... J.R. Smith and his wife, Jewel, brought their daughter home after more than five months in the hospital fol-lowing her premature birth. Smith posted photos on his Ins-tagram account of the couple leaving Hillcrest Hospital with their baby in a stroller. “We Walked In Together We Walked Out Together!!” Smith wrote. ... Deron Williams played 18 min-utes after sustaining a shoulder “stinger” in Game 3.

UP NEXTThe Celtics lost Game 2 at

home by 44 and the first two games of the series by a com-bined 57.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Once Jon Lester waited out the rain, it was mostly smooth sailing for the rest of the night.

Not so much for Johnny Cueto.

Lester pitched a four-hitter for Chicago’s first com-plete game of the season, and the Cubs beat Cueto and the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Tuesday in a rematch of last year’s playoff opener.

“Jon Lester, that’s classic stuff,” manager Joe Maddon said. “He just kept getting better.”

Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer as Chicago improved to 5-2 on its nine-game home stand. Kyle Schwarber and Jason Heyward also connected, helping the Cubs bounce back from their 6-4 loss to the Giants on Monday night.

Lester and Cueto hooked up in a memorable pitchers’ duel in Game 1 of the NL Division Series last October, with Chi-cago winning 1-0 on Javier Baez’s eighth-inning homer. The Cubs eliminated the Giants in four games and went on to their first World Series title in 108 years.

Lester (3-2) was sharp once again in the low-profile reunion. Cueto (4-4) was just OK, striking out eight in six innings, but surrendering Chicago’s three homers.

“Long ball got him tonight,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s a little uncommon for Johnny to make mistakes like that but still. You’d like to think he could make a mistake and

get away with it but he didn’t tonight.”

Cueto said he was bothered by blisters on his middle and index fingers. But the veteran right-hander said he wanted to take his next turn in the rotation.

“To skip a start I really have to not throw anymore,” he said through an interpreter.

Brandon Crawford doubled in Buster Posey in the fifth, and that was it for the Giants. Lester retired the side in order in the ninth, getting Christian Arroyo to foul out to left on his 99th pitch for the final out.

“It’s a hard thing to do now, so yeah, I mean there’s always that gratification to go out there and finish it and walk off and shake everybody’s hand as they come off the field,” Lester said.

San Francisco dropped to 3-2 on its seven-game trip to St. Louis and Chicago. It had won eight of 10 overall.

The start of the game was delayed 65 minutes by rain. After the first four batters struck out, Schwarber drove a 3-2 pitch from Cueto over the bleachers in right and onto Sheffield Avenue for his seventh homer.

“You know when you get jammed and you know when you hit off the end and you know when you hit barrel, because you don’t feel it as much,” Schwarber said. “So it was a good feeling today.”

Heyward added another solo shot into the basket in right in the second, and Rizzo’s ninth homer made it 4-0 in the fourth.

It was more than enough for Lester, who struck out 10 and

walked none in his 15th career complete game. His previous longest outing of the season was seven innings, on April 16 against Pittsburgh and May 7 against the New York Yankees.

MINOR MOVESThe Cubs recalled RHP

Felix Pena from Triple-A Iowa and optioned LHP Zac Rosscup to their top farm club. The 27-year-old Pena has no record and a 3.60 ERA in two appear-ances with the major league team this year.

TRAINER’S ROOMGiants: CF Denard Span

(sprained left thumb) was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight day. He got jammed on a pitch during Sun-day’s 8-3 loss at St. Louis. “All stuff in the trainer room so I didn’t touch a bat today,” Span said. “The swelling went down significantly. There’s still some there but only thing to do really is to come in tomorrow and test it out.”

Cubs: LHP Brett Anderson, who is on the 10-day DL with a lower back strain, threw a bullpen session. He said every-thing felt normal.

UP NEXTGiants LHP Matt Moore

(2-4, 5.37 ERA) and Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (3-2, 3.35 ERA) meet in the third game of the four-game set on Wednesday night. Hendricks is 2-1 with a 1.82 ERA in his last five outings after a rough start to the season. Moore pitched six effective innings in a no-decision on Friday at St. Louis, allowing two runs and five hits.

Lester pitches 4-hitter as Cubs beat

Cueto, Giants 4-1

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Associated PressA look at what’s happening

all around the majors today:

A BIG FANRed Sox ace Chris Sale

can set a major league record by striking out at least 10 bat-ters in his ninth straight game when he starts against Texas at Fenway Park. The lefty has already matched the mark of eight in a row, which he did in 2015 with the White Sox and Pedro Martinez accomplished with Boston in 1999. Sale has fanned 95 in 65 2/3 over nine starts in his first year with the Red Sox.

TWIN WINMinnesota goes for its first

three-game sweep at Camden Yards since 1996 when emerging right-hander Jose Berrios pitches against Chris Tillman. The AL Central-

leading Twins won the series opener 14-7, then turned to pitching as Ervin Santana shut out the Orioles 2-0 Tuesday night.

NEED HELPJeremy Hellickson is off to a

nice start for the Phillies, taking a 5-1 record into this outing at home vs. Colorado. But he could use some help — he has more wins the rest of Philadel-phia’s rotation has combined (four).

NICE STARTMariners righty Sam Gavi-

glio looks to build upon his first big league start, when he threw five shutout innings against the White Sox last week. Gavi-glio will pitch in Washington, where Bryce Harper and the Nationals homered four times in romping past Seattle 10-1 Tuesday night.

LEADING OFF: Sale tries for

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BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and the Boston Red Sox don’t need help putting runs on the board right now. They got some from the Texas Rangers anyway.

Bogaerts had three RBIs and twice scored on wild pitches, Dustin Pedroia had a two-run double during a four-run sixth inning and the Red Sox beat the Rangers 11-6 on Tuesday night.

“That’s the kind of offense we have,” Bogaerts said. “The weather’s heating up and a lot of guys are putting good

swings on the ball. It was a good win today. A lot of guys contributed.”

Boston won its second in a row and once again did it pri-marily with offense. Coming off a 12-3 win at Oakland on Sunday, the Red Sox pummeled one of the hottest teams in the AL and helped Rick Porcello get just his second home win this season.

Porcello (3-5) won despite allowing 11 hits in 6 2/3 innings. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out four and allowed five runs, four earned.

“We got the win. That’s what’s most important. Obvi-ously you don’t want to go out there and give up five runs or whatever it was,” Porcello said. “Our guys swung the bats extremely well and played really good defense and we were able to come out with it tonight.”

Joey Gallo got his 14th homer for Texas, and Shin-Soo Choo went 2 for 5 with two RBIs.

Texas entered having won 11 of 12. The 11 runs allowed marked a season high.

The Rangers outhit the Red Sox 13-12 and Boston left eight runners on base, but Texas could not overcome eight walks, one of them intentional.

“It was the walks. Really that’s been a nemesis from time to time this year,” manager Jeff Banister said. “It’s the freebies that showed up again tonight that got us in trouble.”

Andrew Cashner (1-4) pitched five innings, allowing five runs, six hits and four walks. He also threw a pair of wild pitches, one of them allowing Bogaerts to score from third and put Boston up 2-1

after three.Bogaerts was 3 for 5 and

took advantage of misfires by Cashner and Jeremy Jeffress to score, and Andrew Benintendi came home on a balk by Alex Claudio in the eighth. Pedroia, who had his 500th career mul-tihit game, and Mitch Moreland finished with two hits and two RBIs apiece.

Texas went to the bullpen in the sixth and the Red Sox broke open the game. Deven Marrero and Mookie Betts both walked with two outs and scored on Pedroia’s double to right. Bogaerts followed with another double that scored Pedroia. Two more walks loaded the bases and Bogaerts scored on Jef-fress’ wild pitch, putting Boston up 9-3.

LET’S TALKBoston manager John Farrell

said the Red Sox took advan-tage of the day off Monday with a team meeting to chat about how the season had gone so far — and not just the areas that have kept Boston hovering around .500.

“It was also to re-emphasize the things that are going well here and not just to pick out all that is wrong here. There are a number of things going right and a number of those things were on display here tonight,” Farrell said.

ROUGHED-UP RANGERSOf his 90 pitches, Cashner

threw 54 for strikes and was still irked after the game about walking four batters in five innings of work.

“I thought the walks in cer-tain spots definitely hurt me. I think it could have been a dif-ferent game had some things gone differently,” Cashner said.

Bogaerts scores twice on wild pitches, Red Sox thump Rangers

Texas Rangers left fielder Delino DeShields dives but can’t make the play on an RBI double by Xander Bogaerts during the sixth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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TOKYO (AP) — The first Japanese-born wrestler to reach sumo’s highest rank in almost two decades has pulled out of the Summer Grand Sumo Tour-nament to recover from upper body injuries.

Yokozuna Kisenosato with-drew from the 15-day tour-nament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Wednesday after posting a 6-4 record with a loss to Kotoshogiku on Tuesday.

“After seeing yesterday’s results we decided he should withdraw as he is in no condi-tion to produce decent sumo,” his stablemaster Tagonoura said.

The 30-year-old Kisenosato electrified Japan’s ancient sport by winning his first two tour-naments since being promoted to the top-ranked yokozuna in January.

Previously, the last Japa-nese promoted to yokozuna was Wakanohana in 1998.

Kisenosato, who had missed just one day of competition since his sumo debut 15 years ago, sustained left shoulder injuries at the spring meet in March and has not recovered.

Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and Harumafuji each have records of 10-0 to lead the summer tournament.

Japanese yoko-zuna withdraws

from summer sumo tournament

In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, Yokozuna Kisenosato, right, is pushed out from the ring by Kotoshogiku during the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP)

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RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer

In his first season as a starter, Malik Hooker blossomed into one of the best defensive players in college football.

The Ohio State safety had mostly played on special teams before stepping into a major role in his third season for the Buckeyes and turned into an All-American and first-round NFL draft pick.

Jonathan Allen went from a key member of Alabama’s defensive line rotation in 2015 to the Crimson Tide’s most dominant lineman and a Heisman Trophy contender in 2016.

Who will be this season’s breakout stars on defense? Here are six possibilities:

RASHAAN EVANS, LB, ALABAMASince 2011, Alabama has had a first-team

All-America linebacker every year but 2014. From Donta Hightower to C.J. Mosley to Reggie Ragland to Reuben Foster. Next up is Evans, who played a supporting role last season but has shown the versatility to play inside and out and stay on the field for all downs. Evans had 53 tackles and four sacks last season. He should lead the next dominant Crimson Tide defense along with former top recruit Da’Shawn Hand on the line.

RASHAN GARY, DT, MICHIGANLast season was a good one for freshman

defensive linemen. Houston’s Ed Oliver was an All-American and Clemson’s Dexter Lawrence was a force for a national championship team.

It was Gary, though, who was the consensus No. 1 recruit in that class. He was a contributor to last season’s excellent Michigan defense, making 27 tackles and five for loss. The Wolverines said goodbye to almost all of the starters from that defense. Gary and fellow sophomore Devin Bush, a linebacker, are expected to be the stars on Michigan’s rebuilt defense.

RASHEEM GREEN, DL, USCGreen led USC in sacks with six from defen-

sive tackle last season as a sophomore. The Tro-jans will come into this season with much hype, but they are still building the type of defensive line depth found on elite teams. Green’s devel-opment into consistent game-changer would help USC live up to the hype.

DAELIN HAYES, DE, NOTRE DAMEThe Fighting Irish had 12 sacks last season,

tied for 118th in the nation. Hayes, who played sparingly as a freshman after being a four-star recruit, is a big part of what new defensive coor-dinator Mike Elko hopes will be the solution to Notre Dame’s pass rush problems. Hayes was the best defensive player on the field at the Irish spring game.

CALEB KELLY, LB, OKLAHOMAKelly was one of the most highly touted

players in last year’s Oklahoma recruiting class and moved into the starting lineup midway through his freshman year. He finished the season with a season-high 12 tackles in the Sugar Bowl victory against Auburn. He could be the best line-backer in the Big 12.

JOSH SWEAT, DE, FLORIDA STATESweat was good as a freshman in 2015,

making nine starts and registering five tackles for loss. Last season, injuries delayed his prog-ress, but he finished with seven sacks in his final seven games. With career sacks leader DeMarcus Walker gone, Sweat could turn into the Semi-noles’ most feared pass rusher.

EXTRA POINTSix more defensive players set to blossom in

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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 file photo, Iowa running back Akrum Wadley (25) tries to get away from Michigan defender Rashan Gary (3) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Iowa City, Iowa. Gary was a contributor to last season’s excellent Michigan defense, making 27 tackles and five for loss. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is done celebrating its Spanish league title and has turned its focus to the Cham-pions League final.

Madrid players are returning to practice on Wednesday, three days after the club won its first league title in five years with a final-round victory at Malaga.

On June 3, it will try to win its third Champions League title in four seasons in the final against Juventus in Cardiff.

It was a busy couple of days for the team after the triumph in La Liga.

The squad returned from Malaga on Sunday and spent the night celebrating with its fans. It was past 3 a.m. local time when players left a major plaza where they were greeted by nearly 50,000 supporters. The next day they met with local authorities and again were hailed by thousands of fans waiting for them at another plaza in the Spanish capital.

“Hopefully we can come back in a couple of weeks with the Champions League trophy,” captain Sergio Ramos told the crowd.

Now it’s back to work as Madrid heads to Cardiff trying to win its first double — the Champions League and Spanish league — in nearly 60 years. It can also become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titles since the competition’s new format

was created in 1992-93.“This is why we are here, to

win titles,” midfielder James Rodriguez said. “Hopefully on June 3 we can add the Cham-pions League trophy to our achievements.”

It would be an amazing feat for coach Zinedine Zidane, who is on the job — his first as a head coach — for only 17 months. The former France

great already led the club to titles in La Liga, the Cham-pions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

It remains uncertain if the coach will have all of his players in top form in Cardiff, as Gareth Bale and Dani Car-vajal are coming off muscle injuries that kept them from playing in the final stages of

the Spanish league.Bale, looking forward to

playing a final in his home country, missed both legs of the Champions League semifi-nals. Carvajal couldn’t play in the second leg against Atletico Madrid.

They are both expected to fully recover from their inju-ries, but there will still be doubts about their overall fit-ness going into the game in Cardiff.

Francisco “Isco” Alarcon has been successfully replacing Bale, and he might get the starting spot regard-less of the physical condition of the Wales forward. Danilo has been the option to replace

Carvajal at right back.Central defender Pepe also

hasn’t played much recently because of an injury and is likely to stay out of the starting lineup in the final.

Certain to play is Cristiano Ronaldo, who was rested throughout the season and has been peaking recently. The Portuguese forward scored 14 goals in his last nine matches, including five in the last three league games.

“I feel good and happy to have helped the team in the final games in the league and in the Champions League,” he said. “I feel fresh and now I have to help out in the final in Cardiff.”

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TRAINER’S ROOMRangers: 3B Adrian Beltre

(strained right calf) did some running before the game and is making progress toward a return, manager Jeff Banister said. Beltre’s next evaluation will be Thursday, and he could be back by the beginning of June, Banister said. ... Boston sent RHP Tyson Ross (thoracic outlet syndrome) on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Red Sox: Called up 1B Sam Travis from Triple-A Paw-tucket and optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket. Travis will platoon with Moreland. ... 3B Pablo Sandoval (right knee sprain) was ill and out of the

lineup for Pawtucket in a rehab game. Manager John Farrell said Sandoval might need only two more rehab starts before returning.

UP NEXTRangers: LHP Martin Perez

(2-5, 3.71 ERA) struck out eight in his last start, allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings Thursday against Phila-delphia for his second win of the season.

Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale (4-2, 2.19 ERA) is riding a streak of eight consecutive starts with 10 or more strikeouts, an MLB record he also achieved in 2015 and shares with Pedro Martinez (1999).

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, center, holds up a trophy after winning the Spanish soccer Liga, during a celebration with team-mates at the Madrid Regional Government balcony, decorated with a banner reading ‘Champions’, in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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LUKE MEREDITH, AP Sports WritersEDDIE PELLS, AP Sports Writers

Kyle Snyder made history at the Rio Olympics by becoming the youngest American wrestler to win a gold medal.

The medal will soon be his-tory as well, to be replaced by the IOC and Rio organizers because of damage.

More than 80 American athletes have sent medals they won at Rio to U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters to be shipped to games orga-nizers, who will replace them due to flaking, black spots and other damage, the USOC said Tuesday.

The Americans, including gold-medal wrestlers Snyder and Helen Maroulis, are among at least 100 Olympians from across the globe with defective medals.

Beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings is also in the group; she says her bronze medal is flaking and rusting, and USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman said some swimmers have dam-aged medals as well.

The USOC learned about the problems in December and reached out to all the American sports federations in January to begin the process.

Rio Games spokesman Mario Andrada said officials have noted problems with the covering on 6 to 7 percent of the medals.

“The most common issue is that they were dropped or mis-handled, and the varnish has come off and they’ve rusted or gone black in the spot where they were damaged,” Andrada said.

It’s not uncommon for medals to be passed around at post-Games parties and handled by hundreds. But this amount of damage is unusual.

Walsh Jennings, who won three golds in previous Olym-pics, says her medals tend to get beaten up because she doesn’t hesitate to let people touch them or try them on. But she won’t consider locking them up because people are inspired by them.

“They’ve offered to replace them. I’m not sure if I want to swap it out,” Walsh-Jennings told The Associated Press, adding the reason was “100 per-cent sentimental.”

USA Basketball spokesman Craig Miller said the organiza-tion reached out to its players and seven — three men and four women — reported they believe there is an issue with their medals.

Snyder, who wrestles for Ohio State, was 20 when he won his medal. He noticed an issue with the award the day after he won it.

He went to a party at the Team USA house in Rio, where he said multiple people handled the medal as they celebrated. Snyder said he later discov-ered a scratch on the back of it, though he added there has been no further damage.

Snyder said he has until the end of the week to return his gold medal and has no idea when he’ll receive his replacement.

Faster, higher, rustier: Medals from Rio Olym-pics damaged

This photo provided by Kevin Snyder show Kyle Snyder’s damaged gold metal from the 2016 Rio Olympics on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Maryland. The medal will soon replaced by the IOC and Rio organizers because of damage. Snyder and Helen Maroulis, another U.S. gold medalist wrestler, are among a group of more than 100 athletes from around the world with defective Olympic medals.

(Kevin Snyder via AP)

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PHOENIX (AP) — For the first time in nearly four years, the Arizona Diamondbacks are nine games over .500.

And every win, it seems, has a different player leading the way.

Reliever J.J. Hoover filled that role in Tuesday night’s 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

The right-hander came on with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning and struck out Kevan Smith and Yolmer Sanchez to preserve the one-run lead.

“He had a great fastball tonight, a lot of life on it,” catcher Chris Herrmann said. “We kind of just stuck with it. We threw a couple of sliders just to keep the hitters honest, and they really didn’t have a chance catching up with his fastball.”

Hoover, who traced his success to an alteration in his mechanics, said the early-season Arizona performance is based on “our unity.”

“Everybody’s got every-body’s back,” he said. “We have a singular focus and that’s what’s going on here.”

Jake Lamb and Herrmann homered in the Diamondbacks’ seventh win in eight games.

Patrick Corbin (4-4) settled down after a tough start to get the victory. The left-hander went six innings plus one batter, allowing three runs and scattering eight hits.

Chicago rookie Dylan Covey (0-4), still looking for his first big-league win after eight starts, left the game with one out in the third inning with left oblique soreness.

The same injury sidelined him most of last season.

“Where I am at now after doing some ice and stuff, I feel a lot better compared to last year,” Covey said. “I could hardly move last year so I’m trying to stay optimistic and hopefully it will be a short recovery.”

Jose Abreu cut the lead to 5-4 with a leadoff home run of Jorge De La Rosa to start the eighth, his 100th career homer

“This is something real spe-cial for me,” he said, “some-thing that you really appreciate. I am thankful to all of the people that helped me reach this mile-stone. It is not something I did by myself.”

All nine of his home runs this season have come on the road.

Fernando Rodney pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save

in 13 tries. Melky Cabrera and Todd Frazier also homered for Chicago.

The White Sox fell to 3-6 with one to go in a 10-game road trip.

Arizona jumped on Covey in a hurry.

Rey Fuentes led off with a single and, after one out and scored when Paul Goldschmidt lashed a triple to the right-center gap. Lamb, the reigning NL player of the week, hit a 1-1 slider into the right-field seats for his 12th home run of the season and it was 3-0.

Cabrera led off the second with a home run to make it 3-1 and Herrmann countered with an opposite-field shot into the Arizona bullpen and the Dia-mondbacks led 4-1.

Corbin retired the first two batters in the third but Leury Garcia singled and Frazier sent a 1-1 fastball over the swim-ming pool beyond right field to slice the lead to 4-3.

Yasmany Tomas singled and scored from first on Brandon Drury’s double to boost the lead to 5-3 in the fourth.

Tomas, not known for his defense, robbed Frazier with a diving grab in left field to end the fifth.

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Arizona Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt slides safely ahead of the throw for a triple against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Phoenix.

(AP Photo/Matt York)

Hoover shuts down White Sox rally,

Arizona wins 5-4

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It is only fitting that it was Scott Dixon, the greatest IndyCar driver of his genera-tion, to grab some of the spot-light away from Fernando Alonso.

Sure, “The Iceman” was robbed at gunpoint in the drive thru of a Taco Bell just a mile away from Indianapolis Motor Speedway not long after he won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. He made a dash for his taco celebration with mate Dario Franchitti, a fellow four-time IndyCar champion, and the headlines of the robbery followed soon after.

But Dixon was already becoming the talk of the speedway before the great Taco Bell heist as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” had turned into, well, quite the spectacle, almost all of it surrounding Alonso.

Alonso deserves the atten-tion. The two-time Formula One champion has thrived at Indy and soaked in every single second of his oppor-tunity to run in what he con-siders to be the greatest race in the world.

But it was Dixon who won

the pole in an aggressive setup from engineer Chris Sim-mons that pushed the limits. Dixon’s third Indy 500 pole was the best qualifying run in 21 years at Indy, his four-lap average a brisk 232.164 mph.

Dixon’s doesn’t let much bother him, so the Alonso show is hardly a slight to the New Zealand driver. Still, he’s the 2008 winner of the Indy 500 and ranks fourth on the all-time winning list. He’s no different than Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Hunter-Reay or even Alex-ander Rossi — all Indy 500 winners who find themselves in the Alonso’s shadow.

The upside to Alonso skip-ping the F1 race at Monaco this weekend is that new viewers are paying attention to the Indy 500. The down-side is that it has come at the expense of quite a few sto-rylines that, without the pres-ence of Alonso, would be a huge part of the hype leading into Sunday.

The subplots at Indy are meaty, too:

PAGING ROGER PENSKE

His organization is known

for excellence and Team Penske holds Indianapolis in the highest regard. But only one of the five Penske cars qualified for the Fast Nine Shootout on pole day, and Will Power ended up the slowest qualifier of the group. He will start ninth on Sunday, highest of all the Penske cars.

“That was as good as we had,” Power said.

Roger Penske has a record 16 wins at Indy, but his cars didn’t look like contenders out of qualifying.

Behind Power is Castro-neves, who will start 19th — the worst qualifying posi-tion in 17 Indy 500 starts for the three-time winner. Two-time Indy 500 winner Mon-toya will start 18th, Josef Newgarden 22nd and Simon Pagenaud 23rd.

“It is a mystery,” Pagenaud said. “That’s what makes Indianapolis, that’s why this place is special. Sometimes it’s tough to figure it out. We can’t figure it out this month.”

If the team doesn’t pick it up by Sunday, The Captain will not be a happy man.CHEVROLET VS. HONDA

Chevrolet seemed to be

lagging behind Honda at the start of the IndyCar season, when Honda opened with a pair of victories. But three straight Chevrolet wins seemed to indicate it might be an even playing field.

Well, either Chevrolet is sandbagging at Indy, or Honda has really upped its game.

The Fast Nine quali-fying consisted of six Honda drivers, and just three from Chevrolet. Ed Carpenter was the highest-qualifying Chevy driver at second, and team-mate JR Hildebrand was sixth. But with the Penske cars struggling, Chevrolet just seems overmatched.

It’s an odd position for Chevy, the dominant manu-facturer since it returned to IndyCar competition in 2012, and has the makings for an ugly Indy 500 for the Bowtie Brigade.BOURDAIS’ BAD BREAK

Few drivers had as strong a start to the season as Sebas-tien Bourdais, another four-time champion who has gone largely under the radar for almost a decade.

But he opened the year

with a sports car victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi, and then won the IndyCar opener at St. Petersburg driving for tiny Dale Coyne Racing.

Bourdais’ lap of 233.116 mph registers as the fastest so far at Indy this month, and he might have had a shot at the pole before his frightening accident in Saturday’s quali-fying. Now the Frenchman has had surgery to repair frac-tures to his hip and pelvis, and Coyne likely lost his shot at winning the 500.

James Davison will replace Bourdais, who is out indefinitely. He tweeted a picture of himself Monday in his hospital gown, but up and moving with a walker. His loss is a huge blow to the Coyne team, which Bourdais felt strongly he could build into a contender and seemed to be delivering on his word through his first season with the organization.

The Alonso factor is cer-tainly intriguing, but there’s a lot happening at Indy that doesn’t involve him. The excitement is thick, even without a trip to Taco Bell.

Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, climbs out of his car following during a practice for the India-napolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday, May 22, 2017, in India-napolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Column: Scott Dixon grabs Indy

500 spotlight, robbery aside

MILKMENHoover, who owns a farm, was the winner over fellow Ari-

zona relievers Archie Bradley and Andrew Chafin in a cow-milking competition before the game.

Shamrock Farms provided the cow, named “Pokie,” and sponsored the competition, which kicked off this season’s Grand Slam Milk Drive, part of a nationwide effort to deliver milk to needy families.

“If I want a cow milked, call Hoov,” Chafin said.TRAINING ROOM

White Sox: INF Tyler Saladino (back pain) returned to the lineup at second base, his first start in a week. ... OF Avisail Garcia was out of the lineup with the flu but did pinch hit in the eighth and was walked intentionally to load the bases.

Diamondbacks: CF A.J. Pollock (right groin strain) hit in the batting cage and worked out on an anti-gravity treadmill. Man-ager Torey Lovullo said it’s uncertain whether Pollock will travel with the team on its 11-game road trip that begins Thursday Milwaukee.

UP NEXTRandall Delgado (1-0, 4.05 ERA), normally a long reliever,

gets a spot start for Arizona in place of Taijuan Walker, on the DL with a finger blister. Jose Quintana (2-5, 3.92 ERA) starts for Chicago in the finale of its 11-game road trip.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Lep-rechauns are imaginary. Celtic pride is very real.

Avery Bradley’s 3-pointer danced on the rim and dropped with less than a second left and Boston, blown out in the first two games of the Eastern Confer-ence finals and playing without star Isaiah Thomas, stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-108 on Sunday night in Game 3 to end the champions’ 13-game post-season winning streak.

Bradley’s shot from the left wing — off a play designed by coach Brad Stevens — bounced on the rim four times before going down. It capped a furious, focused comeback by the Celtics, who trailed by 21 in the third quarter before rallying to tighten up a series that appeared to be over.

“We have guys who have chips on their shoulders,” Boston coach Brad Stevens said. “We knew that Friday (Game 2) was a disaster. It wasn’t worth all four. It was worth one. So we got back together.”

Smart, who started in place of Thomas, made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and Bradley had 20 for the Celtics, who were given little chance after losing by 44 in Game 2 and then losing Thomas for the rest of the postseason because of a hip injury.

“Everybody had to step up their game tonight especially with one of our brothers down,” Smart said. “Our love and sup-port goes out to Isaiah. We wish he could be here but we under-stand. We just kept fighting. Everybody did their part.”

Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, and Kevin Love had 28 for Cleveland. The Cavaliers dropped to 10-1 in the post-season with their first loss since Game 4 of last year’s Finals.

Game 4 is Tuesday night in

Cleveland.LeBron James had one of the

worst games of his postseason career, finishing with 11 points and six turnovers. On his way to the postgame news confer-ence, the superstar got into an exchange with a fan who heckled him about his rough night.

“I didn’t have it,” said James. “You let a team like that grab momentum you almost knew a shot like that was going in.”

Despite James’ struggles, the Cavs led 77-56 in the third quarter after making 14 3-pointers in the first half. But Cleveland got complacent, Smart got hot and the Celtics, who arrived at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday morning for their shootaround without Thomas and looking somewhat defeated, never gave up.

“We decided were going to go out and play hard, swinging.” Bradley said. “We never counted ourselves out.”

The Celtics tied the Cavs at 95-all on Smart’s 3-pointer and then matched the James and Co. basket for basket in the final minutes in one of the most enter-taining games of what has been a mostly boring postseason.

Boston’s Jonas Jerebko’s baseline jumper put the Celtics ahead 108-106 with 30 seconds left before Irving scored on a drive to tie it with 10.7 seconds left.

Following a timeout, the Celtics perfectly executed a play drawn up by Stevens and worked the ball to Bradley, who found himself open and then calmly knocked down a shot that goes straight into Celtics lore.

For Cleveland, the loss was a wake-up call on their march toward a possible third straight Finals and a seemingly inevi-table rematch with Golden State. The Cavs had been playing a

glorified game of H.O.R.S.E. with the Warriors, who are undefeated and can complete a sweep of San Antonio on Monday night.

“I’m kind of glad it happened the way it did,” James said. “We have to play a lot better. “I feel some adversity is part of the postseason. If it’s going to happen, let it happen now. Let’s regroup and get back to playing desperate basketball, which they did tonight. We’ve got to be a lot better for sure.”

STREAK OVERJames’ run of scoring at least

30 points ended at eight straight playoff games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it nine straight times in 1970.

James helped Boston’s comeback by going 0 for 6 and scoring just one point in the final 18 minutes.

FLOP HOUSEJerebko took exception to

being called for a foul when Love hit the floor after the two got tangled up in the fourth quarter.

“I thought he flopped,” Jerebko said. “I don’t like people flopping. I don’t flop. I had to tell him. He kind of laughed. He knew he flopped. He’s a great player, but stand up. Don’t flop. That’s my motto at least.”

TIP-INSCeltics: Stevens said Thomas

will visit hip specialists over the next few days and may need sur-gery. ... Stevens didn’t review much of the Game 2 tape, but there’s a mental image in his head of the Cavs making tough shot after tough shot. “As good as they are and they are tremen-dous, that might have been the best game I’ve ever seen a team play against us,” he said. Does that mean college too? “Yeah, I think they would have beaten all those teams, too,” he said, drawing laughter.

Boston Celtics’ Jonas Jerebko (8), from Sweden, celebrates with Al Horford (42), from Domin-ican Republic, during the second half of Game 3 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Cleveland. The Celtics won 111-108. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Celtic pride: Brad-ley’s last-second shot

stuns Cavs 111-108

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Billy Horschel had missed four straight cuts when he arrived at TPC Four Seasons, a course he was never particularly fond of.

After winning the last AT&T Byron Nelson scheduled at the Irving resort, Horschel now wishes he could have the chance to come back.

While his 18-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday stopped just short, Horschel won with a par when Jason Day pulled his 4-foot par putt left and past the hole.

“When I hit it I knew it was on a perfect line and I thought I got it to the hole. ... I just wanted to finish it off there,” Horschel said. “I didn’t expect him to miss it. I was expecting to go back to the tee and play the hole again.”

Instead, the playoff wrapped up the Nelson’s 35th and final tournament in Irving. The event shifts next year to the new links-style Trinity Forest Golf Club south of downtown Dallas.

In his only two previous Nelsons, in 2011 and 2012, Horschel missed the cut at 13 over through 36 holes both times. With a closing 1-under 69 on Sunday, including a 60-foot birdie putt at the 14th hole, Horschel matched Day (68) at 12-under 268 for a playoff.

“It’s sad that it’s leaving because I was never a fan of this course, but came here and now I am,” Horschel said. “I won, and I don’t want to leave.”

Third-round leader James Hahn finished a stroke back after shooting 71. He just missed a miraculous eagle at the 18th hole that would have gotten him in the playoff with his playing partners — threesomes were used after early morning rain delayed the start Sunday.

Day, who got the first of his 10 PGA Tour victories at the 2010 Nelson, had the lead alone only once, when he pitched in from 78 feet from the rough by the greenside bunker at the 477-yard 15th. He was there after two horrible shots, a tee shot way right and the approach that set up an awkward stance.

But at the par-5 573-yard 16th, the easiest hole at TPC Four Seasons, Day’s wayward tee shot hit a spectator. After making sure the woman was OK, he hit an approach that set-tled pin-high on the green, but a 9-foot birdie chance curled by the hole.

“I only had one top 10 up to this point. To be able to play the way I did today, I played some good solid golf,” Day said. “It’s a little disappointing, but it’s not the first tournament I’m going to lose. ... I feel good about my game.”

Horschel also got to the 16th green in two, and two-putted from 44 feet for a tying birdie. He and Day parred the last two holes, though Horschel had a longer but similar putt at No. 18 in regulation that also come up just short.

Earlier this season, Horschel was eliminated from a five-man playoff at the RSM Classic when he narrowly missed a birdie putt on the first extra hole, then shockingly missed a 2-foot putt.

“I know that feeling,” Horschel said about Day’s unexpected playoff miss. “I told Jason it’s not the way I wanted to win. I know it’s not the way he wants me to win.”

Horschel’s fourth PGA Tour victory, which earned him $1.35 million, was his first since taking the 2014 Tour Champi-onship for the FedEx Cup title.

Nelson’s Four Seasons finale: Horschel over Day in playoff

Jason Day of Australia reacts to after missing on his birdie-attempt on the 18th green during the final round of the Byron Nelson golf tournament, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Irving, Texas.

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who has been dating a divorced man for nine months. I’m 25 and he is 50. He was married to a woman for more than 20 years and has three children. (I am the age between his middle and oldest children.) We met one day and have never been apart since.

It started great. We had a connection I had never experienced before I met him. He was let go from his job, and I supported him for some time. He finally found a job in Georgia, and I am left in New York.

I made plans to move there with him, but I’m nervous about it. First, because I have never been in love before and I’m not sure if he’s as in love with me as I am with him. Second, he cheated on his wife with a man my age. The guy left him right before he met me, and I’m not so sure he is completely over him. (I know they are still in contact, but he has never lied about it.)

I’m worried he might cheat on me too, or worse, give his ex another shot, and I’ll be left on the sidelines. What advice can you offer me? -- WANTS TO MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE

DEAR WANTS: Do nothing drastic right now. Pay him a visit. Without committing yourself, take a look around to see if Georgia might suit you.

You say this man hasn’t lied to you. While you’re there, ask him whether he would give his ex another shot if the man were willing. However, don’t prejudge him because he was unable to remain faithful to his wife. Like some gay men who come out later in life, he may not have fully realized that he was gay until some time after they were married. It happens.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •DEAR ABBY: I work in a company that has small offices. Although most people have their own

office, I share one because I was the last guy hired. I have one co-worker who I really like, but he has a serious problem. He -- and his wife, I suspect

-- don’t do laundry. This results in him having serious odor. When he comes into my office or I have to go into his, or even walk by his door, the smell is seriously rank. How do I tell him or his superiors about this issue? -- HOLDING MY NOSE IN TEXAS

DEAR HOLDING: Go to your supervisor and explain the problem. You should not have to counsel the offending employee; the boss, your supervisor or someone in human resources should do it. If the problem is as severe as you say it is, it probably won’t be the first time they have heard about it because others will have noticed it and complained, too.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •DEAR ABBY: I have a new neighbor, and after meeting just once, she declared us to be “great

friends.” I work full time and she doesn’t, so anytime I’m home she wants to get together. That would be fine if I liked her, but I don’t! We are complete opposites, and she has a major gambling problem. How do I gracefully say I’m not interested in being friends? -- PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE

DEAR PLEASE: The poor woman is new in the neighborhood. That may be why she’s reaching out the way she is. When she suggests getting together, explain that you have a full-time job and things you need to do at home, so the answer is you don’t have time. Sorry.

Happy Birthday: You will learn from watching and observing what others do and how they react. Take com-fort in seeing and knowing that life itself isn’t complicated; it is people who make situations problematic. Stick to the truth and honor your promises, and life will run smoothly. Any unexpected changes should be treated as a signal to make the most of whatever transpires. Your numbers are 3, 14, 22, 27, 31, 39, 41.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Personal improvements will lead to gains. Improving or updating your appear-ance, mastering a creative skill or enhancing your chances to get ahead will all be worth your while. Romance and talks regarding a personal relationship are favored. ✸✸✸

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll find it difficult to separate your emotions from your job. Try not to let your work suffer due to a secretive situation. Your inability to get things done will arouse suspicion that could be damaging. ✸✸✸

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will come up with a remarkable idea if you use the mistakes that others make as the basis for your plans. Live and learn and you will surpass any competition you meet along the way. Romance is highlighted. ✸✸✸

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let your creative side take over and you will come up with ample ideas to help you take care of your responsibilities quickly so that you can move on to more enjoyable pastimes. Keep your life simple and practical. ✸✸✸✸

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stay focused on work and doing what’s expected of you. Maintaining your status quo by taking care of your responsibilities on time will be essential. An evening with friends, relatives or someone you love will calm your nerves. ✸✸

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Participate in events that will take you in a new direction. Use your intelligence and your insight to help you turn whatever you do into something of value and good quality. Don’t be afraid to do things your way. ✸✸✸✸✸

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As long as you don’t go over budget, you should be able to follow through with your home improvement plans. Choose quality over quantity and you won’t be disappointed. An opportunity to visit someone will lead to an unexpected promise. ✸✸✸

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Friendships will grow if you share your thoughts and feelings. Plans can be made that will encourage you to explore unfamiliar territory. Look at your alternatives and the costs involved to make the changes you desire before moving forward. ✸✸✸

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A steady pace and plenty of common sense will be required if you want to keep up and finish what you start. Taking on responsibility comes with a commitment to deliver what you promise. Hard work will lead to greater opportunities. ✸✸✸

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put some muscle behind the alterations you want to make at home. When all is said and done, you will enjoy relaxing with someone who pitched in and helped. Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty for doing what you want. ✸✸✸✸✸

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Any chance you get to work alongside someone you find energizing and inspirational will also motivate you to make changes to the way you look as well as to where and how you live. Positive gains are heading your way. ✸✸

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Show how creative you can be. Use old ideas and methods in order to come up with something new and trendy. A unique way of marketing what you have to offer will encourage someone influential to take note. ✸✸✸✸

Birthday Baby: You are playful, understanding and respected. You are progressive and benevolent.

ACROSS 1 Father, to an

infant 5 Provides the

seed money 10 Prison 14 Swear to

be true 15 Happening,

as Sherlock’s game

16 Extremity bone

17 Time for Tom to be alarmed?

20 Fellow’s feminine side, a la Jung

21 Is picky? 22 Concert

boosters 25 Fender-

bender aftermath

26 Slangy smoke

29 Pasture sounds

31 Creaks and squeaks

35 Artist Yoko 36 Maximum

speed, e.g. 38 Southern-

fried vegetable

39 Matt’s is open to debate

43 Prefix with “lock” or “freeze”

44 Home’s overhead storage spot

45 Banned bug spray

46 Four-___ (fastball type)

49 Fill to satisfaction

50 One of seven

51 Pitt of “World War Z”

53 Weak or insipid

55 Harsh or corrosive in tone

58 A hopping joint?

62 Something Mark’s sales department wants to know?

65 Skip over 66 Chef’s

protection 67 Trees that

provide much shade

68 Boyfriend 69 Used a

keypad 70 After-bath

throw-onDOWN 1 Crunched

stuff for computers

2 Doorbell-ringing cosmetics company

3 Moore of films

4 Scent 5 Not near 6 Tabloid

spacecraft 7 “___ as

good a time as any”

8 Like some football stadiums

9 Swiped, as kisses?

10 Meeting place

11 Landed, as a falcon

12 Quaint overnight stops

13 Time delay 18 Wander off19 Nevada

hotspot 23 Duo 24 South

Pacific island group

26 States of prolonged uncon-sciousness

27 Incredibly silly

28 Must, informally

30 De-lumps flour

32 Hits the brakes on ice

33 Slowly wear away

34 St. Nick

37 The entire amount

40 City in central Mali

41 Bread fit for gyros

42 He cometh in a play

47 Language of the Celts

48 Drumming sounds

52 Bonkers or buggy

54 Walk into 55 Arrived 56 Opera

highlight 57 Inc. relative 59 2.22 pounds 60 Young

sheep 61 “Do it or

___!” 62 Mafia,

informally 63 Ballerina’s

balancer, sometimes

64 Stop

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