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2:04 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Deni Avdija showed he’s got a little bit of the clutch gene in his initial foray into postseason basketball

1:12 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the game 2:58 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3

1:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Jacob Wilson hit a two-run single and made a nice defensive play at shortstop, helping the Athletics to a 2-1 win over Texas that ended a seven-game losing streak against the Rangers

12:55 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Hannah Miller scored early in the second and the Vancouver Goldeneyes kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Torrent

12:54 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Deni Avdija scored 41 points — including a go-ahead 3-point play with 16.1 seconds left — and the Portland Trail Blazers clawed back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 114-110 in the NBA’s play-in tournament

12:43 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and assisted on both of Dylan Holloway’s goals in the third period as the St. Louis Blues rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-5 on Tuesday night

12:37 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Jesper Wallstedt let in a goal on a power play against the Minnesota Wild in the first period, looked up at the scoreboard to quickly analyze the replay, and realized something wasn’t right

12:34 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy is leaving open the possibility he could at least temporarily consider other closing options due to Trevor Megill’s early-season struggles

12:33 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Texas reliever Luis Curvelo appears to have injured his throwing arm while delivering a wild pitch in the seventh inning of the Rangers game against the Athletics

12:27 AM on Wednesday, April 15

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean dueled through seven innings before the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the New York Mets 2-1

12:23 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Xander Bogaerts had three hits and three RBIs, and Mason Miller pitched a perfect ninth inning for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 for their sixth straight win and ninth in 10 games

12:19 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Maika Hamano scored and Japan beat the U.S. women’s national team 1-0 in a friendly to snap the Americans’ 10-game winning streak

12:17 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night and secured the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference

12:12 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal at 15:07 of the third period to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames

11:56 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Dennis Bouanga has converted a late penalty kick to help LAFC draw 1-1 with defending champion Cruz Azul and advance to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals

11:33 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Amazon Prime Video’s stream of the Miami-Charlotte play-in game went offline for nearly two minutes during the overtime period, causing fans to miss a Hornets possession

11:29 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Cardinals rookie JJ Wetherholt homered twice, second baseman Juan Brito allowed Masyn Winn’s potential game-ending grounder to bounce into right field and St. Louis stopped a three-game losing streak when it rallied to beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings

9:50 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Mark Kastelic scored twice in the first period, Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves and earned his second shutout of the season and the Boston Bruins clinched the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils

8:37 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Miami coach Erik Spoelstra says LaMelo Ball should have been ejected for tripping Bam Adebayo, leading to a lower back injury that knocked the Heat’s star center out of Tuesday night’s 127-126 play-in tournament loss to the Charlotte Hornets

4:57 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder/designated hitter Christian Yelich is expected to miss at least a month with an adductor strain