Sunday Roundup

 SPORTS

Timbers Make Mince Meat Of SKC At Home

At Providence Park, Portland, Oregon:

Sebastian Blanco (46', 52') and Nathan Fogaca (56', 69') each scored twice on Saturday night as the Portland Timbers destroyed visiting Sporting Kansas City 7-2 in Major League Soccer action.

The seven goals set a new Timbers single-season franchise record.

Each team had a player ejected for picking up a second yellow card.

The victory ended a five-match winless streak across all competitions.

Breakers Fall To Generals In USFL Action

At Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama:

Quarterback De'Andre ran two touchdowns to help the New Jersey Generals (4-1) held off the New Orleans Breakers (3-2) 27-17 in Saturday United States Football League action.

Cards Blank Giants At Home

At Busch Stadium, St. Louis:

Dakota Hudson pitched five solid innings and the bullpen did the rest as the St. Louis Cardinals (18-15) snapped the San Francisco Giants' (20-13) six-game winning streak with a 4-0 home victory on Saturday.

Tommy Edman hit a home run for the Redbirds.

Stanley Cup Playoffs:  Canes, Lightning, Oilers Advance After Game-Seven Victories

The Stanley Cup Playoffs' opening round continued on Saturday with three games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Raleigh, North Carolina:

Max Domi scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 3-2 in game seven and won their conference quarterfinal series four games to three.

The Hurricanes will face the winner of the Pittsburgh Penguins-New York Rangers (tied at three games apiece) in a conference semifinal series.

At Toronto:

Nick Paul scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning knocked off the homestanding Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 to win their series four games to three.

The Lightning will face their cross-state rivals, the Florida Panthers in a conference semifinal series, in which the Panthers will open up with home-ice advantage.

Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 31 of 32 shots to preserve the victory while the Leafs have still not won a playoff series since 2004.

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Edmonton, Alberta:

A goal and an assist from Connor McDavid plus a shutout performance from Mike Smith (29 saves) lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-0 game-seven home victory over the Los Angeles Kings and a trip to a conference semifinal series against the Dallas-Calgary winner (that series deadlocked at three games apiece).

Wolves Gain Home Draw With Relegated Canaries

At Wolverhampton, England:

Rayan Ait Nouri's 55th-minute equalizer lifted Wolverhampton Wanderers to a 1-1 Sunday English Premier League home draw with Norwich City.

Teemu Pukki scored for the already-relegated Canaries in the 37th minutes.

Other Weekend Soccer Tidbits

At Fontvieille, Monaco:

Wissam Ben Yedder produced a natural hat trick (PK-44', 51', 54') as AS Monaco assured themselves of no less than a top-three French Ligue 1 finish with their 4-2 home victory on Saturday over Brest.

At Wolfsburg, Germany:

Jonas Wind (45') and Max Kruse (58') each scored once as VfL Wolfsburg came back from two goals down to gain a 2-2 Saturday German Bundesliga home draw with Bayern Munich.

Josip Stanisic (17') and Robert Lewandowski (40') each scored once for the champs.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Kyogo Furuhashi (21', 43') and Giorgos Giakoumakis (68', 90'+1) each scored twice as Celtic bludgeoned visiting Motherwell 6-0 in Saturday action in the Scottish Premiership's Championship Group.

At Edinburgh, Scotland:

Alexander Lowry scored the game-winning goal late in the first half (45'+1) on Saturday as Rangers defeated homestanding Hearts of Midlothian 3-1 in Scottish Premiership Championship Round action.

At Cornella de Llobregat, Spain:

Raul de Tomas' equalizer (45'+2) helped Espanyol gain a 1-1 Saturday Spanish Primera Division home draw with Valencia.

Maximiliano Gomez scored for the visitors in the 37th minute.

At Milan, Italy:

Rafael Leao (56') and Theo Hernandez (75') each scored once on Sunday as Italian Serie A-leading AC Milan blanked visiting Atalanta 2-0.

At Arnhem, Netherlands:

Brian Brobbery (15') and Edson Alvarez (87') each scored once on Sunday as Ajax Amsterdam gain a 2-2 road draw with Vitesse Arnhem in the Dutch Eredivisie season finale for both clubs.

Lois Openda scored twice (52', 56') for the hosts.

At Vienna, Austria:

Luka Sucic scored the only goal of the match in the 10th minute on Sunday as FC Red Bull Salzburg defeated Rapid Vienna 1-0 in Championship Round play in the Austrian Bundesliga.