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THE SACRAMENTO BEE SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2024 PAGE 5B Subscribers can find up-to-date standings and statistics from the previous games in our eEdition by using the section list to jump to in our app or online at sacbee.com/eedition. NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic GP OT Pts GF GA Boston 74 42 17 15 99 246 206 Florida 73 46 22 5 97 236 180 Toronto 72 41 22 9 91 266 227 Tampa Bay 72 40 25 7 87 253 236 Detroit 73 36 30 7 79 245 244 Buffalo 74 35 34 5 75 223 224 Ottawa 72 32 36 4 68 233 251 Montreal 72 28 32 12 68 200 246 Metropolitan GP OT Pts GF GA NY Rangers 73 49 20 4 102 249 201 Carolina 74 46 21 7 99 252 199 Philadelphia 74 36 28 10 82 218 230 Washington 72 36 27 9 81 199 229 NY Islanders 72 31 26 15 77 215 241 New Jersey 74 36 34 4 76 243 252 Pittsburgh 72 32 30 10 74 212 216 Columbus 73 23 38 12 58 209 269 Western Conference Central GP OT Pts GF GA Dallas 74 46 19 9 101 273 220 Colorado 73 46 21 6 98 272 217 Winnipeg 73 44 23 6 94 222 181 Nashville 73 43 26 4 90 240 218 St. Louis 73 39 30 4 82 213 220 Minnesota 72 35 28 9 79 223 231 Arizona 73 31 37 5 67 221 240 Chicago 73 21 47 5 47 160 259 Pacific GP OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 73 45 20 8 98 252 195 Edmonton 71 44 23 4 92 256 205 Vegas 73 40 25 8 88 236 215 Los Angeles 72 38 23 11 87 224 189 Seattle 72 30 29 13 73 193 208 Calgary 72 33 34 5 71 220 236 Anaheim 73 24 45 4 52 179 263 San Jose 72 16 48 8 40 159 294 NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Pct GB Boston 57 16 .781 New York 44 29 .603 13 Philadelphia 39 35 .527 18 1 2 Brooklyn 29 45 .392 28 1 2 Toronto 23 50 .315 34 Southeast Pct GB Orlando 42 31 .575 Miami 40 33 .548 2 Atlanta 34 39 .466 8 Charlotte 18 55 .247 24 Washington 14 60 .189 28 1 2 Central Pct GB Milwaukee 46 27 .630 Cleveland 45 29 .608 1 1 2 Indiana 42 33 .560 5 Chicago 35 39 .473 11 1 2 Detroit 13 61 .176 33 1 2 Western Conference Southwest Pct GB New Orleans 45 28 .616 Dallas 44 29 .603 1 Houston 38 35 .521 7 Memphis 24 49 .329 21 San Antonio 18 56 .243 27 1 2 Northwest Pct GB Minnesota 51 22 .699 Oklahoma City 51 22 .699 Denver 51 23 .689 1 2 Utah 29 45 .392 22 1 2 Portland 19 55 .257 32 1 2 Pacific Pct GB L.A. Clippers 46 27 .630 Phoenix 43 31 .581 3 1 2 Sacramento 42 31 .575 4 L.A. Lakers 41 33 .554 5 1 2 Golden State 39 34 .534 7 MLS Eastern Pts GF GA Cincinnati 3 0 2 11 5 2 Inter Miami CF 3 2 1 10 13 9 New York 3 1 1 10 8 5 Columbus 3 1 1 10 7 4 Toronto FC 3 1 1 10 5 2 CF 2 1 1 7 8 7 Charlotte FC 2 2 1 7 5 4 Atlanta 2 2 0 6 6 4 Philadelphia 1 0 3 6 8 6 D.C.

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12:00 p.m. TENNIS ON THE AIR third from the bottom at 17.6.) Pounding fastballs for of his pitches, Harri- son threw 54 of his 76 pitches for strikes, in- ducing plenty of soft and early contact. But he also racked up five strikeouts, painting the inside of the plate to Fernando Tatis Jr. looking to end the third and the outside corner to get Jake Cronenworth looking to begin the fourth, and issue a walk. fastball felt really Harrison said.

plan for me today was to just get ahead of guys, attack them as much as I can and limit the walks. That really shows if attacking the zone with my stuff, the the limit for me. I just need to stay consistent with While heater averaged only 93.5 mph, what makes it so effective, Melvin explained, is his extension. It plays way more than the Even the runs Harrison allowed were economical, coming on a pair of solo home runs from Tatis and Manny Machado. Machado punished a slurve into the second deck in left field to get San Diego on the board in the fourth.

That ball traveled an estimated 398 feet, which looked pedestrian in comparison to solo shot, which left the bat at 114.9 mph and cleared the second level of the Western Metal Supply Co. building, estimated at 441 feet. you throw the ball over the plate, espe- cially to that team, going to give up a homer or Melvin said. if solo home runs you can live with it, and he put himself in position where there was a lot of From the time he took the mound, Harrison nev- er pitched without the lead, gifted a 3-0 advan- tage by the lineup in the top of the first against Padres starter Joe Musgrove. Chapman turned on a high fastball and sent it over the sign in cen- ter field, driving home LaMonte Wade to open a 2-0 lead and that was only the beginning of a big day for the newly signed third baseman in his second game with the Giants.

Chapman put a bow on the victory in the top of the ninth, unloading on his second homer of the night, a towering shot off the very top of the West- ern Metal Supply Co. building that was mea- sured at 407 feet, and finished the game 3-for-5 with five RBIs, also dou- bling home Jorge Soler in the fourth. it was any Melvin said of second homer, gone over the Estrada singled home Wilmer Flores to make it 3-0, and Jung Hoo Lee singled home Patrick Bailey in the fourth for the fourth run. Lee recorded a pair of hits, including a 109 mph sin- gle up the middle to lead off the game, but was erased both times by dou- ble-play ground balls from Soler. biggest im- pact, though, came on defense, where he made an on-the-money relay throw to Chapman at third to nab Rosario attempting to stretch a double to lead off the fifth inning.

The ball bounced out of glove in right field, but he recovered and fired to Estrada, who fired a dart into Chap- glove. fired me up, Harrison said. love that The Padres looked to be threatening in the eighth against Tyler Rogers, cutting the lead to three runs with second solo shot of the evening, a line drive down the left field line. Jake Cronenworth followed with a base hit, putting the potential tying run in the on-deck circle with Ma- chado at the plate, but Estrada fielded a hard grounder off the bat of Machado that started an inning-ending double play. Asked if he could see Estrada contending for a Gold Glove, Melvin took it one step further.

I think he can be an Melvin said. told him that at the beginning of the year. That next level is out there for him, and inspired to do UP NEXT The Giants continue their four-game series against the Padres, with Jordan Hicks scheduled to make his first start in orange and black against San Diego newcomer Dylan Cease. The 4:15 p.m. game is scheduled to be televised nationally on FOX, but a steady stream of rain is in the forecast all day.

RAY ACEVEDO USA TODAY Sports San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kyle Harrison (45) throws against the San Diego Padres during the first inning Friday at Petco Park in San Diego. FROM PAGE 1B GIANTS had three hits and scored two runs for the visiting Cleve- land Guardians in a 6-4 win against the Oakland Athletics in the second game of their four-game series on Friday night. Jose Ramirez hit a two- run homer, Steven Kwan had two hits and two runs scored and Josh Naylor had two hits and a run for the Guardians, who won the season opener 8-0 on Thursday. Cleveland starter Logan Allen (1-0) allowed three runs and six hits in five- plus innings. He struck out three and did not walk a batter.

Emmanuel Clase pitched the ninth for his first save of the season. J.D. Davis homered twice and Shea Langeliers and Nick Allen had two hits each for the Oakland starter Ross Stripling (0-1) allowed five runs (four earned) and seven hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked two. After a one-out single by in the first inning, Ramirez fouled off two straight two-strike pitches before pulling a fastball over the fence in right field for a 2-0 lead.

Naylor then dumped a double just inside the left- field line, took third on an error by third baseman Darell Hernaiz and scored on a balk for a 3-0 lead. The scored their first run of the season when Davis homered to center field to lead off the fourth and cut the lead to 3-1. Kwan singled to lead off the fifth, stole second and continued to third on a throwing error by catcher Langeliers. Gimenez then doubled into the right-field corner to score Kwan for a 4-1 lead. After Stripling retired the next two batters, Will Brennan lined a single in front of diving left fielder Esteury Ruiz to make it 5-1.

Allen led off the bottom of the fifth with a double, moved to third on a groun- dout and scored on a sacri- fice fly by Ruiz to cut it to 5-2. Davis went deep again to lead off the bottom of the sixth and trim the deficit to 5-3, ending night. delivered an- other RBI double in the seventh to make it 6-3. Davis came up in the eighth after Scott Barlow walked the first two bat- ters, but struck out on three pitches. An ensuing wild pitch led to Lange- sacrifice fly that cut it to 6-4.

GAME STATS Subscribers can find up-to-date standings and statistics from the previous day's games in our eEdi- tion by using the section list to jump to 'Xtra Stats' in our app or online at sacbee.com/eedition. Guardians grab early lead, add on against Field Level Media Mookie Betts led off with a club-record home run and Teoscar Hernan- dez added two home runs of his own as the Los An- geles Dodgers earned a 6-3 victory Friday over the visiting St. Louis Cardi- nals. Betts not only set the record for lead- off home runs with 29 breaking a tie with Davey Lopes he moved past Ian Kinsler and into sole pos- session of fifth place on all-time list with 49 in 11 seasons. Miguel Ro- jas added a homer for Los Angeles.

Right-hander Bobby Miller (1-0) had a career- best 11 strikeouts over six innings. He gave up two hits with one walk. Evan Phillips pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his second save. Brewers 3, Mets 1: Freddy Peralta and a trio of reliev- ers combined on a one- hitter and Christian Yelich had three hits, including a solo homer, as Milwaukee beat host New York in the season opener for both teams. Yelich homered in the fourth inning for the Brewers to tie the game at 1-1.

Milwaukee added runs on William tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the fifth and rookie Jack- son Chourio RBI choice in the seventh. Chourio, who is 20 years and 18 days old, batted leadoff and went 1-for-3 with a single, a walk and a stolen base. Braves 9, Phillies 3: Matt Olson had three doubles and three RBIs, Michael Harris II added three hits and an RBI and Atlanta defeated host Philadelphia on Opening Day for both teams. Orlando Arcia compiled three hits, Ronald Acuna Jr. added two hits and an RBI and Adam Duvall produced a two-run, pinch-hit double.

Braves starter Spencer Strider allowed three hits and two runs in five innings. Pierce Johnson (1-0) earned the win in relief. Mariners 1, Red Sox 0: George Kirby allowed just two hits over 6 2 3 scoreless innings and J.P. Crawford homered as Seattle edged visiting Boston. Kirby (1-0), a right- hander, walked two and struck out eight.

Reliever Andres Munoz got the final four outs for his first save, striking out the side in the ninth. Crawford went deep off Red Sox starter Pivetta (0-1) with one out in the bottom of the sixth, hitting a cut fastball on an 0-1 count just inside the right-field foul pole. Guardians 6, Athletics 4: Andres Gimenez had three hits and scored two runs for visiting Cleveland in a win against Oakland in the second game of their four-game series. Rays 8, Blue Jays 2: Bran- don Lowe socked his fourth career grand slam and Tampa Bay won for the first time in 2024, routing Toronto in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Giants 8, Padres 3: Matt Chapman homered twice and knocked in five runs while Kyle Harrison pitched six effective in- nings as San Francisco stopped host San Diego. Diamondbacks 7, Rockies 3: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Christian Walker smacked back-to-back homers and Alek Thomas added a three-run blast to help Arizona top Colorado in Phoenix. Pirates 7, Marlins 2: Ke- Hayes had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs as vis- iting Pittsburgh capital- ized on A.J. control problems in a win over Miami.

Yankees 7, Astros 1: Os- waldo Cabrera went 4- for-5 with three RBIs as New York followed a two- run seventh inning with a four-run eighth to top host Houston. MLB Betts belts record HR in win JONATHAN HUI USA TODAY Sports Dodgers second baseman Mookie Betts, right, with DH Shohei Ohtani after hitting a home run on Friday. Field Level Media BONUS: Subscribers will find coverage of MLB games in the eEdition at sacbee.com/eedition/xtragameday. XTRA SPORTS The latest sports news with recaps, commentary and analysis beyond the game. sacbee.com/eedition/ xtrasports.