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Donaldson lifts Yankees to opening win over Red Sox in 11th

By RONALD BLUM day homers, including four
AP Baseball Writer with the Yankees. He struck
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh out in his four other at-bats.
Donaldson capped his Eovaldi didn’t allow his sec-
Yankees debut with an RBI ond home run last year until
single in the 11th inning, lift- June 4.
ing New York over the Bos- START ME UP
ton Red Sox 6-5 Friday for its Trevor Story played his
first walk-off win on open- first big league game at
ing day since Yogi Berra second base after 733 at
scored in 1957. shortstop and went 0 for 5
Trailing 3-0 before ace Ger- at the plate in his Red Sox
rit Cole got a single out, debut. ... Donaldson was 2
the Yankees rallied against for 6 in his Yankees debut
their longtime rival. and Kiner-Falefa was 0 for
Xander Bogaerts put the 5, including a strikeout in a
Red Sox ahead 5-4 in the 10-pitch at-bat that ended
10th with an RBI single the 10th. ... New New York
against winner Michael City Mayor Eric Adams
King — Bogaerts’ his third played catch with Yankees
hit of the game. Pinch-hit- pitcher Luis Severino before
ter Gleyber Torres tied it in the game.
the bottom half with a sac- HE’S BACK
rifice fly off Ryan Brasier. Yankees’ Josh Donaldson, center, celebrates after hitting the walk-off single in the 11th inning of New York’s Aaron Hicks re-
Donaldson, acquired from an opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, April 8, 2022, in New York. turned from wrist surgery
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Minnesota last month, and was 1 for 4 with three
grounded a single up the tract pass. card game. Alex Verdugo’s go-ahead strikeouts in his first game
middle against rookie Kut- Judge, who said he will not DJ LeMahieu hit a tying single in the sixth off Clay since last April 27.
ter Crawford leading off negotiate during the sea- home off Red Sox reliever Holmes through a drawn-in MEMORIES
the 11th. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, son, went 2 for 5, includ- Garrett Whitlock in the infield. Boston is wearing black
who started the inning as ing a two-out double in eighth. Cole was booed 14 pitches patches on its right sleeves
the automatic runner at the ninth off Hansel Robles. Seats were filled with a in. He walked Kiké Hernán- with a white No. 2 in memo-
second base, scored in his Giancarlo Stanton, who sellout crowd of 46,097, dez on four pitches leading ry of Jerry Remy, whose last
Yankees debut. had homered in the fourth, COVID-19 protocols were off and allowed a two-run name is in red. The former
It was the Yankees’ sixth struck out for the fourth dropped and opening-day homer to Devers on a 98.6 player and broadcaster
overall walk-off win on time, sending the game to festivities returned after mph pitch that landed in died Oct. 30 at age 68.
opening day. The last time extra innings. two seasons altered by the the second deck in right. SIGNALLING
came when the defend- Rafael Devers hit a two-run pandemic. Bogaerts followed with a Yankees catcher Kyle Hi-
ing World Series champi- homer as Boston built a 3-0 Ukraine’s flag was raised single and scored on J.D. gashioka moved the new
ons began the 1957 season lead in the first off Cole, and its national anthem Martinez’s double, prompt- Pitch Com signalling de-
by beating the Washing- who lasted just four innings. played before “The Star- ing a mound trip by pitch- vice from a wrist to a shin-
ton Senators 2-1 as Berra Anthony Rizzo had a two- Spangled Banner” during ing coach Matt Blake. guard.
scored on a single by Andy run drive in the bottom ceremonies that included Cole had looked forward TRAINER’S ROOM
Carey. half and Stanton tied it at a moment of silence for to his first Yankees opener Yankees: Rizzo was hit on
Before the Yankees and 3 with a leadoff homer in war victims. before a full crowd. He set- the right hand by a fast-
Red Sox met, New York star the fourth. Both were off Eovaldi allowed three runs tled down to retire 11 of his ball from Eovaldi in the fifth
Aaron Judge let his dead- Nathan Eovaldi, who beat and five hits in five innings, last 14 batters. inning that tailed in. He
line for a long-term con- Cole in last year’s AL wild- leaving with a 4-3 lead after Stanton has five opening- stayed in the game.q

LeBron James to miss Lakers’ final 2

games with ankle injury

By GREG BEACHAM season while playing in waukee’s Giannis Ante-
AP Sports Writer only 56 games, two shy of tokounmpo is third at 29.9
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeB- the minimum to qualify for points per game.
ron James will miss the final the scoring title with his full James is a four-time league
two games of the Los An- points-per-game average. MVP with four champion-
geles Lakers’ season with a The second-leading scorer ship rings, but he won his
sprained left ankle, almost in NBA history has played only scoring title back in
certainly preventing him in only one game since 2008 with Cleveland. The
from winning his second spraining his ankle March 18-time All-Star was at-
NBA scoring title. 27, scoring 38 points in a tempting to become the Los Angeles Lakers’ Carmelo Anthony, left, sits on the bench with
The Lakers made the an- crushing home loss to New oldest scoring champion Anthony Davis and LeBron James, right, during the second half
nouncement Friday before Orleans on April 1. in NBA history by surpassing of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Golden State
they hosted the Oklahoma James is slightly behind Michael Jordan, who was Warriors in San Francisco, Thursday, April 7, 2022.
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City Thunder. Los Angeles’ Philadelphia’s Joel Em- 35 when he won his final
disappointing season ends biid, who is averaging 30.4 title. on March 19. With 37,062 spot in league history.
Sunday at Denver. points per game in one James passed Karl Malone points, he trails only Ka- James also averaged 8.2
The 37-year-old James of the closest scoring title for second place on the reem Abdul-Jabbar and rebounds and 6.2 assists in
averaged 30.3 points this races in NBA history. Mil- NBA’s career scoring list his 38,387 points for the top his 19th season. q