SUNDAY SPORTS

Their stars led the Boston Bruins to a 7-2 rout of the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final. Defenceman Torey Krug scored a goal and had three assists, top-line centre Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists, Pastrnak and Brad Marchand got on the scoresheet and the top power-play unit was a perfect 4 for 4. Game 4 is Monday night in St. Louis.

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Canadian Mike Soroka won his sixth straight decision as the Atlanta Braves snapped a three-game skid with a 10-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Soroka scuffled a bit, at least compared to the high standard he set this season, allowing season highs of three runs and seven hits and striking out five in 6-and-2-thirds-innings.

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Brandon Belt drove in four runs, Buster Posey homered and the San Francisco Giants used a rare offensive outburst to breeze past the Baltimore Orioles 8-2. San Francisco built a 7-1 lead in the fifth inning and cruised to only its second win in 10 games. The Giants came in ranked last in the N-L with a .221 batting average.

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Edmonton Eskimos wide receiver Anthony Parker didn't make it out of pre-season. The Eskimos announced today that Parker is out for the remainder of the 2019 C-F-L campaign after sustaining a ruptured right Achilles. Edmonton opens the regular season June 14th at home against the Montreal Alouettes.

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The ECHL says the Kelly Cup that has been awarded to its champion since 1997 was not returned by the Colorado Eagles after their title and a new trophy has been created. The league says in a statement that the Eagles didn't give the Kelly Cup back in December as scheduled. Team owner Martin Lind said in a separate statement that the Eagles made numerous attempts to return the trophy that were ignored by the league, so it remains in Colorado.

(Canadian Press)

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