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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
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Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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APYoung finished the eighth by retiring J.D. Closser on a pop foul and striking out pinch-hitters Jason Smith and Ryan Spilborghs.
“That gets pretty intense there when you’re getting that deep in the game and you haven’t given up a hit. But what a terrific job he did,” Bochy said.
Young had command of all four of his pitches, throwing them when and where he wanted.
“It just happened to be one of those nights where even when I made mistakes, they either fouled them off or even like Mike Cameron making an unbelievable defensive play,” Young said. “It was just one of those nights that things went my way.”
Trevor Hoffman came on and finished the combined two-hitter. He allowed a single to Helton before getting his 10th save in as many chances.
The Padres regained home-field advantage from the Rockies.
The Rockies won the previous four games between the teams at Petco Park this year, outscoring the Padres 37-12 and hitting 11 homers.
Colorado didn’t have a chance against Young, who was obtained in a six-player trade with Texas on Jan. 4. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters before walking Helton and Holliday. Garrett Atkins flied out to right to end that threat, and Young retired the next nine batters before Hawpe’s hit.
Young was coming off his shortest outing this season, when he lasted three innings in a 10-6 loss to the Atlanta Braves. He had only one win in his previous seven starts, and had gone seven innings only twice this year.
San Diego got its runs on an RBI single by Dave Roberts in the third and an RBI triple by Khalil Greene in the fourth.
Cook (5-5) allowed two runs and 10 hits in seven innings, struck out three and walked none.
“It was a funny game,” Colorado manager Clint Hurdle said. “We were never in it but we were never out of it.”
Notes: San Diego remains one of four big league teams without a no-hitter. The others are Colorado, the New York Mets and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. ... The last Padre to take a no-hitter into the eighth inning was Adam Eaton on July 3, 2004, against Kansas City. He was included in the trade for Young. ... Hoffman has 446 career saves, 32 behind all-time leader Lee Smith.
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