National Sports

Matthew Savoie and Conor Geekie knew they were in the midst of something special. The star centres for the Winnipeg Ice — one an elusive offensive threat, the other a hulking force — spent the Western Hockey League season battling for their team.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps slayed a giant on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nolan Arenado sparked a record barrage of four straight home runs by St. Louis in the first inning, then hit a tiebreaking drive in the ninth that sent the Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 Saturday.

DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers homered, Connor Joe had a three-run triple and the Colorado Rockies overcame a two-homer game by Arizona's Christian Walker and beat the Diamondbacks 11-7 on Saturday night. Kris Bryant had three hits and an RBI, C.J.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway for the third time Saturday night, defending his featherweight title by unanimous decision with a dominant striking performance at UFC 276.

REGINA — What a difference a week made for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

SATURDAY'S GAMES CFL Saskatchewan 41 Montreal 20 --- MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 6 Toronto 2, first game Tampa Bay 11 Toronto 5, second game Minnesota 4, Baltimore 3 Detroit 4 Kansas City 3 Houston 9 L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 2 Oakland 1 N.Y.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman has been a consistent hitter in his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The All-Star first baseman though was lacking in the power department for most of the season.

Toronto FC's road back to respectability hit another bump Saturday. Goals by Dylan Teves and Fredy Montero lifted the undermanned Seattle Sounders to a 2-0 victory over Toronto in an MLS game that left TFC players and coach frustrated.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Chase Elliott won the pole at Road America and will lead the field to green Sunday in his title defense on the Wisconsin road course.