Beauvillier lifts Isles over Rangers in overtime
Anthony Beauvillier scored 53 seconds into overtime for the Islanders as they took down the Rangers, 4-3, during preseason action. Ryan Pulock scored twice and Thomas Hickey tied it early in the third. Robin
Lehner stopped 21 shots for the Islanders. Mika Zibanejad scored twice for the Rangers. Pavel Buchnevich added a goal. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves. NYCFC IN PLAYOFFS Alexander Ring and David
Villa scored four minutes apart in the second half and NYCFC beat the Chicago Fire, 2-0, on Wednesday night to clinch a playoff spot.
NYCFC (158-8), 10 points behind firstplace Atlanta, won for the second time in its last 10 games. Chicago (7-16-7) is winless in its last 10 road matches, going 0-7-3.
Ring gave NYCFC a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes of the second half and Villa scored his 12th goal of the season in the 51st. Villa set up the first goal by laying it off for an oncoming Ring, who curled it home from the top of the 18yard box. Villa redirected Maximiliano Moralez’s back pass near the penalty spot. Chicago’s best scoring chance came in the 32nd when
Raheem Edwards’ bicyclekick attempt forced a diving save by Sean Johnson. Veteran Alan Gordon entered as a second-half substitute for his first action since Aug. 23. O’S WOES
J.D. Martinez had three of Boston’s season-high 22 hits, including a three run homer that brought his major leagueleading RBI total to 127, and the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 19-3, on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader that sent the Orioles to a franchiserecord 112th loss.
The once-proud Orioles (45-112) had lost more than 100 games just once since moving to Baltimore in 1954, in 1988 when they lost their first 21 games en route to a 55-107 record. The previous franchise record of 111 losses was set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns. Baltimore dropped 61.5 games behind Boston (107-51), which extended the franchise record wins it set Monday.
In the makeup of Tuesday night’s rainout, David Price (16-7) settled down after an early stumble in his final tuneup before the playoffs. He allowed three runs — all in the second inning — six hits and three walks, striking out six before leaving with a 10-3 lead after five . ... The Brewers and Cubs qualified for the postseason Wednesday night.