Lakers pull away from Jazz in OT

LOS ANGELES — Dennis Schröder hit the tying basket to force overtime and finished with 25 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Utah Jazz 127-115 on Saturday in a game between short-handed teams.

Schröder got by Royce O’Neale for a layup with 3 seconds remaining to tie it at 110 and force overtime. The Lakers got outscored 28-16 in the fourth.

Andre Drummond added 27 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 25 points for the Lakers, who blew a 14-point lead in the fourth before outscoring Utah 17-5 in the extra session.

The NBA-leading Jazz were without injured starters Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert. Mitchell will be out at least a week with a sprained right ankle he sustained in a win over Indiana on Friday night. An MRI showed there was no structural damage.

Jordan Clarkson led Utah with 27 points against his former team. Ersan Ilyasova added a season-high 20 points before fouling out in overtime and Joe Ingles had 20 points and a career-high-tying 14 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic had 19 points as Utah’s two-game winning streak ended.

Injured Lakers superstars Anthony Davis and LeBron James watched in street clothes. But the Lakers had new addition Drummond and Markieff Morris back in the lineup, along with Kyle Kuzma and Schröder. All four had been dealing with various ailments.

Clarkson hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left in regulation. He had 10 points in the fourth, when the Jazz opened with a 15-4 run to get within one.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Stewart Cink maintained his fivestroke lead and set another scoring mark at the RBC Heritage with a 2-under 69, moving closer to his third victory at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Cink, 47, cooled off from his pace in the first two rounds, when he shot a pair of 63s for his lowest career 36hole score and shattered the event’s halfway scoring mark shared by Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson.

MLB

DENVER — New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight batters against Colorado, falling one shy of matching Tom Seaver’s major league record, and finished with 14 strikeouts in a 4-3 win over the Rockies in a doubleheader opener.

Marlins 7, Giants 6, 10 inn.: At Miami, Jorge Alfaro hit a game-ending, two-run double, and Miami rallied from two-run deficits in the ninth and 10th innings.

Brewers 7, Pirates 1: At Milwaukee, Brett Anderson pitched seven effective innings and Milwaukee built a big lead early and cruised.

Cardinals 9, Phillies 4: At Philadelphia, Yadier Molina hit two home runs, doubled and drove in four runs, and Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong also homered.

Cubs 13, Braves 4: At Chicago, Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras each homered twice on an afternoon when Atlanta returned Sean Kazmar Jr. to the major leagues for the first time in 13 years.

Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 2:

At Washington, Yan Gomes homered, drove in two runs and became the first major league catcher to throw out Tim Locastro on a steal attempt after 29 consecutive swipes to start his career.

Orioles 6, Rangers 1: At Arlington, Texas, Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and Baltimore scored its runs against three relievers after Texas rookie starter Dane Dunning threw six scoreless innings.

Blue Jays 5, Royals 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Steven Matz held Kansas City without a hit into the sixth inning, and Jonathan Davis and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered in the seven-inning opener of their doubleheader.

Red Sox 7, White Sox 4: At Boston, Wearing its new blue-and-yellow uniforms, Boston won when Marwin Gonzalez homered to key a four-run rally in the eighth inning.

Athletics 7, Tigers 0: At Oakland, Matt Olson, Aramís García and Mark Canha each homered and Oakland shut out Detroit for a second straight game for its seventh win in a row.

Rays 6, Yankees 3: At New York, Manuel Margot hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and Tyler Glasnow overcame cramps and poor control to pitch five innings of one-run ball.

MLS

LOS ANGELES — Corey Baird scored in the 61st minute, and Los Angeles FC sent expansion Austin FC to a 2-0 defeat in the inaugural match for Major League Soccer’s 27th team.

Jose Cifuentes added a goal into an open net in the 91st minute for LAFC, which improved to 4-0-0 in season openers in franchise history.

Austin FC put on a creditable performance against one of MLS’ top clubs, but the first major league sports franchise in Texas’ capital city.