National Sports

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews exhibited he's healthy again but new coach Craig Berube admitted there remain difficult decisions to finalize his opening-night roster.

VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini concedes that his Vancouver Whitecaps haven't been playing their best soccer.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer in a five-run outburst before Detroit got an out, and the Cleveland Guardians unleashed their lights-out bullpen to complete a four-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Tigers in an AL Division Series opener

OTTAWA — Luca Pinelli and Cooper Foster each scored three times as the Ottawa 67's defeated the visiting North Bay Battalion 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action at TD Place on Saturday.

JACKSON, Miss.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Karol Swiderski had a first-half goal, Patrick Agyemang scored late, and Kristijan Kahlina earned his 11th clean sheet of the season as Charlotte FC blanked CF Montreal 2-0 in Major League Soccer action on Saturday night.

TORONTO — Leo Campana's stoppage-time goal gave Inter Miami a 1-0 win and left Toronto FC's playoff hopes hanging by a thread Saturday. D.C.

QUÉBEC — Aleksander Barkov and Anton Lundell scored first-period power-play goals and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 of 28 shots as the Florida Panthers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in an NHL pre-season game played at Videotron Centre.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Canadian women's rugby team started quickly and then dug in defensively to beat Ireland 21-8 in WXV international tournament play on Saturday at Langley Events Centre.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que.