SATURDAY EYE-OPENER

The wild card Kansas City Royals have a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Jeremy Guthrie pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, Lorenzo Cain drove in an early run and made a pair of nifty catches, and Kansas City edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2. Cain’s R-B-I groundout three batters in put the Royals ahead, and Kansas City expanded its lead to 3-0 in the sixth when Alex Gordon hit an R-B-I double off Tim Hudson and scored on Eric Hosmer’s single off left-hander Javier Lopez.

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A fourth-quarter rally gave the Calgary Stampeders a 40-27 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders. Down 12 points after three quarters, quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell threw a touchdown pass to Jock Sanders. Then Matt Walter scored his second touchdown of the game on a two-yard scamper and defensive back Jamar Wall ran an interception back for a T-D. Rene Paredes added an 18-yard field goal and the Roughriders also conceded a two-point safety in the quarter.

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Sean Whyte kicked three field goals and the Montreal Alouettes held on for a 23-17 win over the Ottawa Redblacks. Montreal has won five straight and sits in first in the CFL East after a slow start to the season. Prime Minister Stephen Harper sang “O Canada” with thousands of football fans during a pre-game ceremony to honour two Canadian soldiers killed in domestic attacks over the past week.

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Ben Bishop made 40 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the host Winnipeg Jets 4-2. Jonathan Drouin scored his first-career NHL goal as the Lightning put up three goals in the second period.

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Jarome Iginla collected his first two goals for Colorado and had an assist, helping the Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-3. Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists and Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist for Colorado.

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The Toronto Raptors closed out the NBA pre-season with their sixth-straight win. DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points and Toronto beat the New York Knicks 83-80 in Montreal. Jonas Valanciunas added another 13.