National Sports

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Teoscar Hernández hit two of Toronto’s six home runs, Bo Bichette connected for the fourth straight game and the Blue Jays kept knocking balls out of their new Buffalo park, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Friday night.

LISBON, Portugal — The postmortem from Gerard Piqué was as brutal as the humiliation dished to Barcelona by Bayern Munich. “It’s a disastrous result," the defender said. "An embarrassment, that’s the word.” The numbers were 8-2. Another number? 74.

LISBON, Portugal — Bayern Munich inflicted on Barcelona the most humiliating defeat of the Lionel Messi era and among the worst in team history by 8-2 to reach the Champions League semifinals on Friday.

EDMONTON — The Colorado Avalanche expected a big push from Arizona after the Coyotes spent most of Game 1 on their heels.

EDMONTON — Officials with the Edmonton Oilers say it could be another week before they draw a winning ticket for a record-setting 50/50 raffle. The pot for the Aug.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Late in the Toronto Raptors' seeding-round finale Friday, Stanley Johnson fed Paul Watson for an alley-oop dunk that said plenty about the game — and even more about the defending NBA champions.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid still wasn't ready to sift through the ashes of an early exit from the NHL post-season a week later.

TORONTO — Canada's Deputy Chief Public Health Officer remains encouraged about the CFL's health-and-safety protocols but can't say when approval for a shortened season might come.

LISBON, Portugal — Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies had a night to remember Friday as Bayern Munich put Barcelona to the sword in a lopsided 8-2 Champions League quarterfinal win.

TORONTO — The Orlando Pride have loaned Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod to Iceland's Ungmennafelag Stjarnan. The loan deal runs through Oct. 20, 2020.