Nuggets’ 10-day wait for NBA Finals started with rowdy flight home from Los Angeles: 'I stayed away from the back'

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo was held out of the lineup due to a stiff neck for their series opener against the Seattle Mariners. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Rizzo “should be fine,” but the team was being cautious. Rizzo left Sunday’s win over San Diego after he collided with Fernando Tatis Jr. on a pick off play that ended the six the sixth inning. Catcher Jose Trevino could be activated during the series in Seattle, Boone said. Third baseman Josh Donaldson is set to continue his rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. Designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton could “possibly” join Donaldson, Boone said.

The Chennai Super Kings have won the Indian Premier League for a record-equaling fifth time with a last-ball, five-wicket victory over the defending champion Gujarat Titans. Ravindra Jadeja plundered a six and a four from the last two deliveries against Mohit Sharma to help the Super Kings chase down a revised target of 171 runs in 15 overs. Gujarat’s young left-hander Sai Sudharsan earlier made a blistering 96 off 47 balls and Wriddhiman Saha scored 54 in the home team’s total of 214-4 before rain arrived and took the already-delayed final well past midnight.

Denny Hamlin called for NASCAR to suspend Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott after a wreck involving both drivers on Monday at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After Elliott claimed that Hamlin bumped him twice during the race, Elliott appeared to hook the right bumper of Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota on lap 186, sending him into the wall and mangling his car. The crash sent both cars behind the wall, and left Hamlin fuming. Hamlin said called it a “tantrum” on Elliott's part and that he “shouldn’t be racing next week.” Elliott, the most popular driver on the NASCAR circuit, said the crash wasn’t about retaliation for being bumped by Hamlin earlier in the race. “No, just unfortunate circumstances,” Elliott said.

Liam Hendriks has been activated by the Chicago White Sox, clearing another hurdle in his return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The closer was reinstated from the 15-day injured list before the team's game against the Los Angeles Angels. Fellow reliever Jimmy Lambert was placed on the IL with right ankle inflammation. The 34-year-old Hendriks had no record and a 10.80 ERA in six rehab appearances with Triple-A Charlotte. The Australian right-hander allowed one run and one hit in one inning in his last game with the Knights on May 16.

Rookie Royce Lewis homered with four RBIs in his season debut and Ryan Jeffers hit a two-run shot in the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros Monday.Max Kepler started the 10th as the automatic runner on second base before Jeffers smacked the first pitch from Bryan Abreu (2-1) into the seats in left field for his third hit to put the Twins on top 7-5. Lewis gave the Minnesota an early lead with a three-run homer in the third. The Astros took the lead when Jose Altuve hit a grand slam in the seventh. But Lewis came through again late, tying it with an RBI single off closer Ryan Pressly with two outs in the ninth.

Pavin Smith hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Drey Jameson threw 3 2/3 innings of impressive relief in his return to the big leagues and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for a 7-5 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Diamondbacks stormed back from an early 4-0 deficit with a five-run second inning, punctuated by Smith’s three-run homer to right-center that made it 5-4. Jake McCarthy had a two-run single earlier in the rally. Colorado’s Ryan McMahon homered in his fourth consecutive game, hitting a 445-foot drive that cleared the center-field wall for a 1-0 lead in the first. McMahon had four hits and finished a double short of the cycle.

Marcus Stroman pitched a one-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs beat the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays 1-0. Stroman simply dazzled, delivering his fourth complete game and second shutout in nine seasons. His only other one was against the Cubs during his 2014 rookie season with the Toronto Blue Jays. He set a season high with 105 pitches and matched one with eight strikeouts. The right-hander walked one in winning his third straight start and helping the Cubs bounce back from a weekend sweep by the Cincinnati Reds. The only hit Stroman allowed was when Wander Franco delivered a clean single to left leading off the seventh. He then walked Brandon Lowe, but got out of that jam by getting Randy Arozarena to fly out and Josh Lowe to ground into a double play.

Josef Newgarden is cashing in on his first Indianapolis 500 win with a record winner's check of $3.666 million. The total purse of $17,021,500 also set a record for the second straight year, topping last year's mark by more than $1 million. Marcus Ericsson earned $1.043 million. Benjamin Pedersen of A.J. Foyt Enterprises was the race's rookie of the year and earned $50,000 for the honor. Race organizers say Sunday's race drew more than 330,000 fans to the historic 2.5-mile Brickyard.

CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman pitched a one-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs beat the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Monday.

Josh Staumont and Mike Mayers came within six outs of the first combined perfect game in major league history before Nolan Arenado lined a leadoff single in the eighth inning of the Kansas City Royals’ 7-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Staumont,, a 29-year-old right-hander, struck out two in a 1-2-3 inning. Mayers, a 31-year-old left-hander who pitched for the Cardinals from 2016-19, retired 18 consecutive batters before Arenado lined a 1-0 slider to left on his 72nd pitch. Willson Contreras followed with a single to center that stopped an 0 for 27 slide.

It’s called “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” because the Indianapolis 500 is supposed to be one of the most dramatic and difficult races in the world. Sure, it’s an automobile race. But it’s also very much entertainment, even if Marcus Ericsson vehemently disagrees. The controversial ending to the 107th running of the Indy 500 gave Josef Newgarden the win. Newgarden drives for Roger Penske, who owns the race and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. So when IndyCar went to an unprecedented one-lap shootout that allowed Newgarden to win the race, well, Ericsson was furious and conspiracy theorists went wild.