MLB: Game-winner for Matsui

Hideki Matsui singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Angels a 4-3 walkoff win over the Athletics last night.

* In Cincinnati, Carlos Zambrano recovered from his horrific opening day start by pitching seven solid innings, and pinch-hitter Jeff Baker hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth to lead the Cubs over the Reds, 4-3.

* In Kansas City, Mo., Jeremy Hermida and Jason Varitek homered on consecutive pitches from Zack Greinke and the Red Sox went deep five times in an 8-3 win over the Royals.

* Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts is day-to-day with an abdominal strain, an injury that could land him on the 15-day disabled list.

HOCKEY: B’s, Habs clinch

In Boston, the Bruins clinched a playoff berth after three short-handed goals in 64 seconds on the same penalty powered Boston to a 4-2 victory over the Hurricanes. The Bruins will be the sixth seed.

In Montreal, the Canadiens clinched a playoff spot with the point they earned in losing 4-3 on Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf‘s overtime goal.

* The Senators will make their playoff run without veteran forward Alex Kovalev. The 37-year-old Russian tore the ACL in his left knee during a 4-3 shootout loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday.

* In Detroit, Cam Atkinson scored twice, John Muse made 20 saves and Boston College won the NCAA hockey championship for the second time in three years with a 5-0 victory against Wisconsin.

BOXING: Holyfield wins

In Las Vegas, 47-year-old Evander Holyfield, in the ring for the first time since 2003, stopped 41-year-old Frans Botha with an eighth-round TKO to win the WBF heavyweight before about only 2,200 people.

ETC.: Newman victorious

Ryan Newman broke a 77-race Sprint Cup winless streak last night at Phoenix International Raceway, taking the lead after a late caution and holding off Jeff Gordon in a two-lap shootout.

* In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, underdog Frankie Edgar won a unanimous decision over BJ Penn to claim the lightweight title at UFC 112, the outfit’s first show in the Middle East and its first outdoors.

* Will Power earned the pole for the second straight race for today’s inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the 2.38-mile, 17-turn Barber Motorsports Park.

* Former Pitt associated head coach Tom Herrion was introduced as Marshall’s new basketball coach.

* Hall of Fame boxing referee Arthur Mercante, the third man in the ring for the first Ali-Frazier fight and more than a hundred other world title bouts, died yesterday at his home in Wesbury, Conn. He was 90.