Bangladesh's biggest player will be missing from the team's official World Cup picture - and all because he'd left the ground before the photo session took place. It's left the picture with a legend-sized hole and also left the BCB president fairly angry about it.

Shakib Al Hasan, who had arrived in Dhaka on Sunday and had come to the Shere Bangla National Stadium to report to the team management, apparently left before the team gathered for the photo on the outfield. BCB president Nazmul Hassan said that he came to know Shakib was informed of the team's schedule on what was officially the final day of training in Dhaka, before the team's departure for Dublin, to play a tri-series against Ireland and West Indies, on May 1. And with the players getting Tuesday off, the BCB had crammed all their programmes, including the captain's press conference, team lunch with the president and directors, the photo sessions and other commercial-related work for Monday.

"It is disappointing, what else can I say?" Hassan said. "It was the team's photo session. I came and asked about him. I didn't know he had arrived last night. I called him, and he said he is going to come to my house at night. I said to him to come to the ground. He said I have already left. I asked everyone here, and they said Shakib was informed of the photo session. He didn't turn up for training but we hoped for his presence in the photo session. But he wasn't here.

"I think the rest of the team is used to it. What else can I say? I think it is his misfortune that he couldn't be in the team photo before the team leaves for the World Cup. There's no question about [giving him too much leeway]. The team is leaving day after tomorrow, so we don't want to talk too much about it. But it is definitely disappointing."

Shakib didn't respond to ESPNcricinfo's message regarding the BCB chief's reaction.

Despite having some run-ins with the BCB on several other issues, Shakib is not known to have missed any official team photos or similar affairs in the past.

The NFL and the players' union have reviewed the audiotape that a TV station aired last week on which Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill and his fiancée discuss injuries to their child, a source told ESPN's Dan Graziano.

The league has historically declined to use the commissioner's exempt list in the offseason but is considering making an exception in this case, likely as early as this week, because Hill is in the middle of an ongoing criminal investigation. The designation is a way to keep a player off the field while the league reviews a charge or allegation and reaches a conclusion on discipline, and the league usually waits until the legal system concludes its process, which was just reopened last week in Kansas City after prosecutors received the audio from a local TV station.

The exemption usually works as a suspension with pay, but because players aren't paid in the offseason, that doesn't apply in this case. While on the commissioner's exempt list, Hill would be prohibited by the NFL from taking part in practices and other team activities.

Hill has been suspended from all team-related activities in the wake of the audio that surfaced Thursday in which he discusses abusing his son. Hill also told his fiancée, Crystal Espinal, that she should be "terrified'' of him during an 11-minute discussion that took place in a Dubai airport.

The audio surfaced one day after prosecutors declined to press charges against Hill following a domestic violence investigation. They said at the time that they were convinced a crime had occurred but were unable to determine whether it was Hill or Espinal who hurt their son.

The prosecutor, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe, reopened the case on Friday after receiving the audio file from KCTV in Kansas City.

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said Saturday that the team is conducting its own internal investigation, though it's unclear how much information the Johnson County District Attorney's office will make available.

There was speculation that the Chiefs could release Hill once this past weekend's NFL draft was over, but Hunt declined to discuss those internal deliberations. He said Saturday that "there are a couple of ongoing investigations relating to Tyreek, and we're going to have to let that process play out.''

The NFL draft drew record numbers both on site and on television.

The league said Monday that more than 600,000 attended over the three days in Nashville, easily eclipsing the 250,000 that came to watch two years ago in Philadelphia.

Nielsen reports that the draft on ESPN, ABC and NFL Network averaged 6.1 million viewers at any given time over the three days. The draft averaged 5.5 million viewers last year, which was the first time all seven rounds were on broadcast television.

The average numbers were up despite the ratings for Thursday's first round being flat. The combined average for the three networks was 11.1 million, which was down from last year's 11.2 million. The ABC broadcast averaged 4.5 million, which was up 21 percent from last year's 3.7 million that watched on Fox.

"By every metric -- from the hundreds of thousands of fans who filled the streets of Nashville to the record-breaking ratings and viewership -- this event was an unqualified success," Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's executive vice president for club business and league events, said in an email.

Next year's draft is slated to take place in Las Vegas and will be the first significant event hosted by the Raiders in their new home city. The Raiders will play their final season in Oakland this year before moving to Nevada.

MILWAUKEE -- The Boston Celtics have known for the better part of three months that if they were to make it to the NBA Finals, they would have to go through the Milwaukee Bucks. More specifically, they would have to try to slow down Giannis Antetokounmpo, a leading candidate for Most Valuable Player of the NBA.

Whether they had three months, three weeks or three days, the Celtics knew that when these teams met in the postseason, how they fared would depend on how Al Horford played. On Sunday, he showed the world why.

In a spectacular individual performance that epitomized the best 48 minutes of basketball this Celtics team has played all season, Horford finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, one steal, three blocks and no turnovers as Boston cruised to an emphatic 112-90 victory over Milwaukee in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at Fiserv Forum.

"We've said all year you can't overstate Al Horford's importance to our team," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "The numbers back that up."

The numbers certainly backed it up on Sunday. As the Celtics had their way with the Bucks at both ends of the floor, bringing to the fore every doubt that has hung over Milwaukee's charmed run to the NBA's best record this season, Horford found himself in the middle of all of it. Some of that came offensively, as his shooting spaced the floor and created room for Boston's guards and wings to wreak havoc in the paint, and where he and Kyrie Irving (26 points and 11 assists) had tremendous success running pick-and-pops against Milwaukee's defense.

More of it came defensively, as he led the charge against Antetokounmpo. The Bucks' star finished with 22 points and eight rebounds but shot just 7-for-21 from the field (including 4-for-16 the first three quarters of the game) and had things made difficult by the Celtics as a group -- and Horford in particular -- with every step he took.

Against Horford, Antetokounmpo shot 1-for- 6 on the day, according to ESPN's Stats & Information. Against Aron Baynes, whom the Celtics moved to the bench to try to ensure that he or Horford was out there virtually every second that Antetokounmpo was during the game, Antetokounmpo went 1-for-4.

"They were loading [the paint] a lot," Antetokounmpo said. "Lots of guys in the paint. Whenever I got in the paint, when I spin or try and change direction, the second guy was right there.

"I've just gotta go watch tape. If they are going to play like this the whole series, I have to be able to make the right pass, trust my teammates to knock down shots."

Boston entered the game with a clear game plan, which Antetokounmpo alluded to, whether Horford was on the court to guard him or not: Pack the paint, and force him to settle for jumpers. Antetokounmpo responded by going 3-for-5 from 3-point range, tying his season high for makes in a game.

But even if he makes three more in each of the remaining games of this series, if Antetokounmpo shoots 25 percent on 2-point shots -- after he hit 64 percent of them during the regular season -- the Celtics will take that tradeoff. They might not have as much success -- and they are unlikely to have more highlight blocks like the one Horford had in the third quarter -- but it's a formula that should prove successful for the Celtics if they can keep implementing it.

"I just think that our group, we all understood how we needed to defend and how dangerous he is once he gets it in the paint," Horford said. "So constantly tonight, we had a couple of breakdowns, but for the most part, I feel like everyone was very aware. Our guards really did a good job of helping and closing down lanes and things like that, and we just wanted to challenge and contest every shot as best we could."

It was a team effort that began and ended with Horford. Boston has spent the season carefully managing Horford's minutes and games played, trying to keep him as fresh as possible for the playoffs. At times earlier this season, when Horford was dealing with tendinitis, some scouts wondered if he'd be able to return to the form he showed during last year's playoffs.

But those days have been long forgotten, as Horford has been consistently excellent for Boston the past few months leading into the playoffs and remained so in Boston's sweep of the Indiana Pacers in the first round. It certainly didn't change in Game 1 of this series, either, as Horford delivered precisely the performance the Celtics needed to seize home court in this series and show why they still have a chance to do what so many expected them to do when this season began.

"He was the Al Horford we all know and love," Celtics forward Gordon Hayward said. "Knocking down shots, being able to space the floor, also taking advantage of smaller guys in the post and around the rim. Defensively, he was all over the place. [He] really did a good job on Giannis. I thought our team for the most part did a good job on him.

"It's one game, though. They're going to come back even stronger with more energy next game. So it's a good start."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant is in the midst of one of the greatest postseason runs of his storied career. The 30-year-old forward continued his brilliant stretch by scoring 35 points and grabbing five rebounds in a 104-100 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday. Durant's recent play drew a comparison to Warriors coach Steve Kerr's former teammate with the Chicago Bulls: Michael Jordan.

"There's this guy named Michael something," Kerr said as the assembled media chuckled. "Can't remember his last name. No, but Kevin's run this past week has just been off the charts. I've said it a few times this week: He's the most skilled basketball player on Earth. He's one of the most skilled basketball players to ever play the game. There's never been anybody like him. Six-[foot]-11, handles the ball, shoots 3s, passes, defends. He's just an unbelievable talent. And I think after we lost Game 2 to the Clippers, I think he just felt like he had to turn it up and lift us up another level. That's exactly what he's done."

Durant, who is averaging 40.2 points in his past five games, including 50 points in Friday's Game 6 series clincher against the LA Clippers, is dominating at a level that is leaving his teammates and coaches a bit in awe.

"He's playing great right now," Warriors forward Draymond Green said. "He's being extremely aggressive, and when he's being aggressive as he's being, I don't think there's anyone in the NBA, maybe the world, that can stop him. So when he's being aggressive like that, that's always a positive for us. It's a challenge for the opposing team."

For his part, Durant is taking his recent play in stride. He was confident throughout the season in his ability to take over games when his team needed him to do so. His recent play hasn't come as a surprise to him.

"I try not to compare," Durant said. "Each stop along the journey has been -- I've just been tailor-made for the moment, I guess. I learned a lot so far as a player up until this point, so I think I'm starting to put everything together on both sides of the ball. I'm not looking at points or shots that I get up, just how focused I am for each possession."

Durant and the Warriors head into Game 2 on Tuesday buoyed by the fact that they found a way to win despite both Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson coming into the game with sprained right ankle injuries. With the All-Star backcourt feeling better and expected to get more treatment on Monday, the Warriors feel good knowing that the rest of their weapons will be healthier and will give Durant even more space to operate.

"He has been amazing," Curry said of Durant. "He's been so aggressive on the offense end. Found his matchups, taking his shots. Defensively he's been present. He just understands kind of what we need when we need it. And he's been playing with the ultimate confidence. I know he always has confidence, but it seems like it's been amped up in these last five games."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Houston Rockets guard James Harden pleaded for a "fair chance" from officials after Houston's 104-100 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Sunday's Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Harden and the Rockets were specifically upset about what they believed were several incorrect non-calls on his 3-point attempts, on which the Warriors were allowed to close out without giving Harden the required landing space. According to Harden and coach Mike D'Antoni, the referees admitted at halftime that they missed four such calls in the first half.

"I'm going to try to be a nice guy because I really don't want to give the charity to them. I'd rather have my charity have the money," D'Antoni said, referring to a potential fine for criticizing officiating. "So, I mean, the response was they came in halftime and said they missed them. That's what they told me. They missed four of them. That's 12 foul shots. So be it. They're trying to do the best they can do."

Harden also thought he got fouled on a pair of 3-point attempts in the second half, including by Draymond Green on a potential game-tying attempt with 7.4 seconds remaining. Klay Thompson was the defender on the other non-calls that upset the Rockets.

"I mean, I just want a fair chance, man," said Harden, who scored 35 points but was 9-of-28 from the floor and 4-of-16 from behind the 3-point line. "Call the game how it's supposed to be called, and that's it. And I'll live with the results."

Joe Borgia, the NBA's senior vice president of replay and referee operations, later told NBA TV that Green did not foul Harden on his last 3 attempt because Green was going across, not into, Harden's path, and Harden "jackknifed" his body so his feet made contact with Green.

Harden was 13-of-14 from the line, but the Warriors were called for only one foul when he attempted a 3-pointer. That occurred in the first quarter, when Harden's shooting arm was clearly hit by Golden State forward Alfonzo McKinnie.

Harden referenced the series-ending injury suffered by Kawhi Leonard in the San Antonio Spurs' Game 1 loss to the Warriors in the 2017 Western Conference finals, on which he landed on Zaza Pachulia's foot after shooting a jumper, as a reason referees need to be vigilant about enforcing the rule requiring 3-point shooters to have space to land.

"We all know what happened a few years back with Kawhi," Harden said. "That can change the entire series. Just call the game the way it's supposed to be called, and we'll live with the results. It's plain and simple."

Rockets guard Chris Paul and D'Antoni were called for technical fouls for protesting a non-call after Paul made a 3 with 35.4 seconds remaining in the third quarter. They were irate that Golden State guard Shaun Livingston was not whistled for not allowing Paul any landing space.

"To shoot a 3-and-1, get a tech, I mean, it's tough," Paul said. "But I gotta be smarter because that didn't do nothing but hurt our team."

Paul was ejected after receiving his second technical foul with 4.4 seconds remaining. He appeared to make contact with referee Josh Tiven. Asked about the incident, Paul said, "I ain't seen it yet."

Team sources believe that any contact between Paul and Tiven was minimal and inadvertent and should not merit any discipline from the league office.

Harden, who has led the league in free throws attempted and made in each of the past five seasons, gets fouled while shooting 3s far more than any other player in the league, in large part because his step-back is so difficult to contest without making contact.

According to ESPN Stats & Information research, officials called fouls on Harden 3s 95 times during the regular season and five times in the Rockets' five-game first-round series against the Utah Jazz.

"All I'm going to say is we've been getting [those calls] all year," said Rockets guard Eric Gordon, who had 27 points. "It should be no different now."

During the second half, Jazz center Rudy Gobert chimed in via Twitter on the inconsistency in how Harden was being officiated.

My guys were not allowed to contest shots like that last week...or maybe i'm crazy and it's just camera angles ? https://t.co/RvqYdCWzuC

— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) April 28, 2019

Green was a dominant force with 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists while anchoring the Warriors' defense as a small-ball center in Game 1. He scoffed at Harden's take that he didn't get a fair whistle.

"I've been fouled by James on a James 3-pointer before," Green said. "No, I ain't going with that one. ...

"I think we can all sit here and complain about calls after every game. That's just the nature of the game we play. Refereeing is an inexact science. So it is what it is."

Green strongly hinted that Harden causes most of the contact on his 3-point attempts.

"Gotta contest the shot," Green said. "When you land 3 feet ahead of where you shoot the ball from, that really ain't my issue."

The officiating was certainly not the Rockets' only problem in Game 1. They had no answer for Warriors star Kevin Durant in the second half, in which he scored 24 of his 35 points. Golden State dominated the glass despite playing a small lineup, winning the rebounding battle by a 38-26 margin. Center Clint Capela was a complete nonfactor, finishing with four points and six rebounds in 27 minutes in which the Rockets were outscored by 17 points.

But the officiating left the Rockets frustrated and bewildered.

"We just need to suck it up and don't worry about how they officiate and sit there and take it," D'Antoni said. "I'm getting a little old for that, but that's just how it goes. I try not to curse. I try not to completely be a jerk. Obviously didn't work. So I don't know. I don't know. It's beyond me."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The worst-case scenario for the NBA, its fans and the game itself is for the Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets series to come down to a he said, he said on officiating.

This is a series rematch that has been a year in the making, perhaps the series that will determine this season's champion, as it was last season. History and legacy are on the line -- it's that type of series. Then there's the short term, specifically the free-agency implications.

But the officiating angle might be inevitable.

The Rockets have a strategy that pushes the limits of the rules, and the Warriors are as sly as any team in history. They're both fantastic at what they do. And they are both relentless on the officiating -- there were four technicals and an ejection right out of the gate in Game 1.

No one wanted Game 1 -- an ugly but still highly competitive and entertaining opener that ended in a 104-100 Warriors win -- to be defined by calls or non-calls. But, largely, it was. There just might be no end in sight.

It's easy to forget there are three teams on the floor at all times. Ideally, one of them remains anonymous and forgettable. The stakes and the nature of these teams make that most difficult.

When referees prepare for games, they go over film and tendencies, just like the teams. It is well known that the Rockets have a penchant for drawing fouls on 3-pointers. This is a part of their attack. James Harden drew 95 fouls on 3-pointers this season. He is one of the best in the history of the game at it.

It was clear that part of Golden State's game plan is to crowd the Houston 3-point shooters. And the Houston game plan involves 3-point shooters twisting their bodies and ripping their arms into their defenders. Both teams are good at it.

So here it was. There were 10 seconds left and the Rockets were down 3. Harden, one of the greatest ever at drawing a foul, takes a 3-pointer to try to tie the score. Draymond Green, one of the great defenders of this era, leaps to challenge it.

Green comes forward into Harden's area. Harden's legs jackknife toward Green and Harden spills to the ground. Two officials, Courtney Kirkland and Josh Tiven, stare and call nothing.

"Call the game how it's supposed to be called and that's it," Harden said. "And I'll live with the results. But especially we all know what happened a few years back with Kawhi. That can change the entire series."

Harden is referring to Kawhi Leonard getting undercut by Zaza Pachulia in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals in 2017. This is a reference to the stakes. That play changed that game, that series and perhaps that season's champion.

But then you listen to Green.

"When you land 3 feet ahead of where you shoot the ball from, that really ain't my issue," Green said. "I've been fouled by James on a James 3-pointer before."

But here's the thing. After this crucial moment that was the culmination of an afternoon full of this cat-and-mouse game, Chris Paul grabbed the offensive rebound with a cunning backdoor sprint to get into the paint. He looked to send it back to Harden for another chance to tie. But Harden was on the ground, out of the play. Put there by, well, circumstance. Call it a foul, call it a flop.

In a perfect world, he'd get another chance, and Green another chance to stop him. But this is Rockets-Warriors in the year 2019. So instead Paul got stuck and ran over Klay Thompson, triggering another intense non-call sequence that led to another technical foul and Paul getting ejected. Paul might've bumped Tiven in the heat of the moment, yet another thing for the league office to review.

After the game, in the visiting locker room, Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni demonstrated exactly what the rule is for how much space a shooter is supposed to get when he takes off for a jumper. He knows the chapter and verse, including what rights the defender has. It's a constant topic, given that it's a big part of what his team does.

D'Antoni thought the Rockets should've had 20 more free throws.

Meanwhile, over in the Warriors' locker room, they whispered about how the Rockets get away with putting two hands on Kevin Durant when he drives to the basket, a violation under the rules. Durant is so dominant with his height and shooting skill that once he gets the ball up and squared, there is really no way to stop him. So teams try everything they can to keep him from getting that ball up over his head.

The Warriors felt Durant should've been on the line a lot more.

These were just the Game 1 arguments. In Game 2, it might not be the 3-point landing fouls, it might be Harden's ability to create contact going to the basket. He's an absolute master. Or Durant's use of the rip move, he's so used to guys trying to slap the ball out of his hands before he raises it that he's an expert.

Harden finished the game with 14 free throws. Durant had 15.

This is mind-numbing. It's not the way this should be settled.

But here's Paul barking at the officials and getting tossed. There's D'Antoni screaming. Green is claiming he's wronged over there. Durant is chirping.

They're all so good at what they do. They're all so smart. They're all setting up the next call, the next game.

In a rivalry that's so competitive with such narrow margin for error and a seam or two of bad blood, perhaps this is what must be accepted. The search for an edge is relentless between these two teams, it's part of their DNA.

"That's just the nature of the game we play," Green said. "Refereeing is an inexact science. So it is what it is."

Guess so.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox entered their series finale on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers with the worst rotation ERA in baseball and the second-worst overall mark. They exited it with a new strikeout record.

Reynaldo Lopez and three relievers combined to strike out 20 Tigers in Chicago's 4-1 win at Guaranteed Rate Field. That tied the MLB record for a nine-inning game.

"Today's outing was one of the best of my career, definitely," Lopez said via White Sox interpreter Billy Russo. "Everything worked perfectly, and I felt good."

Lopez set a career high with 14 whiffs, and relievers Jace Fry, Kelvin Herrera and Alex Colome struck out two apiece. Lopez recorded 13 of his strikeouts with his fastball, the highest total by a White Sox pitcher in the past 10 years.

"The strikeouts, in and of themselves, for me are just a consequence, an outcome," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "When their stuff is good and they're executing, it just basically tells you they're on the right track in terms of managing what they're capable of doing."

According to ESPN Stats & Info, the White Sox became the seventh team to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning contest.

Although the White Sox needed four pitchers to tie the record, catcher Welington Castillo was behind the plate for all 20 strikeouts. He joins Rich Gedman (Red Sox), Bill Haselman (Red Sox), Sandy Martinez (Cubs), Chris Ianetta (Angels), Wilson Ramos (Nationals) and Christian Vazquez (Red Sox) as the catchers to accomplish that feat -- not that he was ready to pat himself on the back.

"What can I say?" Castillo said. "I wasn't thinking about that. I was just really focused about the game, making them execute their pitches. I think other people have to talk about [the record]. I don't like to talk about it."

Lopez struck out three in the second and sixth innings and two in each of his other four frames. Fry, Herrera and Colome each logged an inning apiece, so Chicago struck out at least two batters in all nine innings of the game.

The strikeouts set a White Sox franchise record for a game of any length and tied the Tigers' team mark for most times whiffed in a contest. For the White Sox, while the record was nice, what it might mean for a young staff trying to build consistency is more important.

"It is a big deal because this is the big leagues," Renteria said. "It's hard to do that, and it's hard to win a major league ballgame on top of it. I commend them for what they did. Every single guy in that locker room right now is really happy that it happened today to give us a chance to win a ballgame."

SAN FRANCISCO -- DJ LeMahieu and Gio Urshela became the latest Yankees to get hurt as New York completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-5 win on Sunday that included another long home run by Gary Sanchez.

LeMahieu was removed in the bottom of the third because of right knee inflammation. He says the injury is on the outer edge of his right knee.

Manager Aaron Boone said after the game that he thought the infielder had a deep bruise. Although X-rays taken during the game were negative, LeMahieu will have an MRI on Monday in Phoenix, where the Yankees will spend a day off before they face the Arizona Diamondbacks in a two-game series starting Tuesday.

"Just hopeful that it's something that stiffened up on him in the day game," Boone said.

The injury stemmed from a foul pitch that LeMahieu rattled off his right knee in Friday's game. He finished that game and played all of Saturday's game. Following both, he had the knee wrapped with ice. On Sunday, LeMahieu's knee was wrapped in gauze as he spoke with reporters.

The infielder contends that he didn't do anything to further hurt himself Sunday. The knee just "got more painful as the game went on," he said.

Asked if he thought he'd be in the Yankees' lineup on Tuesday, LeMahieu said, "That's my mindset."

In his first season with the Yankees, LaMahieu is hitting .310 with 15 RBIs.

Urshela left after he was hit on his left hand by an 88.5 mph cutter from Nick Vincent in the fifth. Urshela had two hits Sunday and is batting .351 with six RBIs in 57 at-bats.

The Yankees said X-rays on him were also negative.

"Just kind of a day-to-day thing," Boone said. "Obviously, the off day is coming at a good time for us. Hopefully we avoided some serious injuries."

Urshela, who was hit on the top of his left hand, just above the wrist, said no further testing would occur on his hand. He'll see how he feels after Monday, but he is hopeful to be back in the lineup at Arizona.

"Thank God the results are negative," Urshela said, speaking through an interpreter.

Although he was removed after slowly walking up the first-base line and being evaluated on the field, Urshela said he started feeling better about his injury pretty soon after.

"Once I got hit, because of the pain and sensation you have, automatically you think the worst," Urshela said. "But eventually I was able to move my fingers and got movement back and took a deep breath there."

New York has had 15 players on the injured list this year, and just two have come back: Sanchez and pitcher CC Sabathia. Still, the Yankees are 6-1 on their road trip after outscoring the Giants 21-12, and New York improved to a season-best six games over .500 at 17-11 by winning for the 11th time in 13 games.

"We've got really good makeup in that room," Boone said. "It's something that's important to us to have those kind of people, and we have that -- guys that are tough, that are prepared.

"I always felt with this team that through ups and downs, whatever, they're really good at turning the page. But there is an extra focus right now that with what we're going through, guys are coming in ready for any kind of role, ready for any kind of situation, and they're delivering."

With a depleted bench, the Yankees used pitcher J.A. Happ as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, and he grounded out.

Sanchez and Gleyber Torres hit two-run homers as the Yankees built an 8-0 lead by the sixth inning, and Luke Voit added three hits and a walk to extend his on-base streak to 39 games.

Domingo German (5-1) took a shutout into the sixth before tiring and is now tied for the major league lead in wins. He allowed four runs and five hits in six innings.

New York took a 2-0 lead in the first, Voit doubled the lead with a two-run single in the second, and Torres homered in the third. Sanchez's sixth-inning drive left the bat at 111.8 mph and traveled 430 feet, landing near the top of the left-field stands. That nearly matched Sanchez's first career grand slam Saturday, which traveled 467 feet.

Kevin Pillar homered and had three RBIs for the Giants, who are last in the NL West at 11-17.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

PHOENIX -- Perhaps Chicago Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood knew what was coming from his good friend when he doubled off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Matt Andriese to start a 15th-inning rally in the Cubs' wild win over Arizona on Sunday.

The game was tied 3-3 until Ben Zobrist drove home Chatwood not long after the righty reliever notched his fourth career double off a groomsman from his wedding.

"I've played with Matty since I was 7 or 8," a smiling Chatwood said after the 6-5 victory. "He was in my wedding, so I've known him for a while."

Zobrist drove in two on the play, then came home on a sacrifice fly -- a run the Cubs needed after Arizona staged its own rally in the bottom of the inning. The game ended with the tying run on first as Nick Ahmed took Zobrist to the warning track on a long fly.

"It was nerve-racking for a little bit," Zobrist said after catching the final out. "I thought, 'Oh, no,' for a second there. Just one of those days."

The day began with Zobrist on the bench after he asked out of the lineup in favor of David Bote, who homered twice on Saturday. Zobrist thought it was the right thing to do since Bote was scheduled to be on the bench for the series finale.

"Yeah, that was the right call," Zobrist said. "The right team call. You can't have that guy sitting the day after he looks so good. I feel like it was the right team thing."

Zobrist earned praise from Maddon, who made the final decision. Zobrist decided on the move in part because he has been struggling. Then he came off the bench and helped win the game with his first extra-base hit of the season.

"It felt good to drive a ball," Zobrist said of his right-field corner shot. "It's been a while. In that spot, it felt even better."

The game was the second longest by innings and time (5:36) in Chase Field history, with winning sequences coming from a player who asked not to start and a pitcher who doubled off his childhood friend.

"There are really a lot of wonderful little subplots for those that are into subplots," manager Joe Maddon said.