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Stars stave off elimination in Detroit

DETROIT—Marty Turco picked the perfect time for his first NHL victory at Joe Louis Arena.

Turco made 38 saves to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in Game 5, extending the Western Conference finals.

“It’s probably the best I’ve felt in this building ever,” he said.

Trevor Daley scored in the first period and Joel Lundqvist had a go-ahead goal in the second to help the Stars pull to 3-2 in the series after losing the first three games.

Game 6 is Monday night in Dallas. If necessary, the final game will be Wednesday night in Detroit.

Turco had been 0-9-2 as a pro at The Joe after starring in college at Michigan. While in goal for the Wolverines, he was 18-5 in the arena.

Guillen, Joyce lead Tigers past D-backs

PHOENIX—Carlos Guillen hit a two-run single and Matt Joyce homered to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, snapping a five-game losing streak.

Armando Galarraga (3-1) kept the Diamondbacks at bay, allowing two runs and one hit in six-plus innings.

Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his sixth save in six chances. He hit leadoff man Justin Upton before retiring Mark Reynolds, Eric Byrnes and Chris Snyder on fly balls.

With Chase Field's roof open on a 94-degree evening, Galarraga and Arizona's Max Scherzer (0-2) dueled through four scoreless innings in the twilight.

Galarraga walked two of the first three men he faced but escaped by retiring Conor Jackson on a liner to short and Justin Upton on a pop to second. Galarraga cruised from there, retiring the side in order in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth.

He tired in the seventh, walking Upton and Reynolds to open the inning. Manager Jim Leyland lifted Galarraga, who threw 111 pitches, 23 more than his previous high. Galarraga walked five and struck out three.

Santana pitches Mets to victory over Yankees

NEW YORK—Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a rain-shortened Subway Series.

Billy Wagner got four outs for his ninth save in nine chances — one day after manager Willie Randolph held a closed-door meeting in response to remarks by the closer that some perceived as critical of his teammates.

After clearing the air, the Mets clocked reliever Kyle Farnsworth. They got key throws from outfielders Ryan Church and Carlos Beltran, beating Andy Pettitte (3-5) after Friday night’s scheduled game was rained out.

Wright and Beltran each had three hits for the Mets.

Santana (5-2) started them off on the right track. He gave up three more homers but lasted 7 2-3 innings, his longest outing this year.

Second-generation driver makes Indy 500 field

INDIANAPOLIS—For Graham Rahal, driving in the Indianapolis 500 has been an almost lifelong ambition.

The son of 1986 Indy winner and IRL IndyCar Series team owner Bobby Rahal has been coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since he was a small child, and he has visualized himself in a car on the famed 2?-mile oval many, many times.

If finally happened this year, thanks to the unification of the two American open-wheel series, and the 19-year-old Rahal has taken full advantage.

He was among 21 drivers who qualified Saturday for the tentative race field, leaving just one spot to fill later in the second of three days of time trials for the May 25 race.

“I really wanted to race here last year,” said Rahal, who drove in the now-defunct Champ Car World Series in 2007 for eight-time champion Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. “Last year, I was here with Carl (Haas) and Mike (Lanigan), up in Mike’s suite. I was trying to convince them to run a car with my dad this year.

“It would be a joint venture. We would use my (crew) guys and my dad’s cars.”

Fortunately for Rahal, pursuing that deal became unnecessary when the unification was announced in January, putting all the top American open-wheel teams and drivers in one series.

Federer and Nadal advance in Hamburg Masters

HAMBURG, Germany—Rafael Nadal won a three-set struggle with Novak Djokovic to protect his No. 2 ranking Saturday and advance to the Hamburg Masters final against the world’s top-ranked player.

Nadal will face No. 1 Roger Federer in Sunday’s final, a rematch of last year’s championship match in which Federer won his fourth Hamburg title and ended Nadal’s’ 81-match winning streak on clay — his only win over the Spaniard on the slow surface.

Nadal and Federer reached the final in contrasting fashion Saturday.

Federer overwhelmed Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-1. Nadal had to fight for more than three hours to defeat the third-ranked Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.

Nadal’s ranking was at stake against Djokovic, and Nadal prevailed in an often spectacular match that had both players clenching fists and thumping chests after amazing winners and turned into a superb battle of wills, stamina and skill.

“It was great to be part of a fantastic match, the quality was very high,” Djokovic said. “It was one of the best, maybe the best match I can remember I played on clay.”

Nadal called the duel “amazing, one of my best matches.”

Sharapova pulls out of Italian Open semifinal

ROME—Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Italian Open semifinals because of a strained left calf Saturday, two days before she is to assume the No. 1 ranking following Justine Henin’s retirement.

Sharapova said the injury would not affect her preparations for the French Open, which begins next weekend.

“I don’t think so. It’s a strain,” the second-seeded Russian said. “They said I need maybe three days off before they test it again.”

Sharapova had been scheduled to play defending champion Jelena Jankovic. In Sunday’s final, Jankovic will meet France’s Alize Cornet.

Cornet became the first female qualifier to reach the Italian Open final in several decades by defeating sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. The 18-year-old Cornet, last year’s French Open junior champion, is ranked 34th, but by beating Jankovic could join the top 20 when the rankings are released Monday.

On Friday, Serena Williams withdrew from the quarterfinals with a back problem.