Cleveland Indians' Shane Bieber, Cincinnati Reds' Trevor Bauer win Cy Youngs

Cleveland ace Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, and former Indians teammate Trevor Bauer became the first player to take home the NL honor for the Cincinnati Reds.

The Twins' Kenta Maeda finished second and the Blue Jays' Hyun Jin Ryu was third.

Maeda's runner-up finish is the highest by a Twin since Johan Santana's second Cy Young victory in 2006. He's only the third Twins pitcher to receive a vote on the three-pitcher ballot in the past decade, joining Ervin Santana, who finished seventh in the balloting in 2017, and Phil Hughes, seventh in 2014. And Maeda is the first Twin to finish second since Scott Erickson, runner-up to Roger Clemens in 1991.

Bieber went 8-1 with a 1.63 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 77 innings during the pandemic-shortened season, leading the majors in ERA and strikeouts and tying Yu Darvish for the most wins.

Bauer went 5-4 with an NL-best 1.73 ERA in 11 starts, helping the Reds reach the playoffs for the first time since 2013. The 29-year-old righthander struck out 100 in 73 innings and led the majors with two shutouts, a pair of seven-inning performances on doubleheader days.

The Cubs' Darvish finished second and the Mets' Jacob deGrom was third.

• Righthander Marcus Stroman has indicated he will accept the Mets' $18.9 million qualifying offer to stay with the team for 2021.

Iowa's Luka Garza was the lone unanimous selection on the Associated Press preseason All-America team, which was announced Wednesday.

Garza was joined on the team by Baylor senior Jared Butler, Oklahoma State freshman Cade Cunningham and Illinois junior Ayo Dosunmu. Seniors Corey Kispert of Gonzaga and Arizona State's Remy Martin tied for the final spot.

Wisconsin says it won't have any fans for basketball or hockey home games for what the school describes as "an indefinite period of time."

The policy covers men's and women's basketball as well as men's and women's hockey.

• The Lakers won't have fans at Staples Center during the upcoming regular season until further notice.

Daigneault replaces Billy Donovan, who now is coaching the Chicago Bulls.

• Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce added former Pacers coach Nate McMillan to his staff on as an assistant.

Soccer: Diego Maradona was released from a Buenos Aires hospital just over a week after undergoing brain surgery, and will continue his recovery in a private home.

NHL: Howie Meeker, who won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs, served in Parliament during his playing days, and went on to become a Canadian icon as a respected and colorful television hockey analyst, has died. Meeker's NHL playing career was over at age 30 after 346 games — he had 83 goals, 102 assists and 329 penalty minutes. He was 97.

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