INDIANAPOLIS >> Alex Palou became the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Palou, who has won three IndyCar titles in four years — including the last two, came to the speedway with four wins through the first five races this season. But it was No. 6, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” that he had circled on his calendar.

Without an Indy 500 win, Palou said his career resume would never be complete.

Palou stopped the car just beyond the Yard of Bricks, climbing out of it. He jumped down and took off in a run down the front stretch, pulling off his gloves and tossing them.

Baseball

Giants beat Nationals >> Robbie Ray pitched six strong innings to improve to 7-0, Sam Huff homered and the San Francisco Giants hung on to beat the Nationals 3-2 and take two of three at Washington.

Ray allowed a run on three hits and struck out seven without a walk, lowering his ERA to 2.56.

The AL Cy Young Award winner in 2021 with Toronto, Ray became the second Giants pitcher in the past 30 years to start a season 7-0 after Kevin Gausman did it in 2021. The Giants are 10-1 in Ray’s starts.

Soccer

Dash tie against Bay >> Messiah Bright came off the bench to score a late equalizer for the Houston Dash in a 2-2 tie against Bay FC at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on Saturday.

Bay (3-4-3) scored two goals in four minutes in the second half for a 2-1 lead.

Penelope Hocking scored in her third consecutive game when she spun away from pressure and fired the ball into the corner of the goal to make it 1-1 in the 53rd minute.

Rachel Hill made it 2-1 in the 56th when she tapped the ball into an open net after Racheal Kundananji had stolen the ball.

Earthquakes draw >> Griffin Dorsey scored in stoppage time for Houston and the Dynamo tied 3-3 with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.

Ezequiel Ponce opened the scoring in the 31st minute, heading home a first-touch cross played by Dorsey and Felipe Andrade’s header in the 50th gave Houston (4-6-5) a 2-0 lead. Ondrej Lingr’s entry pass from the right side was deflected by San Jose’s Vítor Costa but Andrade pushed it inside the left post.