SAN JOSE >> Jared McCann had two goals and an assist, Joey Daccord stopped 23 shots and the Seattle Kraken beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Saturday night.

Daccord allowed only Will Smith’s first-period goal, three nights after a 5-0 victory in Vancouver for his second shutout of the season.

Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist, Jaden Schwartz scored his 24th goal and Chandler Stephenson added a goal.

McCann opened the scoring at 5:46 of the first and helped set up Burakovsky’s goal 3:26 later. Smith scored late in the first for San Jose, and Stephenson, Schwartz and McCann put it away with goals in the second.

The NHL-worst Sharks have lost four in a row.

Alexandar Georgiev allowed four goals on 11 shots for San Jose in his 300th career game before giving way to Georgi Romanov midway through the second. Romanov stopped 10 of 11 shots.

Motor sports

Verstappen wins >> Max Verstappen won Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix for his first victory of the young season and just the third in 17 races but needed a drive that his Red Bull team engineer called “perfection” to get it done.

It was Verstappen’s fourth straight victory on the Suzuka circuit in central Japan and breaks the momentum of the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, who won the season’s first two races in Australia and China.

The four-time defending Formula 1 champion, Verstappen started from pole position after setting a course-record time in qualifying. Norris placed second and Piastri was third. The track was dry despite rain earlier in the day to produce an incident-free race.

Baseball

Snell on IL >> The Los Angeles Dodgers placed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation.

Snell went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his first two starts for the Dodgers this season.

The World Series champion Dodgers signed the left-handed Snell to a $182 million, five-year contract in the offseason.

Brewers’ Cortes placed on IL >> The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list with a flexor strain in his left elbow, further depleting the team’s starting pitching.

The loss of Cortes leaves the Brewers with Freddy Peralta as the only healthy pitcher among those projected to be in the five-man rotation this season.

Cortes’ elbow problem surfaced last weekend following a rough outing that saw him give up three home runs on consecutive pitches and five overall in a 20-9 loss to the New York Yankees. Imaging tests revealed no structural damage, and Cortes threw six shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night.

Clemente’s family upset >> The Pittsburgh Pirates have angered the family of the late Roberto Clemente by removing a sign honoring the franchise icon on the right-field wall at PNC Park.

The sign featured Clemente’s name and his No. 21. Replacing it is an advertisement for Surfside, an alcoholic drink.

The right-field wall at PNC Park stands 21 feet high in honor of Clemente.

The Pirates said in a statement that the sign, which had been on the wall since 2022, was meant to be a temporary adornment.

NFL

Raiders to release Jones >> The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to release cornerback Jack Jones.

The 27-year-old Jones had an up-and-down stint with the Raiders after the club claimed him off waivers when the New England Patriots released him two years ago.

He played in 24 games and started 19 for Las Vegas, intercepting five passes and returning three for touchdowns. But Jones also found himself out of position several times and allowed opposing receivers to make big plays.