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Mets set sights on snapping Braves' 9-game home win streak
The Atlanta Braves will be looking for their 10th straight victory at home on Monday when they open a three-game series against the New York Mets.,The Braves salvaged one contest from their three-game set at the New York Yankees on Sunday and will return to Atlanta to begin a six-game homestand. The...
Red Sox facing rare adversity of late entering 4-game set at Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays could be catching the visiting Boston Red Sox at the right time Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.,The Red Sox, who have been the hottest team in the majors for more than a month, are coming off two consecutive home losses to the lowly Athletics over the weekend....
Reports: Royals adding veteran RHP Craig Kimbrel to bullpen
Right-handed reliever Craig Kimbrel is signing with the Kansas City Royals, his third team this season and 12th in his 17-year career, MLB.com and the New York Post reported on Sunday.,Kimbrel, 38, is signing a major league contract and is expected to be activated in time for the Royals' game Monday...
MLB roundup: Phillies walk off Blue Jays in 12 to avoid sweep
Derek Hill hit a walk-off RBI single to help the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in 12 innings Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep.,Kyle Schwarber hit two homers for the Phillies to give him 35 on the season after he was homerless in the prior 17 games.,Philadelphia b...
Padres go yard 4 times to win rubber match vs. Astros
Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gavin Sheets and Austin Hays homered Sunday night as the San Diego Padres won the rubber match of a series between playoff contenders with a 7-2 decision over the visiting Houston Astros.,Randy Vasquez (8-6) got his second win of the week, permitting only two hit...
Defending champ Ben Shelton through to quarterfinals at Montreal
Defending champion Ben Shelton continued his National Bank Open title defense in remarkably strong fashion with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) defeat of Joao Fonseca on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals in Montreal.,Shelton, the fifth-seeded American, and Fonseca, the 22nd-seeded 19-year-old from Brazil, had each n...
LYON, Liquid roll to 3-0 records at LCS Summer Split
LYON and Team Liquid maintained their winning pace and became the first two teams to pick up their third wins of the League Championship Series Summer Split on Sunday.,LYON swept Dignitas 2-0 before Team Liquid did the same to FlyQuest, both winners improving to 3-0 after three weeks of competition....
JJ Wetherholt breaks tie, powers Cardinals past Rockies
Rookie JJ Wetherholt lined a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday afternoon, keying the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 victory against the visiting Colorado Rockies.,Wetherholt finished 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs for the Cardinals, who won for the...
FedEx Cup field: Streaks end as Jackson Koivun cements final playoff spot
Jackson Koivun just completed his fifth PGA Tour start since turning pro, and he's already a playoff contender.,Koivun, 21, held onto the 70th and final spot in the FedEx Cup playoff field after he tied for 29th Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour's regular-season finale in Greensboro, ...
Valkyries go up big, hold off Sparks' late rally
Cecilia Zandalasini scored 15 points and Tiffany Hayes added 14 as the Golden State Valkyries continued their surge with a 84-78 road victory over the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.,Gabby Williams and Kayla Thornton each scored 11 points as the Valkyries (23-9) extended their winning streak to f...
Hezly Rivera rallies to repeat in all-around at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
Hezly Rivera rallied to win her second straight national all-around championship behind a very strong second day in the women's competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Rivera, who was the youngest American Olympian at the 2024 Paris Olympics at 16 -- winning ...
Liberty have easy time with short-handed Aces, roll 111-71
Marine Johannes poured in 27 points off the bench as the host New York Liberty crushed the short-handed Las Vegas Aces 111-71 on Sunday afternoon.,Jonquel Jones scored 15 points, Breanna Stewart and Han Xu notched 14 points apiece and Rebecca Allen added 13 points for the Liberty (20-13), who extend...
Alex Palou takes home Portland title, grows IndyCar points lead to 110
Alex Palou seems to be on a rocket ship to his fourth consecutive IndyCar Series title, and few have any hopes of catching him.,The Spaniard won his sixth race of the season at the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland, prevailing by 4.1167 seconds at Portland International Raceway on Sunday in Oregon.,P...
Colson Montgomery's 3-run blast powers White Sox past Guardians
Colson Montgomery hit a three-run home run to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday.,Brenton Doyle was 2-for-5 with a double, and Munetaka Murakami and Randal Grichuk added an RBI double apiece in the rubber match for Chicago.,Jose Ramirez collec...
OpTic Gaming claim Call of Duty title at Esports World Cup
OpTic Gaming finished the grand final strong and put away Team Heretics 5-3 to claim the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 title at the Esports World Cup on Sunday in Paris.,OpTic will take home the $600,000 grand prize along with 1,000 Esports World Cup club points. Team Heretics settled for $320,000 and 75...
Ty Gibbs records second career victory at Iowa Corn 350
Ty Gibbs had enough tires to hold off teammate Christopher Bell and take his second NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, winning the Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.,Bell took four tires on his final stop with 60 laps left, but Gibbs' No. 54 crew went with two to hand the 23-year-old the...
Tigers beat Giants in 10 innings to finish West Coast jaunt strong
Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee ignited a two-run 10th inning with an RBI single and the Detroit Tigers completed a highly successful West Coast swing with a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.,Max Clark added a run-scoring infield out for a two-run cushion and Tyler Holton threw ...
AL-best Rays wrap up sweep of sliding Mariners
Ian Seymour pitched six quality innings as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the host Seattle Mariners 4-1 Sunday afternoon to complete a sweep of their three-game series.,Liam Hicks had a two-run double for the American League-leading Rays, who have won six consecutive games and 15 of their past 19.,The ...
Eduardo Rodriguez fans 9 as D-backs take season series from Dodgers
Ketel Marte homered, Eduardo Rodriguez struck out a season-high nine, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 to clinch the season series Sunday in Phoenix.,Rodriguez (11-4) threw a season-high 115 pitches, two short of a career high, while giving up two runs in seven innings. ...
Top seeds Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff advance to Toronto QFs
At 22 years of age, Coco Gauff is building an incredible resume.,The fourth-seeded Floridian routed Russian teenager Alina Korneeva 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Toronto.,In the first match of the day, second-seeded Elena Rybankina of Kazakhstan outl...