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George Kirby's dominant start propels Mariners past Phillies
Cal Raleigh homered and George Kirby pitched 7 2/3 strong innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 Tuesday night.,Kirby (9-10) allowed one run on six hits. The right-hander walked one and struck out nine.,Mariners closer Andres Munoz worked the ninth for his 24...

Giants overcome another injury to starting pitcher to beat Reds
Rafael Devers hit another home run, another pitcher got injured early in his start, and the San Francisco Giants followed a winning -- albeit painful -- script Tuesday night to beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 3-1.,One night after they built an early lead and lost starting pitcher Carson Whisenhunt...

Athletics turn in complete effort to defeat Twins
Carlos Cortes hit a two-run homer and Gage Jump pitched into the seventh inning as the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Lawrence Butler had two hits for the Athletics, who won for the third time in four games, bouncing back from a 9-6 loss in the opener of...

Oneil Cruz's 9th-inning HR the only run in Pirates' defeat of Padres
Oneil Cruz lined a two-out solo homer in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday night and the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the San Diego Padres 1-0.,Cruz ripped a changeup from Mason Miller (4-2) 379 feet into the seats in right field for his 17th homer of the year. It was the first homer allowe...

Balanced-scoring Mystics ease past slumping Mercury
Sonia Citron scored 19 points to lead five Washington players in double figures as the visiting Mystics downed the struggling Phoenix Mercury 94-84 on Tuesday.,Citron also had nine assists for Washington (23-15), which has won 11 of its last 14 games. Kiki Iriafen had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Shak...

Yuliia Starodubtseva charges into Monterrey quarterfinals
Yuliia Starodubtseva, who entered the week on a six-match losing streak, is through to the quarterfinals of the Abierto GNP Seguros event in Monterrey, Mexico.,The 26-year-old Ukrainian upset seventh-seeded Janice Tjen of Indonesia 6-4, 6-3 in the second round on Tuesday.,Starodubtseva got to her fi...

White Sox plate 6 in 1st, hold off Rangers' surge
Tristan Peters delivered a two-run double during a six-run first inning and homered for the fourth straight game as the host Chicago White Sox topped the Texas Rangers 11-7 on Tuesday.,Chicago evened the series between American League playoff contenders at one game apiece. The White Sox out-hit the ...

Pete Alonso, Orioles mash past skidding Cardinals
Pete Alonso went 4-for-4 with a three-run home run and Christian Encarnacion-Strand also homered and drove in three runs Tuesday night for the visiting Baltimore Orioles in a 13-1 romp against the St. Louis Cardinals.,Jackson Holliday added three hits and right-hander Chris Bassitt pitched effective...

NASCAR returning Coronado in '27, plans to visit other military sites
NASCAR announced Tuesday that it is returning to Naval Base Coronado in 2027, with both the Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series racing the Southern California course for a second consecutive year.,Additionally, NASCAR announced plans to hold more races at military sites beginning in 2028. NASCAR chie...

After surrendering lead in 9th, Mets edge Brewers in 10th
Francisco Lindor homered and later scoring the winning run in the 10th inning as the host New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday.,Bo Bichette flew out to lead off the 10th against Trevor Megill (2-3), who then walked Carson Benge and Luis Robert Jr....

LLBWS roundup: Ohio stops New Jersey to climb lower bracket
Ohio broke up a scoreless tie with five runs in the fourth to spark a 5-2 victory over New Jersey in elimination-round play on Tuesday night in South Williamsport, Pa.,Xander Kinkade's two-run double highlighted the big inning for the Great Lakes representatives from Hamilton, Ohio, who advanced to ...

Salvador Perez, Royals take down Blue Jays for ninth consecutive win
Salvador Perez knocked in the go-ahead run with a fifth-inning single Tuesday night as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 for their ninth straight victory.,Toronto's Brett Bateman had three hits in the opener of the three-game series. The Blue Jays have dropped three ...

Astros battle past Yankees in back-and-forth affair
Yainer Diaz homered twice, Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking RBI triple with two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday night and the visiting Houston Astros outlasted the New York Yankees for a 9-7 victory.,Houston won for just the sixth time in its past 15 games by scoring three runs off Brent Headrick ...

Raisel Iglesias, Braves hold on to end Dodgers' 6-game win streak
Ozzie Albies hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and Raisel Iglesias pitched around a leadoff triple in the ninth as the Atlanta Braves posted a 4-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.,Shohei Ohtani began the ninth with a deep drive that bounced off left fielder Lane...

Jarren Duran's slam in the 11th carries Red Sox past Marlins
Jarren Duran slugged a grand slam in the 11th inning as the Boston Red Sox defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-3 on Tuesday night.,Mickey Gasper homered twice for the Red Sox, who have won five straight games.,Gasper, waived by the Nationals in January and demoted by the Red Sox to the minors in late ...

Paige Bueckers, Jessica Shepard lead Wings over Fire and into playoffs
Paige Bueckers poured in 22 points and dished 11 assists to lead the Dallas Wings to a wire-to-wire, 96-78 win over the Portland Fire on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, to clinch the WNBA's eighth and final playoff spot.,Dallas (23-16) won its third straight game and will be in the postseason for the f...

Freedom 250 nets best IndyCar ratings outside 500 since ‘08
The IndyCar Series' Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a one-time street race in the nation's capital in honor of the country's semiquincentennial, earned the racing circuit's best TV ratings for any non-Indianapolis 500 race since 2008.,Fox reported an average of 3.282 million viewers for the unique event, th...

Back from IL, Hunter Goodman goes deep as Rockies top Nats, end skid
Hunter Goodman homered in his return from the injured list as the Colorado Rockies snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the host Washington Nationals on Tuesday.,Jordan Beck collected two hits for Colorado, which leveled the four-game series at one victory apiece.,The Rockies, who ...

Sky ban Enes Kanter Freedom from arena after altercation
Two days after ejecting Enes Kanter Freedom from Wintrust Arena during a game, the Chicago Sky announced Tuesday that they have banned the former NBA player from the building.,Kanter Freedom, sitting courtside during the Sky's 113-90 loss to the Indiana Fever on Sunday, stood up and took a step onto...

Martin Damm slams top-seeded Daniil Medvedev at Winston-Salem
Wild-card entrant Martin Damm needed just 1 hour, 22 minutes to knock out No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-3 in second-round action on Tuesday at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.,The 6-foot-8 Damm used his length at the net to pull off the upset. While Medvedev won just 2 of 4 po...