fieldlevelmedia Page 1466 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Nick Pivetta's effective outings lifts Padres past Pirates
Jackson Merrill knocked in two runs and Nick Pivetta fired six solid innings as the San Diego Padres edged the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Friday.,Pivetta (6-2) gave up six hits and two runs, walking none and striking out eight as he improved to 5-0 at home this year. Three San Diego reliever...

Tigers pound three homers, edge Royals in Lugo's return
Riley Greene and Dillon Dingler set the pace with early two-run homers, and Spencer Torkelson went deep late, as the visiting Detroit Tigers won their fifth straight, 7-5 over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.,Dingler and Wenceel Perez each had three hits, while the former drove in three for t...

Rajah Caruth holds on for Truck Series win at Nashville
LEBANON, Tenn. -- In the closing laps of the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday, Rajah Caruth had a question for himself.,"How bad do you want it?" Caruth thought silently, as four-time winner Corey Heim and Layne Riggs pursued him relentlessl...

Rangers' offense reappears in 11-1 rout of Cardinals
Marcus Semien went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs as the Texas Rangers broke out of their offensive funk with an 11-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers' Josh Jung and Sam Haggerty each had three hits and three RBIs. Wyatt Langford added a two-ru...

Red Sox take down Braves to end 5-game skid
Trevor Story ended a 15-game homer-less streak and the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Friday in the opener of their three-game series to stop their season-long five-game skid.,Story hit a two-run homer, his seventh, in the fourth inning to give Boston the lead. The shot carri...

Mike Trout returns to go 1-for-5 as Angels top Guardians
Jose Soriano pitched six strong innings, Jorge Soler homered and drove in two runs, and the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Friday to snap a five-game losing streak.,Three-time American League MVP Mike Trout went 1-for-5 in his return from the injured list for Los Ang...

Yainer Diaz slams walk-off homer as Astros edge Rays
Yainer Diaz socked an opposite-field, walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.,Diaz clubbed his seventh home run off Rays' left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger (0-1), who struck out the first two ba...

Ernie Clement helps power Blue Jays past struggling Athletics
Ernie Clement homered and had four hits, Addison Barger added a homer and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Athletics 11-7 on Friday night.,The Blue Jays rapped out 15 hits and accepted 11 walks in winning their third consecutive game. They recorded 18 hits in a 12-0 win on Thursday in the...

Dodgers' Mookie Betts sidelined due to stubbed toe
A stubbed toe kept Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts out of the starting lineup for the start of a World Series-rematch series against the visiting New York Yankees on Friday.,The injury to a toe on Betts' left foot occurred at home, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who added that...

Kyle Harrison, six relievers help Giants blank Marlins
Kyle Harrison combined with six relievers on a three-hitter, Matt Chapman homered and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game road series against the Miami Marlins with a 2-0 victory Friday night.,Heliot Ramos tripled on the game's fifth pitch and scored on a Wilmer Flores single, giving the Gi...

Report: FGCU Athletics vacates 82 wins, 2 ASUN titles
The NCAA concluded its investigation of Florida Gulf Coast athletics and the university will vacate 82 combined wins and two Atlantic Sun Championships between 2022 and 2024, the Fort Myers News-Press reported Friday.,Last month, the NCAA placed FGCU Athletics on two years of probation and fined the...

Sun finally enter win column while injuries pile up for Fever
Marina Mabrey scored a season-high 26 points, fueling the Connecticut Sun to their first win of the season in an 85-83 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday in Indianapolis.,Mabrey made 10 of 17 shots from the floor for the Sun (1-5), who overcame squandering a late 15-point lead to hand the Feve...

Orioles willing to manufacture runs against White Sox
The Baltimore Orioles don't have to hit their way to victories. They're showing a willingness to try other things.,They'll go into Saturday's game against the visiting Chicago White Sox with some good energy after pulling out a 2-1 victory in Friday's series opener. That included a double steal that...

Francisco Lindor (2 homers) leads Mets over Rockies
Francisco Lindor hit two homers while David Peterson continued his strong season by tossing 5 2/3 solid innings and earning the win Friday night, when the host New York Mets beat the reeling Colorado Rockies 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Starling Marte also homered while the slumping Jua...

Sabrina Ionescu scores 28 as unbeaten Liberty blitz Mystics
Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 28 points as the visiting New York Liberty pulled away in the third quarter and extended their season-opening winning streak to six games with a 85-63 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night.,New York (6-0) is off to its best start since winning the f...

Alannah Leach gets Tennessee offense rolling in win vs. Florida
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tennessee used a big first inning to roll to an 11-3 run-rule win over Florida in five innings in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,The Lady Vols (46-16) will take on the loser of Saturday's UCLA-Texas Tech game on Sunday.,Alannah Le...

Mao Saigo grabs lead, Nelly Korda 3 back at U.S. Women's Open
Mao Saigo got her hands on her first major championship last month. After Friday's performance at the U.S. Women's Open, she is halfway to another.,Saigo fired a 6-under-par 66, the best round of the championship so far, and finished the day with a three-stroke lead at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.,The n...

Christian Yelich homers twice, powers Brewers past Phils
Christian Yelich belted a three-run home run and a solo shot to highlight the Milwaukee Brewers' 6-2 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener on Friday.,William Contreras contributed three hits and an RBI as Milwaukee won its fifth straight game. Yelich finished with three hi...

Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips needs Tommy John surgery
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips is ticketed for Tommy John surgery, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced Friday prior to the team's home game with the New York Yankees.,The 30-year-old Roberts has been an important member of the Dodgers' bullpen for the last three-plus years -- highligh...

Cubs looking for better start from Ben Brown against Reds
Ben Brown might look like a different pitcher when he takes the mound for the Chicago Cubs in the second game of their three-game series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday afternoon.,For starters, the Cubs plan to use an opener before inserting Brown into the game.,That's because Brown...