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Haeran Ryu stays on top at Black Desert Championship
An eagle before the turn buoyed Haeran Ryu's second round as the South Korea native increased her lead to two strokes at the Black Desert Championship on Friday in Ivins, Utah.,Ryu fired a 63 on Thursday to kick off the inaugural LPGA event at Black Desert Resort. She doubled her lead with Friday's ...

St. Louis City out to halt winless steak in visit to Seattle
Since hosting the Seattle Sounders in mid-March, things haven't gone well for St. Louis City.,St. Louis will look to snap a six-match winless streak (0-4-2) when it travels to the Pacific Northwest for a match against the Sounders on Saturday night.,St. Louis (2-4-4, 10 points) hasn't won since that...

Nathan Lukes' late knock pushes Blue Jays past Guardians
Nathan Lukes hit a two-run, go-ahead single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Friday night.,George Springer hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who have won three straight.,Carlos Santana and Bo Naylor homered for the Gua...

A's Gunnar Hoglund stifles Marlins in strong debut
Gunnar Hoglund gave up one run over six innings in his major league debut and JJ Bleday homered, doubled and scored three runs as the visiting Athletics won their third straight game, 6-1, over the Miami Marlins in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night., ,Hoglund (1-0), the 19th overall ...

Rafael Devers helps Red Sox break out late vs. Twins
Rafael Devers hit a key two-run single in the seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox rallied for five late runs to beat the visiting Minnesota Twins 6-1 in the opener of a three-game weekend series on Friday night.,Boston's Alex Bregman (2-for-4) and Minnesota's Ryan Jeffers hit solo homers in the ear...

Max Fried, Yankees fire one-hitter against Rays
Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning, Max Fried allowed one hit in seven sparkling innings, and the New York Yankees earned a 3-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.,Fried (6-0), Devin Williams and Luke Weaver (third save) threw a combined one-hitter. Jose...

Timbers ride road winning streak to San Jose to face Quakes
The Portland Timbers look to continue their excellent road form on Saturday when they visit a San Jose Earthquakes side that feels it has been playing better than the results have shown.,The Timbers (5-2-3, 18 points) have already won three times on the road, one reason they've been able to generate...

Scottie Scheffler stands tall at -18 halfway through Byron Nelson
Scottie Scheffler shot an 8-under-par 63 and extended his lead at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson to six shots before the second round was suspended Friday at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.,Lightning in the area interrupted the round for six hours, 15 minutes before play finally resumed in the mid-afte...

Ryan O'Hearn's HR backs Dean Kremer as Orioles blank Royals
Baltimore's Dean Kremer threw seven shutout innings and Ryan O'Hearn broke up a scoreless tie with a two-run, seventh-inning home run as the Orioles beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-0 in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Yennier Cano and Felix Bautista each pitched an inning of r...

Megan Fudge hunting for triple gold at U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
Megan Fudge remains alive for a three-gold-medal performance at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships after sweeping her three semifinal matches on Friday in Naples, Fla.,Fudge, the No. 1-ranked female in the Association of Pickleball Players, also arranged a juicy showdown against Anna Leigh Water...

Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. (forearm) exits after hit by piitch
San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. exited Friday's game against host Pittsburgh after being hit by a pitch from Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller.,Tatis Jr. was hit on the left forearm by a 93-mph sinker from Keller with two outs in the top of the third inning. Tatis was attended to b...

Kyle Schwarber, Max Kepler homer to push Phillies past D-backs
Kyle Schwarber and Max Kepler hit seventh-inning home runs as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Friday.,Schwarber's 10th home run and Kepler's fourth of the season helped Philadelphia win for the fifth time in six games. Jesus Luzardo allowed two runs an...

Becky Hammon salutes mentor Gregg Popovich, happy as WNBA coach
When Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon heard Friday that Gregg Popovich will no longer be head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, she immediately felt the emotions churning.,Makes sense since Hammon spent seven seasons (2014-21) on the bench with Popovich and eight overall with the team and became the ...

Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez (leg) exits vs. Blue Jays
Cleveland Guardians star third baseman Jose Ramirez sustained a mild right anile sprain and departed the team's road game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday after he fell at first base.,Ramirez left in the third inning after running out an infield single to the pitcher. The throw from Toronto's...

Red Sox 1B Triston Casas hurts leg, exits game on stretcher
Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas left Friday night's game against the Minnesota Twins on a stretcher with an apparent serious leg injury.,Casas beat out a check-swing ground ball that Twins pitcher Joe Ryan misplayed in the bottom of the second inning. After stepping hard on top of the fir...

Dynamo strive to continue recent dominance over LAFC
The Houston Dynamo were winless in six MLS matches this season before taking down Los Angeles FC on April 5.,The Dynamo are now in the midst of a four-match unbeaten stretch as they seek to complete a sweep of the regular-season series with host Los Angeles FC in the rematch Saturday night.,Houston ...

Ex-Arizona State G Adam Miller commits to Gonzaga
Former Arizona State guard Adam Miller has committed to Gonzaga, according to multiple reports on Friday.,The Bulldogs will be Miller's fourth program. He started his career at Illinois in 2020-21 and also played one season at LSU before being with Arizona State for two seasons.,Miller averaged 9.8 ...

Insperity Invitational interrupted by lightning; will resume Saturday
The Insperity Invitational didn't get very far Friday before the first round was halted due to lightning in the vicinity of The Woodlands (Texas) Country Club.,All 78 players in the field had gotten on the course, but none had finished their rounds. The first round will resume Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ...

Red Sox RHP Walker Buehler (shoulder inflammation) goes on IL
The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Walker Buehler on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder, but manager Alex Cora said it is not a long-term concern.,"He's gonna go on the IL," Cora told reporters Friday. "We don't think it's that serious. Miss two starts and hopeful...

Good Cheer wins down the stretch at Kentucky Oaks
Good Cheer stormed her way to the front down the stretch to take the 151st Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs and win her seventh race in as many career starts.,A sloppy track did not slow down the 6-5 betting favorite as she took the 1-1/8 mile Grade 1 stakes race in 1:50.15, beating 32-1 D...