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Jays put new first-place status on line against Angels
The Toronto Blue Jays are in first place in the American League East after sweeping a four-game series from the New York Yankees.,The Blue Jays' next task will be to stay there, starting Friday night with the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Angels.,Toronto took a one-g...
Pirates ride six-game winning streak into Seattle
The Pittsburgh Pirates are on a roll.,The Pirates have not only won six consecutive games heading into their interleague series that begins Friday afternoon in Seattle, but they are coming off a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in which they didn't allow a run.,A team that was just 12-26 ...
Charlie Morton returns to Atlanta as O's open series vs. Braves
Baltimore right-hander Charlie Morton will make his return to Atlanta on Friday when the Orioles open a three-game series against the Braves.,The Braves lost two of three against the visiting Los Angeles Angels the past three days and have dropped six of their past eight. The Orioles fell twice in a...
Ha-Seong Kim set for Rays debut in opener vs. Twins
The Tampa Bay Rays will begin their long, strange trip to the All-Star break when they face the Minnesota Twins on Friday afternoon to open a three-game series in Minneapolis.,The contest will kick off a 10-game trek for the Rays to close out the pre-break slate. Tampa Bay, coming off a 6-5 win over...
Slumping Yankees, Mets look for turnaround in Subway Series
The New York Mets and New York Yankees stumbled in the weeks leading up to the latest installment of the Subway Series, which starts Friday at Citi Field.,The Mets lost 14 of 17 games before winning each of their past two contests against the Milwaukee Brewers.,The Yankees, meanwhile, dropped 14 of ...
Cardinals aim to spark extended run vs. Cubs
The July 31 trade deadline will be looming large when the visiting St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series against the rival Chicago Cubs on Friday.,Chicago leads the National League Central by four games over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers, while St. Louis is 5 1/2 games out in the divisi...
Nationals to face their former first-round pick Lucas Giolito
Boston right-hander Lucas Giolito makes his first career start against the team that drafted him when the Red Sox open a three-game series at the Washington Nationals Friday.,Giolito (4-1, 3.99 ERA) opposes right-hander Michael Soroka (3-5, 4.70 ERA) in Washington's traditional 11:05 a.m. July 4 gam...
MLB roundup: Jays sweep Yankees, move atop AL East
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Y...
Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals salvage split with Mariners
Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run single broke a tie in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to earn a split of a four-game series.,Seth Lugo (6-5) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings for the Royals, who won for just the third time in 12 games. The r...
T1 down CTBC Flying Oyster in LoL MSI bracket opener
T1 rallied to take the last two maps and earn a 3-2 win over CTBC Flying Oyster on Thursday in an opening-round bracket-stage match at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Vancouver.,In the day's other first-round match, Bilibili Gaming defeated KOI 3-1.,The $2 million event began with t...
Dustin May, Dodgers complete 3-game sweep of White Sox
Dustin May pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in his career as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,Freddie Freeman drove in a total of three runs on two doubles and Michael Conforto and Mookie Bett...
Giants' Robbie Ray gets complete-game win over D-backs
Robbie Ray dominated Thursday, tossing his second career complete game to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.,The left-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced, gave up only three hits, a walk and struck out seven. Ray (9-3) needed just 102 pi...
President Trump: UFC card coming to White House in '26
The Octagon likely is coming to the White House next year.,President Donald Trump plans to have the UFC hold a fight card at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2026 as part of the United States' 250th birthday celebration.,The Republican president, who is close with UFC president Dana White, made the annou...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take over AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve, Liberty’s Sandy Brondello to coach All-Star Game
Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx and Sandy Brondello of the New York Liberty were tapped on Thursday as the head coaches for the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game.,As of the end of play Thursday, Minnesota (15-2) and New York (12-5) owned the two best records in the league, garnering their respective co...
Cubs pull out extra-inning win to sweep struggling Guardians
Matt Shaw hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on Thursday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 1-0 and sweep the three-game series.,Nico Hoerner started at second base as the automatic runner in the 10th, moved to third on Michael Busch's groundout against Emman...
Reports: Lakers re-sign C Jaxson Hayes for one year
A day after adding free agent center Deandre Ayton, the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly agreed to a deal on Thursday to bring back their incumbent at the position, Jaxson Hayes.,The Lakers and Hayes settled on a one-year contract, according to ESPN and The Athletic. Financial terms weren't reported.,I...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees and take over AL East lead
George Springer had two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Aziaha James, Paige Bueckers carry Wings past Mercury
Dallas rookies Aziaha James and Paige Bueckers did the heavy lifting while combining for 51 points as the shorthanded Dallas Wings defeated the Phoenix Mercury 98-89 on Thursday in Arlington, Texas., ,James, the 12th overall pick in the WNBA draft in April, amassed a career-high 28 points and Buecke...