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No. 19 Louisville beats Georgia Tech for 3-0 start
Tyler Shough threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and No. 19 Louisville repeatedly came up with big plays to overcome visiting Georgia Tech 31-19 in an Atlantic Coast Conference thriller on Saturday., ,The Cardinals (3-0) also got a touchdown apiece on defense and special teams and stuffed a would...
Jonathan Aranda stays hot, leads Rays past Blue Jays
Jonathan Aranda homered for the second straight game, starter Taj Bradley broke a seven-game losing skid, and the Tampa Bay Rays secured a winning home record by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Aranda was the offensive star Friday after homering off Tor...
No. 10 Penn State erupts in 2nd quarter, shuts out Kent State
Drew Allar threw for 309 yards with three touchdown passes to lead host Penn State to a 56-0 rout of Kent State on Saturday at University Park, Pa.,Allar completed 17 of 21 passes and helped the 10th-ranked Nittany Lions (3-0) break open a close game with 21 points in the final 5:49 of the first hal...
Pitt improves to 4-0 with rout of FCS foe Youngstown State
Eli Holstein went 16-of-24 passing for 247 yards and three touchdowns to lead Pittsburgh to a 73-17 home win over Youngstown State on Saturday.,Holstein also rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries, and Daniel Carter rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries for Pittsbu...
Mets prevent Phils from clinching NL East, win 6-3
Francisco Alvarez homered in the second inning and laced a key two-run double in the seventh on Saturday for the host New York Mets, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 in the third game of a four-game series.,The win by the Mets (86-69) prevented the playoff-bound Phillies (92-63) from clinching...
Braves display power in downing struggling Marlins
Matt Olson slugged a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the host Miami Marlins 6-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Gio Urshela followed Olson with another two-run homer in the seventh. Former Marlins star Jorge Soler had a solo blast in the second inning.,The Bra...
Riley Leonard stars as No. 17 Notre Dame routs Miami (Ohio)
Quarterback Riley Leonard accounted for 297 yards of offense and three touchdowns, and No. 17 Notre Dame pulled away for a 28-3 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind., ,Leonard completed 16 of 25 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown for Notre Dame (3-1), which won its second...
Rangers RHP Max Scherzer's season done (hamstring)
Texas Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, bringing his injury-plagued season to an end with the Rangers out of playoff contention.,Scherzer, 40, had been scheduled to start Saturday night's game against the visiting Seattle Mariners. ...
Diana Taurasi considers retirement as Mercury meet Lynx in playoffs
What could potentially be the final WNBA postseason run for Diana Taurasi begins Sunday when the Phoenix Mercury visit the Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis for Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs.,Taurasi, 42, hasn't yet confirmed that this WNBA season is her last one, but the league's all-time l...
Charlotte FC snap losing streak in a big way against Revolution
Pep Biel and Patrick Agyemang each had a goal and an assist as host Charlotte FC defeated the short-handed New England Revolution 4-0 on Saturday.,Liel Abada and Kerwin Vargas also scored and goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina made four saves in posting the shutout for Charlotte (11-11-8, 41 points), whic...
Red Sox All-Star 3B Rafael Devers (shoulder) goes on IL, ending season
The Boston Red Sox placed All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers on the 10-day injured list on Saturday, ending his season after he played for weeks with soreness in both shoulders.,Devers, 27, underwent MRI exams on both shoulders Saturday and went on the injured list because of left shoulder inflamm...
West Virginia comes from behind late to beat Kansas
Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher III with 26 seconds left as West Virginia rallied for a 32-28 victory over Kansas in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Morgantown, W. Va.,The Mountaineers overcame a late 11-point deficit behind two scoring pas...
Xavier Brown helps lift Virginia over Coastal Carolina
Xavier Brown rushed for a career-high 171 yards and Grady Brosterhous ran for two scores as Virginia rolled to a 43-24 nonconference victory against Coastal Carolina on Saturday in Conway, S.C.,The Cavaliers (3-1) have already matched their win total from each of coach Tony Elliott's first two seaso...
Texans RB Joe Mixon (ankle) out vs. Vikings
Houston Texans star running back Joe Mixon has been ruled out with an ankle injury for Sunday's matchup at the Minnesota Vikings.,The team announced Saturday that Mixon did not travel to Minnesota with the team, nor did center Jarrett Patterson, who's dealing with a calf injury. ,In Mixon's absence,...
No. 20 Iowa State dominates Arkansas State
Rocco Becht threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in the first half on Saturday as No. 20 Iowa State remained unbeaten with a 52-7 blowout of Arkansas State in Ames, Iowa.,Becht completed 11 of 18 passes for 204 yards with an interception as the Cyclones improved to 3-0. Carson Hansen added t...
Twins, Red Sox postponed, to play split doubleheader Sunday at Fenway
The Minnesota Twins' game against the host Boston Red Sox on Saturday was postponed because of a forecast of continued rain showers.,The game originally scheduled for Sunday at 1:35 p.m. has been moved up to 12:35 p.m., and Saturday's contest has been rescheduled for the second game of a split doubl...
Nats beat Cubs behind strong performance by MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore came within eight outs of the eighth no-hitter in Nationals franchise history, lifting visiting Washington to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon.,Chicago didn't get to Gore (10-12) until Patrick Wisdom clubbed a solo shot with one out in the bottom of the seventh. T...
Isaac Wilson starts in place of QB Cameron Rising (hand) for No. 12 Utah
After throwing poorly in pregame warmups, quarterback Cameron Rising was replaced in the starting lineup by Isaac Wilson as No. 12 Utah faced No. 14 Oklahoma State at Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday.,Rising, who was limited in practice this week with a hand injury, appeared in Saturday's warmups and ...
Giants reinstate 3B Matt Chapman from paternity list
The San Francisco Giants activated standout third baseman Matt Chapman from the paternity list prior to Saturday's road game against the Kansas City Royals.,Chapman is batting fourth and playing third base in the middle contest of the three-game series.,Chapman left the team for the birth of his dau...
Jeeno Thitikul builds Kroger Queen City lead with Lydia Ko in pursuit
Jeeno Thitikul extended her lead Saturday with a 4-under par 68, going up by two strokes (16 under) with a round to play at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Maineville, Ohio.,Thitikul, a former World No. 1 who entered the day nursing a one-stroke lead, is seeking her first individual LPGA win i...