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Lane Thomas, Nats stay hot, sweep scuffling Marlins
Mitchell Parker fired six strong innings as the Washington Nationals completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Miami Marlins with a 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon., ,Lane Thomas and Jacob Young hit solo home runs for the Nationals, who won for the eighth time in their last nine games and pulled to w...

Pedro Pages goes deep, Cardinals defeat Cubs
Rookie Pedro Pages belted a two-run homer and Miles Mikolas tossed 6 1/3 strong innings, lifting the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.,Paul Goldschmidt had two of the nine hits for the Cardinals, who won the rubber match of this three-game serie...

Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks gets another chance to start
Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will make his first start in a month when Chicago concludes a three-game home series on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants. ,Hendricks, 34, hasn't started since giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 9-3 home loss to the Pittsbur...

Payne Stewart's triumph saluted on No. 18 flag at Pinehurst No. 2
Every golfer who looks toward the No. 18 green during Sunday's final round of the U.S. Open will see the silhouette of the late Payne Stewart on the hole flag.,Stewart famously won the 1999 U.S. Open by sinking a par putt at Pinehurst No. 2, and this year's version of the tournament at the same cour...

Spirit knock off Na’Vi in BLAST Premier Spring final
Team Spirit jumped out to a two-map lead on Sunday and went on to defeat Natus Vincere 3-1 in the grand final of the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 in London.,The $425,000, eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event wrapped up with Spirit taking home $200,000 and 3,200 BLAST Premier points ...

Caitlin Clark scores 23, leads Fever over Sky
Caitlin Clark racked up 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Aliyah Boston added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Indiana Fever fended off the Chicago Sky 91-83 on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. ,Clark shot 7-for-11 from the field with three 3-pointers as the Fever (5-10) won back-to-bac...

Liudmila Samsonova wins title in the Netherlands
Liudmila Samsonova of Russia won her first title of 2024 on a long Sunday that required her to win two three-set matches to lift the trophy at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,In the final, the second-seeded Samsonova came from behind to beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 4-6, 6-3, 7-5....

Chiefs DL Isaiah Buggs arrested in Alabama
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was booked on a domestic violence/burglary charge Sunday morning in Alabama.,According to online records from the Tuscaloosa County, Ala., jail, Buggs was released on $5,000 bond, AL.com reported on Sunday.,The arrest continues a tumultuous offseason...

Giants place LHP Kyle Harrison (ankle) on 15-day IL
San Francisco Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison was scratched from his start on Sunday and placed on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle sprain, retroactive to Thursday.,With Harrison out, the Giants selected right-hander Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento and released right-hander Nick A...

Blue Jays SS Bo Bichette (calf) remains out vs. Guardians
Two-time All-Star shortstop Bo Bichette will miss his second straight game Sunday due to right calf soreness as the Toronto Blue Jays wrap up a three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians.,Bichette, 26, is hitting .237 with four homers and 28 RBIs in 66 games this season. ,A second-round ...

From MVP to MVP: Tom Brady to present UFL trophy
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will be in St. Louis Sunday night to present the trophy to the most valuable player of the UFL championship game.,The San Antonio Brahmas and Birmingham Stallions will meet at 5 p.m. ET in the spring league title game.,Brady knows something about receiving MV...

Phillies SS Trea Turner (hamstring) to be activated Monday
Philadelphia Phillies star shortstop Trea Turner will be reinstated from the 10-day injured list on Monday, manager Rob Thomson confirmed.,Thomson said Sunday that Turner would be activated "unless something weird happens.",Turner, 30, has been sidelined since May 4 with a left hamstring strain. ,Ed...

IL stay a 'high possibility' for Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto
A trip to the injured list due to triceps tightness is a "high possibility" for Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, manager Dave Roberts said.,"The next steps will be to consult with the doctors and see if he needs testing," Roberts said after the Dodgers' 7-2 loss to the Kansas Cit...

ATP roundup: Jack Draper, Alex de Minaur win on grass courts
Great Britain's Jack Draper joined the ranks of ATP Tour champions on Sunday, defeating Matteo Berrettini of Italy 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Boss Open in Stuttgart, Germany, for his first title.,Draper, 22, was competing in his third final, losing earlier this year at Adelaide and the runner-up l...

Yankees aim to ignite offense in finale vs. Red Sox
The New York Yankees will be looking for more from their offense Sunday night when they visit the Boston Red Sox for the final contest of a three-game series., ,After beating the Red Sox 8-1 Friday, the Yankees were held to six hits in an 8-4 loss on Saturday. New York drew six walks but stranded ni...

Surging Mariners aim for sweep against Rangers
The team with the largest divisional lead in the American League might come as a surprise.,That team, the Seattle Mariners, extended their edge over the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers to 7 1/2 games in the AL West with a 7-5 victory Saturday night.,The Mariners will attempt to sweep t...

Royals look for another grand performance vs. Dodgers
After concluding an epic 12-pitch at-bat with his first career grand slam, Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez will look to carry the momentum into Sunday's meeting against the host Los Angeles Dodgers.,Melendez and the Royals will face the Dodgers in the rubber match of their three-game ser...

Young OFs playing impressively for Angels, Giants
Two young outfielders demonstrating the form that made them first-round draft picks will attempt to cap a productive series when the Los Angeles Angels and host San Francisco Giants wrap up a three-game set on Sunday afternoon.,The Angels have taken the first two games, 8-6 and 4-3, in large part du...

White Sox seek rare series win in matchup with D-backs
With a chance to win just their fifth series of the season, the Chicago White Sox will turn to right-hander Drew Thorpe to make his second major league start in Sunday afternoon's rubber game of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.,The 6-foot-4 Thorpe (0-0, 1.80 ERA), who wa...

Rockies look to duplicate highlight-reel effort vs. Pirates
The Colorado Rockies haven't had much to celebrate this season, but Ryan McMahon's unlikely steal of home in Saturday night's 16-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates is one to remember. ,McMahon's straight steal was one of many highlights of the night as host Colorado evened the three-game series ahea...