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Skidding Nationals seek bounce-back effort vs. Braves
The Washington Nationals will look to end a four-game losing streak when they host the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.,Atlanta rallied to take the series opener 5-2 on Thursday and has won three of four.,The Nationals have managed just six runs over their past three games. On Thursday, CJ Abrams and...
Adley Rutschman, O's face Rays for second straight weekend
Adley Rutschman will look to continue his torrid hitting on Friday when the Baltimore Orioles play the opener of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Rutschman belted a solo homer in the sixth inning and a two-run shot in the eighth of Baltimore's 6-5 road setback to...
Benzo's huge night carries Wizards in NBA 2K League's Turn
Rookie Benjamin "Benzo" Bernstein amassed 43 points and 20 assists while leading Wizards District Gaming to a 103-81 rout of Hornets Venom GT on Thursday in the NBA 2K League's The Turn event.,Benzo, the top overall pick in this year's NBA 2K League draft, sank 15 of 23 shots from the floor, includi...
Sierra Leone heads Belmont Stakes field at Saratoga
The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday will not produce a Triple Crown winner. However, it may very well prove decisive in determining which colt will be crowned Champion Three-Year Old for 2024.,Part of the reason is that the winners of the series' first two jewels, Mystik Dan and Seiz...
MLB roundup: Red Sox send White Sox to record 14th straight loss
Ceddanne Rafaela had four hits and drove in four runs Thursday as the visiting Boston Red Sox handed the Chicago White Sox their 14th consecutive defeat, 14-2.,The 14 straight losses represent a White Sox franchise record within a single season.,Tanner Houck (6-5) limited Chicago to two runs on thre...
Ketel Marte's RBI single lifts D-backs past Padres
Ketel Marte's two-out RBI single in the seventh inning Thursday night snapped a tie and lifted the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the slumping San Diego Padres.,Corbin Carroll doubled off reliever Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) before Marte delivered the hit that gave Arizona its fifth win ...
Ketel Marte’s RBI single lifts Diamondbacks past Padres
Ketel Marte's two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning Thursday night snapped a tie and lifted the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the slumping San Diego Padres.,Collin Carroll reached scoring position with a double off reliever Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) before Marte delivere...
Yankees OF Juan Soto (forearm discomfort) headed for MRI
Yankees right fielder Juan Soto exited New York's Thursday game against the visiting Minnesota Twins because of left forearm discomfort.,Manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees' 8-5 win that Soto would undergo an MRI exam on Friday.,"It's just been something that's been bothering him for the last...
Report: UConn's Dan Hurley set to meet with Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are preparing a "massive, long-term contract offer" to Dan Hurley to become their next head coach, and the UConn coach is set to meet with the NBA team's brass on Friday in Los Angeles, ESPN reported on Thursday.,Per ESPN, Hurley was on his way west to meet with Lakers vice pr...
NCAA baseball super regionals primer: Tennessee favored to capture title
Ten top seeds held serve. Five No. 3 seeds emerged. ,And then there's Evansville, just the ninth No. 4 regional seed to ever advance to the NCAA DI baseball super regionals, which begin on Friday and will pare the field of 16 remaining schools to eight by Monday.,Evansville is making its first-ever ...
Trent Grisham, Yankees complete sweep of Twins
Trent Grisham made a rare start and drove in three runs as the host New York Yankees extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games by beating the Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Thursday.,The Yankees swept the three-game set to complete a season sweep of the Twins for the first time since 2009. ...
Red Sox hand White Sox team-record 14th straight loss
Ceddanne Rafaela had four hits and drove in four runs Thursday as the visiting Boston Red Sox handed the Chicago White Sox their 14th consecutive defeat, 14-2.,Tanner Houck (6-5) limited Chicago to two runs on three hits in seven innings. He struck out nine.,Jarren Duran, Enmanuel Valdez and Jamie W...
Oklahoma downs Texas to secure WCWS four-peat
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma became the first program to win four consecutive Women's College World Series titles, beating Texas 8-4 on Thursday to sweep the WCWS Championship Series.,Cydney Sanders drilled a three-run double to lift the Sooners out of a 3-2 hole in the fourth, and then the bullpen too...
Kristaps Porzingis' return sparks Celtics in Finals opener
BOSTON -- Kristaps Porzingis returned from a 10-game absence to record 20 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics snuffed a second-half rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.,Porzingis hadn't played since Game 4 of Boston's first-round series aga...
Rockies end five-game skid by edging Cardinals
Michael Toglia drove in a run and made a run-saving catch as the visiting Colorado Rockies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday to snap a five-game losing streak.,Rockies starting pitcher Cal Quantrill (5-4) blanked the Cardinals for five innings while allowing three hits and four walks. He st...
Yankees OF Juan Soto (forearm discomfort) exits vs. Twins
New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto exited Thursday's game against the visiting Minnesota Twins because of left forearm discomfort.,Soto was pulled following a 56-minute rain delay in between the fifth and sixth innings with the Yankees holding an 8-5 lead. Aaron Judge slid over from left field...
Delonte West faces arraignment on misdemeanor charges
Former collegiate star and NBA guard Delonte West is expected to be arraigned Friday morning after his arrest in Fairfax County, Va., early Thursday on multiple misdemeanor charges, according to media reports.,Fairfax County police stated they were attempting to execute a warrant on West alleging vi...
Dodgers' bats break out in 11-7 win over Pirates
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts each belted a three-run home run to power the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.,Los Angeles' Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and Miguel Rojas drove in a pair of runs to highlight their respective three-hit perfo...
Elly De La Cruz, Reds outslug Cubs for fifth straight win
Elly De La Cruz celebrated the one-year anniversary of his major league debut with a three-run homer, helping the Cincinnati Reds record an 8-4 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.,Will Benson and Jonathan India added two RBIs apiece for the Reds, w...
Reports: Atlanta's Giorgos Giakoumakis set for move to Cruz Azul
Atlanta United striker Giorgos Giakoumakis is set to move to Mexico's Cruz Azul on a $10 million transfer, according to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano and The Athletic.,The reports indicated that an agreement was reached but the deal was not finalized.,Giakoumakis, 29, is in his second season in...