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Skylar Diggins-Smith's late free throws lift Storm past Wings
Skylar Diggins-Smith canned two free throws with 17.8 seconds left Friday night and the Seattle Storm overcame a 21-point second-quarter deficit to dump the Dallas Wings 83-81 in Arlington, Texas.,Diggins-Smith, who finished with a team-high 21 points and added four steals, drove into the lane and d...

Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez homer as Astros top Angels
Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer and Yusei Kikuchi earned the win by tossing seven solid innings Friday night for the visiting Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Yordan Alvarez had two RBIs and homered leading off the ninth for the Astros (79-68...

Dave Roberts: Slim chance Shohei Ohtani could pitch in playoffs
Shohei Ohtani is the favorite to win National League Most Valuable Player purely for his offensive exploits, yet it's possible his value to the Los Angeles Dodgers might grow in the postseason.,Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday that there is a slight possibility the 30-year-old star could be ...

Early homers, Zack Littell's gem propel Rays past Guardians
Zack Littell allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings, Logan Driscoll clubbed his first career home run and Jonathan Aranda also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Friday night.,Littell (7-9) yielded only a first-inning double to Jose Ramirez and a t...

Julio Rodriguez's blast caps Mariners' rally vs. Rangers
Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-4 victory against visiting Texas on Friday night, spoiling the return of Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom.,Rodriguez, who went 4-for-5, launched a 1-1 knuckle curve from David Robertson (3-4)...

Padres blank Giants, surge to top of NL wild-card race
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for the third straight game, Dylan Cease struck out 10 over six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres passed the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League wild-card standings with a 5-0 road victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,Coupled with Arizona's...

Rhys Hoskins homers as Brewers edge D-backs
Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer and five Milwaukee pitchers slowed the Arizona Diamondbacks' offense while recording a 2-1 victory on Friday night in Phoenix.,Freddy Peralta managed his way through five innings while improving to 4-0 in five career appearances (three starts) against the Diamondback...

Alex Bregman's homer carries Astros past Angels
Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer and Yusei Kikuchi earned the win by tossing seven solid innings Friday night for the visiting Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Yordan Alvarez had two RBIs and homered leading off the ninth for the Astros (79-68...

Sun cruise to road victory over Mercury
Brionna Jones scored 20 points and Marina Mabrey added 19 off the bench as the visiting Connecticut Sun extended their winning streak to three games with an easy 88-69 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday.,DeWanna Bonner scored 14 points and Tyasha Harris had 12 as the Sun (27-10) won for the ...

Avery Johnson leads No. 14 K-State's rout of No. 20 Arizona
Avery Johnson passed for two touchdowns, Dylan Edwards returned a punt for a score and No. 14 Kansas State stopped the nation's longest winning streak by beating No. 20 Arizona 31-7 in a nonconference game on Friday night in Manhattan, Kan.,Arizona (2-1) had won nine games in a row but didn't muster...

Caitlin Clark sets assist record, but Fever fall to Aces
Chelsea Gray scored a game-high 21 points, helping lead the Las Vegas Aces to a 78-74 win over Indiana on Friday in Indianapolis, spoiling a milestone night for Fever rookie Caitlin Clark.,Kelsey Plum added 18 points, while A'ja Wilson tallied 15 points and a game-high 17 rebounds as the Aces (24-13...

Quarterback Avery Johnson leads No. 14 Kansas State over No. 20 Arizona, 31-7
Avery Johnson passed for two touchdowns, Dylan Edwards returned a punt for a score, and No. 14 Kansas State stopped the nation's longest winning streak by beating No. 20 Arizona 31-7 in a nonconference game on Friday night in Manhattan, Kan.,Arizona (2-1) had won nine games in a row but didn't muste...

Hunter Goodman's 2 HRs, 7 RBIs carry Rockies past Cubs
Rookie Hunter Goodman homered twice, including a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning, and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 9-5 in Denver on Friday night.,It marked the second two-homer game of the season for Goodman, who finished with three hits...

LAFC's Olivier Giroud, Galaxy's Marco Reus set for first El Trafico
Marco Reus and Olivier Giroud are both set to make their debuts in the El Trafico rivalry Saturday night when the Los Angeles Galaxy host Los Angeles FC with the Western Conference regular season title potentially on the line.,The Galaxy (15-6-7, 52 points) and LAFC (14-6-6, 48 points) sit first and...

Elly De La Cruz belts grand slam to power Reds past Twins
Elly De La Cruz hit his first career grand slam, and the Cincinnati Reds surged to an 8-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,De La Cruz recorded his milestone as part of a six-run seventh inning for the Reds (72-77), who won the opener of a three-game series. TJ Friedl fini...

UNLV edges Kansas, moves to 3-0 for first time in 40 years
UNLV's Kylin James plowed in from 1 yard out on the first play after the two-minute timeout in the fourth quarter, giving the visiting Rebels their first lead of the game in a 23-20 victory over Kansas on Friday night at Kansas City., ,UNLV (3-0) won despite quarterback Matthew Sluka posting 86 pass...

Alejandro Kirk delivers in 11th as Blue Jays walk off Cardinals
Alejandro Kirk drove in a run on a long RBI single in the 11th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was walked intentionally by Ryan Fernandez (1-5) to start the inning, then Leo Jimenez bunted for a single to load the bas...

NWSL roundup: Pride draw with Current, remain unbeaten
Anna Moorhouse made three saves for her fourth consecutive shutout as the Pride played to a scoreless tie against the visiting Kansas City Current on Friday, allowing Orlando to extend its NWSL-record unbeaten streak to 21 matches.,It was Moorhouse's 11th shutout of the season and seventh in her pas...

Aaron Judge's grand slam rallies Yankees past Red Sox
Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning to snap a career-high 16-game homerless drought as the host New York Yankees rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.,Judge hit his major league-leading 52nd homer when he lifted a 2-0 fastball from Cam Booser (2-3...

Athletics' Brady Basso earns 1st MLB win as White Sox lose 16th straight at home
Brady Basso pitched into the sixth inning for his first career victory and the visiting Oakland A's opened a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win on Friday.,Chicago (33-115) dropped its franchise-record 16th straight home game and lost for the 18th time in its last 20 games...