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Rory McIlroy out of running at US Open after back-nine 40
Rory McIlroy played himself out of contention at the U.S. Open with five back-nine bogeys on Saturday in Southampton, N.Y.,His 40 on the inward nine continued a weeklong trend for the Northern Irishman: McIlroy has played the front nine at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 5 under par and the back nine ...

Manny Machado's 10th inning homer lifts Padres over Rangers
Manny Machado hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in the tenth inning to lift the visiting San Diego Padres to a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Joe Ross (0-1) threw the tenth for Texas, walking Samad Taylor to place runners on first and second. Machado then crushed a 408-foot blas...

Nationals deliver rare victory over Rays
Andres Chaparro dribbled in the tiebreaking run, Washington's bullpen finished with 6 1/3 strong innings, and the Nationals won 4-3 over Tampa Bay to even their series with the Rays on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,CJ Abrams and Dylan Crews (two hits) each had a solo homer. Nasim Nunez...

Marlins double up Giants to move above .500
Heriberto Hernandez slugged a two-out, two-strike, two-run homer during a crucial four-run fourth inning as the host Miami Marlins defeated San Francisco 6-3 on Saturday.,Max Meyer, bidding for an All-Star berth, improved to 8-0 with a 2.80 ERA. He wasn't at his best, allowing seven hits, two walks ...

Jing Yan maintains 1-shot lead entering Meijer LPGA Classic final round
Jing Yan held onto the lead Saturday at the LPGA Meijer Classic, shooting a 4-under-par 68 to stay in front through three rounds at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Mich.,Yan sits at 14-under 202, giving her a one-shot lead over England's Lottie Woad and a two-shot edge on Australia's Cassie Por...

Ozzie Albies hits 2 HRs as Braves walk off Brewers
Ozzie Albies hit a pair of home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the ninth inning, as the Atlanta Braves earned a 4-3 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.,The Braves have won the first two games between the National League division leaders and handed Milwaukee its th...

Deiten Lachance homers twice, Oklahoma beats North Carolina in MCWS
Deiten Lachance hit a pair of home runs as Oklahoma continued its offensive barrage with an 9-3 win over North Carolina in the opening game of the Men's College World Series championship series on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.,The Sooners (42-22) will try to win the program's third national title and firs...

Royals chase first home sweep of Cardinals in 25 years
The Kansas City Royals can earn their first home sweep against their Battle of Missouri rivals in 25 years when they face the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.,Kansas City is riding a three-game winning streak after Friday's 6-5 win over the Cardinals. The teams received a rare scheduled Saturday off b...

Late strike gets Germany past Ivory Coast, into knockout round
Substitute Deniz Undav scored his second and third goals of the World Cup and Germany rallied to clinch a spot in the knockout phase with an enthralling 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast in Group E competition on Saturday in Toronto.,After leveling in the 68th minute, Undav sealed all three points with a...

NASCAR Notebook: Jimmie Johnson surprised by aggression in truck race
SAN DIEGO - It's not precisely fair to say NASCAR racing was a kinder, gentler art form during Jimmie Johnson's most productive years., ,Nevertheless, the NASCAR Hall of Famer and seven-time Cup Series champion acknowledged being taken aback by some of the rough stuff he experienced in Friday's Navy...

Road course marvel Shane van Gisbergen grabs pole at San Diego
Although Shane van Gisbergen has strongly maintained the NASCAR Cup Series first-ever visit to the Naval Base Coronado Street Course presents a challenge for him and the field, the series' reigning road course best-in-show once again proved himself up for the challenge.,The Trackhouse Racing driver ...

Blue Jays erase 5-run deficit to stun Cubs
Dalton Varsho and Kazuma Okamoto both hit three-run home runs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays scored eight straight runs to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 Saturday.,The Cubs jumped out to a 5-0 lead when Matt Shaw hit a three-run home run in the second and Pete Crow-Armstrong added a two-run shot in th...

Valeriane Ayayi, Mercury hand Storm 10th straight loss
In a meeting between the last two teams in the Western Conference standings, rookie Valeriane Ayayi posted career highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench to help lead the Phoenix Mercury to a 93-73 victory over the visiting Seattle Storm.,Kahleah Copper added 17 points and Noemie Brochant p...

USMNT victory over Australia draws nearly 15M viewers
The United States men's national team turned a Friday afternoon match into must-see TV with an overnight rating of 14.78 million viewers, according to Nielsen.,The USMNT's 2-0 victory over Australia was the fourth largest watched match in the men's World Cup on English-language television.,The viewe...

Royals sign LHP Matt Moore to minor league contract
The Kansas City Royals signed veteran left-hander Matt Moore to a minor league deal on Saturday.,Moore last pitched in the majors for the Los Angeles Angels in 2024. He signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox last season before being released in April.,Moore, who turned 37 on Thursday, ha...

Canes' raucous Cup parade draws estimated 150,000 fans
Celebrating the Carolina Hurricanes' first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years, an estimated record-breaking crowd of 150,000 fans packed downtown Raleigh on Saturday for the team's victory parade, according to The News & Observer.,Coach Rod Brind'Amour, who was the captain of Carolina's only other...

Sal Stewart, Reds break loose in rout over Yankees
Rookie Sal Stewart drove in six runs, Spencer Steer hit a three-run home run and Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 10-2 rout of the host New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon.,After striking out 13 times against Cam Schlittler in the series opener and a season-high 17 times in Friday's 5-0 loss, the Reds...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz tops Alexander Zverev to reach Halle final
For the second consecutive week there will be an All-American final with Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe earning semifinal victories Saturday on grass in the Terra Wortman Open at Halle, Germany.,A day after defeating countryman Ben Shelton in a thriller, the fifth-seeded Fritz knocked off top-seed ...

Rhyne Howard, Dream stay hot vs. Caitlin Clark, Fever
Rhyne Howard scored 24 points and the Atlanta Dream defeated the visiting Fever 113-96 on Saturday afternoon, claiming a victory for the second time in three days against Indiana.,Allisha Gray racked up 22 points, Naz Hillmon tallied 19, Angel Reese posted 18 and Jordin Canada supplied 12 points and...

Tigers' Dillon Dingler homers, drives in two in win over White Sox
Dillon Dingler had two hits, including his team-high 17th homer, and drove in two runs as the host Detroit Tigers downed the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, on Saturday afternoon.,James Outman and Jake Rogers drove in the other Tigers runs in support of Troy Melton (4-0), who didn't allow a hit in six innin...