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Mets belt five home runs, hold off Rockies
Jose Iglesias and Harrison Bader each hit two homers Friday night for the host New York Mets, who staved off a comeback attempt by the Colorado Rockies to earn a 7-6 win in the opener of a three-game series.,Mark Vientos also went deep for the Mets, who have won the first four games of a six-game ho...
Shohei Ohtani's RBI double drives Dodgers past Tigers
Shohei Ohtani drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the ninth inning and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Friday night.,Freddie Freeman had a solo homer as Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak. Michael Petersen (3-0) picked up the victory in re...
Crew, LAFC surging into MLS Cup rematch
The best teams from last December are playing like it again with their 2023 MLS Cup rematch looming on Saturday.,Host Los Angeles FC (13-4-4, 43 points) have won three straight and are 9-0-1 in their past 10 matches, while the Columbus Crew (11-3-6, 39 points) are winners of four straight and eight ...
Mercury cut big deficit to four but fall to Fever
Indiana's Kelsey Mitchell scored a team-high 28 points, helping the Fever go wire to wire for a 95-86 win over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday.,Aliyah Boston added 21 points, 13 rebounds and five assists for Indiana (10-14), which has won two of its last three games. Caitlin Clark chipped in ...
Rece Hinds' grand slam powers Reds' win over Marlins
Rookie Rece Hinds continued the torrid start to his career with a grand slam while Jonathan India stayed hot with a leadoff home run as the host Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Friday.,Jeimer Candelario added a solo homer, Elly De La Cruz had three hits and starter Carson Spiers (3-2) ...
Taj Bradley fans 8 as Rays blank Guardians
Taj Bradley scattered five hits over seven innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-0 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Friday to open a three-game series in St. Petersburg, Fla., ,Bradley (4-4) walked two and struck out eight, including All-Star David Fry pinch-hitting with a runner at ...
Cole Ragans shines, Royals defeat Red Sox
Cole Ragans allowed one run in seven innings to help the visiting Kansas City Royals extend their winning streak to four games by beating the Boston Red Sox 6-1 Friday night.,Ragans (6-6) gave up four hits, struck out seven and walked one.,Bobby Witt Jr. (No. 16 of the year) and MJ Melendez (No. 11)...
Lawrence Butler, Shea Langeliers help A's surprise Phillies
Pinch hitter Lawrence Butler hit a two-run home run to lift the Oakland Athletics past the host Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Friday.,Shea Langeliers added two RBI singles and Brent Rooker contributed two singles and an RBI. Miguel Andujar also had an RBI single.,Athletics starter Hogan Harris gave u...
A'ja Wilson scores 33 as Aces race past Dream
A'ja Wilson scored 33 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 84-70 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday in College Park, Ga.,Wilson, who added five blocked shots and three steals, was coming off her first career 20-point, 20-rebound game. Jackie Young added 19 points and...
Groups revealed for 2024 NBA Cup
The NBA released the groups for the second edition of the NBA Cup, the league's in-season tournament, on Friday night.,LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the inaugural tournament last December, will face the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs in the We...
Corey Heim earns fifth Trucks win of season at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. -- Corey Heim earned his NASCAR Trucks Series-leading fifth victory of the season on Friday in the rain-interrupted CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway. The 21-year old swept both stages and led 55 of the 70 laps to add to his trophy total.,However, he had to battle competitors and cli...
St. Louis City aim for revenge on Whitecaps
St. Louis City will try to brush off a heavy road defeat when they host the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.,A 4-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids on Sunday was the latest bump in the road for St. Louis (4-8-10, 22 points), which finished atop the Western Conference standings in its inaugural season in ...
Tracy Cortez chops hair to make weight for Rose Namajunas fight
Tracy Cortez made weight for her UFC main event in an unusual way.,Needing to lose roughly half a pound in order to get down to 126 pounds for her flyweight bout against Rose Namajunas, Cortez cut off a fistful of her hair.,That did the trick, as she officially weighed in at 126 pounds on the dot Fr...
Rising Rapids seek more from themselves vs. Red Bulls
There was a school of thought that the Colorado Rapids' 4-1 win Sunday night over St. Louis City was their best performance of the season. Not so fast, said coach Chris Armas.,"I don't think so. I think we've played better," Armas said. "I love the fact we scored goals but let's be honest ... when y...
Pierceson Coody still on top at low-scoring ISCO Championship
Pierceson Coody used a late trio of birdies Friday to ensure he entered the weekend with the lead at the ISCO Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.,Coody, the 18-hole leader after opening with a red-hot 61, began his second round on the back nine. He was one off the pace as he ...
Canada, Uruguay criticize Copa organizers ahead of third-place clash
Canada and Uruguay have differing outlooks about how this Copa America has gone as they clash in the third-place match Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C.,In its first-ever Copa America, Canada finished second in Group A play and defeated Venezuela in the quarterfinals before falling 2-0 to Argentina ...
Canada boss Jesse Marsch has ‘no interest’ in USMNT job
Canadian national team coach Jesse Marsch laughed Friday when posed a question about his candidacy for the U.S. men's national team opening.,Marsch, an American, took over Canada in May and led the team to the Copa America semifinals in his first major tournament on the job. Canada is preparing to f...
Surging Galaxy take aim at slumping Dallas FC
The LA Galaxy have generated momentum amid a stretch of seven wins over their last nine matches. ,FC Dallas, meanwhile, have not enjoyed the same recent success entering their meeting with LA on Saturday night at Frisco, Texas., ,The Galaxy (12-4-7, 43 points) earned a 2-1 home victory on Sunday ove...
Loons trying to break 6-match skid with visit to Dynamo
Minnesota United will try to snap a team-record six-match losing streak when they travel to Houston to take on the Dynamo on Saturday night.,Minnesota (8-9-5, 29 points) hasn't won since defeating visiting Sporting Kansas City 3-1 on June 1. The Loons, who were third in the Western Conference, have ...
Fire try not to miss another opportunity vs. NYCFC
The Chicago Fire are at the point in the season where they need to go on a sustained run.,Coming off a humbling setback, Chicago will attempt to get moving in the right direction when it hosts New York City FC on Saturday night.,The Fire (5-11-6, 21 points) are in a tie for 13th in the Eastern Confe...