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Thairo Estrada's HR in 9th lifts Giants over Cubs
Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Monday night.,Giants closer Hector Neris (6-2) started the ninth with a 6-4 lead and retired the leadoff bat...
Surging Mets pummel Rangers 14-2
Brandon Nimmo homered and had four RBIs, DJ Stewart smacked a three-run shot and the New York Mets steamrolled the Texas Rangers 14-2 on Monday night at Arlington, Texas.,Francisco Lindor went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs, and Pete Alonso and Francisco Alvarez both had three hits and two RBI...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics put away Mavs for record 18th title
BOSTON -- Jayson Tatum recorded 31 points and 11 assists as the Boston Celtics locked up their league-record 18th championship with a 106-88 blowout of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.,Tatum also had eight rebounds while Jaylen Brown added 21 points, eight boards and...
60-player Olympic men's golf competition field set
The 60-player field for next month's men's golf competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was finalized on Monday.,The competition is scheduled for Aug. 1-4 at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, the site of the 2018 Ryder Cup and the host of the DP World Tour's Open de France since 1991.,The 60 players e...
Masyn Winn's HR in 12th lifts Cards past Marlins
Masyn Winn slugged a two-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the host Miami Marlins 7-6 on Monday night.,Miami scored once in the bottom of the 12th on Nick Gordon's RBI triple leading off the inning. But Gordon was thrown out at home on an attempted sacrif...
Texas A&M's Ryan Prager shuts down Kentucky in MCWS
Ryan Prager took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while leading No. 3 Texas A&M to a 5-1 victory over No. 2 Kentucky in the Men's College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Neb.,Prager (9-1) wound up throwing 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Aggies (51-13) moved within one victory of advancing to the b...
Texas A&M's Ryan Prager shuts down Kentucky in MCWS
Ryan Prager took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while leading No. 3 Texas A&M to a 5-1 victory over No. 2 Kentucky in the Men's College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Neb.,Prager (9-1) wound up throwing 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Aggies (51-13) moved within one victory of advancing to the b...
Kayla McBride, Lynx send Wings to 8th straight loss
Kayla McBride scored 19 points and dished seven assists as the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 90-78 win over the visiting Dallas Wings on Monday night in Minneapolis., ,Natisha Hiedeman finished with 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting off the bench for Minnesota (11-3), which won its fourth game in a r...
Tyler O’Neill homers twice as Red Sox defeat Blue Jays
Tyler O'Neill led a four-homer barrage with two solo shots, right-hander Nick Pivetta pitched seven innings and the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 Monday night.,Rafael Devers and Ceddanne Rafaela also stroked solo homers for Boston in the opener of the three-game series.,...
Pirates' Paul Skenes dominant again in beating Reds
Rookie Paul Skenes was at it again for the Pittsburgh Pirates, tossing six strong innings in a 4-1 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday to open a three-game series.,Oneil Cruz drove in two runs and Bryan Reynolds had two doubles and one RBI for the Pirates. Reynolds extend his hitting str...
Ozzie Albies' home run lifts Braves over Tigers
Ozzie Albies crushed a solo home run in the eighth inning to break a tie and lift the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Monday in the opener of their three-game series.,With two outs, Albies hammered a fastball from Shelby Miller (4-5) into the right field stands. The h...
Hawks GM says team won’t trade out of No. 1 pick
The Atlanta Hawks plan on keeping the No. 1 overall draft pick, general manager Landry Fields said Monday.,Fields told reporters that the further the Hawks' front office goes into its draft preparation, the more the club wants to remain in the top spot.,"I think we're really excited by the draft," F...
Rehabbing Max Scherzer's next start could be with Rangers
The reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers began Monday lagging 8 1/2 games out of the lead in the American League West, but they have three notable players on rehab assignments, and hopeful news about a fourth.,Max Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner whom Texas acquired during last...
Phillies bang out 18 hits to stomp slumping Padres
Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Alec Bohm homered, singled twice and knocked in three runs to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the San Diego Padres 9-2 on Monday.,Rafael Marchan added four hits and two RBI for the Phillies, who hammered out 18 hits. Bryce Harper, ...
Brandon Aiyuk: 49ers 'don't want me back'
Brandon Aiyuk shed light on his increasingly dim contract negotiations with the San Francisco 49ers.,The wide receiver posted a TikTok video on Monday of a FaceTime call he had with rookie Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels.,In the video, Aiyuk tells Daniels, "They said they don't want...
Liberty's 8-game win streak at stake in visit to Mercury
Jonquel Jones is soaring as the New York Liberty aim to extend their winning streak to nine games when they visit the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,New York hasn't lost since dropping back-to-back games on May 23 and 25. The Liberty (12-2) are a half-game behind the league-leading Connecticut Su...
Browns GM: Deshaun Watson ahead of schedule in rehab
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry said quarterback Deshaun Watson is "really" ahead in his rehab from surgery on his throwing shoulder.,Berry told NFL Network on Monday that Watson has "worked his tail off" as he gets ready for Cleveland's training camp next month.,"He's really champing ...
Israel Adesanya, Dricus Du Plessis to meet at UFC 305
Israel Adesanya and reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis will fight for the middleweight belt as the main event of UFC 305 on Aug. 17 in Perth, Australia.,The matchup was announced Monday with exactly two months to go before the fight. UFC president Dana White confirmed the bout during an interview w...
Angels activate INF Brandon Drury, give Zach Plesac spot start
The Los Angeles Angels activated veteran infielder Brandon Drury from the 10-day injured list prior to Friday's home game against the Milwaukee Brewers.,The Angels also scratched right-hander Jose Soriano from his scheduled start due to lower abdominal pain, selected the contract of right-hander Zac...
WTA roundup: Elisabetta Cocciaretto stuns Jelena Ostapenko in Birmingham
Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto upset reigning champion Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Rothesay Classic on Monday at Birmingham, England.,Cocciaretto saved eight of nine break points while stunning the top-seeded Ostapenko. Cocciaretto will next face Sloane Stephens, wh...