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Dodgers blow lead, bounce back to beat Reds
Will Smith hit a go-ahead RBI single in a two-run seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.,Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Jason Heyward hit home runs for the Dodgers, who pulled ahead late after blowing an early three-run lead. Los An...

Minnesota sneaks into PWHL finals to face Boston
The first-ever Professional Women's Hockey League championship series is set, as Minnesota completed a semifinal comeback to earn a place opposite Boston in the finals.,Taylor Heise scored twice as visiting Minnesota downed Toronto 4-1 on Friday to take the decisive Game 5 in a semifinal series, era...

Tigers' offense awakens in demolition of D-backs
Javier Baez drove in five runs and Kerry Carpenter knocked in four as the Detroit Tigers shook off their recent offensive struggles and routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-0 on Friday in Phoenix.,The Tigers, coming off back-to-back shutout losses to the visiting Miami Marlins, piled up 17 hits in the...

Cardinals hit four homers to power past Red Sox
Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn each hit two-run homers to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Boston Red Sox 10-6 on Friday.,Alec Burleson hit a solo homer -- his fifth of the year -- and an RBI single for the Cardinals, who won for the fourth time in five games.,Brendan Donovan hit two do...

Zach Neto, Taylor Ward homer as Angels defeat Rangers
Zach Neto and Taylor Ward homered while Tyler Anderson tossed seven strong innings Friday night as the visiting Los Angeles Angels bounced the Texas Rangers 9-3.,Anderson (4-4) allowed just two hits and a run, walking two and fanning four. He threw 56 of his 96 pitches for strikes and lowered his ea...

Pacers cruise past Knicks, send series to Game 7
Pascal Siakam recorded 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists and the Indiana Pacers forced a Game 7 with a stellar 116-103 victory over the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference second-round series on Friday in Indianapolis.,Myles Turner added 17 points and eight rebounds for the sixth-seed...

Multi-run homers fuel Astros' victory over Brewers
Jake Meyers and Jeremy Pena slugged home runs before four relievers preserved Hunter Brown's first win of the season as the Houston Astros topped the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Friday.,The Astros extended their winning streak to six games and earned their eighth victory in nine games. They di...

Kaleigh Kurtz powers Courage past Royals
Kaleigh Kurtz scored in the 76th minute to break a scoreless tie, lifting the North Carolina Courage to a 1-0 victory over the Utah Royals on Friday night in Cary, N.C., ,Utah (1-8-1, four points) made life easy for Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy, who didn't even have to make a save to record the c...

Padres' Matt Waldron fans 10 in win over Braves
San Diego knuckleballer Matt Waldron baffled the Atlanta bats for 5 2/3 innings and set a career high with 10 strikeouts to help the visiting Padres beat the Braves 3-1 on Friday.,The Padres ended a three-game losing streak by claiming in opener of a four-game series. The Braves dropped their second...

Diana Taurasi, Mercury set to clash with Dream, Tina Charles
Diana Taurasi, off to a good start in her 20th WNBA season, and the Phoenix Mercury are set for their 2024 home debut on Saturday against the Atlanta Dream.,Taurasi, who will turn 42 on June 11, has played her entire career with the Mercury since she was drafted first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft....

Royals send Athletics to sixth straight loss
Cole Ragans pitched seven scoreless innings while Michael Massey and Maikel Garcia each homered during a five-run sixth as the Kansas City Royals powered past the visiting Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Friday to open a three-game series.,Ragans (3-3) surrendered two hits, walked two and struck out seven ...

Tyler Alexander loses perfect game in 8th as Rays edge Jays
Left-hander Tyler Alexander was perfect into the eighth inning, Richie Palacios hit a two-run home run and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Friday night.,Davis Schneider hit a two-run home run for the Blue Jays, who did not have a base runner until Danny Jansen singled ...

Jose Ramirez, Guardians extend Twins' misery
Jose Ramirez clubbed a two-out, tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning as the host Cleveland Guardians handed the reeling Minnesota Twins their fourth straight defeat, 3-2 on Friday.,Moments after a video review overturned Andres Gimenez's steal of second base, ultimately resulting in the innin...

Skidding Whitecaps in search of quality vs. rival Sounders
The Vancouver Whitecaps opened the month of May vying for first place in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.,But Vancouver (5-4-3, 18 points) has failed to score a goal in three matches this month and has dropped into seventh entering its Cascadia Cup clash Saturday at the Seattle Sounders (3-...

Sun overcome fourth-quarter deficit to clip Mystics
DeWanna Bonner scored a game-high 22 points and the Connecticut Sun rallied from a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stop the visiting Washington Mystics 84-77 on Friday.,DiJonai Carrington added 21 for Connecticut (2-0) and Alyssa Thomas contributed 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. ...

Panthers put away Bruins in Game 6 on Gustav Forsling's late goal
Gustav Forsling's rebound goal with 1:33 left in regulation lifted the Florida Panthers to a 2-1, series-clinching win over the host Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday.,Anton Lundell had his initial shot stopped by Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman (26 saves), but ...

Orioles jump out early, roll past Mariners
Gunnar Henderson led off Baltimore's five-run first inning with a home run and the host Orioles went on to defeat the Seattle Mariners 9-2 in Friday night's series opener., ,Colton Cowser added a two-run double in the opening inning, and Henderson later smacked a run-scoring triple during the Oriole...

Nestor Cortes' effective outing leads Yanks over White Sox
Nestor Cortes allowed just an unearned run in seven stellar innings and the host New York Yankees continued their roll with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.,The Yankees matched a season high by winning five straight for the third time. New York also won for the 11th time in ...

Marlins earn third straight shutout, top Mets 8-0
Nine-hole hitter Nick Fortes, who was batting just .127 entering the game, slugged a three-run home run to lead the Miami Marlins to an 8-0 win over the visiting New York Mets on Friday night.,Fortes went 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBIs and one walk. He has also been the catcher for the past thr...

Orlando City hits road vs. goal-prone Earthquakes
Orlando City hopes its draw against Inter Miami CF will signal a turnaround.,The Lions have struggled early this season so the scoreless tie with high-powered Inter Miami was stunning. Now the club looks to have another strong performance when it visits the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.,Mi...