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Trey Yesavage outpitches Cam Schlittler as Blue Jays edge Yankees
Trey Yesavage pitched six stellar innings of two-hit ball to outduel Cam Schlittler and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays scratched across two runs in the seventh for a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday night.,Following a two-hour, 11-minute rain delay, the Blue Jays won for the sixth tim...
Jessica Shepard logs triple-double as Wings sink Sky
Paige Bueckers scored a game-high 24 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 22 and Jessica Shepard notched a triple-double to boost the visiting Dallas Wings to a 99-89 victory against the Chicago Sky on Wednesday.,Dallas (3-2) kicked off a three-game road trip by spoiling the Sky's home opener, limiting th...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani beats Padres with his bat, arm
Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch Wednesday night and tossed five scoreless innings to lead the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Diego Padres 4-0.,Ohtani (4-2) permitted three hits and walked two while striking out four in an 88-pitch effort. Four relievers finished up the five-hitte...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder get past Spurs, level series 1-1
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and handed out nine assists to help lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 122-113 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday.,The result tied the series at one victory apiece headed into Game 3 in San Antonio...
Ed Orgeron joins Lane Kiffin staff, reunites with LSU
LSU reached an agreement with Ed Orgeron on Wednesday to join Lane Kiffin's current staff in Baton Rouge, reuniting the school with its former head football coach.,Orgeron, 64, will be serving as a special assistant to recruiting and defense, per the school's social media.,The 2019 national champion...
Second-period surge leads Knights past Avalanche in West finals opener
DENVER -- Dylan Coghlan and Pavel Dorofeyev scored 2:33 apart in the second period, Carter Hart made 36 saves, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday.,Brett Howton also had a goal and Nic Dowd scored into an empty net for ...
Carmen Mlodzinski gets plenty of support as Pirates shut out Cardinals
The Pittsburgh Pirates got a home run from Spencer Horwitz as they emphatically snapped their four-game losing streak with a 7-0 win over the host St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.,Carmen Mlodzinski (3-3) threw five scoreless innings for Pittsburgh, which outhit the Cardinals 15-5. Four reliev...
Trent Grisham (knee) exits Yankees-Blue Jays game
New York Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham exited Wednesday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays because of left knee discomfort.,The Yankees said he was checked out by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and will undergo further testing.,In the second inning, Grisham hit a pop up off T...
Behind Jarren Duran's home run, Red Sox complete sweep of Royals
Jarren Duran hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game road series sweep of the scuffling Kansas City Royals with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday.,Boston trailed 3-2 entering the seventh, when Carlos Narvaez opened the frame with a single off Kansas...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (back) sits out vs. Fire
Fever star guard Caitlin Clark sat out Indiana's home game against the Portland Fire with a back injury on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Clark was not on the team injury report the day before the game. Fever coach Stephanie White said Clark was a bit stiff and sore when she woke up Wednesday morning af...
Blue Jays RHP Jose Berrios undergoes Tommy John surgery
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios will miss at least another year of action after undergoing Tommy John surgery on Wednesday.,Dr. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Texas, beginning with the hope that only a minor removal of "loose bodies" in the elbow would be required. However, the...
Brewers' Kyle Harrison dominates as Cubs shut out for fifth straight loss
Kyle Harrison allowed two hits over seven shutout innings to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers finish off the three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 5-0 win on Wednesday evening.,Harrison (5-1) struck out 11 and walked one while lowering his ERA to 1.77.,David Hamilton singled twice, tripled,...
Rockies place RHP Victor Vodnik (elbow) on 15-day IL
The Colorado Rockies placed closer Victor Vodnik on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday because of inflammation of the right ulnar nerve, also known as the funny bone.,In a corresponding move, the Rockies selected the contract of right-hander Keegan Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. They also des...
Padres' Jackson Merrill suffers apparent back injury
San Diego Padres centerfielder Jackson Merrill left Wednesday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers after four innings with an apparent back injury.,Merrill looked to sustain the injury while leaping to catch Shohei Ohtani's first-pitch homer to start the game. Merrill was seen stret...
Aliyah Boston helps power Fever to comfortable win vs. Fire
In her first game back from a lower leg injury, Aliyah Boston scored 24 points to power the Indiana Fever to a 90-73 win over the visiting Portland Fire on Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Indiana.,Boston shot 8 of 11 from the floor and also collected eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and a ...
Sizzling Guardians score twice in 10th, hold off Tigers
Angel Martinez's triple drove in the go-ahead in the 10th and the red-hot Cleveland Guardians downed the host Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.,Jose Ramirez supplied an RBI double in the inning as the Guardians won for the eighth time in nine games, including the first three games of the four-game se...
CJ Abrams' 3-run blast propels Nationals past Mets
CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer, Zack Littell pitched five solid innings and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Mets 8-4 on Wednesday.,Jacob Young homered and doubled while Abrams added a single and scored twice for Washington, which has won two in a row after dropping the series op...
Braves crush Janson Junk, Marlins in runaway win
The visiting Atlanta Braves got three-run homers from Austin Riley and Dominic Smith to back up Chris Sale's strong pitching effort, defeating the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Wednesday.,Riley's home run, his eighth, came in the second inning and Smith's blast, his fifth, came on the 12th pitch of his at-ba...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (back) out vs. Fire
Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark is sitting out of Wednesday night's home game against the Portland Fire with a back injury.,Clark was not on the team injury report the day before the game. Fever coach Stephanie White said Clark was a bit stiff and sore when she woke up Wednesday morning after...
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel highlight first-team All-Rookie squad
Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg, the NBA Rookie of the Year and No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, highlighted the Kia NBA All-Rookie first team, which was announced Wednesday night after voting from a panel of 100 global media members.,Flagg was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knu...