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As series with Yankees concludes, White Sox enjoying 'most fun baseball'
The Chicago White Sox occupy first place in the American League Central as the end of July approaches, a welcome perch after the club endured three straight 100-loss seasons.,"How we've played up to this point, we've kind of earned to be where we are at," right-hander Sean Burke said. "This is the m...
Rays' Shane McClanahan strives to shut down Rangers
Pitching has been the name of the game for the Tampa Bay Rays, especially of late.,They will need to maintain the elite work on the mound if they want to stay atop the American League East standings as August approaches. ,The Rays will try to claim another series victory on Thursday afternoon when t...
Weibo Gaming rally for opening win at Overwatch Midseason event
Weibo Gaming pulled off a 2-1 comeback win over Team Liquid as the Overwatch Champions Series Midseason Championship got underway on Wednesday in Paris.,The $1 million tournament is part of the Esports World Cup.,The 16-team event is starting with a double-elimination group stage. All group-stage ma...
MLB roundup: O’s rally to ruin Tarik Skubal’s possible Detroit farewell
Jackson Holliday drove in three runs, Colton Cowser knocked in the winning run and visiting Baltimore rallied from a seven-run deficit for a 10-9, 12-inning win, spoiling what may have been Tarik Skubal's last start as a Detroit Tiger.,Cowser's two-out single off Drew Sommers (0-2) drove home Taylor...
Ivan Herrera's walk-off double lifts Cardinals past Cubs in 10
Ivan Herrera capped a three-run rally with a walk-off two-run double in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.,Pete Crow-Armstrong broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the top half of t...
Athletics' Nick Kurtz headed for MRI on left forearm
Athletics All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz, hit by a pitch on the left forearm on Wednesday, will undergo an MRI exam on Thursday morning.,Kurtz exited the Athletics' game against the Boston Red Sox after the first inning, shortly being plunked. Boston left-hander Patrick Sandoval nailed Kurtz with...
Ilya Kharun breaks meet record in 50m butterfly at U.S. Championships
Ilya Kharun, in the midst of a nationality change, set a meet record while capturing the men's 50-meter butterfly championship on Wednesday in the U.S. Swimming Championships at Irvine, Calif.,Kharun prevailed in 22.59 seconds, with Caeleb Dressel coming in second at 22.86.,Kharun, 21, was born in M...
Opportunistic Guardians coast past Reds in Ohio Cup rubber match
Kyle Manzardo homered and drove in two runs and Travis Bazzana had two hits, a run and an RBI as the visiting Cleveland Guardians defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 on Wednesday.,Gabriel Arias went 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI for the Guardians, while Steven Kwan collected two hits, a run a...
Mercury storm back from 13-point deficit to edge Valkyries
Alyssa Thomas scored 15 of her season-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, Kahleah Copper scored 27 points before fouling out, and the host Phoenix Mercury overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 91-89 on Wednesday.,DeWanna Bonner had 17 points and 10 rebounds, he...
Andruw Monasterio's 10th-inning homer sends Red Sox past A's
Andruw Monasterio capped a three-hit outing with a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Jahmai Jones also homered and Caleb Durbin had three hits for the Red Sox, who posted their 19th vict...
Andy Pages (3 hits) paces Dodgers past Mariners
Andy Pages delivered a home run among his three hits, Eric Lauer gave up one hit over six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 4-2 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday., ,Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani also drove in runs as the Dodgers avenged a loss to ...
Yainer Diaz, Astros overtake Angels, cap series sweep
Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored as the Houston Astros rallied from a three-run deficit to complete a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 7-4 victory on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.,Hayden Wesneski (1-0), making his first major league appearance ...
Chargers great, college Hall of Famer Billy Ray Smith Jr. dies at 64
Former San Diego Chargers linebacker and College Football Hall of Famer Billy Ray Smith Jr. died on Wednesday at age 64, his family announced.,"It is with profound sadness that we share the loss of our beloved Billy Ray Smith Jr., who passed away peacefully surrounded by family," the family statemen...
ATP roundup: Alex de Minaur gets through tight Washington opener
Defending champion Alex de Minaur of Australia needed just over two hours to win his first-round match at the Mubadala DC Open, getting past Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday.,de Minaur logged twice as many double faults as aces (8-4), but he got the lone service break of the th...
Utility man Taysom Hill departs Saints
Taysom Hill, who starred for the New Orleans Saints for the better part of nine seasons as a unique jack-of-all-trades, has announced his departure from the team via social media.,The 35-year-old gained fame for playing multiple positions -- and doing it well -- in an era that hadn't typically seen ...
Edgar Quero, White Sox walk off Yankees in 12-inning marathon
Edgar Quero blooped a walk-off RBI single to center field in the 12th inning after the bullpen delivered six innings of one-run ball to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the New York Yankees on Wednesday.,Jordan Hicks (1-1) escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the 12th by st...
Aces, Liberty set for star-powered Commissioner's Cup rematch
The Las Vegas Aces and visiting New York Liberty are set to square off in yet another anticipated meeting on Thursday, with both teams coming off impressive victories on Tuesday in their return from the All-Star break.,The Liberty (16-12) posted a season-high scoring total in a narrow 113-109 road w...
WTA roundup: Alexandra Eala ousts defending champ Leylah Fernandez in DC
Alexandra Eala ousted the defending Mubadala DC Open champion, No. 7 seed Leylah Fernandez, with a 6-2, 7-6 (1) victory to advance to the quarterfinals in Washington.,The Filipina competitor dropped five straight games to fall into a 5-1 second-set hole before responding with five straight game wins...
Ivan Herrera, Cardinals walk off Cubs
Ivan Herrera's walk-off double lifts Cardinals past Cubs in 10,Ivan Herrera capped a three-run rally with a walk-off, two-run double in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-2 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.,Pete Crow-Armstrong b...
Rangers acquire C Logan O'Hoppe, RHP Chase Silseth from Angels
The Texas Rangers dealt for catcher Logan O'Hoppe and relief pitcher Chase Silseth on Wednesday, sending the Los Angeles Angels minor league prospect Angel Arredondo in return.,O'Hoppe, 26, has appeared in 386 games over the past five years with the Angels. He owns a .227 career batting average, tho...