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Rory McIlroy cuts PGA Championship practice round short due to blister
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy ended his Tuesday practice round at Aronimink Golf Club after just three holes due to a blister on his right pinky toe ahead of this week's PGA Championship in Newtown Square, Pa.,In his first event back after winning his second consecutive Masters championship in April, McI...
Legacy sweeps another foe at Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta
Four unbeaten teams remain at the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta. But among those four, one team stands out after two days of play.,For the second time in as many days, Legacy cruised to a 2-0 sweep Tuesday to advance to the Group B upper-bracket final, where they will face Natus Vincere on Wednesday...
MLB roundup: Pirates' Paul Skenes takes no-hitter into 7th vs. Rockies
Paul Skenes flirted with a no-hitter for the second consecutive start, striking out 10 and allowing two hits over eight scoreless innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-1 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday., ,Skenes (6-2), the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, hel...
Pavel Dorofeyev's OT goal gives Knights 3-2 series lead over Ducks
Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals, including the game-winner 4:10 into overtime, as the Vegas Golden Knights took a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series against the Anaheim Ducks with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night in Las Vegas., ,Dorofeyev, stationed alone on the ba...
Eric Haase hits 2 HRs, Giants beat Dodgers again
Eric Haase hit two home runs, Harrison Bader added another and the San Francisco Giants continued their success against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season with a 6-2 road victory on Tuesday.,Adrian Houser (1-4) gave up two runs on three hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first w...
JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals extend strong stretch vs. Athletics
JJ Wetherholt smacked a two-run homer and Jose Fermin added a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Ivan Herrera joined Wetherholt with two hits as St. Louis ended a two-game slide and won for the 10th time in t...
Sarah Ashlee Barker's basket at buzzer gives Fire first WNBA win
Sarah Ashlee Barker made a layup off an offensive rebound at the final buzzer as the expansion Portland Fire earned their first WNBA victory, defeating the visiting New York Liberty 98-96 Tuesday night.,Barker was all alone underneath and grabbed Bridget Carleton's 3-point miss and banked in the win...
Nia Coffey, Lynx notch first win of season at Mercury's expense
Nia Coffey scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter in a critical stretch for the Minnesota Lynx in their 88-84 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,Minnesota (1-1) rebounded after losing its opener 91-90 against the visiting Atlanta Dream on Saturday.,Phoenix (1-2), pl...
Nationals slug 6 homers to overwhelm Reds
Daylen Lile and Luis Garcia Jr. each had three hits, including two home runs and the Washington Nationals beat the host Cincinnati Reds 10-4 on Tuesday night.,Lile, from nearby Louisville, Ken., hit a solo home run in the fourth and a three-run shot in the fifth for his first career multi-homer game...
Rangers OF Brandon Nimmo day-to-day with sprained ankle
Texas Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo is day-to-day with a sprained left ankle, manager Skip Schumaker told reporters after Nimmo exited Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Arlington, Texas.,Nimmo left in the sixth inning when he stepped on Ildemaro Vargas' foot at first when trying ...
Bailey Ober fires complete-game 2-hitter as Twins blank Marlins
Bailey Ober struck out seven in a complete-game shutout to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Byron Buxton stole home and Ryan Jeffers clubbed a two-run home run to lead Minnesota at the plate. The Twins have won three games in a row after l...
Report: NBA taking no action after Bucks, Giannis investigation
The NBA will not be taking any action after concluding its investigation into Giannis Antetokounmpo being shut down for the final month of the season, according to a report by ESPN on Tuesday.,The two-time MVP hyperextended his left knee on March 15 against the Indiana Pacers and did not play in the...
Mets tame Tigers in rookie A.J. Ewing's debut
A.J. Ewing scored two runs and drove in a pair in his major league debut, sparking the host New York Mets to a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.,Called up from Triple-A Syracuse earlier in the day, Ewing had an RBI triple and drew three walks, one with the bases loaded. He also stole a ba...
Dominic Canzone's slam backs Bryan Woo as M's rout Astros
Dominic Canzone clubbed his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena produced a four-hit, three-RBI game in support of Bryan Woo, who worked six quality innings as the visiting Seattle Mariners claimed a 10-2 victory over the slumping Houston Astros on Tuesday.,The Mariners won their ninth consec...
Athletics place All-Star SS Jacob Wilson (shoulder) on IL
Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder subluxation ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. ,Wilson, 24, injured his shoulder Sunday diving for a ball hit by the Baltimore Orioles' Gunner Henderson, who singled on...
Victor Wembanyama returns in big way, Spurs take series lead on Wolves
Victor Wembanyama scored 27 points -- 18 in a rousing first quarter -- and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the host San Antonio Spurs past the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-97 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.,Game 6 in the best-of-seven series is Friday in M...
MacKenzie Gore twirls gem as Rangers hold off D-backs
MacKenzie Gore allowed just one run on three hits over a season-high eight innings in the Texas Rangers' 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas.,Joc Pederson and Ezequiel Duran homered and Brandon Nimmo and Jake Burger each had three hits for the Rangers, who have...
Rays beat Blue Jays in extras despite blowing 5-run lead
Jonathan Aranda's 10th-inning sacrifice fly proved to be the difference Tuesday night as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6.,Taylor Walls' single to right against Braydon Fisher (2-1) scored automatic runner Cedric Mullins to give Tampa Bay a 6-5 lead. Yandy Diaz walked b...
Earthquakes travel to Sounders for battle of Western giants
The San Jose Earthquakes have lost just once this season in MLS play.,The Earthquakes (9-1-2, 29 points) will get a chance to avenge that Wednesday night with a trip to Seattle, but it won't be easy.,The Sounders (6-1-3, 21 points) extended their MLS unbeaten streak to eight matches (5-0-3) and have...
Brewers use big inning to beat Padres, win fifth straight
Brandon Sproat pitched effectively into the sixth inning to earn his first career victory and Joey Ortiz homered for the first time since last July to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the opener of the three-game series., ,Milwaukee extende...