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Virginia Tech begins James Franklin’s tenure with demolition of VMI
Ethan Grunkemeyer threw for a pair of touchdowns in just over a half of work and Jeffery Overton Jr. rushed for 104 yards and two TDs on just nine carries as Virginia Tech lambasted VMI 73-3 on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va, in the Hokies' season opener and first game under new coach James Franklin.,G...
Cincinnati-D.C. United match postponed due to inclement weather
An MLS match between visiting D.C. United and FC Cincinnati was postponed on Saturday night because of inclement weather.,After a lightning delay of more than 2 hours and 45 minutes, the match was called off, with the following message flashed on the scoreboard.,"Tonight's match has been postponed d...
Guilherme Biro’s late goal allows Austin FC to tie Earthquakes
Guilherme Biro scored the equalizer seven minutes into second-half stoppage time on literally the match's final kick to lift host Austin FC to a 1-1 draw with the struggling San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in a Western Conference clash.,The Verde (6-10-7, 25 points) found a way to split the points ...
Petar Musa lifts FC Dallas over SKC with stoppage-time PK
Petar Musa's penalty kick seven minutes into second-half stoppage time gave FC Dallas a dramatic 4-3 home victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.,One minute into extra time, SKC defender Moises Mosquera fouled Musa right on the edge of the box. Dallas was initially awarded a free kick, but th...
Kamario Taylor, Mississippi State overwhelm UL Monroe
Kamario Taylor threw for four touchdowns and rushing for another as Mississippi State dominated UL Monroe in a 62-13 season-opening victory Saturday night in Starkville, Miss.,Taylor, who grew up in Mississippi a fan of the Bulldogs (1-0), completed 22 of 34 passes for 354 yards without turning the ...
Ethan Horvath (6 saves) helps Red Bulls pull out draw at Sounders
Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath made six saves as the New York Red Bulls played to a 0-0 draw with the host Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.,Andrew Thomas made four saves for the Sounders (7-9-6, 27 points), whose winless streak in MLS play reached 11 matches (0-8-3) dating back to May 16. It was the th...
Hail Mary saves No. 16 Michigan from upset loss to Western Michigan
Bryce Underwood connected with JJ Buchanan on a 47-yard Hail Mary on the game's final play as No. 16 Michigan survived a huge scare and defeated Western Michigan 13-12 in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Saturday.,The Wolverines hadn't scored since their opening drive and seemed headed for a stunning upset in Ky...
Timely hitting, solid pitching lift Yankees past Padres
Cody Bellinger's two-run single capped a four-run second inning and Carlos Rodon threw five solid innings as the visiting New York Yankees knocked off the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Saturday.,Rodon (5-3) allowed two hits and one run, walking three and tying a season high with seven strikeouts. Four rel...
Diamondbacks get past Astros in 10 innings
Gabriel Moreno stroked a one-out, RBI single to center field in the top of the 10th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to defeat the host Houston Astros 4-3 on Saturday.,The Diamondbacks (75-68) squared the three-game interleague series after Moreno plated automatic runner Ildemaro Vargas w...
Vanderbilt begins post-Diego Pavia era with defeat of Austin Peay
Blaze Berlowitz passed for 149 yards in his first career start at quarterback and added 45 yards rushing with a touchdown as Vanderbilt opened its season with a 28-9 victory over Austin Peay on Saturday at Nashville, Tenn., ,The game was called with 2:19 remaining, in an agreement between both head ...
Will Hammond steers No. 12 Texas Tech past Abilene Christian
Will Hammond threw for 298 yards and Texas Tech's defense held visiting Abilene Christian to 194 total yards Saturday night in a season-opening 33-10 win in Lubbock, Texas.,Hammond completed 26 of 33 passes with a touchdown and an interception, enabling the 12th-ranked Red Raiders to gain 471 total ...
No. 8 Texas A&M dominates Missouri State in every aspect of game
Marcel Reed went 21 for 30 for 233 yards, a trio of transfers had strong team debuts and No. 8 Texas A&M steamrolled Missouri State 50-0 on Saturday in College Station, Texas.,Reed threw touchdown passes to Isaiah Horton and Mario Craver and subbed out early in the fourth quarter with a 40-0 lead. R...
Kansas State kicks off Collin Klein era with emphatic win vs. Nicholls
Avery Johnson threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, helping Collin Klein make a successful debut as head coach at his alma mater in Kansas State's 71-3 victory against visiting Nicholls on Saturday night.,Brandon White scored on a long punt return, Rodney Fields Jr. rushed for 101 yards an...
Ryan Jeffers' 3-run blast helps Twins sink White Sox
Ryan Jeffers belted a three-run homer, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the host Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.,Kaelen Culpepper went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI for Minnesota (68-74), which evened the three-game series at one win apiece with the rubber match set for Sun...
Sonny Gray twirls 7 scoreless as Red Sox blank Orioles
Sonny Gray pitched seven scoreless innings to earn his major league-leading 17th win as the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 on Saturday night.,The Red Sox (78-65) have won the first three games of the four-game series. The Orioles (69-74) have lost five straight.,Eli White...
Blue Jays top Royals, over .500 for first time in 5 months
Kazuma Okamoto's fourth hit of the night went for a tiebreaking, seventh-inning RBI single, and the Toronto Blue Jays made it hold to win their fourth straight, 4-3 over the host Kansas City Royals on Saturday, to move above .500 for the first time since early April.,With the game tied 3-3, Kansas C...
Jonathan Aranda powers Rays past Rangers in 10th inning
Jonathan Aranda blasted a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-3 win against the Texas Rangers on Saturday evening in Arlington, Texas.,The Rays had runners on the corners with one out off closer Jacob Latz (3-2) when Aranda lifted a two-strike slider over the fence i...
Vanderbilt begins post-Diego Pavia area with defeat of Austin Peay
Blaze Berlowitz passed for 149 yards in his first career start at quarterback and added 45 yards rushing with a touchdown as Vanderbilt opened its season with a 28-9 victory over Austin Peay on Saturday at Nashville, Tenn., ,The game was called with 2:19 remaining, in an agreement between both head ...
Josh Sargent’s hat trick, Derrick Etienne Jr.’s late goal lift Toronto
Toronto FC and the visiting Chicago Fire fought to a 4-4 draw on Saturday night.,Haitian international Derrick Etienne Jr. tied the action-packed affair for Toronto in second-half stoppage time with a curling shot from the edge of the box. ,Josh Sargent scored a hat trick for Toronto (5-7-11, 26 poi...
Orlando City earns shutout victory vs. San Diego FC
Antoine Griezmann continued his recent offensive contributions with a first-half goal in Orlando City's 1-0 victory against visiting San Diego FC on Saturday night.,Maxime Crepeau made two saves for the clean sheet for Orlando City (8-11-4, 28 points), which won for the second time in its last five ...