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Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic move on at U.S. Open
The top four seeds in action on Wednesday at the U.S. Open advanced to the third round in New York, while six seeded players lost and another withdrew.,Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain breezed past Italy's Mattia Bellucci 6-1, 6-0, 6-3. No. 4 Taylor Fritz produced a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4 win o...

Luis Morales, A's fire two-hitter to cap sweep of Tigers
Luis Morales pitched seven shutout innings, Zack Gelof homered and matched his career high of four RBIs and the Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-0 victory on Wednesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Brett Harris (three runs) and Nick Kurtz (two runs) joined Gel...

Rafael Devers' 2-homer night sparks Giants' rout of Cubs
Rafael Devers hit two home runs, Matt Chapman belted the 200th of his career and the San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the visiting Chicago Cubs with a 12-3 shellacking Wednesday night.,Devers also doubled, singled, walked, drove in five runs and scored four times for the Giants, who wo...

Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds
Shohei Ohtani struck out nine over a season-best five innings and singled to start a four-run fourth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep of the visiting Cincinnati Reds with a 5-1 victory on Wednesday.,Ohtani (1-1) gave up one run on two hits and earned a win from the m...

Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula into third round at U.S. Open
Last year's U.S. Open women's singles finalists advanced to the third round of this year's event with straight-set wins on Wednesday in New York.,Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the reigning champion, topped Russia's Polina Kudermetova 7-6 (4), 6-2, and fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula of the Uni...

Rangers explode for first 20-run game since 2011 in blowout of Angels
Adolis Garcia, Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Kyle Higashioka all had home runs as the surging Texas Rangers took advantage of a dearth of pitching from Los Angeles while pounding the reeling Angels 20-3 on Wednesday to capture a three-game series between the American League West rivals in Arlington...

Framber Valdez bounces back to help Astros blank Rockies
Framber Valdez produced his fifth scoreless start of the season, and rookie Cam Smith homered for the first time in nearly two months as the Houston Astros squared this three-game interleague series against the visiting Colorado Rockies with a 4-0 victory on Wednesday.,Valdez (12-7) reversed course ...

Dawn Staley would have taken New York Knicks coaching job if offered
South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley confirmed she interviewed this summer for the New York Knicks' head coaching vacancy, saying she was prepared to become the first woman to lead an NBA team if the job had been offered.,Speaking on the "Post Moves" podcast hosted by Candace Parker a...

Lionel Messi's late flurry sends Inter Miami to Leagues Cup final
Lionel Messi erupted for two goals and an assist inside the final 15 minutes, leading Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Orlando City in a Leagues Cup semifinal on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Telasco Segovia added the other goal for Miami, which is into the final for the second time in ...

Taylor Townsend, Jelena Ostapenko engage in heated U.S. Open exchange
American Taylor Townsend engaged in a heated exchange with Jelena Ostapenko after her 7-5, 6-1 victory over the Latvian in the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.,As the two players met at the net to shake hands, Ostapenko said something that Townsend clearly took issue with. The conversation ...

Ryne Nelson, D-backs end skid with tight win over Brewers
Blaze Alexander belted a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Geraldo Perdomo went deep to lead off the eighth, fueling the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.,Perdomo joined Pavin Smith, Adrian Del Castillo and Alek Thomas with two-hit performanc...

Blue Jays rally late to take rubber match vs. Twins
Addison Barger hit a go-ahead two-run double in a three-run eighth on Wednesday night and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 9-8.,Davis Schneider hit two homers and Andres Gimenez and Ty France also homered for the Blue Jays in the rubber match of the three-game series.,Minn...

Royals' 8-run fifth flattens White Sox
Salvador Perez delivered a solo home run and two-run double during an eight-run fifth inning and Ryan Bergert pitched six sharp innings as the Kansas City Royals routed the host Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Wednesday.,Shut out in Monday's series opener and for the first seven innings Tuesday, the Royal...

Sun emerge with win over Paige Bueckers-less Wings
Rookie Leila Lacan matched her career high of 22 points and Tina Charles made a key bucket late as the visiting Connecticut Sun held off the short-handed Dallas Wings 101-95 on Wednesday.,Charles, who finished with 18 points, got open underneath for a jump hook with 22.2 seconds left to give Connect...

Bubba Chandler earns first ML win as Pirates edge Cardinals
Bubba Chandler earned his first big league victory with four scoreless innings as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates edged the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 Wednesday night.,Chandler (1-0), baseball's top-rated pitching prospect, allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out three in his second big le...

MLB roundup: Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox overtake O's
Ceddanne Rafaela drilled a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.,Jarren Duran singled to lead off the ninth and set up Rafaela's heroics for the Red Sox, who have gone 6-1 on their road trip.,Boston's Rom...

A'ja Wilson, Aces edge Dream for 12th consecutive win
A'ja Wilson produced 34 points and nine rebounds, Jackie Young added a triple-double and the visiting Las Vegas Aces rode a dominant third quarter to their 12th consecutive victory, 81-75 against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday.,Young amassed 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for her second tripl...

Rookie Nolan McLean dazzles as Mets blank Phillies to tighten NL East race
Rookie Nolan McLean allowed four hits in eight dynamic innings as the host New York Mets inched closer in the NL East with a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.,The Mets won for the eighth time in 11 games, a stretch that started with McLean's debut in a 3-1 win over the S...

Ceddanne Rafaela's clutch homer leads Red Sox over Orioles
Ceddanne Rafaela drilled a two-run homer in the ninth to lift the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.,Rafaela's 15th homer came off Keegan Akin after Jarren Duran reached on a leadoff single.,The Red Sox have won six of seven games on their road tr...

Napheesa Collier, Lynx hope to maintain home form vs. Storm
Napheesa Collier showed no signs of rust after a three-week absence caused by a sprained ankle.,The next question is whether Collier can maintain her dominant play in back-to-back games.,Collier will answer that question when the Minnesota Lynx (30-7) take on the Seattle Storm (20-19) on Thursday ni...