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Ryan O'Hearn's 6 RBIs spark Pirates' demolition of Athletics
Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in a career-best six runs while leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an easy 12-4 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,O'Hearn had a two-run double in the first inning, a two-run blast in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh as Pitt...

Fire reel off last 10 points, send Storm to ninth consecutive loss
Emily Engstler's basket with 1:17 left snapped a tie and the Portland Fire scored the final 10 points Wednesday night to rally past the visiting Seattle Storm 94-89.,Engstler's fadeaway jumper put Portland (8-9, 2-5 Commissioner's Cup) ahead 91-89. Engstler then drove the lane on the Fire's next pos...

Olivia Miles' record-setting night boosts Lynx over Sparks
Rookie Olivia Miles scored 24 of her career-high 31 points in the first half, Natasha Howard added 15 points with nine assists and the visiting Minnesota Lynx closed out Commissioner's Cup play with a 99-83 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday., ,Kayla McBride scored 14 points and Courtn...

Kyle Bradish fans career-best 12 as Orioles top Mariners
Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday homered and Kyle Bradish struck out a career-high 12 in 7 2/3 strong innings as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday.,Seattle's Dominic Canzone and Cole Young hit back-to-back homers to open the bottom of the ninth against Or...

A'ja Wilson, Aces top Mercury, make Commissioner's Cup final
The Las Vegas Aces clinched a spot in the Commissioner's Cup title game against the New York Liberty with an 86-76 victory Wednesday night at the Phoenix Mercury behind A'ja Wilson's 33 points, 11 rebounds and five steals.,The Aces (11-4, 6-1 Commissioner's Cup) have won seven of their last eight ga...

Valkyries storm past Wings on 19-0 run, put game away
Gabby Williams poured in a game-high 25 points, three reserves scored in double figures and the Golden State Valkyries used an early 19-0 spurt to pull away from the Dallas Wings en route to a 91-80 victory in each team's Commissioner's Cup finale Wednesday night in San Francisco.,In a game featurin...

Luis Diaz logs goal, assist in Cup debut as Colombia beat Uzbekistan
Luis Diaz shined in his World Cup debut, scoring the tiebreaker in the 65th minute and contributing an assist to lift Colombia to a 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan in both teams' World Cup opener on Wednesday in Mexico City.,The 29-year-old Bayern Munich star also assisted Daniel Munoz's sensational 40t...

With Royce Lewis back on track, Twins chase sweep of Rangers
Royce Lewis is feeling great at the plate.,It has been a long time coming.,The Minnesota infielder will try to maintain his hot streak when the Twins play the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas. The Twins have won the first two games of the three-game series and three in a row o...

Report: Wizards' Trae Young to become free agent after declining option
Trae Young appears headed for the open market, though his short stay with the Washington Wizards may not be over.,Young plans to decline his $48.97 million player option for the 2026-27 season and will become an unrestricted free agent on Monday, according to a report from Andscape on Wednesday. Was...

Seven-run inning carries Cubs to series victory over Rockies
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Matt Shaw had a two-run triple as the host Chicago Cubs scored seven runs in the second inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday.,The Cubs took two out of three in the series, the first home series win for Chicago since a four-game sweep of the Cinc...

Dasan Harris homers twice as Oklahoma reaches MCWS finals
Dasan Harris smacked two homers and drove in five runs and Oklahoma advanced to the Men's College World Series championship round with an 11-4 victory over No. 3 Georgia on Wednesday night at Omaha, Neb.,Jason Walk added two solo homers, and Trey Gambill had a two-run shot as part of his four-hit, t...

Liberty escape Sky's upset bid on Sabrina Ionescu layup
Sabrina Ionescu drove for a go-ahead layup with 10.3 seconds left and Jonquel Jones scored 19 points as the New York Liberty edged the host Chicago Sky 96-95 on Wednesday to earn their eighth straight victory.,Breanna Stewart and Satou Sabally both added 17 points for the Liberty, while Rebekah Gard...

Canada coach: Alphonso Davies available for next match
Canada could have its captain back on the field Thursday, as left back Alphonso Davies will be available to face Qatar, coach Jesse Marsch said on Wednesday.,Davies is recovering from a hamstring injury he sustained late in his club season with Bayern Munich. He last played for Canada 15 months ago ...

Jackson Chourio, Christian Yelich go deep as Brewers down Guardians
Jackson Chourio and Christian Yelich homered as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the visiting Cleveland Guardians 9-4 on Wednesday.,Milwaukee jumped out to a 5-0 lead, with three runs in the first and two in the second before Daniel Schneemann brought the Guardians within one by hitting a grand slam in ...

Luis Arraez drives in 4, Giants hold off Braves to sweep twin bill
Luis Arraez homered and drove in four runs and Carson Whisenhunt tossed five solid innings in his season debut on Wednesday to help the visiting San Francisco Giants post a 7-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the second game of a doubleheader.,Whisenhunt (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits while s...

Paul Goldschmidt (3-run HR), Yankees wallop White Sox
Paul Goldschmidt capped a five-run fifth inning by hitting a three-run homer and the New York Yankees extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to eight games with a 10-5 victory on Wednesday night.,The Yankees won their fourth straight and 15th in 20 games. New York also improve...

Seven Blue Jays pitchers combine to shut out Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays received nine scoreless innings from seven pitchers and beat the host Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Wednesday in the second game of a three-game series.,Max Scherzer was supposed to start for Toronto but was placed on the 15-day injured list with back spasms before Wednesday's game. Br...

Portugal coach defends keeping Cristiano Ronaldo on in draw
Portugal coach Roberto Martinez dismissed questions about Cristiano Ronaldo's role after a frustrating World Cup opener, defending his decision to keep the captain on for the full 90 minutes in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.,Ronaldo went without a shot on target in H...

Michaela Onyenwere, Sonia Citron shoot Mystics past Sun
Sonia Citron collected 26 points and 12 rebounds and Michaela Onyenwere scored a season-high 22 points to fuel the Washington Mystics to an 88-81 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday in Uncasville, Conn.,Citron made 7 of 13 shots from the floor and all 12 attempts from the free-throw line.,...

England take over in second half to roar past Croatia
Harry Kane scored a first-half brace, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford added goals after halftime and England kicked off its World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday in an entertaining Group L clash at Arlington, Texas.,The Three Lions earned their third victory in four major intern...