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Salvador Perez, Royals use big 4th inning to tie ALDS vs. Yanks
NEW YORK -- Hours before becoming the hero in his 35th career postseason game, Salvador Perez discussed how undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2019 helped prolong his career.,"I think it happened for a reason," Perez said Monday afternoon. "At that moment I don't understand that, but after a few years...
Royals use big 4th inning to tie ALDS with Yanks
NEW YORK -- Salvador Perez hit a long homer off Carlos Rodon to start a four-run fourth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to even their American League Division Series at one game apiece.,Game 3 of the best-of-five set is scheduled for Wednesday night in...
Kerry Carpenter's blast pulls Tigers level with Guardians in ALDS
CLEVELAND -- Kerry Carpenter elected not to take some swings in the batting cage before entering Game 2 of the American League Division Series in the eighth inning on Monday.,It turns out all the Detroit designated hitter needed was one giant swing in the ninth inning to make a difference.,Carpenter...
Kerry Carpenter, Tarik Skubal get Tigers past Guardians to even ALDS
Kerry Carpenter launched a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Monday afternoon in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.,Carpenter hit a 423-foot blast into the right field seats to bre...
Three more teams eliminated at PGL Wallachia Season 2
Infinity, beastcoast and Nouns Esports stayed alive with 2-1 victories on Monday at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.,Infinity eliminated Nigma Galaxy, beastcoast knocked out L1GA TEAM and Nouns sent MOUZ packing in Round 4 matches between teams that entered the day deadl...
Nick Castellanos helps Phillies beat Mets in wild Game 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Nick Castellanos singled home the decisive run in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 7-6 in Game 2 of their National League Division Series.,Castellanos, 3-for-5 with a homer in the game, lined a 1-2 offering from reliever Tylor Megill ...
Improved Carlos Rodon leads Yankees against Royals in Game 2
NEW YORK -- Carlos Rodon's lowest moment for the New York Yankees occurred in the final start of a disastrous 2023 season on the mound in Kansas City.,While Rodon was going through a nightmarish first season in New York, Cole Ragans was providing 12 starts as the Kansas City Royals concluded a 106-l...
Falcons, HEROIC are first to reach PGL Wallachia Season 2 playoffs
Team Falcons and HEROIC became the first two teams to punch their tickets to the playoffs at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 when they finished their group stage runs at 3-0 Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,Two matches in Sunday's Round 3 pitted 2-0 teams against each other. Team Falcons swept AVULUS in two...
Texas No. 1, Alabama falls to No. 7 in AP Top 25 poll
After spending one week atop the AP Top 25 college football poll, Alabama tumbled to No. 7 following a monumental upset at Vanderbilt on Saturday and Texas returned to the top spot after Week 6.,Texas, which was idle this week, faces its toughest test to date on Saturday when the Longhorns (5-0, 1-0...
AVULUS, HEROIC continue ascent at PGL Wallachia Season 2
AVULUS and HEROIC each recorded a 2-0 sweep on Saturday to win their second straight match at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 - Group Stage in Bucharest, Romania.,The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams will advance to the double-elimin...
Talladega looms as NASCAR's Round of 12 rolls on
After a Round of 12 opener at Kansas Speedway on Sunday that featured non-title contender Ross Chastain recording his first 2024 win, the dozen drivers left to compete for the championship could start thinking about the Big One that lies ahead:,Talladega Superspeedway.,The steep-banked, super-fast 2...
Bobby Witt Jr., Royals sweep Orioles out of playoffs
BALTIMORE -- The superstar of Kansas City's first playoff team since its 2015 World Series squad, Bobby Witt Jr. said this year's Royals entered the postseason aiming to create their own October legacy.,After two games, they've taken the first step.,Witt delivered the go-ahead RBI for the second str...
Gonzaga to exit WCC, join Pac-12 in 2026
Gonzaga will become the eighth school to join the current Pac-12 Conference.,The conference's board of directors and its five new member presidents voted unanimously to approve the Bulldogs. Gonzaga announced the decision on Tuesday, effective at the start of first semester and fall sports seasons i...
One final look at a historic regular season
The baseball calendar could not have been more precise this season.,A compelling regular season wrapped up on the last day of September, leaving a wide-open postseason to start on the first day of October.,But before turning to the drama of baseball in the fall -- as temperatures drop and emotions r...
Sun, X-factor Marina Mabrey aim for 2-0 lead on host Lynx
The Connecticut Sun will aim to take a 2-0 series lead while the Minnesota Lynx hope to even up the score when the two sides face off again Tuesday night in the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs in Minneapolis.,Connecticut took a 1-0 advantage in the five-game series on Sunday night, topping Minnesota...
Braves blank Mets to secure final NL playoff spot
Rookie starter Grant Holmes and five relievers combined to pitch the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 win over the visiting New York Mets in the second game of a makeup doubleheader on Monday to secure the final National League playoff spot.,New York (89-73) won the first game of the doubleheader 8-7 to clin...
Astros-Guardians finale rained out, won’t be rescheduled
The season finale between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Guardians was wiped out Sunday due to ongoing rain in the Cleveland area.,With the regular season about to end, the game will not be made up. Cleveland finishes the year with a 92-69 record and Houston wraps up at 88-73.,Neither team's p...
G2 Esports wins BLAST Fall Final, punches ticket to World Final
G2 Esports secured the $200,000 top prize by defeating Natus Vincere 3-1 on Sunday in the grand final of the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Sunday's victory qualified G2 Esports for next month's eight-team World Final, which has a $1,000,000 prize pool. The club a...
Alabama back in familiar spot atop AP Top 25 poll
Buoyed by a dramatic come-from-ahead victory over Georgia on Saturday night, Alabama jumped three spots into the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after Week 5.,The Crimson Tide had not been atop the rankings since Oct. 2, 2022, with the latest poll making 16 of 17 s...
Natus Vincere, G2 Esports reach final at BLAST Premier: Fall Final
Natus Vincere and G2 Esports won their semifinal matches Saturday and will meet Sunday in the grand final at the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Natus Vincere rallied to defeat FaZe Clan 2-1, falling 13-10 on Inferno before taking Ancient 13-11 to even the match. I...