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Drew Rasmussen dominant in Rays' 2-hit shutout of Marlins
Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen was nearly unhittable over seven outstanding innings, allowing just one hit as the American League East-leading Rays opened a three-game road series with a 6-0 blanking of the Miami Marlins on Friday night. ,Coming off a rough 14-3 home loss Saturday against the Los ...
Sonny Gray, Red Sox down Aaron Judge-less Yankees
Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 innings against one of his former teams, Willson Contreras homered and the Boston Red Sox continued their recent road success with a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.,Gray (7-1), who struggled in 41 regular-season appearances for the Yankees in 2017 and ...
Kerry Carpenter, Spencer Torkelson play long ball in Tigers' win over Mariners
Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Torkelson hit two-run homers and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with a 7-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday.,Gleyber Torres had three hits and drove in two runs while Riley Greene added two hits and scored a run. Framber Valdez ...
Balanced offensive attack helps Phillies stay hot vs. White Sox
Kyle Schwarber collected four hits, Brandon Marsh slugged a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies notched an 8-6 home victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday., ,Alec Bohm had two hits and two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has won eight of its last 10 games. Bryce Harper also contributed tw...
Argentina's Lionel Messi (hamstring) could play in pre-Cup friendly
Lionel Messi, recovering from left hamstring soreness, is healthy enough to possibly appear in at least one of Argentina's two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup.,Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni updated the superstar's condition on Friday ahead of the team's friendlies on Saturday against Hondu...
Amid rough week, Rays’ Chandler Simpson (thumb) leaves vs. Marlins
Chandler Simpson left in the third inning of the Tampa Bay Rays' road game against the Miami Marlins on Friday with what the team called left thumb discomfort.,It was the second time this week Simpson was forced out of a game early. On Monday against the Detroit Tigers, as he went to slide headfirst...
Canes head to Vegas with new life after late rally in Game 2
LAS VEGAS -- The five-hour, 2,000-plus-mile trip to Las Vegas on Friday afternoon was a whole lot smoother for the Carolina Hurricanes after their dramatic 4-3 come-from-behind, overtime victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday., ,Carolina, trailing 2-0 mi...
Report: NBA interviews Kawhi Leonard for Aspiration investigation
Kawhi Leonard has been interviewed as the NBA continues its investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers' alleged circumvention of the salary cap circumvention to pay its star player, ESPN reported Friday.,Leonard's uncle and business adviser Dennis Robertson, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, other team...
BetBoom move on to BLAST Slam VII upper-bracket final
BetBoom Team advanced to the upper-bracket final while Aurora Gaming and LGD Gaming stayed alive in the lower bracket Friday at the BLAST Slam VII playoffs in Copenhagen, Denmark.,The dud of the day was Team Falcons, who were swept by BetBoom 2-0 in the upper-bracket semifinals, then lost 2-1 to Aur...
Jays' Daulton Varsho, O's Samuel Basallo exit with injuries
Blue Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho and Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Samuel Basallo left Friday's series opener in Toronto with injuries.,Varsho was diagnosed with left wrist discomfort, while Basallo exited due to right abdominal discomfort.,Varsho tried to play through the injury that w...
Brewers put LHP DL Hall (pectoral) on 15-day IL
The Milwaukee Brewers moved left-handed pitcher DL Hall to the 15-day IL with a left pectoral strain as part of several moves made Friday.,Hall, 27, was one of two Brewers relievers to suffer injuries in Thursday's 12-9 home loss to the San Francisco Giants.,In the fifth inning, Hall hopped after re...
Aaron Judge injury blows AL MVP race wide open
Aaron Judge's injury that will sideline the New York Yankees slugger indefinitely has also created a wide-open race for Most Valuable Player honors in the American League.,The two-time reigning AL MVP, Judge suffered a stress fracture of his right rib. While he is expected to return at some point th...
England manager frets over Raymond James pitch prior to World Cup friendly
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay is renowned as the NFL field that has its sod replaced more frequently than any other.,But after its most recent resodding, the field's surface looks more like stitched-together slabs than a seamless lawn - and that does not thrill England manager Thomas Tuchel as ...
Report: Iran World Cup team issued visas to compete in U.S.
Players from Iran's World Cup team have been granted visas to enter the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.,A White House official confirmed the news to Reuters, offering that the players had received their visas overnight, shortly after Iranian ambassador to Mexico Abolfazl Pasandideh had sa...
German prodigy Lennart Karl sidelined for World Cup with torn muscle
One of the World Cup's potential breakout stars will not play at all as 18-year-old Germany midfielder Lennart Karl tore a muscle in his left thigh during a team training session on Friday in Chicago.,According to reports, Karl underwent an MRI that confirmed the injury. ,Germany, which opens Group ...
TYLOO, BIG, FlyQuest advance to Stage 2 of IEM Cologne Major
TYLOO, BIG and FlyQuest earned elimination victories on Friday to advance to Stage 2 at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major in Germany.,TYLOO knocked off Lynn Vision Gaming by a 13-5, 13-7 count to secure its spot in Stage 2, which features 16 teams battling June 6-9 for the eight spots availabl...
NBA Finals G2: Knicks-Spurs Preview, Props, Prediction
The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a precarious position after blowing a 14-point lead in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. ,Instead of being up 1-0 and favorites to win the title, the Spurs lost the game, home-court advantage and are now series underdogs.,That said, they are a consensus 6.5-point fav...
Hockey Hall of Fame GM Cliff Fletcher dies at 90
Hockey Hall of Famer Cliff Fletcher, who built the Calgary Flames' 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, died at age 90, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Friday.,Fletcher had a long association with the Maple Leafs, beginning in 1991, and ranks sixth all-time among general managers with 953 all-ti...
J.T. Poston solves difficult Memorial greens to take 36-hole lead
J.T. Poston's early birdie binge helped separate him from the pack as he took the 36-hole lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.,Poston shot a 7-under-par 65, while no one else in the 72-man field scored better than a 69 during the second round at Muirfield Village Golf Club.,Tha...
Giants bash seven home runs to crush Cubs
Matt Chapman hit a grand slam and a three-run homer, Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each chipped in a pair of homers and the visiting San Francisco Giants routed the Chicago Cubs 18-3 on Friday afternoon in the rain-delayed opener of a three-game series.,The Giants picked up in Chicago where they le...