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Jo Adell's 2-run triple helps Angels top Athletics
Jo Adell hit a two-run triple and Denzer Guzman delivered a tiebreaking single to help the Los Angeles Angels record a 5-2 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night at Anaheim, Calif.,Oswald Peraza and Logan O'Hoppe also had RBI singles as the Angels won for the fifth time in seven games. Adell, ...

Lionel Messi makes more World Cup history as Argentina beat Jordan
Lionel Messi scored on a free kick as a second-half substitute and Argentina delivered a 3-1 World Cup victory over Jordan in the Group J finale for each side Saturday at Arlington, Texas.,Giovani Lo Celso and Lautaro Martinez each scored goals in the first half for Argentina (3-0-0, 9 points), who ...

Austria get last-minute equalizer vs. Algeria to reach round of 32
Sasa Kalajdzic scored in the closing seconds of second-half stoppage time to give Austria a dramatic 3-3 draw with Algeria in a World Cup Group J match Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo., allowing both teams to qualify for the round of 32.,Austria would have been eliminated with a loss.,Marko Arnaut...

Lionel Messi makes more World Cup history as Argentina beats Jordan
Lionel Messi scored on a free kick as a second-half substitute and Argentina delivered a 3-1 World Cup victory over Jordan in the Group J finale for each side Saturday at Arlington, Texas., ,Giovani Lo Celso and Lautaro Martinez each scored goals in the first half for Argentina (3-0-0, 9 points), wh...

Dodgers score 9 runs in 6th inning to power past Padres
Kyle Tucker, Dalton Rushing and Mookie Betts all clouted homers in a nine-run sixth inning Saturday night as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers routed the San Diego Padres 15-3.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-5) got the win, allowing five hits and two runs over six innings while walking two and striking out fo...

Rays pass Yankees atop AL East with another win over D-backs
Jonathan Aranda's two-run homer broke a tie and Junior Caminero also homered as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Rays, who won their fourth straight, swiped the American League East lead from the New York Yankees by percentage poi...

Flau'jae Johnson's double-double drives Storm past Dream
Rookie Flau'jae Johnson produced 24 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday to help the Seattle Storm earn a 105-90 victory over the visiting Atlanta Dream.,Rookie Awa Fam added 21 points on 5-for-6 3-point shooting while Natisha Hiedeman scored 20 for the Storm (5-15), who won their second straight game...

Rafael Devers homers twice as Giants toss 1-hit shutout vs. Braves
Logan Webb continued his brilliant pitching in the month of June, Rafael Devers launched two home runs and the San Francisco Giants evened the score with the visiting Atlanta Braves in their three-game series with a 5-0 victory Saturday night.,Coming off a 3-1 loss in the series opener Friday, the G...

Magic waive F Jonathan Isaac in cost-saving move
A day before his full 2026-27 salary would have become guaranteed, forward Jonathan Isaac was waived by the Orlando Magic on Saturday.,Had Isaac remained with the club another 24 hours, he would have been guaranteed $14.5 million for the upcoming season. However, he is now owed just $8 million.,Acco...

Nationals pull out win in 10th over Orioles to end skid
Washington's Daylen Lile singled in the tiebreaking run with the first at-bat in the 10th inning and the visiting Nationals held on to halt a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,The Orioles loaded the bases with two outs in the 10th before Just...

Caitlin Clark-less Fever demolish Sparks
Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points to lead four Indiana scorers in double figures as the Fever rolled past the visiting Los Angeles Sparks 111-87 on Saturday in Indianapolis. ,Indiana (11-8) led almost the entire game, but took control in the second quarter with a 17-6 run. The Fever held Los Angeles ...

Mercury coach expresses ‘disappointment’ in Alyssa Thomas suspension
Following the suspension of star player Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts expressed his "disappointment" in how the process had been handled Saturday.,The WNBA on Friday handed Thomas a one-game suspension for her actions during a Mercury game against the Indiana Fever. ,In that con...

Hunter Goodman's 3 homers power Rockies to victory over Twins
Hunter Goodman hit a career-best three home runs and tallied five RBIs, leading the Colorado Rockies to an 8-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday in Minneapolis.,Kyle Karros added a two-run homer for Colorado, which evened the three-game series at one win apiece heading to the decisive contest...

Guardians build lead, hang on to down Mariners
Kahlil Watson had an RBI double in the fourth inning and fellow rookie Cooper Ingle followed with his first major league hit, a two-run single, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Saturday night.,Slade Cecconi (4-6) earned his first home victory of the season, striki...

Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz: Too many teams in World Cup now
PHILADELPHIA -- No continent has benefited more from World Cup expansion than Africa.,In total, 10 sides qualified for the tournament, doubling the five spots African sides used to get when a 32-team field was utilized. Eight have advanced from the group stage to reach the round of 32, and Algeria w...

Marlins maintain June hot streak by bouncing Cards again
Xavier Edwards went 3-for-5 with an RBI single, Kyle Stowers drove in two runs and the visiting Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.,Javier Sanoja had three hits, an RBI and two stolen bases for Miami, which improved to a major league-best 18-...

Late surge lifts DR Congo past Uzbekistan, into knockout stage
Yoane Wissa scored a brace in the second half as the Democratic Republic of the Congo rallied for a 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan Saturday in Atlanta to deliver the Leopards into the knockout round for the first time in World Cup history.,Fiston Mayele also tallied for DR Congo (1-1-1, 4 points) in a ...

Ian Happ keys big inning as Cubs overwhelm Brewers
Ian Happ hit a three-run home run in a four-run sixth inning as the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 Saturday.,The Cubs will try to win the series Sunday as the teams split the first two games.,Brewers starter Kyle Harrison retired the first 10 batters he faced, but Matt Shaw sin...

Colombia end up atop Group K thanks to 0-0 draw with Portugal
In a duel of heavyweights, Colombia finished off a 0-0 World Cup draw against Portugal to earn the top spot in Group K on Saturday at Miami Gardens, Fla., with an offside call preventing a potential late winning goal for the South American side.,Colombia (2-0-1, 7 points) were unable to score in the...

Anthony Seigler cracks first homer as Red Sox top Yankees again
Rookie Jake Bennett allowed one run over 6 1/3 innings, Masataka Yoshida and Anthony Seigler belted solo home runs and the host Boston Red Sox earned a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon.,Bennett (2-3) did not allow a hit until Max Schuemann's solo home run with two outs in ...