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Ryan Vilade, Rays chase series-clinching win over Guardians
Ryan Vilade had brief stints with four teams during his first three seasons in the majors. The 27-year-old outfielder looks as if he finally has found a home with the Tampa Bay Rays.,Vilade is batting .458 (11-for-24) with a .500 on-base percentage over his past 10 games for the surging Rays.,Tampa ...
Padres' Manny Machado 'fine' after leaving game with leg ailment
Padres third baseman Manny Machado left San Diego's Monday game against the visiting Chicago Cubs after the sixth inning in a precautionary move due to a left leg injury.,Machado grounded out to third to end the bottom of the sixth and didn't return on defense for the seventh. He ended the night wit...
Kyle Tucker's walk-off single caps Dodgers' rally past Marlins
Kyle Tucker delivered a game-ending two-run single to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday to open a three-game series.,Shohei Ohtani (3-for-5) added an RBI ground-rule double in the ninth and scored the de...
Munetaka Murakami blasts 3-run homer to spark Angels' rally past White Sox
Munetaka Murakami belted a go-ahead three-run home run and Miguel Vargas followed with a solo shot to key a seven-run seventh inning and lift the host Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 victory against the skidding Los Angeles Angels on Monday.,Chicago regrouped from a sluggish start to send the Angels to ...
Kyle Tucker's walkoff single caps Dodgers' rally past Marlins
Kyle Tucker delivered a game-ending two-run single in the bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday to open a three-game series.,Shohei Ohtani added a run-scoring ground-rule double in the ninth and scored the game-winning run ...
Knights pull level with Mammoth on Shea Theodore's OT goal
Shea Theodore scored with 52 seconds remaining in overtime, giving the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 win over the Utah Mammoth in Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Monday in Salt Lake City.,The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2, as the Knights rebounded after losing the pr...
Nikola Jokic's triple-double extends Nuggets' series with Wolves
Nikola Jokic recorded 27 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds as the host Denver Nuggets stayed alive with a 125-113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of a first-round Western Conference playoff series on Monday.,Jamal Murray scored 24 points, Spencer Jones posted a playoff career-high 20 ...
Ty France drives in 4 runs as Padres push past Cubs
Ty France knocked in four runs Monday night and Manny Machado doubled twice and singled before leaving the game as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 9-7 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,In winning its ninth straight home game, San Diego reached four Chicago pitchers for 14 hits. Machado scored t...
Eagles exercise fifth-year options on Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith
The Philadelphia Eagles locked up a pair of defensive starters through the 2027 season, picking up the fifth-year options of defensive tackle Jalen Carter and outside linebacker Nolan Smith on Monday.,The team faced a Friday deadline on the options for the two Georgia products.,Carter, 25, was the n...
Padres' Manny Machado leaves game; reason unclear
Padres third baseman Manny Machado left San Diego's Monday game against the visiting Chicago Cubs after the sixth inning. The cause wasn't immediately known.,Machado grounded out to third to end the bottom of the sixth and didn't return on defense for the seventh. He left the game with three hits, i...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder finish sweep of Suns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 31 points and eight assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder finished off a four-game first-round playoff sweep with a 131-122 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Monday night.,Chet Holmgren added 24 points and 12 rebounds and Ajay Mitchell had 22 points and six assist...
Lawyer: Lawrence Taylor still hospitalized with stomach-related issue
A week after Lawrence Taylor was first hospitalized, the Pro Football Hall of Famer is still being treated for "a stomach-related issue," his attorney said Monday.,The announcement was the first official news about the condition of Taylor, 67, since he reportedly arrived at the emergency room on Apr...
Aaron Judge hits 11th homer, Ben Rice hits 10th as Yankees top Rangers
Max Fried pitched six scoreless innings and was backed by three homers as the New York Yankees recorded a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers Monday night in Arlington, Texas.,Ben Rice, Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered as the Yankees won for the ninth time in 10 games. New York hit at least ...
Magic silence Pistons late to take 3-1 series edge
Desmond Bane scored 22 points and made one of his five 3-pointers with 1:16 left as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Detroit Pistons 94-88 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.,Detroit tied the game at 85-all with 5:24 remaining on Ausar Thompson's l...
Nuggets scratch Aaron Gordon (calf) for Game 5
The Denver Nuggets will be looking to avoid elimination in Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves without key contributor Aaron Gordon due to his injured calf.,The team ruled Gordon out Monday evening ahead of the game in Denver. Minnesota leads the first-round NBA playoff series three games to o...
New Rams QB Ty Simpson reveals pre-draft meeting with Sean McVay
After being selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday, quarterback Ty Simpson downplayed his pre-draft interaction with the team, calling it "really brief.",The ex-Alabama signal-caller admitted Monday that the communication was far more extensive, as he had a ...
Kody Clemens knocks in 5 runs as Twins take down Mariners
Kody Clemens went 2-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins cruised to an 11-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Byron Buxton hit a two-run homer and Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for Minnesota, which snapped a five-game losing str...
Guardians to call-up Travis Bazzana, 2024 No. 1 overall pick
The Cleveland Guardians are expected to call up second baseman Travis Bazzana, the top overall selection in the 2024 draft, on Tuesday for the second game of a home series against the Tampa Bay Rays.,According to multiple media reports, rookie Juan Brito, who had started five of the last seven games...
Report: Changing course, NWSL not expected to vote on schedule flip
A highly-anticipated vote this week by the NWSL Board of Governors on a calendar flip is now not expected to take place, according to a Monday report by CBS Sports.,On April 17, reports indicated that the board of governors would vote on the issue, but those went unconfirmed by the league.,Currently...
Penguins extend series again with 3-2 win over Flyers in Game 5
Kris Letang's fluky go-ahead goal late in the second period proved to be the difference as the Pittsburgh Penguins posted a 3-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.,Sidney Crosby had two assists for Pittsburgh despite missing some action ...