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Sandy Alcantara, Otto Lopez lead Marlins past struggling A's
Otto Lopez celebrated being named to his first career All-Star Game by going 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs to help the Miami Marlins record a 7-2 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Kyle Stowers added a two-run shot and Joe Mack had a solo blast for the Marl...
Sonny Gray, Red Sox hand Angels fifth straight loss
Sonny Gray allowed a run and four hits in six innings and Willson Contreras and Romy Gonzalez hit home runs as the Boston Red Sox routed the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Wilyer Abreu added two RBIs and scored two runs for the Red Sox, who have won the first two games o...
Cardinals continue hot stretch with shutout of Cubs
JJ Wetherholt hit a home run and reached base four times as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Saturday.,The rookie homered in the first, walked in the third, doubled in the fifth and singled in the seventh as the Cardinals picked up their fifth win in six games. St. Louis...
Brewers' Brandon Woodruff exits vs. D-backs after velocity plummets
Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff exited in the fourth inning of Milwaukee's 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday in Phoenix after his velocity noticeably plummeted.,After averaging 91 and 83 mph with his fastball and changeup, respectively, in the first inning, Woodruff averaged 86....
Robbie Ray keeps rolling, Giants respond with win over Rockies
Robbie Ray won his fifth consecutive decision, Bryce Eldridge homered and the San Francisco Giants evened their three-game series against the Colorado Rockies with a 6-4 victory Saturday night in Denver.,Luis Arraez had three hits, while Sam Hentges, Dylan Smith and Caleb Kilian combined for three i...
Dodgers, Phillies, Braves land 5 players for All-Star Game in Philadelphia
The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will have four hitters in the National League's starting lineup when the world's best players gather July 14 in Philadelphia for the 96th All-Star Game.,Designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who received the most votes among National League players ...
Fire rally past Storm in first-ever Pacific Northwest meeting
Carla Leite scored a team-high 20 points as the expansion Portland Fire defeated the host Seattle Storm 77-72 Saturday night in the first meeting between the WNBA's Pacific Northwest rivals at Climate Pledge Arena.,Bridget Carleton scored 14 points and Megan Gustafson added 10 points and nine reboun...
Braves deliver fireworks with 5 homers in bludgeoning of Mets
Eli White homered and drove in four runs to spark the Atlanta Braves to a 14-3 win over the visiting New York Mets on Saturday.,The Braves have won the first two games of the four-game series. New York has lost 12 of its last 14 and fell 17 games behind Atlanta in the National League East.,White was...
Phillies use homers to coast to series-opening win over Royals
J.T. Realmuto, Gabriel Rincones Jr. and Alec Bohm homered in support of Jesus Luzardo as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies topped the Kansas City Royals 6-1 in Saturday's opener of a three-game set., ,Luzardo (7-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings, as the left-hander struck out nine wit...
Astros snap Rays' 9-game win streak on Yordan Alvarez walk-off HR
Yordan Alvarez capped a three-hit, six-RBI night with a walkoff two-run home run as the Houston Astros rallied from a five-run deficit to outslug the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 10-8 on Saturday.,Alvarez plated Jose Altuve with his 29th home run of the season and second of the game with no outs in the n...
O's ruin Hunter Greene's season debut, take down Reds
Rookie Samuel Basallo smacked a three-run home run in the first inning and Adley Rutschman drilled a two-run double during a five-run fourth to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the host Cincinnati Reds 8-5 on Saturday night.,Pete Alonso provided three hits and an RBI as the Orioles, who won their t...
Report: FBI arrests former West Virginia, Kentucky player Kerr Kriisa
Former Kentucky basketball player Kerr Kriisa has been arrested by the FBI in connection with a fraud scheme, Kentucky Sports Radio reported on Saturday.,Kriisa, who also played guard for West Virginia, Arizona and Cincinnati during his collegiate basketball career, is connected with a multimillion-...
Spacestation Gaming advance to OWCS NA Stage 2 grand final
Spacestation Gaming advanced to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage 2 playoffs with a 3-1 victory over Team Liquid in the upper-bracket final on Saturday.,Dallas Fuel swept LuneX Gaming 3-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal and will face Team Liquid on Sunday in the ...
Sean Burke, Colson Montgomery lift White Sox over Guardians
Colson Montgomery hit a tiebreaking home run and went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to help the Chicago White Sox snap a three-game skid with a 3-1 win against the host Cleveland Guardians on Saturday.,Chicago starter Sean Burke notched a career-high 11 strikeouts while holding Cleveland to one run on seven...
Manager Gustavo Alfaro proud of Paraguay, 'cannot be objective' on penalty
PHILADELPHIA -- After Paraguay narrowly went out of the World Cup 1-0 to France on a penalty awarded following a VAR review on Saturday, Albirroja manager Gustavo Alfaro said he could not criticize the eventual decision of Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev.,Tantashev initially waved play on after France...
Report: Patrick Ewing, Steve Clifford joining Wizards staff
Patrick Ewing is returning to the coaching ranks, joining the Washington Wizards as an assistant to head coach Brian Keefe, ESPN reported on Saturday.,Ewing, 63, had been serving as an ambassador for the New York Knicks, with whom he starred from 1985-2000. His first coaching position came as an ass...
Predators' new acquisition Mavrik Bourque gets 6-year, $33M deal
The Nashville Predators on Saturday announced a reworked contract for newly acquired forward Mavrik Bourque, who signed a six-year, $33 million deal.,The Predators traded for Bourque on July 1, also acquiring defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin from the Dallas Stars in exchanged for a pair of draft picks: a ...
Rockies place RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (back spasms) on 15-day injured list
The Colorado Rockies placed right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano on the 15-day injured list on Saturday due to back spasms.,He was scheduled to start Saturday's game against the visiting San Francisco Giants. The move was retroactive to Wednesday.,Rookie left-hander Sean Sullivan was recalled from Triple-A ...
France manager Didier Deschamps addresses yellows
PHILADELPHIA -- After France survived a contentious round of 16 clash with a 1-0 victory over Paraguay, French manager Didier Deschamps tried to take the high road.,France somehow ended the match with all three bookings from Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev despite Paraguay being the team who sat deep ...
Dodgers, Phillies, Braves land five players for All-Star Game in Philadelphia
The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will have four hitters in the National League's starting lineup when the world's best players gather July 14 in Philadelphia for the 96th All-Star Game.,Designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who received the most votes among National League players ...