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Can hot-hitting Adrian Del Castillo continue to carry D-backs?
Arizona Diamondbacks rookie catcher Adrian Del Castillo will be hard-pressed to top his Monday performance.,Del Castillo -- playing a major league game in his hometown of Miami for the first time -- belted a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs in Arizona's 9-6 win over the Marlins. The te...
Rookie Adrian Del Castillo has 6 RBIs, D-backs overpower Marlins
Rookie catcher Adrian Del Castillo, a Miami native playing his first pro game in his hometown, slugged a grand slam and drove in six runs, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the host Marlins on Monday night.,Del Castillo went 2-for-4 with a walk and his first career stolen base. He a...
Blue Jackets trade F Patrik Laine to Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens acquired forward Patrik Laine and a 2026 second-round draft pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday in exchange for defenseman Jordan Harris.,The trade moves Laine, 26, to a Montreal team positioning itself for a playoff push after their loss in the 2021 Stanley Cup Fina...
Diamondbacks INF Ketel Marte (ankle) placed on 10-day IL
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list after again aggravating an ankle injury, the team announced Monday.,Marte originally sprained his left ankle on Aug. 10 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He then aggravated the injury in his first-at bat in his ne...
Louisville lands goal-scoring F Bethany Balcer in trade with Reign
The Seattle Reign traded their leading goal-scorer, forward Bethany Balcer, to Racing Louisville in exchange for midfielder Jaelin Howell and $50,000 in allocation money on Monday.,Balcer, 27, had been with Seattle since 2019. She has 33 goals in 103 career NWSL appearances, including five goals thi...
Dolphins WR River Cracraft likely to miss start of season
Miami Dolphins wide receiver River Cracraft likely will miss the start of the regular season with an upper-body injury.,He will be out "some time for sure" but it doesn't appear to be season-ending, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday.,The Dolphins also reportedly signed former Pittsburgh Steelers runni...
D-backs rookie Adrian Del Castillo back home to face Marlins
Arizona Diamondbacks rookie catcher Adrian Del Castillo is set to play his first pro game in his hometown of Miami on Monday.,Del Castillo, a former Miami Hurricanes star who made his MLB debut Aug. 7, has taken over the starting job after Gabriel Moreno was placed on the injured list because of a l...
Rays blow six-run lead, recover to sweep D-backs in 12th
Dylan Carlson's one-out RBI single in the 12th inning helped the Tampa Bay Rays overcome a blown six-run lead and sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks with an 8-7 win Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Carlson's liner to left scored Alex Jackson and handed Justin Martinez (5-4) his second loss of th...
Rays 1B Yandy Diaz hit by pitch, exits vs. D-backs
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz left Sunday's game after being struck by a pitch in the bottom of the first inning in the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks.,Facing starting pitcher Merrill Kelly, Diaz was hit high on the left forearm with a 90-mph changeup from the right-hander....
End of a Bay Area era: Giants, A's likely play final game as neighbors
When Major League Baseball began including interleague matchups in the regular season in 1997, the Bay Bridge Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics came to life.,On Sunday, the teams are expected to meet for the final time as neighbors -- the Giants will cross the San Francis...
Rays eye sweep of Diamondbacks before heading to West Coast
After losing three straight series, the Tampa Bay Rays have assured themselves not only of a winning weekend, but they are going for a sweep on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Adding to the accomplishment, the opponent is one of the hottest teams in baseball -- the Arizona Diamondbacks. SUP...
Louisville WR Caullin Lacy suffers broken collarbone
Louisville Cardinals wide receiver Caullin Lacy broke his collarbone and will miss six to eight weeks, the school announced Saturday.,Lacy, who suffered the injury during the Cardinals' final scrimmage of fall camp, arrived at Louisville through the transfer portal in December after spending four ye...
Jeffrey Springs gets first win since '23 as Rays top D-backs
Brandon Lowe bashed a two-run homer, starter Jeffrey Springs won for the first time since Tommy John surgery and the Tampa Bay Rays' 6-1 win broke the Arizona Diamondbacks' nine-series winning streak Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Brandon Lowe was 2-for-4 with his 15th homer along with a...
Louisville WR Caullin Lacy breaks collarbone
Louisville wide receiver Caullin Lacy has broken his collarbone and will be out "an extended period of time," the school announced Saturday.,The injury occurred during the final scrimmage of fall camp.,Starting his career at South Alabama in 2020, Lacy starred as a junior for the Jaguars last fall, ...
Rays place RHP Zack Littell (shoulder) on 15-day injured list
The Tampa Bay Rays placed right-hander Zack Littell on the 15-day injured list on Saturday because of right shoulder fatigue.,The move was retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Rays recalled left-hander Tyler Alexander from Triple-A Durham.,Littell, 28, is in his first season as a fu...
Cowboys DT Mazi Smith (allergic reaction) out vs. Raiders
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Mazi Smith will miss the team's preseason game at the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday because of an allergic reaction, the team announced.,Smith did not travel with the team when it left Friday from training camp in Oxnard, Calif. The Cowboys left open the possibility o...
New England Patriots Should Rip off Band-Aid, Start Drake Maye
The New England Patriots and Jerod Mayo should cut the nonsense and just start rookie draft pick Drake Maye over Jacoby Brissett....
Rays' Jeffrey Springs chases first win of year vs. D-backs
Jeffrey Springs' healthy return to the Tampa Bay Rays' rotation appears to be heading in the right direction.,In his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery performed in the spring of 2023, Springs will look for his first 2024 win on Saturday when the Rays face the Arizona Diamondbacks ...
Rays' walk-off victory ends Diamondbacks' win streak
Jonny DeLuca scored from first base on a single and an error in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays notched a 5-4 walk-off win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,On first base with two outs against reliever Justin Martinez (5-3), DeLuca raced to third af...
Kentucky lands in-state recruit C Malachi Moreno
Four-star center Malachi Moreno announced his commitment to Kentucky on Friday.,Moreno, who plays for Great Crossing High School in Georgetown, Ky., is the first commitment in the 2025 class for new Kentucky head coach Mark Pope. The latter departed BYU to replace John Calipari in April.,Moreno, who...