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Cameron Young in driver's seat halfway through Cadillac Championship
Cameron Young built a five-shot advantage at the Cadillac Championship by posting a 5-under-par 67 on Friday at Trump National Doral outside Miami.,Young rocketed up to 13-under 131 while Alex Smalley (second-round 71) found the water on No. 18 for a bogey that dropped him into a tie at 8 under with...

Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev advance to Madrid final
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner recorded his 22nd consecutive victory and second-seeded Alexander Zverev also won his semifinal match on Friday to set up a top-flight title-match pairing at the Mutua Madrid Open.,Sinner cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 21 Arthur Fils of France in his semi to reach th...

Padres reinstate RHP Jeremiah Estrada from 15-day IL
The San Diego Padres reinstated right-hander Jeremiah Estrada from the 15-day injured list on Friday.,The 27-year-old reliever has been sidelined for the past three weeks with right elbow tendinitis.,Estrada is 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA in seven games this season with eight strikeouts and five walks in se...

Phillies beat Giants in 10 to sweep doubleheader and 3-game set
Alec Bohm's sacrifice fly plated automatic runner Adolis Garcia in the 10th inning Thursday night, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants and their second walk-off win of a day-night doubleheader that ended about nine hours after it started.,The Phillie...

Big first inning helps Astros salvage doubleheader split vs. Orioles
Cam Smith hit a three-run home run in Houston's five-run first inning and the Astros salvaged a split of Thursday's doubleheader by winning 11-5 in the second game against the host Baltimore Orioles.,Yordan Alvarez drilled his 12th homer among his three hits and three runs scored, Dustin Harris drov...

Phillies beat Giants in 10 to finish doubleheader, earn 3-game sweep
Alec Bohm's sacrifice fly plated automatic runner Adolis Garcia in the 10th inning Thursday night, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants and their second walk-off win of a day-night doubleheader that ended about nine hours after it started.,The Phillie...

Cameron Young leads Cadillac with Jordan Spieth right behind
Cameron Young fired a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 to kick off the Cadillac Championship and take a one-shot lead over Jordan Spieth and Alex Smalley on Thursday outside Miami.,The PGA Tour returned to Trump National Doral and the famed "Blue Monster" for the first time since 2016. The event is a $20 ...

Stewart Cink, Alex Cejka lead Regions Tradition, 2nd senior major
Stewart Cink birdied his final hole to tie Germany's Alex Cejka for the lead after one round of the Regions Tradition on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala.,Cink won the first major of the PGA Tour Champions season, the Senior PGA Championship, two weeks ago. Now he's in prime position to contend for the s...

Mirra Andreeva, Marta Kostyuk to square off in Madrid Open final
Mirra Andreeva of Russia will meet Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the Madrid Open final after they pulled out semifinal victories Thursday.,Andreeva, the ninth seed, fought past No. 30 seed Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 7-6 (8). No. 26 seed Kostyuk needed three sets to vanquish Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2,...

Big first inning helps Astros salvages doubleheader split vs. Orioles
Cam Smith hit a three-run home run in Houston's five-run first inning and the Astros salvaged a split of Thursday's doubleheader by winning 11-5 in the second game against the host Baltimore Orioles.,Yordan Alvarez drilled his 12th homer among his three hits and three runs scored, Dustin Harris drov...

Canadiens ready for home chance to eliminate Lightning in tight series
The Montreal Canadiens are aware of the opportunity before them as they prepare to host the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 6 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Friday.,Thanks to a 3-2 victory Wednesday night in Tampa for a 3-2 edge in the Eastern Conference first-round meeting, the young Canadiens...

Alexander Blockx stuns Casper Ruud to reach Madrid semis
Alexander Blockx won 84.8% (28 of 33) of his first-serve points and stormed his way to a 6-4, 6-4 upset of defending champion Casper Ruud on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Madrid Open.,Blockx, 21, from Belgium, needed just 96 minutes to dispose of Ruud, the No. 12 seed from Norway. Ranked N...

Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr seeks first homer, wins in series vs. White Sox
It's safe to say that no one had San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. getting to May 1 without a homer on his stat sheet.,But that's the case as Tatis and San Diego gear up for the first game on Friday of a three-game weekend series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.,It would be ironic if T...

Fifth-year options roundup: Bengals decline Myles Murphy
Bengals defensive end Myles Murphy remains in the plans for Cincinnati's rebuilt defense, but the franchise passed on the fifth-year option in his contract for the 2027 season. ,Murphy would have been guaranteed $14.5 million under terms of the option structure. The decision was made ahead of the Fr...

Orioles put on grand display to overpower Astros in Game 1
Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson slugged grand slams in the Baltimore Orioles' 10-3 victory against the visiting Houston Astros in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon.,Orioles starter Chris Bassitt pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Jackson drove in five runs.,Rutschman's blast cam...

Phillies score twice in ninth to stun Giants in Game 1 of DH
Bryson Stott delivered a game-tying triple in the ninth inning and scored on Justin Crawford's infield single as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to nip the visiting San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Thursday afternoon in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader.,Kyle Schwarber hit his 350th career home run fo...

Bengals decline Myles Murphy's fifth-year option
Bengals defensive end Myles Murphy remains in the plans for Cincinnati's rebuilt defense, but the franchise passed on the fifth-year option in his contract for the 2027 season. ,Murphy would have been guaranteed $14.5 million under terms of the option structure. The decision was made ahead of the Fr...

Jake Knapp (thumb) WDs from Cadillac Championship
Jake Knapp withdrew prior to Thursday's first round at the Cadillac Championship with a left thumb strain.,Norway's Kristoffer Reitan replaced him in the field at Trump National Doral's Blue Monster Course in Miami.,Knapp, 31, currently ranks No. 36 in the world and 13th in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup ...

Lady Byng finalists: Anze Kopitar, Cole Caufield, Jake Sanderson
Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar, Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield and Ottawa Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson were named the finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on Thursday.,Kopitar is no stranger to the award, presented annually to the NHL player who best combines sportsman...

Giants' bullpen prepares to size up Phillies in doubleheader
The San Francisco Giants have one of the top bullpens in the majors. And that group likely will be put to the test on Thursday when the Giants play a doubleheader against the host Philadelphia Phillies.,The middle contest of a scheduled three-game series was rained out Wednesday, leading to a day/ni...