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Giancarlo Stanton moves over to left field as Yanks visit Astros
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton made his first start in left field this season in the opener of a three-game series against the Astros on Tuesday and finished 0-for-4 in New York's 7-1 win.,Starting Stanton in left was a pivot from previous decisions from Yankees manager Aaron Boone. The Yankees h...
Royals turn to surprising rookie RHP Ryan Bergert against Angels
Ryan Bergert has been simply stellar during his early tenure with the Kansas City Royals.,The rookie aims to continue his surprise success and try to help host the Royals even this series against the Los Angeles Angels, who can win their first road series in more than a month on Wednesday night.,Ber...
Roman Anthony in question as Red Sox vie for sweep of Guardians
The Boston Red Sox may be without rookie outfielder Roman Anthony on Wednesday night when they conclude a three-game series against the visiting Cleveland Guardians., ,Anthony grabbed his back after he struck out in the fourth inning of Boston's 11-7 triumph over Cleveland (68-69) on Tuesday. He was...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani takes mound in bid to even series vs. Pirates
Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th home run with the Los Angeles Dodgers on the hardest hit ball of his career Tuesday, but it wasn't enough to carry his team to a victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates.,Ohtani (1-1, 4.18 ERA) will try to rectify that on the mound Wednesday night when he opposes fellow r...
Diamondbacks look for more Ketel Marte in finale vs. Rangers
The Texas Rangers certainly have seen enough of Ketel Marte in recent weeks.,Marte has been a constant thorn in the Rangers' side and he will look to cause more destruction when the Arizona Diamondbacks host Texas on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series in Phoenix.,The three-time...
DeWanna Bonner burns former team as Mercury beat Fever
DeWanna Bonner scored 19 points off the bench, including six in the fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 85-79 victory over her old team, the Indiana Fever, on Tuesday night in Phoenix.,Bonner began the season with the Fever before they waived her in late June. She then signed in July w...
Ketel Marte's three-run shot lifts Diamondbacks over Rangers
Ketel Marte drilled a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday at Phoenix.,Marte, Blaze Alexander and Jordan Lawlar had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks (69-72), who won for the fifth time in their past...
DeWanna Bonner gets her revenge against her old team as Mercury beat Fever
DeWanna Bonner scored 19 points off the bench, including six in the fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 85-79 victory over her old team, the Indiana Fever, on Tuesday night at Phoenix.,Bonner began the season with the Fever before they waived her in late June. She then signed in July w...
Giants prevail over Rockies amid 1st-inning ejections
Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer in the first inning that led to the benches emptying and three ejections in the San Francisco Giants' 7-4 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Tuesday night.,Colorado starting pitcher Kyle Freeland and San Francisco's Matt Chapman and Willy Adames were ejected...
Colorado freshman QB Julian Lewis will play vs. Delaware
Coming off a season-opening loss, Colorado will change things up at quarterback this week, adding a highly touted freshman to the mix.,Julian "JuJu" Lewis will see action on Saturday against visiting Delaware, coach Deion Sanders announced on Tuesday.,"He's playing this week for sure," Sanders said....
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Trent Grisham power Yankees past Astros
Jazz Chisholm Jr. posted a multi-homer game, Trent Grisham slugged his third grand slam in seven weeks, and Max Fried twirled seven strong innings as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 7-1 in the opener of a three-game series between postseason contenders.,The Yankees (77-61) fail...
Giants' Willy Adames and Matt Chapman, Rockies' Kyle Freeland ejected in 1st
A leisurely Rafael Devers home run trot spawned three ejections in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in Denver.,Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland and San Francisco's Matt Chapman and Willy Adames were ejected after the benc...
Red Sox use big eighth inning to outslug Guardians
The Boston Red Sox broke open a tie game by scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning en route to an 11-7 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.,Alex Bregman's RBI single handed the Red Sox (78-62) an 8-7 lead. Jarren Duran followed with an RBI double and then Tre...
Reports: Buccaneers RT Luke Goedeke signs $90M extension
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and right tackle Luke Goedeke agreed to a four-year, $90 million contract extension, several reports said Tuesday.,Goedeke was a second-round draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2022 and swung out to tackle after spending his rookie year at left guard.,He started all 17 games in 2023...
Top-seeded doubles duo ousts Venus Williams, Leylah Fernandez
The Cinderella run of 45-year-old Venus Williams and 22-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez came to a screeching halt late Tuesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open women's doubles competition in New York.,Williams and Fernandez, who teamed up hours before the bracket was announced and ...
'Gotta get better now': No. 23 Indiana takes aim at Kennesaw State
Indiana enters Saturday afternoon's visit from Kennesaw State with a 9-0 record at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington under second-year Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti.,Nearly as common as Hoosier home victories over that span? Cignetti caveats that things might have gone differently.,The No. 23 Hoosiers ...
'Determined' Arch Manning, No. 7 Texas take on San Jose State
No. 7 Texas will look to wash away the bad taste from a season-opening loss at then-No. 3 Ohio State and work for improvement across the board when the Longhorns meet San Jose State on Saturday afternoon in Austin, Texas., ,Texas dropped six spots from the top of the preseason Associated Press poll ...
Northern Illinois visits Maryland plotting another Week 2 shocker
In Week 2 last season, Northern Illinois pulled off perhaps the most inexplicable upset of 2024 by toppling a Notre Dame team that went on to reach the national title game.,This year in Week 2, Northern Illinois (1-0) has a chance to make noise again versus a heavily favored foe -- though a victory ...
Mets place OF Tyrone Taylor (hamstring) on 10-day injured list
The New York Mets placed outfielder Tyrone Taylor on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday because of a strained left hamstring.,The move is retroactive to Saturday. In a corresponding move, the Mets recalled outfielder Jared Young from Triple-A Syracuse. New York also optioned left-hander Brandon Wadd...
Former Browns QB Johnny Manziel unloads on team: 'I’m rooting for 0-16'
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel says he still holds a grudge against the franchise nearly a decade after his failed NFL career.,Speaking on the "Nightcap" podcast with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner said his experience with the Browns left him perm...