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Braves, with Ronald Acuna Jr., finding offense while Red Sox struggle
The offense may be starting to awaken for the Atlanta Braves, who host the Boston Red Sox on Sunday in the rubber match of their three-game set.,The Red Sox have gone 1-4 on their current road trip and have lost six of their last seven games. The Braves have won two of their last three but have drop...
San Diego FC stay hot at home, blank Austin FC
Luca de la Torre scored his fourth goal of the season in the 60th minute and San Diego FC defeated visiting Austin FC 2-0 on Saturday night.,Substitute Milan Iloski added his third goal in second-half stoppage time as San Diego (9-5-3, 30 points) improved to 6-1-3 at home.,Hirving Lozano assisted th...
Pirates' pitching, hitting too much for Padres
Bailey Falter tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday night and Andrew McCutchen homered as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the San Diego Padres 5-0.,Falter (4-3) gave up two hits, walked one and fanned one in a 79-pitch effort. The left-hander, who fetched 12 outs via grounders, dominated S...
Fight Night ends with Erin Blanchfield-Maycee Barber cancellation
UFC Fight Night was supposed to end with a women's flyweight fight between top-five contenders Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber. Instead, the fight was canceled as both were set to enter the Octagon at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night., ,Instead of cutting to Barber's dressing room, the...
Dejan Joveljic tallies twice to lead Sporting KC past Dynamo
Dejan Joveljic recorded a brace to lead Sporting Kansas City to a 3-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.,It was the second two-goal match of the season for Joveljic, who has nine goals in his first season with Sporting Kansas City after being acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy...
Hugo Cuypers' two quick goals lift Fire over Orlando City
Hugo Cuypers scored twice in a minute's span of the first half and Philip Zinckernagel had a goal and an assist as Chicago Fire FC won 3-1 at Orlando City on Saturday night.,Thanks to Cuypers, the Fire (6-5-4, 22 points) led 3-0 a little past the half-hour mark and held on to win for the third time ...
Dodgers rack up 21 hits, 5 homers in 18-2 beatdown of Yankees
Max Muncy hit two home runs and tied a career high with seven RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs in the first two innings and rolled to an 18-2 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Saturday to take the opening two games of a World Series rematch.,Rookies Hyeseong Kim and Dalton ...
Hugo Cuypers scores twice within a minute in Fire win
Hugo Cuypers scored twice in a minute's span of the first half and Philip Zinckernagel also had a goal, as Chicago Fire FC won 3-1 at Orlando City on Saturday night.,Thanks to Cuypers, the Fire (6-5-4, 22 points) led 3-0 a little past the half-hour mark and held on to win for the third time in the l...
Cameron Harper notches goal, assist as Red Bulls top Atlanta United
Cameron Harper connected on a goal then assisted on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's 10th goal of the season, helping the New York Red Bulls post a 2-0 victory over Atlanta United in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday night.,New York (8-6-3, 27 points) extended its season-long winning streak to three while recor...
St. Louis City edge Earthquakes in David Critchley’s debut
Eduard Lowen scored on a penalty kick in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to give St. Louis City a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes in David Critchley's debut as interim head coach on Saturday afternoon., ,Simon Becher drew a foul from San Jose goalie Earl Edwards Jr....
Report: Wander Franco trial to begin Monday
The trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, which was scheduled to start in December but was rescheduled due to the lack of availability of witnesses, is slated to begin Monday in the Dominican Republic, ESPN reported on Saturday.,Franco is facing charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitatio...
Gabriel Arias helps Guardians get past Angels
Gabriel Arias had a two-run, go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied from four runs down and held on for a 7-5 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon.,The Guardians trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth before scoring seven tim...
Sonny Gray improves to 6-1 as Cardinals shut out Rangers
Willson Contreras drove in a run and scored one to back the solid pitching of Sonny Gray and two relievers as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Saturday afternoon in the second contest of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,The Cardinals managed just five hit...
Marlins use defense, pitching to stifle Giants
Outfielders Heriberto Hernandez and Dane Myers made run-saving catches against the outfield fence, Edward Cabrera outdueled previously unbeaten Robbie Ray and the Miami Marlins held off the visiting San Francisco Giants for a 1-0 victory Saturday afternoon.,Javier Sanoja delivered the game's only ru...
Astros DH Yordan Alvarez dealing with fracture in hand
Houston Astros designated Yordan Alvarez has a "very small fracture" in his right hand that is 60 percent healed, general manager Dana Brown announced on Saturday.,Brown said the fracture wasn't discovered in initial imaging on May 6 because there was too much inflammation and fluid.,"The immediate ...
McLaren's Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris to start 1-2 at Spanish GP
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris captured the 1-2 spots in qualifying on Saturday for the Formula One 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, giving McLaren dominance in the front row.,Piastri edged his teammate at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya by two-tenths of a second, the largest margin of the season, for th...
Panthers' Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen OK for Game 1
Florida Panthers forwards Eetu Luostarinen and Anton Lundell will be ready for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night in Edmonton, coach Paul Maurice said Saturday.,Both players were injured in Wednesday's series-clinching Game 5 win against the Carolina Hurricanes.,Panthers forward A.J....
Guardians activate DH David Fry from 60-day IL
The Cleveland Guardians activated designated hitter David Fry from the 60-day injured list and added him to the roster prior to Saturday's game against the visiting Los Angeles Angels.,The Guardians also placed outfielder Lane Thomas on the 10-day injured list due to plantar fasciitis in his right f...
Mark Bowman, No. 1 TE in 2026 class, commits to USC
Mark Bowman, the No. 1 tight end in the 2026 recruiting class, committed to Southern California.,The 247Sports composite also ranks Bowman, who reclassified from the 2027 class, as the No. 16 overall prospect in the nation.,Bowman plays at powerhouse Mater Dei High School in nearby Santa Ana. His co...
Jannik Sinner strolls into French Open fourth round
Jannik Sinner put on a clinic at the French Open on Saturday, losing just three games and crushing Jiri Lehecka in 94 minutes to reach the fourth round in Paris.,The top-seeded Italian hasn't dropped a set this week at Roland Garros and lost only nine points on serve in his 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 victory aga...