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D-backs pound Padres to keep playoff hopes alive
Ketel Marte's two-run home run highlighted a six-run fourth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks kept their wild-card playoff hopes alive with an 11-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Eugenio Suarez and Randal Grichuk also homered for Arizona (89-73), which ends its re...
Royals block Braves from clinching wild card in 4-2 win
The visiting Kansas City Royals got home runs from Michael Massey and Hunter Renfroe to beat Atlanta 4-2 on Sunday, salvaging a game from their three-game series and preventing the Braves from clinching a spot in the postseason.,Atlanta (88-72) now needs one win over the New York Mets to secure a wi...
Tigers fall to White Sox, face Astros in AL wild-card series
Lenyn Sosa hit a three-run homer and the visiting Chicago White Sox closed out their season with a 9-5 win over the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers on Sunday.,Sosa had three hits and scored three runs and Bryan Ramos supplied two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs for the White Sox (41-121), who won fi...
Phillies beat Nationals in finale, head to playoffs for third season in row
Kyle Schwarber and Weston Wilson each drove in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies wrapped up their regular season with a 6-3 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Kody Clemens made a game-saving catch in left field to seal the victory for Philadelphia (95-67), which finished with ...
Mets beat Brewers, now play for wild-card berth Monday
David Peterson tossed seven innings of one-hit ball and earned the win Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who ensured themselves an opportunity to play for a postseason berth Monday by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0.,The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Mets (88-72), w...
No Triple Crown for Shohei Ohtani, but Dodgers nip Rockies
Shohei Ohtani fell short in his bid to be the first National League Triple Crown winner since 1937, but Chris Taylor's home run powered the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Sunday to spoil Charlie Blackmon's final game.,Ohtani, who led the NL in home runs (54) ...
Jasmine Suwannapura downs Lucy Li in playoff to win NW Arkansas
Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand overcame a historic round from Lucy Li, sinking an eagle putt on the second playoff hole to emerge with a victory Sunday at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark.,Suwannapura forced a playoff with an eagle on her 72nd hole. Then, after a stalemate on the...
Marlins cap rough season with sweep of Blue Jays
Jonah Bride had two hits, a walk and two RBIs as the visiting Miami Marlins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday afternoon to complete a three-game, season-ending sweep.,Bride extended his hit streak to eight games.,Otto Lopez, a former Blue Jay, and Xavier Edwards added two hits each for Mi...
Mariners end season with 3-game sweep vs. A's
Logan Gilbert took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Cal Raleigh homered for a third consecutive game as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Oakland Athletics 6-4 Sunday afternoon to sweep the season-ending, three-game series.,Justin Turner added a two-run double for Seattle (85-77), w...
Cards cruise past Giants 6-1 to cap strong finish
Brendan Donovan homered, Alec Burleson drove in three runs and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals denied the San Francisco Giants a .500 season with a 6-1, season-ending victory Sunday afternoon.,Rookie Michael McGreevy (3-0) completed an unbeaten season with eight strong innings, helping the Cardinal...
O's sweep Twins, shift attention to AL wild-card series
James McCann hit a three-run home run, Jordan Westburg drove in a pair and and the Baltimore Orioles pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Heston Kjerstad hit a solo home run for Baltimore (91-71), which completed a three-game sweep to finish the re...
U.S. beats International team to win 10th straight Presidents Cup
The United States continued its historical dominance of the Presidents Cup when it beat the International team 18 1/2 to 11 1/2 at Royal Montreal Golf Club on Sunday for its 10th consecutive victory in the event.,Needing to pick up only 4 1/2 points from the 12 singles matches on the final day, the ...
Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers shut down Angels to end season
Nathan Eovaldi worked seven scoreless innings and rookie Dustin Harris went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to help the visiting Texas Rangers sweep their final series of the season with an 8-0 win against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday.,Eovaldi (12-8) struck out five while yielding fo...
Red Sox edge Rays to finish .500, take third place in AL East
Quinn Priester limited the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to one run on four hits in five innings Sunday to help the Boston Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory in the final game of the season for each team.,Priester, who was called up from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday, was making his debut ...
Liberty strike first in semifinal series with Aces
Breanna Stewart scored 34 points, Jonquel Jones recorded a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds and the New York Liberty never trailed in their 87-77 Game 1 defeat of the visiting Las Vegas Aces to open their WNBA semifinal series on Sunday.,New York opened its 2023 WNBA Finals rematch with th...
Colts get solid relief play from Joe Flacco to hold off Steelers
With an early injury to Anthony Richardson, Joe Flacco entered the game and led the host Indianapolis Colts over the surging Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24 Sunday.,After passing for 71 yards and rushing for 24 yards, Richardson left the game for Indianapolis (2-2) after a 14-yard run where DeShon Elliott...
Vikings survive Packers' late comeback bid, move to 4-0
Sam Darnold completed 20 of 28 passes for 275 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, and the visiting Minnesota Vikings escaped with a 31-29 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday., ,Jordan Addison finished with one receiving touchdown and one rushing score for Minnesota (4-0). Justin Jeffe...
Broncos outlast Jets in sloppy 10-9 game
Wil Lutz kicked a go-ahead 47-yard field goal with 8:55 left to lift the Denver Broncos to a 10-9 win over the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J., ,Lutz later had a chance to extend Denver's lead, but he was wide left on a 50-yarder., ,The miss gave the ball to New York (2-2)...
Texans score late to send Jaguars to 0-4
Dare Ogunbowale caught a 1-yard scoring pass from C.J. Stroud with 18 seconds left to give the host Houston Texas a 24-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon.,Stroud completed 27 of 40 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns for the Texans (3-1). Nico Collins caught a career-hi...
Colts get solid relief QB play from Joe Flacco to hold off Steelers
With an early injury to Anthony Richardson, Joe Flacco entered the game and led the Indianapolis Colts over the surging Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24 Sunday in Indianapolis.,After passing for 71 yards and rushing for 24 yards, Richardson left the game for Indianapolis (2-2) after a 14-yard run where DeS...