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Adam Frazier's 2-run single lifts Royals over Nationals
Pinch hitter Adam Frazier delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth as the visiting Kansas City Royals inched closer to a wild-card berth by completing a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 7-4 victory on Thursday afternoon., ,Hunter Renfroe hit a home run and Sa...
Tigers rally past Rays for fifth straight win
Colt Keith drove in two runs, Justyn-Henry Malloy knocked in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and the streaking Detroit Tigers rallied past the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, on Thursday afternoon.,The Tigers (85-74) moved closer to an American League wild card playoff berth with their fifth str...
Brewers use Aaron Civale's strong start to beat Pirates
Aaron Civale logged six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series., ,Civale (8-9) yielded three hits while walking one and striking out five. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA over his past nine starts.,...
GAM Esports victorious in opening match of World Championship
GAM Esports recorded a 2-0 sweep of Fukuoka HAWKS gaming in an opening match of the League of Legends World Championship play-in round on Thursday at Berlin, Germany.,GAM Esports posted a 28-minute win on blue and 27-minute victory on red to advance to face Rainbow7 in a qualification match Friday. ...
Leafs F Auston Matthews dealing with upper-body injury
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss Thursday night's preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens with an upper-body injury.,The decision appears to be for precautionary reasons, with head coach Craig Berube telling reporters the injury is "not serious" and that his star center "s...
Bills place OL Tylan Grable on injured reserve
The Buffalo Bills placed rookie Tylan Grable on injured reserve Thursday and signed fellow offensive lineman Will Clapp off the practice squad.,Grable, 24, sustained an abdominal injury in Buffalo's 47-10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday. ,He has come off the bench in all three games ...
Sara Sorribes Tormo wins marathon match in Beijing
Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo outlasted China's Xinyu Gao in the fourth-longest match of the Open Era on Thursday at the China Open in Beijing.,One of several players to overcome a first-set stumble in the first round, Sorribes Tormo completed her 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5 victory in four hours and 15 minutes...
ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner avoids upset at China Open
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner began defense of his China Open title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Nicolas Jarry on Thursday in Beijing.,Sinner won 82 percent of his first-serve points and overcame 12 aces by his foe to dispatch the Chilean in 1 hour, 55 minutes.,The Italian, who has won 12 matches in a r...
Wyatt Langford-led Rangers win final night game in Oakland
Wyatt Langford ignited a three-run first inning with a home run and the Texas Rangers turned out the lights on 57 years of night baseball at the Oakland Coliseum with a 5-1 victory over the host Athletics on Wednesday night.,The Rangers needed just six pitches to take the lead for good in the final ...
Dodgers top Padres, close in on NL West title
Shohei Ohtani drove in two runs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers moved to the cusp of another National League West title after a 4-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Wednesday.,Teoscar Hernandez and Gavin Lux each drove in a run as the Dod...
Wyatt Langford-led Rangers win in final night game in Oakland
Wyatt Langford ignited a three-run first inning with a home run, Cody Bradford combined with three relievers on a nine-hitter and the Texas Rangers turned out the lights on 57 years of night baseball at the Oakland Coliseum with a 5-1 victory over the host Athletics on Wednesday night.,The Rangers n...
Zac Gallen fans 11 as D-backs salvage finale vs. Giants
Zac Gallen struck out a season-best 11 in six innings and pinch hitter Pavin Smith slugged a three-run homer to help the Arizona Diamondbacks record an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night at Phoenix.,Gallen (14-6) gave up one run, two hits and two walks while winning his fif...
Napheesa Collier pours in 42 as Lynx sweep Mercury
Napheesa Collier led the way again, this time with a career-high 42 points, as the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 101-88 to sweep their first-round playoff series on Wednesday in Minneapolis.,After downing the Mercury 2-0 in a best-of-three series, the second-seeded Lynx advance to the ...
Erick Fedde, Masyn Winn lead Cards past Rockies
Erick Fedde struck out 10 over seven strong innings; Masyn Winn tripled, doubled and scored twice; and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Fedde (9-9), acquired from the Chicago White Sox before the trade deadline, had his best outing for St. Louis (81...
Twins explode for 5-run 7th to down Marlins
Carlos Santana hit a three-run double to cap a five-run seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for an 8-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Christian Vazquez and Carlos Correa each also drove in a run during the decisive seventh inning for Minnesota, which ...
White Sox win in extras, again avoid record loss
Andrew Benintendi's RBI single in the 10th inning led host Chicago to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday as the White Sox averted a modern major league-record 121st loss in a season for the second straight day.,Jose Quijada (2-1) struck out Luis Robert Jr. to begin the 10th innin...
Orioles bang out 17 hits, down Yankees again
Gunnar Henderson collected three hits and Colton Cowser drove in three runs Wednesday as the visiting Baltimore Orioles hung on for a 9-7 victory over the New York Yankees, who were unable to clinch the American League East for the second straight night.,A night after clinching a playoff berth, the ...
Sun use late 3s to eliminate Caitlin Clark, Fever
Alyssa Thomas put up 19 points and 13 assists, DeWanna Bonner and Marina Mabrey made clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes and the Connecticut Sun took down the Indiana Fever 87-81 in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series Wednesday in Uncasville, Conn., ,The result clinched a two-game sweep fo...
Jonatan Clase homers as Jays end Red Sox's playoff hopes
Jonatan Clase collected three hits, including his first career major league home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Thursday night.,Alejandro Kirk added three hits and three RBIs for the Blue Jays (74-85), who ended a five-game losing streak and prevented a thr...
Tigers extend hot streak with rout of Rays
Spencer Torkelson homered and drove in three runs and the red-hot Detroit Tigers moved closer to an American League wild-card berth with a 7-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,Parker Meadows had three hits, including a solo homer, as Detroit (84-74) won for the eighth time in...