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Giants dump D-backs again, slice into wild-card deficit
Willy Adames and Patrick Bailey hit home runs, Joel Peguero and Ryan Walker pitched out of late jams and the San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.,Robbie Ray remained unbeaten against his former team with a third consecutive w...

Randy Arozarena homers, drives in 4 to help Mariners edge Cards
Randy Arozarena homered and drove in four runs and Josh Naylor also went deep as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Tuesday night in an interleague game.,Five relievers combined for five scoreless innings of two-hit ball, with no walks and seven strikeouts, as the ...

Sparks eliminated from playoff race despite win over Mercury
Dearica Hamby scored 16 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Rae Burrell had a career-high 20 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the host Phoenix Mercury 88-83 on Tuesday, although it was not enough to keep the Sparks from playoff elimination.,Kelsey Plum had 17 points and Hamby added nine r...

Tyler Stephenson's 9th-inning homer powers Reds past Padres
Tyler Stephenson lined a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday night, snapping a tie and lifting the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Gavin Lux drew a two-out walk off Robert Suarez (4-6) before Stephenson ripped his 10th homer of the year into the left...

Storm make dramatic comeback, edge Valkyries to claim last playoff spot
Erica Wheeler drained a go-ahead 16-footer with 19.2 seconds left and the Seattle Storm clinched the WNBA's final playoff spot with a dramatic 74-73 victory over the visiting Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night.,As the Los Angeles Sparks were beating the Phoenix Mercury to keep their playoff hop...

Aces sail past Sky for 15th consecutive victory
Jewell Loyd and Jackie Young each had 15 points and the Las Vegas Aces made 15 3-pointers while extending their franchise-record winning streak to 15 games with 92-61 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Loyd came off the bench to hit five of those treys while surpassing the 6,000-point...

Michael Helman hits homer, robs another to lift Rangers past Brewers
Rookie Michael Helman hit a two-run home run and stole a homer at the fence to help the surging Texas Rangers to a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the second of a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas., ,Helman, who had a grand slam and a run-scoring...

Blue Jays rally, walk off Astros in 10
Tyler Heineman's fielder's choice grounder in the bottom of the 10th scored the winning run and the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the visiting Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night.,Automatic runner Myles Straw took third on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s infield hit against Craig Kimbrel (0-1) and b...

Rays slip past White Sox behind three home runs
Tristan Gray hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and Josh Lowe and Richie Palacios also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday.,Tampa Bay (72-72) stopped a three-game losing streak and moved within four games of Seattle (76-68) for the thir...

Josh Bell goes deep again as Nats edge Marlins
Josh Bell homered to highlight his four-RBI performance and Mitchell Parker tossed 7 2/3 strong innings to fuel the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,Fresh off going deep twice in the Nationals' 15-7 victory over the Marlins on Monday, Bell belted a th...

Nine-run 7th inning sends Tigers to blowout of Yankees
Parker Meadows hit a tying two-run homer in the fifth inning and a tiebreaking RBI single to spark a nine-run seventh inning for the Detroit Tigers, who beat the host New York Yankees 12-2 on Tuesday night.,Detroit (83-62) remained eight games ahead of the second-place Cleveland Guardians (74-70) in...

Josh Bell goes deep again as Nats whack Marlins
Josh Bell homered to highlight his four-RBI performance and Mitchell Parker tossed 7 2/3 strong innings to fuel the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,Fresh off going deep twice in the Nationals' 15-7 victory over the Marlins on Monday, Bell belted a th...

Samuel Basallo gets another walk-off hit as O's top Pirates in 11
Samuel Basallo's bases-loaded single with no outs in the 11th inning drove in the winning run and the Baltimore Orioles topped the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Jeremiah Jackson homered in the sixth inning for the Orioles. Dietrich Enns (3-2) ...

USMNT snaps skid with 2-0 win over Japan
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Alex Zendejas and Folarin Balogun scored, and Matt Freese made six saves, giving the U.S. men's national team a much-needed victory, 2-0 over Japan in a friendly on Tuesday.,Zendejas scored in the 30th minute and Balogun extended the lead in the 64th against the No. 17 team in the ...

Cubs' Cade Horton boggles Braves again
Cade Horton baffled the Atlanta bats for the second straight outing with 6 1/3 strong innings and Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in a pair of runs to help the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Braves 6-1 on Tuesday to even their three-game series.,The Cubs (82-63) ended a three-game losing streak and now ho...

Fever close regular season with win over WNBA-best Lynx
Kelsey Mitchell scored 18 points, four teammates finished in double figures and the Indiana Fever never trailed during an 83-72 victory over the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday in Indianapolis.,Odyssey Sims added 15 points, Aliyah Boston had 10 points and eight rebounds and Natasha Howard and...

Kyle Schwarber hits 50th HR, Ranger Suarez fans 12 as Phils top Mets
Ranger Suarez struck out a career-high 12 batters and Kyle Schwarber hit his 50th homer as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting New York Mets 9-3 on Tuesday.,Suarez (12-6) tossed six scoreless innings for the Phillies, allowing just a hit and three walks. Otto Kemp homered on his 26th birth...

Full-strength Liberty muscle past Mystics as playoffs near
Back at full strength, the New York Liberty muscled past the visiting Washington Mystics 75-66 Tuesday night.,It has been a season full of injuries for New York, who was looking to restore some momentum heading into the WNBA playoffs. The Liberty have now won four of their last six games.,New York s...

No. 25 Missouri looks to carry Border War momentum into Louisiana matchup
Missouri defensive end Zion Young would prefer his team not to have to deal with close games like last week's 42-31 victory over Kansas.,"We don't want tight games," he said. "We want to blow people out. But hey, if it comes down to that, we'll take it on.",Young might get his wish for a blowout Sat...

Jose Ramirez backs Joey Cantillo's gem as Guardians blank Royals
Joey Cantillo and Cade Smith combined on a five-hit shutout and Jose Ramirez homered among his three hits as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Tuesday.,Cantillo (5-3) was replaced by Smith after allowing a leadoff single to Kyle Isbel to begin the ninth inning.,Afte...