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Zach Eflin dominant as Orioles down Rockies
Zach Eflin took a perfect game into the sixth inning, James McCann homered and doubled, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 in Denver on Sunday.,Eflin retired the first 15 Colorado batters, needing just 49 pitches to get through five innings, before Jake Cave led off the sixth an...
Jackson Merrill helps Padres edge Rays
Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer to help the visiting San Diego Padres to a 4-3 win against the Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Xander Bogaerts had two hits and an RBI for San Diego (78-61), which had lost three of four.,San Diego's Dylan Cease br...
Lars Nootbaar, Cardinals overwhelm Yankees' pitching
Lars Nootbaar hit a tiebreaking bases-clearing double in the seventh inning as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals blew a five-run lead before earning a 14-7 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.,Nootbaar snapped a 7-7 tie when he lifted a 2-2 changeup from Tommy Kahnle (0-2) over righ...
St. Louis City upends Galaxy on Marcel Hartel goal
Marcel Hartel scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the second half to help St. Louis City post a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday afternoon in St. Louis.,Hartel's goal in the 68th minute allowed St. Louis City (5-10-12, 27 points) to halt a five-match winless stretch (0-3-2) i...
Royce Lewis slugs Twins past Blue Jays
Royce Lewis hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.,Minnesota (74-62) took two of three from Toronto (67-72) to complete a 3-6 homestand.,Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, ...
He’s No. 1: Scottie Scheffler caps dominant year with FedEx Cup title
ATLANTA -- The inevitable became official Sunday afternoon at East Lake Golf Club: Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship and clinched the 2024 FedEx Cup, the first season-long championship of his PGA Tour career.,Scheffler finished a whopping 30 under par and defeated Collin Morikawa by four s...
Yordan Alvarez displays power as Astros sweep Royals
Yordan Alvarez produced the 21st multi-home run game of his career and his sixth this season and Ronel Blanco logged five scoreless innings as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 victory on Sunday.,Alvarez blasted leadoff homers in the fourth ...
Sean Manaea befuddles White Sox hitters as Mets win
Sean Manaea threw seven scoreless innings in his latest strong start and Francisco Lindor homered leading off the fourth inning Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who completed a sweep of the reeling Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win.,Starling Marte added an RBI double in the eighth for...
Paula Badosa reaches quarterfinals of US Open
Paula Badosa, the 26th seed, dispatched Yafan Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to advance to her second career Grand Slam quarterfinal at the U.S. Open in New York.,The Spain product and former top-five player went 8-for-8 in saving break points and 4-for-5 in converting break points to prevail in o...
Cubs' offense explodes in sweep of host Nationals
Dansby Swanson had four hits, Isaac Paredes had two hits and drove in three runs and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 on Sunday for their sixth straight win.,Pete Crow-Armstrong added three hits and scored twice for the Cubs, who scored 26 runs in sweeping the three-game ...
Tigers' Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene homer to down Red Sox
Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene hit two-run home runs and the surging Detroit Tigers defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon.,Brant Hurter (3-1) picked up the victory in long relief. Hurter gave up one run and six hits in five innings while recording five strikeouts. Jason ...
Alex Cobb flirts with perfect game, leads Guardians past Pirates
Alex Cobb took a perfect game into the seventh inning and Kyle Manzardo clubbed the first two homers of his career, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Sunday.,Cobb (2-1) retired the first 18 batters after missing two starts before coming off the 15-day injury-list...
Storm can't overcome Sun as Brionna Jones stars
Brionna Jones scored a season-high 26 points Sunday as the Connecticut Sun won their second game in less than 24 hours, stopping the visiting Seattle Storm 93-86.,Jones was 9 of 13 from the field and 8 of 13 from the foul line as Connecticut improved to 24-8 and maintained the second-best record in ...
Santiago Espinal delivers for Reds over Brewers in 11 innings
Santiago Espinal drove in the game-winning run and Jonathan India had three hits and threw out the go-ahead runner at the plate in the 10th as the host Cincinnati Reds edged the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon.,Espinal, a pinch hitter, drove home free runner Rece Hinds from t...
Risky strategy pays off as Charles Leclerc wins Italian Grand Prix
Ferrari claimed its first home-nation victory since 2019 at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with driver Charles Leclerc holding off the McLaren cars.,The difference for LeClerc was the team decision to have him make only one pit stop, compared to two for the McLaren team of Oscar Piastri and Lando...
Team Spirit win grand final of BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
Team Spirit recorded their third sweep in four matches of the playoffs with a 3-0 victory over Eternal Fire on Sunday in the grand final of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event in Serbia.,Spirit dispatched Eternal Fire and pocketed the $250,000 first-place prize after posting a 13-7 win on Nuke, 13-8...
WR Tetairoa McMillan (304 yards), No. 21 Arizona outlast New Mexico
Tetairoa McMillan caught 10 passes for a school-record 304 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 21 Arizona pull away to beat New Mexico 61-39 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz., ,McMillan, a preseason first-team AP All-American, scored on a 69-yard reception on Arizona's third snap of the game and ...
Tetairoa McMillan (304 receiving yards) helps No. 21 Arizona outlast New Mexico
Tetairoa McMillan caught 10 passes for a school-record 304 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 21 Arizona pull away to beat New Mexico 61-39 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz., ,McMillan, a preseason first-team AP All-American, scored on a 69-yard reception on Arizona's third snap of the game and ...
UNLV defense dominates Houston in season-opening win
Matthew Sluka threw two touchdown passes as the visiting UNLV Rebels spoiled Willie Fritz's Houston head coaching debut with a 27-7 victory over the Cougars on Saturday night in the season opener for both schools.,Sluka, a senior transfer from Holy Cross, where he earned Patriot League Offensive Pla...
Jonah Coleman (3 TDs), Washington breeze past Weber State
Jonah Coleman rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns as Washington opened its season with a 35-3 victory against Weber State in a non-conference game Saturday night in Seattle.,Will Rogers, a transfer from Mississippi State, completed 20 of 26 passes for 250 yards and a touchdown for the Huskies....