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Luis Ortiz helps Pirates shut down Guardians
Luis Ortiz and three relievers combined on a two-hitter, and Rowdy Tellez singled in two runs as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 on Saturday.,Ortiz (6-4) allowed one hit with three walks and five strikeouts over six scoreless innings. He did not allow a hit until Bo ...
Cal dominates second half to dispatch U.C. Davis
All-American candidate Jaydn Ott scored two touchdowns before suffering an ankle injury, California's defense dominated the second half and the Golden Bears won their first game as an Atlantic Coast Conference school, outlasting visiting U.C. Davis 31-13 on Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Ott...
South Carolina avoids upset bid by Old Dominion
LaNorris Sellers ran for a go-ahead 3-yard touchdown with 6:11 to play as host South Carolina survived an upset scare from visiting Old Dominion, winning 23-19 on Saturday at Columbia, S.C.,In the season opener for both teams, the winning score was set up when DeAndre Jules recovered an Old Dominion...
Tarik Skubal dazzles again as Tigers edge Red Sox
Tarik Skubal struck out eight in eight innings -- the longest outing of his career -- and the host Detroit Tigers edged the Boston Red Sox, 2-1, on Saturday night.,Skubal (16-4) gave up one run on four hits and did not issue a walk. The favorite for the American League Cy Young Award threw 98 pitch...
'Staying in the moment,' Scottie Scheffler leads Tour Championship by 5
ATLANTA -- Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his first FedEx Cup championship.,Scheffler leads Collin Morikawa by five strokes following the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday at East Lake Golf Club. The winner Sunday will take home the FedEx Cup and a $25 million prize.,After a ...
Jin Young Ko holds two-shot lead at FM Championship
Jin Young Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after three rounds at the inaugural FM Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.,The South Korea native bookended her day with birdies on the first two holes and the last two holes and added two more against a single bogey to tak...
Cam Ward (3 TDs), No. 19 Miami dominate rival Florida
Cam Ward threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 19 Miami to a convincing 41-17 victory over host Florida on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, Fla. ,In the season opener for both teams, Ward completed 26 of 35 passes and threw only one interception in his first start for the Hurricanes...
No. 2 Ohio State stomps in-state rival Akron
Freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith caught two of Will Howard's three touchdown passes as No. 2 Ohio State stampeded visiting Akron 52-6 on Saturday in the season opener in Columbus.,Smith, the nation's top recruit in the Class of 2024, dropped the first ball thrown to him but had scores of 16 and 9 ya...
Rays return favor by blowing out Padres
After giving up 13 runs to San Diego in a lopsided series-opening loss, Tampa Bay returned the favor with an 11-4 win over the visiting Padres on Saturday afternoon.,San Diego appeared to be following up on Friday's win early on. The Padres took a quick first-inning lead after Jake Cronenworth's two...
QB Kyle McCord shines in Syracuse debut for win over Ohio
Kyle McCord threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns in his Syracuse debut, guiding the host Orange to a 38-22 victory over Ohio on Saturday.,McCord, a highly regarded transfer from Ohio State, completed 27 of 39 passes, including seven to Oronde Gadsden II (108 yards, one TD) and six to Trebor Pena ...
Indiana cruises past FIU in coach Curt Cignetti's debut
Ty Son Lawton rushed for a pair of touchdowns as Indiana beat Florida International 31-7 in Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both teams., ,It marked the Hoosiers' first victory under first-year coach Curt Cignetti, who was debuting with his new team after spending th...
Northwestern holds off Miami (Ohio) in low-scoring affair
Mike Wright passed for 178 yards and ran for 65 yards and a touchdown in his team debut to lift host Northwestern to a 13-6 season-opening win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday in Evanston, Ill.,Northwestern regrouped from a sluggish start, driving 62 yards in eight plays on its first drive of the secon...
Scottie Scheffler has 5-shot lead at Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his first FedEx Cup championship.,Scheffler leads Collin Morikawa by five strokes following the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday at East Lake Golf Club.,After a slow start to his day, Scheffler rolled in birdies at Nos. 14, 16, 17 an...
Quinn Ewers (3 TDs), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...
Cubs win fifth straight by topping Nationals
Javier Assad pitched six innings, Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored twice, and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.,Chicago has won eight of nine as it contends for an N.L. wild card spot.,Assad (7-4) allowed three runs on eight hit...
Rocco Becht, Iowa State handle North Dakota in season opener
Rocco Becht passed for 267 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for a score to lead Iowa State to a 21-3 victory over North Dakota in the season opener for both teams on Saturday at Ames, Iowa.,Jaylin Noel caught eight passes for 135 yards and one touchdown and Jayden Higgins had five catches fo...
Quinn Ewers (3 TD), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...
Brendan Sorsby (4 total TDs), Cincinnati knock off Towson
Brendan Sorsby finished 22-of-31 passing for 383 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two scores to lead host Cincinnati over FCS Towson 38-20 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.,Cincinnati (1-0) amassed 658 total yards in winning its 23rd straight home opener. Towson (0-1) held its own...
Drew Allar, No. 8 Penn State have little trouble dispatching West Virginia
Drew Allar threw for three second quarter touchdowns and 216 yards Saturday as No. 8 Penn State opened its season with a 34-12 road drilling of West Virginia in Morgantown.,Allar was 11 of 17 for the Nittany Lions, which shrugged off a slow start to outgain the Mountaineers 457-246. Not even a storm...
No. 17 Oklahoma State ends South Dakota State winning streak with ease
Ollie Gordon II ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass as No. 17 Oklahoma State beat South Dakota State 44-20 on Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.,The loss snapped the Jackrabbits' 29-game winning streak. South Dakota State has won back-to-back FCS championships.,Gordon, last season's Do...