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Corbin Carroll's grand slam carries D-backs past Mets
Corbin Carroll's second homer of the night, an eighth-inning grand slam, lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night at Phoenix.,The Diamondbacks loaded the bases on three walks, the last two issued by Edwin Diaz, before Carroll came to the plate with ...
Three-pointers, defense lead Lynx to victory over Mercury
Led by 11 3-pointers and sticky defense, the Minnesota Lynx cruised to an easy seventh straight victory by besting the Phoenix Mercury 89-76.,In the victory, the WNBA's top 3-point shooting team was in typical form, as was the league's top shooting defense -- both are Minnesota. The Lynx have won al...
Sparks stun first-place Liberty, halt 7-game skid
Dearica Hamby scored 21 points as the host Los Angeles Sparks snapped their seven-game losing streak by shocking the league-leading New York Liberty 94-88 on Wednesday night.,The Sparks (7-24), who were ahead most of the game, led by 14 in the opening quarter, and three days after blowing a 22-point...
Rangers escape, improve to 6-0 vs. White Sox in '24
Corey Seager had four hits, including a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning, and Wyatt Langford smacked a three-run home run to lift the visiting Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the skidding Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.,Texas endured high drama to earn the win. Rangers left fielder Travis...
Novak Djokovic earns U.S. Open win as opponent retires
Four-time U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round in New York on Wednesday when his opponent retired in the third set.,Djokovic, seeded second, led 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when his Serbian countryman, Laslo Djere, was forced to retire due to an apparent abdominal injury.,Djere led 4-2 in...
paiN Gaming win CS:GO playoff opener in Belgrade
paiN Gaming rallied for a 2-1 win over HEROIC in the upper-bracket quarterfinals of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event on Wednesday in Serbia.,The other three upper-bracket quarterfinals all resulted in 2-0 sweeps, with MOUZ defeating Eternal Fire, FURIA Esports downing Virtus.pro and Team Spirit g...
Rockies pull away from error-prone Marlins
Aaron Schunk hit his first major league home run and also singled, Nolan Jones had two hits, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Drew Romo also had two hits and Kyle Freeland (4-6) allowed two runs over six innings to earn his first victory since July 31...
Tigers edge Angels for season-high sixth straight win
Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run homer and the host Detroit Tigers notched their season-best sixth straight victory by edging the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Wednesday.,Kerry Carpenter drove in the other Detroit run as the Tigers moved two games above .500 for the first time since May 7.,Kenta Maeda (3...
Corey Seager helps Rangers improve to 6-0 vs. White Sox this year
Corey Seager had four hits, including a go-ahead single in the ninth inning, and Wyatt Langford smacked a three-run home run to lift the visiting Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the skidding Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.,Texas endured high drama to earn the win. Rangers left fielder Travis Jan...
Brewers back Freddy Peralta with 5-run 5th to down Giants
Freddy Peralta allowed two hits over six scoreless innings and William Contreras had a two-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the visiting San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Wednesday night., ,Held to one hit through four innings by San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison (7-6), Milwaukee capitalized on t...
Cards sink Padres on Nolan Arenado's walk-off hit
Nolan Arenado delivered a walk-off RBI single to lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the visiting San Diego Padres 4-3 on Wednesday night.,Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Cardinals, who have won five of their last eight games.,St. Louis starting pitcher Andre Pallante allowed two run...
Chris Sale sharp again as Braves sweep Twins
Luke Williams doubled twice and had two RBIs, Chris Sale notched his 15th win and the Atlanta Braves pulled away for a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Matt Olson delivered an RBI double for Atlanta, which completed a three-game sweep. Jorge Soler belted a solo h...
Balanced effort helps Mystics edge Sky
Stefanie Dolson scored 17 points and the Washington Mystics converted late in the game for another road conquest, defeating the Chicago Sky 74-70 on Wednesday night., ,Ariel Atkins poured in 15 points for the Mystics (9-22), who successfully followed their upset at Seattle on Monday night. Emily Eng...
Dylan Crews hits first HR as Nats top Yankees
Rookie Dylan Crews hit his first major league home run Wednesday as the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Yankees 5-2.,James Wood, Jacob Young and Nasim Nunez each added two hits for Washington, which took two of three games from New York. The Nationals stole five bases, including thre...
Patrick Schulte helps Crew shut down Union
Substitute Yaw Yeboah scored in the 75th minute and Patrick Schulte made two saves to help the Columbus Crew defeat the host Philadelphia Union 1-0 on Wednesday.,The last win for the Crew (13-4-7, 46 points) in Philadelphia was on Sept. 12, 2015.,Yeboah and Max Arfsten entered in the 62nd minute and...
Dylan Crews hits first HR in Nats' win over Yankees
Rookie Dylan Crews hit his first major league home run Wednesday as the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Yankees 5-2.,James Wood, Jacob Young and Nasim Nunez each added two hits for Washington, which took two of three games from New York. The Nationals stole five bases, including thre...
Brayan Bello goes eight innings as Red Sox blank Jays
Brayan Bello dazzled over a career-high eight innings and Tyler O'Neill crushed a key two-run home run as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Wednesday.,The 25-year-old Bello (12-6), who worked into the eighth only once in his previous 63 major league starts, struck out nin...
Fever notch first win vs. Sun since 2021
Caitlin Clark scored the tiebreaking basket with 1:27 remaining and the Indiana Fever halted an 11-game losing streak against Connecticut with an 84-80 victory over the Sun Wednesday night at Indianapolis.,Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 points to set an Indiana franchise record with five straight games o...
Seth Brown (2 HRs, 4 RBIs) powers Athletics past Reds
Seth Brown capped a two-homer performance with a three-run shot in the eighth inning, fueling the visiting Oakland Athletics to a 9-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday., ,Oakland's Lawrence Butler homered to lead off the game and also drove in a run with a fielder's choice in the seventh...
Rangers dump White Sox to complete fastest suspended game ever
Marcus Semien delivered a go-ahead RBI double and Corey Seager had two hits and an RBI as the visiting Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Wednesday in the resumption of a game suspended by rain the night before.,It ultimately became the first game in major league history to be suspe...