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Wings shake off massive night from A'ja Wilson, sink Aces
Satou Sabally scored 28 points and the Dallas Wings overcame a monster 42-point performance from A'ja Wilson to record a 93-90 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday night. ,Dallas (8-22) put together back-to-back wins for just the second time this season while dropping the Aces to 2-4 ...
Red Sox's outfield shines in win over Jays
Jarren Duran and Wilyer Abreu each went 2-for-4 and combined for three outfield assists on a strong defensive night as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Tuesday.,Duran led off Boston's three-run first inning with his third home run in as many games, the first of which was...
Rangers-White Sox rained out, to resume in Wed. doubleheader
Tuesday's game between the Texas Rangers and host Chicago White Sox was suspended after four pitches and eventually called due to rain.,Rangers leadoff batter Marcus Semien worked a 2-2 count against Chicago starting pitcher Garrett Crochet in the top of the first inning before the game was suspende...
A's go deep twice in 7th, narrowly fend off Reds
Max Schuemann and Lawrence Butler hit two-run homers in the seventh inning and the visiting Oakland A's held on for a 5-4 win against the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of their three-game series on Tuesday night.,Zack Gelof added a solo shot in the eighth for Oakland, which has won two straight.,A's...
Cubs pummel Pirates for second straight game
Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson each hit two-run homers during a five-run fourth inning and the visiting Chicago Cubs remained hot with a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.,Swanson had three RBIs for Chicago, which won for the eighth time in 11 games and moved a game over .500 for the f...
Patrick Corbin pitches Nats past Yanks
Patrick Corbin pitched six scoreless innings, Andres Chaparro and Jose Tena hit back-to-back homers and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.,Dylan Crews, playing his second major league game, had the first two hits of his career for the Nationals.,The Yan...
Aaron Nola leads Phillies over Justin Verlander, Astros 5-0
Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings and Nick Castellanos supplied a three-run homer to guide the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-0 home victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night., ,Nola (12-6) yielded just four singles and a walk while striking out six en route to his first victory since Jul...
Naomi Osaka upsets 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko in U.S. Open return
Naomi Osaka put on a vintage display in her return to the U.S. Open as she took down No. 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 in one of the highlights of the first round Tuesday in New York.,The four-time major winner and two-time U.S. Open champion (2018, 2020) from Japan notched her first win over a ...
Jannik Sinner stumbles, then steps on gas in U.S. Open first round
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner surprisingly dropped his first set of the U.S. Open before rallying for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over Mackenzie McDonald in the first round Tuesday in New York.,McDonald, an American ranked No. 140 in the world, had the home crowd on his side as he broke the Italian's serve ...
FURIA, paiN win groups at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
FURIA Esports and paiN Gaming won their groups' grand finals Tuesday at the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event in Serbia.,FURIA advanced to the Group B grand final with a 2-0 win against 9Pandas in the lower-bracket final, winning 13-6 on Inferno and 16-12 on Dust II.,FURIA then outlasted Eternal Fire ...
Brittney Sykes' late free throws lift Mystics past Storm
Brittney Sykes scored 20 points, the final two coming on a pair of game-winning free throws, as the Washington Mystics scored consecutive wins for the first time since June with their 74-72 defeat of the host Seattle Storm on Monday.,In the final seconds of a fourth quarter in which neither team led...
Liberty peak late to knock off Mercury
Breanna Stewart scored 21 points as the New York Liberty survived some sluggish moments on offense and pulled away down the stretch for an 84-70 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Monday night.,The Liberty (26-5) won for the ninth time in 10 games after seeing their eight-game winning streak e...
Randy Arozarena burns ex-team as M's top Rays
Randy Arozarena hit a tiebreaking three-run homer against his former team as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Monday.,Jorge Polanco also homered and Bryce Miller pitched seven strong innings for the Mariners, who improved to 3-1 under new manager Dan Wilson and pulled...
Matt Olson's 5 RBIs propel Braves past Twins
Matt Olson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves pulled away for a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins in a rain-soaked series opener Monday night in Minneapolis.,Whit Merrifield finished 5-for-5 for Atlanta, which earned its seventh win in the past nine games. T...
Ryan McMahon's blast powers Rockies past Marlins
Ryan McMahon homered and singled, Jake Cave also had two hits and the Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 in Denver on Monday.,Jake Bird (2-2), recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day, got the win with an inning of scoreless relief. Tyler Kinley struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to ...
Ty Madden pitches well in debut as Tigers complete sweep of White Sox
Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run, Parker Meadows also homered and Ty Madden pitched effectively in his major league debut as the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Monday.,Detroit outhit Chicago 13-6 to cap a four-game sweep of the White Sox, who le...
Manny Machado knocks in 3, leads Padres past Cardinals
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and an RBI double to power the visiting San Diego Padres past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday.,Jackson Merrill also had two hits and knocked in three runs for the Padres, who won for the third time in four games.,Recalled from Triple-A El Paso earlier in the d...
George Springer helps Blue Jays beat Red Sox in nightcap
George Springer went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer that highlighted Toronto's five-run fifth inning, leading the visiting Blue Jays past the Boston Red Sox 7-3 to sweep the day-night action on Monday.,The Blue Jays also received a strong pitching performance from Jose Berrios (13-9), who worked 7 2...
Speedy Cubs put up 18 runs, blow out Pirates
Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong headlined a historic night on the basepaths for the visiting Chicago Cubs, who pummeled the Pittsburgh Pirates 18-8 on Monday to open a three-game series.,Crow-Armstrong had three of Chicago's eight stolen bases, the most steals in a game for t...
George Springer helps Blue Jays beat Red Sox twice
George Springer went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer that highlighted Toronto's five-run fifth inning, leading the visiting Blue Jays past the Boston Red Sox 7-3 to sweep day-night action on Monday.,The Blue Jays also received a strong pitching performance from Jose Berrios (13-9), who worked 7 2/3 i...