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Crew, LAFC advance to MLS Cup rematch in Leagues Cup final
Diego Rossi scored his third brace in four matches as the host Columbus Crew defeated the Philadelphia Union 3-1 in a semifinal of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday.,Columbus advances to host the championship match on Sunday against Los Angeles FC, which routed the visiting Colorado Rapids 4-0 in the sec...
Nolan Arenado's walk-off slam in 10th powers Cards past Brewers
Nolan Arenado hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to lift the Cardinals past the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 on Wednesday.,Luken Baker hit a two-run homer, Tommy Pham drove in two runs and Masyn Winn went 3-for-6 with an RBI for the Cardinals.,St. Louis starting pitcher Kyle Gibson allo...
Napheesa Collier guides Lynx past slumping Aces
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and Courtney Williams produced 22 points and 10 assists to boost the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 98-87 win against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday.,All five starters scored in double figures to help Minnesota (20-8) stretch its winning streak to four games.,Bridget...
Tigers power past Cubs with pair of 4-run innings
Trey Sweeney and Riley Greene each hit two-run homers, Kerry Carpenter added a three-run shot, and the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night.,Parker Meadows had two doubles, a single and three runs for Detroit, which won for the seventh time in its last nine games and ...
Reds erase six-run deficit to stun Blue Jays
The visiting Cincinnati Reds scored five runs in the fifth inning as they overcame a six-run deficit to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game series., ,Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz stole third base in the fifth, his 60th theft of the season, hit his 22nd ...
Michael Lorenzen stifles Angels in Royals' 3-0 win
Michael Lorenzen tossed seven shutout innings and MJ Melendez homered as the Kansas City Royals blanked the visiting Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Wednesday evening.,Lorenzen (7-6) labored early as Los Angeles put multiple runners on base in each of the first three innings. He stranded all five runners ...
Diego Rossi leads Crew past Union, into Leagues Cup final
Diego Rossi scored his third brace in four matches as the host Columbus Crew defeated the Philadelphia Union 3-1 in a semifinal of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday.,Columbus advances to host the championship match on Sunday against the winner of the late Wednesday semifinal featuring the Colorado Rapids...
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. fuels 4-run seventh as D-backs beat Marlins
Pinch hitter Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a go-ahead, three-run double to center, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-8 win over the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.,Gurriel went 2-for-2 with four RBIs.,The Diamondbacks trailed 6-3 before scoring four runs in the seventh, including three on Gu...
Brandon Marsh's sacrifice fly propels Phillies past Braves
Brandon Marsh's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run and propelled the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 comeback win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.,Weston Wilson led off the eighth with a double off reliever Joe Jimenez (1-5) and went to third on a fly...
Twins pile up 18 hits to pound Padres
Trevor Larnach and Edouard Julien each collected four hits Wednesday, while Matt Wallner capped a seven-run fourth inning with a three-run homer as the visiting Minnesota Twins routed the San Diego Padres 11-4 to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Simeon Woods Richardson (5-3) was the benef...
Allisha Gray helps surging Dream top Mercury
Allisha Gray had 21 points as the Atlanta Dream added to their recent roll, topping the visiting Phoenix Mercury 72-63 on Wednesday night in College Park, Ga., ,Rhyne Howard provided 19 points, connecting on four 3-pointers, and Tina Charles racked up 12 points and 17 rebounds., ,The Dream (10-17), ...
Aaron Judge, Juan Soto power Yankees to rout of Guardians
Aaron Judge hit two home runs, Juan Soto homered and drove in five runs and the host New York Yankees cruised to an 8-1 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.,Judge upped his major-league-leading homer total to 47 by hitting a two-run drive in the third off Cleveland rooki...
Mitchell Parker delivers seven sharp innings as Nats down Rockies
Luis Garcia Jr. belted a three-run homer and Mitchell Parker allowed one run over seven innings, lifting the host Washington Nationals to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.,Parker (7-7) permitted five hits and one walk while striking out six before exiting after 83 pitches to aton...
David Goffin overpowers Arthur Rinderknech at Winston-Salem Open
Belgium's David Goffin had little trouble eliminating No. 12 seed Arthur Rinderknech of France from the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday, recording a 6-3, 6-3 sweep in the third round at North Carolina. ,Rinderknech had 23 winners to Goffin's 15, but he was weighed down by 19 unforced errors. Goffin ...
White Sox get 4 runs in ninth to down Giants
Korey Lee thrilled family and friends with a two-out, two-run single to break a ninth-inning tie and the visiting Chicago White Sox salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. ,After All-Star pitchers Garrett Crochet and Logan Webb had do...
Wyatt Langford's walk-off single pushes Rangers past Pirates
Wyatt Langford delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 1-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas. ,Jonah Heim began the ninth with an infield single against ...
Red Sox top Astros, ruin Justin Verlander's return
Ceddanne Rafaela ripped a pair of RBI doubles as the Boston Red Sox spoiled Justin Verlander's return to the rotation with a 4-1 victory over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon. ,After dealing with neck discomfort, Verlander was activated from the 15-day injured list ahead of Wednesday's...
Jesse Winker's HR gives Mets another walk-off win over O's
Jesse Winker led off the ninth inning with a pinch-hit, walk-off homer Wednesday afternoon for the New York Mets, who beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series.,Winker, who had just two extra-base hits in 51 at-bats since being acquired from the Wa...
Maple Leafs re-sign F Alex Steeves to one-year deal
The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed Alex Steeves to a one-year, two-way contract on Wednesday.,The deal will pay the 24-year-old forward $775,000 at the NHL level in 2024-25.,Steeves has recorded one assist in seven games with Toronto over the past three seasons.,He was an AHL All-Star in 2023-24 and ...
Jason Heyward's pinch-hit HR sends Dodgers past M's
Pinch hitter Jason Heyward hit a tiebreaking three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-3 victory against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.,Gavin Lux and Max Muncy also went deep for the National League West-leading Dodgers, who won th...