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Royals hand Nick Lodolo, Reds a 13-1 beating
Dairon Blanco homered twice and collected seven RBIs on Saturday night as the Kansas City Royals rolled to a 13-1 win over the host Cincinnati Reds in the middle game of a three-game series.,Every starter had at least one hit and one run for the Royals, who won their third straight game. Kansas City...
Jannik Sinner gets back at Andrey Rublev, reaches Cincinnati Open semis
No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy got some revenge against sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev on Saturday, pulling off a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio. ,Rublev was playing as the No. 5 seed when he upset the top-seeded Sinner in the quarterfinals of las...
Cristopher Sanchez tosses two-hitter as Phillies beat Nationals
Cristopher Sanchez pitched a two-hitter for his second career complete game to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the visiting Washington Nationals 5-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.,Sanchez (9-8) struck out four with no walks for Philadelphia, which has won eight of the nine meetin...
Liberty top Aces to clinch playoff berth
Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points, Jonquel Jones had a double-double and the visiting New York Liberty used a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Las Vegas Aces 79-67 on Saturday and become the first WNBA team this season to clinch a playoff spot.,Jones finished with 10 points, 17 rebounds and seven ass...
Playoff field set for Esports World Cup's EA Sports FC event
Saudi Arabia's Ahmad "AbuMakkah" Mujahid rolled through the upper bracket of the resurrection stage on Saturday, landing a spot in the playoffs of the EA Sports FC event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Mujahid earned a 4-3 victory over Brazilian Nathan "Nathansr22" Ribeiro in the ...
Justin Allgaier wins wild finish at Michigan
Justin Allgaier used pit strategy and a fast No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to take the lead of the Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan International Speedway with 16 laps of regulation remaining Saturday and then held off the field in two laps of overtime -- before a caution came out, ending the race for an ...
Sky use fourth-quarter surge to rally past Sparks
Lindsay Allen had 16 points, while rookie Kamilla Cardoso added 15 with 14 rebounds, as the visiting Chicago Sky used a fourth-quarter rally to win 90-86 over the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday.,Fellow rookie Angel Reese added 14 points with 11 boards and Rachel Banham also scored 14 for the Sky (11...
Jeffrey Springs gets first win since '23 as Rays top D-backs
Brandon Lowe bashed a two-run homer, starter Jeffrey Springs won for the first time since Tommy John surgery and the Tampa Bay Rays' 6-1 win broke the Arizona Diamondbacks' nine-series winning streak Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Brandon Lowe was 2-for-4 with his 15th homer along with a...
Jon Rahm shoots 62, grabs 2-shot lead at LIV Greenbrier
With a strong finish to the second round on Saturday, Jon Rahm of Spain fired an 8-under 62 to take a two-shot lead at LIV Golf Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.,Rahm, who is at 14-under 126, has just one bogey through 36 holes and leads by two shots over Lucas Herbert of Australia (63 on S...
Luis Severino throws shutout as Mets top Marlins
Luis Severino threw his first shutout in more than six years Saturday afternoon for the New York Mets, who earned their second straight win by beating the visiting Miami Marlins 4-0 in the middle game of a three-game series.,Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso homered for the Mets, who have outscored t...
Liberty top Aces tp clinch playoff berth
Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points, Jonquel Jones had a double-double and the visiting New York Liberty used a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Las Vegas Aces 79-67 on Saturday and become the first WNBA team this season to clinch a playoff spot.,Jones finished with 10 points, 17 rebounds and seven ass...
FaZe use sweep to get into semis at Esports World Cup's CoD MWIII event
The Atlanta FaZe blew by the Boston Breach for a 3-0 victory on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Atlanta prevailed 250-209 on Rio Hardpoint before taking Invasion Search & Destroy 6-3 and Invasion Control 3-...
Michael Busch's clutch triple helps Cubs edge Blue Jays
Michael Busch hit a two-run triple to lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.,The contest went through a couple of rain delays within the first two innings.,The Cubs jumped in front in the first inning. Ian Happ hit a leadoff homer 413 feet to center field to ...
Iga Swiatek slithers out of defeat, advances to semis at Cincinnati Open
No. 1 seed of Iga Swiatek of Poland battled back to avoid an upset on Saturday, capturing a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Russian Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio. ,It looked like Andreeva was going to pull off a stunning win when she went up 5-4 in the third se...
Canada uses 12-run inning to blast Puerto Rico at LLWS
Canada got all the offense it needed in the second inning, hanging 12 runs on Puerto Rico in the frame en route to a 12-5 victory Saturday at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. ,Playing on the international side of the elimination bracket following Wednesday's 8-0 loss Taiwan of the...
Napheesa Collier stars as Lynx take second in a row from Mystics
Napheesa Collier poured in 30 points on 13-of-16 shooting as the Minnesota Lynx used a nearly perfect third quarter to pull away from the host Washington Mystics for a 99-83 win Saturday afternoon., ,During the third, the Lynx (19-8) didn't miss a shot from the field until the two-minute mark, and t...
Bailey Falter, Pirates' bats keep Mariners reeling
The Pittsburgh Pirates hit three home runs and Bailey Falter delivered a solid start in a 7-2 win against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Saturday.,Falter (6-7) notched a career-high-tying eight strikeouts while holding Seattle to two runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. The Pirates have won two st...
Natus Vincere, Team Vitality land in grand final at IEM Cologne
Natus Vincere and Team Vitality both cruised to 2-0 sweeps on Saturday in the semifinals of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne playoffs in Germany. ,The two teams will meet in Sunday's grand final, with the winner earning berths to the IEM Katowice event and the BLAST Premier World Final while also p...
Andy Ibanez provides scoring as Tigers blank Yankees
Andy Ibanez had a two-run double and a trio of Detroit pitchers held the New York Yankees to four hits in the Tigers' 4-0 victory on Saturday afternoon.,Detroit starter Keider Montero (4-5) limited the Yankees to two hits while striking out five in five-plus innings. Tyler Holton gave up one hit in ...
Rain washes away qualifying, Denny Hamlin on pole at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Poor weather interrupted NASCAR Cup Series practice and forced a cancellation of qualifying on Saturday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway.,Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole position for Sunday's Firekeepers Casino 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, ...