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Late birdie lifts Lauren Coughlin into lead at Women's Scottish Open
Lauren Coughlin carded a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday to seize a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open in Ayrshire, Scotland.,Coughlin, who earned her first career LPGA win last month at the CPKC Women's Open, collected six birdies during her bogey-free r...
Half of EA Sports FC quarterfinal field set at EWC
Portugal's Joao "jafonsogv" Vasconcelos, Australia's Mark "Mark11" Zakhary and Argentina's Nicolas "nicolas99fc" Villalba all won three consecutive matches on Friday and advanced to the EA Sports FC quarterfinals at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.,jafonsogv, Mark11 and nicolas99fc al...
Bullpen comes to Angels' rescue in win over Braves
Ben Joyce threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season as the Los Angeles Angels edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,Joyce and four other Angels relievers combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Jose Soriano. Brock Burke (1-0) registered...
Quarterfinal field set at Esports World Cup's CoD MWIII event
The Carolina Royal Ravens, Cloud9, Boston Breach and 100 Thieves all lost one match before winning the next on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare III event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,All four fell in winners-bracket matches in their group...
DeWanna Bonner scores 29 as Sun down Wings
DeWanna Bonner poured in 29 points and Marina Mabrey added 17 in her first game with Connecticut after a trade as the Sun rolled to a 109-91 win over the Dallas Wings on Friday in Arlington, Texas, in the teams' return to league play after the month-long break for the All-Star Game and the Paris Oly...
Cal Quantrill, Rockies shut down surging Padres
Charlie Blackmon homered among his two hits, Brendan Rodgers also went deep, and the Colorado Rockies cooled off the streaking San Diego Padres with a 7-3 win in Denver on Friday night.,Rookie Jordan Beck had three hits to back starter Cal Quantrill's solid start and end Colorado's three-game losing...
Red Sox hit four homers, outslug Orioles 12-10
Masataka Yoshida smashed a three-run home run in Boston's four-run fourth inning and the visiting Red Sox went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-10 on Friday night.,Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and David Hamilton also homered for the Red Sox, who snapped a two-game skid. Yoshida (3-for-4) added a r...
Luis Robert Jr. (2 HRs), White Sox halt Astros' win streak
Luis Robert Jr. went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs to carry the visiting Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 victory over Houston on Friday, snapping the Astros' eight-game winning streak in the opener of a three-game series.,Robert smacked a two-run home run to left field off Astros rookie right-...
Willy Adames blasts 3-run HR as Brewers take down Guardians
Aaron Civale threw six shutout innings and Willy Adames connected on a three-run homer to help the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 win against the visiting Cleveland Guardians in the opener of their three-game series on Friday night.,Civale (4-8) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one, winning...
Kevin Kiermaier, Dodgers rally for win over Cardinals
Kevin Kiermaier hit a three-run homer and an RBI single as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers edged the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 Friday.,Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts also homered for the Dodgers, who erased a 4-2 deficit with a five-run sixth inning to win for the sixth time in eight games.,Dodgers start...
Twins stay hot, ride pair of timely homers to nip Rangers
Carlos Santana and Ryan Jeffers each homered, helping lead the visiting Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday.,Starter Simeon Woods Richardson (4-3) went five innings, allowing two runs on three hits to pick up the win. Woods Richardson also walked two and struck out one. The...
Red Sox hit 4 homers, outslug O's 12-10
Masataka Yoshida smashed a three-run home run in Boston's four-run fourth inning and the visiting Red Sox went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-10 on Friday night.,Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and David Hamilton also homered for the Red Sox, who snapped a two-game skid. Yoshida added a run-scoring...
Pirates back Paul Skenes, edge Mariners to snap skid
The Pittsburgh Pirates got six effective innings from Paul Skenes and scored five unanswered runs to help them snap a 10-game skid with a 5-3 win against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday.,Skenes (7-2) allowed two runs on three hits, struck out six and walked four to earn his first win since J...
Tina Charles' late layup lifts Dream past Storm
Tina Charles hit a game-winning layup with 1.8 seconds left, helping lead the Atlanta Dream to an 83-81 win over the visiting Seattle Storm in College Park, Ga., on Friday.,The game-winner was two of Charles' 16 points. Rhyne Howard scored a game-high 30 points for the Dream (8-17), who snapped an e...
Mets pour it on in fourth inning to beat Marlins
Sean Manaea tossed seven solid innings Friday night as the host New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 7-3 in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East rivals.,Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo homered in the fourth inning for the Mets, who won for the second time in seven games t...
Phils blow lead in ninth, then walk off against Nats
Trea Turner capped a four-hit performance with a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning, fueling the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday.,Philadelphia provided a quick response after Washington scratched for a pair of runs in the top of the ninth to f...
Rays' walk-off victory ends Diamondbacks' win streak
Jonny DeLuca scored from first base on a single and an error in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays notched a 5-4 walk-off win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,On first base with two outs against reliever Justin Martinez (5-3), DeLuca raced to third af...
Royals top Reds as Michael Lorenzen beats former team
Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 25th home run, Michael Lorenzen allowed one run in his return to Cincinnati and the Kansas City Royals beat the Reds 7-1 on Friday to open a three-game interleague series.,Witt added a double and single to raise his major league-leading batting average to .352. The All-Star sh...
Caitlin Clark scores 29 in first game post-Olympics, Fever beat Mercury
Caitlin Clark piled up 29 points and 10 assists Friday night in Indianapolis as the Indiana Fever built a comfortable lead early and held off the Phoenix Mercury for a 98-89 victory.,It marked the first outing for the Fever (12-15) since the Olympic break as the young team resumed play in the WNBA s...
Pirates bats back Paul Skenes, edge Mariners to snap losing skid
The Pittsburgh Pirates got six effective innings from Paul Skenes and scored five unanswered runs to help them snap a 10-game skid with a 5-3 win against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday.,Skenes (7-2) allowed two runs on three hits, struck out six and walked four to earn his first win since J...