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Jackson Merrill lifts Padres to series win over Red Sox
Jackson Merrill's leadoff home run in the eighth inning lifted the visiting San Diego Padres to a series-clinching, 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.,Merrill went 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored to lead San Diego, which banged out 12 hits and erased an early 4-0 deficit...

Ryan O’Hearn helps Pirates knock off Orioles
Braxton Ashcraft struck out a career-high eight and Ryan O'Hearn drove in four runs to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.,O'Hearn and Oneil Cruz each hit two-run home runs to help the Pirates complete a three-game sweep of the Orioles, and ...

Four Cubs pitchers combine for 1-hitter in Game 1 win over Guardians
Four Chicago Cubs pitchers limited the host Cleveland Guardians to one hit as the visiting Cubs squeaked out a 1-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.,Miguel Amaya's single off Connor Brogdon (2-1) with one out in the eighth scored Dylan Carlson from second as the Cubs managed to ...

Kirill Kaprizov's hat trick lifts Wild, accelerates Red Wings' slide
Kirill Kaprizov notched a hat trick, including the go-ahead goal with 1:51 remaining, as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the fading Detroit Red Wings, 5-4, on Sunday.,After Minnesota squandered a 4-1 lead in the first 15 minutes of the third period, Kaprizov scored his third goal of the afterno...

Jessica Pegula sails to second straight Charleston Open title
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula repeated as Charleston Open champion with a solid 6-2, 6-2 victory in 82 minutes over Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine on Sunday.,Pegula saved 7 of 8 break points while converting 5 of 6 of her own break point opportunities. This is her second title of the season and 11th of...

Capitals look to keep climbing, visit rookie-fueled Rangers
Suddenly the scoreboard is showing an abundance of favorable results for the Washington Capitals.,A late season surge is also helping their cause and the Capitals attempt to keep gaining ground in a crowded Eastern Conference playoff race Sunday night when they visit the New York Rangers.,Washington...

Renato Moicano snaps losing streak with submission victory
Renato Moicano of Brazil snapped a two-fight losing streak with a rear-naked-choke submission victory over Scotland's Chris Duncan at 3:14 of the second round in the lightweight main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.,Moicano (21-7-1) dominated the fight, allowing Dun...

Cloud9 rally past LYON in LCS Spring opener
Cloud9 recorded a 2-1 win over LYON to begin the regular season of the LCS Spring event on Saturday.,LYON posted a 35-minute victory on blue before Cloud9 bounced back with a 33-minute triumph on red and 30-minute victory on blue.,Canadian Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme and South Korean Seung-gyu "Thana...

Dallas Fuel author epic rally in Overwatch Champions Series
Dallas Fuel recorded a 3-2 victory over Spacestation Gaming on Saturday to begin Week 3 of Overwatch Champions Series 2026 -- North America Stage 1.,The Fuel remained unbeaten and handed Spacestation Gaming their first loss after overcoming a two-map deficit. ,Spacestation Gaming notched a 2-0 win o...

Golden Knights win 3rd straight, glide past Oilers
Defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and forward Brett Howden had a goal and an assist each to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-1 win over the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.,Colton Sissons, captain Mark Stone and defenseman Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Golden Knights (35-26-16, 86 points), ...

Habs outlast Devils in shootout to earn 8th straight victory
Oliver Kapanen scored in the fifth round of the shootout to extend the Montreal Canadiens' win streak to eight games after Saturday's 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,Cole Caufield failed to find his 50th goal of the season, but tallied a pair of assists in the win, while Ivan ...

Tyson Jost facilitates Predators' key win over Sharks
Tyson Jost set up the game winner, the insurance marker and added an empty-netter in the third period as the visiting Nashville Predators doubled up the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Saturday night.,Filip Forsberg scored twice and added an assist, while Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and Erik Haula also sco...

Niko Tsakiris nets a brace in San Jose's shutout over San Diego
Niko Tsakiris scored his second and third career MLS goals and the San Jose Earthquakes eased to a 3-0 victory over 10-man San Diego FC Saturday night to continue their best-ever start in club history.,Preston Judd added his team-leading third goal of the season and also provided an assist as San Jo...

Vancouver scores twice in stoppage time to stun Portland
Sebastian Berhalter scored in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to give the host Vancouver Whitecaps a stunning, come-from-behind 3-2 victory Saturday over the Portland Timbers.,Berhalter's tally was the second in stoppage time for Vancouver (5-1-0, 15 points), which got the tying goal w...

Kraken suffer damaging loss to spoiler Blackhawks
Sacha Boisvert scored his first NHL goal as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated host Seattle 4-2 Saturday night, further damaging the Kraken's dwindling playoff hopes.,Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist, Teuvo Teravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi also tallied and Wyatt Kaiser had two assists for the Blackh...

Morgan Frost helps Flames upend slumping Ducks
Morgan Frost scored twice while Joel Farabee and Matvei Gridin both collected one goal and one assist to lead the visiting Calgary Flames to a 5-3 upset of the slumping Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.,Ryan Strome also scored for the Flames (32-36-8, 72 points), who snapped a two-game losing skid.,Goalten...

Golden Knights win third straight, glide past Oilers
Defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and forward Brett Howden had a goal and an assist each to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-1 win over the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.,Colton Sissons, captain Mark Stone and defenseman Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Golden Knights (35-26-16, 86 points), ...

Minnesota United scores twice in 2nd half to beat LA Galaxy
Anthony Markanich and Kelvin Yeboah each scored second-half goals as Minnesota United finished off a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday at Carson, Calif., for their first road win of the season., ,Markanich scored his first goal of the season, while Yeboah added his team-leading thi...

HR-robbing Jo Adell helps Angels sneak past Mariners
Jo Adell robbed three Mariners of homers and Zach Neto hit a leadoff homer in the first to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 1-0 victory over Seattle on Saturday night at Anaheim, Calif.,Adell robbed Cal Raleigh in the first inning, Josh Naylor in the eighth and J.P. Crawford in the ninth with stella...

Denis Bouanga nabs hat track, LAFC wrecks Orlando City SC
Denis Bouanga scored three times in eight minutes during Los Angeles FC's 6-0 rout of visiting Orlando City SC on Saturday.,LAFC (5-0-1, 16 points) has outscored opponents 14-0 during their unbeaten start to the regular season. The club's 540 minutes without a goal conceded matches the ninth-longest...