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Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Y...
Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals salvage split with Mariners
Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run single broke a tie in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to earn a split of a four-game series.,Seth Lugo (6-5) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings for the Royals, who won for just the third time in 12 games. The r...
T1 down CTBC Flying Oyster in LoL MSI bracket opener
T1 rallied to take the last two maps and earn a 3-2 win over CTBC Flying Oyster on Thursday in an opening-round bracket-stage match at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Vancouver.,In the day's other first-round match, Bilibili Gaming defeated KOI 3-1.,The $2 million event began with t...
Dustin May, Dodgers complete 3-game sweep of White Sox
Dustin May pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in his career as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,Freddie Freeman drove in a total of three runs on two doubles and Michael Conforto and Mookie Bett...
Giants' Robbie Ray gets complete-game win over D-backs
Robbie Ray dominated Thursday, tossing his second career complete game to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.,The left-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced, gave up only three hits, a walk and struck out seven. Ray (9-3) needed just 102 pi...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take over AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Cubs pull out extra-inning win to sweep struggling Guardians
Matt Shaw hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on Thursday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 1-0 and sweep the three-game series.,Nico Hoerner started at second base as the automatic runner in the 10th, moved to third on Michael Busch's groundout against Emman...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees and take over AL East lead
George Springer had two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Aziaha James, Paige Bueckers carry Wings past Mercury
Dallas rookies Aziaha James and Paige Bueckers did the heavy lifting while combining for 51 points as the shorthanded Dallas Wings defeated the Phoenix Mercury 98-89 on Thursday in Arlington, Texas., ,James, the 12th overall pick in the WNBA draft in April, amassed a career-high 28 points and Buecke...
David Peterson ends winless skid; pitches Mets past Brewers
Juan Soto ripped a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth and David Peterson tossed 6 2/3 strong innings, fueling the host New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.,Brandon Nimmo belted a homer for the second straight day and Pete Alonso added an RBI double for the Mets,...
Capitals re-sign F Anthony Beauvillier to 2-year deal
The Washington Capitals brought back forward Anthony Beauvillier on a two-year, $5.5 million contract extension Thursday.,The Capitals acquired Beauvillier from the rival Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round draft pick back on March 7. The Capitals were Beauvillier's sixth NHL team in three season...
Napheesa Collier nets 28 to lead Lynx past Mystics
Napheesa Collier scored 28 points on 11-for-21 shooting, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 92-75 win over the Washington Mystics on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Courtney Williams finished with 10 points, six rebounds, eight assists and five steals for Minnesota (15-2), which bounced back fr...
Jose Soriano pitches Angels to series win over Braves
Jose Soriano threw seven scoreless innings and Zach Neto singled, doubled and homered as the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Thursday in the decisive game of a three-game interleague series.,It was the Angels' first series win over the Braves since 2017. The Angels have wo...
Derby contestant James Wood goes 5-for-5 as Nats beat Tigers
James Wood had five hits that included his 23rd home run, Paul DeJong added a three-run blast and the Washington Nationals hung on to defeat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Thursday night, taking the rubber game of the series.,Alex Call had three hits and drove in three runs for Washington, which has won...
Skylar Diggins hits winning layup as Storm silence Dream
Skylar Diggins converted a driving layup with 3.4 seconds left to help the Seattle Storm post an 80-79 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Thursday in College Park, Ga.,Nneka Ogwumike led the Storm (11-7) with 24 points and seven rebounds, while Erica Wheeler had 21 points and Gabby Williams and Diggi...
Hannes Wolf's goal, assist lead NYCFC over Toronto FC
Hannes Wolf had a pair of goal contributions on Thursday night, leading New York City FC to a 3-1 victory over visiting Toronto FC., ,Wolf opened the scoring and assisted on Kevin O'Toole's goal, while Mitja Ilenic had the other for New York (9-7-4, 31 points). With the victory, New York has points ...
Natasha Cloud keys Liberty's comeback against Sparks
Natasha Cloud scored a season-high 23 points as the New York Liberty overcame an 11-point deficit, took control late in the third quarter and rallied for an 89-79 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday.,The Liberty (12-5) won for just the third time in their past eight games follow...
Kelsey Mitchell, Fever cruise past anemic Aces
Kelsey Mitchell scored 25 points, Natasha Howard had a double-double and the Indiana Fever never trailed in an 81-54 rout of the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday night in Indianapolis.,Howard finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, Aliyah Boston had 20 points and seven rebounds and Mitchell added six ass...
Galaxy desperate for points entering visit from Whitecaps
The Los Angeles Galaxy are running out of time to make a dash up the Western Conference standings.,The defending MLS champion Galaxy have won just 5 percent of their matches this season entering Friday's clash against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Carson, Calif.,MLS-worst Los Angeles (1-13-6, 9 points)...
Doug Ghim leads John Deere as Max Homa, Rickie Fowler also go low
Doug Ghim made an eagle from the sixth fairway en route to a bogey-free, 9-under-par 62 on Thursday to set the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill.,Ghim made four of his seven birdies on the inward nine at TPC Deere Run to head to the clubhouse with a one-shot lead over Max Hom...