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Red Sox get early lead, keep adding on, beat Rangers
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each hit a two-run home run to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,Rafael Devers added a solo home run and Connor Wong collected four singles for the Red Sox. Boston second baseman Nick Sogard added a two-...
Yusei Kikuchi fans eight straight as Astros edge Rays
Yainer Diaz recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and Yusei Kikuchi matched a franchise record in his debut with the Houston Astros, who rallied for a 3-2 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.,Kikuchi fanned a franchise-record-tying eight consecutive batters late in his 5 2/3-i...
Pitching guides Guardians past Orioles for 5th straight win
Cleveland pitchers held the Baltimore Orioles to one hit through the first six innings as the host Guardians posted an 8-4 victory on Friday night in a matchup of teams that began the night as American League division leaders.,Josh Naylor's third hit of the game was a two-run double that expanded on...
Giants' Blake Snell no-hits Reds, fans 11
Blake Snell hurled the first no-hitter of his career and the 18th in Giants franchise history as visiting San Francisco blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday.,Snell (1-3), coming off a career-best 15-strikeout performance against the Colorado Rockies on July 27, was again overpowering, striking ...
Cleveland bullpen shuts down Orioles, Guardians win 5th straight
Cleveland pitchers held the Baltimore Orioles to one hit through the first six innings as the host Guardians posted an 8-4 victory on Friday night in a matchup of teams that began the night as American League divisional leaders.,Josh Naylor's third hit of the game was a two-run double that turned a ...
D-backs bash five homers, outslug Pirates 9-8
Geraldo Perdomo ripped a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, helping the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks overcome squandering an early five-run lead in a 9-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Ketel Marte and former Pirate Josh Bell each homered twice, including joining Joc Pederson as p...
Frankie Montas beats Nationals in Brewers' debut
Sal Frelick had two hits and scored three times to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-3 win against the Washington Nationals in the opener of their three-game series on Friday night.,William Contreras homered, Willy Adames had two hits and a run, and Garrett Mitchell and Blake Perkins each ...
Dewi Weber makes statement with 62, leads in Portland
Dewi Weber of the Netherlands scorched Columbia Edgewater Country Club with a 10-under-par 62 to take the halfway lead at the Portland Classic on Friday in Oregon.,Weber finished her round with five straight birdies to leap ahead to 16-under 128. She is two shots in front of Andrea Lee, who shot 63 ...
Marcell Ozuna, Braves rally past Marlins
Marcell Ozuna's long sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run and sent the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 come-from-behind win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Friday and extend their winning streak to four games.,The Braves have won the first two games of the four-game set and improv...
Royals pile on Tigers to win fifth straight
Salvador Perez had a home run among his three hits and drove in two runs as the visiting Kansas City Royals won their fifth straight game with a 9-2 romp over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Perez also scored three runs while Vinnie Pasquantino and Paul DeJong drove in two runs apiece, each cont...
Denis Shapovalov defaults in controversial ending in Washington
Facing match point, Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost by default and was disqualified from the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open quarterfinals in an ending that left fans booing Friday in Washington.,Shapovalov's opponent, No. 2 seed Ben Shelton, had just won a point and was about to serve for the match, up 7-6 ...
Christian Bethancourt's home run carries Cubs past Cardinals
Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run homer to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon.,Michael Busch also hit a home run for the Cubs, who won their third straight game, including the first two of this four-game series.,Chicago starting pitc...
Frenchman Leon Marchand grabs fourth gold of Paris Games
PARIS -- France's Leon Marchand brought the host nation to a standstill once again on Friday with his fourth gold of the Paris Olympics, while Australian Kaylee McKeown wrote history of her own as the first woman to retain both backstroke titles.,Marchand did it in style, roared to the rafters by a ...
Group grand finals set at BLAST Fall Groups
Complexity Gaming, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere won the lower-bracket finals in their respective groups on Friday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Complexity swept HEROIC in Group A, winning 13-5 on Anubis and 13-11 on Ancient, and will face Team ...
Caeleb Dressel finishes sixth in 50 free
PARIS -- Australia's Cameron McEvoy took his first Olympic gold medal when he won the men's 50 meters freestyle at the Paris Games on Friday, denying Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel of the United States another medal.,Dressel finished sixth, off the pace kept by McEvoy and Britain's Ben Proud, who t...
Maple Leafs ink 1st-round pick Ben Danford to ELC
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Ben Danford signed a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday.,Danford, 18, was selected by the Maple Leafs with the 31st overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft.,"I am honored to sign my first NHL contract with the Maple Leafs," Danford wrote on Instagram. "Thank you to ...
Xander Schauffele shares 36-hole lead in Paris
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France -- Xander Schauffele remained in the hunt for a second successive Olympic gold as the American ended the second day of the men's golf competition as joint leader, unperturbed by a brush with an anthill.,Schauffele shot a five-under-par 66 for his second round to rea...
Morocco whips US in men's soccer quarters, 4-0
PARIS -- Morocco reached the Olympic men's soccer semifinals for the first time with a resounding 4-0 win over the United States at the Parc des Princes on Friday.,Morocco used two penalties and dominated from the start to prevail in its first-ever Olympic knockout match. The victory sets up a clash...
Xander Schauffele grabs share of lead in Paris
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France -- Xander Schauffele stayed on path to defend his Olympic gold with the early clubhouse lead on the second day of the men's golf competition at the 2024 Games on Friday, unperturbed by a brush with an anthill when he strayed into the rough.,Schauffele shot a five-un...
China takes men's synchronized 3M springboard gold
PARIS -- China's Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi retained China's men's synchronized 3-meter springboard title at the Paris Olympics on Friday, claiming the country's fourth gold in the sport and keeping alive their goal of taking top finishes in all eight diving events at the 2024 Games.,Mexico's Juan...