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Padres beat Orioles again, win seventh straight
Michael King struck out nine and took a one-hitter into the seventh inning while Manny Machado homered against his former team as the San Diego Padres beat the host Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Saturday, winning their seventh game in a row.,Machado, whose 14th homer of the season was a three-run shot in...
Zack Littell, Rays shut out Reds to even series
Alex Jackson and Yandy Diaz hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, Zack Littell tossed seven scoreless innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays blanked the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Littell (4-7) allowed three hits with one walk and five strikeouts for Tampa Bay, which won...
Spencer Schwellenbach pitches Braves past Mets
Rookie Spencer Schwellenbach had the best start of his career Saturday afternoon, as the right-hander gave up two hits and struck out 11 over seven innings to lead the struggling Atlanta Braves to a 4-0 win over the host New York Mets in the third game of a four-game series between the National Leag...
Jhonattan Vegas fires 63 to take lead at 3M Open
Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas birdied six of the final eight holes for an 8-under-par 63 to surge into the lead after three rounds of the 3M Open on Saturday at Blaine, Minn.,Matt Kuchar's eagle on No. 18 gave him 63 and a temporary share of first place before Vegas, who's at 16-under 197, birdied the...
Kevin Gausman, Daulton Varsho lead Blue Jays past Rangers
Kevin Gausman pitched a complete game, Daulton Varsho had a three-run homer and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 7-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Gausman (9-8) allowed three runs, four hits and three walks while striking out eight in his second complete game of the s...
Ariarne Titmus wins gold, Kate Ledecky third in 400 free showdown
PARIS -- Australian Ariarne Titmus defended her Olympic 400 meters freestyle title on Saturday after the world's three fastest women over the distance fought a thrilling battle in the Paris pool.,Canadian 17-year-old Summer McIntosh took the silver and Katie Ledecky of the United States the bronze. ...
Andy Ogletree cards bogey-free round to seize lead at LIV UK
Andy Ogletree tallied six birdies across a bogey-free second round on Saturday to seize a two-shot lead at LIV United Kingdom.,All six of Ogletree's birdies came amid a 12-hole stretch that began with consecutive ones on Nos. 4 and 5. ,"Got off to a little bit of a slow start, made a couple good lag...
K.J. Choi remains on top at Senior Open Championship
K.J. Choi carries a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Senior Open after carding a 2-under par 72 in Saturday's third round at Carnoustie, Scotland.,Choi recorded six birdies against one bogey over the first 14 holes on Saturday before consecutive double-bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16 dropped him...
Liquid, OG advance at Dota's Elite League Season 2
OG and Team Liquid completed perfect runs through the initial stage of the Elite League Season 2 in Lima, Peru, on Friday, advancing to the second group stage.,OG rallied past HEROIC 2-1, while Team Liquid downed Shopify Rebellion 2-0.,After HEROIC opened with a 42-minute win on red, OG captured the...
Falcons, Spacestation pull off sweeps in Esports World Cup
Team Falcons and Spacestation Gaming rolled to 4-0 sweeps on Friday in first-round playoff action at the Overwatch event in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Team Falcons thrashed M80 to advance to a quarterfinal match against Virtus.pro, while Spacestation Gaming earned a matchup with ...
Several Giants have big nights in blowing out Rockies
Tyler Fitzgerald hit two home runs, Kyle Harrison struck out 11 and the San Francisco Giants opened a four-game home series with an 11-4 romp over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.,Jorge Soler began a big night by hitting Kyle Freeland's sixth pitch of the game for his 12th homer of the season, ...
Diamondbacks keep hot stretch going by edging Pirates
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch to help the Arizona Diamondbacks notch a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Phoenix.,Joe Pederson homered and Eugenio Suarez had two hits to help Arizona win for the ninth time in the past 12 ga...
Reversed call lifts Athletics to win over Angels
Seth Brown went 3-for-4 with a homer, and his sixth-inning RBI single on an overturned umpire's call snapped a tie and lifted the Oakland A's to a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,The A's entered the top of the sixth down 4-2, but Brent Rooker's two-out, two-run homer...
Big 10th inning pushes Nationals past Cardinals
Jacob Young tripled home three runs in the 10th inning and the visiting Washington Nationals went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 Friday night.,Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs and Juan Yepez was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs for the Nationals, who rallied from 5-2 and 6-3 deficits...
Early home runs steer Marlins past Brewers
Bryan De La Cruz and Jake Burger homered during a three-run first inning on Friday as the visiting Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Josh Bell added a solo shot leading off the ninth for Miami to close the scoring. Bell, De La Cruz, Burger and Nick Fo...
Framber Valdez, Astros shut down Dodgers to open series
Framber Valdez pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings while Alex Bregman and Jon Singleton slugged home runs as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a three-game interleague series with a 5-0 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.,Valdez (9-5) matched his season high of 10 strikeouts an...
Eight-run first inning sparks Mariners' rout of White Sox
Josh Rojas, Dylan Moore and Victor Robles smacked successive home runs in a first-inning barrage and George Kirby delivered seven solid innings as the visiting Seattle Mariners routed the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Friday.,Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak while sending Chicago to its 12th s...
Brady Singer dominates as Royals shut out Cubs
Salvador Perez homered and Brady Singer took a no-hitter into the fifth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Friday evening.,Singer (7-6) retired the first 11 batters before walking Seiya Suzuki with two out in the fourth.,Dansby Swanson's broken-bat single in the f...
Red Sox rally for slugfest victory over Yankees
Masataka Yoshida's two-run single up the middle highlighted a three-run eighth inning that helped the Boston Red Sox earn a 9-7, series-opening victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday.,The Red Sox rallied after back-to-back home runs by Aaron Judge and Austin Wells in the seventh gave t...
Ernie Clement rescues Blue Jays against Rangers
Ernie Clement hit a walkoff single in the ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 6-5 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Adolis Garcia had a two-run home run and three RBIs for the Rangers, who had a five-game winning streak end.,Toronto left-hander Yusei ...