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Braves edge Cardinals in 10 innings in first game of DH
Ozzie Albies delivered the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals In the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday.,Adam Duvall, who started the inning at second base, easily beat center fielder Dylan Carlson'...
Randy Arozarena, Taj Bradley fuel Rays in rout of Yankees
Randy Arozarena homered twice and tied a career high with four hits as the Tampa Bay Rays rolled to a 9-1 rout of the host New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon.,Arozarena hit a solo homer off New York starter Nestor Cortes (4-9) in the fifth inning and a two-run drive in the seventh. He also singl...
Billy Horschel holds one-shot lead after three rounds of The Open
Billy Horschel battled rainy Royal Troon and came away with a 2-under-par 69 and the 54-hole lead at the Open Championship on Saturday in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland., ,The PGA Tour veteran stands at 4-under 209 and holds the lead outright after Cinderella story Daniel Brown of England double-bo...
Gaimin Gladiators gain berth in grand final at Riyadh Masters
Gaimin Gladiators recorded a 2-0 win over Team Liquid on Saturday to advance to the grand final at the $5 million Dota 2 Riyadh Masters in Saudi Arabia.,Gaimin Gladiators posted a 33-minute win on red and 34-minute victory on green in the upper-bracket final. They'll play the grand final against the...
Diana Shnaider advances to final of Hungarian Grand Prix
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia advanced to the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany's Eva Lys on Saturday in Budapest.,Shnaider, 20, saved all three break points she faced and benefited from four double faults by her foe to dispatch Lys in 1 hour and 25 minutes. ,S...
Rafael Nadal reaches first final since 2022
Rafael Nadal reached his first tournament final in more than two years on Saturday, coming from a set and a break down to defeat Duje Ajdukovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden.,Nadal's last ATP Tour final -- and win -- came in June 2022 at the French Open.,After dropping the first...
Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, MOUZ move to semis at Esports World Cup
Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere and MOUZ claimed the final three spots in the semifinals on Friday in the playoffs of the $1 million CS:GO tournament at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Natus Vincere swept FaZe Clan in two maps and advanced to Saturday's match with MOUZ, who knocked off FURA...
Ty Majeski wins second consecutive Truck Series race at IRP
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Ty Majeski's victory in Friday night's TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park wasn't the sort of dominating performance he enjoyed last year -- until the final stage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.,Majeski overcame a restart violation on Lap 50 that sent him t...
Astros defeat Mariners to move into AL West lead
Hunter Brown pitched six scoreless innings as the Houston Astros moved into first place in the American League West with a 3-0 victory against the host Seattle Mariners on Friday night.,Yainer Diaz hit a two-run single in the third inning for the Astros, who were 10 games back in the division race o...
Freddie Freeman's slam vaults Dodgers over Red Sox
Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in the eighth inning Friday to bring a stagnant offense to life as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,The Dodgers had just two hits through seven innings before loading the bases i...
A's hit double digits again, rout Angels 13-3
Max Schuemann, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers hit home runs and the Oakland Athletics overcame an injury to debuting prospect Jacob Wilson to thump the visiting Los Angeles Angels 13-3 on Friday night.,Wilson, a shortstop who was taken sixth overall in the 2023 draft, singled in his first big-league ...
Mac Meissner grabs 1-point lead at Barracuda Championship
Mac Meissner shot a bogey-free plus-16 on Friday to take a one-point lead over J.J. Spaun into the weekend at the PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship in Truckee, Calif.,The 25-year-old Meissner, who had played in only four Tour events prior to this season and has yet to win on the Tour, started on the...
Jake Cave's blast helps Rockies rally past Giants
Jake Cave hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in a four-run eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Friday night in Denver.,Brenton Doyle and Ezequiel Tovar also went deep and finished with two hits each and Jalen Beeks (6-4) got the win in relief for Col...
Whitecaps host Dynamo in battle of hot squads
The Vancouver Whitecaps look for their third consecutive victory on Saturday night when they host a Houston Dynamo side going in search of back-to-back away wins in a potential Western Conference playoff preview.,Fafa Picault's 76th-minute tally lifted Vancouver (11-7-5, 38 points) to a 2-1 home win...
Anthony Santander homers twice as Orioles bomb Rangers
Anthony Santander belted two of Baltimore's four home runs Friday night as the Orioles returned from the All-Star break by thumping the Texas Rangers 9-1 in Arlington, Texas, to open a three-game series.,Adley Rutschman and Colton Cowser also homered for Baltimore, which has won two straight followi...
Bobby Witt Jr. helps Royals cruise past White Sox
Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs to lift the host Kansas City Royals to a 7-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. ,Witt scored twice and also walked as Kansas City won for the fifth time in seven games. Michael Massey also ...
Guardians' six-run inning extends Padres struggles
Tanner Bibee allowed two hits over 5 2/3 innings, and Jose Ramirez's two-RBI single highlighted a six-run eighth as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting San Diego Padres 7-0 on Friday night.,Back from the All-Star break, Bibee (8-4) walked three and struck out three to outduel San Diego's Matt ...
Jake Burger homers to lead Marlins past Mets
Jake Burger homered and doubled Friday night, knocking in two runs as the Miami Marlins built a 4-0 lead and then held off the visiting New York Mets 6-4.,Jazz Chisholm Jr. also had two hits and stole his 19th base for Miami, which took a 4-3 lead in the season series. Anthony Bender (4-2) pitched t...
Juan Yepez, Keibert Ruiz homer as Nationals dump Reds
Juan Yepez went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer to help the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 win in the opener of their three-game set against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Friday.,Washington has won three of its past four games.,Nationals starter Patrick Corbin (2-9) was solid through six innings, a...
Juan Soto leads Yankees past Rays
Juan Soto collected four hits, including a double in the fifth inning, where he scored on two errors by the Rays as the host New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Friday night.,Anthony Volpe hit a bases-clearing double in the third off Tampa Bay starter Zach Eflin (5-7) and Aaron Judge add...