ap Page 12 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Eric Cole leads packed field at Travelers Championship
Eric Cole's pitch-in eagle at the 13th hole helped him post a 7-under-par 63 and take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship on Thursday in Cromwell, Conn.,World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the 2024 winner of this event, posted a bogey-free 64 later on Thursday to join a tie for second with...
Ninth-inning outburst helps Athletics beat Giants, snap skid
Jonah Heim tied the game with a single, Lawrence Butler produced the go-ahead run with a hit and Max Muncy delivered two insurance runs with a third consecutive single as the visiting Athletics plated four runs in the ninth inning to overtake the San Francisco Giants 9-6 on Thursday afternoon, avoid...
Ivory Coast punch ticket to first knockouts by beating Curacao
PHILADELPHIA -- At last, Les Elephants are into the knockout phase.,Nicolas Pepe's double sealed Ivory Coast's first trip to the World Cup elimination rounds with a 2-0 victory over Curacao on Thursday to finish second in Group E.,For manager Emerse Fae, the feat ends a wait of 20 years since he was...
Henry Davis, Brandon Lowe propel Pirates past Mariners
Henry Davis and Brandon Lowe each homered and finished with two hits and two RBIs, helping the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday afternoon.,The Pirates' clutch hits backed up a strong start from Bubba Chandler (3-7), who gave up one run on five hits with ...
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe Headline a New Era of World Cup Scoring
Lionel Messi's latest World Cup scoring record highlights a new era of attacking soccer led by stars like Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal....
South Africa stun South Korea, advance in second place from Group A
Thapelo Maseko's second-half goal lifted South Africa to a must-win 1-0 result against South Korea in their Group A finale in Guadalupe, Mexico, on Wednesday, sending Bafana Bafana to the World Cup knockout stage for the first time.,Maseko put South Africa in front in the 63rd minute with a clinical...
Julian Quinones goal helps Mexico easily dispatch Czech Republic
Julian Quinones scored his second goal of the World Cup and Mexico defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 in Mexico City on Wednesday night to eliminate the Europeans from the tournament.,Mateo Chavez and Alvaro Fidalgo added their first international goals for Mexico (3-0-0, 9 points), who had already sea...
Diamondbacks erupt for 6 in 4th to down Cardinals
LuJames Groover and Ketel Marte hit back-to-back home runs as part of a six-run fourth inning to lift the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.,Tommy Troy was 2-for-5 with two runs, a double and two RBIs, and Ildemaro Vargas and Groover each had two RB...
Andrew Vaughn, Brewers build lead, hang on against Reds
Andrew Vaughn recorded a pinch-hit, bases-clearing double in the seventh inning, fueling the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.,William Contreras highlighted his three-hit performance by launching a two-run homer in the third inning. Jake Bauers followed w...
Dansby Swanson comes up big again as Cubs sweep Mets in doubleheader
Dansby Swanson had the go-ahead RBI for the second time in a matter of hours Wednesday night, when his run-scoring triple in the sixth inning helped the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 10-5 and complete a doubleheader sweep.,Swanson hit the tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth inni...
Shohei Ohtani delivers on mound, at plate as Dodgers sweep Twins
Shohei Ohtani struck out eight batters on the mound and tallied two hits and an RBI at the plate to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Mookie Betts went 3-for-4 with a double and a solo home run for Los Angeles, which completed a thr...
Sky rout Fire behind balanced attack, snap 6-game skid
Skylar Diggins scored 15 points and Sydney Taylor and Jacy Sheldon added 14 apiece as the host Chicago Sky routed the Portland Fire 101-78 on Wednesday to end a six-game losing streak.,Seven Chicago players scored in double figures, with Azura Stevens notching a double-double with 11 points and 11 r...
Kahleah Copper's heroics lift Mercury over Fever
Kahleah Copper scored 28 points and the visiting Phoenix Mercury outlasted the host Indiana Fever for a 111-109 victory Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Copper made 6 of 10 shots and also made 15 of 16 free throws attempts en route to her third highest-scoring game of the season. Copper's biggest pl...
Derek Hill's 9th-inning blast powers Phillies past Nationals
Derek Hill slugged his first homer with the Philadelphia Phillies -- a pinch-hit, go-ahead, two-run shot in the ninth inning that ignited a 5-4 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.,One night after Philadelphia used a two-out rally in the ninth to stun Washington, the Phillies wer...
Olivia Miles, Lynx erase fourth-quarter deficit, earn win over Mystics
Natasha Howard and Olivia Miles each scored 21 points as the Minnesota Lynx pulled out a 78-76 win over the host Washington Mystics on Wednesday.,Howard also collected a season-high 15 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the campaign. Miles added five assists and four rebounds for the Lynx (14-...
Astros edge Blue Jays after Jeff Hoffman's 8th-inning error
The visiting Houston Astros scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on an errant pickoff attempt Wednesday night to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1.,Joey Loperfido tripled and scored on an error by Jeff Hoffman (5-5) on a throw to third, snapping a 1-1 tie in the rubber match of a three-game s...
Yandy Diaz collects four hits as Rays defeat Royals
Yandy Diaz had four hits with an RBI in leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night at St. Petersburg, Fla.,Among the major league leaders in batting .332, Diaz registered his third game with at least four hits this season and extended a home o...
Ryan O'Hearn's 3 doubles, 3 RBIs spark Pirates' blowout of Mariners
Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBIs and Braxton Ashcraft struck out 10 in six solid innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates trounced the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday.,Endy Rodriguez added a two-run double and an RBI single for the Pirates, who evened the three-game i...
Paul Goldschmidt homers twice as Yankees edge Tigers
Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of home runs off Detroit ace Tarik Skubal and Jasson Dominguez blasted a go-ahead two-run shot as the New York Yankees downed the host Detroit Tigers, 4-2, on Wednesday evening.,Goldschmidt, the Yankees' leadoff hitter, increased his season total to 14, four more than he ...
Sabres send Alex Tuch to Caps in sign-and-trade deal
The Buffalo Sabres sent prolific goal-scorer Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday via a sign-and-trade agreement.,Tuch, an unrestricted free agent who scored at least 33 goals for the Sabres in three of the last four seasons, agreed to an eight-year, $84 million contract with Washington...