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Oneil Cruz's 3-run blast propels Pirates past Astros
Oneil Cruz bashed a three-run, go-ahead home run, fueling a four-run sixth inning as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 10-6 victory over the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game interleague series Tuesday.,Cruz belted the second of two homers off Astros right-hander Mike Burrows,...
Golden Knights pull out high-scoring win in Stanley Cup Final opener
Tomas Hertl scored to break a third-period deadlock and give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in the opener of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.,Shea Theodore scored once in a three-point performance for the Golden Knights in the comeback win. Brett...
Rookie hurler Gage Jump, Athletics shut down slumping Cubs
Gage Jump pitched seven stellar innings in his second big league start and Zack Gelof had the decisive tiebreaking single to lift the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.,Jump (1-1) allowed one run and three hits and retired the final 14 batters he faced in an 85-p...
Rangers score 3 runs in 9th inning to subdue Cardinals
Joc Pederson had three hits, including a go-ahead RBI single in a three-run ninth inning, and the visiting Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday.,Josh Jung followed with a run-scoring single against Riley O'Brien (3-3) to help Texas extend its winning streak to a season-high five...
Twins top White Sox, halting Davis Martin's win streak at 6
Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.,...
Kyle Harrison fans 12 as Brewers overpower Giants
Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer and Kyle Harrison, facing his former team, matched his career high with 12 strikeouts as the Milwaukee Brewers posted an 8-3 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.,Harrison (7-1) took a shutout into the sixth inning before allowing a two-out solo...
Rookie Gage Jump, Athletics shut down slumping Cubs
Gage Jump pitched seven stellar innings in his second big league start and Zack Gelof had the decisive tiebreaking single to lift the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.,Jump (1-1) allowed one run and three hits and retired the final 14 batters he faced in an 85-p...
Twins prevail over White Sox; halt Davis Martin's 6-game win streak
Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI....
Reds rally late, walk off with 10-inning win over Royals
Blake Dunn's RBI single in the 10th inning completed a comeback and gave the host Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 walk-off win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.,Spencer Steer hit two home runs and scored the winning run as the automatic runner for the Reds, who won for the second time in the last ...
Jose Ramirez hits 3 doubles to guide Guardians over Yankees
Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking double with one out in the fifth inning and the visiting Cleveland Guardians earned a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.,Ramirez had three doubles for the fifth time in his storied career, and the first since Aug. 26, 2024 against Kansas City.,He doubled...
Mystics power past Sky for first home win of season
Shakira Austin scored 17 points and Kiki Iriafen produced 15 points and 11 rebounds as the host Washington Mystics rolled to a 90-72 victory against the Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Michaela Onyenwere added 13 points for the Mystics, who had lost three of their previous four games.,While Sydney Taylor pa...
Rhyne Howard nets 36 as Dream run away from Sun
Rhyne Howard scored a season-high 36 points on eight made 3-pointers to help lead the Atlanta Dream to a 91-75 victory over the visiting Connecticut Sun on Tuesday in College Park, Ga.,Allisha Gray added 26 points, while Angel Reese had 12 points, 13 rebounds and five assists for Atlanta (6-2), whic...
Matt Olson's HR breaks tie, boosts Braves over Blue Jays
Matt Olson had two of Atlanta's six hits, including a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, to send the Braves to a 4-3 win over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday in the opener of their three-game series.,Olson was 2-for-4 and improved his RBI total to 46, tied for third in the National Lea...
Marlins bash 3 straight homers en route to beating Nationals
Heriberto Hernandez hit two of Miami's four home runs and the visiting Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Tuesday night.,Joe Mack, Hernandez and Otto Lopez hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning. Hernandez has three homers in the first two games of the series, both 7-3 wins...
Orioles hit 2 early homers to support Shane Baz in win over Red Sox
Coby Mayo and Pete Alonso homered in back-to-back innings, providing all the offense that the visiting Baltimore Orioles needed to support starter Shane Baz in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.,Alonso (2-for-4) hit a two-run homer in the third for the Orioles, who scored all of the...
Bryce Harper homers as Phillies edge skidding Padres
Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer and Brandon Marsh collected four hits as the Philadelphia Phillies notched a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday., ,Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola allowed two runs and four hits in five innings, striking out eight without a walk. Four relievers...
Tigers continue to bomb away in shutout of Rays
Leadoff hitter Gleyber Torres homered in his first at-bat back after a month-long injury layoff, and the Detroit Tigers toppled the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-0, to earn the series win Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The second baseman showed he was over his left oblique strain by blasting his third homer an...
Alexander Zverev, Jakub Mensik advance to French semis in straight sets
Alexander Zverev defeated one of tennis' promising young hotshots in straight sets in the French Open quarterfinals. To return to the final in Paris, he'll have to oust another.,The second seed from Germany beat Spanish 27th seed Rafael Jodar 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday at Roland Garros, while Czec...
Jake Knapp WDs from Memorial Tournament
Jake Knapp withdrew from the Memorial Tournament on Tuesday morning due to his lingering thumb injury.,Sudarshan Yellamaraju was tabbed as the replacement for Knapp for the tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.,Knapp, 32, hasn't played on tour since tying for 74th out of 82 play...
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, Russian Mirra Andreeva to meet in French semis
Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina played for something much greater than a coveted berth in the semifinals at the French Open on Tuesday.,They took the court at Roland Garros in Paris for their country.,The two Ukrainian women, whose families and friends have been impacted by the Russian invasion of...