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Gold Cup: Luis Palma's late tally vs. Curacao sends Honduras to knockouts
Luis Palma roofed an unlikely goal early in second-half stoppage time to hand Honduras a 2-1 victory over Curacao and lock up the country's place in the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday in San Jose, Calif.,After a series of headers that moved the ball jaggedly through Honduras' att...
Dodgers outslug Rockies 9-7 to open series
Michael Conforto homered and doubled, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the scuffling Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night in Denver.,Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez, Will Smith and Andy Pages had two hits apiece for Los Angeles. Justin Wrobleski tossed five s...
Chelsea trounce ES Tunis, lock up second in Club World Cup group
Tosin Adarabioyo and Liam Delap scored two minutes apart to end the first half with a bang, and Chelsea rolled past Esperance Sportive de Tunis 3-0 on Tuesday in Philadelphia to punch their ticket to the knockout round of the FIFA Club World Cup.,Chelsea (2-1-0, 6 points) finished second in Group D,...
Braves' comeback win adds to Mets' recent woes
Matt Olson laced a tiebreaking two-run single to cap a five-run sixth inning Tuesday night by the visiting Atlanta Braves, who continued tormenting the New York Mets with a 7-4 win in the second game of a four-game series between the National League East rivals.,The Braves improved to 5-0 against th...
Group D winner Flamengo rally late in draw vs. LAFC
Wallace Yan scored in the 86th minute to delight most of the 32,933 on hand and help Flamengo salvage a 1-1 draw against LAFC in both teams' Group D finale on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla.,Denis Bouanga gave already-eliminated LAFC (0-2-1, 1 point) the lead only two minutes earlier against Flamengo...
Tigers ambush Athletics to make up for Skubal's slow start
Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer during a five-run third and Tarik Skubal overcame a slow start to win his ninth straight decision as the host Detroit Tigers rolled past the Athletics 11-4 on Tuesday.,Skubal gave up two-run homers to Brent Rooker and Denzel Clarke in the first two inni...
San Diego FC challenge Whitecaps for top spot in the West
Western Conference supremacy will be on the line Wednesday night when the expansion San Diego FC visit the Vancouver Whitecaps.,Upstart San Diego (10-5-3, 33 points) is 6-1-0 in its last seven MLS matches to move within two points of Vancouver (10-2-5, 35 points), which boasts a 6-1-2 record at home...
Reds rally late, walk off Yankees in extras
Christian Encarnacion-Strand tied the game with a three-run double in the seventh inning and Gavin Lux singled home Elly De La Cruz with the winning run in the 11th as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a wild 5-4 walk-off win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.,Spencer Steer tied the game with...
Cooper Hummel's HR breaks up pitching duel, Astros edge Phillies
Cooper Hummel slugged an opposite-field home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the host Houston Astros claimed a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a three-game interleague series on Tuesday.,Hummel ruined the shutout bid of Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez (6-2)...
Cards stay hot, trim tumbling Cubs' NL Central lead
Masyn Winn hit a two-run homer and a two-run double to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Chicago Cubs 8-7 Tuesday night.,Lars Nootbaar belted a two-run homer and Nolan Gorman added a solo shot for St. Louis, which won for the seventh time in eight games while closing within 2 1/2 games...
Joey Ortiz, Caleb Durbin help Brewers pile on Pirates
Joey Ortiz hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Caleb Durbin added a home run, three RBIs and two runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.,It was the first multi-homer game of Ortiz's career, and the four RBIs matched a career...
Kamilla Cardoso's career-high 27 points lead Sky past Sparks
Kamilla Cardoso scored 12 of her career-high 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Sky rallied for a 97-86 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night in a matchup of struggling teams.,The Sky snapped a three-game losing streak after falling behind late in the first half....
Julio Rodriguez, Mariners push past sinking Twins
Julio Rodriguez drove in a pair of runs, including a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners held on for a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Donovan Solano also drove in two runs for Seattle, which won its third game in a row...
Alek Thomas' bat, glove help D-backs down White Sox
Alek Thomas hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning, Ketel Marte homered and six pitchers combined on a three-hitter to lift the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-1 win against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,In the second game of a three-game set, Arizona secured a series victory wh...
Mystics upset league-leading Lynx in final minute
Shakira Austin's putback and Sug Sutton's strip-and-score led the host Washington Mystics to a last-minute 68-64 victory over the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday.,The Lynx had to battle without league-leading scorer Napheesa Collier, but held a 64-62 lead with a minute to play.,Austin followe...
Wings ride strong 3rd quarter to win over Dream
Arike Ogunbowale poured in 21 points and Dallas got a huge boost from its reserves as the Wings took charge in the third quarter to defeat the Atlanta Dream 68-55 on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas., ,The Wings (4-12) led by just two at halftime but by 10 heading into the fourth quarter. Three free thro...
Danny Jansen's HR backs Taj Bradley gem as Rays top Royals
Taj Bradley retired the first 16 batters he faced and yielded two hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, while Danny Jansen clubbed a two-run homer and had three RBIs as the Tampa Bay Rays kept the Kansas City Royals winless at home in June with Tuesday night's 5-1 victory.,Bradley (5-5) rolled until wa...
Rangers outlast Orioles in 10 after Jacob Latz's career day
The Texas Rangers received a sterling performance from starting pitcher Jacob Latz and benefitted from a 10th-inning reversal of a call at the plate to beat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Tuesday night.,The Rangers scored in the top of the 10th on Sam Haggerty's one-out fielder's choice, with Eva...
George Springer's slam highlights Blue Jays' win over Guardians
George Springer belted his eighth career grand slam and Northeast Ohio native Eric Lauer pitched a season-high 5 1/3 innings as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-6 on Tuesday night.,Springer's eighth-inning rocket into the left-field bleachers came off Hunter Gaddis, sco...
Rapids look to get back in win column vs. hapless Galaxy
Hovering just above the playoff line in the Western Conference standings, the Colorado Rapids hope to shake a three-game losing streak when they get a visit from the disappointing Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday in Commerce City, Colo.,The Rapids (6-8-4, 22 points) return from a 10-day break followi...