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Mercury hand Liberty first home loss with comeback win
Rookie Monique Akoa Makani scored a career-high 21 points, and the Phoenix Mercury extended their winning streak to four games Thursday night with an 89-81 victory over the New York Liberty, who were handed their first home loss this season.,Akoa Makani shot 8-of-12 from the field and surpassed her ...
Kyle Schwarber's late HR lifts Phillies over Marlins
Kyle Schwarber belted a tiebreaking solo homer with two outs in the eighth and Cristopher Sanchez tossed eight strong innings, fueling the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday.,Schwarber deposited a 1-0 sinker from Anthony Bender (1-5) over the wall in r...
Cards win in 10 to sweep twin bill, set from White Sox
The St. Louis Cardinals scored twice in the 10th inning to recover for an 8-6 win to sweep a doubleheader and the three-game series against the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,JoJo Romero (3-3) tossed a scoreless ninth to earn the win. Andre Granillo did the same in the 10th for the save for St....
Gold Cup: Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti play to 1-1 draw
Short-handed Haiti missed out on a golden opportunity to break a late second-half tie against Trinidad & Tobago, then had to settle for a 1-1 draw on Thursday in a CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D match at Houston.,After Haiti's Wilguens Paugain was taken down in the penalty area by Andre Raymond in the 83...
Pablo Barrios scores twice, Atletico Madrid sail past Sounders
Pablo Barrios' brace lifted Atletico Madrid to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Thursday, getting the Spanish side's Group B campaign back on track.,Axel Witsel also scored as Atletico rebounded to victory at Seattle's home field after they began their FIFA Club World Cup campaign losing 4...
Soren Kjeldsen, Ricardo Gonzalez grab early lead in Akron
Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen, a rookie off to a sizzling start on the PGA Tour Champions, is tied for the lead with Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina after the first round of the Kaulig Companies Championship on Thursday in rainy, windy Akron, Ohio.,Gonzalez and Kjeldsen carded 3-under-par 67 despite a rain...
Wilmer Flores, Giants eke out win over Guardians
Pinch hitter Wilmer Flores stroked a go-ahead two-run double, Logan Webb threw seven innings of one-run ball and the San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in their three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians with a 2-1 triumph Thursday afternoon.,Webb (7-5) combined with Randy Rodriguez a...
Eugenio Suarez, Diamondbacks tee off on Blue Jays
Eugenio Suarez had four RBIs, Ryne Nelson allowed one hit in 5 2/3 innings and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Thursday afternoon.,Nelson (4-2) allowed one run and two walks while striking out four as the Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of a three-game series...
Scottie Scheffler tied for Travelers lead after chasing a 59
After denying that TPC River Highlands is too easy, Scottie Scheffler was on pace for a round of 59 there Thursday in the opening round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,Instead, the World No. 1 carded an 8-under-par 62 and is tied for the lead with Austin Eckroat.,Scheffler was 9 und...
Wyndham Clark ‘very sorry’ for damaging Oakmont lockers
Wyndham Clark delivered an apology Thursday for damaging Oakmont Country Club lockers in anger last week at the U.S. Open.,Clark missed the cut at the third major championship of the season, going 74-74 (8 over par) through two rounds. On Saturday, social media posts from golf podcaster Todd "Tron C...
Brewers hang on for 8-7 win over Cubs
Rhys Hoskins, Caleb Durbin and Isaac Collins homered and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for an 8-7 win over the host Chicago Cubs on Thursday.,The Brewers earned a split in the two-game series. Three games were originally scheduled, but Wednesday's middle game was rained out and postponed till August...
Cardinals pull off eighth-inning rally, claim Game 1 of doubleheader against White Sox
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take a 5-4 win against the host Chicago White Sox in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.,Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde gave up two runs on six hits in five innings. Reliever Andre Granillo (1-0) got the final out i...
Jac Caglianone hits first 2 career homers as Royals beat Rangers
Rookie Jac Caglianone homered twice and Vinnie Pasquantino also went deep to back the three-hit pitching of Michael Wacha and three relievers as the Kansas City Royals swept past the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,The Royals won all three games of the set, producing the...
Lionel Messi scores on free kick to lift Inter Miami over Porto
ATLANTA -- Lionel Messi connected on a free kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the FIFA Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon.,After Porto struck first on Samu Aghehowa's penalty kick in the eighth minute, Marcelo Weigandt assisted on Te...
Yankees bats finally awaken to avoid 4-game sweep to Angels
Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back home runs as the host New York Yankees stopped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday afternoon.,Carlos Rodon (9-5) overcame allowing three solo homers and pitched six quality innings as the ...
Tigers' Riley Greene, Tarik Skubal too much for Pirates
Riley Greene drove in four runs and Tarik Skubal collected another home victory as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-2, in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.,Skubal (8-2) gave up two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six while running his ho...
James Wood's walk-off HR lifts Nationals over Rockies in 11
James Wood hit a two-run walk-off shot in the bottom of the 11th inning, his second home run of the game, and the Washington Nationals snapped their 11-game losing streak with a 4-3 win against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Thursday.,Jacob Young led off against Seth Halvorsen (1-2) by bunting pin...
Byron Buxton powers Twins past Reds
Byron Buxton finished off a spectacular series against the Cincinnati Reds with two home runs and a double to help the Minnesota Twins salvage the finale of the three-game series, 12-5, on Thursday in Cincinnati.,The Twins center fielder opened the series by homering and taking away a potential home...
Palmeiras blank Al Ahly 2-0 at Club World Cup
Jose Lopez scored in the 60th minute to lift Brazil's Palmeiras to a 2-0 victory over Egypt's Al Ahly in Club World Cup Group A play on Thursday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.,The victory placed Palmeiras (1-0-1, 4 points) atop the group standings as FC Porto and Inter Miami were scheduled to pl...
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is undergoing treatment for acute gastroenteritis at a hospital, the club announced Thursday.,Mbappe, 26, will "undergo a series of tests and follow the appropriate course of treatment," Real Madrid said.,The French international sat out Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with ...