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Sonny Gray fans 11 to lead Red Sox over Rockies
Wilyer Abreu homered and tripled, Sonny Gray struck out a season-high 11 over seven innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Nate Eaton had three hits and Anthony Seigler had two for Boston.,Gray (9-1) matched his season high in innings, set in his las...
Pete Crow-Armstrong, Dansby Swanson carry Cubs past Mets
Pete Crow-Armstrong capped a five-run second inning off Kodai Senga by hitting a three-run homer and Dansby Swanson drove in four runs as the visiting Chicago Cubs earned a 9-6 victory over the struggling New York Mets on Tuesday night.,Senga (0-6) breezed through a 15-pitch first inning and struck ...
Nolan Arenado ignites 9th-inning push as D-backs beat Cardinals
Nolan Arenado spurred the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning in a 4-3 win against the host St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.,The game was scoreless through eight innings before Arizona finally broke through against reliever Matt Svanson (2-2). Gabriel Moreno knocked a single to right, and Pavin ...
Down to last out, Phillies explode for 8 runs to stun Nationals
Brandon Marsh and Bryson Stott homered in an eight-run ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the host Washington Nationals 14-9 on Tuesday night.,Marsh hit a two-out, two-run homer off Brad Lord (5-1) to tie it and Stott hit a go-ahead three-run shot. The Phillies plated three more...
Miguel Vargas' solo shot edges White Sox past Guardians
Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth inning and Sean Burke pitched effectively into the seventh as the Chicago White Sox edged the visiting Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Tuesday.,Chicago secured a series victory against Cleveland while taking a one-game lead on the Guardians atop the...
Brandon Sproat takes no-hit bid into 6th as Brewers blank Reds
Brandon Sproat took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and combined with three other pitchers on a two-hitter as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Cincinnati Reds 2-0 on Tuesday night.,The Brewers, who have won three straight, including the first two games of the series, only managed five hits....
Sandy Alcantara sets Marlins' career K record in win over Rangers
Owen Caissie broke the game open with a three-run homer in the fifth inning and Sandy Alcantara became the Marlins' all-time strikeout king as Miami defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 6-4 on Tuesday.,The Marlins, who are a major-league-best 15-5 in June, also got homers from Heriberto Hernandez and...
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hits go-ahead homer, Yankees fend off Tigers
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered, singled and scored twice to help the visiting New York Yankees end a three-game skid with a 4-3 win against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.,Anthony Volpe added two hits for the Yankees, who lost 5-3 in the opener of the three-game series on Monday night.,Yankees left-...
Jac Caglianone blasts 2 home runs as Royals roll past Rays
Tampa native Jac Caglianone hit a solo homer and two-run shot as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 on Tuesday at St. Petersburg, Fla.,Caglianone, who starred at nearby Plant High School and the University of Florida, also singled in front of several family members and friends w...
Cole Young, Cal Raleigh homer as Mariners rally past Pirates
Cal Raleigh and Cole Young each homered to drive in all of Seattle's runs in the Mariners' 3-2 comeback win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.,Young, who was born in Pittsburgh, gave his family and friends in attendance something to cheer about when he belted a go-ahead two-run home ...
Croatia push past Panama 1-0, remain third in Group L
Halftime substitute Ante Budimir scored in the 54th minute and Croatia eliminated Panama from World Cup contention with a tightly fought 1-0 victory in a Group L clash at Toronto on Tuesday.,It was the first World Cup goal for Budimir, 34, and fifth in a competitive fixture for his country, all of t...
Joey Loperfido's 11th-inning homer pushes Astros past Jays
Joey Loperfido hit a two-out, three-run homer in the 11th inning Tuesday afternoon and the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7.,Braydon Fisher (3-3) intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to start the 11th, putting runners at first and second. Fisher then struck out the next two ...
Capitals deal Connor McMichael, 16th pick to Blues for Jordan Kyrou
The Washington Capitals acquired proven goal-scorer Jordan Kyrou from the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday for center Connor McMichael, 2025 draft pick Milton Gastrin and a first-round selection in the NHL draft that begins Friday.,Kyrou, 28, rolled up 168 goals in eight years for the Blues -- including t...
Benjamin Asare, Ghana hold England to scoreless draw
Benjamin Asare made four stops, his back line defended resiliently and Ghana held England to a 0-0 draw in Tuesday's Group L encounter in Foxborough, Mass.,England (1-0-1, 4 points) came closest to scoring on Ghana (1-0-1, 4 points) in the 86th minute when Nico O'Reilly rattled the crossbar with a h...
Tiger Woods makes public appearance in support of new PGA plan
Tiger Woods made his unofficial return to golf with a public appearance alongside PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp at a press conference in Connecticut on Tuesday. ,Woods read a prepared statement and didn't take questions, introducing Rolapp to detail the establishment of a new two-track PGA Tour...
Cristiano Ronaldo records brace as Portugal routs Uzbekistan
Cristiano Ronaldo turned in a vintage performance with two goals and delivered Portugal to their first win of this World Cup, a 5-0 rout of overmatched Uzbekistan on Tuesday in Houston., ,Ronaldo became the first player with goals in six editions of the World Cup. He eclipsed Eusebio as Portugal's a...
Cristiano Ronaldo record brace as Portugal routs Uzbekistan
Cristiano Ronaldo turned in a vintage performance with two goals and delivered Portugal to their first win of this World Cup, a 5-0 rout of overmatched Uzbekistan on Tuesday in Houston., ,Ronaldo became the first player with goals in six editions of the World Cup. He eclipsed Eusebio as Portugal's a...
Whitecaps transfer D Joedrick Pupe to Belgian club
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Joedrick Pupe was transferred to Belgium's Sint-Truidense VV on Tuesday.,The Whitecaps will retain a percentage of future transfer fees for Pupe, who joins the Belgian Pro League side on a permanent deal following the loan.,"We are thankful to Joedrick for his contributi...
Brian Rolapp tabbed as commissioner; PGA Tour has 2-track plan
The PGA Tour approved Brian Rolapp as its fifth commissioner Tuesday and also revealed a new competitive structure that features both a Championship and Challenger Series.,Rolapp, who was appointed PGA Tour CEO in June 2025, will assume the post on Jan. 1, 2027, while the new two-tiered system will ...
Manny Machado homers for game's only run as Padres top Braves
Manny Machado homered Monday night and Michael King fired seven scoreless innings as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Atlanta Braves 1-0.,King (5-6) allowed six hits and walked none while fanning five in his first win since May 18, when he earned a 1-0 decision over the Los Angeles Dodgers....