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Backups bring down the house, Pacers take 2-1 Finals lead
INDIANAPOLIS -- Backup guards Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell helped Indiana's bench break out with 49 points as the Pacers topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 on Wednesday to claim a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.,Thanks to 27 points from Mathurin and the kind of pyrotechnics the Pacers hav...

Yankees erupt for 5 runs early, coast to win over Royals
Clarke Schmidt allowed two hits and struck out seven over six scoreless innings and Paul Goldschmidt's two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning as the New York Yankees won 6-3 over the host Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.,Aaron Judge homered for the fourth time in three games for N...

Christian Walker powers Astros to 10-2 win over White Sox
Christian Walker finished a triple shy of the cycle and drove in a season-high four runs as the Houston Astros slugged past the visiting Chicago White Sox 10-2 on Wednesday.,Walker went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a two-run double to pace a balanced attack that featured five other Astros with m...

Byron Buxton's bat backs righty David Festa as Twins top Rangers
Byron Buxton went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Willi Castro finished 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs for Minnesota, which evened the series at a win apiece with the rub...

David Peterson fires first career shutout as Mets blank Nationals
David Peterson threw the first shutout of his career Wednesday night as the New York Mets clinched another series victory with a 5-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals.,Peterson (5-2) allowed six hits, walked none and struck out six while throwing 106 pitches. He ran into trouble in the eigh...

Walker Buehler, Red Sox take series decider vs. Rays
Walker Buehler worked a seven-inning quality start and got the support of four solo home runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the rubber game of a three-game series on Wednesday.,Marcelo Mayer homered in each of the first two at-bats, with the 22-year-old rookie becoming the...

Zach Eflin shuts down Tigers as O's claim late blowout
Ramon Urias smacked a two-run home run early and starting pitcher Zach Eflin worked into the seventh inning as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers 10-1 on Wednesday night.,Jordan Westburg homered in a seven-run eighth inning to join Adley Rutschman, Jackson Holliday, Gunnar He...

Teoscar Hernandez's 3-run blast leads Dodgers past Padres
Teoscar Hernandez cracked a three-run homer to snap a sixth-inning tie Wednesday as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers earned a series win with a 5-2 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Freddie Freeman started the winning rally with a one-out infield single off Adrian Morejon (3-3). Jeremiah Estrada r...

Teoscar Hernandez's three-run blast leads Dodgers past Padres
Teoscar Hernandez cracked a three-run homer to snap a sixth-inning tie Wednesday as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers earned a series win with a 5-2 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Freddie Freeman started the winning rally with a one-out infield single off Adrian Morejon (3-3). Jeremiah Estrada r...

Angels score 6 in sixth to edge Athletics
Jo Adell slammed a two-run homer in a six-run sixth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels rally past the visiting Oakland A's 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon and sweep the three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.,Jorge Soler had a two-run single in the inning, and Mike Trout and Kevin Newman each had two sin...

Eugenio Suarez powers Diamondbacks past Mariners
Eugenio Suarez hit his third grand slam of the season, Pavin Smith also homered in a five-run sixth, and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix.,The D-backs, who trailed 2-0 entering the sixth, have eight gra...

Bo Bichette leads Blue Jays to sweep of Cardinals
Bo Bichette drove in two runs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.,Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a homer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who won for the 12th time i...

Atlanta's Spencer Schwellenbach tosses complete game in win over Brewers
Spencer Schwellenbach threw the first complete game of his career and Ronald Acuna Jr. went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs to help the visiting Atlanta Braves post a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon.,Schwellenbach (5-4) allowed just two earned runs on five hits whi...

Jesus Luzardo returns to form as Phillies top Cubs
Jesus Luzardo allowed one run in six innings as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Chicago Cubs 7-2 on Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game set.,After allowing 20 earned runs over his last two starts, Luzardo (6-2) returned to form in this one. The talented left-hander struck out ...

Carlos Santana slam powers Guardians past Reds
Carlos Santana belted a grand slam, Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer and Logan Allen pitched six solid innings as the Cleveland Guardians crushed the visiting Cincinnati Reds 11-2 on Wednesday afternoon.,Santana went deep in the third inning off Nick Lodolo (4-5), scoring Angel Martinez, Thomas and...

Andrew McCutchen climbs Pirates' HR list in win over Marlins
Andrew McCutchen hit a milestone three-run homer to support a solid start from Bailey Falter and lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon.,The Pirates continued their recent surge, winning for the fifth time in six games, and concluded a nine-game h...

Lynn Vision Gaming slip past B8 at BLAST.tv Austin Major
Lynn Vision Gaming pulled out a 2-1 win over B8 on Tuesday and earned one of the last three berths in Stage 3 of the BLAST.tv Austin Major in Texas.,Nemiga Gaming and FaZe Clan advanced with 2-0 wins on Tuesday, over HEROIC and MIBR, respectively.,The $1.25 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive e...

D-backs pile up extra-base hits in rout of Mariners
Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Alek Thomas homered, Corbin Carroll hit a pair of RBI triples, and the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled away from the Seattle Mariners for a 10-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday.,Moreno hit a three-run homer to ignite a five-run sixth after missing the previous three...

Angels win in 10th, move to 6-0 vs. Athletics
Nolan Schanuel drilled a run-scoring single with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a 2-1 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Schanuel reached base four times -- on three singles and a walk -- as the Angels improved to 6-0 against the ...

Manny Machado drives in five as Padres pound Dodgers
Manny Machado knocked in five runs and Dylan Cease earned his first win since April 2 as the San Diego Padres routed the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 11-1 on Tuesday.,Cease (2-5), who went 10 starts without a victory after topping the Cleveland Guardians in his second outing of the year, fired seven...