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Sam Antonacci's walk-off single lifts White Sox past Guardians
Sam Antonacci lined a game-ending, two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.,Chicago, which led 3-0 after six innings, rallied to win the opener of a three-game American League Central showdown seri...
Second-half goals carry Algeria to comeback win over Jordan
Nadhir Benbouali and Amine Gouiri scored second-half goals off set pieces as Algeria rallied for a 2-1 victory over Jordan in Group J play on Monday in Santa Clara, Calif.,Benbouali's goal in the 69th minute was the first for Algeria (1-1-0, 3 points) since the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Goalkeeper ...
Manny Machado homers for game's only run as Padres top Braves, 1-0
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....
Kyle Bradish strikes out nine as Orioles shut down Angels
Kyle Bradish struck out nine over eight shutout innings and Taylor Ward and Coby Mayo each homered to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Bradish (5-7), a fourth-round draft pick of the Angels...
Paige Bueckers' late surge leads Wings to OT win over Storm
Paige Bueckers scored 17 of her 27 points in the final 1:12 of regulation and overtime as the Dallas Wings defeated the host Seattle Storm 112-110 on Monday.,Azzi Fudd added 26 points for Dallas (11-6), Aziaha James scored 18, and Li Yueru had 10. Jessica Shepard totaled 14 points, nine rebounds and...
Jake McCarthy's 3-run triple gives Rockies walk-off win over Red Sox
Jake McCarthy hit a walk-off three-run triple in the ninth inning, giving the Colorado Rockies a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in Denver on Monday.,Colorado was held down by Boston rookie Jake Bennett for six innings and squandered a potential rally in the eighth but came through against Red Sox c...
Sam Antonacci's walkoff single lifts White Sox past Guardians
Sam Antonacci lined a game-ending, two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.,Chicago, which led 3-0 after six innings, rallied to win the opener of a three-game American League Central showdown seri...
Oklahoma overpowers No. 5 North Carolina in Game 3 to win MCWS title
Thanks to monster nights from Kyle Branch and Jaxon Willits, Oklahoma blasted No. 5 North Carolina 13-2 to win the program's third Men's College World Series title, taking the decisive Game 3 of the championship series on Monday in Omaha, Neb.,Branch went 3-for-4 with two runs and six RBIs, blasting...
Nationals pitchers shut down high-powered Phillies in win
Foster Griffin pitched 7 1/3 strong innings and the Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Washington on Monday.,Luis Garcia Jr. and Curtis Mead homered, and Dylan Crews, James Wood and Keibert Ruiz had a double and a single each for Washington, which had lost three of four.,Griffin (8-2) g...
Fever dig out of first-quarter hole to turn back Mercury
Caitlin Clark had 24 points and nine assists and the Indiana Fever overcame an early 16-point deficit to defeat the Phoenix Mercury 86-77 on Monday night in Indianapolis.,Kelsey Mitchell added 22 points, Monique Billings had 14 points and 10 rebounds and the Fever (10-7) bounced back from a 19-3 def...
Andre Pallante's strong outing leads Cardinals over Diamondbacks
The host St. Louis Cardinals got another strong outing from starter Andre Pallante as they eked out a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.,Pallante (9-4) spread six hits across six innings, allowing just one run in the win. He outdueled Merrill Kelly (5-7), who also made it through...
Kazuma Okamoto homers as Blue Jays edge Astros to reach .500
Kazuma Okamoto homered and doubled Monday night to help the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the visiting Houston Astros 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,A sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Myles Straw in the seventh snapped a 2-2 tie. Toronto outhit Houston 11-5 but stranded 13 runners in reaching .50...
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman HRs enough for Dodgers to beat Twins
Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman each hit a solo home run, and that proved to be enough as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Alex Call and Tommy Edman added two hits apiece for Los Angeles, which won the opener of a three-game ser...
Erling Haaland carries Norway past Senegal, into round of 32
Erling Haaland's second consecutive two-goal match led Norway into the round of 32 at the World Cup with a 3-2 victory against Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., on Monday.,Norway and France each have six points from two matches heading into their Group I finale on Friday in Foxborough, Mass. France ...
Dream build big lead, fend of late Tempo charge in win
Rhyne Howard scored a team-high 20 points Monday night and the Atlanta Dream led by double figures for most of the last 35:05 of a 94-87 win over the visiting Toronto Tempo.,Allisha Gray and reserve Madina Okot added 18 each as Atlanta improved to 12-4. The Dream made 34 of 78 shots (43.6 %) from th...
Brandon Woodruff shines in return as Brewers edge Reds in 10
Brandon Woodruff threw six dominant innings in his return from injury and Joey Ortiz hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly on Monday to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers earn a 2-1 victory in 10 innings over the Cincinnati Reds.,In his first start since April 30 due to right shoulder inflammation, Woodruff...
Didier Deschamps on Kylian Mbappe's pursuit of Messi: Records 'there to be broken'
PHILADELPHIA -- France manager Didier Deschamps seemed to suggest Kylian Mbappe will eventually secure the all-time World Cup goals record after his 27-year-old striker struck a second double of the tournament in Monday's 3-0 win over Iraq.,Mbappe's third and fourth goals of the competition pulled h...
Ezequiel Duran, Alejandro Osuna guide Rangers past Marlins
Alejandro Osuna hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning as the Texas Rangers defeated the host Miami Marlins 4-3 on Monday night.,The loss snapped Miami's eight-game home winning streak, its longest since 2009. The Marlins entered the night with the best record in the majors this month at 14-4.,M...
Sun snap skid as Brittney Griner becomes WNBA's all-time blocks leader
Connecticut center Brittney Griner claimed the WNBA's all-time blocked-shots record while the Sun ended a seven-game losing streak with a 92-63 rout of the Chicago Sky on Monday in Uncasville, Conn.,The Sun (3-15) took control in the second quarter, and Griner established the new blocks record in th...
Michael Wacha throws 7 strong innings in Royals' win over Rays
Michael Wacha allowed one run over seven strong innings, and Lane Thomas and Carter Jensen each had an RBI as the visiting Kansas City Royals won 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night at St. Petersburg, Fla.,Wacha (5-5) recorded his 11th quality start of the season by yielding only a two-out R...