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Double-play grounder in 10th lifts Angels past Red Sox
Zach Neto scored on Taylor Ward's double-play grounder in the 10th inning to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Tuesday night.,Thanks to an error and a walk, the Angels had the bases loaded with no outs when Ward's ground ball to third pushed across the decisive run.,...
USWNT maintains dominance of Jamaica with 4-0 win
Ally Sentnor's first-half brace and two goals by second-half substitute Lynn Biyendolo helped the U.S. women's national team continue its dominance over Jamaica with an easy 4-0 victory in a friendly in St. Louis on Tuesday.,Sentnor scored in the 19th and 28th minutes and Phallon Tullis-Joyce record...
Trea Turner's 2 homers spark Phils' skid-ending win over Jays
Cristopher Sanchez pitched six solid innings, Trea Turner hit two home runs and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Tuesday.,Turner had three hits and three RBIs, Bryce Harper also homered and Alec Bohm collected four hits for the Phillies, who ended a four-game ...
Napheesa Collier notches fourth straight double-double as Lynx handle Mercury
Napheesa Collier notched a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx cruised to an 88-65 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Natisha Hiedeman added 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting off the bench for Minnesota, which improved to a WNBA-best 8-0. Kayla ...
Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte slug Diamondbacks past Braves
Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll both hit a pair of home runs and starting pitcher Zac Gallen pitched seven strong innings to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Tuesday in the opener of their three-game series.,Arizona evened the season series at 2-2 and has won two ...
Jazz Chisholm Jr. returns, hits key HR as Yankees top Guardians
Jazz Chisholm Jr. snapped a tie by homering on the first pitch of the seventh inning to help Carlos Rodon get his seventh straight victory as the New York Yankees returned from their longest road trip of the season and hung on to beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Tuesday night.,Activated from the ...
TJ Friedl's game-saving catch ends Reds' win over Brewers
Pinch hitter Connor Joe drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly as the Cincinnati Reds edged the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Tuesday.,Reds center fielder TJ Friedl robbed pinch hitter Jake Bauers of a game-tying home run for the final out when he leaped over the wall and ...
Fever dominate from 3-point range to tame Mystics
Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 points as the short-handed Indiana Fever rode their 3-point shooting to an 85-76 victory against the visiting Washington Mystics on Tuesday night.,Lexie Hull added 14 points and Aliyah Boston had 10 for the Fever, who played without injured guards Caitlin Clark, who missed ...
Michael Busch powers Cubs past Nationals
Michael Busch finished a double short of a cycle and the Chicago Cubs opened a nine-game road trip with an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.,Busch finished 3-for-4 with a walk, drove in three runs and scored twice for the Cubs, who have won three straight games and 13 of 16. Ni...
Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. beats Pirates for first win since '22
Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker homered as Lance McCullers Jr. outdueled Paul Skenes, helping the Houston Astros defeat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Tuesday night.,McCullers (1-1) pitched six shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out seven on 96 pitches. He register...
Rockies win second straight against Marlins, claim first series of the season
Hunter Goodman hit a two-out, solo home run in the eighth inning, and the visiting Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Tuesday night to clinch their first series victory of this season.,The Rockies had lost all 19 series this season -- 10 on the road -- and a big-league record 22 in a row...
Katie Ledecky threatens own world record at U.S. Swimming Championships
Katie Ledecky highlighted opening night of the 2025 U.S. Swimming Championships on Tuesday in Indianapolis by threatening the 800-meter freestyle world record that she set last month in Florida.,Ledecky was more than one second ahead of her world-record pace midway through the fast heat of the 800, ...
Carlos Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti oust Americans in Paris
The American run at Roland Garros has come to an end, as Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz dismissed Tommy Paul in straight sets after Italian Lorenzo Musetti defeated Frances Tiafoe in the French Open quarterfinals on Tuesday in Paris.,It marks Musetti's second Grand Slam semifinal berth and defending ch...
Wake Forest coach apologizes for apparent anti-gay slur
Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter issued an apology on Tuesday after television cameras caught an apparent homophobic slur during an NCAA regional loss to Tennessee on Monday night.,"I am very sorry for my outburst in frustration last night and I recognize the hurt and disappointment it has caus...
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka set up semifinal clash in Paris
Iga Swiatek continued her torrid run through the French Open by dispatching Elina Svitolina on Tuesday to set up a semifinal encounter against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.,Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion, recorded her 26th consecutive victory at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Svitol...
Byron Buxton (5 RBIs), Twins extend Athletics' skid in rout
Byron Buxton tied his career high with five RBIs, highlighted by a two-run double during a six-run second inning, and the Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics' losing streak to seven games with a 10-4 win on Monday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Buxton also had a two-run single and a sacrifice fly for...
Mets squander late lead, then hold off Dodgers in 10
Francisco Alvarez and Francisco Lindor each drove in runs to open the 10th inning and the visiting New York Mets held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Monday while extending their winning streak to four games., ,Lindor hit a home run on the second pitch of the game and right-hander Paul Blackburn ...
Byron Buxton (5 RBIs), Twins extend Athetlics' skid in rout
Byron Buxton tied his career high with five RBIs, highlighted a two-run double during a six-run second inning, and the Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics' losing streak to seven games with a 10-4 win on Monday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Buxton also had a two-run single and a sacrifice fly for Mi...
Byron Buxton (5 RBIs), Twins extend A's skid in rout
Byron Buxton tied his career high with five RBIs, highlighted a two-run double during a six-run second inning, and the Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics' losing streak to seven games with a 10-4 win on Monday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Buxton also had a two-run single and a sacrifice fly for Mi...
Padres get small-ball run in 10th, edge Giants 1-0
Jose Iglesias drove in the game's only run with a 10th-inning sacrifice fly and the San Diego Padres spoiled a brilliant pitching effort by Logan Webb in a 1-0 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Monday night.,While winning for just the second time in five extra-inning affairs this year, t...