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Bubba Wallace holds off Kyle Larson in double overtime to capture Brickyard 400
Bubba Wallace waited out a late delay and barely won on fuel to capture Sunday's 29th annual Brickyard 400 in the second overtime at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Ind.,After rain fell with six laps remaining and Wallace leading, the field endured a red-flag condition for a rain shower, wi...
Kurt Kitayama parlays red-hot weekend into 3M Open victory
Kurt Kitayama shot 6-under-par 65 and held on to win the 3M Open by one stroke Sunday in Blaine, Minn., for his second PGA Tour victory.,Kitayama finished at 23-under 261 at TPC Twin Cities for a one-stroke decision on Sam Stevens, who posted 66. Kitayama made a total of 20 birdies in the two weeken...
Rangers dispatch Braves for sixth straight win
Wyatt Langford drove in three runs with a first-inning double and Josh Smith and Josh Jung added two RBI each to back a solid start by rookie Jack Leiter as the soaring Texas Rangers waylaid the Atlanta Braves 8-1 on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Tex...
Kelsey Mitchell explodes for 35 points in decisive Fever win over Sky
Kelsey Mitchell established season highs of 35 points and seven 3-pointers to lead the Indiana Fever to a 93-78 road victory over the Chicago Sky on Sunday afternoon.,Mitchell fell three points shy of her career best effort against the Connecticut Sun in 2019.,The nationally televised contest lost m...
Blake Perkins’ walk-off single lifts Brewers past Marlins
Blake Perkins hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a three-game series sweep with a 3-2 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Sunday.,Eric Haase singled with one out in the ninth and Brice Turang followed with a double before Cade Gibson (2-5) intentionall...
Alex Bregman, Red Sox take down Dodgers to win series
Alex Bregman hammered a go-ahead two-run homer to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 Sunday.,Bregman's 13th home run of the year came against Los Angeles starting pitcher Dustin May to conclude a three-run fifth inning.,Michael Conforto had three hits -- a solo home ...
Manny Machado, Padres notch four-game split with Cardinals
Manny Machado went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs as the visiting San Diego Padres rolled over the St. Louis Cardinals 9-2 Sunday afternoon.,Jackson Merrill drove in two runs for the Padres, who won their last two games to earn a split in this four-game series.,Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 with two run...
Cubs hold on to lead for crosstown series win over White Sox
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Ben Brown pitched five strong innings to lift the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.,An early spurt staked the Cubs to a 2-1 lead before they held on to take two of three in the crosstown series.,Daniel P...
CJ Abrams helps Nationals cruise past Twins
CJ Abrams went 2-for-3 with a homer, and the Washington Nationals pulled away for a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Alex Call drove in two runs for Washington, which completed back-to-back wins to secure a series victory. Daylen Lile tripled and drove in a run....
JT Ginn shuts down Astros to complete upset sweep for Athletics
J.T. Ginn twirled six shutout innings, Shea Langeliers homered for a third consecutive game, and the visiting Athletics completed a stunning four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-1 victory on Sunday.,Ginn (2-2) matched his career high for innings pitched while posting his first scoreless st...
New acquisition Ryan McMahon helps Yankees avoid sweep vs. Phillies
Ryan McMahon sparked a four-run second inning off Zack Wheeler by hitting a two-run double and the New York Yankees ended a four-game home losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.,Acquired from the Colorado Rockies Friday in an attempt to improve New York's anemic o...
Noah Cameron continues hot start to career in Royals win against Guardians
Noah Cameron struck out six over five scoreless innings, while Maikel Garcia homered with two RBIs, as the host Kansas City Royals won 4-1 over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. ,Rookie Cameron (5-4) dodged some first-inning trouble to record another solid outing in his 14th career start. The left...
Tigers end six-game slide with 10-4 romp over Blue Jays
Gleyber Torres drove in four runs, including a three-run homer, and Jack Flaherty pitched six strong innings as the host Detroit Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 10-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.,Dillon Dingler had two hits, scored a run and drove in two more, wh...
Tyler O'Neill's homer powers Orioles to series win over Rockies
Tyler O'Neill homered for the third consecutive game and the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.,Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano (8-5) worked six innings for the victory, giving up one run on four hits.,O'Neill's two-run homer in the third inning came after ...
Dominant Paul Skenes leads Pirates past Diamondbacks
Paul Skenes pitched six shutout innings for the second consecutive start to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon.,Skenes (6-8) gave up three hits, walked one and struck out nine on 99 pitches to lead the Pirates to the series victory and...
Brady Singer tosses gem to secure Reds sweep of Rays
Brady Singer bounced back from one of his worst outings of the season by allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings as the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays, 2-1, Sunday in Cincinnati. , ,The Reds have followed up a three-game skid with a four-game winning streak ...
Padraig Harrington claims Senior Open for third major title
Ireland's Padraig Harrington carded a 3-under 67 to finish at 16-under 264 and claim the ISPS Handa Senior Open at Berkshire, England on Sunday.,The victory marks Harrington's second major win in four weeks and makes him only the fifth player to win The Open and the Senior Open.,"You want to do thin...
Tina Charles helps Sun trounce Valkyries
Tina Charles had 24 points as the Connecticut Sun played their best game of the season, romping past the visiting Golden State Valkyries 95-64 Sunday at Uncasville, Conn.,The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Sun (4-20) and saw them set season highs in points, steals (14) and shootin...
Joaquin Niemann coasts to LIV Golf UK title
Joaquin Niemann captured his fifth victory of the season following a three-stroke win on Sunday at LIV Golf United Kingdom.,Niemann carded a 3-under 68 on Sunday to finish 17-under 196 for the tournament at the JCB Golf and Country Club in Rocester, England. The Torque GC captain collected five bird...
Oscar Piastri tops Lando Norris, wins Belgian Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri held off McLaren teammate Lando Norris to win Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix on a rainy Sunday in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.,Piastri collected his sixth win of the Formula 1 season and eighth career after finishing the 44-lap race in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 22.601 seconds.,"I knew I ...