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Pirates' pitching, hitting too much for Padres
Bailey Falter tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday night and Andrew McCutchen homered as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the San Diego Padres 5-0.,Falter (4-3) gave up two hits, walked one and fanned one in a 79-pitch effort. The left-hander, who fetched 12 outs via grounders, dominated S...

M's Cole Young plates winner in MLB debut vs. Twins
Cole Young drove in the winning run in the 11th inning of his major league debut as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Saturday.,Cal Raleigh continued his home run barrage and J.P. Crawford also went deep as the Mariners snapped a three-game skid and moved back atop th...

Cole Young plates game-winner in MLB debut as Mariners walk off Twins
Cole Young drove in the winning run in the 11th inning of his major league debut as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Saturday.,Cal Raleigh continued his home run barrage and J.P. Crawford also went deep as the Mariners snapped a three-game skid and moved back atop th...

Justin Allgaier wins at Nashville for second time
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Justin Allgaier joked before the start of Saturday's Tennessee Lottery 250 that he needed to win his second NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway so he could earn another guitar trophy and have one for each of his two young daughters.,Hours later, his dominant work ...

Pascal Siakam, Pacers knock out Knicks in Eastern Conference finals
Pascal Siakam recorded 31 points and three blocked shots and the Indiana Pacers are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000 after notching a 125-108 victory over the visiting New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night at Indianapolis.,Siakam was voted...

Dejan Joveljic tallies twice to lead Sporting KC past Dynamo
Dejan Joveljic recorded a brace to lead Sporting Kansas City to a 3-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.,It was the second two-goal match of the season for Joveljic, who has nine goals in his first season with Sporting Kansas City after being acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy...

Short-handed FC Dallas draw with MLS-leading Union
FC Dallas refused to relent despite playing the final 51 minutes a man down and held on for a scoreless draw with the league-leading Philadelphia Union on Saturday in an interconference match in Frisco, Texas., ,The Union (10-3-4, 34 points) extended their streak without a loss to nine straight (6-0...

Hugo Cuypers' two quick goals lift Fire over Orlando City
Hugo Cuypers scored twice in a minute's span of the first half and Philip Zinckernagel had a goal and an assist as Chicago Fire FC won 3-1 at Orlando City on Saturday night.,Thanks to Cuypers, the Fire (6-5-4, 22 points) led 3-0 a little past the half-hour mark and held on to win for the third time ...

Ariel Atkins, Angel Reese lead Sky past short-handed Wings
Ariel Atkins poured in 26 points and Angel Reese racked up a season-high 14 points with nine rebounds as the Chicago Sky defeated the short-handed Dallas Wings 94-83 on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,The Sky (2-4) swept the two-game, home-and-home miniseries with Dallas, who played on Saturday withou...

Dodgers rack up 21 hits, 5 homers in 18-2 beatdown of Yankees
Max Muncy hit two home runs and tied a career high with seven RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs in the first two innings and rolled to an 18-2 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Saturday to take the opening two games of a World Series rematch.,Rookies Hyeseong Kim and Dalton ...

Ilay Feingold scores twice as Revolution shut out CF Montreal
Ilay Feingold delivered two goals and an assist, all in the second half, to propel the visiting New England Revolution to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal in a steady rain on Saturday night.,Defender Peyton Miller, 17, scored the first goal of his MLS career and added an assist as the Revolution (6-4-...

Hugo Cuypers scores twice within a minute in Fire win
Hugo Cuypers scored twice in a minute's span of the first half and Philip Zinckernagel also had a goal, as Chicago Fire FC won 3-1 at Orlando City on Saturday night.,Thanks to Cuypers, the Fire (6-5-4, 22 points) led 3-0 a little past the half-hour mark and held on to win for the third time in the l...

Cameron Harper notches goal, assist as Red Bulls top Atlanta United
Cameron Harper connected on a goal then assisted on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's 10th goal of the season, helping the New York Red Bulls post a 2-0 victory over Atlanta United in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday night.,New York (8-6-3, 27 points) extended its season-long winning streak to three while recor...

D.C. United down slumping Cincinnati, halt winless skid
Gabriel Pirani scored his second goal in as many games and added an assist to lead D.C. United to a 2-1 victory at FC Cincinnati on Saturday night.,Conner Antley headed in what turned out to be the winning goal for D.C. midway through the first half.,Both goals came from corner kicks as D.C. (4-7-6,...

Ilay Feingold scores twice as Revolution shuts out CF Montreal
Ilay Feingold delivered two goals and an assist, all in the second half, to propel the visiting New England Revolution to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal in a steady rain on Saturday night.,Defender Peyton Miller, 17, scored the first goal of his MLS career and added an assist as the Revolution (6-4-...

Lionel Messi has hand in all 5 goals as Miami routs Crew
Lionel Messi had two goals and three assists and Inter Miami used a three-goal first half to rout the flailing Columbus Crew 5-1 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday.,Messi chipped goals in the 15th and 24th minutes to augment a 13th-minute tally by Tadeo Allende for a 3-0 lead at the break. The Cr...

Charlotte FC add to Toronto FC's home woes in 2-0 win
Pep Biel scored the winner in the second half, leading Charlotte FC to a 2-0 victory over host Toronto FC on Saturday night., ,Patrick Agyemang also scored for Charlotte (8-8-1, 25 points), which earned its second win in eight matches (2-6-0)., ,Keeper David Bingham made two saves to preserve the cl...

St. Louis City edge Earthquakes in David Critchley’s debut
Eduard Lowen scored on a penalty kick in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to give St. Louis City a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes in David Critchley's debut as interim head coach on Saturday afternoon., ,Simon Becher drew a foul from San Jose goalie Earl Edwards Jr....

Texas Tech tops UCLA, advances to WCWS semifinals
OKLAHOMA CITY -- NiJaree Canady allowed just four hits and Hailey Toney hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth to lift Texas Tech to a 3-1 win over UCLA in the Women's College World Series on Saturday.,The Red Raiders (52-12) advance to Monday's semifinals, where they'll play either Oklahoma or Ore...

Junior Caminero homers twice as Rays blow out Astros
Junior Caminero posted four extra-base hits and the Tampa Bay Rays pounded the Houston Astros' bullpen for the second time in three games en route to a 16-3 road win on Saturday.,After recording a career-high six RBIs in the opener of this four-game series on Thursday, Caminero went 4-for-5 with two...