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Guardians blast three homers to rally past Orioles
Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer and Bo Naylor and Kyle Manzardo had solo shots as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 10-5 in their series opener Monday night.,Manzardo's sixth-inning blast off Colin Selby (0-1) gave Cleveland a 6-5 lead, while Naylor went deep against Cor...
Phillies beat Red Sox in 10th on walk-off catcher's interference
A check swing by Edmundo Sosa resulted in catcher's interference with the bases loaded, allowing the winning run to score in the Philadelphia Phillies' 3-2, 10-inning victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday.,Philadelphia won without putting a ball in play in the 10th, as Otto Kemp walked ...
Paul Skenes dominant in Pirates win over first-place Tigers
Paul Skenes struck out six and combined with three Pirates relievers on a five-hit shutout to lead Pittsburgh to a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.,The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Pirates and was only their second win in their past 13 games.,It was the first ti...
Padres' bullpen shuts down Marlins
Four Padres relievers combined for 4 2/3 scoreless innings as San Diego defeated the host Miami Marlins 2-1 on Monday night in their series opener.,The Padres, who are a victory away from their fourth straight winning three-game series, produced just five hits.,However, they got enough pitching from...
Venus Williams wins doubles match in return to tourney play
Venus Williams marked her return to the WTA Tour by teaming up with Washington native Hailey Baptiste and defeating Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and Clervie Ngounoue 6-3, 6-1, in a first-round doubles match at the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Monday.,Williams, 45, had not competed since March 2024 at th...
Kon Knueppel, Hornets top Kings for 1st summer league crown
Kon Knueppel scored a team-high 21 points as the Charlotte Hornets started fast and downed the Sacramento Kings 83-78 on Sunday night in Las Vegas for their first NBA Summer League championship.,The fourth overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, the former Duke standout shot 4 of 11 from 3-point range a...
Eugenio Suarez goes deep twice again as D-backs sweep Cardinals
Eugenio Suarez had his second consecutive two-homer game, Merrill Kelly pitched six strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-3 victory in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.,Suarez hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run first inning a...
Vierling’s RBI single in eighth lifts Tigers past Rangers
Matt Vierling's two-out single in the eighth provided the deciding run as the offense-starved Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Sunday night in the finale of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Tigers did just enough to snap a season-high six-game losing skid while Texas had ...
Ryan Gerard rides two eagles to Barracuda Championship victory
Ryan Gerard capitalized on the Modified Stableford format by recording two eagles and shooting plus-13 to win his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship on Sunday in Truckee, Calif.,Gerard, a 25-year-old rookie from North Carolina who tied for eighth at the PGA Championship earlier this ...
David Fry's three-run double clears way for Guardians to beat A's
David Fry cleared the bases with a fourth-inning double during a career-best four-RBI day, Gavin Williams struck out 11 in seven innings and the Cleveland Guardians completed a series win over the visiting Athletics with an 8-2 triumph Sunday afternoon.,Angel Martinez chipped in with a single, doubl...
Astros avoid sweep with late 11-run onslaught vs. Mariners
Christian Walker hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and the Houston Astros went on to rout the host Seattle Mariners 11-3 Sunday afternoon.,Former Mariner Taylor Trammell also hit a solo shot and added a two-run double for Houston, which avoided being swept in the three-game series and e...
Brewers complete 2nd series sweep of Dodgers for 10th straight win
Isaac Collins delivered a go-ahead two-run single in a three-run sixth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers finished off a perfect run against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.,Milwaukee's Jackson Chourio had a single to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, tying a care...
Denny Hamlin picks up Cup Series-high fourth win of year at Dover
Denny Hamlin waited out a one-hour red-flag delay, won three restarts on older tires inside of 10 laps to go, and took the overtime checkers in Sunday's rain-interrupted AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del.,In the second overtime, Hamlin lined up beside Joe Gibbs...
Eugenio Suarez goez deep twice again as D-backs sweep Cardinals
Eugenio Suarez had his second consecutive two-homer game, Merrill Kelly pitched six strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-3 victory in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.,Suarez hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run first inning a...
Orioles use power to subdue Rays
Fueled by three home runs, the visiting Baltimore Orioles salvaged the final game of a three-game series by holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday.,Jackson Holliday, Ryan O'Hearn and Alex Jackson went deep for the Orioles, who ended a four-game skid. Gunnar Henderson added a two-run double.,Tr...
Royce Lewis homers twice to lift Twins over Rockies
Royce Lewis hit two home runs for his second multi-homer game of his career -- and first in the regular season -- as the Minnesota Twins went deep four times to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 in Denver on Sunday.,Matt Wallner and Harrison Bader also homered to back seven strong innings from starter J...
Pato O’Ward wins in Toronto, inches toward Alex Palou in season race
Mexico's Pato O'Ward eked out his second win in three weeks on Sunday at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, keeping alive his underdog chances to win the season championship.,Alex Palou rode a dominant start to the season to a 129-point lead in the points race, the largest margin this deep in a...
Wilyer Abreu's late-inning homers lift Red Sox over Cubs
Wilyer Abreu hit a pair of home runs and Garrett Crochet threw six quality innings to help the visiting Boston Red Sox earn a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.,Crochet (11-4) allowed just one run on eight hits while striking out five and walking two for Boston, which salvaged the series a...
Taylor Ward, Angels finish series at Phillies with a bang
Taylor Ward doubled twice and drove in four runs to cap an outstanding series as the Los Angeles Angels rolled over the host Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Sunday.,Ward drove in multiple runs in all three games in Philadelphia, finishing the weekend set with two home runs, three doubles and eight RBIs...
Salvador Perez stays hot with homer in Royals win at Marlins
All-Star Kris Bubic pitched five scoreless innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 win over the host Miami Marlins.,The Marlins, who had their four-game win streak broken, are 21-11 over their past 32 games.,Salvador Perez led Kansas City's offense with a homer and a double in four at-bats....