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Pep Biel lifts Charlotte over Crew to halt 5-game skid
Pep Biel scored the tiebreaking goal in the 75th minute and Patrick Agyemang had two goals when host Charlotte FC ended a five-match losing streak with a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Crew on Saturday.,Biel, who assisted on the first goal, spun away from defender Yevhen Cheberko to score his four...
Sam Surridge’s brace lifts Nashville SC over Toronto FC
Sam Surridge scored twice, including the game-winning tally in the 89th minute as visiting Nashville SC held on for a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday in an Eastern Conference match on the banks of Lake Ontario., ,Nashville (8-4-3, 27 points) won for just the second time on the road in league...
O's strike late, edge Red Sox to split day-night twin bill
Ryan O'Hearn and Dylan Carlson recorded RBI hits in the final two innings to lift the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the back end of a split doubleheader on Saturday night.,A duel between Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers and Boston counterpart Lucas Giolito remaine...
Junior Caminero's early blast sparks Rays over Jays
Junior Caminero belted a three-run homer and Shane Baz tossed 5 2/3 solid innings to fuel the host Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.,Caminero's homer in the first inning was his ninth of the season, pulling him into a tie with Brandon Lowe for the team lead. It ...
William Byron stages comeback win overtime at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. - William Byron's long rally from a speeding penalty put the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in Victory Lane - and left reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier heartbroken.,Fresh from the announcement of a four-year contract extension with HMS, Byron...
Jenny Bae up 1 after 3 rounds at Mexico Riviera Maya Open
Jenny Bae will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Mexico Riviera Maya Open in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, after shooting a 1-under 71 on Saturday.,Bae, who hails from Suwanee, Ga., and is seeking her first win on the LPGA Tour as a rookie, got off to a strong start Saturday with three st...
Renegades reel off 18 straight points to sink Showboats
Luis Perez threw for 206 yards and two scores, as the Arlington Renegades reeled off the final three touchdowns to claim a 30-12 win over the host Memphis Showboats on Saturday.,The Showboats (2-7) forged the game's first tie when Matt Coghlin booted a 29-yard field goal to make it 12-12 with 5:16 l...
White Sox win second straight against Rangers
Lenyn Sosa went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Joshua Palacios had a two-run home run, helping lead the Chicago White Sox to a 10-5 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Mike Tauchman also homered and drove in two and Andrew Benintendi slashed a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth for t...
Elly De La Cruz homers and drives in 4 as Reds handle Cubs
Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base and four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon.,TJ Friedl also had two hits and Santiago Espinal scored twice for Cincinnati, which snapped a three-game losing streak.,Andrew ...
Chucky Lozano's stoppage-time header lifts San Diego over Galaxy
Chucky Lozano scored on a header in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to give San Diego FC a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday afternoon.,The Galaxy misplayed a ball in the midfield to set up the decisive tally. San Diego capitalized as Anders Dreyer sent a cro...
Yankees use 10-run fifth inning to rout Rockies
Austin Wells had two hits in a 10-run fifth inning, Aaron Judge homered for the second straight game, and the New York Yankees routed the Colorado Rockies 13-1 in Denver on Saturday.,Paul Goldschmidt, DJ LeMahieu, Cody Bellinger and Anthony Volpe had three hits and Jasson Dominguez contributed two h...
Framber Valdez outduels Bryan Woo to lead Astros over Mariners
Framber Valdez recorded his fourth consecutive quality start to claim a riveting pitcher's duel and lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Saturday.,Valdez (4-4) allowed one run on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts over six innings. He has surrende...
Ronald Acuna Jr. homers for 2nd straight game as Braves roll Padres
Ronald Acuna Jr. homered for the second straight game and Grant Holmes pitched seven strong innings to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 win over the visiting San Diego Padres on Saturday and even their three-game series.,The win ended Atlanta's three-game losing streak and was their first in six gam...
Oneil Cruz powers Pirates to another 1-run win over Brewers
Oneil Cruz recorded two hits, including a go-ahead RBI triple, to propel the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon.,One day after hitting two home runs to help the Pirates defeat the Brewers by one run, Cruz was instrumental in making that happen a...
Stallions rally past Panthers in USFL conference title-game preview
J'Mar Smith connected with Deon Cain for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 2:30 left to lift the Birmingham Stallions to a 26-22 victory over the visiting Michigan Panthers on Saturday.,The Stallions (6-3) marched 72 yards over 5:25 for the winning score, which answered Toa Taua's 2-yard touchdown run t...
Twins walk off Royals for 2nd straight day
Brooks Lee gave Minnesota its second walk-off win in as many days as his ninth-inning RBI single lifted the Twins to a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Minneapolis.,Lee's second three-hit game of the season ended with a two-out, slow-roller up the middle off Steven Cru...
Ben Griffin, Matti Schmid lead at Charles Schwab with shot at first individual wins
Ben Griffin and Germany's Matti Schmid shot 2-under-par 68s in the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge to maintain the top spots Saturday in their quests for breakthrough victories this weekend at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.,Griffin and Schmid have been tied at the end of all...
Jake Irvin throws eight scoreless innings as Nats blank Giants
Jake Irvin pitched eight scoreless innings and James Wood hit a two-run home run to lead the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday.,Irvin (4-1) allowed three hits while striking out seven and walking two on 96 pitches. He retired nine straight Giant...
Chase Briscoe edges Kyle Larson for Coca-Cola 600 pole
CONCORD, N.C.--Chase Briscoe proved that practice does make perfect -- or close enough to perfect, in his estimation.,Benefiting from experience gained during a Goodyear tire test on March 18-19 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Briscoe put his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on the pole for Sunday's Coca...
Albert Rusnak's late goal extends Sounders' mastery of FC Dallas
Albert Rusnak scored on a penalty kick in the 86th minute as the Seattle Sounders extended their home mastery over FC Dallas with a 1-0 victory Saturday afternoon.,Stefan Frei made five saves to post the shutout for the Sounders (6-4-5, 23 points), who haven't lost to Dallas (4-6-4, 16 points) at Lu...