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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...
Royals 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...
Allisha Gray helps Dream pull away from Wings
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 27 points on Saturday afternoon, helping lead the Atlanta Dream to an 83-75 victory over the visiting Dallas Wings in College Park, Ga.,Brittney Griner added 15 points and eight rebounds for Atlanta (2-2), while Brionna Jones compiled 11 points and 15 boards. Rhyne Ho...
Jordan Walker delivers in clutch as Cardinals drop Diamondbacks
Jordan Walker went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 with a wild back-and-forth finish Saturday.,Walker snapped a 5-5 tie in the eighth with a two-out single off reliever Justin Martinez (1-2) that drove in Alec Burleson with wha...
Rafael Devers delivers walk-off RBI to lift Red Sox over Orioles
Rafael Devers hit a game-ending single with one out in the 10th inning and the host Boston Red Sox outlasted the Baltimore Orioles for a 6-5 victory on Saturday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader.,Devers gave the Red Sox their fifth win in seven games when he made the Orioles pay for pitc...
Jonquel Jones' big fourth quarter leads Liberty past Fever
After the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty traded 14 lead changes, Jonquel Jones led the Liberty back from a 12-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the host Fever 90-88.,With the game tied at 88-88 and 10.1 seconds remaining, Indiana (2-2) star Caitlin Clark found DeWanna Bonner under the baske...
Storm avenge season-opening blowout loss to Mercury
Skylar Diggins scored 24 points and tied a franchise record with 14 assists as the Seattle Storm earned a 77-70 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday in their home opener., ,Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points with eight rebounds and Gabby Williams added 11 points as the Storm (2-1) exacte...
Rafael Devers drives in eight as Red Sox rout Orioles
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs between the sixth and eighth innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 19-5 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles in what was scheduled to be the first game of a Friday day-night doubleheader.,Instead, the night game was postponed, and the teams will play a...
Mets rally to force extras, but Dodgers prevail in 13
Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, who outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series.,The Dodgers, who relinquished a three-run lead in the ninth inning of the rematch of last year's National League Championship S...
Phillies edge Athletics to run win streak to eight
Trea Turner homered among three hits and Zach Wheeler pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings to help the streaking Philadelphia Phillies post a 4-3 victory over the struggling Athletics on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Johan Rojas made a run-saving catch in the eighth inning to preserve a 1-0 lea...
Yusei Kikuchi handles Marlins as Angels win 8th straight
Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Taylor Ward and Jorge Soler each homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., for their eighth victory in a row.,It is the Angels' longest winning streak since a 10-game stretch from Sept. 4-13, 2014.,Ki...
Valkyries defeat Sparks for first-ever road win
The Golden State Valkyries recorded another franchise first Friday night, riding Carla Leite's team-high 19 points and a second-quarter flurry to an 82-73 WNBA road victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.,Janelle Salaun had 13 of her 18 points in the first half, while Kayla Thornton added 14 and Veroni...
Jewell Loyd's late 3 caps Aces' comeback vs. Mystics
Jewell Loyd drilled a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left Friday night as the Las Vegas Aces pulled off a 75-72 win over the visiting Washington Mystics. ,Trailing 72-66 with 1:15 remaining after Jade Melbourne made a free throw, Las Vegas (2-1) scored the last nine points. Jackie Young scor...
Ashley Hatch's goal the difference as Spirit defeat Reign
Ashley Hatch scored her sixth goal of the season as the Washington Spirit defeated the host Seattle Reign 2-1 Friday night in a National Women's Soccer League match.,Croix Bethune also scored for the Spirit (6-3-1, 19 points), who improved to 5-0-0 on the road.,Shae Holmes tallied for Seattle (4-4-2...
Battlehawks blow out Brahmas, keep pressure on Defenders
The St. Louis Battlehawks rumbled for 169 yards and two touchdowns on the ground on their way to a 39-13 win over the Brahmas in San Antonio on Friday.,The win moved the Battlehawks to 7-2, a half game ahead of the DC Defenders in the XFL Conference race. The Defenders play at the Houston Roughnecks...
Storm avenge season-opening blowout loss to Sun
Skylar Diggins scored 24 points and tied a franchise record with 14 assists as the SeattleStorm earned a 77-70 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday in their home opener., ,Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points with eight rebounds and Gabby Williams added 11 points as the Storm (2-1) exacted...
Team Falcons, The MongolZ advance to IEM Dallas semis
Team Falcons and The MongolZ powered through the quarterfinals Friday to reach the final four of the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event.,Falcons outlasted GamerLegion 2-1 to set up a semifinal date with Team Vitality. The MongolZ posted a 2-0 victory over Aurora Gaming and will face MOUZ in the semi...