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Nneka Ogwumike's clutch trey carries Sparks past Mystics
Nneka Ogwumike hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:51 left as the visiting Los Angeles Sparks outlasted the Washington Mystics for an 92-87 victory on Friday.,After missing the Sparks' win over the Las Vegas Aces on May 23 due to a hand injury, Ogwumike returned to produce 20 points and 11 rebounds...
Rare Jackson Merrill homer rallies Padres past Nats
Jackson Merrill cracked a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh and Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits as the visiting San Diego Padres rallied for a 7-5 win on Friday night against the Washington Nationals.,Ty France added a game-tying solo homer in the sixth for the Padres, who snapped a four-ga...
Nelson Velazquez, Ivan Herrera homer to lift Cardinals past Cubs
Ivan Herrera belted a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth inning, fueling the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.,St. Louis' Nelson Velazquez celebrated his call-up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday by launching a three-run homer in the first inning.,Thomas Saggese ...
Nick Martinez, big seventh inning rally Rays past Angels
Tampa Bay's Nick Martinez continued his amazing start with seven quality innings, and the Rays rallied with seven runs in the seventh inning to stop a season-long four-game losing streak in an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Martinez (5-1) extended his str...
Bryan Reynolds' walk-off blast lifts Pirates past Twins
Bryan Reynolds' two-run walk-off home run lifted the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.,Reynolds' sixth home run of the season came with one out in the ninth off Twins reliever Taylor Rogers (1-2) and represented his second career walk-off home run and fou...
Rookie Pauline Astier leads Liberty past Mercury
Undrafted rookie Pauline Astier scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field while also grabbing six rebounds and dishing out six assists as the New York Liberty held on for a 75-68 victory over the Phoenix Mercury Friday night in New York.,Astier's two free throws with nine seconds helped ice...
Blue Jays escape 5-run hole, pull out win over Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays wiped out a five-run deficit with late-game offense to stun the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday.,Charles McAdoo homered in his major league debut and Kazuma Okamoto also went deep during the comeba...
Lynx blitz Sky in third quarter to trigger rout
Nia Coffey had 20 points and eight rebounds and Natasha Howard scored 14 as they triggered a third-quarter surge that sparked the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 79-58 victory over the Chicago Sky on Friday night.,Olivia Miles added 17 points and six assists, Courtney Williams scored 10 points and Coff...
Four-run first inning propels Guardians past Red Sox
A four-run first inning carried the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Boston had the game-tying run on base when Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to open the ninth, but Cleveland closer Cade Smith struck out the next three...
Braves' bats stay hot in win over Reds
Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Ronald Acuna Jr. homered and the visiting Atlanta Braves posted an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the first contest of a three-game set on Friday.,Jorge Mateo drove in two runs and Dominic Smith had three hits and two runs for Atlanta, which e...
Jordan Smith claims 1-shot lead at Charles Schwab Challenge
Jordan Smith of England carded a 65 for the second straight day to edge ahead of the pack and claim the 36-hole lead on Friday at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.,Smith's second round began with an eagle-birdie burst on the first two holes at Colonial Country Club. It wasn't until ...
Laetitia Beck fires career-best 63 for early lead at ShopRite LPGA
Laetitia Beck birdied five of her first nine holes and added three on the home stretch to set the pace at the first round of the ShopRite LPGA on Friday in Galloway, N.J.,Beck's bogey-free, 8-under-par 63 earned her a one-shot lead over Denmark's Nicole Broch Estrup. Briana Chacon, Germany's Polly M...
LGD, PARIVISION earn playoff byes at BLAST Slam VII
LGD Gaming, PARIVISION and BetBoom Team forged a three-way tie at 8-3 atop the group-stage standings of BLAST Slam VII after a chaotic final day Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,LGD and PARIVISION earned the top two seeds in the playoffs over BetBoom based on tiebreakers. Team Falcons, which entered t...
Hailey Baptiste on injury: 'Still waiting to wake up from this nightmare'
Rising American Hailey Baptiste confirmed her season is over on Friday, two days after sustaining major leg injuries during the second round of the French Open.,"Still waiting to wake up from this nightmare," Baptiste said on Instagram. "In my head, all I can think is why, why, and why. Why me? Why ...
Marta Kostyuk to put clay-court streak on line against Iga Swiatek in Paris
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, who has not lost on the clay courts this season, advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Friday in Paris -- with four-time champion Iga Swiatek her next opponent.,The 15th-seeded Kostyuk won titles on the clay courts in Madrid and Rouen leading up to the French O...
Brewers' Abner Uribe suspended 1 game for inappropriate gesture
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Abner Uribe has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball for his "inappropriate actions" in Tuesday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. ,Uribe has appealed the suspension, which means any disciplinary action is on hold until the a...
Joao Fonseca rallies to shock Novak Djokovic at French Open
Chaos continued to reign at the French Open on Friday, with No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia squandering a two-set lead and exiting with a 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 loss to Brazil's Joao Fonseca in a third-round match in Paris.,Fonseca was staring down a loss when trailing 15-40 on his serve down 4...
Marta Kostyuk to put clay-court streak on line against Iga Swiatek at French Open
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, who has not lost on the clay courts this season, advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Friday -- with four-time champion Iga Swiatek her next opponent.,The 15th-seeded Kostyuk won titles on the clay courts in Madrid and Rouen leading up to the French Open. She ...
Talor Gooch grabs lead in Korea with second-round 63
Talor Gooch surged into the lead at LIV Golf Korea with a 7-under 63 in the second round Friday at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea.,Gooch carded eight birdies -- six on the front nine -- and a lone bogey at the par-4 fifth hole to move to 8-under, one stroke ahead of Bryson DeChambeau. It i...
Ava Kuszak's 10th-inning HR carries Nebraska past Arkansas at WCWS
Ava Kuszak belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday, lifting Nebraska to a 5-3 win over Arkansas in opening-day action at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.,The Cornhuskers (52-6) advance to face Alabama in a winners-bracket contest in Bracket 2 on Saturday...