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Haeran Ryu atop Black Desert Championship entering final round
South Korea's Haeran Ryu, who has led the Black Desert Championship since the opening round, will take a two-stroke lead into Sunday's final round after posting a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday in Ivins, Utah.,Ryu leads China's Ruoning Yin, who is two back after vaulting up the leaderboard with an impre...

Scottie Scheffler enjoying big lead at darkness-delayed The CJ Cup Byron Nelson
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler stayed in position for his first victory of the year by shooting 4-under par through 17 holes of the third round of The CJ Cup Byron Nelson before play was suspended because of darkness Saturday at McKinney, Texas.,Scheffler, at 22 under for the tournament, will ...

Aaron Nola wins first game of year, Phillies power past Diamonbacks 7-2
J.T. Realmuto hit a three-run homer in support of Aaron Nola's first win of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Saturday.,Max Kepler added a two-run home run for Philadelphia, which improved to 6-1 over its last seven games. Nola (1-5) allowed four...

Fernando Tatis Jr. uses legs to lift Padres over Pirates in ninth
Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to lead off the ninth, swiped third and scored on a wild pitch to lift the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 comeback win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.,Tatis Jr.'s heroics followed a game-tying solo homer by Manny Machado in the seventh inning off Pirates sta...

Retief Goosen, Mike Weir atop crowded Insperity Invitational leaderboard
Sunday's final round of the Insperity Invitational will feature a bunched-up leaderboard after several golfers turned in stellar second rounds on Saturday at The Woodlands (Texas) Country Club.,Among those was South Africa's Retief Goosen, who shot a 5-under 67 to move into a tie for first place wit...

Padres edge Pirates 2-1 on run-scoring wild pitch
Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to lead off the ninth and scored on a wild pitch to lift the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 comeback win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.,Tatis Jr.'s heroics followed a game-tying solo home run by Manny Machado in the top of the seventh inning off Pirates sta...

Twins wait out rain delay, hold off Red Sox to even set
Kody Clemens hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, and the visiting Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday to knot the three-game series at a game apiece.,Minnesota was outhit 12-10, with Byron Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader each recording two. ,The ...

Roughnecks hold off Showboats' rally, improve to .500
The Houston Roughnecks held on for a 21-20 home victory over the Memphis Showboats on Saturday afternoon.,The Roughnecks (3-3) jumped out to a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter on Jalan McClendon's 13-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hall and Chris Blewitt's 49-yard field goal.,Memphis quarterback ...

Marlins' Kyle Stowers sinks A's with walk-off slam in 9th
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Athletics 9-6 on Saturday afternoon.,Stowers' homer off All-Star closer Mason Miller (0-1) was a 396-foot, opposite-field shot to left center that snap...

Sovereignty wins Kentucky Derby on sloppy track
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sovereignty took the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, winning the 1-1/4 mile race in 2:02.31 and beating the favorite Journalism down the stretch. ,The colt trained by Bill Mott broke from the 16th gate. He stayed back early in the race as Citizen...

Marlins' Kyle Stowers walks off Athletics' Mason Miller with grand slam
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam as the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Athletics 9-6 on Saturday afternoon.,Stowers' homer off All-Star closer Mason Miller (0-1) was a 396-foot, opposite-field shot to left center that snapped Miami's six-game losing streak...

Super sub Kyle Larson battles to 2OT win at Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Crew chief Mardy Lindley called his shot., ,"We've got to stop to win," Lindley radioed to driver Kyle Larson, subbing for injured Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet., ,Lindley was right. Larson made a late pit stop and proceeded to win Saturday's Andy's Froze...

Revolution defense stays stingy, blanks Toronto FC
Carles Gil and Leo Campana scored first half goals, leading the visiting New England Revolution to a 2-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday., ,With the victory, New England (5-4-1, 16 points) stretched its win streak to four matches. The Revs also have four consecutive clean sheets and have surrend...

Matt Chapman's grand slam rallies Giants past Rockies
Matt Chapman capped a five-run sixth inning with a grand slam and the San Francisco bullpen threw four innings of shutout relief as the Giants overcame the visiting Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,After the Rockies had scored three times in the top of the sixth to go up 3-1, Colorado sta...

Guardians stun Jays on Daniel Schneemann's go-ahead slam
Daniel Schneemann drove in all of Cleveland's runs with two homers, highlighted by a go-ahead, ninth-inning grand slam, as the visiting Guardians stunned the Toronto Blue Jays with a 5-3 victory Saturday.,Trailing 3-0, Schneemann -- who doubled his season home run total Saturday -- clubbed a solo sh...

Nashville SC secures draw vs. Atlanta United behind Daniel Lovitz's goal
Daniel Lovitz scored a game-tying goal in the 66th minute for visiting Nashville SC on Saturday afternoon, helping the club rally for a 1-1 draw against Atlanta United.,Nashville (5-4-2, 17 points) finished with 12 shot attempts -- five on goal -- opposed to Atlanta's six shot attempts, two of which...

Jake Meyers (two HRs, seven RBIs) propels Astros past White Sox
Jake Meyers tied a franchise record with 13 total bases to help the visiting Houston Astros to an 8-3 win against the Chicago White Sox in the second contest of their three-game series on Saturday afternoon.,Meyers homered twice, tripled, doubled and drove in a career-high seven runs while hitting i...

Rays edge Yankees to halt four-game skid
Zack Littell tossed seven strong innings and earned the win when the visiting Tampa Bay Rays scored twice in the eighth inning Saturday and edged the New York Yankees 3-2 in the middle game of a three-game series.,Curtis Mead and Jose Caballero had the RBIs in the eighth for the Rays, who snapped a ...

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff for record-tying third Madrid title
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka withstood a second-set charge from No. 4 Coco Gauff to win 6-3, 7-6 (3) and earn her record-tying third Mutua Madrid Open title on Saturday.,Sabalenka started out strong, winning four straight games without conceding a point and building a dominant 4-1 lead. Gauff battled...

Carson Hocevar wins first career NASCAR Cup pole at Texas
FORT WORTH, Tex.--Ride ‘em, cowboy.,Decked out in Texas-appropriate attire, Carson Hocevar put his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on the pole for Sunday's WURTH 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,With the second fastest lap i...