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Cavs ride 3-point barrage to another win over Heat
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and Darius Garland contributed 21 points and nine assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 121-112 win over the visiting Miami Heat on Wednesday in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.,Cleveland holds a 2-0 l...
Pete Crow-Armstrong drives in 4 as Cubs edge Dodgers
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered among his three hits and drove in a career-high four runs, lifting the host Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.,Crow-Armstrong belted a three-run homer in the fourth inning and added an RBI single in the fifth, one day after going deep...
Connor McMichael's pair guide Caps to 2-0 series lead over Canadiens
Connor McMichael scored twice and Logan Thompson made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period as the Washington Capitals beat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup playoffs.,Dylan Strome also scored for Washington while Tay...
Production from bottom third of lineup carries Mariners past Red Sox
Ben Williamson, Leo Rivas and J.P. Crawford combined for seven of the team's 13 hits while forming the bottom third of the lineup, leading the visiting Seattle Mariners past the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Wednesday night.,The No. 9-hitting Crawford delivered the biggest blow with a three-run home run in ...
Jaylen Brown's 36 steer Jayson Tatum-less Celtics past Magic
Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 36 points and the Boston Celtics overcame the absence of leading scorer Jayson Tatum to beat the visiting Orlando Magic 109-100 Wednesday in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.,Brown was 12 of 19 from the field -- including 5-of-7 from 3-point terri...
Nationals mash early to claim another Beltway win over Orioles
James Wood and Josh Bell belted early home runs and Luis Garcia Jr.'s eighth-inning sacrifice fly broke a tie as the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Wednesday night.,The Nationals won for the second night in a row and go for the sweep of the three-game series Thursday...
Maple Leafs moving closer to rare playoff-series win vs. Senators
Advancing past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has been a struggle for the Toronto Maple Leafs over the past 20 years. ,They've managed to get to the second round just once since 2005-06, doing so in 2022-23 after dispatching the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. That was the first time ...
Starling Marte helps Mets rally past Phillies, cap 7-0 homestand
Starling Marte hit the walk-off RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, helping the New York Mets complete a perfect homestand with a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.,The Mets' 7-0 homestand is the second-longest perfect homestand in franchise history behind a ...
Carlos Rodon, Aaron Judge fuel Yankees past Guardians
Carlos Rodon allowed an unearned run over seven innings and Aaron Judge hit an RBI triple, lifting the visiting New York Yankees to a 5-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday afternoon.,Rodon (3-3) was sharp again, five days after pitching six innings of two-hit ball in a 1-0 win over the T...
Brady Singer (4-0) dazzles as Reds topple Marlins
Brady Singer outdueled former Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the host Miami Marlins 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Reds got a solo home run, RBI double and single from red-hot catcher Austin Wynns. In his past two games, Wynns -- who bats ninth -- is 9-for-11 with e...
Reese Olson, Tigers two-hit Padres in 6-0 victory
Reese Olson pitched 7 1/3 innings of shutout ball, Justyn-Henry Malloy supplied a homer and RBI double, and the host Detroit Tigers downed the San Diego Padres 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,Olson (3-1) limited San Diego to two Jose Iglesias singles while recording seven strikeouts.,Dillon Dingler blas...
Eli White's 3-run blast lifts Braves over Cardinals
Eli White belted a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves defeated the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Wednesday to win the rubber game of their three-game series.,White connected on a slider from reliever Ryan Fernandez for his first homer of the season, a shot that went 43...
Playoff brackets finalized at PGL Wallachia Season 4
Team Tidebound, NAVI Junior and Aurora Gaming joined the playoff party with sweeps Wednesday as the group stage concluded at the PGL Wallachia Season 4 event in Bucharest, Romania.,In Round 5 action between 2-2 teams, Tidebound took down Xtreme Gaming with a 39-minute win on red and a 53-minute vict...
MOUZ, Vitality secure semifinal spots at IEM Melbourne
MOUZ and Team Vitality earned direct berths into the semifinals of the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 event in Australia on Wednesday.,In the upper-bracket final of Group A, MOUZ defeated The MongolZ 13-9 on Mirage and 13-7 on Nuke to advance.,In the same round in Group B, Vitality to...
After shutout win, Padres eye series victory over Tigers
The San Diego Padres are missing chunks of their offense, but their performance on Tuesday showed how they can win without key members of their lineup.,The Padres got stellar pitching in a 2-0 win over the host Detroit Tigers and will go for a three-game series victory on Wednesday afternoon.,The sh...
Kirill Kaprizov, Wild thrash Knights, level series
Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals and had an assist as the Minnesota Wild evened their series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello also ...
Marcus Semien drives in four as Rangers race past A's
Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs as the Texas Rangers set the tone early and rolled to an 8-5 victory over the Athletics in the opener of a three-game series in West Sacramento, Calif.,Wyatt Langford had three hits to lead the Texas attack, with Adolis Garcia and Semien rec...
Led by Christian Yelich's slam, Brewers blast Giants
Christian Yelich smacked a grand slam, Jake Bauers added a two-run shot to an eight-run sixth inning and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers erupted for an 11-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,Jose Quintana (3-0) threw his third consecutive gem, limiting the Giants to one run in six i...
Luka Doncic leads Lakers to 1-1 tie with Timberwolves
Luka Doncic scored 16 of his 31 points in a dominating first quarter and added 12 rebounds and nine assists as the Los Angeles Lakers evened their Western Conference first-round playoff series with a 94-85 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.,LeBron James added 21 points and ...
Second-half surge propels Thorns to rout of Gotham
Caiya Hanks scored the tiebreaking goal in the 61st minute and Portland Thorns pulled away in the second half for a 4-1 victory over visiting Gotham FC on Tuesday night.,Hanks scored her first career goal by stepping into a right-footed shot in the center of the box after getting a pass from Sam Cof...