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Mickey Moniak falls single shy of cycle as Rockies top Marlins
Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled and homered for the Colorado Rockies in a 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins in the third game of the four-game series on Wednesday evening in Denver.,Hunter Goodman and Kyle Karros also homered for Colorado, which had lost three in a row.,Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland...
Trea Turner homers again as Phillies rough up Paul Skenes, Pirates
Trea Turner homered for the third straight game as the Philadelphia Phillies hammered Paul Skenes in a 10-6 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm also hit home runs for Philadelphia, which tagged Skenes (6-8) for eight runs (seven earned) in four inni...
Junior Caminero hits historic HR, red-hot Rays blank Royals
Junior Caminero became the youngest player in major league history to homer in six consecutive games, with a two-run shot in the first, and Shane McClanahan allowed three hits over six strong innings, as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh straight, 4-0 over the Kansas City Royals on Wedne...
10-man U.S. earn 2-0 win over Bosnia, charge into round of 16
Malik Tillman's free-kick goal in the 82nd minute gave the short-handed U.S. men's national team the insurance it craved to hold on for a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday and advance to the World Cup's round of 16.,The United States earned their first knoc...
Braves retire final 20 Cardinals to halt skid, even series
Ozzie Albies hit a home run and Atlanta pitchers retired the final 20 batters as the Braves took a 5-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.,The win ended Atlanta's three-game losing streak and evened the three-game series at one game apiece.,Albies went 2-for-4, scored two runs an...
Harry Kane lifts England over DR Congo with two late goals
Harry Kane scored two goals after the 70th minute to pull England out of a funk and lift the Three Lions to a 2-1 defeat of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the World Cup round of 32 on Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta.,England played from behind most of the match as Brian Cipenga put DR Congo ...
Novak Djokovic dismantles Stefanos Tsitsipas; No. 1 Jannik Sinner moves on
No. 7 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia extended his domination of Stefano Tsitsipas on Wednesday, routing the unseeded Greek 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon for the 20th time in 21 appearances at the All England Club.,Djokovic, the former World No. 1 currently ranked No. 8, imp...
Belgium beat Senegal on extra-time PK after VAR review
SEATTLE -- Belgium followed a dramatic comeback late in regulation with a penalty kick goal from captain Youri Tielemans in the fifth minute of extra-time stoppage time to beat Senegal 3-2 in a dramatic World Cup round of 32 game on Wednesday.,With the game just minutes from heading to penalty kicks...
Sean Keys' first career HR helps Blue Jays trounce Mets
Sean Keys hit a three-run blast for his first career major league home run Wednesday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Mets 9-3.,Myles Straw added a three-run homer in the rubber match of the three-game series played on Canada Day.,Carson Benge hit a two-run homer fo...
Cubs smack 8 homers, score 23 runs while steamrolling Padres
Dansby Swanson hit three home runs and Michael Conforto hit two as the host Chicago Cubs hammered the San Diego Padres 23-3 on Wednesday.,The Cubs, who had not hit more than three home runs in a game all season heading into the series, hit five home runs Tuesday in a 9-7 win and eight on Wednesday t...
Habib Diarra gives Senegal 1-0 halftime lead over Belgium
SEATTLE -- Habib Diarra knocked a rebound past Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 25th minute to lead Senegal to a 1-0 halftime lead in their round of 32 game on Wednesday.,Diarra's goal came after a cross from Sadio Mane saw Ismaila Sarr hit the goalpost for the second time in the first hal...
James Wood, Nationals blast Red Sox to take series
Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez hit their first home runs of the season and James Wood added a three-run shot as the visiting Washington Nationals rolled past the Boston Red Sox 10-2 on Wednesday afternoon.,Chaparro's two-run shot in the first inning and Nunez's fourth-inning solo shot were all that...
Tigers work 11 innings to sweep Yankees, who have lost 7 straight
Zach McKinstry ripped a bases-loaded two-run single off Camilo Doval to highlight a four-run 11th inning for the Detroit Tigers, who completed a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over the host New York Yankees on Wednesday afternoon.,The Tigers completed their first road sweep of the Yankees since...
David Fry, Guardians end Rangers' 6-game winning streak
David Fry belted a three-run homer to highlight a five-run second inning, fueling the host Cleveland Guardians to a 9-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday afternoon.,Austin Hedges launched a two-run homer and rookie Chase DeLauter had an RBI single among his three hits to help the Guardians...
Maple Leafs sign G Sergei Bobrovsky to 3-year deal
Two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky signed a three-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.,Financial terms were not disclosed by the team, however multiple media outlets reported it was worth $21 million.,Bobrovsky, 37, was unable to come to terms with the Flo...
Coco Gauff extends Wimbledon stay with comeback over Solana Sierra
Seventh-seeded Coco Gauff pulled off a major escape by scoring the final six points of a third-set tiebreaker to register a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) victory over Argentina's Solana Sierra in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday in London.,Gauff trailed 5-3 in the third set before making her comeback....
Nationals' Cade Cavalli sorry for remark toward Willson Contreras
Washington Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli apologized Wednesday for his comment toward Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras that ignited a benches-clearing incident.,There was a fracas in the fourth inning of Washington's 8-1 win on Tuesday, starting after Cavalli struck out Contreras....
Dean Kremer, Orioles quiet White Sox
Dean Kremer pitched six strong innings in his return from the injured list, and the Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the visiting Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon.,Tyler O'Neill and Leody Taveras each homered and the Orioles made good use of seven hits to snap a ...
Harry Kane lifts England over DR Congo, into World Cup quarterfinals
Harry Kane scored two goals after the 70th minute to pull England out of a funk and lift the Three Lions to a 2-1 defeat of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the World Cup round of 32 Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta.,England played from behind most of the match as Brian Cipenga put DR Congo ahead w...
Penguins acquire F Nick Robertson from Maple Leafs
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Nick Robertson from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2028 fourth-round draft pick, both teams announced Wednesday.,Robertson, 24, is a restricted free agent who played the past six seasons with the Maple Leafs. Toronto drafted him in the second round in 2019.,He...