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Brandon Valenzuela delivers in 9th, Blue Jays sweep Red Sox
Brandon Valenzuela's two-out double against Aroldis Chapman drove in Ernie Clement with the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.,Toronto's Mason Fluharty retired the Red Sox in o...
Giants-Braves series finale scratched, postponed until Aug. 31
The series finale between the San Francisco Giants and host Atlanta Braves was called off nearly five hours before first pitch due to inclement weather in the forecast Thursday.,The teams were not due to meet in Atlanta again this season, with the game was rescheduled for Monday, Aug. 31 which was a...
US Open: Sam Stevens nabs clubhouse lead, Rory McIlroy 1 back
Sam Stevens shot 2-under-par 68 to hold the first-round lead among golfers who played in the morning wave at the U.S. Open Thursday in Southampton, N.Y.,Two-time reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy was in first place for a portion of the afternoon before bogeys on his final two holes at Shinnecoc...
South Africa rallies to tie Czech Republic on Teboho Mokoena goal
Teboho Mokoena's goal from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute gave South Africa a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in the second Group A match of the World Cup for both sides Thursday afternoon in Atlanta.,The penalty, given after a handball in the 18-yard box by Pavel Sulc, was buried into the ...
Capitals coach Spencer Carbery signs multi-year extension
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery signed a multi-year contract extension on Thursday.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed.,Carbery, 44, just completed his third season in the nation's capital and has compiled a 134-83-29 record.,The Capitals made the playoffs in each of his first two s...
Dasan Harris homers twice vs. Georgia as Oklahoma reaches MCWS finals
Dasan Harris smacked two homers and drove in five runs and Oklahoma advanced to the Men's College World Series championship round with an 11-4 victory over No. 3 Georgia on Wednesday night at Omaha, Neb.,Jason Walk added two solo homers and Trey Gambill had a two-run shot as part of his four-hit, th...
Luis Arraez homers, drives in 4 as Giants hold off Braves
Luis Arraez homered and drove in four runs and Carson Whisenhunt tossed five solid innings in his season debut on Wednesday to help the visiting San Francisco Giants post a 7-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves.,Whisenhunt (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits while striking out two and walking two after...
Freddie Freeman's blast helps Dodgers complete 3-game sweep of Rays
Freddie Freeman hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and Shohei Ohtani pitched through a bloody blister to earn his seventh win as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a series sweep with a 5-4 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.,Alex Call, Alex Freeland and Kyle Tucke...
Ryan O'Hearn's 6 RBIs spark Pirates' demolition of Athletics
Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in a career-best six runs while leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an easy 12-4 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,O'Hearn had a two-run double in the first inning, a two-run blast in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh as Pitt...
Fire reel off last 10 points, send Storm to ninth consecutive loss
Emily Engstler's basket with 1:17 left snapped a tie and the Portland Fire scored the final 10 points Wednesday night to rally past the visiting Seattle Storm 94-89.,Engstler's fadeaway jumper put Portland (8-9, 2-5 Commissioner's Cup) ahead 91-89. Engstler then drove the lane on the Fire's next pos...
Olivia Miles' record-setting night boosts Lynx over Sparks
Rookie Olivia Miles scored 24 of her career-high 31 points in the first half, Natasha Howard added 15 points with nine assists and the visiting Minnesota Lynx closed out Commissioner's Cup play with a 99-83 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday., ,Kayla McBride scored 14 points and Courtn...
Kyle Bradish fans career-best 12 as Orioles top Mariners
Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday homered and Kyle Bradish struck out a career-high 12 in 7 2/3 strong innings as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday.,Seattle's Dominic Canzone and Cole Young hit back-to-back homers to open the bottom of the ninth against Or...
A'ja Wilson, Aces top Mercury, make Commissioner's Cup final
The Las Vegas Aces clinched a spot in the Commissioner's Cup title game against the New York Liberty with an 86-76 victory Wednesday night at the Phoenix Mercury behind A'ja Wilson's 33 points, 11 rebounds and five steals.,The Aces (11-4, 6-1 Commissioner's Cup) have won seven of their last eight ga...
Valkyries storm past Wings on 19-0 run, put game away
Gabby Williams poured in a game-high 25 points, three reserves scored in double figures and the Golden State Valkyries used an early 19-0 spurt to pull away from the Dallas Wings en route to a 91-80 victory in each team's Commissioner's Cup finale Wednesday night in San Francisco.,In a game featurin...
Luis Diaz logs goal, assist in Cup debut as Colombia beat Uzbekistan
Luis Diaz shined in his World Cup debut, scoring the tiebreaker in the 65th minute and contributing an assist to lift Colombia to a 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan in both teams' World Cup opener on Wednesday in Mexico City.,The 29-year-old Bayern Munich star also assisted Daniel Munoz's sensational 40t...
Seven-run inning carries Cubs to series victory over Rockies
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Matt Shaw had a two-run triple as the host Chicago Cubs scored seven runs in the second inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday.,The Cubs took two out of three in the series, the first home series win for Chicago since a four-game sweep of the Cinc...
Dasan Harris homers twice as Oklahoma reaches MCWS finals
Dasan Harris smacked two homers and drove in five runs and Oklahoma advanced to the Men's College World Series championship round with an 11-4 victory over No. 3 Georgia on Wednesday night at Omaha, Neb.,Jason Walk added two solo homers, and Trey Gambill had a two-run shot as part of his four-hit, t...
Liberty escape Sky's upset bid on Sabrina Ionescu layup
Sabrina Ionescu drove for a go-ahead layup with 10.3 seconds left and Jonquel Jones scored 19 points as the New York Liberty edged the host Chicago Sky 96-95 on Wednesday to earn their eighth straight victory.,Breanna Stewart and Satou Sabally both added 17 points for the Liberty, while Rebekah Gard...
Jackson Chourio, Christian Yelich go deep as Brewers down Guardians
Jackson Chourio and Christian Yelich homered as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the visiting Cleveland Guardians 9-4 on Wednesday.,Milwaukee jumped out to a 5-0 lead, with three runs in the first and two in the second before Daniel Schneemann brought the Guardians within one by hitting a grand slam in ...
Luis Arraez drives in 4, Giants hold off Braves to sweep twin bill
Luis Arraez homered and drove in four runs and Carson Whisenhunt tossed five solid innings in his season debut on Wednesday to help the visiting San Francisco Giants post a 7-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the second game of a doubleheader.,Whisenhunt (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits while s...