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Paul DeJong, Nationals hold off D-Backs for series win
Paul DeJong had a pair of doubles and an RBI and the host Washington Nationals held off the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 to win their first series of the season in the final of a three-game set Sunday.,DeJong doubled and scored on CJ Abrams' sacrifice fly in the second inning for a 3-2 lead that the Nat...
Nick Castellanos' grand slam helps Phillies nip Dodgers
Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam and Edmundo Sosa continued his productive start to the season as the Philadelphia Phillies nipped the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Sunday in the rubber game of a three-game series., ,Sosa went 2-for-4 and has multiple hits in all five of his starts this seaso...
Spencer Torkelson hits walk-off double, Tigers sweep White Sox
Spencer Torkelson's two-run double in the ninth completed a three-run rally as the host Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Sunday.,Torkelson's double off Jordan Leasure followed Andy Ibanez's bases-loaded walk. The Tigers loaded the bases against Fraser Ellard (0-1) in the ninth befo...
Kris Bubic pitches well, Royals beat Orioles
Kris Bubic allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings to help the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Bubic (2-0) surrendered five hits, struck out eight and walked one. The left-hander threw six shutout in...
David Peterson helps Mets sweep Blue Jays
David Peterson combined with four relievers on a four-hitter as the New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-1 win on Sunday.,Pete Alonso singled in a run among his two hits for New York, which won its fourth straight game and recorded its first series sw...
Isles top Capitals as Alex Ovechkin sets all-time NHL goals mark
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in NHL history on Sunday afternoon when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second period of the Washington Capitals' 4-1 loss to the host New York Islanders.,"They say record...
Islanders top Capitals, Alex Ovechkin becomes all-time leading goal scorer
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in NHL history on Sunday afternoon when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second period of the Washington Capitals' 4-1 loss to the host New York Islanders.,"They say record...
Coby White's shooting lifts Bulls over Hornets
Coby White scored 37 points and the visiting Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 131-117 for a three-game winning streak Sunday afternoon.,White shot 12-for-16 from the field, including 6-for-8 on 3-pointers, in a return to his home state of North Carolina. He also made all seven of his free-th...
Alex Ovechkin nets goal No. 895, breaks Wayne Gretzky's record
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Alex Ovechkin scored his career 895th goal on Sunday, breaking the record held by Wayne Gretzky for 31 years.,Ovechkin reached the milestone on a power play at the 7:26 mark of the second quarter against the New York Islanders. Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, were on hand to watch...
Max Verstappen rides pole to fourth Japanese Grand Prix win
Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.,It was the first win of the season for Red Bull's Verstappen, the reigning Formula One champion.,Verstappen started from the pole position at the Suzuka Circuit aft...
Capitals' Aliaksei Protas week-to-week with lower-body injury
Washington Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, head coach Spencer Carbery announced Sunday.,Protas sustained the injury when a skate cut into his foot during the third period of the Capitals' 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Friday. He has been...
OpTic Texas win again in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying
OpTic Texas swept Cloud9 New York to improve to 2-0 in Call of Duty Stage 3 Major Qualifiers on Saturday.,OpTic Texas recorded a 250-148 win on Vault, 6-3 victory on Protocol and 3-1 triumph on Hacienda.,Also Saturday, the Carolina Royal Ravens posted a 3-1 win over Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 and Mia...
Shopify Rebellion win opener of LTA North 2025 Split 2
Shopify Rebellion outlasted Dignitas to record a win on Saturday at the LTA North 2025 Split 2 -- Positioning Phase in Los Angeles.,Shopify Rebellion notched a 53-minute win on blue to dispatch Dignitas.,Also on Saturday, FlyQuest toppled Team Liquid by virtue of a 32-minute victory on red, 100 Thie...
Sporting KC blank St. Louis City, end 13-match winless streak
Dejan Joveljic scored a brace in the final 19 minutes Saturday night as Sporting Kansas City snapped a 13-match winless streak that dated back to last year with a 2-0 verdict over visiting St. Louis City SC.,The outcome gave Sporting KC (1-5-1, 4 points) a victory in Kerry Zavagnin's first game as t...
Knights top Flames in OT, clinch playoff spot
Reilly Smith's second goal of the night was the overtime winner to give the visiting Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for the Golden Knights (46-22-8, 100 points), who snapped a two-game skid and have a three-point lead on the Los An...
Clippers keep pace in West, wipe out Mavericks
James Harden and Kawhi Leonard each scored 29 points as the Los Angeles Clippers finished off a convincing 135-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.,Ivica Zubac added 25 points with 10 rebounds for the Clippers (46-32), who improved to 11-2 since March 12, while winn...
Lerone Murphy wins Fight Night decision, stays unbeaten
The featherweight headlining event saw Lerone Murphy remain unbeaten in a top-10 showdown, displaying crisp boxing over 25 minutes while surviving Josh Emmett's heavy wrestling base at UFC Fight Night on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Murphy (16-0-1 MMA), who won 48-47, 48-47, 49-46, kept his upcoming...
Kraken finish off Sharks with 3-goal second period
Jared McCann scored two goals and added an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Saturday night.,Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist and Chandler Stephenson and Jaden Schwartz also tallied for the Kraken (33-38-6, 72 points), who have won their past two games by...
Chucky Lozano, San Diego FC cruise past Sounders 3-0
Chucky Lozano scored his first MLS goal and added his second and third assists, and San Diego FC romped to a 3-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.,Jeppe Tverskov and Anibal Godoy each added their first goals for expansion San Diego (4-1-2, 14 points), which won its second...
Angels swat four homers in 10-4 win over Guardians
Logan O'Hoppe had three hits, including a two-run home run, Mike Trout homered for a third straight game, and the Los Angeles Angels slugged their way to a 10-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday.,Luis Rengifo and Jorge Soler also homered for the Angels, who snapped...