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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...
Paul Goldschmidt (3-run HR), Yankees wallop White Sox
Paul Goldschmidt capped a five-run fifth inning by hitting a three-run homer and the New York Yankees extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to eight games with a 10-5 victory on Wednesday night.,The Yankees won their fourth straight and 15th in 20 games. New York also improve...
Seven Blue Jays pitchers combine to shut out Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays received nine scoreless innings from seven pitchers and beat the host Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Wednesday in the second game of a three-game series.,Max Scherzer was supposed to start for Toronto but was placed on the 15-day injured list with back spasms before Wednesday's game. Br...
Michaela Onyenwere, Sonia Citron shoot Mystics past Sun
Sonia Citron collected 26 points and 12 rebounds and Michaela Onyenwere scored a season-high 22 points to fuel the Washington Mystics to an 88-81 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday in Uncasville, Conn.,Citron made 7 of 13 shots from the floor and all 12 attempts from the free-throw line.,...
England take over in second half to roar past Croatia
Harry Kane scored a first-half brace, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford added goals after halftime and England kicked off its World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday in an entertaining Group L clash at Arlington, Texas.,The Three Lions earned their third victory in four major intern...
Caleb Yirenkyi's stoppage-time goal lifts Ghana over Panama
Caleb Yirenkyi completed a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time, lifting Ghana to a 1-0 win over Panama in both teams' opening World Cup match on Wednesday in rainy Toronto.,After Ghana quickly moved the play from their own half, Brandon Thomas-A...
Fever's prolific offense encounters Dream's stout defense
Across their four-game winning streak, the Indiana Fever have pieced together the two best offensive outputs of any team in the regular season.,Their next challenge will be extending their high-scoring ways against the Eastern Conference's best scoring defense when the Fever host the Atlanta Dream o...
Corbin Carroll slam launches D-backs past Angels 8-1
Corbin Carroll hit a grand slam to cap a five-run second inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to an 8-1 win against the visiting Los Angeles Angels in the deciding game of a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix.,Tommy Troy and Ketel Marte each produced two hits, two RBIs and a ...
England takes over in second half to roar past Croatia
Harry Kane scored a first-half brace, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford added goals after halftime and England kicked off its World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Croatia in an entertaining Group L clash at Arlington, Texas.,The Three Lions earned their third victory in four major international tourn...
Freddie Freeman's blast helps Dodgers complete three-game sweep of Rays
Freddie Freeman hit a go-ahead two-run home run 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 ...
North Carolina routs West Virginia, rolls into MCWS final series
Owen Hull and Gavin Gallaher had four hits each, helping lift North Carolina reach the title round with a 12-7 win over West Virginia in the Men's College World Series on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,The No. 5 Tar Heels will take on either Oklahoma or Georgia in the best-of-three championship series beg...
Padres find some offense, knock off Cardinals 6-2
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill each went 3-for-5 with two RBIs as the visiting San Diego Padres earned a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday to avoid a series sweep.,After collecting just five combined hits over the first two games, the Padres matched their season high with...
Peter Lambert stifles Tigers, leading Astros to series win
Peter Lambert allowed one run on two hits over seven innings and Jeremy Pena drove in a pair of runs, lifting the host Houston Astros to a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday afternoon.,Lambert (6-4) surrendered a single to Dillon Dingler to lead off the fourth inning and a solo homer t...
Olympian Jenny Simpson collapses during race, rushed to hospital
Jenny Simpson, an Olympic bronze medalist and world champion 1500-meters runner, collapsed after suffering a medical episode on Tuesday during an event in Raleigh, N.C. ,Per Let's Run, a track and field website, Simpson did not have a pulse before CPR was administered. She was then transported to a ...
Robbie Ray, Giants dominate rain-split game to extend rare Braves skid
Robbie Ray threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Jung Ho Lee hit a home run and drove in a pair of runs to help the visiting San Francisco Giants earn a 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the resumption of a suspended game on Wednesday afternoon.,Before the game was halted for rain on Tuesday, Grant...
Kyle Stowers goes deep twice as Marlins blast Phillies
Kyle Stowers went 4-for-5 with two long home runs and five RBIs to power the visiting Miami Marlins to a 12-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday., ,After losing the first two games of the series by a combined score of 15-2, the Marlins turned the tables behind Stowers' two blasts, along...
Royals hit 4 homers to avoid sweep vs. Nationals
Carter Jensen, John Rave, Lane Thomas and Michael Massey each hit solo home runs to power the visiting Kansas City Royals to a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. ,Jensen was 4-for-4 with a double and a walk, and Rave added a triple and scored two runs. ,Luinder Avila (2-3) allowed o...
Nolan McLean, Juan Soto pace Mets in rout of Reds
Nolan McLean allowed just one unearned run over seven innings and Juan Soto had three hits and drove in a pair of runs, fueling the visiting New York Mets to a 9-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.,Bo Bichette and Francisco Alvarez also had three hits apiece for the Mets, who ...
Rapids transfer M Connor Ronan to Aberdeen FC
The Colorado Rapids transferred midfielder Connor Ronan to Scotland's Aberdeen FC on Wednesday.,Ronan, 28, had one assist in six matches (two starts) this season, his fourth with the Rapids.,The Englishman accumulated two goals and 14 assists in 103 appearances across all competitions from 2023-26.,...