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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.,...
Report: Jags make Ross Matiscik highest-paid snapper
The Jacksonville Jaguars are making three-time Pro Bowl selection Ross Matiscik the NFL's highest-paid long snapper, NFL Network reported Wednesday.,Matiscik, 29, is signing a two-year extension worth $3.8 million in new money, according to the report. His previous contract, signed in April 2022, wa...
Maple Leafs tab former Kings bench boss Jim Hiller as next head coach
The Toronto Maple Leafs named former assistant Jim Hiller as the 41st head coach in franchise history on Wednesday morning.,Hiller, 57, returns to Toronto after serving four seasons as an assistant coach under Mike Babcock from 2015-19. He spent parts of the past three campaigns as the head coach of...
Own goal helps Austria pull away for win over Jordan
An own goal off a corner kick in the 76th minute broke a tie and Austria went on to defeat Jordan 3-1 in a World Cup Group J match on Tuesday in Santa Clara, Calif.,Romano Schmid and Marko Arnautovic scored, the latter on a penalty kick in the final minute of second-half stoppage time, for Austria (...
Brandon Lowe's 9th-inning blast completes Pirates' comeback vs. A's
Brandon Lowe ripped a tiebreaking homer with one out in the top of the ninth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Bryan Reynolds went 4-for-5 with two homers and three RBIs as the Pirates won for just the third time in th...
Angels give Reid Detmers plenty of support in rout of Diamondbacks
Reid Detmers allowed three hits over seven shutout innings to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 7-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of their three-game series on Tuesday night in Phoenix.,Detmers (3-5) struck out three without a walk and the left-hander threw first-pitch...
Shohei Ohtani's homer sends Dodgers to 1-0 win over Rays
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run in the sixth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed in a pitchers' duel, earning a 1-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.,Justin Wrobleski (8-2) gave up just three singles over six scoreless innings as the Dodgers improved to 11-2 at home s...
Cal Raleigh drives in winner for Mariners in return from IL
Cal Raleigh, making his return from his first career stint on the injured list, hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Tuesday night.,Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert (5-4) allowed one run on two hits over seven ...
No. 3 Georgia shuts out No. 6 Texas in MCWS elimination game
Tre Phelps had two hits and an RBI and Justin Byrd tossed five innings of shutout relief to help No. 3 Georgia remain alive at the Men's College World Series with a 2-0 victory over No. 6 Texas on Tuesday in an elimination game in Omaha, Neb.,Rylan Lujo also drove in a run for the Bulldogs (53-13), ...
Astros' Raynel Delgado delivers game-winning hit in second career game
Raynel Delgado delivered a two-run single in a three-run eighth inning as the Houston Astros rallied for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.,Delgado, who made his major league debut on Sunday, bounced a one-out single into center field off Tigers reliever Will Vest that plated...
Lionel Messi's history-making hat trick carries Argentina past Algeria
Lionel Messi became the first player to feature in six World Cups and marked the occasion with a hat trick to tie the all-time World Cup goals record as Argentina opened Group J play with a 3-0 win over Algeria on a historic Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo.,Messi's third goal in the 76th minute, a left-f...
Rockies erase early deficit to knock off Cubs
Willi Castro and TJ Rumfield both drove in a pair of runs for the visiting Colorado Rockies, who rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday.,The second and third hitters in the Colorado lineup put the Rockies ahead with a three-run fourth inning. Castro's double off Cubs starter Edward Cabrera ...
Twins score early and often in drubbing of Rangers
Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 12-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas.,Trevor Larnach finished 4-for-6 with a solo homer for Minnesota, which has earned back-to-back wins to open the three-game ...
Cardinals edge Padres behind Andre Pallante's stellar start
Andre Pallante threw seven stellar innings, Blaze Jordan and Nathan Church each had RBI base hits and the St. Louis Cardinals earned a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday.,Pallante (8-4) allowed just two runs on four hits, striking out six for the Cardinals, who have won three ...
Brewers' 2 solo homers enough in win over Guardians
Garrett Mitchell hit a tiebreaking leadoff homer in the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers opened a three-game series against the visiting Cleveland Guardians with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday.,Brice Turang also socked a solo homer for Milwaukee, which won for the seventh time in the past 10 games....
Drake Baldwin blasts mammoth HR before rain halts Giants-Braves
The game Tuesday between the visiting San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves was suspended because of rain and will be resumed on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. The regularly scheduled game will begin at 7:15 p.m.,Light rain was falling when the game began Tuesday and the umpires stopped the game in the m...
Reds ride strong 1st inning to down Mets
Sal Stewart belted a three-run homer and added an RBI single and Brady Singer snapped a personal five-game losing streak as the Cincinnati Reds topped the visiting New York Mets, 5-3, Tuesday night in Cincinnati.,The Reds earned their first back-to-back wins since May 25-26 against the Mets in New Y...
Early-game offensive explosion powers Yankees past White Sox
Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt hit two-run homers for the New York Yankees, who scored 10 runs in the third and fourth innings during a 12-2 rout of the visiting Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,The Yankees won for the eighth time in 12 games since losing Aaron Judge to a rib injury, and they scored dou...
Dylan Cease, Blue Jays' big bats silence Red Sox
Dylan Cease tossed five scoreless innings and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays received home runs from Andres Gimenez, Davis Schneider and George Springer en route to a 6-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.,Cease (4-3) limited Boston to four hits, walked four and struck out seven. He t...
Curtis Mead's homer sends Nats past Royals for another series win
Curtis Mead hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning and the host Washington Nationals defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Tuesday.,Nasim Nunez opened the bottom of the seventh with a walk against reliever Daniel Lynch IV (2-1), went to second on a groundout and stole third. After ...