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Phillies pitchers stymie Blue Jays bats for easy win
Adolis Garcia hit a two-run home run, Cristopher Sanchez struck out 10 in seven innings and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Monday night.,Sanchez (8-2) allowed two runs, four hits and one walk in the opener of a three-game series.,Jhoan Duran pitched around a...
Brenna Stewart (30), Liberty sink Sun for fifth straight win
Breanna Stewart scored 28 points as the New York Liberty extended their winning streak to five games with a 89-80 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Monday night in a Commissioner's Cup game in Uncasville, Conn.,Coming off a 30-point showing that helped New York overcome a 12-point deficit Saturday...
Yandy Diaz, bullpen guide Rays over Red Sox
Yandy Diaz hit a solo home run and had two RBIs as the Tampa Bay Rays ended a two-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 3-1 Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Diaz hit Boston's first pitch of the game over the fence in left for his 12th home run of the season. He also drove in Taylor Wa...
Fifth-inning grand slam lifts Mariners over Orioles
Josh Naylor smashed a fifth-inning grand slam and the Seattle Mariners held off late-inning threats to beat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-3 to open a four-game series Monday night.,Randy Arozarena rapped three hits and drove in a run and Mariners starter Emerson Hancock worked five strong innings. Ha...
Reports: Kings to hire Peter Laviolette as head coach
The Los Angeles Kings are set to hire Peter Laviolette to a three-year deal as their next head coach, Sportsnet and ESPN reported Monday.,Laviolette had been in talks to become the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs as recently as last week, according to multiple reports, and the Edmonton Oilers ...
Raptors GM Bobby Webster gets extension, new title
The Toronto Raptors gave general manager Bobby Webster a multi-year extension and added executive vice president to his title on Monday.,Webster, 41, joined the Raptors' front office in 2013 and was promoted to general manager in June 2017, making him the youngest GM in NBA history at the time at 32...
Josef Newgarden continues dominance with 6th career win at Illinois oval
Josef Newgarden didn't let wet conditions, race delays or his competition prevent him from winning at World Wide Technology Raceway for a record sixth time on Sunday night in the IndyCar Series.,Newgarden captured the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in his No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet at the 1.25-mile...
Matt Chapman, Giants come up big to edge Cubs in 10th
Matt Chapman opened the 10th with a go-ahead single, Dylan Smith capped a five-inning shutout effort by the San Francisco bullpen with a 1-2-3 bottom of the inning and the visiting Giants finished a marathon trip with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night.,Playing a second consecutive ...
FUT Esports, Team Spirit advance to Stage 3 at IEM Cologne
FUT Esports and Team Spirit are onto Stage 3 at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major in Germany, winning their Round 3 high matches on Sunday to become the first two teams to advance out of Stage 2.,They will await six more teams to join them in Stage 3, as the Swiss System format plays out throu...
LA Thieves win battle with OpTic Texas for CDL Stage 4 Minor title
The Los Angeles Thieves jumped out to a big lead then held off OpTic Texas' comeback to capture the grand final 4-2 on Sunday in the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Minor.,Both teams advanced to the grand final with 3-0 sweeps in the semifinals earlier Sunday -- Texas downing the Paris Gentle Mates an...
LYON sweep Cloud9 to reach grand final at LCS Spring playoffs
LYON blanked Cloud9 3-0 in the upper-bracket final of the LCS Spring playoffs on Sunday in Los Angeles, advancing to the grand final next weekend.,As a result, Cloud9 drops into the lower-bracket final to face Team Liquid, who stayed alive Saturday with their 3-1 defeat of FlyQuest. The winner betwe...
Sparks snap losing streak, add to Fire's skid
Nneka Ogwumike scored 20 points with 17 rebounds and Dearica Hamby added 22 points with 12 rebounds as the Los Angeles Sparks ended a three-game losing streak with an 89-72 victory over the visiting Portland Fire on Sunday.,Kelsey Plum scored 16 points with seven assists and Rae Burrell added 10 in ...
Nelly Korda captures U.S. Women's Open as dream year continues
Nelly Korda drained a birdie putt on No. 17 and curled in a par putt at No. 18 on Sunday to win the U.S. Women's Open for the first time in her career at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.,Korda carded a 2-under 69 and finally was the last golfer standing in her 12th attempt to win the U.S. Women'...
Sebastian Rivero breaks out for 5 hits, 6 RBIs as Angels rout Dodgers
Sebastian Rivero drove in a career high six runs with five hits, Jo Adell had a home run among his four hits and the visiting Los Angeles Angels avoided a season sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 13-5 victory on Sunday.,Zach Neto hit a three-run home run and Jose Siri drove in a p...
Carson Benge (5-for-5) powers Mets past Padres
Rookie Carson Benge went 5-for-5 and supplied one of his team's three home runs Sunday as the visiting New York Mets won the rubber game of their weekend series with the San Diego Padres 7-3.,Benge clubbed his seventh homer of the year an estimated 389 feet to right-center in the sixth inning, two b...
Denny Hamlin goes from rear of Michigan field to 2nd straight win
Denny Hamlin roared by Daniel Suarez with 38 laps left after passing the whole field for the second straight weekend, winning the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn, Mich.,Starting last due to an unapproved adjustment on his No. 11 Toyota after a p...
J.T. Poston caps long day at Memorial with playoff win
J.T. Poston salvaged a par after his tee shot went into the rough on the second playoff hole, and that was good enough to beat Ryan Gerard and win the Memorial Tournament on Sunday at Dublin, Ohio.,Poston shot even-par 72 in the fourth round as part of a long day of play Sunday at Muirfield Village ...
Darren Clarke wins 2nd AmFam title with new partner Ben Crane
Darren Clarke surely relishes the American Family Insurance Championship's new format.,In the tournament's two years as the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, the Northern Irishman has won the title both times -- with two different partners.,Clarke and Ben Crane posted a 4-under-par 67 Sunday and ...
Diamondbacks' bats awaken in time to avoid sweep vs. Nationals
Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno homered, Michael Soroka contained the highest-scoring offense in the majors and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a weekend sweep with a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday in Phoenix.,Carroll hit a solo homer off Cade Cavalli (3-4) in the first and M...
Brewers bang out 10 extra-base hits in rout of Rockies
Gary Sanchez hit a two-run home run and Brice Turang added a two-run single as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers scored seven runs in the sixth inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 Sunday.,The win gave Milwaukee its first three-game sweep in Colorado since 2014. The Brewers also scored four times i...