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T1 dominate play-in stage at Mid-Season Invitational
T1 swept all three matches in the play-in stage to advance to the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational bracket stage in Daejeon, South Korea.,T1 completed their flawless run with a 3-0 triumph on Wednesday against Team Liquid, prevailing in 28, 41 and 24 minutes.,T1 qualified for the bracket st...
Diamondbacks cruise to win, remain unbeaten vs. Giants
The Arizona Diamondbacks ran their season-long winning streak against the San Francisco Giants to eight games Tuesday night, riding home runs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Ketel Marte to an 8-2 victory in Phoenix.,Recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A and making his first big-league start since A...
Bryan Woo's home scoreless streak sets team mark as M's down Angels
Bryan Woo set the single-season record for most consecutive scoreless innings at T-Mobile Park as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 8-3 Tuesday.,Woo opened with six scoreless frames to reach 32 overall before reliever Eduard Bazardo allowed a pair of inherited runners to ...
Diamondbacks pound Giants, remain unbeaten vs. San Francisco
The Arizona Diamondbacks ran their season-long winning streak against the San Francisco Giants to eight games Tuesday night, riding home runs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Ketel Marte to an 8-2 victory in Phoenix.,Recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A and making his first big-league start since A...
Dodgers demolish A's as Dave Roberts reaches 1,000 career wins
Tommy Edman had four hits, including a homer, and had four RBIs and manager Dave Roberts recorded his 1,000th career regular-season victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 9-3 on Tuesday at West Sacramento, Calif.,Miguel Rojas also went deep and drove in two runs and Mookie Betts had...
First-half goals send Mexico to comfortable 2-0 victory over Ecuador
Julian Quinones delivered a goal and an assist in the first half for Mexico, who maintained complete control in front of their vocal home fans to earn a 2-0 World Cup victory over Ecuador in a round of 32 match on Tuesday at Mexico City.,Raul Jimenez added a goal as Mexico won a knockout-round match...
Marlins rout Rockies with offensive explosion
Javier Sanoja, Joe Mack and Owen Caissie each hit home runs in the visiting Miami Marlins' 14-3 blowout win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in Denver.,Sanoja unloaded on the first pitch he saw from Tanner Gordon with two outs in the third, launching it over the fence for a three-run homer...
Dansby Swanson homers twice, Cubs outslug Padres
Dansby Swanson led a long-ball barrage with two home runs and the host Chicago Cubs held on for a 9-7 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.,Alex Bregman hit a three-run shot and Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong had solo homers for the Cubs, who won their fourth straight.,Fernando Tati...
Yordan Alvarez ties Astros' record for career slams in win over Twins
Yordan Alvarez capped a six-run fourth inning with his third grand slam of the season as the Houston Astros rallied past the visiting Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Tuesday.,Alvarez tied the franchise record with his seventh career grand slam, joining Alex Bregman, Carlos Lee and Jose Altuve. It was his 26t...
Junior Caminero extends homer streak to 5 games as Rays smash Royals
Junior Caminero homered in his fifth consecutive game, a three-run shot to highlight Tampa Bay's six-run third inning, and the Rays won their sixth straight game, beating the host Kansas City Royals 10-4 on Tuesday night. ,Caminero, who has clubbed eight of his 23 home runs in the last seven games, ...
Cade Cavalli fans career-best 13 as Nationals shut down Red Sox
Cade Cavalli allowed one hit and struck out a career-high 13 batters in seven innings as the visiting Washington Nationals defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on Tuesday.,The only run Boston scored against Cavalli (5-4) was unearned. He didn't issue a walk in his 100-pitch outing.,CJ Abrams hit his 18th...
Nathan Church ends homer drought as Cardinals top Braves
Matthew Liberatore bounced back to throw five strong innings and Nathan Church ended a long homerless streak to lead the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opening game of their three-game series on Tuesday.,St. Louis has won two straight after ending a four-gam...
Brewers continue dominance of Reds with comfortable victory
Jake Bauers and Jackson Chourio homered and Brandon Sproat pitched effectively into the sixth inning to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-2 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday., ,Milwaukee, which entered with a 5 1/2-game lead in the National League Central, has won six straight aga...
Riley Greene homers twice as Tarik Skubal, Tigers shut down Yankees
Riley Greene belted a pair of homers in consecutive at-bats off Cam Schlittler, Tarik Skubal pitched six innings and combined with two relievers on a four-hitter as the visiting Detroit Tigers cruised to a 9-3 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Tuesday night.,The Tigers have won four of t...
Nolan McLean helps Mets blank Blue Jays
Nolan McLean struck out seven in six scoreless innings Tuesday night and the visiting New York Mets defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0.,McLean (5-5) allowed five hits and two walks, while Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens provided support with solo home runs. Devin Williams pitched around a single ...
Liberty take down Aces for franchise's second Commissioner's Cup
Sabrina Ionescu scored 26 points, Breanna Stewart added 25 and the host New York Liberty defeated the Las Vegas Aces -- playing without A'ja Wilson -- to win the WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship 93-85 on Tuesday night.,Rookie Pauline Astier added 15 points and four assists, and Stewart posted a ...
Cristopher Sanchez fans 9 in 7 innings as Phillies shut out Pirates
Cristopher Sanchez worked seven strong innings while guiding the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-0 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.,Sanchez (10-3) allowed just three hits and two walks, striking out nine, as he became the first starting pitcher to reach 10 wins this season. He has ...
White Sox use big 3rd inning to keep rolling vs. Orioles
Colson Montgomery and Junior Perez homered during Chicago's seven-run third inning as the visiting White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 on Tuesday night.,Jacob Gonzalez had three hits and drove in three runs and Andrew Benintendi provided three hits. Tristan Peters added two hits and scored twic...
Whitecaps MF Kenji Cabrera undergoes foot surgery
Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Kenji Cabrera will miss an extended stretch after undergoing surgery Monday to repair a fifth metatarsal fracture in his right foot.,The club said Cabrera is expected to fully recover in four to six months, which could affect the rest of his MLS season depending on how...
Miscounted outs error hands Rangers sixth straight win vs. Guardians
Cleveland left fielder Cooper Ingle threw the ball into the stands, incorrectly thinking it was the third out of the seventh inning, to bring home Ezequiel Duran as the go-ahead run as the visiting Texas Rangers beat the Guardians 4-2 on Tuesday night.,Joc Pederson had a two-run homer in the third a...