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Eury Perez, Marlins shut down Mets to end 3-game skid
Owen Caissie collected two RBIs and Jakob Marsee made a pair of impressive catches in center field Friday night for the host Miami Marlins, who edged the New York Mets 2-1 in the opener of a three-game series.,Eury Perez and three relievers combined on a three-hitter for the Marlins, who snapped a t...
Samuel Sarver, FC Dallas enter match vs. Rapids with swagger
Samuel Sarver is full of confidence as he leads visiting FC Dallas into a Saturday match against the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colo.,The 23-year-old forward scored for the third time in four matches in a 3-2 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on May 16. Sarver entered as a sub in the 84th min...
Defenseless FC Cincinnati, Orlando City figure to score on Saturday
Two of the worst defensive teams in MLS meet on Saturday evening as FC Cincinnati plays host to Orlando City.,Scoring goals hasn't been a problem for Cincinnati; its 30 goals are tied for third in MLS. The issue is keeping the ball out of its own net: FC Cincinnati have conceded 35 goals this season...
Guardians win 7th straight, nip Phils 1-0 on late pinch-hit HR
Pinch hitter Kyle Manzardo hit a ninth-inning home run off Jhoan Duran to lift the visiting Cleveland Guardians to their seventh straight win, a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday., ,In the opener of a three-game series, Gavin Williams (7-3) and the Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez shi...
Si Woo Kim's 60 helps him move 5 strokes clear at CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Si Woo Kim flirted with a sub-60 round and surged well clear of the rest of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson leaderboard in the second round on Friday in McKinney, Texas.,Kim's only bogey came on the 18th hole, when he overshot the green on his approach and left his chip short, missing an 18 1/2-foot par put...
Consistent Tommy Gainey moves atop leaderboard at Trophy Hassan
Tommy Gainey posted his second straight 6-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead through two rounds of the Trophy Hassan II on Friday in Rabat, Morocco.,Gainey, who began the day a stroke out of the lead, paired eight birdies with two bogeys to improve to 12-under 134 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. He'...
Astros top Cubs on Christian Vazquez's bat, Spencer Arrighetti's arm
Christian Vazquez homered, singled and drove in two runs for the visiting Houston Astros in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) allowed two hits over five shutout innings. He struck out five, walked...
OWCS 2026 Champions Clash gets underway in Tokyo
The Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Champions Clash got underway Friday with eight teams competing in Tokyo.,The winner of the double-elimination Overwatch 2 event will qualify for this summer's Midseason Championship in Paris.,Twisted Minds reached the upper-bracket semifinals by beating All Gamers...
Falcons, MOUZ, Legacy and MIBR reach CS Asia semifinals
Team Falcons, MOUZ, MIBR and Legacy advanced to the CS Asia Championships semifinals in Shanghai on Friday.,Sixteen teams began the $400,000 Counter-Strike 2 event on Wednesday. The winner of best-of-five grand final on Sunday will take home $150,000.,Falcons began the action Friday by sweeping Lega...
Nick Kurtz comes through again as A's take set from Angels
Nick Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 44 games and scored the winning run in the 10th inning as the Athletics rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the finale of a four-game series on Thursday in Anaheim, Calif.,Kurtz had an RBI single to go along with two walks for the Athlet...
Corbin Carroll's walk-off single lifts surging Diamondbacks past Rockies
Benefitting from a pitch-timer infraction, the Arizona Diamondbacks scratched across a run in the last of the ninth inning on a two-out, two-strike single by Corbin Carroll to beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 2-1 for a fifth consecutive win Thursday night.,After the Rockies tied the game in the ei...
Dearica Hamby (27 points, 15 rebounds) steers Sparks past Mercury
Dearica Hamby posted season highs of 27 points and 15 rebounds as the Los Angeles Sparks prevailed in their first road game of the season, beating the Phoenix Mercury 97-88 on Thursday night.,Hamby, who produced her first double-double of the season and the 55th of her career, led six Los Angeles pl...
Spirit, PARIVISION reach DreamLeague 29 upper-bracket final
Team Spirit and PARIVISION pulled out 2-1 victories in the upper-bracket semifinals Thursday and will meet in the upper-bracket final of the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Spirit outlasted Aurora Gaming while PARIVISION rallied from down 1-0 to beat Team Falcons. Aurora and Falcons d...
Canadiens' attack stuns Hurricanes in East finals opener
Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice in a three-point outing as the Montreal Canadiens rode a four-goal first period to a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday at Raleigh, N.C., in the opening clash of the Eastern Conference finals.,Cole Caufield and Phillip Danault both scored once and added an...
Canadiens attack stuns Hurricanes in Eastern finals opener
Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice in a three-point outing as the visiting Montreal Canadiens rode a four-goal first period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 Thursday in Raleigh, N.C., in the opening clash of the Eastern Conference finals.,Cole Caufield and Phillip Danault both scored once and added an...
Knicks ride third-period explosion to 2-0 lead over Cavaliers
Josh Hart bounced back from a quiet series opener by scoring nine of the New York Knicks' 18 consecutive third-quarter points Thursday night, when the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93.,Hart finished with 26 points in Game 2 for...
Blue Jays shut out rival Yankees to even up series
Rookie Spencer Miles pitched a career-high 4 1/3 innings in his role as a bulk reliever and helped the Toronto Blue Jays earn a 2-0 victory over the host New York Yankees on Thursday night.,The Blue Jays won the final two games after seeing ninth-inning comebacks fall short against David Bednar and ...
Valkyries dominate Liberty, continue hot start to season
Golden State held host New York to a season-low in points as the Valkyries defeated the Liberty 87-70 on Thursday night.,The game was a matchup between the WNBA's top-scoring team (New York, 100.0 average) and the league's best defensive squad (Golden State, 76.0). In four previous games, New York's...
Balanced effort sends Lynx to one-sided win over Tempo
Maya Caldwell scored 16 points off the bench on 6-for-12 shooting, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 100-72 win over the Toronto Tempo on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Courtney Williams finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota (3-2), which bounced back from a loss against the...
Blue Jays shutout rival Yankees to even up series
Rookie Spencer Miles pitched a career-high 4 1/3 innings in his role as a bulk reliever and helped the Toronto Blue Jays earn a 2-0 victory over the host New York Yankees on Thursday night.,The Blue Jays won the final two games after seeing ninth-inning comebacks fall short against David Bednar and ...