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Astros rally with four homers to outlast Royals
Christian Walker hit one of Houston's four homers, reached on a fielder's choice that allowed the tiebreaking run to score in the ninth and helped the visiting Astros to an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night., ,Trailing 7-5, Houston's Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in the eighth ...
Jalen Brunson's 45 points carry Knicks past Spurs for 1st NBA title since 1973
SAN ANTONIO -- Jalen Brunson set a franchise NBA Finals record with 45 points and nearly single-handedly ended the 53-year NBA title drought as the New York Knicks recorded a 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night.,Brunson scored 29 points in the second half of Game 5 as New York...
John McGinn lifts Scotland past Haiti in World Cup opener
John McGinn scored a goal just past the midway point of the first half and Scotland moved to the top of the Group C standings with a 1-0 victory Saturday in the opening match of the World Cup for both teams at Foxborough, Mass.,Angus Gunn made two saves to record the clean sheet as Scotland came awa...
Balanced scoring, late free throw help Fire beat Wings, snap skid
Bridget Carleton scored 20 points to lead five starters in double figures, Emily Engstler made a tie-breaking free throw with 1.7 seconds left and the host Portland Fire defeated the Dallas Wings 84-83 on Saturday night., ,Megan Gustafson scored 16, Engstler added 11, Carla Leite had 10 points and e...
Phillies collect season-high 17 hits, edge Brewers
J.T. Realmuto homered and drove in four runs as the Philadelphia Phillies held on for a 9-8 road victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.,Kyle Schwarber, Brandon Marsh, Edmundo Sosa and Realmuto had three hits apiece for Philadelphia, which registered a season-high 17 hits after getting one-h...
Aces make crucial free throws, hold off Lynx
A'ja Wilson made the go-ahead free throw with 20.5 seconds remaining, and the host Las Vegas Aces held on for a 100-97 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday night.,Wilson scored a team-high 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting for Las Vegas (10-3), which improved to 5-0 in WNBA Commissioner's Cup action...
Caitlin Clark stars as Fever defeat Sun
Caitlin Clark scored 25 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8:06 remaining as the visiting Indiana Fever earned an 85-75 victory over the league-worst Connecticut Sun Saturday night in a Commissioner's Cup game.,Clark made 10 of 17 shots, including 5 of 10 3-point tries. The guard's bigges...
Justin Allgaier captures first Pocono victory after wild late-race restart
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' MillerTech Battery 250 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway Saturday featured a record 18 lead changes and a record 10 cautions -- including a seven-minute red flag period -- but in the end, it was a very familiar scenario in Victory Lane: championship leader Justin Allgaier an...
Japan coach takes responsibility for Wataru Endo going home
Two days after Japanese captain Wataru Endo withdrew from the World Cup due to an ankle injury, his coach Hajime Moriyasu told reporters that he took responsibility for the decision.,Following his withdrawal, Endo announced his retirement from international competition altogether.,Moriyasu spoke wit...
Vinicius Junior helps Brazil rally for opening draw vs. Morocco
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Vinicius Junior scored his first goal of this World Cup and helped Brazil salvage a 1-1 draw against Morocco following a rocky start to their Group C opener on Saturday evening.,The 25-year-old's thunderously struck leveler in the 32nd minute countered Ismael Saibari's slick...
Clutch hit from Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela downs Rangers
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 win over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Jarren Duran hit a two-run home run and Rafaela had two hits and two RBIs. Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and two runs and Willson Contreras was ...
Pirates halt Marlins' six-game winning streak
Spencer Horwitz's bases-loaded hit by pitch in the eighth inning was the difference as the host Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.,The Pirates scratched the winning run across against Anthony Bender (1-1), who got in a jam after getting the first two outs of the fra...
Luis Garcia Jr. homer helps rescue Nationals from Mariners comeback attempt
Luis Garcia Jr. hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the fifth inning and the Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on Saturday in Washington.,CJ Abrams had three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice for Washington, which had lost two straight.,Starter Cade Cavalli (4-4) picked up the win, ...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto loses no-hit bit in 9th, but Dodgers rout White Sox
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's no-hit and shutout bids were broken up by Tristan Peters' homer leading off the bottom of the ninth, but the Los Angeles Dodgers cruised past the host Chicago White Sox 7-1 on Saturday.,Yamomoto (7-4) only allowed the home run, did not walk a batter and struck out seven in 8 1/3...
Padres pound five HRs while routing Orioles
Jackson Merrill and Samad Taylor hit two-run home runs in the first inning as the San Diego Padres posted a 9-3 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.,Gavin Sheets, Rodolfo Duran and Manny Machado also homered as part of San Diego's five-homer outburst, starter Randy Vasquez brushed...
Daniel Schneemann blast lifts Guardians past Tigers
Daniel Schneemann hit a two-run homer off Tarik Skubal, spoiling the American League Cy Young Award winner's return from left elbow surgery, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Skubal (3-3), making his first start since April 24, pitched 4 2/3 innin...
Martin Perez's strong outing powers Braves past Mets
Martin Perez continued his resurgence by giving up one run over 5 1/3 innings and earning the win Saturday afternoon, when the Atlanta Braves edged the host New York Mets 3-1 in the middle game of a three-game series between the National League East rivals.,Eli White went 3-for-4 with a homer and tw...
Noelvi Marte's 8th inning solo HR lifts Reds over Diamondbacks
Noelvi Marte blasted a tie-breaking solo home run in the eighth and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 2-1 win against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon in the second game of their three-game series.,Juan Morillo (1-3) replaced Diamondbacks starter Michael Soroka to start the ei...
Jackson Suber holds one-shot lead at RBC Canadian Open
Jackson Suber birdied the final hole to post a 4-under-par 66 and take the lead through the third round of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday during what became an evolving leaderboard at Caledon, Ontario.,Suber is at 13-under 197, one stroke ahead of Bud Cauley, who also recorded 66, going into Sund...
Paul Goldschmidt homers in 9th to lift Yankees over Blue Jays
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning Saturday afternoon, and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1.,Louis Varland (3-2) allowed Cody Bellinger's bloop single to center to open the ninth. Goldschmidt followed by smashing an 0-1 knuckle curve to left f...