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Mike Trout helps Angels take rubber match vs. Twins
Mike Trout drove in two runs, including the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning, to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in the series rubber match Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif., ,Trout drove in Bryce Teodosio, who had led off the inning with...

Eduardo Rodriguez in control as Diamondbacks down Giants
Eduardo Rodriguez threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who avoided a sweep by beating the host San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Wednesday.,Rodriguez (8-8) continued his excellent pitching from over the past couple of weeks by winning his third straight start. The le...

Athletics avoid sweep with 9th-inning rally against Red Sox
Lawrence Butler's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth gave the host Athletics a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in West Sacramento.,The Athletics (67-80), who avoided a sweep in the three-game series, got homers from Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz and snapped a three-game losing ...

Jake Burger’s 2 HRs back Merrill Kelly as Rangers sweep past Brewers
Jake Burger drove in three with a pair of home runs and Merrill Kelly outdueled Freddy Peralta on the mound as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon to sweep a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers (77-70) have won four straight games an...

Report: Wild's Kirill Kaprizov rejects 8-year, $128M extension
Minnesota Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov turned down a contract extension that would have made him the highest-paid player in NHL history, TSN reported on Wednesday.,Per the report, Kaprizov rejected an eight-year, $128 million offer from the Wild. The deal would eclipse that of Edmonton Oilers s...

Hotshot young QBs in spotlight as Towson visits Maryland
When Towson travels to Maryland for an in-state matchup Saturday in College Park, it will be a rare duel of true freshman quarterbacks who have arrived ahead of schedule.,Maryland's Malik Washington and Towson's Andrew Indorf have yet to throw an interception. Both fired three touchdown passes in th...

Storm claim last playoff spot with dramatic win over Valkyries
Erica Wheeler drained a go-ahead 16-footer with 19.2 seconds left and the Seattle Storm clinched the WNBA's final playoff spot with a dramatic 74-73 victory over the visiting Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night.,As the Los Angeles Sparks were beating the Phoenix Mercury to keep their playoff hop...

Connelly Early fans 11, beats A's in stellar Red Sox debut
Connelly Early struck out 11 to match the franchise record for a pitcher in his major league debut, tossing five shutout innings as the Boston Red Sox notched a 6-0 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,The 23-year-old left-hander, promoted from Triple-A Worcester earlier ...

Teoscar Hernandez belts 2 homers as Dodgers top Rockies
Right-hander Emmet Sheehan took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and Teoscar Hernandez hit a pair of home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 7-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.,Sheehan became the third Dodgers starter in four games to take a no-hitter through five inni...

Angels' season-high 12 runs back Kyle Hendricks in win over Twins
Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits over seven shutout innings and Chris Taylor and Yoan Moncada each hit three-run homers to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 12-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Hendricks (7-9) walked one and struck out six while snapping a seven...

Giants dump D-backs again, slice into wild-card deficit
Willy Adames and Patrick Bailey hit home runs, Joel Peguero and Ryan Walker pitched out of late jams and the San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.,Robbie Ray remained unbeaten against his former team with a third consecutive w...

Randy Arozarena homers, drives in 4 to help Mariners edge Cards
Randy Arozarena homered and drove in four runs and Josh Naylor also went deep as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Tuesday night in an interleague game.,Five relievers combined for five scoreless innings of two-hit ball, with no walks and seven strikeouts, as the ...

Sparks eliminated from playoff race despite win over Mercury
Dearica Hamby scored 16 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Rae Burrell had a career-high 20 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the host Phoenix Mercury 88-83 on Tuesday, although it was not enough to keep the Sparks from playoff elimination.,Kelsey Plum had 17 points and Hamby added nine r...

Tyler Stephenson's 9th-inning homer powers Reds past Padres
Tyler Stephenson lined a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday night, snapping a tie and lifting the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Gavin Lux drew a two-out walk off Robert Suarez (4-6) before Stephenson ripped his 10th homer of the year into the left...

Storm make dramatic comeback, edge Valkyries to claim last playoff spot
Erica Wheeler drained a go-ahead 16-footer with 19.2 seconds left and the Seattle Storm clinched the WNBA's final playoff spot with a dramatic 74-73 victory over the visiting Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night.,As the Los Angeles Sparks were beating the Phoenix Mercury to keep their playoff hop...

Aces sail past Sky for 15th consecutive victory
Jewell Loyd and Jackie Young each had 15 points and the Las Vegas Aces made 15 3-pointers while extending their franchise-record winning streak to 15 games with 92-61 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Loyd came off the bench to hit five of those treys while surpassing the 6,000-point...

Michael Helman hits homer, robs another to lift Rangers past Brewers
Rookie Michael Helman hit a two-run home run and stole a homer at the fence to help the surging Texas Rangers to a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the second of a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas., ,Helman, who had a grand slam and a run-scoring...

Blue Jays rally, walk off Astros in 10
Tyler Heineman's fielder's choice grounder in the bottom of the 10th scored the winning run and the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the visiting Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night.,Automatic runner Myles Straw took third on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s infield hit against Craig Kimbrel (0-1) and b...

Rays slip past White Sox behind three home runs
Tristan Gray hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and Josh Lowe and Richie Palacios also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday.,Tampa Bay (72-72) stopped a three-game losing streak and moved within four games of Seattle (76-68) for the thir...

Josh Bell goes deep again as Nats edge Marlins
Josh Bell homered to highlight his four-RBI performance and Mitchell Parker tossed 7 2/3 strong innings to fuel the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,Fresh off going deep twice in the Nationals' 15-7 victory over the Marlins on Monday, Bell belted a th...