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Ivan Herrera blast helps rescue Cardinals against Pirates
Ivan Herrera's three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th lifted the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.,Herrera's three-run home run -- a 410-foot blast to left center field -- off Pirates reliever Mason Montgomery (1-1) was the fourth home run of t...
Jacob Misiorowski, Brewers shut down Cubs
Jacob Misiorowski threw six shutout innings to lift the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday.,Misiorowski (4-2) allowed only three hits and struck out eight with one walk on 74 pitches.,The big right-hander has 24 1/3 straight shutout innings over four starts.,Abner ...
Jarren Duran homer helps Red Sox pull away late to extend Royals' skid
Jarren Duran clubbed a late three-run homer and Willson Contreras had two hits with three RBIs, as the Boston Red Sox broke out for a 7-1 victory over the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. ,Duran, who also doubled and walked twice, sent a towering drive inside the right-field foul pole with ...
Ben Rice, Ryan McMahon homer to power Yankees past Blue Jays
Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with one out in the fifth inning off Dylan Cease as the New York Yankees kept rolling at home and hung on for a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.,Rice tied Aaron Judge for the team lead with his 16th homer when he snapped a 3-3 tie. Fol...
Isaac Paredes, Astros get by Twins 2-1
Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer, and that proved to be enough as the Houston Astros held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Jeremy Pena finished 2-for-4 for Houston, which evened its series at one win apiece. The rubber match is set for Wednesday afternoon.,...
James Wood's inside-the-park slam sparks Nationals' rally vs. Mets
James Wood's three hits included an inside-the-park grand slam as the Washington Nationals rallied from a five-run deficit for a 9-6 win against the New York Mets in on Tuesday night.,Jose Tena also homered for Washington, which had lost its previous two games.,Bo Bichette hit a pair of two-run home...
Travis Bazzana goes yard as Guardians edge Tigers
Travis Bazzana hit his second home run of the season, a two-run shot, and the visiting Cleveland Guardians edged the reeling Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Tuesday night.,Kyle Manzardo scored two runs for the American League Central Division leaders. Steven Kwan scored a run and knocked in another as the G...
Yandy Diaz, bullpen lead Rays past struggling Orioles
Yandy Diaz hit the go-ahead home run, doubled and drove in two runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,Richie Palacios added an RBI double and Jonny DeLuca chipped in an RBI single for Tampa Bay, which has won seven of its last nin...
Reds' Chase Burns shuts down Phillies' offense in win
Chase Burns worked six terrific innings to guide the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday., ,Burns (6-1) struck out nine before a trio of relievers combined for five more strikeouts to help Cincinnati win for just the second time in its last 12 road gam...
Falcons among four winners to open DreamLeague Season 29 playoffs
Team Falcons, PARIVISION, Team Spirit and Aurora Gaming kicked off the playoff stage with wins Tuesday at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Falcons swept Tundra Esports 2-0, PARIVISION outlasted Team Liquid 2-1, Spirit blanked BetBoom Team 2-0 and Aurora rallied to best Natus Vincer...
Braves rebound from beatdown, double up Marlins 8-4
Matt Olson's two-run single sparked a three-run rally in the eighth inning and helped the visiting Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 8-4 on Tuesday.,Olson was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and three RBIs, as Atlanta rallied against reliever Calvin Faucher (4-3) to even the four-game series at...
Report: PGA Tour aims to introduce 3+ new markets in ‘28
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has begun presenting a more detailed plan for a revamped schedule to players, with a target date of the 2028 season, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,Rolapp said in March that the tour was leaning toward a two-tiered system with "roughly 21 to 26 events on a first ...
PETA calls for investigation into jockey aboard Preakness winner
PETA called on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to strip Preakness-winning jockey Paco Lopez of his race winnings for alleged violations of whip use rules while steering Napoleon Solo to victory Saturday in the 151st Preakness Stakes. ,Lopez earned a $120,000 share of the winner's purs...
Minneapolis selected to host 2028 NFL Draft
NFL owners voted to award the 2028 draft to Minneapolis.,The Twin Cities were chosen to host the event on Tuesday at the meeting of franchise owners in Orlando, the culmination of what Vikings president and CEO Mark Wilf described as a "terrific opportunity." Minnesota hosted the Super Bowl in Febru...
Reports: Knights lose appeal of punishment for media violations
The Vegas Golden Knights were unsuccessful in their appeal to commissioner Gary Bettman to adjust the punishment handed down by the NHL for violating media regulations, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday.,The appeal came after the league announced last week that the Golden Knights would forfeit a ...
Fever's Caitlin Clark named grand marshal for Indy 500
Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark will serve as the grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.,Clark will instruct drivers to report to their cars for the 110th running of the iconic race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.,Last year, former New York Yankees teammates Derek Jeter and Alex Ro...
Colt Emerson's first homer helps M's end skid, take down White Sox
Colt Emerson homered for his first major league hit, Julio Rodriguez also went deep and Bryan Woo pitched six scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 6-1 Monday night to snap a three-game skid.,Tristan Peters homered in a second consecutive game for the Whit...
Julio Rodriguez homers as Mariners end skid, take down White Sox
Colt Emerson homered for his first major league hit, Julio Rodriguez also went deep and Bryan Woo pitched six scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 6-1 Monday night to snap a three-game skid.,Tristan Peters homered for a second consecutive game for the Whi...
Sug Sutton's clutch shot powers Fire, keeps Sun winless
Sug Sutton's tiebreaking runner in the lane with 22.6 seconds left propelled the Portland Fire to an 83-82 home win over the Connecticut Sun on Monday.,Connecticut missed two shots at the other end, and Bridget Carleton increased Portland's lead to 83-79 by making two foul shots with 9.7 seconds to ...
Nolan Arenado's first-inning slam sparks D-backs' blowout of Giants
Nolan Arenado hit Robbie Ray's sixth pitch of the game for a grand slam and the Arizona Diamondbacks opened a three-game home series against the San Francisco Giants with a 12-2 victory on Monday.,Gabriel Moreno added a two-run homer, helping the Diamondbacks record the sixth victory in the past nin...