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Rangers explode for first 20-run game since 2011 in blowout of Angels
Adolis Garcia, Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Kyle Higashioka all had home runs as the surging Texas Rangers took advantage of a dearth of pitching from Los Angeles while pounding the reeling Angels 20-3 on Wednesday to capture a three-game series between the American League West rivals in Arlington...

Framber Valdez bounces back to help Astros blank Rockies
Framber Valdez produced his fifth scoreless start of the season, and rookie Cam Smith homered for the first time in nearly two months as the Houston Astros squared this three-game interleague series against the visiting Colorado Rockies with a 4-0 victory on Wednesday.,Valdez (12-7) reversed course ...

Lionel Messi's late flurry sends Inter Miami to Leagues Cup final
Lionel Messi erupted for two goals and an assist inside the final 15 minutes, leading Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Orlando City in a Leagues Cup semifinal on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Telasco Segovia added the other goal for Miami, which is into the final for the second time in ...

Taylor Townsend, Jelena Ostapenko engage in heated U.S. Open exchange
American Taylor Townsend engaged in a heated exchange with Jelena Ostapenko after her 7-5, 6-1 victory over the Latvian in the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.,As the two players met at the net to shake hands, Ostapenko said something that Townsend clearly took issue with. The conversation ...

Ryne Nelson, D-backs end skid with tight win over Brewers
Blaze Alexander belted a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Geraldo Perdomo went deep to lead off the eighth, fueling the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.,Perdomo joined Pavin Smith, Adrian Del Castillo and Alek Thomas with two-hit performanc...

Blue Jays rally late to take rubber match vs. Twins
Addison Barger hit a go-ahead two-run double in a three-run eighth on Wednesday night and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 9-8.,Davis Schneider hit two homers and Andres Gimenez and Ty France also homered for the Blue Jays in the rubber match of the three-game series.,Minn...

Royals' 8-run fifth flattens White Sox
Salvador Perez delivered a solo home run and two-run double during an eight-run fifth inning and Ryan Bergert pitched six sharp innings as the Kansas City Royals routed the host Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Wednesday.,Shut out in Monday's series opener and for the first seven innings Tuesday, the Royal...

Sun emerge with win over Paige Bueckers-less Wings
Rookie Leila Lacan matched her career high of 22 points and Tina Charles made a key bucket late as the visiting Connecticut Sun held off the short-handed Dallas Wings 101-95 on Wednesday.,Charles, who finished with 18 points, got open underneath for a jump hook with 22.2 seconds left to give Connect...

Bubba Chandler earns first ML win as Pirates edge Cardinals
Bubba Chandler earned his first big league victory with four scoreless innings as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates edged the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 Wednesday night.,Chandler (1-0), baseball's top-rated pitching prospect, allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out three in his second big le...

A'ja Wilson, Aces edge Dream for 12th consecutive win
A'ja Wilson produced 34 points and nine rebounds, Jackie Young added a triple-double and the visiting Las Vegas Aces rode a dominant third quarter to their 12th consecutive victory, 81-75 against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday.,Young amassed 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for her second tripl...

Rookie Nolan McLean dazzles as Mets blank Phillies to tighten NL East race
Rookie Nolan McLean allowed four hits in eight dynamic innings as the host New York Mets inched closer in the NL East with a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.,The Mets won for the eighth time in 11 games, a stretch that started with McLean's debut in a 3-1 win over the S...

Ceddanne Rafaela's clutch homer leads Red Sox over Orioles
Ceddanne Rafaela drilled a two-run homer in the ninth to lift the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.,Rafaela's 15th homer came off Keegan Akin after Jarren Duran reached on a leadoff single.,The Red Sox have won six of seven games on their road tr...

Roman Anthony, Ceddanne Rafaela lead Red Sox over Orioles
Ceddanne Rafaela drilled a two-run home run in the ninth inning and the visiting Boston Red Sox pulled out a 3-2 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.,Rafaela's 15th homer came off Keegan Akin after Jarren Duran reached on a lead-off single.,The Red Sox have won six of seven game...

No. 16 SMU looking for hot start to season vs. East Texas A&M
SMU begins its bid to repeat or top its success of last year's Atlantic Coast Conference debut season Saturday when it hosts East Texas A&M in Dallas.,The Mustangs enter the season ranked No. 16 in the first Associated Press Top 25 and look to improve upon last year's ACC runner-up finish and berth ...

Manchester United suffers historic loss to Grimsby Town
Manchester United suffered a historic loss Wednesday, losing to fourth-tier Grimsby Town 12-11 on the road in a marathon shootout that eliminated Man U. from the English League Cup.,Man U., which needed two goals in the final 15 minutes just to get into the shootout, remains winless to start its cam...

Parched Kapalua closing for 60 days with PGA Tour's Sentry in mind
Water restrictions due to drought conditions in Hawaii could put the PGA Tour's season-opening event in peril, after it was revealed this week the course that hosts the event will close for two months to spur recovery.,Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii has hosted the PGA Tour's season-opening event, th...

Eugenio Suarez's homer helps Mariners hold off Padres
Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer, and the Seattle Mariners held on to defeat the visiting San Diego Padres 4-3 Wednesday afternoon.,The Mariners took five of six games from the Padres in the inaugural season of the Vedder Cup, named for the Pearl Jam frontman who has ties to both cities.,The Mar...

2 top-20 seeds fall, No. 5 Jack Draper withdraws at U.S. Open
It was a bit of a bloody Wednesday on the men's side of the U.S. Open in New York, with two top-20 seeds losing and No. 5 seed Jack Draper being forced to withdraw due to an arm injury.,Draper, who made his deepest Grand-Slam run to the semifinals of last year's U.S. Open, has been transparent about...

Jessica Pegula, Emma Raducanu into third round at U.S. Open
Jessica Pegula worked a tick over an hour to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Russia's Anna Blinkova.,Pegula, the runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at last year's Open, had 30 winners and no double-faults and is set for a match against three-time runne...

Kyle Manzardo delivers another walk-off for Guardians to beat Rays
Kyle Manzardo sharply singled to center off Griffin Jax to score automatic runner Angel Martinez in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 4-3 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon.,Manzardo's two-out hit was his third walk-off of the season for the Guardians, wh...