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Blue Jays bats beat up on struggling Twins
Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run homer in a four-run first inning and the Toronto Blue Jays went on to defeat the visiting Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Monday night.,Andres Gimenez added a solo shot for the Blue Jays in the opener of the three-game series. It was the start of a six-game homestand for the Blu...
Yankees blast three homers, overwhelm Nationals
Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jasson Dominguez each homered Monday night while Cam Schlittler fired six scoreless innings as the New York Yankees defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 10-5.,Schlittler (2-2) allowed four hits and walked three while striking out eight in a 96-pitch effort. Two ...
Ian Seymour, Rays extend Guardians' scoreless streak to 3 games
Junior Caminero hit two home runs and Ian Seymour struck out eight over five scoreless innings in his first major league start, lifting the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 9-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.,Cleveland, which took its sixth loss in a row, was shut out for a third s...
Breanna Stewart returns, leads Liberty to narrow win over Sun
Boosted by the return of Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu, the New York Liberty pushed past visiting Connecticut 81-79 in a thriller Monday night at Barclays Center.,Stewart made her return to the Liberty line-up after missing 13 games with a knee injury and played 21 minutes, scoring a team-high...
Jarren Duran's three-run blast powers Red Sox over Orioles
Jarren Duran slugged a three-run home run in the fifth inning to snap a personal power drought and lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.,Roman Anthony also homered for the Red Sox, who have won four of their l...
Edward Cabrera strikes out 10 as Marlins edge Braves
Edward Cabrera struck out 10 batters over seven scoreless innings of one-hit ball, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.,Cabrera, who is in his fifth major league season, improved to 7-7, tying his career high for wins. He issued just two walks, and his...
Baseball-hungry Netflix to carry World Baseball Classic in Japan
Netflix will stream every game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic exclusively for viewers in Japan, Major League Baseball announced Monday.,The news comes as Netflix is reportedly on the verge of entering the MLB fray by picking up the U.S. rights for the Home Run Derby as part of the league's restr...
ATP roundup: Jack Draper returns at U.S. Open, needs 4 sets to advance
One year removed from his first Grand Slam semifinal appearance at the U.S. Open, No. 5 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain had to work for his first win Monday in New York.,Draper outlasted qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2 in their first-round meeting Monday aftern...
Unforced errors doom No. 6 Madison Keys in first-round loss
No. 6 seed Madison Keys was bounced from the U.S. Open in the first round when she fell 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5 to unseeded Renata Zarazua of Mexico on Monday at New York.,The match was on serve in the fifth set until Zarazua broke Keys for a 5-3 advantage. Keys broke back in the next game with the f...
Danny Musovski’s hat trick powers Sounders past Sporting KC
Danny Musovski tallied three times as the Seattle Sounders displayed their depth in a 5-2 MLS victory against visiting Sporting Kansas City on Sunday night.,Rookies Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Snyder Brunell also scored for the Sounders (12-7-8, 44 points), who improved to 8-1-4 in all competitions sinc...
Emma Sears lifts Racing Louisville past Wave with 59th-minute strike
Emma Sears collected her team-high seventh goal of the campaign and Racing Louisville won their first match since the international break, beating the host San Diego Wave 1-0 on Sunday night.,Louisville (7-6-4, 25 points) remained seventh place in the standings, four points clear of eighth-place Got...
Yankees avoid sweep with power display against Red Sox
Trent Grisham hit solo homers in consecutive at-bats, Carlos Rodon pitched 5 2/3 innings and the host New York Yankees salvaged the finale of a four-game series with a 7-2 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.,The Yankees ended an eight-game losing streak to the Red Sox and moved...
Jordyn Huitema helps Reign tie Dash; Sofia Huerta sets assist record
Jordyn Huitema scored in the 65th minute for the visiting Seattle Reign, who earned a 1-1 draw against the Houston Dash on Sunday.,The Canadian forward notched her third goal of the season when she was able to deflect Sofia Huerta's service into the box with her head. Huerta -- a defender in her 10t...
Napheesa Collier drops 32 in return as Lynx beat Fever
Napheesa Collier scored 32 points and grabbed nine rebounds in her return from injury, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 97-84 win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday evening in Minneapolis.,Courtney Williams notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists for Minnesota (30-7), which won a...
Kerwin Vargas' goal the difference as streaking Charlotte FC shut out Red Bulls
Kerwin Vargas scored in the 30th minute and Charlotte FC defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Sunday night to extend their MLS winning streak to seven matches.,Kristijan Kahlina made four stops to keep his and Charlotte's fourth consecutive MLS clean sheet and preserve a win that moved Th...
Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton lead Legion XIII to first LIV team championship
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton each birdied the second hole of a unique playoff at the LIV Golf Team Championship and lifted the trophy for Legion XIII on Sunday at the end of a long week in Plymouth, Mich.,Rahm's Legion XIII and Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC each finished 18 holes of stroke play 20 ...
Stewart Cink wins second straight Ally Challenge in playoff
It took a ferocious finish and 55 holes to do it, but Stewart Cink came away with his second straight victory at the Ally Challenge on Sunday in Grand Blanc, Mich.,Cink shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish level with South Africa's Ernie Els, who entered the day as the leader. On the first playoff hole a...
Junior Caminero's grand slam lifts Rays past Cardinals
Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero rocketed his team-leading 37th homer, a sixth-inning grand slam, to help the Rays pull away from the visiting St. Louis Cardinals in a 7-2 rain-delayed victory on Sunday afternoon.,The All-Star third baseman jumped on reliever Matt Svanson's first pitch and hammered the t...
Jameson Taillon wins for second time this week as Cubs edge Angels
Kyle Tucker went 1-for-3 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI, while Nico Hoerner doubled and had two hits and an RBI as the Chicago Cubs completed a three-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Matt Shaw also had a double, two hits a...
Brooke M. Henderson earns career victory No. 14 on home soil
Brooke M. Henderson wiped away the memory of a difficult number of years on tour by winning her national open for the second time.,The Canadian finished with three spectacular rounds of golf to win the CPKC Women's Open on Sunday in Mississauga, Ontario.,Henderson carded a final round 4-under-par 67...