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Cardinals score twice in ninth to stun Athletics
Ivan Herrera singled with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the game and Jordan Walker followed with a go-ahead double, rallying the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Athletics on Thursday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Scoring three times in the seventh to go up 4-3, the A's took a ...
Luke Raley and Mitch Garver homer to lead Mariners over Astros
Luke Raley and Mitch Garver hit home runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host Houston Astros 8-3 Thursday afternoon, taking three of four games in the series between the American League West rivals.,Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with a double and triple for the Mariners, and Luis Castillo earne...
Luis Rengifo leads Brewers to easy win over Padres
Luis Rengifo knocked in three runs Thursday and Kyle Harrison tossed five scoreless innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-1 defeat of the visiting San Diego Padres.,Harrison (4-1) scattered five hits and walked none while fanning seven as Milwaukee earned the series victory. The Brewers came ...
Austin Martin, Twins cruise past Marlins
Austin Martin and James Outman tallied three RBIs apiece and the Minnesota Twins coasted to a 9-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Josh Bell hit a two-run double for Minnesota, which won the rubber match of a three-game series. Victor Caratini also drove in a run.,Ott...
Nolan McLean, Juan Soto help Mets sweep tumbling Tigers
Nolan McLean overcame a rough start to toss seven strong innings, lifting the host New York Mets to their first series sweep of the season with a 9-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.,Juan Soto had the go-ahead run-scoring single in the fifth inning and added a homer leading off the seven...
Ryan O’Hearn helps Pirates slay Rockies
Ryan O'Hearn homered and finished with three hits and two RBI to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday afternoon.,O'Hearn's two-run homer off Rockies' starter Chase Dollander (3-3) in the bottom of the first inning capped a three-run frame and set th...
JJ Bleday, Reds ride power surge in rout of Nationals
JJ Bleday homered twice and drove in six runs to help the Cincinnati Reds salvage a win in the three-game series against the visiting Washington Nationals with a 15-1 rout on Thursday afternoon.,Matt McLain and Dane Myers also homered and Spencer Steer had two hits and scored three times.,Elly De La...
Ryo Hisatsune, Stephan Jaeger part of 4-way lead early at PGA
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Four players from four continents with a total of zero major championships share the lead midway through the first round of the PGA Championship.,Ryo Hisatsune of Japan poured in five of his seven birdies on the back nine to join South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter, Germany's Ste...
Leaders working with 'private partners' to save Whitecaps
The City of Vancouver, the government of British Columbia, First Nations leaders and the owners of BC Place are working together with "private partners" to try and save the Whitecaps.,They issued a joint statement on Thursday updating their efforts to keep the MLS team from relocating, perhaps to La...
Falcons, Spirit shine as DreamLeague Season 29 begins
Team Falcons and Team Spirit each swept two matches on Wednesday as the DreamLeague Season 29 event got underway.,Falcons and Spirit sit atop Group A, which saw all eight teams play two matches to kick off the tournament. In Group B, each side played once, and BetBoom Team, Natus Vincere, PARIVISION...
Legacy, BetBoom grab semifinal berths at Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta
They didn't get their third sweep in as many matches, but Legacy nonetheless completed a perfect run through group play at the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta on Wednesday, beating Natus Vincere 2-1 in the Group B final to grab a spot in the semifinals of the playoffs.,BetBoom Team grabbed the other s...
David Vazquez's first 2 MLS goals help San Diego rout Austin
David Vazquez scored his first and second career MLS goals and added an assist as San Diego FC romped to a much-needed 5-0 victory over visiting Austin FC on Wednesday night.,Marcus Ingvartsen scored his team-leading ninth goal and had two assists, and Anders Dreyer and Pedro Soma each added a goal ...
Caitlin Clark scores 23 as Fever handle Sparks for first win
A combined 47 points from Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell helped the Indiana Fever outlast the host Los Angeles Sparks 87-78 on Wednesday night.,Mitchell scored 11 of her 23 points in the second quarter, when the Fever pulled away. Clark notched nine of her 24 points in the fourth quarter, holding...
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers blank Giants, halt 4-game slide
Shohei Ohtani pitched seven scoreless innings, Santiago Espinal and Mookie Betts hit back-to-back home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday., ,Teoscar Hernandez and Alex Call also drove in runs in a ne...
Nick Kurtz's grand slam propels A's past Cardinals
Nick Kurtz drilled a grand slam and Zack Gelof also went deep to help the Athletics notch a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,Kurtz also doubled to extend his streak of reaching base to 36 consecutive games. Darell Hernaiz had three hits and J.T. ...
Rickea Jackson, Sky overcome slow start, stop Valkyries
Rickea Jackson saved five of her team-high 18 points for the final 1:41 and the new-look Chicago Sky improved to 2-0 on the WNBA season with a 69-63 victory over the Golden State Valkyries in San Francisco on Wednesday.,Kamilla Cardoso led a strong defense with seven rebounds and two blocks for the ...
Kyle Bradish, O's blank Yankees on one hit to claim series
Kyle Bradish held the visiting New York Yankees to one hit over six innings and Adley Rutschman belted a two-run home run and drove in three runs as the Baltimore Orioles won the rubber match 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Yankees were held without a hit until Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s fifth-inning, one-...
David Vazquez's first 2 career goals give San Diego much-needed win
David Vazquez scored his first and second career MLS goals and added an assist as San Diego FC romped to a much-needed 5-0 victory over visiting Austin FC on Wednesday night.,Marcus Ingvartsen scored his team-leading ninth goal and had two assists, and Anders Dreyer and Pedro Soma each added a goal ...
Sounders continue to shine on home turf, knock off Earthquakes
Osaze De Rosario came off the bench and scored on a header in the 89th minute as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 Wednesday night.,Jesus Ferreira and Albert Rusnak also scored for the Sounders (7-1-3, 24 points), who have handed the Earthquakes (9-2-2, 29 points) b...
Real Salt Lake extend home dominance, blank Dynamo 3-0
Zavier Gozo scored two goals in Real Salt Lake's 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Salt Lake (7-4-1, 22 points) improved to 6-1-0 at home this season. RSL has two more home dates in their three remaining matches before the league's World Cup hiatus.,It was the first MLS br...