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Drew Gilbert, Kai-Wei Teng lift Giants past lowly Rockies
Rookie Drew Gilbert homered among his career-high four hits, Rafael Devers and Willy Adames also went deep and finished with two hits apiece and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 in Denver on Monday.,Kai-Wei Teng (2-3) struck out a career-high eight while scattering nine hits ov...
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek roll into U.S. Open quarterfinals
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open Round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish her dismantling of Gauff,...
Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to reach U.S. Open quarters
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish off her dismantling of Ga...
White Sox rally in eighth to top Twins
Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman each hit an RBI double in the top of the eighth to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 comeback win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Chase Meidroth hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which won its second game in a row. Colson Montgomery adde...
Making first start in two years, Astros Luis Garcia stymies Angels
Luis Garcia made a triumphant return to the rotation, and the Houston Astros earned a split of their four-game wraparound series against the Los Angeles Angels with an 8-3 win on Monday.,Garcia (1-0) made his season debut and first appearance for the Astros in 28 months following Tommy John surgery ...
JJ Bleday leads hit parade as A's snap slide vs. Cardinals
JJ Bleday hit two homers, drove in three runs and scored three times to power the visiting Athletics past the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 Monday afternoon.,Zack Gelof (3-for-5, homer, two runs), Tyler Soderstrom (2-for-5, three RBIs), Jacob Wilson (3-for-4, two runs) and Darell Hernaiz (2-for-4, walk, ...
Balanced Red Sox offense leads way to win over Guardians
Carlos Narvaez came through with a pinch-hit, two-run single and Trevor Story hit a solo home run to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Monday in the opener of a three-game series., ,It was a 3-3 game until Narvaez delivered his pinch-hit single with th...
Juan Soto knocks in six runs to help Mets stave off Tigers
Juan Soto drove in six runs, including a grand slam, and the visiting New York Mets held off the Detroit Tigers 10-8 on Monday afternoon.,Soto, who reached base four times, also had a two-run triple in the series opener. Luis Torrens supplied three hits, scored two runs and drove in two more for New...
Reds end wild ninth with Noelvi Marte's walk-off hit vs. Blue Jays
Noelvi Marte connected for a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 walk-off win against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.,Marte knocked his first hit of the day into left field off reliever Brendon Little (4-2), driving in Matt McLain and TJ Friedl.,C...
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur soar into U.S. Open quarters
No. 25 Felix Auger-Aliassime is back in a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time in 3 1/2 years after recording a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 15 Andrey Rublev on Monday in the U.S. Open round of 16 at New York.,Auger-Aliassime racked up 42 winners at Arthur Ashe Stadium while easily dispatchi...
Andrew Alvarez wins debut, Nationals knock off Marlins
Andrew Alvarez allowed one hit over five innings in his major league debut and the Washington Nationals snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday.,Called up from Triple-A Rochester to take the start in place of the injured MacKenzie Gore, the 26-yea...
Rhyne Howard, Dream pull away late to defeat Sun
The Atlanta Dream, behind 23 points from Rhyne Howard, rallied late on the road to pull away from the valiant Connecticut Sun, 93-76.,Connecticut led by seven points early in the second half and remained competitive well into the fourth quarter but couldn't hang with the Dream in the closing minutes...
Dolphins' Tyreek Hill not among team captains
Miami Dolphins players decided to strip the captain's patch off the chest of teammate Tyreek Hill.,The Dolphins announced their 2025 team captains on Monday, and for the first time since 2022, the five-time All-Pro wide receiver is not among them. ,Hill, a controversial figure throughout his career,...
Anders Dreyer nets goal as San Diego FC edge LAFC
Anders Dreyer scored a goal with an assist as visiting San Diego FC solidified their lead atop the Western Conference with a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles FC on Sunday.,Hirving Lozano also scored a goal and CJ dos Santos made three saves as San Diego FC (17-7-5, 56 points) won its seventh consecutive...
No. 10 Miami boots late field goal to edge No. 6 Notre Dame
Carter Davis kicked a 47-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining, Carson Beck passed for two touchdowns in his Miami debut and the No. 10 Hurricanes never trailed while recording a 27-24 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night in the season opener for both teams at Miami Gardens, Fla.,CJ Daniels m...
Valkyries sharp from beyond the arc, sink Fever
Iliana Rupert scored a career-high 21 points and paced Golden State's torrid 12-of-19 3-point shooting as the homestanding Valkyries picked up a crucial 75-63 win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday night in San Francisco.,Golden State (21-18) led nearly wire-to-wire thanks to its sensational long-rang...
Sounders dominate Inter Miami in Leagues Cup final marred by melee at whistle
Alex Roldan converted from the penalty spot late in the second half and had an assist during the first half, and the host Seattle Sounders defeated Lionel Messi and Inter Miami 3-0 to win the 2025 Leagues Cup final on Sunday night.,The match was marred by a melee at the final whistle involving multi...
Giants place LHP Carson Whisenhunt (back) on 15-day injured list
The San Francisco Giants on Sunday placed rookie left-hander Carson Whisenhunt on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday, due to a strained back.,In a corresponding move, San Francisco recalled rookie right-hander Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sacramento.,The Giants also expect Matt Chapman t...
Sparks help playoff chances by downing Mystics
Dearica Hamby recorded 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Sparks improved their playoff chances with a pivotal 81-78 victory over the visiting Washington Mystics on Sunday night.,Kelsey Plum scored 14 of her 18 points in the final quarter as the Sparks (18-20) snapped a two-game slide. Ri...
Drake Baldwin's 9th-inning homer lifts Braves past Phillies
Drake Baldwin blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning as the visiting Atlanta Braves topped the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Sunday night to salvage the finale of their four-game series.,Jake Fraley began the decisive inning by hitting a routine grounder that reliever Jose Alvarado (4-...