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San Diego FC edge Nashville FC in heavyweight matchup
Chucky Lozano scored the decisive goal early in the second half as host San Diego FC notched a 1-0 victory over Nashville SC on Friday night.,Anders Dreyer set up the tally to raise his MLS assists lead to 16 while helping San Diego FC maintain its hold on first place in the Western Conference.,San ...

Late-first-half goal carries Timbers to win over LAFC
Cristhian Paredes' 45th-minute goal was all the visiting Portland Timbers needed to capture a 1-0 win over Los Angeles FC on Friday.,Portland (10-7-7, 37 points) jumped over LAFC into a tie for fourth in the Western Conference table with the Seattle Sounders, who play Saturday night at Atlanta Unite...

Valkyries, minus Kayla Thornton, rally past Wings
Playing without leading scorer and rebounder Kayla Thornton, the Golden State Valkyries rallied in the second half to snap a three-game losing streak with an 86-76 win over the Dallas Wings on Friday in San Francisco.,Golden State (11-12) came into its first game since the All-Star break with the ne...

Nick Kurtz ties record with 4 HRs as A's pound Astros
Rookie Nick Kurtz tied major league records with four home runs and 19 total bases to pace the visiting Athletics to a 15-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.,Kurtz, who was 6-for-6 in the game after going 3-for-5 with two doubles in the Athletics' series-opening win on Thursday, extended hi...

Nathan Eovaldi continues to dominate as Rangers cruise past Braves
Jonah Heim homered and Sam Haggerty had an RBI double and scored a run to back a solid start by Nathan Eovaldi as the Texas Rangers stayed hot with an 8-3 win over the sputtering Atlanta Braves on Friday in the first of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won their fourth straight g...

Alonso Martinez's hat trick lifts NYCFC past FC Dallas
Alonso Martinez scored three goals, including the match-winner in the 84th minute, as New York City FC outlasted FC Dallas 4-3 in on Friday in a wild interconference match at Frisco, Texas.,Martinez's deciding goal came when Nicolas Fernandez Mercau fed the streaking NYCFC forward with a perfect pas...

Ramiro Enrique scores twice in three minutes as Orlando City bests Columbus
Ramiro Enrique came off the bench to score twice in three minutes and Martin Ojeda added an insurance goal along with two assists as visiting Orlando City SC rallied for a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Crew on Friday.,Enrique got the equalizer in the 76th minute and the go-head marker in 79th when h...

White Sox bash four homers, thrash Cubs in series opener
Chase Meidroth, Colson Montgomery, Austin Slater and Mike Tauchman homered and Adrian Houser pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the host Chicago White Sox routed the Chicago Cubs 12-5 on Friday.,Winners of six of seven since the All-Star break, the White Sox collected 18 hits, including ...

Twins' Zebby Matthews and three relievers blank Nationals
Zebby Matthews pitched six scoreless innings, Byron Buxton drove in the game's lone run, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Royce Lewis ripped a double for the only extra-base hit for the Twins, who won the series opener despit...

Kyle Schwarber homers twice as Phillies outslug Yankees
Kyle Schwarber homered twice and J.T. Realmuto hit a tiebreaking three-run blast in the seventh inning as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies pulled away for a 12-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday.,Schwarber hit his 35th and 36 home runs, belting a tying two-run shot off New York starter ...

Dodgers use two-run eighth inning to put away Red Sox
Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run home run to help the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,After Freddie Freeman singled to open the eighth inning, Hernandez homered against Boston reliever Jorge Alcala to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-...

Reds pound out 14 hits, top Rays in opener
Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds collected 14 hits en route to a 7-2 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game set on Friday.,Starting pitcher Nick Martinez (9-9) held Tampa Bay to two runs on four hits and struck out five over five in...

Sabrina Ionescu nets 29 as Liberty rally past Mercury
Sabrina Ionescu scored a game-high 29 points -- including 12 in the crucial third quarter -- as the host New York Liberty rallied to defeat the Phoenix Mercury 89-76 on Friday night.,Ionescu also had a game-high-tying eight assists, and teammate Jonquel Jones added 20 points and a team-high 11 rebou...

D-backs throw one-hitter but need 11 innings to edge Pirates
Eugenio Suarez hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and three Arizona pitchers combined on a one-hitter, leading the Diamondbacks to a 1-0 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson threw six innings, permitting just Tommy Pham's triple in the second inning. H...

CF Montreal extend Revs' winless stretch to nine in 3-1 win
Prince Owusu scored his team-leading 11th goal and league-worst CF Montreal defeated the New England Revolution 3-1 to halt a four-match winless run on Friday night in Foxborough, Mass.,Dante Sealy had what proved to be the match-winner later in the first half and Olger Escobar scored a third in sec...

Blue Jays parlay fifth-inning outburst into second win over Tigers
Bo Bichette had a two-run double during a four-run fifth as the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays downed the slumping Detroit Tigers, 6-2, on Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. supplied two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of eight games since t...

Ezequiel Tovar's 8th inning homer rallies Rockies past Orioles
Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar hit a tie-breaking eighth inning home run and the Rockies rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 in Friday night's series opener between two teams that have mostly struggled this year.,Mickey Moniak and Thairo Estrada also homered, w...

Miles Mikolas leads Cardinals to shutout of Padres
Miles Mikolas and four St. Louis Cardinals relievers combined to shut out the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night.,Mikolas (6-7) scattered seven hits over five-plus innings. He struck out one and didn't walk a batter.,Steven Matz, Phil Maton, JoJo Romero and Ryan Helsley followed with one inning ap...

Lynx remain undefeated at home with romp of Aces
Napheesa Collier scored a game-high 25 points Friday night and the Minnesota Lynx improved to 14-0 at home with a 109-78 rout of the Las Vegas Aces.,Courtney Williams added 23 points and five assists for Minnesota (22-4), sinking 10 of 12 shots from the field. Bridget Carleton chipped in 14 points a...

CoD Black Ops 6 playoff field finalized at Esports World Cup
FiveFears, 100 Thieves, OMiT and Boston Breach clinched playoff berths Friday to round out the field of eight at the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 tournament at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Teams played elimination and decider matches Friday to determine the second team from each group ...