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Shota Imanaga, slugging Cubs overpower Red Sox
Shota Imanaga threw seven scoreless innings, Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker slugged back-to-back home runs in the first, and the Chicago Cubs blanked the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Saturday.,Imanaga (7-3) allowed just five hits, while striking out five and walking one, helping the Cubs take the w...

Charlotte FC get the road win over Atlanta United despite being outshot
Pep Biel and Wilfried Zaha each scored a goal and assisted on another for visiting Charlotte FC, helping propel the club to a 3-2 victory over Atlanta United on Saturday.,After Zaha's goal broke a 1-1 tie in the 59th minute, Biel added one of his own in the 77th, as Charlotte (11-11-2, 35 points) wo...

Lionel Messi's 6th brace in 7 games seals Inter Miami's win over Red Bulls
Lionel Messi had two goals and two assists to lead Inter Miami to a bounce-back 5-1 victory over the host New York Red Bulls on Saturday night in Harrison, N.J.,Messi and Inter Miami (12-4-5, 41 points) erased a 1-0 first-half deficit with a flurry of goals late in the first half -- two of them comi...

Martin Ojeda scores twice as Orlando City edge Revs
Martin Ojeda scored his team-leading 11th and 12th goals to lift Orlando City SC to a 2-1 victory over the host New England Revolution on Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass.,Ojeda's second multi-goal performance this season helped Orlando (10-6-8, 38 points) snap a four-match winless run and earn it...

New Ranger Rowdy Tellez keys win over Tigers with HR
Rowdy Tellez hit a three-run home run to back a strong start by Kumar Rocker as the Texas Rangers defeated the struggling Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Saturday in the second of three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers' pitching has been dominating thus far, shutting out Detroit in the first game ...

Athletics pour it on late to pull away from Guardians
Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson both hit two-run home runs and Luis Severino earned his first win in more than a month as the visiting Athletics pulled away for an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night.,Langeliers went deep in the eighth inning off Nic Enright, and Wilson and Nick ...

White Sox erupt for 6 runs in sixth in win over Pirates
Mike Tauchman's go-ahead, bases-clearing double highlighted a six-run sixth inning that propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 10-4 comeback victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.,Tauchman and Lenyn Sosa each had three RBIs and Sosa also had three hits to lead the White Sox to the...

Kyle Schwarber grand slam lifts Phillies to win over Angels
Kyle Schwarber belted a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning to vault the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-5 home win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.,Bryce Harper also homered for Philadelphia after hitting two bombs in Friday's 6-5 defeat in the series opener. Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner ...

Blue Jays parlay 4-run sixth inning into second straight win over Giants
Eric Lauer pitched six strong innings, Tyler Heineman had a homer and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Lauer (5-2) allowed two runs, two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.,Addison Barger was 4-for-4 for the Blue Jays, wh...

Connor Zilisch claims rain-shortened Xfinity Series race at Dover
Lest anyone doubt the all-around natural racing talent of 18-year-old Connor Zilisch, the rookie claimed a series best fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on the season in Saturday's rain-shortened BetRivers 200 at the one-mile Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del., ,Zilisch led 77 of the race's 134 ...

Reds spoil David Wright ceremony with win over Mets
Jake Fraley tied a season high with three hits, including the tiebreaking RBI single and a run-scoring double as the visiting Cincinnati Reds continued their recent surge by holding on for a 5-2 victory over the host New York Mets on Saturday.,After a 30-minute pregame ceremony honoring David Wright...

Otto Lopez does heavy lifting in Marlins win over Royals
Shortstop Otto Lopez drove in all three runs as the host Miami Marlins won again, defeating the Kansas City Royals, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon.,Lopez's two-run double in the eighth inning snapped a 1-1 score.,Xavier Edwards added a triple, a double and two runs scored as the Marlins improved to 21-1...

Blue Jays parlay fourth inning into second straight win over Giants
Eric Lauer pitched six strong innings, Tyler Heineman had a homer and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Lauer (5-2) allowed two runs, two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.,Addison Barger was 4-for-4 for the Blue Jays, wh...

Scottie Scheffler inches closer to victory at The Open on Saturday
Scottie Scheffler is one round away from his fourth major championship after opening up a four-stroke lead at the Open Championship on Saturday in Portrush, Northern Ireland.,Scheffler posted a workmanlike 4-under-par 67 at Royal Portrush to get to 14-under 199, with China's Haotong Li (69) his clos...

Team Spirit sweep Falcons to win Esports World Cup
Team Spirit won the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 championship Saturday with a 3-0 sweep of Team Falcons in the grand final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Spirit collected $1 million and 1,000 EWC club points with three straight wins on green in 40 minutes, 40 minutes and 35 minutes. Falcons pocketed $500...

Gen.G, AG.AL advance to Esports World Cup final
Gen.G Esports and AG.AL will meet in the Sunday's best-of-five grand final at the Esports World Cup League of Legends event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The winning team will take home $600,000 and 1,000 EWC club points.,Gen.G beat G2 Esports 2-1 and AG.AL swept T1 in Saturday's semifinals. G2 and T1 wi...

Brewers continue dominance of Dodgers with shutout
Right-hander Quinn Priester collected 10 strikeouts, Caleb Durbin hit a home run and added an RBI double, and the Milwaukee Brewers continued their dominance over the host Los Angeles Dodgers with a 2-0 victory on Friday.,Priester (8-2) allowed three hits over six scoreless innings and did not walk ...

Mariners make up ground in AL West with win over Astros
Luis Castillo pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings while Randy Arozarena and Mitch Garver each homered to lead the Seattle Mariners past the visiting Houston Astros 6-1 on Friday night in both teams' first game after the All-Star break.,The Mariners posted their fourth consecutive victory and pulled with...

Adrian Del Castillo leads D-backs to win over Cardinals in MLB return
Adrian Del Castillo had three singles in his first day back in the majors, Brandon Pfaadt pitched seven shutout innings, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 in a series matching National League wild card contenders.,Del Castillo drove in a run and scored twice after being r...

Jordan Beck falls just short of cycle in Rockies win over Twins
Jordan Beck homered and finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle, Ryan McMahon also went deep, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 in Denver on Friday night.,Beck had a chance to complete the cycle in the eighth but struck out looking to end the inning.,Mickey Moniak, Tyler F...