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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...
Cal Raleigh's record-setting day propels Mariners over A's
Cal Raleigh hit two home runs, breaking a pair of major-league records, as the Seattle Mariners routed the visiting Athletics 11-4 on Sunday afternoon.,Raleigh hit two-run blasts in each of the first two innings off A's left-hander Jacob Lopez (7-7), giving Raleigh an MLB-leading 49 homers this seas...
Spencer Steer's homer helps Reds avoid sweep by Diamondbacks
Spencer Steer's three-run homer highlighted a five-run eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds broke a three-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in Phoenix.,Austin Hays had three hits and an RBI, Steer doubled in addition to his 16th homer, and Noelvi Marte h...
Home runs help Dodgers draw even with Padres in NL West race
Freddie Freeman homered twice and Dalton Rushing jacked a three-run shot that gave the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers the lead for good Sunday in an 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Hitting .181 going into his at-bat, Rushing pulled a 3-2 slider from Jeremiah Estrada (4-5) over the wall in right for...
Valkyries snap skid with second-half surge vs. Wings
Veronica Burton poured in 25 points and dished out 13 assists as the Golden State Valkyries ended a three-game losing streak with an 90-81 victory over the Dallas Wings Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,The expansion Valkyries (19-18) came in looking to remain on the right side of the playoff, s...
Aryna Sabalenka starts defense of U.S. Open title with solid victory
The first round of a major can be tricky for the world's No. 1 player and defending champion. Especially when it's the last major of the year in New York.,But Aryna Sabalenka made the proceedings look very routine in a 7-5, 6-1 win over Switzerland's Rebeka Masarova in her first match at the U.S. Op...
Jayden Hibbert, Atlanta United play Toronto FC to scoreless draw
Goalkeeper Jayden Hibbert made two saves in his second career MLS start, as Atlanta United tied visiting Toronto FC 0-0 on Sunday.,Sean Johnson made one save for Toronto (5-13-9, 24 points), which posted its third straight draw and saw its winless stretch extended to five straight games. Toronto has...
Tommy Fleetwood secures elusive first PGA victory to win FedEx Cup title
ATLANTA -- Asked and now answered., ,Empathically., ,Stop questioning Tommy Fleetwood about finally getting his first PGA Tour victory. He got his win, after so many close calls, in a big way. The Englishman captured the FedEx Cup championship with a victory in the Tour Championship at East Lake Gol...
Christian Rasmussen passes Alex Palou, grabs maiden win at Milwaukee
Alex Palou may have locked up his third straight IndyCar Series championship already, but Christian Rasmussen wasn't fazed when he passed Palou for the lead late in the race and held on to win his first IndyCar title at the Snap-on 250 on Sunday in West Allis, Wis.,Rasmussen, a 25-year-old from Denm...
Merrill Kelly produces gem, Rangers complete sweep of Guardians
Merrill Kelly produced his best outing with Texas and Rowdy Tellez ripped a two-run home run to get the ball rolling as the Rangers defeated the hapless Cleveland Guardians 5-0 on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas to complete a three-game series sweep., ,The Rangers have won four of their past fi...
Giants overtake Brewers late in 4-3 win
Heliot Ramos drove in two runs with a two-out single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday.,The win gave San Francisco the three-game set. Milwaukee's Trevor Megill (5-3) blew his second save of the series.,Matt Chapma...
Taiwan wins 18th LLBWS championship with shutout of Nevada
Lin Chin-Tse tossed five one-hit innings and knocked in three runs, and Taiwan won the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series with a 7-0 victory over the U.S. champions from Las Vegas, Nevada in the championship game Sunday in South Williamsport, Penn.,Lin had the big hit of the Tung-Yaun LL team'...