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Wyndham Clark ‘very sorry’ for damaging Oakmont lockers
Wyndham Clark delivered an apology Thursday for damaging Oakmont Country Club lockers in anger last week at the U.S. Open.,Clark missed the cut at the third major championship of the season, going 74-74 (8 over par) through two rounds. On Saturday, social media posts from golf podcaster Todd "Tron C...
Brewers hang on for 8-7 win over Cubs
Rhys Hoskins, Caleb Durbin and Isaac Collins homered and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for an 8-7 win over the host Chicago Cubs on Thursday.,The Brewers earned a split in the two-game series. Three games were originally scheduled, but Wednesday's middle game was rained out and postponed till August...
Cardinals pull off eighth-inning rally, claim Game 1 of doubleheader against White Sox
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take a 5-4 win against the host Chicago White Sox in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.,Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde gave up two runs on six hits in five innings. Reliever Andre Granillo (1-0) got the final out i...
Jac Caglianone hits first 2 career homers as Royals beat Rangers
Rookie Jac Caglianone homered twice and Vinnie Pasquantino also went deep to back the three-hit pitching of Michael Wacha and three relievers as the Kansas City Royals swept past the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,The Royals won all three games of the set, producing the...
Lionel Messi scores on free kick to lift Inter Miami over Porto
ATLANTA -- Lionel Messi connected on a free kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the FIFA Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon.,After Porto struck first on Samu Aghehowa's penalty kick in the eighth minute, Marcelo Weigandt assisted on Te...
Yankees bats finally awaken to avoid 4-game sweep to Angels
Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back home runs as the host New York Yankees stopped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday afternoon.,Carlos Rodon (9-5) overcame allowing three solo homers and pitched six quality innings as the ...
Tigers' Riley Greene, Tarik Skubal too much for Pirates
Riley Greene drove in four runs and Tarik Skubal collected another home victory as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-2, in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.,Skubal (8-2) gave up two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six while running his ho...
James Wood's walk-off HR lifts Nationals over Rockies in 11
James Wood hit a two-run walk-off shot in the bottom of the 11th inning, his second home run of the game, and the Washington Nationals snapped their 11-game losing streak with a 4-3 win against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Thursday.,Jacob Young led off against Seth Halvorsen (1-2) by bunting pin...
Byron Buxton powers Twins past Reds
Byron Buxton finished off a spectacular series against the Cincinnati Reds with two home runs and a double to help the Minnesota Twins salvage the finale of the three-game series, 12-5, on Thursday in Cincinnati.,The Twins center fielder opened the series by homering and taking away a potential home...
Palmeiras blank Al Ahly 2-0 at Club World Cup
Jose Lopez scored in the 60th minute to lift Brazil's Palmeiras to a 2-0 victory over Egypt's Al Ahly in Club World Cup Group A play on Thursday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.,The victory placed Palmeiras (1-0-1, 4 points) atop the group standings as FC Porto and Inter Miami were scheduled to pl...
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is undergoing treatment for acute gastroenteritis at a hospital, the club announced Thursday.,Mbappe, 26, will "undergo a series of tests and follow the appropriate course of treatment," Real Madrid said.,The French international sat out Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with ...
Three Ways New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp Can Fix the Stale Golf Schedule
New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has major work ahead. Here are three ways he can fix the Tour’s stale schedule, including shaking up signature events and thinking globally....
Astros pull away from A's with seven-run 6th inning
Jose Altuve and Victor Caratini each slammed a three-run homer during a seven-run seventh inning to help the Houston Astros maul the Athletics 11-4 on Wednesday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,Mauricio Dubon also homered as Houston racked up a season-high 20 hits while winning for the seventh time ...
Dodgers top Padres on Will Smith's pinch walk-off homer
Will Smith hit a game-ending pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Wednesday.,Emmet Sheehan went four strong innings in his return from Tommy John surgery a...
Daniel Schneemann's 3-run homer leads Guardians past Giants
Daniel Schneemann hit a three-run home run, the Cleveland bullpen did a masterful job for a second straight game and the visiting Guardians made it two in a row over the San Francisco Giants with a 4-2 victory on Wednesday.,Logan Allen (5-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball, helping the Guardia...
Gold Cup: Costa Rica edges Dominican Republic on late goal
Costa Rica overcame an early deficit and broke a second-half stalemate with a dramatic Josimar Alcocer goal in the 85th minute to put away the Dominican Republic in CONCACAF Gold Cup play Wednesday evening in Arlington, Texas.,In the decisive sequence, Manfred Ugalde gathered a cross in the center o...
Cesar Montes lifts Mexico past Suriname, into Gold Cup quarters
Defender Cesar Montes doubled his career international scoring tally by connecting on two goals Wednesday night as Mexico defeated Suriname 2-0 in Arlington, Texas, to clinch a spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.,Mexico (2-0-0, 6 points) moved ahead of Costa Rica (2-0-0, 6 points) atop Grou...
Reds outlast Twins for rain-shortened victory
Spencer Steer belted a go-ahead two-run homer, doubled and scored twice against his former team to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 rain-shortened win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.,The game was halted with two outs in the bottom of the sixth as heavy rains drenched the field and t...
Coastal Carolina blows out Louisville to reach MCWS finals
Colby Thorndyke went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs, including three in a decisive first inning, as No. 13 Coastal Carolina cruised into the championship series of the Men's College World Series with an 11-3 win over Louisville on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,The Chanticleers, who won the 2016 MCWS, wil...
Rockies' home-run outburst continues with another win against Nationals
Michael Toglia hit his third home run in two games, German Marquez pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the visiting Colorado Rockies sent the Washington Nationals to their 11th consecutive loss, 3-1 on Wednesday night.,Jordan Beck had two hits including a homer for the Rockies, who have won four str...