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Steven Wilson rolls to fifth eNASCAR victory of season
Steven Wilson emerged as a victor in his home-state race, earning his fifth win of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season on Tuesday at a virtual Iowa Speedway.,The Iowa City native won a second consecutive race for the second time this year, taking the checkered flag despite leading for just 1...
Will Smith's 12th-pitch HR sparks Dodgers' win over Padres
Will Smith hit a go-ahead home run on a 12-pitch at-bat in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers continued their success against the visiting San Diego Padres with an 8-6 victory on Tuesday.,Andy Pages had two home runs among his four hits and drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who improved...
Cam Smith's 2 HRs, 4 hits propel Astros to rout of A's
Cam Smith belted two homers as part of his first career four-hit game and the Houston Astros had five long balls overall while rolling to a 13-3 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Mauricio Dubon, Christian Walker and Cooper Hummel also went deep as Houston racked ...
Gold Cup: Tajon Buchanan, Canada thrash Honduras
Tajon Buchanan scored two second-half goals and Canada routed Honduras 6-0 on Tuesday in Vancouver in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both sides.,Niko Sigur and Tani Oluwaseyi added first-half goals for the hosts before Promise Akinpelu and Nathan Saliba rounded out the scoring.,The result leaves C...
Guardians hang on, spoil Rafael Devers' Giants debut
Rafael Devers thrilled his new fans with an early RBI double, but Gabriel Arias' sixth-inning tiebreaking home run spoiled the slugger's San Francisco Giants debut and delivered the visiting Cleveland Guardians a 3-2 win in the opener of a three-game interleague series Tuesday night.,Emmanuel Clase ...
Nneka Ogwumike scores 26 as Storm stay hot, rout Sparks
Nneka Ogwumike racked up a season-high 26 points on 12-of-16 shooting from the field, Gabby Williams had a career-high eight steals and the Seattle Storm breezed past the host Los Angeles Sparks 98-67 on Tuesday., ,Ogwumike passed Tina Thompson for the fourth-most made field goals in WNBA history (2...
Cal Raleigh's slam, 6 RBIs carry Mariners past Red Sox
Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam to regain the major league lead in home runs as the Seattle Mariners put an end to the visiting Boston Red Sox's six-game winning streak with an 8-0 decision on Tuesday.,The Mariners leveled the three-game series at one win apiece while earning their fourth victory in fi...
Sergio Ramos, Monterrey secure draw with Inter Milan
Sergio Ramos scored on a header in the 25th minute and Monterrey held on for a 1-1 draw against Inter Milan on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif., in the Club World Cup opener for both teams.,A 42nd-minute goal from Lautaro Martinez leveled the contest.,The result leaves River Plate alone atop Group E afte...
No. 3 Arkansas knocks out No. 15 UCLA at MCWS
Wehiwa Aloy provided the pop and Zach Root pitched five shutout innings to lead No. 3 Arkansas to a 7-3 victory over No. 15 UCLA in a College World Series elimination game on Tuesday in Omaha, Neb.,Aloy went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple. The junior shortstop drove in three runs and scored tw...
Braves rally late, edge Mets on sac fly in 10th
Austin Riley's long sacrifice fly to center field scored automatic runner Luke Williams with the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the visiting New York Mets on Tuesday.,Atlanta improved to 6-2 in extra-inning games; New York is 4-4. The Mets h...
Sam Reinhart scores 4, Panthers beat Oilers to retain Stanley Cup
Sam Reinhart scored four goals to help the Florida Panthers clinch their second straight Stanley Cup Final with a 5-1 victory against the visiting Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Reinhart scored on all four shots he took to become the first player with four goals in a Sta...
Seiya Suzuki's 3-run homer helps Cubs get by Brewers
Seiya Suzuki launched a go-ahead three-run home run in the fifth inning on Tuesday night to propel the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.,Ben Brown (4-5) went five innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits, while striking out five and walking two to earn his first...
Salvador Perez (2 HRs), Royals top Rangers to end skid
Salvador Perez homered twice and added a double to drive in another run as the Kansas City Royals snapped a six-game losing streak, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas., ,Kansas City amassed just 11 runs over its six-game swoon (all at ...
Brittney Sykes guides Mystics' comeback win over Sky
Brittney Sykes scored 20 of her season-high 32 points in the second half to help the visiting Washington Mystics overcome a 16-point deficit and beat the Chicago Sky 79-72 on Tuesday night.,Sykes, who ranked among the WNBA leaders at 19.4 points per game entering the night, shot 13-of-24, including ...
Cardinals roll up 12 runs, hand White Sox sixth straight loss
Ivan Herrera had two hits and four RBIs, Brendan Donovan went 4-for-5 with a solo home run and Matthew Liberatore pitched six strong innings as the St. Louis Cardinals routed the host Chicago White Sox 12-2 on Tuesday.,St. Louis has won two of three on the heels of a six-game losing streak. The Whit...
Ramon Laureano's RBI hits help Orioles roll past Rays
Colton Cowser belted a solo homer and Ramon Laureano twice plated Jordan Westburg with RBIs singles, fueling the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.,Westburg and Dylan Carlson each collected three hits as the Orioles recorded their 15th win in 22 games.,Gu...
Back-to-back HRs in 9th lift Jays over D-backs
Bo Bichette and Addison Barger hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4.,Bichette's one-out homer tied the game against Shelby Miller (3-2), then Barger followed with a blast to right to end To...
Paige Bueckers, Wings dump Valkyries, end skid
Rookie guard Paige Bueckers scored 20 points with her college coach looking on as the Dallas Wings snapped a seven-game losing streak, defeating the Golden State Valkyries 80-71 on Tuesday at Arlington, Texas.,It took late-game defense to get the job done for the Wings (2-11), who won for the first ...
Reds' timely hits lead to victory over Twins
TJ Friedl's two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning rallied the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting Minnesota Twins 6-5 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday.,Will Benson added a two-run double while Jake Fraley chipped in a two-run single for the Reds, who scored all six runs with two outs...
CONCACAF Gold Cup: Curacao, El Salvador play to 0-0 draw
Goalie Mario Gonzalez made three saves to help El Salvador earn a scoreless draw against Curacao on Tuesday at San Jose, Calif., in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both sides.,The match started Group B action, with the group's other two nations, Canada and Honduras, set to face off later Tuesday ni...