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Astros rally in ninth, sweep Twins with walk-off in tenth
Mauricio Dubon hit a walk-off single to left field with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros completed a three-game series sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 2-1 win on Sunday.,Dubon drove home Jake Meyers with a high fly ball off Twins reliever Cole Sands (3-3) that left fielder Wil...
Nick Castellanos blasts grand slam as Phillies crush Blue Jays
Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam, rookie Otto Kemp went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs and Alec Bohm also homered and drove in three runs as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game series sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays with an 11-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.,It was ...
Quinn Priester wins fourth consecutive start, leading Brewers past Cards
Quinn Priester allowed one run and four hits over six innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers capture a 3-2 win against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of their four-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Priester (5-2) struck out three and didn't walk a batter en route to his fourth straight...
Braxton Fulford drives in five as Rockies smash Braves
Braxton Fulford drove in a career-best five runs and Austin Gomber threw five scoreless innings in his season debut to propel the visiting Colorado Rockies to a rare 10-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.,Gomber, who was activated from the 60-day injured list prior to the series finale, all...
Brayan Bello delivers a mound gem as Red Sox sweep Yankees
Rafael Devers homered and Brayan Bello tossed seven shutout innings as the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the visiting New York Yankees with a 2-0 victory Sunday.,Bello (3-1) held New York to three hits, walked three and struck out eight. He threw a career-high 114 pitches (72 strike...
Dane Myers homers as Marlins edge Nationals for rare sweep
Dane Myers had three hits including a home run and the visiting Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 Sunday to complete the three-game sweep.,Nick Fortes added three hits for Miami, which completed its first three-game sweep of the season and won three in row overall for the first time si...
Gary Sanchez slugs grand slam as Orioles rout Angels
Gary Sanchez belted a seventh-inning grand slam to help the Baltimore Orioles record an 11-2 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon, completing a three-game sweep.,Sanchez homered for the second day in a row after missing time since late April with an injury. Ramon Urias...
Allisha Gray's hot shooting powers Dream past Mystics
Allisha Gray's career-high 32 points and 6-of-9 shooting from 3-point range powered a flurry of long-range offense as the Atlanta Dream cruised past the host Washington Mystics, 89-56, Sunday in Commissioner's Cup action.,Atlanta (8-3) shot a torrid 18-of-42 from beyond the arc, with Gray, Rhyne How...
Carlota Ciganda finishes strong to win Meijer LPGA Classic
Spain's Carlota Ciganda shot a 5-under-par 67 Sunday to finish 16-under 272 and win the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Mich.,Ciganda came into the event with two previous LPGA tour victories under her belt, having won the KEB Hana Bank Championship and Lorena Ochoa Invitational in 2016.,But it had ...
Elly De La Cruz continues home run streak as Reds rally past Tigers
Elly De La Cruz homered for the fourth consecutive game and drove in three runs and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the host Detroit Tigers, 8-4, on Sunday.,De La Cruz had three hits and scored three runs, while Gavin Lux drove in the go-ahead run during a four-run eighth inning.,Starting pitcher W...
Angel Reese's triple-double carries Sky past Sun
Angel Reese delivered her first WNBA triple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Chicago Sky to a 78-66 win over the Connecticut Sun in a Commissioner's Cup game.,Reese's triple-double was the second in the WNBA this season, along with the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark. It w...
Bayern Munich shows might, topples Auckland City 10-0
Michael Olise scored two goals with two assists, all in the first half, and Germany's Bayern Munich was off and running toward a 10-0 victory over New Zealand's Auckland City in a Group C opener of the FIFA Club World Cup at Cincinnati.,Kinglesly Coman also scored a pair of first-half goals for Baye...
MCWS: Kade Anderson's gem lifts LSU over Arkansas
Kade Anderson allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings and No. 6 national seed LSU defeated No. 3 national seed Arkansas 4-1 in a Men's College World Series opener on Saturday night in Omaha, Neb.,On Monday, the Tigers (49-15) will face UCLA, which defeated Murray State, 6-4, earlier Sat...
FaZe Clan, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere in BLAST.tv Austin Major playoffs
FaZe Clan, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere advanced to the BLAST.tv Austin Major playoffs with victories on Saturday in Texas.,In Round 4 high matches of Group Stage 3, FaZe Clan swept The Mongolz 2-0, Team Vitality routed Virtus.pro 2-0 and Natus Vincere defeated G2 Esports 2-1.,In three eliminatio...
Kamaru Usman snaps Joaquin Buckley’s streak at UFC Fight Night
Kamaru Usman returned to the win column Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Atlanta, Ga., securing a unanimous decision over Joaquin Buckley 49-46, 49-46, 48-47., ,"Those knockouts will come," Usman said after the win. "I just needed to get that monkey off my back.", ,The first tw...
Jorge Polanco's RBI single in 9th lifts Mariners past Guardians
Jorge Polanco grounded a bases-loaded single into center field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied to defeat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 4-3 Saturday night,,Trailing 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth against Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase (4-1...
Mexico edges Dominican Republic in Gold Cup opener
Edson Alvarez registered a goal and a assist to help Mexico post a 3-2 victory over the Dominican Republic in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Saturday night in Inglewood, Calif.,Defending champion Mexico (1-0-0, 3 points) also got goals from Raul Jimenez and Cesar Montes.,Peter Gonzalez and Edison...
Shohei Ohtani's 2 HRs back Clayton Kershaw as Dodgers pound Giants
Clayton Kershaw went seven scoreless innings and Shohei Ohtani hit a pair of home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to an 11-5 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday.,Teoscar Hernandez added a homer and Mookie Betts had a two-run double as the Dodgers evened their first seri...
Real Salt Lake blanks D.C. United to end winless streak
Johnny Russell and Zavier Gozo scored in each half to give Real Salt Lake a 2-0 win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday in Sandy, Utah.,The result ended Salt Lake's seven-match (0-4-3) winless streak. While the victory was paramount, it was also just the sixth time that low-scoring RSL (5-10-3, 18...
Jordan Ta’amu leads Defenders over Panthers in UFL title game
Jordan Ta'amu passed for 390 yards and four touchdowns and the DC Defenders cruised to a 58-34 victory over the Michigan Panthers in the United Football League Championship game on Saturday night in St. Louis.,Deon Jackson rushed for two touchdowns as DC took control with a 31-point second quarter. ...