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Pair of HRs back righty Quinn Priester as Brewers top Braves
Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers homered and Quinn Priester allowed one run in six innings to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.,Priester (4-2) allowed seven hits and no walks, striking out seven in a 96-pitch outing to win his third straight deci...

Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto rally Mets past Nats
Jeff McNeil laced a walk-off double in the 10th inning as the New York Mets rallied for a 5-4 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series.,The Mets trailed 3-0 and 4-2 before earning their fourth straight win and 13th victory in their last 16 game...

Switzerland sends USMNT to 4th straight loss, 4-0
With a chance to enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup on a positive note, the U.S. men's national team instead continued its slide with an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Switzerland in a friendly at Nashville on Tuesday.,The U.S. squad is missing most of its best players, but it now takes a four-match losing strea...

Liberty improves record to 9-0 with easy victory over Sky
Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points and Breanna Stewart added 18, fueling the undefeated New York Liberty to an 85-66 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Ionescu made 9 of 14 shots from the floor and added seven assists and four steals as New York (9-0) improved to 3-0 in WNBA Commissione...

Ian Happ raps half of Cubs' four homers in win over Phillies
Ian Happ hit two of the Chicago Cubs' four home runs in an 8-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,Happ, who also homered in Monday's series opener, has four home runs in eight games on the Cubs' road trip after entering the trek with three homers in 50 games. Dansby Swanson and ...

Allisha Gray, Dream roll past Caitlin Clark-less Fever
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 23 points and added six rebounds and four assists as the Atlanta Dream posted a 77-58 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.,Brionna Jones added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta (6-3), which won for the fifth time in six games. Nia Coffey chipped in ...

Roman Anthony makes first hit count as Red Sox beat Rays
Roman Anthony recorded a two-RBI double for the first hit of his major league career and Trevor Story went 2-for-4 with a homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the second of a three-game series on Tuesday night.,Anthony, who was playing in just his second ...

Tigers' bullpen steps up in win over Orioles
Spencer Torkelson's two-run home run and Sawyer Gipson-Long's 4 2/3 solid innings of relief pitching carried the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the host Baltimore Orioles to open a three-game series Tuesday night.,Riley Greene, Gleyber Torres, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel Perez all had two hits ...

Marlins' Sandy Alcantara shuts down Pirates, ends skid
Nick Fortes hit an early two-run home run and Sandy Alcantara pitched six shutout innings to help the Miami Marlins edge the host Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Tuesday night.,Ke'Bryan Hayes and Oneil Cruz each hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to give the Pirates a chance at a late comeback.,Howe...

Abbott authors shutout as Reds improve to 5-0 vs. Guardians
Andrew Abbott threw a three-hitter for Cincinnati's first complete-game shutout in four years and Spencer Steer drove in the only run to give the visiting Reds a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.,Steer's single in the fifth inning off Slade Cecconi (1-3) scored Will Benson a...

Giants place 3B Matt Chapman (hand) on IL
San Francisco Giants standout third baseman Matt Chapman was placed on the 10-day injured list due to right hand inflammation prior to Tuesday's game against the host Colorado Rockies.,Chapman injured the hand while being picked off during Sunday's game against the Houston Astros. He jammed it while...

Rapids GK Zack Steffen has knee surgery, out 4-6 weeks
Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen underwent right knee surgery and will miss four to six weeks, the team announced Tuesday.,The injury puts Steffen out of the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. He sustained the injury during a practice with the U.S. national team last week. ,The surgery repaired Stef...

D-backs blow big lead in 9th, walk off M's with slam in 11th
Josh Naylor hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the 11th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks recovered from a blown lead in the ninth for an 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners in Phoenix on Monday.,Ketel Marte was intentionally walked with one out in the 11th and Geraldo Perdomo walked to l...

D-backs blow big lead in 9th, walk off Mariners with grand slam in 11th
Josh Naylor hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the 11th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks recovered from a blown lead in the ninth for an 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners in Phoenix on Monday.,Ketel Marte was intentionally walked with one out in the 11th and Geraldo Perdomo walked to l...

Dodgers score twice in 10th inning, hold off Padres
Andy Pages' RBI double snapped a 10th-inning tie and lifted the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday.,Pages laced a 1-1 pitch from Wandy Peralta (3-1) to the left field wall, scoring Max Muncy, the automatic runner to start the inning. Tommy Edman added a ru...

Kayla Thornton, Valkyries sink Sparks in overtime
Kayla Thornton and Tami Fagbenle each recorded a double-double while leading the visiting Golden State Valkyries to an 89-81 overtime win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday.,Thornton put an exclamation point on her 18-point, 11-rebound performance in the final minute of the extra period when she ...

Yusei Kikuchi dominant as Angels continue mastery over A's
Yusei Kikuchi allowed one hit over 7 1/3 shutout innings and Joey Adell homered and had three RBIs as the Los Angeles Angels recorded a 7-4 victory over the Athletics on Monday night at Anaheim, Calif.,Mike Trout had two RBIs and Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel each drove in one to help the Angels win ...

Murray State edges Duke, reaches first MWCS
Jonathan Hogart homered twice, helping lead Murray State to a 5-4 win over Duke on Monday in the decisive third game of the Durham (N.C.) super regional, sending the Racers to the first Men's College World Series in school history.,Murray State (44-15) became the eighth and final team to clinch a sp...

Rays outlast Red Sox in 11 in Roman Anthony's debut
Jake Mangum went 4-for-6 with two RBIs for the Tampa Bay Rays, who scored twice in the 11th inning to upend the host Boston Red Sox 10-8 in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night.,After Junior Caminero drew a bases-loaded, full-count walk off Red Sox reliever Zack Kelly (1-3), Mangum beat...

Panthers cruise to Game 3 win over Oilers
Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist for the Florida Panthers in a 6-1 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series heading to Game 4 on...