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Lucas Herbert retains LIV Golf lead despite Josele Ballester's 60
Australia's Lucas Herbert gave up half of his lead on Saturday during the third round of LIV Golf Virginia, yet his 4-under-par 68 was good enough to move to 21 under and carry a three-shot edge into the final round.,Herbert, 30, enjoys some daylight between him and Sergio Garcia (18 under after a 6...

Alex Fitzpatrick takes lead at Truist Championship
England's Alex Fitzpatrick shot 7-under-par 64 to take the lead through three rounds of the Truist Championship on Saturday in Charlotte.,He's at 14-under 199 with a one-shot lead on Norway's Kristoffer Reitan, who posted a bogey-free 64, and a two-shot edge on Cameron Young, who recorded a 63.,It w...

Jeeno Thitikul maintains lead at Mizuho Americas Open
For the third consecutive day, Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul held her spot atop the leaderboard as she attempts to defend her title at the Mizuho Americas Open in West Caldwell, N.J.,Thitikul saw her three-shot lead after two rounds sliced to two in the third round on Saturday as she carded a 2-under-pa...

Mark Hubbard (64) seizes 1-shot edge at Myrtle Beach
Mark Hubbard fired a 7-under-par 64 on Saturday to claim a 1-shot edge over England's Aaron Rai through three rounds of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic.,The 36-year-old Hubbard, who has yet to win a PGA Tour title and hasn't finished in the top 20 this year, reeled off four straight birdies late ...

Jakob Marsee, Marlins rally late to beat Nationals
Jakob Marsee hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eight inning and the Marlins held on to beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 on Saturday in Miami.,With the score tied 4-4, Kyle Stowers led off the eighth with a single against Mitchell Parker (2-1) and Connor Norby walked. After both runners adv...

Top half of Athletics' order rolls versus O's
Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer and the Athletics won their third game in a row by defeating the host Baltimore Orioles 6-2 on Saturday.,Aaron Civale (4-1) had his third consecutive strong start, pitching five scoreless innings despite allowing six hits and three walks. He struck out six.,Hogan H...

Daniel Rios' late PK lifts CF Montreal over Orlando City
Daniel Rios scored on a penalty kick in the 94th minute as CF Montreal outlasted visiting Orlando City FC for a dramatic 2-0 victory on Saturday.,Montreal (4-7-0, 12 points) won for the third time in four games (2-1-0) by finally scoring in the final minutes after creating numerous chances.,Rios sco...

Reds snap eight-game losing streak with win over Astros
Chase Burns worked six strong innings, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of a critical fifth-inning fielding error to top the visiting Houston Astros 3-1 on Saturday and snap a season-worst eight-game losing skid.,The Reds set the table for a rubber match on Sunday for this three-game interleag...

Ernie Clement racks up five hits as Blue Jays maul Angels
Brandon Valenzuela hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run fifth inning Saturday and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 14-1.,Valenzuela had four hits and Ernie Clement recorded his second career five-hit game, including a solo homer as Toronto rapped out 20 hits to take...

James Harden comes up clutch, as Cavs defeat Pistons
Donovan Mitchell had 35 points and 10 rebounds, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the visiting Detroit Pistons 116-109 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday afternoon.,The fourth-seeded Cavaliers lost the first two games of the series in Detroit but ended the contest on a 12-5 run to...

Rookie Jovana Nogic helps Mercury ruin Aces' title celebration
Rookie Jovana Nogic made an immediate splash in her WNBA debut, scoring all 19 of her points in the first half of the Phoenix Mercury's 99-66 rout of the host Las Vegas Aces on Saturday.,The 28-year-old Serbia native connected on her first four 3-point attempts to lead Phoenix (1-0) to a dominant st...

Lionel Messi sets another record in Inter Miami win over Toronto FC
Rodrigo De Paul, Luis Suarez, Sergio Reguilon and Lionel Messi each scored to lead visiting Inter Miami to a 4-2 win over Toronto FC on Saturday.,Messi also had two assists as Miami (6-2-4, 22 points) made sure it wouldn't repeat last week's stunning 4-3 home loss against Orlando City when it surren...

Rays-Red Sox postponed, game to be made up July 17
Saturday afternoon's game between the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays was postponed due to heavy rainfall in Boston.,The postponement was signaled approximately 15 minutes before scheduled first pitch at Fenway Park.,The contest will be made up at 1:35 p.m. ET on July 17 as part of a split doubleheader. ...

Red Bulls snap winless streak, upset Fire
Jorge Ruvalcaba, Cade Cowell and Eric Maxim Chuopo-Moting scored as the New York Red Bulls handed the Chicago Fire their second straight home loss, 3-1, on Saturday.,Ethan Horvath had three saves for the Red Bulls (4-5-3, 15 points), who ended a two-game scoreless drought and snapped their five-game...

Sorana Cirstea upsets Aryna Sabalenka in Rome for first victory over No. 1
Sorana Cirstea has announced she will retire after the season but the 36-year-old Romanian sure isn't just cruising through tournaments in the meantime.,Cirstea defeated a world No. 1 for the first time since turning professional in 2006 when she rallied for a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over top-seeded A...

Wings out-race Fever to season-opening victory
Arike Ogunbowale scored 22 points, Paige Bueckers and Odyssey Sims tallied 20 apiece and the Dallas Wings opened the new season with a 107-104 win over the Indiana Fever on Saturday in Indianapolis., ,Jessica Shepard racked up 13 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for Dallas, which burned Indian...

Four different players score to give Inter Miami win over Toronto FC
Rodrigo De Paul, Luis Suarez, Sergio Reguilon and Lionel Messi each scored to lead visiting Inter Miami to a 4-2 win over Toronto FC on Saturday.,Messi had two assists as Miami (6-2-4, 22 points) made sure it wouldn't repeat last week's stunning 4-3 home loss against Orlando City when it surrendered...

Action gets underway at $800K PGL Astana 2026
Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams began group stage play Saturday as action got underway at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 tournament in Kazakhstan.,Seven of the eight opening matches were sweeps, with MOUZ defeating Gentle Mates 2-1 in the lone exception. ,The group stage runs through Wednesday, with al...

OpTic Texas keep rolling in CDL Major 3 qualifying
OpTic Texas maintained their perfect record in qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major, sweeping the Paris Gentle Mates 3-0 on Friday.,Texas improved to 4-0, while Paris slipped to 3-1. The Los Angeles Thieves, who were idle on Friday, hold second place at 3-0.,In other action as the th...

Mets outlast D-backs in 10 innings to extend hot streak
Mark Vientos and Carson Benge had RBI doubles in a two-run 10th inning and the New York Mets won their fourth game in the past five with a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Friday.,Vientos doubled on the first pitch he saw from Kevin Ginkel (1-2) to score the automatic runner i...