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Rangers' offense reappears in 11-1 rout of Cardinals
Marcus Semien went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs as the Texas Rangers broke out of their offensive funk with an 11-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers' Josh Jung and Sam Haggerty each had three hits and three RBIs. Wyatt Langford added a two-ru...

Red Sox take down Braves to end 5-game skid
Trevor Story ended a 15-game homer-less streak and the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Friday in the opener of their three-game series to stop their season-long five-game skid.,Story hit a two-run homer, his seventh, in the fourth inning to give Boston the lead. The shot carri...

Mike Trout returns to go 1-for-5 as Angels top Guardians
Jose Soriano pitched six strong innings, Jorge Soler homered and drove in two runs, and the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Friday to snap a five-game losing streak.,Three-time American League MVP Mike Trout went 1-for-5 in his return from the injured list for Los Ang...

Yainer Diaz slams walk-off homer as Astros edge Rays
Yainer Diaz socked an opposite-field, walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.,Diaz clubbed his seventh home run off Rays' left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger (0-1), who struck out the first two ba...

Ernie Clement helps power Blue Jays past struggling Athletics
Ernie Clement homered and had four hits, Addison Barger added a homer and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Athletics 11-7 on Friday night.,The Blue Jays rapped out 15 hits and accepted 11 walks in winning their third consecutive game. They recorded 18 hits in a 12-0 win on Thursday in the...

Kyle Harrison, six relievers help Giants blank Marlins
Kyle Harrison combined with six relievers on a three-hitter, Matt Chapman homered and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game road series against the Miami Marlins with a 2-0 victory Friday night.,Heliot Ramos tripled on the game's fifth pitch and scored on a Wilmer Flores single, giving the Gi...

Sun finally enter win column while injuries pile up for Fever
Marina Mabrey scored a season-high 26 points, fueling the Connecticut Sun to their first win of the season in an 85-83 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday in Indianapolis.,Mabrey made 10 of 17 shots from the floor for the Sun (1-5), who overcame squandering a late 15-point lead to hand the Feve...

Francisco Lindor (2 homers) leads Mets over Rockies
Francisco Lindor hit two homers while David Peterson continued his strong season by tossing 5 2/3 solid innings and earning the win Friday night, when the host New York Mets beat the reeling Colorado Rockies 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Starling Marte also homered while the slumping Jua...

Sabrina Ionescu scores 28 as unbeaten Liberty blitz Mystics
Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 28 points as the visiting New York Liberty pulled away in the third quarter and extended their season-opening winning streak to six games with a 85-63 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night.,New York (6-0) is off to its best start since winning the f...

Alannah Leach gets Tennessee offense rolling in win vs. Florida
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tennessee used a big first inning to roll to an 11-3 run-rule win over Florida in five innings in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,The Lady Vols (46-16) will take on the loser of Saturday's UCLA-Texas Tech game on Sunday.,Alannah Le...

Mao Saigo grabs lead, Nelly Korda 3 back at U.S. Women's Open
Mao Saigo got her hands on her first major championship last month. After Friday's performance at the U.S. Women's Open, she is halfway to another.,Saigo fired a 6-under-par 66, the best round of the championship so far, and finished the day with a three-stroke lead at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.,The n...

Christian Yelich homers twice, powers Brewers past Phils
Christian Yelich belted a three-run home run and a solo shot to highlight the Milwaukee Brewers' 6-2 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener on Friday.,William Contreras contributed three hits and an RBI as Milwaukee won its fifth straight game. Yelich finished with three hi...

Zach Eflin shines, Orioles hold off late White Sox rally
Zach Eflin pitched seven shutout innings and the Baltimore Orioles pieced together a sixth-inning scoring rally to defeat the visiting Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Friday.,Gunnar Henderson and Ryan Mountcastle both had two hits for the Orioles in the opener of a three-game series between teams with the ...

Nick Taylor, Ben Griffin share lead halfway through Memorial
Nick Taylor of Canada shot a bogey-free, 4-under-par 68 and rose into a tie with Ben Griffin for the second-round lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.,Griffin had the solo lead after Day 1 but shot an even-par 72 Friday, leaving him tied at 7-under 137 with Taylor, a five-time ...

Trio of Americans push forward at French Open
No. 12 seed Tommy Paul, No. 13 seed Ben Shelton and No. 15 seed Frances Tiafoe won Friday to ensure at least three Americans will reach the French Open's Round of 16 at Roland Garros in Paris.,Paul won a five-setter for the second straight round, defeating Russian No. 24 seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-...

Miguel Angel Jimenez (63) in front at Principal Charity Classic
Miguel Angel Jimenez used an eagle to punctuate a 9-under-par 63 Friday, enough for a one-shot lead after one round at the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.,An opening bogey at Wakonda Club didn't throw the Spaniard off his game. After making up for it with a birdie at No. 3, he ran off...

Andrew Abbott continues dominance as Reds top Cubs
Andrew Abbott allowed one hit over seven shutout innings to lead the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,Abbott (5-0) struck out eight and walked one while lowering his ERA to 1.51 against a Chicago offense that...

BetBoom, Aurora win tiebreakers at DreamLeague 26
BetBoom Team defeated Talon Esports in a tiebreaker to determine second place and Aurora Gaming took down Gaimin Gladiators in another tiebreaker for the fourth and final playoff berth at DreamLeague Season 26 on Friday.,BetBoom's 2-1 win earned it a ticket directly into the upper-bracket final of t...

Lawsuit accuses Pelicans' Zion Williamson of rape, abuse
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was accused of rape in a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles, the New York Post reported on Friday.,In the suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the woman -- identified as Jane Doe from Seattle -- alleges Williamson sexually assaulted her twi...

Lawsuit accuses Pelicans' Zion Williamson of rape
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was accused of rape in a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles, the New York Post reported on Friday.,In the suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the woman -- identified as Jane Doe -- alleges Williamson sexually assaulted her twice in 2020.,T...