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Blue Jays run winning streak to nine by beating White Sox
Joey Loperfido, Nathan Lukes and Addison Barger homered and Jose Berrios pitched six strong innings as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Monday to stretch their winning streak to nine games.,Toronto, winners of nine straight for the first time since 2015, cruised b...
Roman Anthony's hot bat leads Red Sox in rout of Rockies
Roman Anthony hit his first career home run at Fenway Park en route to his sixth multi-hit game in his last nine, as the Boston Red Sox rolled past the Colorado Rockies 9-3 in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night.,Anthony was 3-for-5 and scored twice to lead a 14-hit Boston attack, whic...
Colt Keith's three hits lead Tigers to win over Rays
Colt Keith had three extra-base hits, including a solo home run, and the host Detroit Tigers opened a week-long homestand with a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.,Keith, who scored two runs, supplied two doubles as the American League-leading Tigers won their fourth straight. They...
Giants top Athletics to take series
Willy Adames homered and drove in three runs to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics on Sunday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Luis Matos added a two-run double and Tyler Fitzgerald homered as the Giants won the final two contests of the three-game series. Rafael Devers...
Fernando Tatis Jr., bullpen lead Padres past Rangers
Fernando Tatis Jr. reached base four times and knocked in the go-ahead run Sunday night as the San Diego Padres captured the rubber game of their weekend series with the visiting Texas Rangers, 4-1.,Six San Diego pitchers combined to give up six hits, with Kyle Hart (3-2) getting the win. Hart relie...
Liberty continue slide, lose at home to Storm
Seattle rookie Dominique Malonga tied a career high with 11 points and Gabby Williams had 16 as the visiting Storm rolled past the New York Liberty 79-70 Sunday at Barclays Center.,New York is 12-6 overall, but 2-4 since standout Jonquel Jones was sidelined with an ankle injury. Seattle is 12-7 and ...
Cubs' bats, pitching on point in shutout of Cardinals
Matthew Boyd celebrated his All-Star Game selection by striking out nine batters in five innings as Chicago Cubs demolished the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 Sunday night.,Fellow All-Star selection Kyle Tucker drove in three runs for the Cubs, who have won eight of their last 11 games. Seiya Suz...
Sounders, Crew play to 1-1 draw; Stefan Frei (head) carried off
Paul Rothrock scored in the 43rd minute and the Seattle Sounders forged a 1-1 tie with the visiting Columbus Crew on Sunday.,Rothrock's third marker of the season came as the result of some brilliance by Kalani Kossa-Rienzi. He collected a long pass down the right side, dribbled inside a defender an...
Lynx improve to 11-0 at home with close win over Sky
Courtney Williams scored 25 points on 10-for-17 shooting, and the Minnesota Lynx held on for an 80-75 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday evening in Minneapolis.,Napheesa Collier finished with 21 points and seven rebounds for Minnesota (17-2), which won at home for the second time in as many nights. ...
Mexico edges U.S. to win Gold Cup title
Edson Alvarez scored the go-ahead goal in the 77th minute as Mexico overcame an early deficit to defeat the U.S. Men's National Team 2-1 in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston on Sunday night.,Mexico won its second straight Gold Cup and 10th overall. The U.S. are second with seven titles w...
Sounders, Crew play to 1-1 draw
Paul Rothrock scored in the 43rd minute and the Seattle Sounders forged a 1-1 tie with the visiting Columbus Crew on Sunday.,Rothrock's third marker of the season came as the result of some brilliance by Kalani Kossi-Rienzi. He collected a long pass down the right side, dribbled inside a defender an...
Astros sweep Dodgers behind big game from Jose Altuve
Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, and the Houston Astros pulled away for a 5-1 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon.,Christian Walker and Yainer Diaz each hit a solo home run for Houston, which completed a three-game sweep over the Dodgers and improved to 11...
Pirates make wrong kind of history as Mariners win third straight shutout
Randy Arozarena homered and George Kirby outdueled Paul Skenes as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 Sunday afternoon.,The Mariners blanked Pittsburgh in all three games of the interleague series, after the Pirates did the same against visiting St. Louis. It was the fi...
Michael Lorenzen spins gem as Royals blank Diamondbacks
Michael Lorenzen pitched seven scoreless innings and won for the first time in nearly a month on Sunday as the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 in Phoenix.,Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez homered for the Royals, who took two out of the three games in Arizona. Kyle Isbel went 2-...
Brian Campbell wins second title of year in John Deere playoff
Brian Campbell's par on the first playoff hole gave him his second career victory on the PGA Tour, winning the John Deere Classic on Sunday in Silvis, Ill.,Argentina's Emiliano Grillo scrambled on the extra hole, No. 18 at TPC Deere Run, and Campbell's steady approach was enough.,Campbell, who also ...
Mickey Moniak leads Rockies past White Sox
Mickey Moniak finished a double shy of the cycle, Michael Toglia also went deep, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 in Denver on Sunday.,Moniak finished 3-for-4, and the only at-bat he did not reach was a strikeout in the second inning.,Colorado wrapped up a 2-4 homestand and av...
A’ja Wilson, Aces cruise as Sun's skid reaches 10
MVP candidate A'ja Wilson shot 8-of-10 from the field and finished with a game-high 19 points and four blocks as the Las Vegas Aces posted an 86-68 wire-to-wire win over the host Connecticut Sun on Sunday.,Wilson's effort was one of four in double figures for the Aces (9-9), who are 2-1 on their fiv...
Scott Dixon edges Alex Palou at Mid-Ohio
Scott Dixon extended a remarkable streak when he notched his first win of the IndyCar season at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Sunday in Lexington, Ohio.,The New Zealander, who turns 45 later this month, has now won an IndyCar Series race in every season since 2005, a 21-year streak. It marks the...
Rays score three in the 10th to beat Twins
Yandy Diaz's go-ahead double in a three-run 10th inning enabled the struggling Tampa Bay Rays to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.,In a 4-all game, Diaz, who had two hits, lined a run-scoring double to right and later scored on a throwing error by Justin Topa (1-3). Junio...
Shane van Gisbergen cruises to victory at Chicago Street Race
Road course ace Shane van Gisbergen roared to the lead on Lake Shore Drive and ran away from the field in a nine-lap shootout, winning Sunday's third annual Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series Chicago Street Race., ,The Trackhouse Racing driver, who won Saturday's Xfinity Race and the Cup race's pole, ...