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Mercury never trail in season-opening win over Storm
Satou Sabally poured in 27 points and Alyssa Thomas added 20 for the Phoenix Mercury, who led wire-to-wire in an 81-59 season-opening win over the visiting Seattle Storm on Saturday.,Sabally came down awkwardly on her ankle in the opening quarter but shook it off on her way to scoring the most point...
Sounders, Timbers battle to 1-1 draw in Cascadia Cup clash
Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau made five saves as the Portland Timbers played to a 1-1 draw with the visiting Seattle Sounders in a Cascadia Cup clash Saturday night.,Santiago Moreno scored for the Timbers (6-3-5, 23 points), who have lost just once in their past 11 league matches (5-1-5).,Albert Rusnak ...
Djordje Mihailovic scores lone goal to lift Rapids over Real Salt Lake
Djordje Mihailovic scored midway through the second half and the Colorado Rapids snapped a three-match losing streak with a 1-0 triumph over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night in the Rocky Mountain Cup at Commerce City, Colo.,Nico Hansen made four saves to record his first MLS shutout in his second ca...
Jordan Beck (2 HRs), Rockies outslug D-backs 14-12
Jordan Beck had three hits including two of Colorado's five homers, Hunter Goodman and Kyle Farmer homered and had four RBIs apiece and the Rockies overcame a five-run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-12 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Ezequiel Tovar had a career-high five hits, including a hom...
Giants edge Athletics on Wilmer Flores' bases-loaded walk in 10th
Major league RBI leader Wilmer Flores drew a nine-pitch walk with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday night, allowing the host San Francisco Giants to walk off the Athletics 1-0 in their rivalry series.,Flores, who drove in eight runs with three home runs in Frida...
McGlynn, Dorsey score in Dynamo's 2-0 triumph at FC Dallas
Jack McGlynn scored on a long-range effort after halftime to break the deadlock and the Houston Dynamo pulled away to a 2-0 triumph at FC Dallas on Saturday night.,Griffin Dorsey also scored late as Houston (4-6-4, 16 points) earned its first away win and secured back-to-back league victories for th...
Cal Raleigh, Mariners continue power display in win over Padres
Cal Raleigh homered on the first pitch of the seventh inning Saturday night to snap a tie and the Seattle Mariners defeated the host San Diego Padres 4-1.,Raleigh victimized reliever Adrian Morejon (1-2) for his 15th homer of the year, tying the Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Phillies' Kyle Schwarber ...
Stars oust Jets in OT on Thomas Harley's power-play goal
Thomas Harley scored a power-play goal 1:33 into overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win against the visiting Winnipeg Jets in Game 6 of their second-round series on Saturday night, advancing them to the Western Conference finals for the third straight season.,Harley received a pass just abov...
D.C. United, Nashville SC play to scoreless draw
Luis Barraza made five saves to help visiting D.C. United escape with a scoreless draw against streaking Nashville SC on Saturday night.,In a match in which Nashville (7-4-3, 24 points) generated most of the scoring chances, it still struggled to get clean looks against Barraza, who notched his seco...
Vancouver, Austin FC settle for scoreless draw in sweltering conditions
Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka stood tall in recording five stops, including the game-saver in the 83rd minute, as the Whitecaps held on for a scoreless draw with host Austin FC on Saturday in a Western Conference match.,The contest was played in the sweltering heat as the Whitecaps (8-1-4, 28 p...
Minnesota United dominates St. Louis City in shutout win
Tani Oluwaseyi scored a skillful back-heel goal and added an assist and Dayne St. Clair made four saves as Minnesota United outclassed St. Louis City 3-0 on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Joaquin Pereyra also contributed a goal and an assist and Julian Gressel scored his first goal with his new...
Rafael Devers' 1st career walk-off HR lifts Red Sox over Braves
Rafael Devers' leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Boston Red Sox come back from five runs down to beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Saturday night.,After Boston's Aroldis Chapman (3-2) worked around two baserunners to strike out the side in the top half of the ninth,...
Joc Pederson, Wyatt Langford homer as Rangers beat Astros
Joc Peterson and Wyatt Langford hit home runs to back the continued strong pitching of Tyler Mahle as the host Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won for the seventh time in eight games and have taken two of the first three contests of th...
Twins shut out Brewers to win 13th straight
Ryan Jeffers and Kody Clemens homered and Pablo Lopez tossed six innings of two-hit ball as the visiting Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to 13 games with a 7-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.,The winning streak is the longest for the Twins since a team-record 15 g...
Brian Gutierrez, Chicago show firepower in topping Charlotte
Brian Gutierrez scored twice in the second half as the Chicago Fire continued to excel on the road in a 4-1 victory at Charlotte FC on Saturday night.,Chicago (5-4-4, 19 points), which won its first home game of the season last Saturday against Atlanta, earned its fourth road victory of the season (...
Orioles' managerial change doesn't prevent another loss to Nationals
Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs as the visiting Washington Nationals won 10-6 on Saturday against the beleaguered Baltimore Orioles, who made a managerial change earlier in the day.,Playing a few hours after announcing that seventh-year boss Brandon Hyde was out as the manager, the Orioles did n...
Baribo's second half penalty kick propels Union past Atlanta United
Tai Baribo scored on a penalty kick in the 59th minute on Saturday night, propelling the visiting Philadelphia Union to a 1-0 victory over Atlanta United.,Philadelphia (9-3-2, 29 points) won its second straight game and picked up points for the sixth consecutive outing. The Union netted six shots on...
Michael Morales TKOs Gilbert Burns quickly at UFC Vegas 106
Welterweight Michael Morales made short work of former UFC welterweight champion Gilbert Burns, earning a first-round TKO at 3:39 in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Morales (18-0 MMA) improved to 6-0 in the UFC since 2022 and extended Burns' losing skid to four dating ...
In 2nd game this week, Earthquakes earn draw vs. Revs
Sporting a revamped lineup due its quick turnaround, San Jose was stout throughout to earn a point via an 0-0 road draw against the New England Revolution, in Earthquakes coach Bruce Arena's return to Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday night. ,Coming off Wednesday's 3-3 home draw against Inter Miami, Ar...
Pederson, Langford homer as Rangers beat Astros
Joc Peterson and Wyatt Langford hit home runs to back the continued strong pitching of Tyler Mahle as the host Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won for the seventh time in eight games and have taken two of the first three contests of th...