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Ernie Clement dazzles all-around as Blue Jays down Orioles
Ernie Clement had a three-run homer and a triple Saturday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 6-4.,Clement also played strong defense at second base and Brandon Valenzuela added three hits and a sacrifice fly as Toronto gained a split of the first two games of...
Lars Nootbaar's 8th-inning homer lifts Cards over Reds
Lars Nootbaar belted a two-run homer in the eighth to erase a one-run deficit and rally the St. Louis Cardinals past the Cincinnati Reds, 6-5, on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis.,Nootbaar, who missed the first two months of the season with double heel surgery before returning Friday night, connected...
Pete Crow-Armstrong homers twice in Cubs' walk-off win over Giants
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Michael Busch led off the 10th with a walk-off single that was misplayed in right field and the Chicago Cubs avenged an 18-3 shellacking a day earlier with a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturda...
Aces hold off Valkyries behind A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young
A'ja Wilson had 28 points and 14 rebounds, Jackie Young scored 27 and the host Las Vegas Aces held off the Golden State Valkyries 84-79 on Saturday afternoon.,Chelsea Gray added 12 points for the Aces (7-3), who won at home for the first time in three games this season.,Gabby Williams scored a caree...
Lars Nootbaar's pinch-hit homer lifts Cards over Reds
Lars Nootbaar belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the eighth to erase a one-run deficit and rally the St. Louis Cardinals past the Cincinnati Reds, 6-5, on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis.,Nootbaar, who missed the first two months of the season with double heel surgery before returning Friday night...
Bobby Witt Jr. helps Royals edge Twins
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a go-ahead single with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Carter Jensen homered and drove in two runs for Kansas City, which earned its second straight victory in ...
Corey Heim holds off Kaden Honeycutt to win Truck race at Michigan
Reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Corey Heim held off a dramatic checkered flag charge -- in lapped traffic -- from his TRICON Garage teammate Kaden Honeycutt to claim his first career win at the iconic Michigan International Speedway in Saturday's DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered ...
USMNT falls to Germany in final tune-up before World Cup
The final tune-up before the World Cup couldn't have gotten off to a worse start but a resilient United States Men's National Team found the equalizer only for Leroy Sane to score the deciding goal for Germany in a feisty 2-1 win at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday.,Kai Havertz scored two minute...
Dominic Canzone helps Mariners snap Tigers' win streak
Dominic Canzone homered and drove in two runs, Bryce Miller tossed six powerful innings and the visiting Seattle Mariners silenced the Detroit Tigers, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon.,Canzone added a single and a run-scoring double. Randy Arozarena supplied two hits while scoring a run and knocking in tw...
Lynx dominate Storm in second half, take win streak to seven
Natasha Howard scored a season-high 27 points as the Minnesota Lynx extended their winning streak to seven games with an 88-68 home victory over the Seattle Storm on Saturday.,Rookie Olivia Miles scored 19 points, while Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams each added 11 as the Lynx improved to a WNBA...
Mirra Andreeva claims first Grand Slam title at French Open
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva claimed her first Grand Slam trophy with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the French Open on Saturday, ending the remarkable Cinderella run of Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska.,Andreeva, at 19 years and 38 days old, is the youngest woman to win the French Open title since Monica...
KOI, Surge post Round 1 sweeps at CDL Stage 4 Minor
The Vancouver Surge and Toronto KOI opened with sweeps, while the Riyadh Falcons and G2 Minnesota also prevailed in Round 1 of the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Minor on Friday to reach the quarterfinals.,All 12 CDL teams are competing in the tournament, which will reward $20,000 and 30 CDL points t...
Twins rally with 4-run sixth, take down Royals
Brooks Lee homered and drove in two runs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Josh Bell doubled and drove in a run for Minnesota, which evened the four-game series at one win apiece. Tristan Gray went 2-for-3 with a double.,Vinnie...
Freddie Freeman's walk-off shot lifts Dodgers to 1-0 win over Angels
Roki Sasaki had a career-high 10 strikeouts and Freddie Freeman crushed a game-ending home run in the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled out a 1-0 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Friday.,Blake Treinen (3-1) recorded one out in the top of the ninth inning as the Dodgers im...
DeWanna Bonner, Mercury hold off Fire's late surge
DeWanna Bonner scored a game-high 19 points and added five rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots as the injury-plagued Phoenix Mercury defeated the host Portland Fire 78-72 in a WNBA Commissioner's Cup game Friday night.,Natasha Mack added 16 points and Monique Akoa Makani and Noemie Brocha...
Late offensive boards lead Wings past Sparks
Arike Ogunbowale and Maddy Siegrist each scored on putbacks down the stretch to help the Dallas Wings notch their fourth straight win, a 104-96 decision over the host Los Angeles Sparks on Friday in a Commissioner's Cup game.,In what was a back-and-forth affair much of the way, Dallas (7-3, 2-0 Comm...
Luis Garcia (2 HRs, 6 RBIs), high-scoring Nats crush D-backs
Luis Garcia Jr. had two homers and a career-high six RBIs, James Wood homered and scored three times and the Washington Nationals blasted the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-1 on Friday in Phoenix.,Garcia hit a two-run homer eight pitches into the game off Merrill Kelly (5-4) and added his first career gran...
Stifled through 8, Brewers erupt late to sink Rockies in 10
Jake Bauers had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run double in the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 in Denver on Friday night.,Sam Frelick had two hits and two RBIs and Tyler Megill (1-2) got the win for Milwaukee, which had just one hit through ...
Christian Scott, Mets stifle scuffling Padres
Jared Young and Luis Torrens homered while Christian Scott sailed through 5 2/3 strong innings as the visiting New York Mets blanked the San Diego Padres 5-0 Friday night.,Scott (2-0) allowed only three hits and two walks while fanning three as he won his second straight start after going winless in...
Royals rally with 4-run fifth, take down Twins
Brooks Lee homered and drove in two runs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Josh Bell doubled and drove in a run for Minnesota, which evened the four-game series at one win apiece. Tristan Gray went 2-for-3 with a double.,Vinnie...