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Brad Lord, Luis Garcia Jr. guide Nationals past Phillies
Brad Lord worked five solid innings for his first career win as the visiting Washington Nationals avoided a three-game sweep against the Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-2 victory Thursday.,A 25-year-old rookie, Lord (1-3) allowed two runs and six hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Jose Ferrer logg...

Milestone day for Jose Ramirez as Guardians edge Twins in 10
Jose Ramirez singled in Steven Kwan with the tying run, stole second base and scored on Angel Martinez's hit through the right side of the infield in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 4-3 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Thursday.,The stolen base was the 250th in the care...

Scottie Scheffler shoots scorching 61 to lead Byron Nelson
Scottie Scheffler shot his best round of the season, a 10-under-par 61, to set the pace on the first day of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Thursday in McKinney, Texas.,When Scheffler's final putt dropped in the late afternoon, he had a two-stroke lead over Rico Hoey of the Philippines and Jhonattan Vega...

Coco Gauff storms into Madrid final to face Aryna Sabalenka
No. 4 seed Coco Gauff dominated No. seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 64 minutes in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,Gauff set up a showdown in the final against World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who took care of business in the semis with a 6-3, 7-5 victory ove...

Athletics blank Rangers to take four-game series
Miguel Andujar singled in a run the first and Jacob Wilson and Luis Urias added RBIs in the seventh and eighth innings to back the pitching of Jeffrey Springs and four relievers as the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a four-game American League West series...

White Sox pitchers overwhelm Brewers
Luis Robert Jr. had two hits and four RBIs, Miguel Vargas smacked a three-run home run and Sean Burke pitched six shutout innings as the host Chicago White Sox routed the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0 on Thursday afternoon.,Chicago averted a three-game series sweep behind a timely, nine-hit attack and a res...

Reds blast Cardinals 9-1 to split four-game set
Jose Trevino homered and drove in three runs to help the Cincinnati Reds earn a split of their four-game series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 9-1 victory on Thursday afternoon.,Spencer Steer also homered and singled for Cincinnati, which was swept in a doubleheader on Wednesday. Sa...

Jack Draper, Casper Ruud notch milestones with Madrid QF wins
No. 5 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain breezed past Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-0, 6-4 in 77 minutes on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open.,Draper's run at the ATP Masters 1000 event ensures that he will break into the top five of the world rankings next week for the first time ...

Cubs use power display to defeat Paul Skenes, Pirates
Seiya Suzuki hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.,Suzuki hit one of the Cubs' three solo home runs in the fifth inning off Pirates ace Paul Skenes (3-3) to erase a 2-0 deficit and help the Cubs ta...

MOUZ edge paiN in BLAST Rivals Spring opener
MOUZ eked out a 2-1 win over paiN Gaming as play got underway Wednesday in the BLAST Rivals Spring event at Copenhagen, Denmark.,Joining MOUZ in logging an opening-match victory in Group A was Team Vitality, who beat Wildcard 2-0.,In Group B, Team Spirit swept FlyQuest 2-0 and Team Falcons downed Fa...

Rudy Gobert, Wolves knock out Lakers in Game 5
Rudy Gobert scored 27 points and grabbed 24 rebounds as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 103-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 on Wednesday.,Julius Randle put up 23 points as the sixth-seeded Timberwolves finished off a 4-1 first...

After 2 lopsided losses, Jets strike back, take Game 5 vs. Blues
Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists as the Winnipeg Jets knocked off the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-3 in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series Wednesday night.,The Jets lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 heading to Game 6 on Friday in St. Louis.,Vladislav Namestnikov and Nino Niede...

Andre Agassi falls in second U.S. Open Pickleball match
Andre Agassi saw his professional pickleball debut end after one day and two matches.,The Hall of Fame tennis player and partner Anna Leigh Waters, competing at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Fla., fell in the mixed pro doubles Round of 16 on Wednesday night.,Trang Huynh-McClain a...

After 2 lopsided losses, Jets strike back and take Game 5 vs. Blues
Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists for the Winnipeg Jets in a 5-3 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series Wednesday night.,The Jets own a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series heading to Game 6 on Friday in St. Louis.,Vladislav Namestnikov...

Ninth-inning home runs lift Athletics over Rangers
Brent Rooker lined a two-run tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning and Lawrence Butler followed with a grand slam as the Athletics turned it on late to beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.,Rooker was the first batter faced by Texas closer Luke Jackson after the Athletics' Tyl...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Whitecaps KO Miami in semis
Goals from Brian White and Pedro Vite in a two-minute span of the second half sent the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 3-1 win over Inter Miami in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday and into the CONCACAF Champions Cup final.,The Whitecaps won the two-leg, total-goal semifinal series 5-1 on aggregate. Vanc...

Diamondbacks survive harrowing ninth inning, hang on to edge Mets
Pinch hitter Geraldo Perdomo's two-run single in the seventh inning put the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks ahead, and they withstood a furious ninth-inning rally by the New York Mets for a 4-3 win on Wednesday night.,Still leading 2-1 in the ninth, the Diamondbacks' Jorge Barrosa and Perdomo lofted b...

Jake Bauers key hit helps lift Brewers over White Sox
Jake Bauers ripped a two-run tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers post a 6-4 victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.,William Contreras reached base four times on two singles and two walks as the Brewers defeated the White Sox for the s...

Eetu Luostarinen's career night leads Panthers to series win over Lightning
Florida's Eetu Luostarinen had a career night with a goal and three assists as the visiting Panthers closed out their first-round Eastern Conference playoff matchup Wednesday night, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series.,With the Stanley Cup champs holding a one...

Blue Jays complete 6-run comeback, stun Red Sox in walk-off win
Alejandro Kirk singled home the winning run in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a 6-0 deficit to defeat the visiting Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday night.,Anthony Santander had tied the game with a three-run home run in the seventh. Daulton Varsho added a two-run blast and Kir...