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Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso lead Mets past Cardinals
Kodai Senga tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings Saturday and Pete Alonso continued his hot start by knocking in two runs as the New York Mets blanked the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 3-0.,Senga (3-1) allowed just three hits, walked two and fanned four in an 89-pitch performance. Three relievers finished ...

Red Sox win in 10th, drop White Sox to 0-8 on road
Triston Casas hit an RBI single that allowed Alex Bregman to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Chicago White Sox 4-3 Saturday., ,Cases singled off Chicago reliever Mike Vasil (0-1) wit...

Ramon Laureano hits 2 of O's 5 HRs in pounding of Reds
Ramon Laureano homered twice Saturday in a game he wasn't expected to be so involved in as the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 9-5.,Cedric Mullins, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg also homered as the Orioles evened the series at one game apiece. Ramon Urias added two hits.,L...

Nats withstand Rockies' late comeback, win 12-11
MacKenzie Gore equaled a career high with 13 strikeouts, Dylan Crews hit two home runs and the visiting Washington Nationals held off the Colorado Rockies 12-11 on Saturday in Denver.,Gore (2-2) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks over six innings. Crews drove in four and James Wood went 3-f...

Nuggets rally late in Game 1, upend Clippers in OT
Aaron Gordon had six of his 25 points in overtime, Russell Westbrook came up with a big defensive play in the final seconds and the host Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-110 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday.,"Russ is Russ," said interim Nuggets hea...

Mariners' Rowdy Tellez hits grand slam to dispatch Blue Jays
Rowdy Tellez hit a grand slam home run in a five-run 12th inning and the visiting Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Saturday afternoon.,It was the second homer of the series and the fifth career grand slam for Tellez, a former Blue Jay. Randy Arozarena had an RBI single prior to...

Adolis Garcia's walk-off blast allows Rangers to stun Dodgers
Adolis Garcia hit a walk off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday afternoon in the middle game of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas., ,Garcia's blast over the left field wall came off the Do...

Five Guardians pitchers combine to whitewash Pirates
Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Kyle Manzardo hit a rare home run off Pirates ace Paul Skenes to help the Cleveland Guardians beat host Pittsburgh 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Skenes (2-2) tossed seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk while striking out a season-low four.,T...

Inter Miami stays undefeated and stops Crew's unbeaten streak
Benjamin Cremaschi's first-half goal was enough for Inter Miami to remain the only undefeated team in MLS after a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew on Saturday in Cleveland.,Cremaschi scored in the 30th minute and Oscar Ustari made three saves for Miami (5-0-3, 18 points).,The Crew (5-1-3, 18 points) f...

Nuggets rally late, upend Clippers in OT in Game 1
Aaron Gordon had six of his 25 points in overtime, Russell Westbrook came up with a big defensive play in the final seconds and the host Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-110 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday.,Nikola Jokic finished with 29 points, 12...

Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso lead Cardinals past Mets
Kodai Senga tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings Saturday and Pete Alonso continued his hot start by knocking in two runs as the New York Mets blanked the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 3-0.,Senga (3-1) allowed just three hits, walked two and fanned four in an 89-pitch performance. Three relievers finished ...

Si Woo Kim shoots 66, holds third-round lead at RBC Heritage
South Korea's Si Woo Kim shot 5-under-par 66 to move into the lead in the RBC Heritage in Saturday's third round as second-round leader Justin Thomas hit rough patches at Hilton Head Island, S.C.,Kim is at 15-under 198, holding a one-shot edge on Thomas and Andrew Novak going into Sunday's final rou...

After playoff drought, Sens to face Leafs in Battle of Ontario
The Battle of Ontario is set to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 21 years when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday.,Ottawa swept the Maple Leafs 3-0 during the regular season, but finished 11 poin...

Cubs tag D-backs ace Zac Gallen for 6 early runs in win
Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch hit back-to-back homers to cap a four-run second inning and the host Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Saturday. ,Busch had two hits and two RBIs, Kyle Tucker notched two RBIs and Dansby Swanson posted two hits for the Cubs, who have won five of their ...

Phillies grab big lead vs. Marlins, escape with 11-10 win
Trea Turner recorded four of the Philadelphia Phillies' 18 hits Saturday in a heart-thumping 11-10 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins., ,Five other Phillies hit multiple hits, including Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas, who registered three apiece. Max Kepler, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm each added...

Pacers outclass Bucks in series opener
Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam combined for 27 points in a run-away first half, Tyrese Haliburton directed a high-efficiency offense with a game-high 12 assists and the Indiana Pacers opened their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with a 117-98 thumping of the visiting Milwaukee B...

Austin FC delivers late, adds to Galaxy's misery
Brandon Vazquez scored in the 81st minute to produce game's lone goal as host Austin FC did just enough to beat the hapless LA Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in a Western Conference clash., ,Vazquez, who was at the far post to push home a deflection off a pass by Owen Wolfe, made amends for being ...

Spencer Torkelson, Casey Mize lead Tigers past Royals
Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Casey Mize pitched seven solid innings and the host Detroit Tigers edged the slumping Kansas City Royals, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon.,Torkelson has eight RBIs in the four-game series, which concludes on Sunday.,Mize (3-1) gave up one run and four hits. He str...

ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune to clash in Barcelona final
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz moved a step closer to winning his home-nation tournament for a third time, topping Arthur Fils of France 6-2, 6-4 to move to the finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.,Alcaraz fought off both the seventh-seeded Fils and a sustained wind to run his winning strea...

Team Falcons, NTMR move on at Champions Clash
Team Falcons and NTMR each recorded a victory on Saturday to advance to the upper-bracket final of the Overwatch Champions Series' 2025 Champions Clash in Hangzhou, China.,Eight teams qualified for spots in the double-elimination bracket, with a champion to be crowned Sunday.,Team Falcons posted a 3...