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Tyler Ankrum snaps 130-race Truck Series winless streak
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- It had been so long since Tyler Ankrum won his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that the driver of the No. 18 McAnally-Hilgemann Chevrolet couldn't find Victory Lane after winning the Black's Tire 200 at Rockingham Speedway on Friday.,Thanks to a prodigious effort at savi...

Tyler Anderson, Angels shut down Giants
Tyler Anderson allowed three hits through six scoreless innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Anderson (2-0) struck out six, walked two and did not allow a Giants baserunner to reach third base. Brock Burke, Ryan Zeferja...

Ja Morant guides Grizzlies past Mavs, into playoffs
Ja Morant recorded 22 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals while playing on his sprained right ankle and the Memphis Grizzlies earned the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a convincing 120-106 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks in the play-in round on Friday...

Bryce Perkins, Panthers keep Showboats winless
Bryce Perkins threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns as the Michigan Panthers routed the visiting Memphis Showboats 27-9 on Friday.,Nate McCrary produced 60 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries for Michigan (3-1). Toa Taua added 10 carries for 53 yards and a score, and Jaylon Moore and Jalen Wydermye...

Brewers survive Athletics' ninth-inning rally in 5-3 win
Freddy Peralta battled through five scoreless innings, Christian Yelich drove in three runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 5-3 victory over the visiting Athletics in Friday's opener of a three-game series.,The A's scored two runs in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate.,Max Muncy a...

Cam Smith (2 HRs, 4 RBIs) drives Astros past Padres
Rookie Cam Smith clubbed a pair of home runs as the Houston Astros fended off the visiting San Diego Padres 6-4 on Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,Smith recorded the first multi-home run game for the Astros this season by producing his second and third career homers. Both ca...

Tommy Edman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto lift Dodgers past Rangers
Tommy Edman led off the game with a home run and Yoshinobu Yamamoto won a pitching duel with Jacob deGrom as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Arlington, Texas.,Yamamoto and deGrom delivered brilliant seven-inning outings...

Braves score five runs in eighth, overtake Twins
Rookie pinch hitter Drake Baldwin broke a tie with a two-run single to cap a five-run eighth-inning rally, giving the Atlanta Braves a 6-4 win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Atlanta has won nine straight games against Minnesota, a streak that began ...

Rookie Ingrid Lindblad grabs share of LA Championship lead
Swedish rookie Ingrid Lindblad produced two strings of four consecutive birdies on Friday, and she jumped into a tie for first place at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.,Lindblad carded a 9-under-par 63 at El Caballero Country Club, leaving her at 13-under 131 through two rounds. She is l...

Mets keep rallying, beat Cards on Francisco Lindor's homer
Francisco Lindor led off the bottom of the ninth with a long home run for the New York Mets, who came back to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday night.,The Mets have won the first two games of the four-game series and four of six overall. The Cardinals have lost three of four.,St. Louis' Bre...

Guardians ride 14-hit attack to win over Pirates
Bo Naylor went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and three RBIs to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 10-7 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.,Cleveland halted a two-game skid with its first double-digit scoring game of the season while totaling a season-high 14 hits.,Naylor's t...

Reds slug three HRs while cruising past Orioles
Elly De La Cruz and Matt McLain hammered three-run home runs as the Cincinnati Reds ripped the host Baltimore Orioles 8-3 in Friday night's series opener.,Jeimer Candelanio also homered for Cincinnati, which matched its third-highest run total of the season.,Winning pitcher Andrew Abbott struck out ...

Heat pull away from Hawks in OT, secure 6th straight playoff berth
Tyler Herro had a game-high 30 points, Davion Mitchell buried three 3-pointers in overtime and the Miami Heat advanced into the NBA playoffs with a 123-114 road victory over the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference play-in finale Friday night.,The No. 10 Heat, who began the four-team playoff-qual...

Yankees silence Rays for 5th straight win
Trent Grisham delivered a run-scoring single in the top of the second inning, and four pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Friday.,Carlos Rodon (2-3) allowed two hits with four walks and nine strikeouts over six innings. Mark Leite...

Spencer Torkelson, Tigers keep adding runs, knock off Royals
Spencer Torkelson had a two-run double and the host Detroit Tigers thumped the slumping Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Friday night.,Riley Greene had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in another, while Andy Ibanez hit a solo homer. Tomas Nido added three hits and an RBI.,Right-hander Jackson Jobe (2-...

Trevor Story (2 HRs, 6 RBIs) helps Red Sox hammer White Sox
Trevor Story collected three hits, including a pair of three-run home runs, to help the Boston Red Sox extend their winning streak to three games by beating the visiting Chicago White Sox 10-3 Friday night.,Story's first home run put Boston in front 3-0 in the first inning, and his second homer stre...

Pitching, defense help Blue Jays overcome Mariners
Right-hander Bowden Francis pitched six solid innings, right fielder Addison Barger had three assists and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Friday night.,Former Blue Jay Rowdy Tellez hit a solo home run for the Mariners in the opener of a three-game series.,Toronto ...

Zack Wheeler strikes out 13 as Phillies dump Marlins
Zack Wheeler struck out 13 over seven strong innings on Friday as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Miami Marlins 7-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber homered in support of Wheeler (2-1), who had allowed nine runs in 11 1/3 innings over his last two s...

BetBoom, NaVi Junior go 5-0 to earn byes at YaLLa Compass Qatar playoffs
BetBoom Team and Natus Vincere Junior wrapped up perfect records in group play Friday to earn the top seeds (and accompanying byes) in the YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 playoffs.,Each squad entered the day at 3-0, then had little trouble in wrapping up an additional pair of wins to close out group domina...

High-flying Whitecaps set sights on scuffling St. Louis City
The team that leads MLS in scoring meets the team that went nearly a month between goals.,That's the main storyline Saturday night when the league-leading Vancouver Whitecaps travel east for a matchup with St. Louis City SC.,While Vancouver (6-1-1, 19 points) is sailing along at the top of the stand...