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Jonquel Jones' big fourth quarter leads Liberty past Fever
After the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty traded 14 lead changes, Jonquel Jones led the Liberty back from a 12-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the host Fever 90-88.,With the game tied at 88-88 and 10.1 seconds remaining, Indiana (2-2) star Caitlin Clark found DeWanna Bonner under the baske...
Storm avenge season-opening blowout loss to Mercury
Skylar Diggins scored 24 points and tied a franchise record with 14 assists as the Seattle Storm earned a 77-70 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday in their home opener., ,Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points with eight rebounds and Gabby Williams added 11 points as the Storm (2-1) exacte...
Rafael Devers drives in eight as Red Sox rout Orioles
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs between the sixth and eighth innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 19-5 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles in what was scheduled to be the first game of a Friday day-night doubleheader.,Instead, the night game was postponed, and the teams will play a...
Mets rally to force extras, but Dodgers prevail in 13
Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, who outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series.,The Dodgers, who relinquished a three-run lead in the ninth inning of the rematch of last year's National League Championship S...
Phillies edge Athletics to run win streak to eight
Trea Turner homered among three hits and Zach Wheeler pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings to help the streaking Philadelphia Phillies post a 4-3 victory over the struggling Athletics on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Johan Rojas made a run-saving catch in the eighth inning to preserve a 1-0 lea...
Yusei Kikuchi handles Marlins as Angels win 8th straight
Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Taylor Ward and Jorge Soler each homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., for their eighth victory in a row.,It is the Angels' longest winning streak since a 10-game stretch from Sept. 4-13, 2014.,Ki...
Valkyries defeat Sparks for first-ever road win
The Golden State Valkyries recorded another franchise first Friday night, riding Carla Leite's team-high 19 points and a second-quarter flurry to an 82-73 WNBA road victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.,Janelle Salaun had 13 of her 18 points in the first half, while Kayla Thornton added 14 and Veroni...
Jewell Loyd's late 3 caps Aces' comeback vs. Mystics
Jewell Loyd drilled a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left Friday night as the Las Vegas Aces pulled off a 75-72 win over the visiting Washington Mystics. ,Trailing 72-66 with 1:15 remaining after Jade Melbourne made a free throw, Las Vegas (2-1) scored the last nine points. Jackie Young scor...
Ashley Hatch's goal the difference as Spirit defeat Reign
Ashley Hatch scored her sixth goal of the season as the Washington Spirit defeated the host Seattle Reign 2-1 Friday night in a National Women's Soccer League match.,Croix Bethune also scored for the Spirit (6-3-1, 19 points), who improved to 5-0-0 on the road.,Shae Holmes tallied for Seattle (4-4-2...
Battlehawks blow out Brahmas, keep pressure on Defenders
The St. Louis Battlehawks rumbled for 169 yards and two touchdowns on the ground on their way to a 39-13 win over the Brahmas in San Antonio on Friday.,The win moved the Battlehawks to 7-2, a half game ahead of the DC Defenders in the XFL Conference race. The Defenders play at the Houston Roughnecks...
Storm avenge season-opening blowout loss to Sun
Skylar Diggins scored 24 points and tied a franchise record with 14 assists as the SeattleStorm earned a 77-70 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday in their home opener., ,Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points with eight rebounds and Gabby Williams added 11 points as the Storm (2-1) exacted...
Team Falcons, The MongolZ advance to IEM Dallas semis
Team Falcons and The MongolZ powered through the quarterfinals Friday to reach the final four of the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event.,Falcons outlasted GamerLegion 2-1 to set up a semifinal date with Team Vitality. The MongolZ posted a 2-0 victory over Aurora Gaming and will face MOUZ in the semi...
Barbra Banda's first-half hat trick propels Pride past Royals
Barbra Banda scored three first-half goals to propel the Orlando Pride to a 3-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Friday night in Sandy, Utah.,Banda earned the first hat trick in Orlando team history in less than 40 minutes, making it the fastest hat trick in NWSL history. It broke a three-game drough...
Ryan McMahon's 2-run double pushes Rockies past Yankees
Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth inning to back six strong innings from Tanner Gordon, and the Colorado Rockies beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in Denver on Friday night.,Ezequiel Tovar, Jordan Beck and Kyle Farmer had two hits apiece and Zach Agnos picked up his third save for...
Stuart Skinner blanks Stars as Oilers even West finals
Goaltender Stuart Skinner posted his third shutout of the playoffs to backstop the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday and even their Western Conference final series.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected one goal and one assist to lead the Oilers, who tied the best-of-...
Stuart Skinner blanks Dallas; Oilers even conference finals
Goaltender Stuart Skinner posted his third shutout of the playoffs to backstop the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday and even their Western Conference final series.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected one goal and one assist to lead the Oilers, who tied the best-of-...
Mariners upend Astros on Cal Raleigh's tiebreaking HR
Cal Raleigh slugged a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh inning to lift the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.,Raleigh became the third Mariners hitter to homer on the first pitch of an at-bat when he drilled a slider from Astros reliever ...
Pacers fend off Knicks, go home up 2-0 in East finals
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-best 39 points and the Indiana Pacers picked up their second straight road triumph in the series by outclassing the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.,Siakam made 15 of 23 field-goal attempts to set the tone for I...
Nolan Arenado's 3-run triple propels Cardinals past D-backs
Nolan Arenado hit a three-run triple as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Friday night.,Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (4-2) allowed one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one as the Cardinals snapped a two-game losing streak.,JoJo Romer...
Ty France's ninth-inning homer boosts Twins over Royals
Ty France ripped a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,France clenched his fist after the long ball, which marked his fourth home run of the season. Carlos Correa added a solo homer for Minne...