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Down 2-0, LAFC score twice late in draw vs. San Diego
Ryan Hollingshead scored in the 14th minute of second-half stoppage time and Los Angeles FC rallied from a late two-goal deficit to notch a 2-2 tie with host San Diego FC on Saturday night.,Denis Bouanga scored for Los Angeles FC (6-2-3, 21 points) in the 82nd minute on his team's first shot on goal...
Sporting KC snap losing streak with draw vs. Sounders
Dejan Joveljic scored his fifth goal of the season and Sporting Kansas City salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday afternoon to snap a six-match losing streak.,Joveljic's 18th-minute tally halted a 351-minute scoreless stretch across all competitions for Sporting (1-7-2, 5 poin...
Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
Sean Burke tossed six scoreless innings Saturday night and the visiting Chicago White Sox stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres.,Burke (2-2) allowed only four hits and a walk while fanning eight, including Xander Bogaerts three times. Three relievers fini...
Canes keep rolling, blank Flyers to open semifinal series
Logan Stankoven scored twice and goaltender Frederik Andersen collected his second shutout of this year's playoffs as the host Carolina Hurricanes opened their playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 3-0 victory on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.,Jackson Blake scored once and added an assist...
Evander's hat trick, late PK winner give Cincinnati win over Chicago
Evander converted a penalty kick seven minutes into second-half stoppage time to secure a hat trick and lift FC Cincinnati to a 3-2 road win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday.,Evander collected a brace in the first half and then added his third goal for the late winner. A yellow card was issued to C...
Chris Sale stifles Rockies as Braves cruise in blowout
Chris Sale tossed seven stellar innings and Drake Baldwin homered and drove in four runs on Saturday night to help the visiting Atlanta Braves post a 9-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.,Sale (6-1) allowed one run on three hits, striking out 11 and walking three for Atlanta, which remains the only...
Lawrence Ennali's late goal lifts Dynamo past Rapids
Lawrence Ennali scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute to lead the Houston Dynamo to a 1-0 win over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Saturday.,Guilherme's in-swinging corner was cleared from the box where Ennali settled the ball with one touch and had a wide-open shot that he tucked under the cr...
Despite injuries, Toronto FC force draw with Quakes
Injury-plagued Toronto FC saw their depth tested but managed to hand the visiting San Jose Earthquakes their first draw of the season with a 1-1 scoreline on a chilly Saturday afternoon.,Preston Judd equaled his career-high seven goals when he tied the match for the league-leading Earthquakes (9-1-1...
Joel Embiid, 76ers knock out second-seeded Celtics
Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-100 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series Saturday night.,The 76ers won the final three game...
Joel Embiid, 76s knock out second-seeded Celtics
Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-100 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series Saturday night.,The 76ers won the final three game...
Late penalty extends New England's unbeaten streak vs. Charlotte
Carles Gil's 97th-minute penalty kick lifted the New England Revolution to a tense 1-0 victory over Charlotte FC Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass.,The Revolution (6-3-1, 19 points) broke through during stoppage time after several minutes marked by defensive gridlock. The win extends the Revs' unbe...
Saba Lobjanidze's brace sparks Atlanta over Montreal
Saba Lobjanidze scored a brace and Emmanuel Latte Lath netted the match-winner late in the first half as Atlanta United defeated visiting CF Montreal 3-1 on Saturday evening.,Alexey Miranchuk had two assists while Pedro Amador and Cooper Sanchez added an assist apiece for Atlanta (3-7-1, 10 points),...
Cardinals stave off Dodgers’ rally for 6th straight win
Jordan Walker slugged a two-run homer among his two hits and Michael McGreevy tossed six scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday for their sixth straight victory.,McGreevy (2-2) allowed three hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Right...
Dillon Dingler, Keider Montero guide Tigers past Rangers
Dillon Dingler had a three-run home run and a double to spark the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 home win against the Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Keider Montero (2-2) gave up one run on five hits, walked two and struck out two in 6 2/3 innings as Detroit evened the three-game series.,Gleyber Torres had two ...
Martin Ojeda (3 goals), Orlando rally to snap Miami's unbeaten streak
Martin Ojeda scored his second career MLS hat trick, Tyrese Spicer pounced for a winner in second-half stoppage time and visiting Orlando City rallied from three goals down to a historic 4-3 victory over Lionel Messi's Inter Miami on Saturday night.,Orlando (3-7-1, 10 points) became only the third t...
FC Dallas finally win against host Red Bulls after 20-year drought
Peter Musa scored in the 54th minute and FC Dallas snapped an 11-game road winless skid in all competitions against the New York Red Bulls with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night in Harrison, N.J.,Dallas (4-3-4, 16 points) earned its first road win in the series since its 2-1 win on May 24, 2006, in a ...
Nashville SC stays atop East with draw against Union
Nashville SC and the Philadelphia Union played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.,Nashville (7-1-2, 23 points) stayed atop the Eastern Conference table while extending its MLS unbeaten streak to four matches. Keeper Brian Schwake made five saves for the clean sheet as Nashville mo...
Kelvin Yeboah nets brace as Minnesota rallies past Crew
Kelvin Yeboah's brace and a goal and an assist by Anthony Markanich keyed a 15-minute second-half comeback as Minnesota United defeated the host Columbus Crew 3-2 on Saturday.,Markanich broke a 2-2 tie in the 74th minute off a throw-in when he scored on a header off a cross by Nectarios Triantis.,Af...
Max Meyer, 2 relievers hold Phillies to 1 hit
Max Meyer only allowed one hit in seven shutout innings and Xavier Edwards homered in the host Miami Marlins' 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday,Meyer (2-0) faced one over the minimum number of batters with a walk and seven strikeouts in the longest start of his career. He threw 55 s...
Pirates wreck Reds; tie MLB record for consecutive walks
The host Pittsburgh Pirates scored 15 runs in the first four innings and took advantage of record wildness by the Cincinnati Reds to roll to a 17-7 victory on Saturday.,Rookie Konnor Griffin doubled, tripled and went 4-for-5 while driving in two, while Ryan O'Hearn doubled and drove in three as the ...