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Sounders score 3 second-half goals in rout of slumping St. Louis City
Obed Vargas and Nouhou Tolo each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Sounders defeated visiting St. Louis City 4-1 Saturday night in a Western Conference match.,Danny Musovski and Albert Rusnak also scored and substitute Ryan Kent had a pair of assists for the Sounders (4-3-4, 16 points), who ex...
LAFC extend Dynamo's road woes with 2-0 victory
Nathan Ordaz and Jeremy Ebobisse scored goals to lead Los Angeles FC to a solid 2-0 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.,Denis Bouanga set up the second goal on his highly active night for Los Angeles FC (5-4-2, 17 points), which stretched its MLS unbeaten streak to four match...
Minus their leading scorer, Whitecaps get past RSL
Despite missing a key player to injury, the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Real Salt Lake 2-1 to run their unbeaten streak to six matches. ,Jayden Nelson and Tristan Blackmon provided the goals for Vancouver (8-1-2, 26 points). Salt Lake (4-7-0, 12 points) has lost three of its last four matches. Its ...
Courage cruise to 2-0 victory over Royals
Buoyed by Ashley Sanchez's second goal of the season, the North Carolina Courage claimed a 2-0 victory over the Utah Royals in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday night.,North Carolina (2-3-2, 8 points) won its second straight match after going winless through its first five contests. The Courage also earned t...
Kyle Hendricks, Angels top Tigers to end 7-game skid
Kyle Hendricks allowed only one run and four hits in 7/3 innings and the host Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Saturday night.,Nolan Schanuel was 3-for-4 with a run scored and Travis d'Arnaud 2-for 3 with two runs scored and a walk for the Angels, who snapped a seven-game losing str...
Team Falcons, Team Vitality reach BLAST Rivals Spring grand final
Team Vitality and Team Falcons swept their way on Saturday to the BLAST Rivals Spring event's grand final on Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Team Falcons edged MOUZ 16-14 on Nuke before a 13-6 win on Dust II in one semifinal playoff.,Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov of Russia had 46 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-...
Rowdy Tellez's pinch single lifts M's over swooning Rangers
Rowdy Tellez's pinch-hit run-scoring single in the ninth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners over the slumping Texas Rangers 2-1 on Saturday in the second of a three-game American League West series in Arlington, Texas.,The Mariners have won six straight and nine of their last 10 and clinched their e...
San Diego FC hand FC Dallas their first road loss
Hirving Lozano recorded two goals and two assists in San Diego FC's 5-0 rout over visiting FC Dallas on Saturday.,San Diego (5-4-2, 17 points) decisively ended its three-match losing streak with the biggest margin of victory in its inaugural season. The previous high was a 3-0 win over the Seattle S...
Megan Fudge wins two golds at U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
Megan Fudge's quest to win three gold medals at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships fell a little short, but Fudge did win two events Saturday in Naples, Fla.,A year after finishing second, Fudge beat Bobbi Oshiro 11-4, 11-7 in the women's pro singles final.,Fudge partnered with Jack Munro and wo...
Four Royals pitchers shut out Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garcia we...
Mikko Rantanen's third-period hat trick propels Stars past Avs in Game 7
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist to help the Dallas Stars rally for a 4-2 win against the visiting Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of their first-round series Saturday.,Dallas advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and will face the winner of the Winnipeg Jets-St. Louis Bl...
Four Royals pitchers shut down Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garci wen...
Dayne St. Clair posts 6th clean sheet of season as Minnesota United blank Austin FC
Joaquin Pereyra scored one goal and assisted on another as Minnesota United rolled to a 3-0 win over host Austin FC on Saturday in a Western Conference match.,The Loons (5-2-4, 19 points) won for the first time since April 6 but earned points for the third time in four matches. Minnesota is unbeaten...
Pedro Gallese (8 saves), Orlando City earn draw vs. Fire
Orlando City's Pedro Gallese made eight saves on Saturday night as his team settled for a 0-0 draw at the 10-man Chicago Fire. ,Gallese's strong performance, particularly during the first half when the teams had even numbers, helped Orlando (4-2-5, 17 points) extend a shutout stretch to five matches...
Amed Rosario's big day helps Nationals trample Reds, 11-6
Amed Rosario had three hits, including a tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth, to help the visiting Washington Nationals claim an 11-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.,James Wood had four hits and scored twice, Nathaniel Lowe delivered three hits, two RBIs and a run and CJ Abrams...
Nuggets throttle Clippers, take Game 7 in first-round series
Aaron Gordon scored 22 points, Christian Braun had 21, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101 in Game 7 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series on Saturday night.,Denver advances to face the top-seeded Thunder in the conference semifinal...
Lionel Messi scores as Inter Miami rout Red Bulls 4-1
Luis Suarez and Marcelo Weigandt each had one goal and one assist to help Inter Miami record a 4-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Lionel Messi added his first MLS goal since April 6 and Fafa Picault also found the back of the net for Inter Miami (6-1-3...
Top of Nationals' order tramples Reds, 11-6
Amed Rosario had three hits, including a tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth, to help the visiting Washington Nationals claim an 11-6 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.,James Wood had four hits and scored twice, Nathaniel Lowe delivered three hits, two RBIs and a run and CJ Abr...
D.C. United make halftime lead hold up against Rapids
Hosei Kijima scored in stoppage time in the first half and D.C. United shut down the visiting Colorado Rapids the rest of the way in a 2-1 win on Saturday night.,Returning to the lineup after missing a game with a quad injury, Christian Benteke also scored as D.C. United (3-5-3, 12 points) captured ...
Rowdy Tellez's pinch single lifts Mariners over swooning Rangers
Rowdy Tellez's pinch-hit run-scoring single in the ninth inning was the difference as the Seattle Mariners' offense was slowed a bit but still beat the swooning Texas Rangers 2-1 on Saturday in the second of a three-game American League West series in Arlington, Texas.,The Mariners have won six stra...