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Rays edge Yankees to halt four-game skid
Zack Littell tossed seven strong innings and earned the win when the visiting Tampa Bay Rays scored twice in the eighth inning Saturday and edged the New York Yankees 3-2 in the middle game of a three-game series.,Curtis Mead and Jose Caballero had the RBIs in the eighth for the Rays, who snapped a ...

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff for record-tying third Madrid title
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka withstood a second-set charge from No. 4 Coco Gauff to win 6-3, 7-6 (3) and earn her record-tying third Mutua Madrid Open title on Saturday.,Sabalenka started out strong, winning four straight games without conceding a point and building a dominant 4-1 lead. Gauff battled...

Carson Hocevar wins first career NASCAR Cup pole at Texas
FORT WORTH, Tex.--Ride ‘em, cowboy.,Decked out in Texas-appropriate attire, Carson Hocevar put his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on the pole for Sunday's WURTH 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,With the second fastest lap i...

Bryson DeChambeau surges to 4-shot lead at LIV Golf Korea
Bryson DeChambeau fired a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday to seize a four-stroke lead heading into the final round at LIV Golf Korea in Incheon.,DeChambeau improved to 13-under 131 after carding his second consecutive bogey-free round at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. The Crushers GC captain is the solo le...

FaZe edge Surge to open CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying
The Vancouver Surge, fresh off reaching the final of the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 Major, lost their opening match in Stage 4 Major qualifying on Friday.,The Atlanta FaZe pulled out a 3-2 win over Vancouver. In other opening-day action, the Toronto Ultra topped the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-1, and...

Robbie Ray's gem lifts Giants over Rockies
Robbie Ray allowed just two singles in seven shutout innings, LaMonte Wade Jr. doubled in a three-run second inning and the San Francisco Giants blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 4-0 on Friday night.,Matt Chapman homered and Hayden Birdsong wrapped up San Francisco's first shutout of the season ...

Riley Greene (2 HRs) leads late onslaught as Tigers rip Angels
Riley Greene homered twice during an eight-run ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.,The Tigers hit four home runs in the ninth, three of which came off Angels closer Kenley Jansen, who entered with the game tied at 1-...

Rockets force Game 7 with road win over Warriors
Fred VanVleet scored 29 points, Alperen Sengun produced a double-double and the Houston Rockets seized control in the fourth quarter en route to a stunning 115-107 road victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday, forcing a decisive Game 7 of their Western Conference first-round series.,The Roc...

Corey Heim wins 2OT NASCAR Truck slugfest at Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A casual glance at the box score might tell you Corey Heim's victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 on Friday was a cakewalk.,Quite the contrary. Heim's 14th career win was anything but easy.,The driver of the No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota and Craftsman Truck Series points leader had t...

Battlehawks shut down Renegades for low-scoring win
The St. Louis defense limited the visiting Arlington Renegades to 210 total yards, and the Battlehawks recorded a 12-6 win on Friday.,The Battlehawks (4-2) opened the scoring with the game's lone touchdown, a 30-yard pass from Max Duggan to Hakeem Butler. It came with two minutes left in the first h...

Riley Tiernan (2 goals), Angel City rally past Spirit
Red-hot Riley Tiernan recorded a brace, including the decisive goal in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time, to give Angel City FC a 4-3 road victory over the Washington Spirit on Friday night.,Tiernan has five goals over the past five matches for Angel City (3-2-2, 11 points). Gisele Thom...

Padres continue dominance of Pirates with easy win
Luis Arraez had three run-scoring hits to lead the San Diego Padres to a 9-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.,The Padres won their third game in a row and beat the Pirates for the seventh consecutive time after sweeping all six games between the teams in 2024.,Arraez and Gavin S...

Mets hammer Cardinals, end two-game losing streak
Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo used the long ball to power the visiting New York Mets to a 9-3 victory Friday over the St. Louis Cardinals and snap a two-game losing streak as well.,The Mets pounded out 17 hits, with 10 batters getting at least one. Nimmo went 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs sc...

Cal Raleigh (2 HRs) backs Bryan Woo as M's slam Rangers
Cal Raleigh hit a solo home run and a grand slam while Bryan Woo and two relievers combined on a three-hitter as the Seattle Mariners routed the Texas Rangers 13-1 on Friday in the first of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas., ,In a matchup of teams heading opposite directions the American Leag...

Blues ride 4-goal second period to Game 6 win over Jets
Philip Broberg and Alexey Toropchenko each had a goal and an assist to help the St. Louis Blues stay alive in their Western Conference first-round series with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets in Game 6 on Friday night.,Game 7 is on Sunday evening in Winnipeg.,Nathan Walker, Brayden Sche...

Michael Busch's grand slam sparks Cubs' 10-0 rout of Brewers
Michael Busch hit a grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong launched two solo home runs on Friday, helping guide the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 10-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.,Ben Brown (3-2) allowed just four hits across six scoreless innings for Chicago, striking out four and walking...

Hunter Greene fans 12 as Reds stop Nationals
Hunter Greene struck out 12 in six innings and Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in his season debut as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 6-1 on Friday.,Greene (4-2) limited Washington to one run on two hits was within two strikeouts of matching his career high...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts lift Dodgers over Braves
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings and Mookie Betts hit the decisive home run to lead the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of their three-game series.,The Dodgers extended their winning streak to six games and improved to 4-0 again...

Rafael Devers' timely hit helps Red Sox break out late vs. Twins
Rafael Devers hit a key two-run single in the seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox rallied for five late runs to beat the visiting Minnesota Twins 6-1 in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Boston's Alex Bregman (2-for-4) and Minnesota's Ryan Jeffers hit solo homers in the early innings ...

Jonathan Cannon wins 2nd straight start as White Sox hold off Astros
Edgar Quero had two hits and two RBIs and Luis Robert Jr. homered to back six strong innings from Jonathan Cannon as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros 7-3 on Friday.,Houston rallied to within one run on Yainer Diaz's solo homer against Jordan Leasure in the eighth, but Chicago a...