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Shea Langeliers homers as A's double up Mariners
Shea Langeliers hit a two-run homer and Osvaldo Bido gave up one earned run over five-plus innings as the Athletics defeated the host Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Saturday night.,It was the Athletics' second straight victory after dropping the season opener.,Bido (1-0), a right-hander, gave up two runs o...
Dodgers remain perfect with power-led rally over Tigers
Freddie Freeman homered, doubled and drove in two runs and Will Smith and Tommy Edman also homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Detroit Tigers with a 7-3 victory on Saturday night.,Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run, go-ahead double in the fifth inning and Mic...
Tani Oluwaseyi nets brace as Minnesota United blank RSL
Tani Oluwaseyi recorded a brace to help Minnesota United notch a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night at Saint Paul, Minn.,Dayne St. Clair made three saves for his third shutout of the season for Minnesota United, who thrived despite playing in heavy rain throughout the entire contest.,...
No. 1 Duke has big second half, sinks No. 2 Alabama
NEWARK, N.J. -- Kon Knueppel had a game-high 21 points with five assists, Cooper Flagg added 16 points and nine rebounds, and No. 1 seed Duke defeated No. 2 Alabama 85-65 to win the NCAA Tournament East Region final on Saturday night.,Duke (35-3) made its 18th Final Four in program history and its f...
Kevin Denkey's winner lifts Cincinnati over Nashville
Kevin Denkey scored from the penalty spot in second-half stoppage time and visiting FC Cincinnati completed a 2-1 victory over Nashville SC on Saturday night.,Denkey's third goal of the campaign completed a first away win for Cincinnati (3-2-1, 10 points) after Evander's fourth pulled the visitors l...
Lakers handle Grizzlies in post-Taylor Jenkins era
Austin Reaves had 31 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to help the Los Angeles Lakers earn a 134-127 victory over the host Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.,Luka Doncic recorded 29 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for the Lakers (45-29), who won their second game in three outings an...
CF Montreal halt scoring drought, earn draw vs. Fire
Dante Sealy scored CF Montreal's first goal since their season opener, helping the visitors earn a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on a rainy Saturday evening.,Philip Zinckernagel's late first-half goal was canceled out by Sealy's second-half marker as the Fire (3-1-2, 11 points) saw their three-matc...
Luciano Acosta, Leo Chu help FC Dallas beat hapless Sporting KC
Luciano Acosta and Leo Chu scored in a two-minute span of the first half to help propel host FC Dallas to a 2-1 win over hapless Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.,Dallas (3-2-1, 10 points) won for the first time at home this season after earning its ini...
Mavericks inch past Bulls in quest for West play-in berth
Klay Thompson had 20 points and hit two critical free throws with 6.7 seconds left as the visiting Dallas Mavericks took down the host Chicago Bulls 120-119 on Saturday night.,Dallas (37-38) has won four of its last five games and is ninth in the Western Conference, which would qualify for the play-...
Red Wings win battle of struggling teams by edging Bruins
Marco Kasper scored an unassisted goal in the first period and the host Detroit Red Wings edged the slumping Boston Bruins 2-1 on Saturday night.,Lucas Raymond had the other Detroit goal while Cam Talbot made 20 saves.,Morgan Geekie had the only Boston goal and Jeremy Swayman stopped 20 shots.,The B...
Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw power Cubs past Diamondbacks
Kyle Tucker had three hits including his first homer of the season, rookie Matt Shaw hit his first major league homer and the Chicago Cubs held off the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Tucker's two-run homer off Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) with one out in the fifth inning gave the Cubs a 3-...
Astros make two runs stand up in edging Mets
Jeremy Pena homered, Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI double, and the Houston Astros rode a strong start from right-hander Spencer Arrighetti to a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Mets in the rubber match of a three-game interleague series.,Pena recorded the Astros' first extra-base of the season whe...
Jayson Tatum’s 29 help Celtics beat Spurs for 8th straight victory
Jayson Tatum hit for 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the visiting Boston Celtics easily handled the San Antonio Spurs 121-111 on Saturday while producing their season-best eighth straight victory.,The Celtics (55-19) dominated San Antonio throughout, leading by 12 points at halftime, by 17 late...
No. 1 USC survives rough shooting night, tops No. 5 Kansas St.
Avery Howell scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half and No. 1 seed Southern California endured the absence of star JuJu Watkins to advance to the Elite Eight with a 67-61 win over No. 5 seed Kansas State in Spokane Region 4 on Saturday.,The Trojans (31-3), playing their first full game since ...
Thunder pound Pacers for ninth straight victory
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 132-111 home win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.,The Thunder have won nine consecutive games, keeping alive the chance of becoming the third team in NBA history to win 70 games.,Oklahoma City (62-12) would need to w...
John Tavares helps Maple Leafs rally past Kings
John Tavares' first of two third-period goals broke a tie and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied with three goals in the third for a 3-1 come-from-behind win over the host Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. ,Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (44-25-4, 92 points), who won for the ...
Astros make two runs stand up in edging Braves
Jeremy Pena homered, Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI double, and the Houston Astros rode a strong start from right-hander Spencer Arrighetti to a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Mets in the rubber match of a three-game interleague series.,Pena recorded the Astros' first extra-base of the season whe...
Adolis Garcia (HR, 3 RBIs) stars as Rangers nip Red Sox
Adolis Garcia homered among his three hits and drove in three runs Saturday to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Arlington, Texas.,Garcia broke a 2-2 tie by hitting a leadoff home run in the fourth off Boston starter Walker Buehler (0-1). He also collected a two-run ...
Atlanta United rallies from two down to beat NYCFC
Emmanuel Latte Lath scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute, helping Atlanta United rally from a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-3 victory against visiting New York City FC on Saturday.,Hannes Wolf scored a pair of goals for New York (2-2-2, 8 points) to build a 3-1 lead, before three straight ...
Lionel Messi scores in return as Inter Miami edge Union
Lionel Messi scored his second goal of the season only two minutes after his entrance as a second-half substitute, and Inter Miami held on for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.,Robert Taylor notched his first goal of the season before halftime for Miami (4-0-1, 13...