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Jackson Chourio leads way as Brewers edge Twins
Jackson Chourio doubled and hit a go-ahead solo shot for his first home run of the season, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday evening in Minneapolis.,Chourio had the only extra-base hits for Milwaukee, but it was all the team needed to win for the th...
Willson Contreras' 9th-inning blast leads Red Sox past Braves
Willson Contreras crushed a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, lifting the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. ,After Wilyer Abreu knocked a two-out double deep into the left-field corner, Contreras flipped the score in Boston's fav...
Astros start fast, power past Rangers
Jose Altuve and Yordan Alvarez slugged first-inning home runs to key a four-homer assault that propelled the Houston Astros to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday.,The Astros secured the three-game series and will aim for a sweep on Sunday in the finale. Houston prevented Range...
Napoleon Solo captures Preakness; top 3 did not run in Kentucky Derby
Al Gold, the owner of Napoleon Solo, said he was not sure if the horse had what it took to win the Preakness Stakes.,Fortunately for him, the colt's connections listened to jockey Paco Lopez, and as a result, the two men, along with trainer Chad Summers, found themselves Saturday in the Laurel Park ...
Angel Martinez helps Guardians rally past Reds
Angel Martinez hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning off Pierce Johnson and scored three runs, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-4 comeback win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.,Cleveland trailed 4-2 before scoring five times over the sixth, seventh and eighth, ...
Rockies square series with D-backs in rare homer-less game
Mickey Moniak drove in two runs and the host Colorado Rockies held on to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Jake McCarthy was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Brenton Doyle went 2-for-4 with two runs and Willi Castro added two hits and one run for the Rockies, who evened the three-game s...
Corey Day passes Justin Allgaier to claim BetRivers 200
DOVER, Del. -- Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover Motor Speedway start.,Allgaier, a three-time winner this season and ...
Marlins' 8-run 10th snaps Rays' home winning streak
Liam Hicks ripped a two-run single and Javier Sanoja added a three-run double to highlight an eight-run 10th inning that fueled the Miami Marlins to a 10-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Marlins loaded the bases in the 10th against Hunter Bigge (1-1) before H...
Nationals pummel Orioles by 10 runs to reach .500
Keibert Ruiz had three hits, including a homer, and drove in five runs, and Cade Cavalli pitched into the seventh inning as the Nationals beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-3 on Saturday in Washington.,Jacob Young and Brady House each had two hits with a homer, and CJ Abrams had three hits for Washington...
Massive pack chasing Alex Smalley at PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- The PGA of America may have opened up the setup at Aronimink Golf Club, but that did not open up the crammed PGA Championship leaderboard Saturday.,Alex Smalley rallied on the back nine to shoot a 2-under-par 68 and build a two-shot lead, but nearly two dozen golfers are in st...
Cristopher Sanchez twirls CG shutout, fans 13 as Phils blank Pirates
Cristopher Sanchez struck out a career-high 13 in his second career shutout to guide the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.,Bryce Harper hit a mammoth three-run homer for Philadelphia, which evened its record at 23-23 with its 14th win in 18 game...
Hugo Cuypers tallies again as Fire douse CF Montreal
Hugo Cuypers scored for a 10th consecutive match and the Chicago Fire earned a 2-0 victory at CF Montreal on Saturday afternoon.,Cuypers took his MLS-leading total to 13 goals, two in front of Miami's Lionel Messi and Dallas' Petar Musa. They both play later this weekend.,Philip Zinckernagel added h...
Rockies square series with Diamondbacks in rare homer-less game
Mickey Moniak drove in two runs and the host Colorado Rockies held on to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Jake McCarthy was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Brenton Doyle 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Willi Castro 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Rockies, who evened the three-game ...
Cardinals top Royals behind Kyle Leahy's strong start
Kyle Leahy's strong start led the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon.,Alec Burleson knocked in two for the Cardinals, and Victor Scott II and Masyn Winn also added RBIs. St. Louis will go for the series sweep in Sunday's finale after beating Kansa...
Elina Svitolina defeats Coco Gauff in 3 sets for Italian Open title
Elina Svitolina recovered from a second-set tie-breaker loss and went on to defeat Coco Gauff, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 on Saturday to win her third Italian Open championship in Rome.,The 31-year-old Ukrainian became the second woman age 30-plus to take the WTA 1000 title in the Italian capital. Serena Wil...
Yohendrick Pinango hits first career homer, Blue Jays outlast Tigers
Daulton Varsho's RBI single in the 10th gave the visiting Toronto Blue Jays a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.,Varsho's one-out hit off Tyler Holton (0-2) knocked in the runner at second, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.,Yohendrick Pinango hit his first career homer for Toronto's othe...
Rain wipes out Indy 500 practice, delays qualifying
Rain washed out morning practice and delayed Saturday's qualifying session for the May 24 Indianapolis 500.,The IndyCar Series canceled the full-field practice session scheduled for 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. ET. ,The 11 a.m. start for the time trials, scheduled to run through 5:50 p.m., was also delayed.,Sc...
Spirit, Falcons sweep into PGL Astana grand final
Team Falcons and Team Spirit will meet Sunday in the grand final at the $800,000 PGL Astana tournament in Kazakhstan.,Falcons swept magic and Spirit swept MOUZ in the semifinals on Saturday. The winner of their best-of-five championship will earn $256,000. ,MOUZ and magic will meet in the best-of-th...
Jannik Sinner survives rain-delayed Rome semifinal
Top-seeded home favorite Jannik Sinner will clash with clay-court specialist Casper Ruud of Norway in Sunday's final at the Italian Open in Rome.,Sinner concluded his rain-delayed semifinal Saturday against No. 7 Daniil Medvedev of Russia, finishing off a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory in two hours and 37 mi...
Rain wipes out Indy 500 practice, threatens qualifying
Intermittent rain forced the cancellation of morning practices and threatened Saturday's Indianapolis 500 qualifying session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.,The IndyCar Series canceled the full-field practice session scheduled for 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. ET. ,Time trials for the May 24 race were scheduled...