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Brian White's positive omeback continues as Whitecaps face Sounders
Vancouver Whitecaps star Brian White missed slightly more than a month with a hamstring injury and returned in style.,White helped Vancouver salvage a tie in its last match and he now craves a victory when the Whitecaps visit the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.,The Whitecaps (16-6-8, 56 points) ...

Phillies handle Twins behind Aaron Nola's gem
Aaron Nola pitched eight terrific innings and Jhoan Duran earned the save against his former team as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the visiting Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday.,Amid a season plagued by injuries and inconsistency, Nola (5-10) allowed just one run and two hits in his final postseason ...

Europe rolls to 3-point lead over U.S. on first day of Ryder Cup
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Rory McIlroy stared down Patrick Cantlay through the home stretch and made sure a European advantage wouldn't be dented at the last moment.,Thanks to stellar performances from McIlroy, Jon Rahm and their compatriots, Team Europe leads the United States team 5 1/2-2 1/2 after the...

Cubs go into power mode in 12-1 rout over Cardinals
Powered by four home runs, the Chicago Cubs crushed the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Friday and moved closer to securing home-field advantage in next week's National League wild-card series.,Colin Rea (11-7) allowed just two hits and a walk over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. The right-hander also...

Minnesota United bring rare losing streak to Colorado
Still vying for the Western Conference's top overall seed, visiting Minnesota United will travel to Commerce City, Colo., to face the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.,Minnesota (15-7-9, 54 points) has dropped consecutive matches for the first time this season but still sits third in the West behin...

Week NFL 4 Capsules
Minnesota Vikings (2-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1),Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET (in Dublin),FanDuel odds: Vikings -2.5, Total 40.5,Series Rewind: Sunday is the first leg of an international double-dip for the Vikings. Minnesota plays the Browns in London next week. The Vikings are 4-0 in international gam...

Coco Gauff closes strong to begin Beijing title defense
Coco Gauff began her China Open title defense with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday in Beijing.,The second-round clash started with the competitors splitting the first six games on serve before Gauff took complete control, winning nine of the last 10 games of the match. ,The ...

Europe takes Ryder Cup foursomes session as U.S. musters only single win
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay prevented another Friday morning shutout at the Ryder Cup by winning their foursomes match 2 up over Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Norway's Viktor Hovland. ,Team Europe leads the United States team 3-1 after the first session of the week a...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz, Sebastian Korda meet in American battle in Tokyo
Taylor Fritz came back from a break down in both sets to defeat Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 7-6 (4) and advance to the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday.,Fritz counted 15 aces among his 29 winners in the match, which lasted one hour, 54 minutes. For Fritz, the second seed, it was hi...

Bobby Witt Jr.'s four hits help Royals take down Angels
Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI and Vinnie Pasquantino homered and drove in three runs to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the rubber game of their three-game series on Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was the th...

Eugenio Suarez steers M's past Rockies for 11th straight home win
Eugenio Suarez had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-2 on Thursday to tie a franchise record with an 11th consecutive home victory.,Randy Arozarena added two hits and two RBIs for the Mariners (90-69), who won their seventh...

Seahawks survive Cardinals' late rally, win on last-second FG
Jason Myers kicked three field goals, including a 52-yarder as time expired, leading the Seattle Seahawks to a 23-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night in Glendale, Ariz.,Kyler Murray threw two touchdown passes in the final six minutes as the Cardinals (2-2) rallied from a 14-point def...

Mets ride 2 homers to win over Cubs, retain wild-card edge
Brett Baty belted a three-run homer, Francisco Lindor also went deep and rookie Nolan McLean struck out 11 batters, fueling the visiting New York Mets to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.,The Mets (82-77) won the decisive contest of the three-game series to remain one game ahead of t...

Reds nip Pirates, stay within 1 game of 3rd NL wild card
Nick Lodolo tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings while Noelvi Marte made a game-saving catch in the ninth as the Cincinnati Reds salvaged the series finale against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.,Gavin Lux, Ke'Bryan Hayes, TJ Friedl and Miguel Andujar each had two hits as the Re...

Giancarlo Stanton's 3-run double keeps Yankees tied for first
Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead bases-clearing double with two outs in the fifth inning and the New York Yankees stayed tied atop the American League East with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.,The Yankees (91-68) won their fifth straight game and remained even wi...

Daulton Varsho blasts grand slam as Jays upend Red Sox
Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Thursday night.,Varsho's second grand slam of the season snapped a 0-0 tie in the sixth and helped the Blue Jays salvage the finale of the three-game series. George Springer added a two-run homer la...

Walker Buehler, Phillies snuff out Marlins' slim playoff hopes
Walker Buehler and three relievers combined on a five-hitter as the Philadelphia Phillies nipped the visiting Miami Marlins 1-0 on Thursday.,Buehler (10-7) pitched five scoreless innings to help Philadelphia (94-65) move within two games of idle Milwaukee (96-63) for the top seed in the National Lea...

Tigers halt skid; knot Guardians for first place in AL Central
Jahmai Jones, Wenceel Perez and Riley Greene all hit solo homers in the first four innings as the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Thursday night, moving into a first-place tie in the American League Central Division.,Cleveland (86-73) owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over...

Astros snap 5-game losing streak with crucial win over A's
Framber Valdez threw seven quality innings, Christian Walker homered and drove in three runs and the visiting Houston Astros posted a crucial 11-5 victory over the Athletics on Thursday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Valdez (13-11) allowed one run on seven hits, striking out 10 and walking two. Jose Alt...

Dodgers clinch NL West crown with shutout of Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman homered twice, Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages also went deep, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to their 12th National League West title in 13 seasons with an 8-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon in Phoenix.,Freeman led off a four-run second inning with a 41...