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JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals extend strong stretch vs. Athletics
JJ Wetherholt smacked a two-run homer and Jose Fermin added a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Ivan Herrera joined Wetherholt with two hits as St. Louis ended a two-game slide and won for the 10th time in t...

Sarah Ashlee Barker's basket at buzzer gives Fire first WNBA win
Sarah Ashlee Barker made a layup off an offensive rebound at the final buzzer as the expansion Portland Fire earned their first WNBA victory, defeating the visiting New York Liberty 98-96 Tuesday night.,Barker was all alone underneath and grabbed Bridget Carleton's 3-point miss and banked in the win...

Nia Coffey, Lynx notch first win of season at Mercury's expense
Nia Coffey scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter in a critical stretch for the Minnesota Lynx in their 88-84 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,Minnesota (1-1) rebounded after losing its opener 91-90 against the visiting Atlanta Dream on Saturday.,Phoenix (1-2), pl...

Nationals slug 6 homers to overwhelm Reds
Daylen Lile and Luis Garcia Jr. each had three hits, including two home runs and the Washington Nationals beat the host Cincinnati Reds 10-4 on Tuesday night.,Lile, from nearby Louisville, Ken., hit a solo home run in the fourth and a three-run shot in the fifth for his first career multi-homer game...

Bailey Ober fires complete-game 2-hitter as Twins blank Marlins
Bailey Ober struck out seven in a complete-game shutout to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Byron Buxton stole home and Ryan Jeffers clubbed a two-run home run to lead Minnesota at the plate. The Twins have won three games in a row after l...

Mets tame Tigers in rookie A.J. Ewing's debut
A.J. Ewing scored two runs and drove in a pair in his major league debut, sparking the host New York Mets to a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.,Called up from Triple-A Syracuse earlier in the day, Ewing had an RBI triple and drew three walks, one with the bases loaded. He also stole a ba...

Dominic Canzone's slam backs Bryan Woo as M's rout Astros
Dominic Canzone clubbed his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena produced a four-hit, three-RBI game in support of Bryan Woo, who worked six quality innings as the visiting Seattle Mariners claimed a 10-2 victory over the slumping Houston Astros on Tuesday.,The Mariners won their ninth consec...

Athletics place All-Star SS Jacob Wilson (shoulder) on IL
Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder subluxation ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. ,Wilson, 24, injured his shoulder Sunday diving for a ball hit by the Baltimore Orioles' Gunner Henderson, who singled on...

Victor Wembanyama returns in big way, Spurs take series lead on Wolves
Victor Wembanyama scored 27 points -- 18 in a rousing first quarter -- and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the host San Antonio Spurs past the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-97 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.,Game 6 in the best-of-seven series is Friday in M...

MacKenzie Gore twirls gem as Rangers hold off D-backs
MacKenzie Gore allowed just one run on three hits over a season-high eight innings in the Texas Rangers' 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas.,Joc Pederson and Ezequiel Duran homered and Brandon Nimmo and Jake Burger each had three hits for the Rangers, who have...

Rays beat Blue Jays in extras despite blowing 5-run lead
Jonathan Aranda's 10th-inning sacrifice fly proved to be the difference Tuesday night as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6.,Taylor Walls' single to right against Braydon Fisher (2-1) scored automatic runner Cedric Mullins to give Tampa Bay a 6-5 lead. Yandy Diaz walked b...

Brewers use big inning to beat Padres, win fifth straight
Brandon Sproat pitched effectively into the sixth inning to earn his first career victory and Joey Ortiz homered for the first time since last July to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the opener of the three-game series., ,Milwaukee extende...

Allisha Gray, Dream hold off Wings
Allisha Gray poured in a game-high 26 points and the Atlanta Dream pulled away early in the fourth quarter to claim a 77-72 win over the host Dallas Wings on Tuesday night. ,Center Angel Reese, in her second game for the Dream (2-0) tallied her second double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds, ei...

White Sox relinquish lead before late HR sinks Royals
Derek Hill delivered a pinch-hit, tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning and Chase Meidroth and Drew Romo also homered to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.,Chicago was outhit 11-7 but rallied to stretch its winning streak to three gam...

Mets tame Tigers 10-2 in rookie A.J. Ewing's debut
A.J. Ewing scored two runs and drove in a pair in his MLB debut, sparking the host New York Mets to a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.,Called up from Triple-A Syracuse, Ewing had an RBI triple and drew three walks, one with the bases loaded. He also stole a base. Carson Benge and Juan So...

Zach Benson's 3rd-period goal helps Sabres level series vs. Canadiens
Zach Benson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period of a 3-2 win for the visiting Buffalo Sabres against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference second-round series on Tuesday.,Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist and Josh Doan had two assists for the Sabres, who ti...

Nationals slug six homers to overwhelm Reds
Daylen Lile and Luis Garcia Jr. each had three hits, including two home runs and the Washington Nationals beat the host Cincinnati Reds 10-4 on Tuesday night.,Lile, from nearby Louisville, Ken., hit a solo home run in the fourth and a three-run shot in the fifth for his first career multi-homer game...

Bailey Ober fires complete-game 2-hitter as Twins beat Marlins
Bailey Ober struck out seven batters in a complete-game shutout to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Byron Buxton stole home and Ryan Jeffers clubbed a two-run home run to lead Minnesota at the plate. The Twins have won three games in a row...

Braves limit Cubs to one hit, ride 4-run fifth to victory
Mike Yastrzemski homered and drove in three runs, Austin Riley also homered and Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 on Tuesday night to help the Atlanta Braves post a 5-2 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,Grant Holmes started and threw four innings, allowing two runs on one hit, striking out five and w...

Paul Skenes' no-hit bid ends in 7th as Pirates ace stifles Rockies
Paul Skenes flirted with a no-hitter for the second consecutive start, struck out 10 and allowed two hits over eight scoreless innings to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.,Skenes (6-2), the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, held the Rockies sc...