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Austin Wells knocks in five as Yankees thrash Royals
Austin Wells clubbed a three-run homer and matched a career high with five RBIs while Aaron Judge set the tempo with a first-inning two-run shot, and the New York Yankees rolled to a 10-2 victory over the host Kansas City Royals.,New York starter Max Fried (9-1) took sole possession of the major lea...

Rangers score season-high 16 runs in rout of Twins
Kyle Higashioka doubled and drove in five runs, Josh Jung doubled and drove in four runs and the Texas Rangers stormed to a 16-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Evan Carter went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs for Texas, which set a season high in runs. Wyatt Lan...

Tigers' bullpen goes long to protect win over Orioles
Spencer Torkelson's two-run home run and Sawyer Gipson-Long's 4 2/3 solid innings of relief pitching carried the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the host Baltimore Orioles to open a three-game series Tuesday night.,Riley Greene, Gleyber Torres, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel Perez each had two hits...

Blue Jays smack 16 hits to edge Cards
Andres Gimenez hit a three-run homer and Alejandro Kirk added a two-run blast as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 Tuesday night.,Bo Bichette (3-for-5, three runs), George Springer (2-for-4, run, RBI) and Addison Barger (2-for-5, run, RBI) also had productive nigh...

Pair of HRs back righty Quinn Priester as Brewers top Braves
Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers homered and Quinn Priester allowed one run in six innings to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.,Priester (4-2) allowed seven hits and no walks, striking out seven in a 96-pitch outing to win his third straight deci...

Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto rally Mets past Nats
Jeff McNeil laced a walk-off double in the 10th inning as the New York Mets rallied for a 5-4 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series.,The Mets trailed 3-0 and 4-2 before earning their fourth straight win and 13th victory in their last 16 game...

Switzerland sends USMNT to 4th straight loss, 4-0
With a chance to enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup on a positive note, the U.S. men's national team instead continued its slide with an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Switzerland in a friendly at Nashville on Tuesday.,The U.S. squad is missing most of its best players, but it now takes a four-match losing strea...

Liberty improves record to 9-0 with easy victory over Sky
Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points and Breanna Stewart added 18, fueling the undefeated New York Liberty to an 85-66 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Ionescu made 9 of 14 shots from the floor and added seven assists and four steals as New York (9-0) improved to 3-0 in WNBA Commissione...

Ian Happ raps half of Cubs' four homers in win over Phillies
Ian Happ hit two of the Chicago Cubs' four home runs in an 8-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,Happ, who also homered in Monday's series opener, has four home runs in eight games on the Cubs' road trip after entering the trek with three homers in 50 games. Dansby Swanson and ...

Allisha Gray, Dream roll past Caitlin Clark-less Fever
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 23 points and added six rebounds and four assists as the Atlanta Dream posted a 77-58 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.,Brionna Jones added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta (6-3), which won for the fifth time in six games. Nia Coffey chipped in ...

Roman Anthony makes first hit count as Red Sox beat Rays
Roman Anthony recorded a two-RBI double for the first hit of his major league career and Trevor Story went 2-for-4 with a homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the second of a three-game series on Tuesday night.,Anthony, who was playing in just his second ...

Tigers' bullpen steps up in win over Orioles
Spencer Torkelson's two-run home run and Sawyer Gipson-Long's 4 2/3 solid innings of relief pitching carried the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the host Baltimore Orioles to open a three-game series Tuesday night.,Riley Greene, Gleyber Torres, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel Perez all had two hits ...

Marlins' Sandy Alcantara shuts down Pirates, ends skid
Nick Fortes hit an early two-run home run and Sandy Alcantara pitched six shutout innings to help the Miami Marlins edge the host Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Tuesday night.,Ke'Bryan Hayes and Oneil Cruz each hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to give the Pirates a chance at a late comeback.,Howe...

Abbott authors shutout as Reds improve to 5-0 vs. Guardians
Andrew Abbott threw a three-hitter for Cincinnati's first complete-game shutout in four years and Spencer Steer drove in the only run to give the visiting Reds a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.,Steer's single in the fifth inning off Slade Cecconi (1-3) scored Will Benson a...

ATP roundup: Arthur Rinderknech upsets Denis Shapovalov in Stuttgart
Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech knocked off Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 in Stuttgart on Tuesday at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany.,The ATP No. 30, seeded fifth in the event, was undone by nine double faults and nine aces by his opponent. Rinderknech added 15 first-return points and 17 ...

Wings set to take on former star Satou Sabally, Mercury
The Dallas Wings will see Satou Sabally in a new light when they visit the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.,As that of an opponent.,The Mercury acquired Sabally as part of a four-team trade in an offseason remake that also included the addition of Alyssa Thomas and Kalani Brown. The three veteran newco...

Scottie Scheffler doesn’t buy into notion of being favorite at U.S. Open
Scottie Scheffler is a recent major winner, and he's finished top four at both majors thus far this season. But despite being installed as the betting favorite to take home the championship at the U.S. Open this weekend in Oakmont, he made his feelings clear on Tuesday about what being a favorite ul...

Agitated Kelsey Plum leads Sparks in return visit to face Aces
Kelsey Plum just may be in a foul mood when she returns to Las Vegas for the second time this season.,Fresh off a blistering attack of WNBA officiating, Plum leads the Los Angeles Sparks into a battle with the Aces on Wednesday night.,Plum won two WNBA titles with Las Vegas and was a three-time All-...

Seahawks extend P Michael Dickson through '29
All-Pro punter Michael Dickson has signed a four-year extension with the Seattle Seahawks, the team announced Tuesday.,Dickson, 29, was entering the final season of a four-year, $14.5 million extension signed in 2021. He once again becomes the NFL's highest-paid punter, with the NFL Network reportin...

Study shows less online abuse of athletes during March Madness
The NCAA recently released a study that indicated a decrease in social media abuse targeting student-athletes, including from sports bettors, during March Madness.,According to the study, athletes were targeted in 15 percent of March Madness-related abusive posts and comments flagged by data science...