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Mitch Garver blast helps Mariners top Angels, keep pace in playoff chase
Mitch Garver hit a tiebreaking solo homer with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Friday night to remain tied for first place in the American League West.,Cal Raleigh had two doubles for the Mariners (80-68), who won their...

Carlos Cortes blasts 2 homers as A's cool off Reds
Rookie Carlos Cortes hit two homers and Lawrence Butler also went deep to help the Athletics record a 3-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Five pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout for the Athletics, who won their second straight game. The A's (68-80) had...

Blaine Crim's first career homer powers Rockies past Padres
Blaine Crim belted a three-run homer Friday night for his first MLB hit and Tanner Gordon pitched into the seventh inning as the visiting Colorado Rockies played the spoiler's role with a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Gordon (6-6), who was rocked for six runs on Sunday in an 8-1 loss to San Die...

Jaedyn Shaw tallies in debut as Gotham FC shut out Wave
Jaedyn Shaw scored a goal in her Gotham FC debut to help her new club move into a third-place tie with San Diego FC by earning a 2-0 victory at San Diego on Friday.,Esther Gonzalez scored late in the first half to give her an NWSL-leading 13 on the season, while Gotham FC goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berge...

Report: NFL fines Chargers DT Teair Tart for slap
A slap to the face of an opponent will be costly for Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart, ESPN reported on Friday.,The NFL reportedly fined Tart for his open-handed connection with the facemask of Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce last week as the Chargers defeated the Chiefs 27-21 in ...

Kody Clemens goes deep three times as Twins defeat Diamondbacks
Kody Clemens belted three home runs, Luke Keaschall drove a fly ball to center field for a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth, and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Clemens finished 4-for-4 with a double, three home...

Houston opens Big 12 slate with home win over Colorado
Conner Weigman was 15-for-24 passing for 222 yards and had 17 carries for 83 yards and two touchdowns to lead Houston to a 36-20 home win over Colorado in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Friday night.,Dean Connors had 22 carries for 89 yards and a touchdown, while Stephon Johnson had five recept...

Aric Almirola wins Bristol Xfinity playoff opener on bold strategy
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Benefitting from a split-second late race strategy decision, veteran Aric Almirola held off a mightily-motivated field to claim the win in Friday night's Food City 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff opener at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.,While running second to the series' champi...

Brewers' Quinn Priester beats Cardinals to extend win streak
Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and Quinn Priester pitched 5 1/3 effective innings as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak with an 8-2 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Priester (13-2) allowed two runs on five hits ...

Steve Angeli tosses 5 TDs as Syracuse thrashes Colgate
Steve Angeli threw five touchdown passes and ran for another as Syracuse trounced visiting Colgate 66-24 on Friday evening.,Following last week's overtime win against UConn, Orange coach Fran Brown made his team run postgame sprints on the field as a sign of his displeasure with his players' effort ...

Aaron Judge, Luis Gil star as Yankees stifle Red Sox
Aaron Judge took sole possession of fourth place on the New York Yankees' all-time home run list and Luis Gil pitched six no-hit innings in a 4-1 win over the host Boston Red Sox in Friday's three-game series opener.,Judge crushed his 362nd career homer 468 feet out to deep center with one out in th...

Fernando Mendoza, No. 22 Indiana thrash Indiana State 73-0
Fernando Mendoza and Omar Cooper Jr. celebrated records, and No. 22 Indiana was nearly perfect as it pummeled Indiana State 73-0 Friday night in Bloomington, Ind.,In posting the program's largest shutout in 124 years, the Hoosiers (3-0) finished with the third-most points and yards (680) in a game i...

Zach Cole aces MLB debut as Astros pound Braves
Zach Cole homered on the first pitch he saw in his major league debut and finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs to help the visiting Houston Astros post an 11-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday.,Christian Walker went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs for Houston (80-68), which pulled into a brief hal...

Jacob deGrom-led Rangers prolong Mets losing streak
Jacob deGrom tossed seven strong innings in his return to Citi Field and benefited from some early run support Friday night, when the visiting Texas Rangers beat the free-falling New York Mets 8-3 in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,The Rangers (78-70), who scored six runs with two out...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jays pull away late against O's
Myles Straw drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was on base five times for the Blue Jays (85-62) with three hits and two walks (one intentional) and had an RBI in the opener of a th...

Ben Griffin, prepping for Ryder Cup, leads Procore by three
Tuning up for the Ryder Cup may net Ben Griffin a nice extra payday, as he leads the Procore Championship after the second round on Friday in Napa, Calif.,Griffin shot a 6-under-par 66 to climb to 14-under 130 for the tournament at the North Course at Silverado Resort.,The 29-year-old earned his fir...

Tarik Skubal injured in Tigers' loss to Sandy Alcantara, Marlins
Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings to lead the host Miami Marlins to an 8-2 win Friday over the Tigers, who saw ace eft-hander Tarik Skubal exit early due to tightness in his left side.,The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, Skubal (13-5) lasted just 3 1/3 innings -- his short...

Walker Buehler's Phillies debut leads to rout of Royals
Walker Buehler allowed one run in five innings in his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies, who stayed hot with an 8-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday.,After posting a 5.45 ERA in 23 appearances for the Boston Red Sox this season, Buehler (8-7) hopes to find a fresh start in Ph...

Guardians' Tanner Bibee blanks White Sox for first shutout
Tanner Bibee pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and David Fry and Angel Martinez hit solo homers, lifting the surging Cleveland Guardians to a 4-0 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Friday night.,The Guardians (76-71) won for the seventh time in eight games and pulled with...

Dylan Crews' homer, James Wood's throw home help Nats beat Pirates
Dylan Crews hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals rallied for a 6-5 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.,Nationals left fielder James Wood threw out the potential tying run in the ninth to preserve the win.,Brady House also homered fo...