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Iga Swiatek-Casper Ruud rally to reach U.S. Open mixed final
Poland's Iga Swiatek and Norway's Casper Ruud, two points away from a defeat, rallied to win the final six points and beat the United States' Jessica Pegula and Great Britain's Jack Draper 3-5, 5-3, 10-8 in the U.S. Open mixed doubles semifinals on Wednesday in New York.,Swiatek and Ruud, who were s...
Rookie righty Hurston Waldrep leads Braves in shutout of White Sox
Hurston Waldrep threw a career-best seven scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Wednesday in the rubber game of their three-game interleague series.,The game was the complete opposite of the first two games in the series, when the teams combined for 43 r...
Marlins' Sandy Alcantara continues mastery of Cardinals
Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings against the franchise that signed him as the host Miami Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Wednesday night.,Alcantara (7-11), who signed with the Cardinals out of the Dominican Republic at age 17, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits an...
Rookie Hurston Waldrep leads Braves in shutout of White Sox
Rookie Hurston Waldrep threw a career-best seven scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Wednesday in the rubber game of their three-game interleague series.,The game was the complete opposite of the first two games in the series, where the teams combined ...
Nationals jump ahead early, ride bullpen arms to win over Mets
Josh Bell homered and drove in two runs to help lift the host Washington Nationals to a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.,Dylan Crews also had an RBI double and scored twice for the Nationals and Drew Millas had an RBI triple. ,Rookie Brad Lord (4-6) improved to 2-0 in his last three ...
Marlins' Sandy Alcantara shuts down Cards per usual
Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings against the franchise that signed him out of the Dominican Republic at age 17 as the host Miami Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Wednesday night.,Alcantara (7-11) allowed five hits, one walk and two runs (one earned) while registering a sea...
Team Spirit, Team Liquid assert superiority at FISSURE Universe
Team Spirit and Team Liquid each swept two matches on Wednesday to soar to the top of their respective groups as round-robin play continued in FISSURE Universe: Episode 6.,In best-of-two play at the $250,000 tournament, Team Spirit defeated Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 and AVULUS 2-0 to improve to 3-0-0 in...
The Replacements: Players primed to replace stars of 2024
Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter was a one-of-a-kind player and he owns a Heisman Trophy to prove it.,Boise State's Ashton Jeanty was the breakaway king who put together the best college running back season since legendary Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State in 1988.,Hunter and Jeanty had the ultimat...
Aces host Mercury looking to extend 8-game win streak
The WNBA's hottest team will put a season-best eight-game winning streak on the line when the Las Vegas Aces play host to the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.,The run of success -- with less than a month remaining in the regular season -- has moved the Aces (22-14) within percentage points of the Mercur...
Tigers strike early, coast to series sweep over Astros
Dillon Dingler had an RBI triple during a six-run first inning and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,Dingler also doubled and scored two runs for the American League Central Division leaders. Javier Baez contributed ...
Saints acquire WR Devaughn Vele from Broncos
The New Orleans Saints traded for wide receiver Devaughn Vele on Tuesday, sending two draft picks to the Denver Broncos to complete the exchange.,The Broncos get the Saints' 2026 fourth-round pick and 2027 seventh-round pick for Vele, who was selected in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft out o...
Sebastian Korda returns and advances to Winston-Salem quarters
With all of the success of countrymen Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz this spring and summer, former World No. 15 Sebastian Korda has become a forgotten man.,Korda, 25, last played at Roland Garros and has been battling a right shin stress fracture, missing the entire grass court season and part of the...
D-backs rally in ninth and trim Guardians in 10 innings
Adrian Del Castillo singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered to tie the game in the ninth, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix.,Alek Thomas sacrificed Pavin Smith to third in the 10th before pinch-hitt...
LLBWS roundup: Connecticut, Taiwan advance to respective finals
The teams from Fairfield, Conn., and Taiwan won their Little League World Series contests by 7-3 margins on Wednesday and are the sole undefeated squads remaining in the competition in Williamsport, Pa.,The Tung-Yaun LL squad (3-0) defeated Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in the first game of the day, whil...
White Sox RHP Elvis Peguero (elbow) on IL one day after recall to team
The Chicago White Sox placed right-handed reliever Elvis Peguero on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday because of a strained right elbow.,In a corresponding move, the White Sox recalled rookie right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez from Triple-A Charlotte.,Chicago had recalled Peguero on Tuesday from when...
Sun playing spoiler vs. contending Mystics in rematch
The cellar-dwelling Connecticut Sun dealt a significant blow to the Mystics' postseason aspirations by recording an 80-69 victory on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.,The Sun (7-27) will attempt to complete a home-and-home sweep of the Mystics (16-19) on Thursday when the teams reconvene in Uncasville, Co...
Bay Area FC aim to break NWSL single-game attendance mark
Bay City FC are on pace to set a new NWSL single-game attendance record when they face the Washington Spirit on Saturday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco.,Bay City has sold 35,000 tickets at midweek and is in position to surpass the mark of 35,038 set by the Chicago Red Stars when they hosted B...
Reds place C Tyler Stephenson (thumb) on 10-day injured list
The Cincinnati Reds placed catcher Tyler Stephenson on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday because of a fractured left thumb.,The move is retroactive to Sunday. In a corresponding move, the Reds selected the contract of catcher Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville.,Stephenson, who turned 29 on Sa...
Kyle Schwarber homers in Phillies' 20-hit attack to rout Mariners
Kyle Schwarber doubled, homered and had five RBIs, giving him an MLB-leading 109 this season, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-2 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.,Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo (12-6) allowed one run on three hits over six i...
Tigers score early, go on to sweep series from Astros
Dillon Dingler had an RBI triple during a six-run first and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,Dingler also doubled while scoring two runs for the American League Central Division leaders. Javier Baez contributed two ...