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Clayton Kershaw shines as Dodgers shut out Rays
Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer and doubled in two runs, Clayton Kershaw tossed six shutout innings, and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers opened a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-0 win on Friday night.,Clayton Kershaw (5-2) gave up five hits with no walks and struck out three ...

Marina Mabrey, Sun hand Liberty fourth straight loss
Marina Mabrey racked up 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as the Connecticut Sun extended the New York Liberty's misery with a 78-62 victory Friday night in Uncasville, Conn.,The defending champion Liberty dropped their fourth straight game and set a season low for points scored. It is their ...

Red Sox walk off with 10th-inning win over Astros
Roman Anthony's single in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in Wilyer Abreu with the game-winning run as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games by beating the visiting Houston Astros 2-1 Friday night., ,Abreu starting the inning at second base as the automatic runner and m...

Bryson Stott drives in game-winner as Phillies rally past Tigers
Bryson Stott drove in two runs Friday, including the game-winner in the eighth inning, to help the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 victory over Detroit, snapping the Tigers' four-game winning streak.,Starter Ranger Suarez gave up three runs on four hits over seven innings for Philadelphia.,The T...

Royals offense supports strong Michael Wacha outing in win vs. Blue Jays
Michael Wacha pitched eight strong innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a three-run homer and the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-3 on Friday night.,Wacha (5-9) allowed one run, three hits and no walks while striking out five.,Mike Yastrzemski launched a two-run homer in his firs...

Kelsey Mitchell leads balanced attack as Fever beat Wings
Kelsey Mitchell poured in 23 points to lead a balanced attack as the visiting Indiana Fever pulled away from the Dallas Wings in the second half for an 88-78 win on Friday.,The Fever (16-12), playing their sixth straight game without injured star guard Caitlin Clark, won their fourth consecutive out...

Valkyries win on back-to-back days with victory over sliding Sky
Veronica Burton scored 18 points and Janelle Salaun added 16 as the visiting Golden State Valkyries turned up their defensive pressure in the fourth quarter to earn a 73-66 victory over the Chicago Sky on Saturday., ,Iliana Rupert had 14 points and Carla Leite added 11 for the expansion Valkyries, w...

Dream pour it on early as they rout Mercury
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 26 points on 7-for-9 shooting from 3-point range on Friday to help the Atlanta Dream post a 96-72 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury in College Park, Ga.,Naz Hillmon added 18 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta (17-11), which won for the fourth time in five ga...

Overwatch Midseason Championship: Virtus.pro among final playoff bids
Virtus.pro and Twisted Minds each pulled off two straight wins Friday to run through the lower brackets of their respective groups and clinch playoff berths at the Overwatch Champions Series' Midseason Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Team Liquid and Geekay Esports joined Virtus.pro and Twisted...

MOUZ, Natus Vincere reach IEM Cologne semifinals
MOUZ and Natus Vincere reached the final four of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne playoffs by winning tightly contested quarterfinal matches on Friday in Germany.,MOUZ overcame FURIA 2-1 in one quarterfinal showdown, while Natus Vincere pulled out a 2-0 victory over The MongolZ in the other. MOUZ a...

Anastasija Sevastova ousts two-time defending champ Jessica Pegula in Montreal
Anastasija Sevastova saved nine of 13 break points on Friday while recording a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula in the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal on Friday.,Sevastova of Latvia had a first-serve percentage of 71 percent while rallying to up...

Cameron Young on top as Wyndham Championship halted by lightning
Cameron Young held a one-stroke lead over defending champion Aaron Rai of England when the second round of the Wyndham Championship was suspended due to lightning on Friday in Greensboro, N.C.,The PGA Tour's regular-season finale was halted at 4:32 p.m. local time with lightning in the area of Sedge...

Could the Iowa Corn 350 yield another surprise NASCAR winner?
The NASCAR postseason shaped up Sunday in a significant way, and the task of racing for a championship became a little more difficult for drivers gathered around the 16th-place cut line.,With a full August of racing that starts Sunday at Iowa Speedway with the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, Tyler...

Miyu Yamashita rides stellar 65 into Women's Open lead
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot the round of the week so far, a 7-under-par 65, to jump out to a three-stroke lead at the AIG Women's Open on Friday in Porthcawl, Wales.,Yamashita held third place after the first round at Royal Porthcawl and took control Friday with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round. Sh...

Browns QB Kenny Pickett (hamstring) returns to practice
Cleveland Browns quarterback Kenny Pickett returned to practice on Friday, but was limited to individual drills while dealing with a hamstring injury.,Pickett, one of four players in the Cleveland QB competition, tweaked his hamstring Saturday and had been considered day-to-day by head coach Kevin S...

Cubs make quick work of Orioles in 1-0 victory
Cade Horton allowed two hits over five shutout innings to help the Chicago Cubs to an efficient 1-0 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,The game time of 1 hour, 49 minutes tied the fastest in the major leagues this season.,Horton (...

Cowboys' Micah Parsons: 'I no longer want to be here'
Superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons requested a trade on Friday, declaring on social media that "I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys.",Parsons, 26, has not been taking part in on-field activities at training camp while seeking a long-term extension that would make him one of the league's...

Will Benson powers Reds to victory over Braves
Will Benson had rare home run among his two hits to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three-game series Friday afternoon.,Benson, who scored twice, drove in a pair of runs and stole a base before he crossed the plate on Matt McLain two-out ...

Yankees release RHP Marcus Stroman among post-deadline moves
After more than a year and a half of struggles, veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman was released by the New York Yankees on Friday as they revamped their roster following Thursday's trade deadline.,Stroman, 34, was 3-2 with a 6.23 ERA in nine starts this season, while spending 2 1/2 months on the in...

Brewers place OF Jackson Chourio (hamstring) on IL
The Milwaukee Brewers placed outfielder Jackson Chourio on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained right hamstring.,The move is retroactive to Wednesday, the day after Chourio sustained the injury while legging out a triple in a 9-3 loss to the visiting Chicago Cubs.,"With a hamstring (injury...