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Liquid, OG advance at Dota's Elite League Season 2
OG and Team Liquid completed perfect runs through the initial stage of the Elite League Season 2 in Lima, Peru, on Friday, advancing to the second group stage.,OG rallied past HEROIC 2-1, while Team Liquid downed Shopify Rebellion 2-0.,After HEROIC opened with a 42-minute win on red, OG captured the...
MLB roundup: Mets beat Braves, lose Kodai Senga
J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez homered in the third inning Friday night for the host New York Mets, who continued their surge with an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the second game of a four-game series.,The Mets extended their winning streak to five games and improved to ...
Falcons, Spacestation pull off sweeps in Esports World Cup
Team Falcons and Spacestation Gaming rolled to 4-0 sweeps on Friday in first-round playoff action at the Overwatch event in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Team Falcons thrashed M80 to advance to a quarterfinal match against Virtus.pro, while Spacestation Gaming earned a matchup with ...
Diamondbacks keep hot stretch going by edging Pirates
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch to help the Arizona Diamondbacks notch a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Phoenix.,Joe Pederson homered and Eugenio Suarez had two hits to help Arizona win for the ninth time in the past 12 ga...
Freddie Freeman leaves Dodgers to be with ailing son
First baseman Freddie Freeman was granted leave by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday to be with his ailing 3-year-old son.,Freeman was with the team when it traveled to Houston for the start of a weekend series against the Astros, but he exited ahead of Friday's contest to return to California.,Chel...
Big 10th inning pushes Nationals past Cardinals
Jacob Young tripled home three runs in the 10th inning and the visiting Washington Nationals went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 Friday night.,Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs and Juan Yepez was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs for the Nationals, who rallied from 5-2 and 6-3 deficits...
Framber Valdez, Astros shut down Dodgers to open series
Framber Valdez pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings while Alex Bregman and Jon Singleton slugged home runs as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a three-game interleague series with a 5-0 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.,Valdez (9-5) matched his season high of 10 strikeouts an...
Manager: Mets' Kodai Senga needs MRI on injured leg
The season debut of the New York Mets' Kodai Senga lasted 5 1/3 innings on Friday night, until the right-hander was removed from his start against the visiting Atlanta Braves with a left calf strain.,He will go for an MRI exam on Saturday, according to Mets manager Carlos Mendoza.,Senga, 31, who is ...
Red Sox rally for slugfest victory over Yankees
Masataka Yoshida's two-run single up the middle highlighted a three-run eighth inning that helped the Boston Red Sox earn a 9-7, series-opening victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday.,The Red Sox rallied after back-to-back home runs by Aaron Judge and Austin Wells in the seventh gave t...
Reports: Packers QB Jordan Love lands record extension
Jordan Love has made a mere 18 career regular-season starts, but the star quarterback cashed in on last season's impressive run by agreeing to a four-year, $220 million contract extension with the Green Bay Packers, according to multiple media reports on Friday.,Love, who started every game in 2023 ...
Jurickson Profar's 2nd HR lifts Padres over Orioles
Jurickson Profar's second two-run home run of the game broke a ninth-inning tie and sparked San Diego to a 6-4 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Friday night, stretching the Padres' winning streak to six games.,The two-out blast was Profar's 18th long ball of the season and came off Crai...
Taylor Pendrith grabs 2-shot lead midway through 3M Open
Canadian Taylor Pendrith fired a 7-under-par 64 on the second day of action at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn., to take a two-shot lead on Friday.,Now at 12-under 130 for the tournament, Pendrith built off a first-round 66 at TPC Twin Cities, pocketing birdies on Nos. 4 and 7 before finding his top for...
Stuart Fairchild's 10th-inning double lifts Reds past Rays
Stuart Fairchild doubled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game interleague series against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 3-2 victory on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Automatic runner Jeimer Candelario began the 10th inning at second base and was replaced ...
Ben Lively, Guardians extend Phillies' slump
Ben Lively allowed one run and three hits over six innings to fuel the visiting Cleveland Guardians to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.,Lively (9-6), who made his major league debut with the Phillies in 2017, struck out six batters and walked two while snapping a three-start w...
Taylor Pendrith grabs two-shot Day 2 lead at 3M Open
Canadian Taylor Pendrith fired a 7-under 64 on the second day of action at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn., to take a two-shot lead Friday.,Now 12 under for the tournament, Pendrith built off a first-round 66, pocketing birdies on Nos. 4 and 7 before catching fire on the back nine. He finished with thr...
ATP Roundup: Francisco Cerundolo upsets Andrey Rublev at Croatia Open
Top seed Andrey Rublev of Russia succumbed to fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (6), 6-4 Friday to bow out in the semifinals of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia.,Cerundolo saved five of six break points and controlled point stats, racking up more winners (25-16), service points (53...
Mariners acquire RHP Yimi Garcia from Blue Jays
The Seattle Mariners acquired right-handed reliever Yimi Garcia from the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday in exchange for outfielder Jonatan Clase and minor league catcher Jacob Sharp.,Garcia, 33, is 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 29 games for Toronto this season and has converted 5-of-6 save opportunities. His ...
O's acquire RHP Zach Eflin, ship 3 minor leaguers to Rays
The American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles bolstered their starting rotation on Friday, acquiring veteran right-hander Zach Eflin and cash considerations from the Tampa Bay Rays.,In exchange, the Rays received three minor leaguers: right-hander Jackson Baumeister, outfielder Matthew Etzel an...
WTA roundup: Magda Linette, Mirra Andreeva win titles
No. 4 seed Magda Linette crushed Polish compatriot and No. 6 seed Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to win the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic.,Linette saved all four break points she faced in the 80-minute victory to earn her third career title, her first on clay and first since 2020. ...
Max Verstappen gets 10-place grid penalty
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen received a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, F1 announced on Friday.,The punishment comes on the heels of the three-time Formula 1 world champion taking a new power unit ahead of the race. Verstappen, who leads the drivers' standings, is mired in a...