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Hot Red Sox put travel woes behind, seek to clinch series vs. Mets
The Boston Red Sox left Citi Field on Friday night uncertain who their starting pitcher would be on Saturday.,That may be just a small hurdle to overcome for a team that's already figured out how to win a game immediately after a nightmarish travel experience.,The surging Red Sox will look to clinch...
Otto Lopez, Marlins strive to topple Guardians
Winners of 26 of their last 35 games, the Miami Marlins are one of the most surprising teams in baseball. But the real shock is how the Marlins are getting it done.,Exhibit A is shortstop Otto Lopez, a first-time All-Star this season who was acquired in 2024 after he was designated for assignment by...
MLB roundup: White Sox rout A’s as Tristan Peters hits for cycle
Tristan Peters finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs while hitting for the cycle and Sean Burke pitched seven sharp innings as the host Chicago White Sox routed the slumping Athletics 14-1 on Friday.,Chicago stopped a three-game losing streak while sending the Athletics to their season-high seventh straig...
Jimmy Crooks' homer lifts Cardinals to rain-delayed win over Braves
Jimmy Crooks hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning on Friday to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.,After a rain delay of nearly three hours in the top of the fourth derailed the game, Crooks hit his second home run of the season off Atlanta's ...
Jimmy Crooks homer lifts Cards to rain-delayed win over Braves
Jimmy Crooks hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning on Friday to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.,After a rain delay of nearly three hours in the top of the fourth derailed the game, Crooks hit his second home run of the season off Atlanta's ...
Tim Tawa, D-Backs take advantage of Dodgers blunders in runaway win
Tim Tawa homered and matched his career high of four RBIs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks roll to a 9-3 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.,Tawa had three hits and Gabriel Moreno had two hits and two RBIs as Arizona won its second straight game. Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3) pitche...
Kazuma Okamoto's 3-run homer helps Blue Jays power past Padres
Kazuma Okamoto belted a historic three-run homer Friday night during a four-run fifth inning as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays stopped the San Diego Padres 5-2.,Okamoto's 22nd homer of the year came off reliever Jhony Brito, who fired a sinker down and in that was golfed an estimated 377 feet to the...
Sonny Gray-led Red Sox top Mets for 7th straight victory
Wilyer Abreu had three hits, including a two-run homer, Friday night as the Boston Red Sox capped an eventful day by beating the host New York Mets, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,The first pitch was pushed back from 7:15 to 7:51 p.m. ET after the Red Sox didn't land at nearb...
Aaron Donald works out with Rams as comeback rumors swirl
Former Los Angeles Rams All-Pro Aaron Donald has made rumblings about a potential comeback in 2026 after the 10-time Pro Bowler retired in 2024.,The chances of the standout defensive tackle coming out of retirement look significantly more likely after TMZ released photos of Donald working out at the...
Blues re-sign F Oskar Sundqvist to 1-year contract
The St. Louis Blues brought back forward Oskar Sundqvist, who was an unrestricted free agent, on a one-year, two-way contract on Friday.,Sundqvist signed a deal worth $850,000 at the NHL level and $300,000 at the American Hockey League level.,He recorded 17 points (five goals, 12 assists), a minus-1...
Reds blank Cubs behind Hunter Greene’s 12 strikeouts
Elly De La Cruz and JJ Bleday homered, Hunter Greene tossed seven strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs with a 4-0 win on Friday.,De La Cruz hit a solo homer and tripled for Cincinnati, which out-hit the Cubs 13-4 and won for just the fou...
Rookies Parker Messick, Chase DeLauter push Guardians past Marlins
Parker Messick took a no-hit-bid into the sixth inning, and Chase DeLauter slugged a two-run homer as the Guardians cooled off the host Miami Marlins 3-2 on Friday night.,All-Star closer Cade Smith pitched a scoreless ninth, earning his major-league-best 28th save. It was the third time in three day...
Tigers rack up runs late to win sixth straight, down Phillies
Kevin McGonigle and Spencer Torkelson hit two-run homers and the streaking Detroit Tigers powered past the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 10-2, on Friday.,Colt Keith added a solo shot in Detroit's sixth straight victory and ninth in its last 10 games. Riley Greene reached base four times and scored...
Reports: Bam Adebayo punches ex-Heat teammate Tyler Herro
Bam Adebayo punched his former Miami Heat teammate Tyler Herro during a brief altercation in Las Vegas on Friday, ESPN and The Athletic reported.,Both the Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks, Herro's new team, confirmed to The Athletic that they were made aware of the situation, but they declined further c...
Team Yandex tied with 1w in Group D at Esports World Cup Dota tourney
Team Falcons and PARIVISION stand alone atop their groups, while 1w and Team Yandex share first place and Aurora Gaming is tied with Nigma Galaxy after Thursday's action at the Dota 2 event of the Esports World Cup in Paris.,Group A's Team Falcons and Group C's PARIVISION each won with 2-0 sweeps ov...
Defensive Switzerland set sights on stifling Lionel Messi, Argentina
The knockout stage of the World Cup has not been easy for defending champion Argentina.,They needed extra time in the round of 32 to earn a 3-2 victory against Cape Verde before requiring a late rally from a two-goal deficit against Egypt to claim a 3-2 win in the round of 16.,Goals may be harder to...
Stampeders' Vernon Adams Jr. takes on Alouettes coming off 7-TD game
Vernon Adams Jr. will look to follow up his stellar seven-touchdown performance when he leads the Calgary Stampeders into Montreal on Saturday to face the Alouettes.,Adams threw for 405 yards and six touchdowns to go along with a rushing score as the Stampeders rolled to a 58-36 victory over the Tor...
Belgium GK Thibaut Courtois on injury sub: Team above everything
Thibaut Courtois has kept Belgium in many a match throughout his national team career. But an injury substitution before a heartbreaking loss may have been the goalkeeper's final World Cup moment.,Courtois said he would have been able to play through a leg injury, but he accepted being taken out for...
Cardinals 2B JJ Wetherholt agrees to reported $112.5M extension
The St. Louis Cardinals reached agreement Friday on an eight-year contract extension with stellar rookie second baseman JJ Wetherholt.,According to published reports, Wetherholt will receive $112.5 million plus performance bonuses that could raise the worth to $132 million.,The deal begins next seas...
Twins acquire RHP Tommy Nance from Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays dealt right-handed reliever Tommy Nance to the Minnesota Twins on Friday in exchange for catcher/infielder prospect Ryan Sprock and an undisclosed amount of international bonus pool money.,Nance, 35, was in his third season in Toronto after one season apiece with the Chicago Cu...