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Twins' Kody Clemens off to great start in series with Diamondbacks
Minnesota's Kody Clemens has a couple of weeks to keep building his best major league season. ,Clemens hit three home runs Friday night in the Twins' 9-8 comeback win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The blasts gave him a career-high 19 home runs this year. ,Clemens, a 29-year-old who is in his fourth...

Red Sox ask Brayan Bello to cool Aaron Judge, Yankees
The middle game of a high-stakes weekend series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will feature a high-tier pitching matchup on Saturday afternoon.,After another Aaron Judge homer and Luis Gil's six no-hit innings set the tone for New York's 4-1 win on Friday, the Yankees will hand the ...

Falcons, TYLOO roll in FISSURE Playground 2 openers
Team Falcons and TYLOO swept to victories on Friday as the FISSURE Playground No. 2 event got underway at Belgrade, Serbia,Aurora Gaming and 3DMAX also earned opening-day wins in the $500,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament.,The 16 teams are competing in an opening-round Swiss Stage -- e...

MLB roundup: Aaron Judge's latest milestone lifts Yanks past 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 on Friday.,Judge crushed his 362nd career homer 468 feet out to deep center with one out in the top of the first, giving ...

Patrick Bailey belts walk-off slam in 10th to lift Giants past Dodgers
Patrick Bailey hit a game-ending grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants moved a half game out of a National League wild-card spot with a 5-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.,The Giants (75-72) pulled off the victory despite making 23 consecutive outs b...

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...

Cardinals SS Masyn Winn (knee) shut down for season
The St. Louis Cardinals will shut down shortstop Masyn Winn for the remainder of the season, manager Oliver Marmol said following the team's 8-2 road loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.,Winn, who already was expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery in the offseason to repair a torn right menisc...

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...

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 ...

Report: Clippers’ Steve Ballmer made second investment in Aspiration
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has denied allegations of circumventing the NBA salary cap, but another report has surfaced that implicates Ballmer in a new manner.,It was previously reported earlier this month that Ballmer gave $50 million in funding in 2021 to the sustainability business ...

MLS-best San Diego hosts West showdown with Minnesota
The top two teams in the Western Conference standings meet on Saturday night when second-place Minnesota United visits first-place San Diego FC.,The Loons (14-6-9, 51 points) are five points behind San Diego (17-7-5, 56 points) with just five games and a possible 15 points to go, so it's a must-win ...

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...

Aaron Judge passes Joe DiMaggio on Yankees HR list with 362nd
Aaron Judge passed Joe DiMaggio and took sole possession of fourth place on the New York Yankees' all-time home run list, hitting a solo shot out of Fenway Park in the first inning of Friday night's game against the Boston Red Sox.,It was Judge's 362nd career homer, behind only Babe Ruth, Mickey Man...

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...

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...

Indiana RB Lee Beebe Jr. (leg) exits Indiana State game
Lee Beebe Jr., who was No. 22 Indiana's second-leading rusher heading into Friday night, suffered an apparent leg injury in the third quarter against visiting Indiana State in Bloomington.,With Indiana up 52-0 in the third quarter, most of the Hoosiers' starters were still on the field. Beebe limped...

Struggling Timbers welcome road-averse Red Bulls
The Portland Timbers are above the playoff line in the Western Conference but have done little lately to improve their positioning.,The New York Red Bulls are trying to chase down a playoff spot in the East but have struggled to win road games.,Portland attempts to halt a season-worst four-game winl...