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Spencer Turnbull likely to make Jays debut vs. Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer appears to be on track to return from his thumb injury before the end of the month.,In the meantime, Blue Jays manager John Schneider must cobble together a rotation. He has been using left-hander Eric Lauer (2-1, 2.08 ERA) to pitch bulk innings during regularl...

Reds shoot for Ohio Cup season sweep of Guardians
The Cincinnati Reds have earned a high-five in their rivalry with the Cleveland Guardians.,Andrew Abbott's three-hitter and first career complete game, along with an RBI single by Spencer Steer, allowed visiting Cincinnati to beat Cleveland 1-0 on Tuesday.,It made the Reds a perfect 5-0 against the ...

MLB roundup: Giants set record with 6th straight 1-run win
Casey Schmitt hit a leadoff homer to spark a four-run ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Willy Adames also went deep and Wilmer Flores had two hits for the Giants, who have won a franchise-record six straight games by one r...

D-backs pile up extra-base hits in rout of Mariners
Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Alek Thomas homered, Corbin Carroll hit a pair of RBI triples, and the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled away from the Seattle Mariners for a 10-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday.,Moreno hit a three-run homer to ignite a five-run sixth after missing the previous three...

Report: Rockets, Wolves rebuff Knicks' request to poach coaches
The New York Knicks' coaching search is reportedly off to a sputtering start.,The Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves refused the Knicks' request to speak with head coaches Ime Udoka and Chris Finch, respectively, ESPN reported Tuesday night.,The news comes a week after former Villanova coach...

Manny Machado drives in five as Padres pound Dodgers
Manny Machado knocked in five runs and Dylan Cease earned his first win since April 2 as the San Diego Padres routed the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 11-1 on Tuesday.,Cease (2-5), who went 10 starts without a victory after topping the Cleveland Guardians in his second outing of the year, fired seven...

Andrew Abbott fires shutout as Reds improve to 5-0 vs. Guardians
Andrew Abbott threw a three-hitter for Cincinnati's first complete-game shutout in four years and Spencer Steer drove in the only run to give the visiting Reds a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.,Steer's single in the fifth inning off Slade Cecconi (1-3) scored Will Benson a...

Mavericks, Pistons to play game in Mexico City on Nov. 1
The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons will play a regular-season game on Nov. 1 at Mexico City's Arena CDMX.,The NBA confirmed on Tuesday its 34th game in Mexico, the most of any country outside the U.S. and Canada.,The game will be celebrated as part of the "Dia de Muertos" (Day of the Dead) cel...

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani moves closer to pitching return
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pitched a three-inning simulated game on Tuesday, increasing optimism about his return to the mound in the major leagues.,Asked whether Ohtani could pitch for the team before the All-Star break, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the chances are "north of zero."...

Blue Jays smack 16 hits to edge Cards
Andres Gimenez hit a three-run homer and Alejandro Kirk added a two-run blast as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 Tuesday night.,Bo Bichette (3-for-5, three runs), George Springer (2-for-4, run, RBI) and Addison Barger (2-for-5, run, RBI) also had productive nigh...

Switzerland sends USMNT to 4th straight loss, 4-0
With a chance to enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup on a positive note, the U.S. men's national team instead continued its slide with an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Switzerland in a friendly at Nashville on Tuesday.,The U.S. squad is missing most of its best players, but it now takes a four-match losing strea...

Ian Happ raps half of Cubs' four homers in win over Phillies
Ian Happ hit two of the Chicago Cubs' four home runs in an 8-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,Happ, who also homered in Monday's series opener, has four home runs in eight games on the Cubs' road trip after entering the trek with three homers in 50 games. Dansby Swanson and ...

Roman Anthony makes first hit count as Red Sox beat Rays
Roman Anthony recorded a two-RBI double for the first hit of his major league career and Trevor Story went 2-for-4 with a homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the second of a three-game series on Tuesday night.,Anthony, who was playing in just his second ...

Patriots’ Stefon Diggs doesn’t comment on viral video
At the final practice of Patriots mandatory minicamp in Foxborough, Mass., on Tuesday, wide receiver Stefon Diggs spoke with reporters but did not address a viral video that has inspired speculation about his future with the team.,In the video, posted to social media, Diggs is seen enjoying himself ...

Abbott authors shutout as Reds improve to 5-0 vs. Guardians
Andrew Abbott threw a three-hitter for Cincinnati's first complete-game shutout in four years and Spencer Steer drove in the only run to give the visiting Reds a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.,Steer's single in the fifth inning off Slade Cecconi (1-3) scored Will Benson a...

ATP roundup: Arthur Rinderknech upsets Denis Shapovalov in Stuttgart
Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech knocked off Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 in Stuttgart on Tuesday at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany.,The ATP No. 30, seeded fifth in the event, was undone by nine double faults and nine aces by his opponent. Rinderknech added 15 first-return points and 17 ...

Study shows less online abuse of athletes during March Madness
The NCAA recently released a study that indicated a decrease in social media abuse targeting student-athletes, including from sports bettors, during March Madness.,According to the study, athletes were targeted in 15 percent of March Madness-related abusive posts and comments flagged by data science...

WTA roundup: Rebecca Sramkova stuns Barbora Krejcikova in London
Solovakia's Rebecca Sramkova won 78.1 percent of her first-serve points while posting a 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the HSBC Championships in London on Tuesday.,Sramkova's solid win at the Queen's Club earns her a match against wild car...

Orioles activate 3B Jordan Westburg, OF Cedric Mullins from IL
The Baltimore Orioles activated third baseman Jordan Westburg and outfielder Cedric Mullins from the 10-day injured list before Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers. ,Baltimore also demoted top prospect Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk and designated infielder Emmanuel Rivera for assignment....

Angels put Chris Taylor (fractured hand) on IL
The Los Angeles Angels placed outfielder/infielder Chris Taylor on the 10-day injured list Tuesday due to a fractured left hand.,Taylor was hit on the hand by a pitch from the Athletics' Tyler Ferguson in the bottom of the eighth inning of Los Angeles' 7-4 win on Monday night.,Taylor finished out th...