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Super regionals roundup: No. 13 Coastal Carolina ousts No. 4 Auburn
No. 13 Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the seventh inning to take the lead en route to eliminating No. 4 Auburn 4-1 on Saturday in the Auburn super regional and earning a berth in the Men's College World Series.,The Chanticleers (53-11), who had beaten the Tigers 7-6 in 10 innings on Friday ni...
FlyQuest tops Cloud9 to reach grand final at 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest advanced to the grand final with a 3-2 victory over Cloud9 in the upper-bracket final on Saturday in the League of Legends LTA North 2025 Split 2 in Los Angeles.,Cloud9 moves on to the lower-bracket final on June 14 and will face the winner of Sunday's lower-bracket semifinal between Team L...
Caleb Durbin smacks walk-off HR in Brewers' win over Padres
Caleb Durbin hit the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning for a walk-off homer to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Saturday night.,The Padres erased a 3-1 deficit with two runs in the top of the ninth off closer Trevor Megill (1-2) who had conve...
Austin FC blank Rapids, halt lengthy winless streak
Mikkel Desler's first MLS goal and five saves by Brad Stuver helped Austin FC end an eight-match winless streak with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday.,Desler scored in the sixth minute and an own goal by Colorado's Rafael Navarro in the 66th doubled the sco...
Mariners OF Julio Rodriguez hit by liner, exits vs. Angels
Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez left Saturday night's game against the host Los Angeles Angels in the third inning after getting hit in the right ankle area by a 98.1 mph liner by teammate Randy Arozarena while attempting to steal third base.,A two-time All-Star, Rodriguez had single...
Trevor Story (5 RBIs), Red Sox storm past Yanks 10-7
Trevor Story keyed an early comeback with a bases-clearing double in a five-run third inning and added a two-run single in the ninth to lift the visiting Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 10-7 on Saturday night.,Rookie Kristian Campbell hit RBI singles in the second and third off New York sta...
Caleb Durbin smacks walk-off homer in Brewers win over Padres
Caleb Durbin hit the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning for a walk-off homer to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Saturday night.,The Padres erased a 3-1 deficit with two runs in the top of the ninth off closer Trevor Megill (1-2) who had conve...
NWSL roundup: Fast start sends Current past Gotham FC
Temwa Chawinga and Michelle Cooper each racked up a goal and an assist to lift the Kansas City Current to a 2-1 win over host Gotham FC on Saturday in rainy Harrison, N.J.,Cooper scored in the third minute and Chawinga doubled the Current's lead eight minutes later with her seventh goal of the seaso...
Tom Barlow (hat trick), Fire crush D.C. United 7-1
Tom Barlow scored his first career MLS hat trick for his first three goals of the season and the Chicago Fire romped to a 7-1 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night.,Maren Haile-Selassie, Jonathan Bamba, Philip Zinckernagel and Brian Gutierrez also scored for Chicago (7-5-4, 25 points), which ha...
Katie Ledecky dominates 1500 for third title at U.S. Swimming Championships
Katie Ledecky won her third national title of the week on Saturday when she cruised to a victory in the women's 1500 meters at the U.S. Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.,Ledecky won the event in 15 minutes, 36.76 seconds, which was 16 seconds shy of the world record she set in 2018.,"I just wa...
Sky G Courtney Vandersloot (knee) makes early exit vs. Fever
Chicago Sky veteran point guard Courtney Vandersloot exited Saturday night's home game against the Indiana Fever in the first quarter and will not return because of a knee injury, the Sky announced.,Vandersloot was driving to the basket when she was fouled by Indiana's Aari McDonald at the 5:29 mark...
MLB-backed pro softball league opens play with a bang
Erin Coffel delivered a two-run triple in the third inning to help the Bandits post a 3-1 victory over the Talons on Saturday in the inaugural day of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.,Sierra Sacco of the Talons belted the first homer in league history in the contest played in Rosemont, Ill.,Ma...
Astros score twice in 10th to beat Guardians
The Houston Astros scored two runs in the 10th inning on Hunter Gaddis' wild pitch and a RBI single by Isaac Paredes to defeat the host Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Saturday., ,The Astros took their second straight in the three-game weekend series and got a home run from Yainer Diaz., ,Jose Ramirez ho...
Reds put on offensive show to rout Diamondbacks
Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a three-run homer in the five-run first inning and Gavin Lux blasted a grand slam in the eight-run fourth to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 13-1 win against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of their three-game series on Saturday afternoon.,Tyler St...
Andrew Heaney outduels Ranger Suarez, as Pirates beat Phillies
Henry Davis had two hits including a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to back up a stellar start by Andrew Heaney and lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon.,Davis's fourth homer this season came off Phillies' starter...
Ryan Fox, Matteo Manassero share Canadian Open lead
New Zealand's Ryan Fox and Italy's Matteo Manassero shot 6-under-par 64s on Saturday in the third round of the RBC Canadian Open to share the lead at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North Course in Caledon, Ontario.,Fox and Manassero are at 14-under 196, holding a one-shot lead on the trio of Matt Mc...
Short-handed Whitecaps clash with rival Sounders
The Vancouver Whitecaps are expected to be short-handed for Sunday's night's MLS showdown with rival Seattle with nine players away for international duty.,What the Western Conference-leading Whitecaps (9-1-5, 32 points) didn't expect was half of their traveling party coming down with a gastrointest...
Kayla Thornton helps Valkyries rout Aces
The Golden State Valkyries didn't play like underdogs on Saturday and Kayla Thornton had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the way in a 95-68 victory over the Las Vegas Aces at San Francisco.,Cecilia Zandalasini scored 18 points, Monique Billings added 14 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, while ...
Cardinals hold down Dodgers again, win in ninth inning 2-1
Pinch-hitter Nolan Arenado hit a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.,With runners on first and third and nobody out in the ninth, the Dodgers deployed a five-man infield, leaving ...
Diamondbacks add C Aramis Garcia; RHP Cristian Mena to IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the contract of catcher Aramis Garcia from Triple-A Reno on Saturday, while right-hander Cristian Mena was placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.,Garcia appeared in 47 games for the Cincinnati Reds in 2022, with one home run and four RBIs w...