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Julian Hall, Red Bulls too much for FC Cincinnati in 4-2 win
Julian Hall recorded his fifth goal of the season, Emil Forsberg and Mohammed Sofo also scored and the New York Red Bulls ended a three-match winless rut with a 4-2 triumph over FC Cincinnati on Saturday in Harrison, N.J., ,New York (3-2-1, 10 points) entered the game with five goals on the season, ...
Brendan McSorley saves point for St. Louis as NYFC falters
Brendan McSorley's 95th-minute header from the center of the box off a long ball from Lukas MacNaughton salvaged a 1-1 draw for St. Louis SC with host New York City FC on Saturday., ,The goal was just the second game St. Louis has scored in this season and denied NYCFC's bid for a third win in four ...
Reds' starter Rhett Lowder, 3 relievers combine to blank Rangers
Rhett Lowder pitched six shutout innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-0 win over the Texas Rangers Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Lowder (1-0) allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four in 82 pitches.,The 24-year-old only allowed one runner to get to second and that was with two outs in...
Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes extend Islanders' ill-timed skid
Seth Jarvis scored two goals to go with an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 4-3 victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes never led until Sebastian Aho's short-handed goal with 3:43 remaining in the second period. Jackson Blake also scored for Carolin...
FC Dallas nets four in shutout of offensively challenged D.C. United
FC Dallas got goals from four different players as they dominated D.C. United for a 4-0 MLS victory Saturday in Washington.,Logan Farrington and Patrickson Delgado scored in the first half and Osaze Urhoghide and Petar Musa tacked on goals after intermission for Dallas.,Michael Collodi had three sav...
Michael Soroka's strong outing gets Diamondbacks past Braves
Michael Soroka threw five strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored a pair of unearned runs to earn a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Saturday., ,Soroka (2-0) allowed one run on four hits, striking out three and walking three for Arizona, which had dropped the first two game...
Pistons clinch top seed in East with convincing win over 76ers
Tobias Harris scored 19 points and Daniss Jenkins contributed 16 points and 14 assists as the Detroit Pistons clinched the No.1 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 116-93 road win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.,Jalen Duren chipped in with 16 points for Detroit (57-21), which will have ho...
Kyle Connor scores twice to lead Jets past Blue Jackets
Kyle Connor scored twice as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday night.,Mark Scheifele picked up both primary assists for Winnipeg (33-31-12, 78 points). Connor Hellebuyck made 15 saves for the Jets.,Ivan Provorov scored the lone goal for the Blue Jackets (38...
Dodgers SS Mookie Betts (back) slated to undergo MRI exam
Los Angeles Dodgers star shortstop Mookie Betts exited in the middle of the first inning of Saturday's game against the Washington Nationals due to right lower back pain and was slated to undergo an MRI exam on Saturday night.,Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts won't play in Sunday's series fin...
Auburn, Tulsa look to cap off postseason runs with NIT championship
Auburn did not let the disappointment of missing the NCAA Tournament field get in the way of playing good postseason basketball. ,The Southeastern Conference school will seek its first NIT championship when it battles with Tulsa in the title game Sunday night in Indianapolis.,The Tigers (21-16) will...
ATP roundup: Tommy Paul wins all-American semi to reach Houston final
No. 4 Tommy Paul rallied for his fourth consecutive win over fellow American and second-seeded Frances Tiafoe, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), on Saturday in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship semifinals at Houston.,Paul clinched his first ever ATP clay-court final appearance in a grueling 2-hour, 45-minute ...
Timberwolves not worried about seed, want higher level of play vs. Hornets
The Minnesota Timberwolves are not overly obsessed with which specific seed they end up with in the NBA's Western Conference playoffs.,It's more important that the Timberwolves feel healthy and are playing well when the postseason tips off.,Minnesota (46-31) will try to snap out of a recent funk whe...
UConn muscles through Illini, set for title shot at Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS -- UConn acted like the team that belonged and the Huskies are headed back to the national championship game after controlling Illinois start to finish in a 71-62 win Saturday at the Final Four.,Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Braylon Mullins had a huge first ...
South Carolina, UCLA face off in national championship game
PHOENIX -- Perennial powers South Carolina and UCLA avenged recent setbacks in the semifinals of the NCAA women's Final Four on Friday.,Each could do it again when they meet in the championship game Sunday afternoon.,UCLA (36-1) broke the Gamecocks' 43-game winning streak in a 77-62 victory in their...
Darren Raddysh sets franchise record, as Lightning topple Bruins
Darren Raddysh scored a franchise-setting, tiebreaking goal late, as the Tampa Bay Lightning closed their seven-game homestand with a three-goal third period in a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.,In a career season, Raddysh netted the game-winner, his 21st, with over five minutes remainin...
Penguins wallop Panthers behind big days from stars
Evgeni Malkin recorded his first hat trick in more than four years, Sidney Crosby climbed ahead of Steve Yzerman in the record books and a six-goal second period moved the Pittsburgh Penguins two points closer to a playoff spot as they walloped the visiting Florida Panthers 9-4 Saturday., ,Malkin's ...
Pinch runner Nick Yorke's walk-off double lifts Pirates over Orioles
Nick Yorke entered the game as a pinch runner in the eighth inning and hit the game-winning double in the ninth as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Baltimore Orioles for a 3-2 victory Saturday., ,Bryan Reynolds hit a one-out double in the bottom of the ninth. After an intentional walk to Ryan...
Astros rack up 18 hits while trouncing Athletics
Christian Walker and Cam Smith hit homers and the Houston Astros recorded 18 hits as they blasted the Athletics 11-0 on Saturday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Tatsuya Imai (1-0) threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to earn his first career major league win. The 27-year-old right...
Ramon Laureano leads Padres over Red Sox with 9th inning single
Ramon Laureano's two-out RBI single in the top of the ninth inning propelled the visiting San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in the second of a three-game series on Saturday.,The Padres found two-out magic against Boston closer Aroldis Chapman (0-1) to take the lead for good, as F...
William Sawalich gets breakthrough victory at Rockingham
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Grabbing the lead and control of the race after a restart on Lap 172, William Sawalich pulled away over the final 79 laps to win Saturday's North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire at Rockingham Speedway.,The victory was the first in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto...