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Nats, facing Astros, keep waiting for pitching to catch up with hitting
The Washington Nationals hope their pitching can provide help for the offense as they play the middle contest of a three-game series against the visiting Houston Astros on Tuesday.,Washington has given up 11 runs in two consecutive games. After losing 11-5 on Sunday to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirate...

Pirates' Paul Skenes carries winless streak into matchup with Braves
Paul Skenes has reached plenty of milestones during his three seasons in the major leagues.,On Tuesday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates' ace will try to avoid reaching a negative benchmark when he faces the visiting Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three-game series.,The Pirates have lost the past nin...

Brewers, Cardinals face pitching uncertainty in doubleheader
The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals will play a day-night doubleheader Tuesday, with the host Cardinals looking to cool off the National League Central leaders.,Milwaukee rallied for a 4-3 win in the opener of the five-game series, its sixth victory in eight games.,Brewers ace Jacob Misior...

Injury-riddled Yankees try to take two straight at Tampa Bay
The New York Yankees won for just the second time in 11 games on Monday, but they are still not doing very well on the training table.,The banged-up Yankees will try to produce their first two-game winning streak in two weeks when they meet the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla....

Shohei Ohtani homers, drives in 4; Dodgers edge Rockies in 11
Dalton Rushing delivered the winning single in the 11th inning and Shohei Ohtani homered and drove in four runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers produce an 8-7 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Monday night.,Rushing (two runs), Ohtani and Kyle Tucker each had three hits as the Dodgers pre...

Shohei Ohtani homers, drives in 4 as Dodgers edge Rockies in 11th
Dalton Rushing delivered the winning single in the 11th inning and Shohei Ohtani homered and drove in four runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers produce an 8-7 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Monday night.,Rushing (two runs), Ohtani and Kyle Tucker each had three hits as the Dodgers pre...

Pochettino on future with USMNT: 'Now is not the time' to discuss
SEATTLE -- Mauricio Pochettino certainly sounds open to staying on as coach of the United States men's national team, but said he will take time after Monday's 4-1 loss to Belgium before making any final decisions.,Pochettino, 54, signed a contract in the summer of 2024 that expires after this World...

Forget red card and coaching change: U.S. remain defenseless
In one of the more stunning moves in World Cup history, FIFA restored Folarin Balogun's eligibility for the United States' round of 16 clash with Belgium less than 36 hours before the Monday night kickoff in Seattle.,Shame he's not a defender.,While the whole American sporting public -- including th...

US star Christian Pulisic exits loss to Belgium with ankle injury
SEATTLE -- U.S. men's national team star Christian Pulisic ended the team's World Cup finale on the sideline after spraining his right ankle during the team's 4-1 loss to Belgium in the round of 16 on Monday.,With the U.S. trailing 2-1, Pulisic was lining up a shot at the edge of the 18-yard box in ...

Belgium coach says Amadou Onana has 'serious injury'
SEATTLE -- Belgium coach Rudi Garcia said Amadou Onana suffered a "serious injury" in Monday's 4-1 victory over the United States that will almost certainly keep the midfielder out of Friday's World Cup quarterfinal match against Spain.,Onana went down in the 19th minute while marking the US's Chris...

Diamondbacks belt 3 homers in shutout victory over Padres
Max Kepler, Geraldo Perdomo and Nolan Arenado all homered Monday night while Brandon Pfaadt sailed through five shutout innings as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks routed the San Diego Padres 8-0.,Pfaadt (2-1) allowed four hits and walked none while striking out six in his second straight win. Two ...

Pochettino takes personal issue with criticism of Folarin Balogun ruling
SEATTLE -- Repeatedly pressed about the widespread criticism of how Folarin Balogun was cleared to play in Monday's round of 16 World Cup match against Belgium, United States coach Mauricio Pochettino finally paused and offered his heartfelt feelings.,Balogun was largely a non-factor before being su...

Flau'jae Johnson, Storm send Sparks to another one-sided loss
Flau'jae Johnson scored a game-high 23 points, Katie Lou Samuelson knocked down three 3-pointers off the bench, and the visiting Seattle Storm extended the Los Angeles Sparks' recent woes in an 82-64 romp on Monday.,Seattle (6-17) led almost wire-to-wire, trailing only at 3-2, en route to just its t...

Heliot Ramos (2 HRs), Landen Roupp star in Giants' rout of Jays
Heliot Ramos smacked two home runs, Landen Roupp completed eight innings for the first time in his big league career and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game interleague series with a 10-1 romp over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.,Victor Bericoto stole home as part of a two-h...

Belgium rout US to set up World Cup quarterfinal against Spain
SEATTLE -- Charles De Ketelaere scored a brace and added an assist as Belgium eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 4-1 win in their round of 16 match on Monday.,It was a convincing performance against the co-hosts for the Red Devils, who advance to play Spain in a quarterfinal matc...

Yankees beat Rays behind 3 hits, all home runs
Jose Caballero went deep twice against his former club and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees opened a four-game series with Tampa Bay by toppling the first-place Rays 5-1 on Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,A Tampa Bay utility infielder for parts of two seasons, Caballero slugged simila...

Five late runs just enough for Mets to beat Braves in 10
Luis Torrens' two-out double in the 10th inning drove in two runs and the visiting New York Mets hung on to defeat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Monday and earn a split of their four-game series.,Torrens was down to his last strike against Owen Murphy (0-1), who was making his major league debut, when h...

Forget red card and coaching change: U.S. remains defenseless
In one of the more stunning moves in World Cup history, FIFA restored Folarin Balogun's eligibility for the United States' round of 16 clash with Belgium less than 36 hours before the Monday night kickoff in Seattle.,Shame he's not a defender.,While the whole American sporting public -- including th...

Nikola Jokic on Nuggets extension: ‘I’ll probably sign next year’
Three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic told reporters in his native Serbia that he wants to be a Denver Nugget for life, but he's not rushing into a contract extension this offseason.,"My idea is to sign next summer and stay with Denver for the rest of my career," Jokic told reporters in S...

Brice Turang, Brewers rally past Cardinals to stay hot
Brice Turang's two-run single capped a four-run seventh for the Milwaukee Brewers, who rallied to beat the host St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Monday.,The clutch hit also extended the second baseman's hitting streak to a season-high nine games as he finished 1-for-4.,David Hamilton went 2-for-3 with a t...