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Hot shooting, stifling defense carry Magic over Kings
Caleb Houstan's 6-of-7 3-point shooting off the bench en route to 18 points helped the Orlando Magic capitalize on a stifling defensive effort as they cruised psat the visiting Sacramento Kings 121-91 on Saturday. ,Orlando (36-39), the NBA's top defense in points allowed coming into Saturday's match...
Jesus Luzardo fans 11 in Phillies' debut to defeat Nationals
Kyle Schwarber homered for the second consecutive game, Jesus Luzardo pitched five solid innings in his Philadelphia debut and the visiting Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 11-6 on Saturday.,Brandon Marsh had three hits including a three-run homer, and Bryson Stott had a homer and a double for...
Blues stay hot, beat Avalanche for 9th straight win
Pavel Buchnevich scored a tie-breaking goal midway through the third period and the surging St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Saturday.,Zack Bolduc also scored, Robert Thomas had two assists and Jordan Binnington turned away 28 shots for St. Louis (40-28-7, 87 points), whi...
Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez exits with sprained wrist
Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez exited Saturday's game against the Kansas City Royals with a sprained right wrist.,The six-time All-Star was injured while being caught stealing in the third inning. He dove in head first in an awkward manner and the hand hit the dirt hard.,Ramirez, 32,...
Rockies hold off Rays to pick up first win of season
Brenton Doyle had an RBI single in the third inning and Kyle Farmer added another in the seventh, lifting the visiting Colorado Rockies to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.,Five pitchers combined to allow three hits over 4 2/3 innings in relief of starter Antonio Senzatela, who work...
Bobby Witt Jr. RBI double gives Royals win over Guardians
Bobby Witt Jr. smacked the tie-breaking double in the bottom of the seventh inning to help the Kansas City Royals notch a 4-3 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Saturday.,Maikel Garcia hit a tying homer off Paul Sewald (0-1) to start the seventh as the Royals evened the series at one g...
Djordje Mihailovic scores twice to push Rapids past Charlotte FC
Djordje Mihailovic converted for two late-match goals as the Colorado Rapids defeated Charlotte FC 2-0 on Saturday in Commerce City, Colo.,Zack Steffen made three saves for his third clean sheet of the season for the Rapids (3-1-2, 11 points).,Mihailovic's first goal came in the 77th minute. About f...
Matt McLain helps Reds rally past Giants for 1st win of season
Matt McLain homered, doubled and scored twice and Christian Encarnacion-Strand blasted a solo home run to break a sixth-inning tie as the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the visiting San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Elly De La Cruz and McLain did their damage at the plate and in the fiel...
Star freshmen take center stage as Auburn faces Michigan State
ATLANTA -- A pair of veteran-heavy teams in No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Michigan State have a common denominator ahead of Sunday's matchup in the NCAA Tournament South Region final -- a pair of red-hot freshmen.,With both the Spartans and Tigers' seasons hanging in the balance Friday night, Michigan Stat...
Orioles' offense stays hot in win over Blue Jays
Jordan Westburg hit two home runs while going 4-for-5 and the visiting Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Saturday afternoon.,Colton Cowser added a solo shot, and Ramon Urias had a three-run double among his three hits to help Baltimore take a 2-1 lead in the four-game series.,A...
Min Woo Lee charges into lead with 63 at Houston Open
Australia's Min Woo Lee shot a 7-under-par 63 to rise into the lead in the third round of the Texas Children's Houston Open on Saturday at Memorial Park.,This means that world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is going to have work to do in order to capture his first victory of the season.,Lee holds a four-st...
Madison Booker, defense carry Texas past Tennessee
Madison Booker scored 17 points capped by two key free throws with 35.1 seconds to play as No. 1 Texas outlasted No. 5 Tennessee 67-59 on Saturday afternoon in an NCAA Women's Championship regional semifinal in Birmingham, Alabama.,The Longhorns (34-3) advance to the Elite Eight to square off agains...
Max Scherzer (lat soreness) exits Blue Jays debut after three innings vs. Orioles
Max Scherzer's debut with the Toronto Blue Jays was cut short on Saturday as the veteran right-hander exited after just three innings with lat soreness against the Baltimore Orioles.,Scherzer recorded one strikeout on 45 pitches, giving up two home runs in the top of the first inning, including one ...
Rest can wait as Houston, Tennessee ready top defenses in 1-vs-2 Midwest final
INDIANAPOLIS -- Closing time for establishments around Lucas Oil Stadium arrived as a half-dozen police vehicles escorted Kelvin Sampson and victorious No. 1 seed Houston through the empty downtown streets, sirens blaring and without caution or concern for anyone with a to-do list when the sun came ...
Facing LSU, Lauren Betts hopes to send UCLA to first-ever Final Four
Lauren Betts leads Spokane Region 1 top seed UCLA into Sunday's Elite Eight showdown with No. 3 LSU, looking to send the Bruins to their first-ever Final Four.,Betts guided UCLA (33-2) to the brink of unprecedented postseason success with consecutive games of unrivaled excellence in recent NCAA hist...
Bucks look to take season series as they host Hawks
An intriguing matchup in the Eastern Conference playoff race takes place in Milwaukee on Sunday night as the Bucks welcome the Atlanta Hawks for the fifth and final time this season.,Both sides have traded wins, splitting the series thus far 2-2, including an extra matchup in the NBA Cup semifinals ...
Erick Fedde leads three-hit effort as Cardinals put away Twins
Erick Fedde and three relievers combined for a three-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Saturday.,Fedde (1-0) held the Twins to their one run on two hits in six innings while recording two strikeouts. ,Ryan Fernandez, JoJo Romero and Phil Maton worked a sc...
Lightning start hot, hold off Islanders for 3rd straight win
Nikita Kucherov registered a goal and three assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning rode a three-goal first period en route to a sweep their three-game homestand in a 5-3 win against the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon. ,Kucherov, Nick Perbix and Brayden Point all potted first-period goals as th...
Toronto snaps losing skid but settles for draw with Vancouver
Sean Johnson made four saves to keep his first clean sheet of the season, but Toronto FC was still forced to settle for a 0-0 draw against the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday afternoon.,Johnson's performance helped Toronto (0-4-2, 2 points) snap a four-match losing skid in what was by far t...
Carles Gil's late goal lifts Revolution over Red Bulls
Carles Gil capped a two-goal performance by converting a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time, lifting the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass.,VAR confirmed a penalty on New York's Sean Nealis in the penalty area, allowi...