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Slumping Mets return home to face surging Giants
The New York Mets returned home Wednesday night after achieving a feat that was as unusual as it was frustrating.,Awaiting them are the San Francisco Giants, who are coming off one of the most unique series wins of the century.,The Mets will look to snap out of an extended swoon Friday when they hos...
Report: Power 5, NCAA reach historic agreement to pay players
The SEC and Pac-12 joined the three other power conferences - the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 - and the NCAA in agreeing on a multi-billion-dollar settlement that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes for the first time in NCAA history, ESPN reported on Thursday.,"The five autonomy confer...
Blue Jays hope Alek Manoah continues turnaround vs. Tigers
Alek Manoah is beginning to resemble the dominant pitcher who was chosen for the 2022 All-Star Game.,After a disastrous 2023 campaign, the Toronto Blue Jays' right-hander has put together back-to-back solid seven-inning outings. He'll make his fourth start of the season against the host Detroit Tige...
Athletics rally with 5-run 11th to stun Rockies
Pinch hitter Tyler Soderstrom drew a four-pitch, walk-off walk from Colorado Rockies reliever Peter Lambert to cap a five-run uprising in the 11th inning as the host Oakland Athletics rallied for a 10-9 victory on Thursday afternoon.,The Rockies had scored twice in the top of the 11th against A's st...
Reds place RHP Emilio Pagan (triceps) on 15-day injured list
The Cincinnati Reds placed right-hander Emilio Pagan on the 15-day injured list on Thursday due to right triceps tightness.,In a corresponding move, the Reds selected the contract of right-hander Brett Kennedy from Triple-A Louisville.,Pagan last pitched on Sunday, when he recorded two outs in the n...
Athletics place OF Esteury Ruiz (wrist) on injured list
The Oakland Athletics placed outfielder Esteury Ruiz on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a strained left wrist.,Ruiz, 25, is batting .200 with two homers, eight RBIs and five stolen bases in 29 games this season.,He led the American League with 67 steals in 2023, batting .254 with 47 RBIs in 13...
Tight series between Rockies, A's up for grabs in finale
Two teams with one victory apiece yet lamenting blown opportunities go for a series win Thursday afternoon when the visiting Colorado Rockies and Oakland Athletics duel for a third and final time.,One night after blowing a late lead that eventually cost them the game, the Rockies rebounded from an A...
Rockies grab lead in 12th, hold on to beat A's
Ryan McMahon smacked a two-run home run in the top of the 12th inning as the visiting Colorado Rockies outlasted the Oakland Athletics 4-3 to snap a four-game losing streak Wednesday night.,After Oakland's Zack Gelof had extended the contest with a two-out RBI single in the last of the ninth, neithe...
Vancouver's Rick Tocchet named NHL Coach of the Year
First-time finalist Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL's 2023-24 coach of the year.,The trophy honors the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success," voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association.,Tocchet, in his fir...
Royals blast Tigers 8-3 for series sweep
Cole Ragans struck out a career-high 12 batters, Freddy Fermin drove in three runs, and the host Kansas City Royals completed a three-game series sweep by downing the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday afternoon.,Ragans (4-3) gave up just one hit and walked three in six scoreless innings. Bobby Witt Jr...
Jordan Spieth: Lack of patience 'has gotten me in trouble'
Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth said Wednesday that patience has not been his strong suit at times during his career, adding that a lack of it "has gotten me in trouble.",Spieth made the comments at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, ahead of this week's Charles Schwab Challenge.,Spie...
Rookie’s first big league hit leads Guardians to sweep of Mets
Rookie Johnathan Rodriguez delivered his first MLB hit, an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh that snapped a tie, as the Cleveland Guardians rallied to nip and sweep the visiting New York Mets, 6-3 on Wednesday. ,David Fry started the rally with a single off reliever Reed Garrett (5-1). Fry adv...
Roger Goodell resurfaces potential 18-game season at NFL meetings
At the NFL annual spring meeting in Nashville, commissioner Roger Goodell resurfaced the idea of playing 18 games.,Goodell closed the three-day rules and planning session Wednesday with another round of discussion about the potential of an 18-game regular season. The NFL season as constituted is 18 ...
Reports: LaMelo Ball, Hornets sued by North Carolina mother
A North Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and the team, contending Ball struck her then-11-year-old son with his SUV.,USA Today and ESPN, whom reviewed the lawsuit, said Wednesday that Tamaria McRae alleges that her son approached Ball's vehicle as he was...
Abraham Toro, Athletics aim to slug way past Rockies
Two teams whose seasons have mirrored one another meet again Wednesday night when the Colorado Rockies visit the Oakland Athletics.,Abraham Toro launched the sixth and final home run of the night in the eighth inning on Tuesday, breaking a tie between the teams and sending the A's to a 5-4 win over ...
Guardians hope Triston McKenzie continues recent roll vs. Mets
After a rather rough start to the season, Triston McKenzie appears to have hit his stride for the Cleveland Guardians., ,That likely doesn't bode well for the New York Mets, who continue to struggle against AL competition this season. ,Looking to continue his recent run of success, the right-hander ...
Abraham Toro's clutch homer lifts Athletics past Rockies
Abraham Toro led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run to help the Oakland Athletics beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-4 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.,J.D. Davis and Seth Brown also homered for the A's, who ended an eight-game losing streak.,Ezequiel Tovar homere...
Guardians hold off Mets for 5th straight win
Jose Ramirez and David Fry each hit a two-run homer and the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 7-6 victory over the visiting New York Mets on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. ,With Cleveland ahead 3-2 in the fifth, and a man on, Ramirez, who also recorded an RBI double, sent a pitch from A...
Report: Mets LHP Brooks Raley to have Tommy John surgery
New York Mets left-hander Brooks Raley will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season, Newsday reported Tuesday.,Raley, 35, hasn't pitched since April 19, when he did not allow a run over two-thirds of an inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was his eighth consecutive sco...
A's activate LHP Scott Alexander from IL
The Oakland Athletics activated left-hander Scott Alexander from the injured list Tuesday and optioned right-hander Tyler Ferguson to Triple-A Las Vegas.,Alexander, 34, opened the season on the 15-day IL with a left rib contusion and began a minor league rehab assignment May 3.,Entering his first se...