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Struggling White Sox going with youth against Rays
With 12 losses in their first 18 games, including three by shutout, the Chicago White Sox's season prospects could be starting to flutter.,Chicago still maintains high hopes, though, for the fruits of its farm system. Attempting to avoid a three-game sweep by the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday,...

Angels' Mike Trout, Yankees' Aaron Judge look for encores in finale
Mike Trout is enjoying a memorable power display at Yankee Stadium for the Los Angeles Angels.,Jose Caballero is enjoying a memorable series in the late innings for the New York Yankees.,Both players are making their managers appreciative as the teams head into the finale of a four-game series on Th...

Modest offense aside, Tigers vie for series sweep of Royals
The Detroit Tigers have scored only four runs during the first two games of their home series against the Kansas City Royals. It's still been enough to keep their winning streak going.,Detroit will be aiming for its sixth consecutive victory in the finale of the three-game series on Thursday afterno...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Toluca, Tigres earn semifinal berths
Paulinho, building on his hat trick in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series, added two goals in the second leg on Wednesday, leading Toluca FC to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in Carson, Calif.,Toluca prevailed 7-2 on aggregate, earning a spot in the semifinals a...

Shohei Ohtani fans 10 as Dodgers complete sweep of Mets
Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 in six innings, Dalton Rushing hit a grand slam and the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a series sweep with an 8-2 victory over the visiting Mets on Wednesday, sending New York to its eighth consecutive loss.,Hyeseong Kim, Teoscar Hernandez and Kyle Tucker also hit home ru...

Shea Langeliers, Jacob Wilson homer as A's hold on to defeat Rangers
Shea Langeliers smashed a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and Jacob Wilson hit a two-run shot one inning later to help the Athletics post a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Tyler Soderstrom had an RBI double while reaching base three time...

Reilly Smith tallies twice as Knights down Kraken, win Pacific title
Reilly Smith scored twice during Vegas' three-goal third period and also had an assist as the Golden Knights rallied for a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken to clinch the Pacific Division title on Wednesday in Las Vegas.,It was the 31st multi-goal game of Smith's career and his second of the seaso...

Rory McIlroy's Masters repeat scores CBS' best ratings in 11 years
Rory McIlroy's sixth career major title -- his second consecutive win at the Masters -- earned a major ratings boost for CBS in the final round on Sunday afternoon.,The fourth round averaged nearly 14 million viewers -- 13,995,000, more precisely -- the most to watch CBS for the final day from Augus...

Spencer Arrighetti strikes out 10, as Astros beat Rockies
Spencer Arrighetti struck out 10 batters in his season debut and Yordan Alvarez slugged his seventh home run, as the Houston Astros claimed an interleague series victory against the visiting Colorado Rockies with a 3-1 win on Wednesday.,Elevated to the taxi squad on Tuesday, Arrighetti (1-0) became ...

Wenceel Perez's late homer vs. Royals runs Tigers' win streak to 5
Wenceel Perez hit a go-ahead eighth-inning home run and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.,Perez's first homer of the season made a winner of reliever Kyle Finnegan (1-0), who tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings...

Tyrese Maxey (31 points) sends 76ers past Magic, into playoffs
Tyrese Maxey scored 11 of his team-high 31 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday night for the host Philadelphia 76ers, who advanced to the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the Orlando Magic 109-97 in a play-in game.,The 76ers, who finished in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 45...

WNBA draft second-most watched ever with 1.5M viewers
With uncertainty over the identity of the top overall pick and new NCAA champion UCLA producing a record number of selections, the WNBA draft drew its second-highest viewership total ever on Monday.,According to ESPN, 1.5 million watched the event, a 20% increase from last year's draft. The audience...

Rangers end last-place campaign with upset of Lightning
Tye Kartye scored the match's first two goals in a three-point showing and the visiting New York Rangers ended their season on a high note with a 4-2 win over the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. ,Finishing in last place of the Eastern Conference, the Rangers (34-39-9, 77 points...

Jose Caballero, Yankees walk-off Angels for 2nd time in series
Jose Caballero hit a game-ending two-run double with one out in the ninth inning off Jordan Romano, and the New York Yankees earned a 5-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.,The Yankees had runners on first and second after Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached on an infield single ...

Career milestones for Panthers rookies in rout of Red Wings
Mike Benning scored his first two NHL goals, Wilmer Skoog tallied his first two assists in his third game and Mikulus Hovorka got a point in his fourth contest as the Florida Panthers dominated the visiting Detroit Red Wings 8-1 in Wednesday's regular-season finale.,Luke Kunin had two goals and an a...

Max Homa hoping to finally carry over Masters success to RBC Heritage
Max Homa has found quite a bit of success the last three years at the Masters.,Carrying that over to the RBC Heritage the following week has surprisingly proven a tough challenge.,Homa, coming off his third straight result among the top 12 at Augusta National, will look to follow that up with his fi...

Golf Glance: PGA Tour follows Masters with signature event; Champions major season begins
After all eyes were focused on the Masters last week the professional golf world returns to jam-packed action. That includes a signature event on the PGA Tour, the LPGA in Los Angeles, LIV Golf in Mexico and the first major of the year for the Champions Tour.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: RBC Heritage, Hilton...

Playoff-bound Kings out to improve positioning vs. Flames
The Los Angeles Kings have a playoff spot assured entering their final regular-season contest, a visit to the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.,What has not been decided is whether the Kings (35-26-20, 90 points) will finish third in the Pacific Division or be a Western Conference wild-card team. Th...

Report: Point guard Robert Wright III staying at BYU
The exodus of stars from BYU will not include sophomore Robert Wright III, who will stay in Provo, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,Regarded as one of the top point guards in the transfer portal, Wright was a third-team All-Big 12 selection last season as BYU went 23-12 and lost to 11th-seed Texas in the...

WTA roundup: Two-time Stuttgart champ Iga Swiatek into quarterfinals
In her first match with new clay-court coach Francisco Roig, former World No. 1 Iga Swiatek cruised past Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. ,Swiatek, a two-time champion at Stuttgart who is seeded No. 3, failed to capitalize on an...