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Shohei Ohtani homers, then exits hurt as Dodgers down Pirates
Shohei Ohtani homered for the second time in as many games before exiting due to left knee inflammation in the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.,Santiago Espinal came on as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning in place of Ohtani, who had two hits and ...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (knee), Justin Wrobleski (hamstring) exit game
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani exited Los Angeles' Thursday game at Pittsburgh in the top of the seventh inning because of left knee inflammation.,Ohtani was 2-for-2 with his second home run in as many games and had reached base four times before his departure. Santiago Espinal replaced him as t...
Tigers go deep 6 times in 11-0 thumping of Twins
Colt Keith blasted his first homer of the season and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon.,Keith's two-run blast in the sixth inning was part of a power show by the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson and Wenceel Perez also had two...
Brooks Koepka among 6 co-leaders at RBC Canadian Open
Brooks Koepka is one of six players tied atop the leaderboard after one round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday in Caledon, Ontario.,The five-time major winner shot a 6-under-par 64 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North course. Koepka matched Sahith Theegala, Eric Cole, Sam Burn and Argentina's...
AL-best Rays go on the road to face AL-worst Angels
After squeaking out a series win over the Houston Astros with a 3-2 victory in 10 innings on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Angels will attempt to do something that hasn't been done in over a year: back-to-back home series wins.,It won't be easy.,The Angels, who have the worst record in the American Lea...
Lightning F Nikita Kucherov wins second Hart Trophy
Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov won his second Hart Trophy on Thursday, nearly a decade after he won his first.,Kucherov previously won the award, given to the player voted most valuable to their team by the Professional Hockey Writers Association, in 2018-19. He's the third player with a...
BetBoom, 9z, Spirit open IEM Cologne Stage 3 with wins
There were three upsets in the first day of Stage 3 competition at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Thursday in Germany.,BetBoom Team defeated The MongolZ 2-1, 9z Team did the same against PARIVISION and Team Spirit blanked Natus Vincere 2-0 among the day's eight matches.,The MongolZ, PARI...
Tigers aim to continue red-hot June in series vs. Guardians
All hands are on deck and all options are on the table as the Detroit Tigers make their first visit to Cleveland on Friday night since their 2025 American League wild-card series.,The Tigers are 7 1/2 games behind the two-time defending AL Central Division champion Guardians and eight back of the fi...
Rangers get back to .500 with rubber-match defeat of Royals
Corey Seager homered to help the Texas Rangers defeat the host Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Thursday in a game that was delayed two hours and twenty minutes because of rain and threatening weather.,Ezequiel Duran was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Brandon Nimmo 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Rangers, wh...
A's hope homestand builds excitement for Las Vegas arrival
LAS VEGAS -- The Athletics have almost two full seasons to play before they move into their new climate-controlled stadium at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, but excitement already is building in anticipation of adding Major League Baseball to a city once viewed as off-limits by professional s...
Brooks Koepka among 5 co-leaders at RBC Canadian Open
Brooks Koepka is part of a five-way tie atop the leaderboard after one round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday in Caledon, Ontario.,The five-time major winner shot a 6-under-par 64 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North course, as did Sahith Theegala, Eric Cole, Sam Burns and Argentina's Emilian...
Argonauts open season against East Division rival Alouettes
The Toronto Argonauts hope their recent success in even-numbered years continues as they open their season on Friday night at the Montreal Alouettes. ,The Argonauts won their 18th and 19th Grey Cups in 2022 and 2024 but missed the CFL playoffs last season with a 5-13 record that included three losse...
Gemma Dryburgh, Nicole Broch Estrup among 3 teams tied for Dow lead
Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland and Nicole Broch Estrup of Denmark were one of three teams to shoot a 3-under-par 67 to share the lead at the first round of the Dow Championship on Thursday at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.,Dryburgh and Broch Estrup are tied with Camille Boyd and China's Michelle Zhang as...
Phillies obtain veteran OF Derek Hill from White Sox
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired veteran outfielder Derek Hill from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday for two minor leaguers, outfielder Dylan Campbell and infielder Jose Colmenares.,The Phillies, who also gained $250,000 in international bonus pool money, made room on the 40-man roster by designa...
Ex-Raiders WR Henry Ruggs denied parole in fatal crash
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was denied parole on Thursday for his role in a fiery drunken-driving crash that killed a woman in Las Vegas in 2021.,Ruggs, 27, was sentenced to three to 10 years in a Nevada state prison in August 2023 after agreeing to a plea deal in death of 23-year-o...
WTA roundup: No. 3 seed Elise Mertens upset in Netherlands
Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-...
ATP roundup: Defending champ Taylor Fritz survives in Stuttgart
Defending champion Taylor Fritz received a big test in his first match at the BOSS Open, surviving 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3) over Spain's Martin Landaluce in second-round play at Stuttgart, Germany while notching his 350th career tour-level victory.,The second-seeded Fritz was two points away from losin...
Tigers go deep six times in 11-0 thumping of Twins
Colt Keith blasted his first homer of the season and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon.,Keith's two-run blast in the sixth inning was part of a power show by the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson and Wenceel Perez also had two...
Dodgers place C Will Smith (neck) on injured list
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed All-Star Will Smith on the injured list with neck inflammation and recalled fellow catcher Chuckie Robinson from Triple-A Oklahoma City in advance of Thursday's road game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.,The 10-day IL move is retroactive to Monday.,Smith, 31, has not ap...
Rams make late pivot, elect to cancel mandatory minicamp
The Los Angeles Rams' minicamp next week was mandatory in name only, with head coach Sean McVay deciding he already has seen enough from one of the Super Bowl favorites and canceled the two days of workouts next week.,While the Rams no longer will have to be on the field Monday and Tuesday at their ...