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Sterlin Thompson's walk-off caps Rockies' late rally past Cubs
Sterlin Thompson lined a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning to drive home the winning run, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,TJ Rumfield homered among his two hits and Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar also had two hits for Colorado.,With the game tie...

Byron Buxton's 3-run blast propels Twins past Tigers
Byron Buxton hit his team-high 20th home run, a three-run shot, and the visiting Minnesota Twins held off the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday.,Royce Lewis added a solo homer and Austin Martin scored twice for Minnesota. Every player in the Twins' lineup got at least one hit.,Twins reliever Taylor Ro...

Blue Bombers, buoyed by opening win, head home to face Tiger-Cats
Getting off on the right foot is important in most aspects of life.,Even more so in football, where players and teams have fewer chances to prove themselves in competition simply because of the nature of the game.,That's why the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were happy to open the season with a 30-28 road w...

Wings welcome Mercury looking to start new win streak
The Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury both look to return to their winning ways when they square off Thursday in a Commissioner's Cup clash in Arlington, Texas.,The Wings (7-4, 2-1 in Commissioner's Cup) head home after being thrashed 100-76 by the Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Paige Buec...

Phillies hit three homers off Max Scherzer, down Blue Jays
Alec Bohm hit a three-run home run Wednesday night and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4., ,Kyle Schwarber added a two-run blast and Bryce Harper hit a solo shot for the Phillies in the rubber match of a three-game series., ,Toronto's Max Scherzer (1-4), making h...

Davis Martin, White Sox hold down Braves, grab first in AL Central
Davis Martin pitched six shutout innings and Derek Hill and Luisangel Acuna drove in runs in the fourth to boost the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-1 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.,Chicago secured a series victory against the major-league-leading Braves, stopping Atlanta's string of...

Dream's Angel Reese finding range going into battle with Liberty
First place in the Eastern Conference will be on the line Thursday night when the Atlanta Dream host the red-hot New York Liberty in College Park, Ga.,Atlanta (8-3, 3-1 Commissioner's Cup) enters its first matchup of the year with New York atop the conference standings and winners in four of its las...

US warns travelers about visiting Mexico ahead of World Cup
Just before the World Cup kicks off, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a warning to travelers about the potential danger of heading south of the border.,In a social media post on Tuesday, the embassy advised potential visitors to "check the latest travel advisory level and risk information before yo...

Tight-knit Croatia squad prepared for another lengthy World Cup run
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Thomas Tuchel's England World Cup squad selections caught much of the footballing world off guard.,That included Croatia defender Kristijan Jakic.,Asked on Thursday to size up his team's first Group L opponent after Croatia arrived at its World Cup base camp in the Washington subu...

Cardinals score early, often against Mets to win sixth straight
Jordan Walker went 2-for-5 with four RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a 9-2 victory against the host New York Mets on Wednesday.,Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (7-4) held New York to two runs on two hits and struck out five in six innings. The Mets ma...

Tyler Callihan's first career homers get Pirates comeback win over Dodgers
On a night Shohei Ohtani pitched, Tyler Callihan stole the show, hitting the first two home runs of his career, including one off Ohtani to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night., ,Callihan's three-run home run in the bottom of the eig...

Marlins blank Diamondbacks behind six-run fourth
Kyle Stowers and Owen Caissie hit two-out homers in a six-run fourth inning, Otto Lopez had two hits and two RBIs, and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 to extend their winning streak to four games., ,Lopez improved his major league-leading batting average to .342 with his fourth s...

Jackson Holliday's slam shoots Orioles past Mariners
Brandon Young threw seven shutout innings, Pete Alonso broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning home run and Jackson Holliday added a grand slam as the Baltimore Orioles halted a four-game losing streak by beating the visiting Seattle Mariners 7-2 on Wednesday night., ,Young (5-1) held the Mariners...

Fever eager for another chance to play struggling Sky
For the Indiana Fever, piling up victories in any form is all that matters.,Historically, that hasn't been a problem when they face the Chicago Sky.,Looking to build on Monday's emotional victory courtesy of Caitlin Clark, the Fever try for a seventh straight win over the scuffling Sky on Thursday n...

Royals RHP Seth Lugo takes liner off forehead, exits game vs. Rangers
Kansas City pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday night's home contest in the fourth inning after taking a line drive to the forehead off the bat of the Texas Rangers' Brandon Nimmo.,With one out in the fourth, Nimmo rifled a 106.6-m.p.h. liner at Lugo and knocked him to the ground. The right-hander go...

Mexico have history, pressure hosting South Africa in World Cup opener
Javier Aguirre knows exactly what awaits his Mexico side when it hosts the World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday in Mexico City to kick off Group A.,Forty years and one week ago, Aguirre played all 90 minutes of host Mexico's impressive 2-1 victory over Belgium to open El Tri's 1986 Worl...

Max Scherzer becomes 11th MLB pitcher to collect 3,500 strikeouts
Max Scherzer fanned Kyle Schwarber to open the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night to become the 11th pitcher in major league history to amass 3,500 strikeouts.,Scherzer, 41, threw a changeup on a 1-2 count that caught the Phillies' leadoff man looking. ,The ...

Eagles sign DE A.J. Epenesa after deal with Browns falls through
The Philadelphia Eagles signed A.J. Epenesa on Wednesday after the former Buffalo Bills defensive end failed a physical with the Cleveland Browns.,The Eagles did not announce terms of the contract with Epenesa, who in March agreed to a one-year contract worth up to $5 million with Cleveland, accordi...

Bryce Eldridge's grand slam caps Giants' stunning rally past Nats
Bryce Eldridge launched a walk-off grand slam with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon as the San Francisco Giants rallied from a 9-1 deficit with 10 runs over the final two innings to shock the visiting Washington Nationals 11-10.,After Matt Chapman and Rafael Devers had h...

Angels put C Sebastian Rivero (fractured hamate bone) on IL
Los Angeles Angels catcher Sebastian Rivero was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, one day after fracturing his left hamate bone during a game against the Houston Astros.,Rivero told reporters he will undergo surgery and miss approximately four weeks. He underwent a CT scan earlier Wednesd...