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Five Programs Set to Make Major Strides in the 2026 College Football Season
LSU leads a list of college football programs positioned for major improvement in 2026, alongside Auburn, UCLA, Wisconsin and Boise State....
Rockies ride upstarts' late contributions into matchup vs. D-backs
Mickey Moniak, the Colorado Rockies' top offensive player this season, was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a right ankle injury.,The transaction opened the door for Sterlin Thompson to join Chad Stevens as unlikely game-winning heroes.,The two players who were Triple-A teammates at m...
Mets, Marlins on quest to avoid last place in NL East
The New York Mets were thinking about playing in the World Series when the season started.,But now, 51 games into the 2026 campaign, the Mets will look to climb out of last place in the National League East Saturday afternoon when they visit the Miami Marlins in the middle game of a three-game serie...
Angels seek elusive back-to-back wins in rematch vs. Rangers
After slamming four home runs in their best offensive output in nearly a month while winning Friday's series opener with Texas, the Los Angeles Angels will try to win back-to-back games for the first time since early May when they face the Rangers on Saturday night., ,It won't be easy for the Angels...
Fresh off sterling start, Dodgers' Roki Sasaki aims to stymie Brewers
The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers will turn to right-hander Roki Sasaki as they look to even the series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday in a matchup of division leaders.,Sasaki (2-3, 5.09 ERA) will be opposed by left-hander Robert Gasser (0-0, 4.50), who is making his second start of the se...
Padres closer Mason Miller awaiting chance against old team, the A's
For a brief time Friday night, it looked like Mason Miller might get a save chance against his first MLB team.,But the San Diego Padres gave him a second straight game off by scoring three eighth-inning runs to end a potential save situation on their way to a 7-3 win over the visiting Athletics.,Mil...
Mariners out for continued road success in matchup vs. struggling Royals
The scuffling Kansas City Royals are providing a good opportunity for the Seattle Mariners to continue their recent road success. ,After winning the opener of a three-game set vs. the Royals, the Mariners will aim for a fifth victory in their last six road contests on Saturday afternoon. ,Seattle lo...
Never-say-die Twins vie to clinch series win vs. Red Sox
The Minnesota Twins powered up late for a series-opening win and will seek to take two games in a row from the host Boston Red Sox when the teams continue their three-game set on Saturday afternoon.,Minnesota rallied from 4-0 and 6-3 deficits to win 8-6 on Friday, as Byron Buxton and Austin Martin e...
Braves' unsung heroes ready for Nationals
The Atlanta Braves continue to find ways to win -- and unlikely contributors have helped to propel the club to a major-league-leading 36 victories.,Ahead of the second contest of a three-game set against the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon, Atlanta is more than content to continu...
Phillies' ace Zack Wheeler tasked with slowing down red-hot Guardians
Zack Wheeler's return has been everything for which the Philadelphia Phillies could have hoped.,However, Wheeler will face a major challenge Saturday when the host Phillies try to snap the Cleveland Guardians' seven-game winning streak.,In the first game of the weekend series, Cleveland emerged with...
White Sox 1B Munetaka Murakami takes aim at Giants, McCovey Cove
Having padded his impressive RBI total with three in the series opener, power-hitting Munetaka Murakami will take another shot at the San Francisco Bay when the Chicago White Sox continue a three-game road series against the Giants on Saturday afternoon.,Making his first visit to Oracle Park, the le...
Orioles pursue repeat performance on offense vs. reeling Tigers
Jackson Holliday made a big impact Friday in his first home game of the season for the Baltimore Orioles.,Now the team needs an encore performance from the team's most heralded young player.,"It's been a little bit of a grind of a year so far, and just to be up here with these guys and contributing ...
Astros' Kai-Wei Teng eager to add to Cubs' woes
Houston Astros right-hander Kai-Wei Teng will try to continue fine-tuning his role as a starting pitcher when he faces the host Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon in the second contest of a three-game series.,Teng (2-3, 2.61 ERA), acquired from the San Francisco Giants in January, threw five scorele...
Ascending Blue Jays to test mettle vs. Paul Skenes, Pirates
The Toronto Blue Jays will be out for a series win Saturday afternoon when they face the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates and their ace Paul Skenes.,Winners of three in a row, the Blue Jays took advantage of three errors by the Pirates on Friday night to record a 6-2 victory in the opener of the three-ga...
Rays hope Yankees, rain don't slow their momentum
The Tampa Bay Rays are comfortable waiting for the late innings to pull off comebacks, and they certainly are at ease in those situations against the New York Yankees.,After pulling off another late rally in the series opener, the Rays attempt to widen their American League East lead Saturday aftern...
Eugenio Suarez set to return as Reds face Cardinals in doubleheader
Eugenio Suarez had to wait another day before making his return to the Cincinnati Reds' lineup after the scheduled series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals was postponed due to rain on Friday.,Suarez, the Reds' designated hitter, was activated from the 10-day injured list, and his enth...
Report: Out-of-form Gio Reyna makes U.S. World Cup roster
The biggest question leading up to the announcement of the United States' World Cup roster apparently was answered on Friday when The Athletic reported that Gio Reyna made the squad.,Reyna, 23, is a skillful playmaker, but his extensive injury history, lack of form at the club level and past attitud...
White Sox ride 9-run fourth to win over stumbling Giants
Munetaka Murakami highlighted a nine-run fourth inning with a bases-clearing double, Davis Martin coasted to his fifth straight win and the Chicago White Sox opened a three-game road series with a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,Andrew Benintendi had a two-run double and m...
Rockies rally past Diamondbacks on ninth-inning RBI hit
Chad Stevens delivered the tiebreaking single with one out in the top of the ninth to help the Colorado Rockies notch a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Phoenix.,Stevens' first hit of the season and third of his career plated Sterlin Thompson with the decisive run as Colo...
Ramon Laureano swats tiebreaking HR as Padres down A's
Ramon Laureano snapped a tie with a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night as the San Diego Padres stopped the visiting Athletics 7-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Laureano worked a full count against Jeffrey Springs (3-5) and then hammered a changeup an estimated 401 feet...