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Yankees eye third straight win, face Nationals with Cam Schlittler on mound
Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler looks for his 10th win of the season when New York visits the Washington Nationals in the middle game of their series on Saturday.,The Yankees have won two straight for the first time since June 23-24 thanks to Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s heroics on Friday night when he h...
Otto Lopez, Marlins strive to topple Guardians
Winners of 26 of their last 35 games, the Miami Marlins are one of the most surprising teams in baseball. But the real shock is how the Marlins are getting it done.,Exhibit A is shortstop Otto Lopez, a first-time All-Star this season who was acquired in 2024 after he was designated for assignment by...
Giants, Rockies have little turnaround time for next contest
Two teams with just 14 hours to digest a crazy finish the night before will take the field for an afternoon game Saturday when the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants continue their four-game series in California.,In a marathon ninth inning that lasted almost an hour, began with the bases load...
Angels' Ryan Johnson aims to turn around fortunes vs. Twins
Ryan Johnson will look for a rare positive result on Saturday afternoon when he takes the mound for the Los Angeles Angels in their game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.,Johnson (1-4, 6.99 ERA) has allowed 14 earned runs and six homers in 23 1/3 innings over five starts this season. The 2...
Jimmy Crooks' homer lifts Cardinals to rain-delayed win over Braves
Jimmy Crooks hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning on Friday to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.,After a rain delay of nearly three hours in the top of the fourth derailed the game, Crooks hit his second home run of the season off Atlanta's ...
Rockies awaken in 9th, rally past Giants
Kyle Karros flipped a deficit into a lead with a two-run single, Cole Carrigg padded the advantage with a sacrifice fly and the visiting Colorado Rockies rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to stun the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Friday night.,After Rafael Devers' third hit in the seventh inn...
Jimmy Crooks homer lifts Cards to rain-delayed win over Braves
Jimmy Crooks hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning on Friday to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.,After a rain delay of nearly three hours in the top of the fourth derailed the game, Crooks hit his second home run of the season off Atlanta's ...
Tim Tawa, D-Backs take advantage of Dodgers blunders in runaway win
Tim Tawa homered and matched his career high of four RBIs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks roll to a 9-3 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.,Tawa had three hits and Gabriel Moreno had two hits and two RBIs as Arizona won its second straight game. Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3) pitche...
After scoring outburst, White Sox want repeat against Athletics
An overdue outburst propelled the Chicago White Sox to a lopsided victory against the visiting Athletics on Friday night.,The White Sox will aim to keep slugging and earn a series victory on Saturday afternoon.,Chicago rolled 14-1 in the series opener after managing two combined runs over three stra...
Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s 2-run homer in 9th lifts Yankees past Nationals
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run ninth-inning homer and the New York Yankees rallied past the Nationals 5-3 in Washington on Friday night.,With New York trailing 3-2, Jasson Dominguez singled with one out against Matt Krook (0-1) and Chisholm homered into the second deck in right, his 13th of the sea...
Vaughn Grissom, Grayson Rodriguez guide Angels over Twins
Vaughn Grissom hit a solo home run and sacrifice fly and Grayson Rodriguez threw 5 1/3 solid innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Grissom hit his fifth home run of the season in the fourth inning, and the Angels built a 4-1 lead...
Tristan Peters hits for cycle as White Sox blast Athletics
Tristan Peters finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs while hitting for the cycle and Sean Burke pitched seven sharp innings as the host Chicago White Sox routed the slumping Athletics 14-1 on Friday.,Chicago stopped a three-game losing streak while sending the Athletics to their season-high seventh straig...
Conor McGregor weighs in at 170.5 for UFC 329 bout vs. Max Holloway
Conor McGregor is officially ready for his first UFC fight in five years after he weighed in at 170.5 pounds Friday for his bout with Max Holloway.,McGregor vs. Holloway 2 is the headliner for Saturday's UFC 329, which will cap International Fight Week festivities in Las Vegas.,The Irishman has not ...
Blues re-sign F Oskar Sundqvist to 1-year contract
The St. Louis Blues brought back forward Oskar Sundqvist, who was an unrestricted free agent, on a one-year, two-way contract on Friday.,Sundqvist signed a deal worth $850,000 at the NHL level and $300,000 at the American Hockey League level.,He recorded 17 points (five goals, 12 assists), a minus-1...
Reds blank Cubs behind Hunter Greene’s 12 strikeouts
Elly De La Cruz and JJ Bleday homered, Hunter Greene tossed seven strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs with a 4-0 win on Friday.,De La Cruz hit a solo homer and tripled for Cincinnati, which out-hit the Cubs 13-4 and won for just the fou...
Paige Bueckers scores 34 as Wings down Tempo in front of record crowd
Paige Bueckers scored 34 points with six rebounds and six assists as the visiting Dallas Wings defeated the Toronto Tempo 108-95 in Montreal.,Jessica Shepard added 20 points and 17 rebounds for the Wings (15-8), who have won four straight. Arike Ogunbowale scored 20 points and had seven assists as D...
Valkyries stymie Sun, ring up 7th straight victory
Veronica Burton highlighted a productive all-around effort with a game-high 17 points, Janelle Salaun led a relentless defense with three steals and the Golden State Valkyries ran their winning streak to seven with a 79-64 thumping of the Connecticut Sun on Friday night in Uncasville, Conn.,Salaun a...
Rookies Parker Messick, Chase DeLauter push Guardians past Marlins
Parker Messick took a no-hit-bid into the sixth inning, and Chase DeLauter slugged a two-run homer as the Guardians cooled off the host Miami Marlins 3-2 on Friday night.,All-Star closer Cade Smith pitched a scoreless ninth, earning his major-league-best 28th save. It was the third time in three day...
Rays use homers, stellar pitching, Taylor Walls' glove to defeat M's
Tampa Bay starter Nick Martinez posted his eighth win on the day he was named to his first All-Star team, and the Rays opened the final series before the break with a 7-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The 35-year-old right-hander replaced injured Boston Re...
Samuel Basallo powers Orioles past Royals with late HR
Samuel Basallo hit a two-run tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the host Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Blaze Alexander homered in the fourth inning and was the only Oriole with two hit...