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Mariners happy to return home to face White Sox
The Seattle Mariners bid good riddance to Kansas City.,Despite prevailing 6-5 in 10 innings Sunday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep against the Royals, the Mariners gladly boarded a flight home.,They'll open a four-game series against the lowly Chicago White Sox on Monday night.,"It was wild li...
Linnea Strom shoots 60 for historic win at ShopRite LPGA Classic
Linnea Strom made LPGA history by shooting a final-round 60 to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday in Galloway, N.J.,The 27-year-old from Sweden began the day tied for 52nd, making her performance Sunday at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club's Bay Course the largest come-from-behind win in terms of lea...
Red Sox force extra innings, top White Sox in 10
Jamie Westbrook and Rob Refsnyder drove in 10th-inning runs to help the visiting Boston Red Sox rally for a 6-4 win against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.,Refsnyder and David Hamilton had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who earned a split of the four-game series.,Paul DeJong and Corey Julks contr...
Josh Maravich, former LSU player and son of Hall of Famer, dies at 42
Josh Maravich, the youngest of the two sons of Hall of Fame member Pete Maravich, has died at age 42.,LSU, where the elder Maravich starred and his son followed as a walk-on to the basketball program, announced his death Saturday. The school said he died Friday at the family home in Covington, La., ...
White Sox take on Red Sox in search of rare 3-game win streak
Seven losing streaks of at least four games -- including a franchise-worst 14-game skid -- have sent the Chicago White Sox spiraling this season.,Positive responses to the streaks by the team have been scarce but not non-existent. ,On Sunday, the White Sox will try to extend their latest rebound and...
Tigers start red-hot Tarik Skubal vs. Brewers in series finale
Tarik Skubal has been one of the few bright spots for the Detroit Tigers this season. The left-hander has emerged as one of the early favorites for the American League's Cy Young Award.,Skubal will make his 13th start this season in the finale of a three-game home series against the Brewers on Sunda...
Surging Pirates look to complete sweep vs. tumbling Twins
After turning boos into cheers with a single at-bat, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Rowdy Tellez is hoping to carry the momentum into the rest of the season.,Tellez and the Pirates aim for a three-game sweep of the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sunday after recording consecutive shutouts.,Tellez hom...
Dallas FC stay winless on road, draw with Minnesota United
Liam Fraser scored his first career MLS goal and Maarten Paes made five saves to lead FC Dallas to a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Paes finished with at least five saves for the fifth straight match. He recorded a career-high nine stops during Dallas' 1-0 loss...
Timbers continue run with draw at St. Louis City
James Pantemis made two saves, Claudio Bravo helped the goalkeeper with an exceptional goal-line block and the Portland Timbers earned a gritty 0-0 draw at St. Louis City SC on Saturday night.,Pantemis kept his second clean sheet in his sixth start while deputizing for Maxime Crepeau, who will miss ...
SKC halt 7-match losing streak by edging Sounders
Alenis Vargas scored in the 85th minute as Sporting Kansas City ended a seven-match skid by beating the Seattle Sounders 2-1. ,Khiry Shelton fed a perfect pass to a streaking Vargas in the box. Vargas hesitated slightly, then fired it right at Seattle keeper Stefan Frei, who could not control the ba...
Jenny Shin leads in N.J., looking to end 8-year win drought
Jenny Shin's lone LPGA victory came more than eight years ago.,Shin is in contention to end that drought as she holds the lead at 10-under 132 entering the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J.,The South Korean shot a 2-under 69 on Saturday and sits one shot ahead of Switzerland...
Colombia clubs USMNT thanks to late spark
Colombia scored three times in an 11-minute span late in the second half to polish off a 5-1 victory over the U.S. men's national team on Saturday in Landover, Md. ,With their first CONMEBOL Copa America match set for June 23, the Americans seemingly still have a lot of work to do. They gave up two ...
Jackson Chourio's clutch hit lifts Brewers past Tigers
Jackson Chourio drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a sixth-inning double and the Milwaukee Brewers held off the host Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Saturday.,Christian Yelich had two hits and drove in two runs, while Brice Turang reached base three times and scored twice.,Jared Koenig (6-1) tossed 1 2...
Gavin Sheets blasts White Sox past Red Sox
Gavin Sheets belted a grand slam among his three hits, Paul DeJong homered and four pitchers delivered 4 2/3 innings of three-hit relief to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 victory against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.,After stopping a franchise-worst 14-game losing streak Friday night, th...
Pirates blank Twins for second straight game
Rowdy Tellez broke a scoreless tie with a solo homer and singled in two runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates shutout the Minnesota Twins for the second straight game, winning 4-0 in the middle game of a three-game interleague series on Saturday.,Six Pirates pitchers combined on the six-hit shutout, includ...
Adam Frazier helps Royals knock off Mariners
Adam Frazier went 2 for 2 with a double and home run against his former team as the Kansas City Royals defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 8-4 Saturday afternoon.,Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Isbel added two-run doubles for the Royals, who have won the first two games of the series after rallying ...
Gotham downs Angel City FC to continue strong start
Midfielder Rose Lavelle buried a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net with 62 minutes gone to break up a deadlock and hand NJ/NY Gotham FC its third straight win with a 2-1 result against Angel City FC on Saturday in Harrison, N.J.,Lavelle's second goal of the season came in the ...
New Seahawks OC Ryan Grubb impressed by Geno Smith's skills
Ryan Grubb turned Michael Penix Jr. into a Heisman Trophy finalist during his two seasons as Washington's offensive coordinator.,His next task is turning Geno Smith back into a high-level starter for the Seattle Seahawks.,Grubb, now offensive coordinator of the Seahawks, is installing his system and...
League parts ways with Minnesota GM Natalie Darwitz
The Professional Women's Hockey League announced Saturday that it has parted ways with PWHL Minnesota general manager Natalie Darwitz.,Jayna Hefford, the PWHL senior vice president of hockey operations, said in a Zoom interview that the decision involved more than one person after a review of team o...
Report: Caitlin Clark to be left off Olympic team
Caitlin Clark apparently will need to wait until Los Angeles and 2028 to represent the United States in the Summer Olympics.,The Athletic reported Saturday that the WNBA rookie is not expected to be among 12 players selected to compete for Team USA in Paris when the 2024 Summer Games begin next mont...