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Team Liquid improve to 2-0 at LCS Summer Split
Team Liquid blanked Shopify Rebellion 2-0 on Sunday to remain perfect in group-stage action at the 2024 League Championship Series Summer Split. ,Liquid prevailed in 27 minutes on blue before winning in 26 minutes on red to improve to 2-0 in group play. American Eain "APA" Stearns led the winners wi...

Cubs place RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (forearm) on 15-day IL
The Chicago Cubs placed right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of a right forearm strain.,In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled left-hander Luke Little from Triple-A Iowa.,Leiter, 33, has allowed eight runs over 3 1/3 innings in his last four appearances to ra...

Colt Keith, Tigers roll over White Sox
Colt Keith had four hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers pounded the Chicago White Sox, 11-2, on Sunday afternoon.,Keith also scored three runs as the Tigers took two games in the three-game weekend series from their American League Central Division opp...

White Sox activate DH Eloy Jimenez from 10-day IL
Oft-injured Chicago White Sox designated hitter Eloy Jimenez was activated from the 10-day injured list and placed in the starting lineup Sunday against the host Detroit Tigers.,Jimenez is batting third against the Tigers.,In a corresponding move, the White Sox optioned outfielder Oscar Colas to Tri...

Young pitchers square off as Tigers, White Sox close series
The Detroit Tigers don't have an imposing lineup and it's been quite apparent over the past week.,They've scored just six runs in the past six games, losing all but one of those outings. They'll look to get their bats going in the finale of a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox on S...

Felipe Mora propels Timbers past Whitecaps
Felipe Mora scored a goal and added an assist as the host Portland Timbers defeated the rival Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on Saturday night. ,Jonathan Rodriguez also scored for Portland (7-7-6, 27 points), extending the Timbers' unbeaten streak to six matches (4-0-2) with the victory. Goalkeeper James P...

Cloud9 stay perfect at LCS Summer Split
Cloud9 completed a 2-0 sweep of Immortals on Saturday to stay undefeated in group-stage action at the 2024 League Championship Series Summer Split. ,After edging Dignitas 2-1 in the opening week of the event, Cloud9 prevailed in 29 minutes on blue before winning in 34 minutes on red against Immortal...

Felipe Mora propels Portland past Vancouver
Felipe Mora scored a goal and added an assist as the Timbers defeated their Cascadia rival Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on Saturday night in Portland, Ore., ,Jonathan Rodriguez also scored for Portland (7-7-6, 27 points), extending its unbeaten streak to six matches with the victory. Goalkeeper James Pan...

Tess Boade carries Bay FC over Angel City
Tess Boade scored in the 33rd minute to lift Bay FC to a 1-0 victory over Angel City on Saturday night in San Jose, Calif. ,Boade sent Bay FC (5-9-0, 15 points) to their third win in five matches following a five-match skid. ,Angel City (4-7-3, 15 points) fell for just the second time in their past ...

St. Louis City get long-awaited goal, settle for draw with Atlanta
Indiana Vassilev's second-half goal ended St. Louis City's scoring drought at 342 minutes, but Atlanta United rallied to post a 1-1 draw on Saturday night in St. Louis.,Daniel Rios scored in the 71st minute for Atlanta United.,Before Vassilev's goal in the 50th minute, St. Louis City (3-6-10, 19 poi...

Austin FC halt skid, edge Minnesota United 1-0
Diego Rubio scored in the first half as Austin FC snapped a five-match winless streak with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Minnesota United on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn., ,Brad Stuver, who entered the contest leading MLS with 86 saves, finished with one save for his sixth clean sheet for Austin (...

Robert Whittaker KOs Ikram Aliskerov at UFC Fight Night
It took Robert Whittaker just 1:49 to knock out Ikram Aliskerov during their main event middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. ,A right hook from Whittaker (27-7-0) got Aliskerov stumbling, and from there, Whittaker looked to finish it. He followed with a left jab...

Eyeing first major, Amy Yang grabs 2-shot lead at Women's PGA
Amy Yang of South Korea shot a one-under-par 71 to grab a two-shot lead Saturday after the third round of the Women's PGA Championship.,Yang, 34, who has yet to win a major, followed both of her bogeys with birdies on the next hole at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.,"My mindset for tomorrow...

Sebastian Ferreira (hat trick), Dynamo defeat D.C. United
Sebastian Ferreira scored twice in three minutes en route to a second-half hat trick and the Houston Dynamo pulled away to a 4-1 road victory against a frustrated D.C. United side that finished Saturday night with nine men.,Ferreira's first career MLS hat trick and first multi-goal performance for H...

Facundo Torres (2 goals) leads Orlando City past Fire
Facundo Torres scored twice to help Orlando City snap a five-match winless skid with a 4-2 victory against the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday.,It's the first win for Orlando (5-8-6, 21 points) since May 18.,Hugo Cuypers scored for a fourth straight match for the Fire (4-9-6, 18 points), whose fou...

Christopher Bell earns dramatic Xfinity win with last-lap pass at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. -- Christopher Bell kept it dramatic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon, relying on a last-lap pass in overtime to claim the SciAps 200 victory -- giving him a four-for-four track record in Xfinity Series races at the 1.058-mile track., ,Bell's No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing...
No More Mookie Betts: MLB's Top 10 Indispensable Players in 2024
Mookie Betts is sidelined, so we took a. look at the top 10 irreplaceable MLB players in 2024....

Wyatt Langford, Jon Gray lead Rangers over Royals
Wyatt Langford hit a grand slam and Jon Gray allowed two hits over six innings to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon in Arlington, Tex.,Josh Smith also homered and had two hits for Texas, which won its third straight game.,Gray (3-3) allowed jus...

Pirates hold off Rays' rally attempt
Starting pitcher Jared Jones recovered after a shaky first inning to deliver a quality outing and help the Pittsburgh Pirates even their series with a 4-3 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.,Jones (5-6), who gave up one walk and hit two batters in the first, went seven innings, allo...

Drew Thorpe earns first career win, White Sox down Tigers
Drew Thorpe pitched six scoreless innings and notched his first career win as the Chicago White Sox topped the host Detroit Tigers, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon.,Thorpe (1-1) gave up two hits and walked four while striking out five. Thorpe, who was making his third career start, gave up eight runs in ...