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Christian Walker homers twice as Diamondbacks crush Dodgers
Christian Walker continued to torment his division rival with two more home runs, and Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also went deep as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks rolled to a 12-4 road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday., ,Walker now has seven home runs in eight games ag...
Athletics' Joey Estes, 22, fires 5-hit shutout vs. Angels
Joey Estes pitched a five-hit shutout as the Oakland Athletics made it two in a row over the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 5-0 victory Wednesday night.,Estes, at age 22 years and 269 days, became the youngest major-leaguer to throw a shutout since Zach Eflin accomplished the feat for the Philad...
RSL get back on track, end Dynamo's unbeaten run
Andres Gomez scored his 11th goal and assisted on two more, Braian Ojeda put his team in front for good in the second half and Real Salt Lake held on for a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Diego Luna also scored a wonderful goal from long range just before halftime as...
Brewers continue to roll, blank Rockies
Christian Yelich homered and Colin Rea tossed seven shutout innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers post a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in Denver.,William Contreras and Brice Turang had three hits apiece and Yelich had two for Milwaukee, which won for the eighth time in the...
St. Louis City break out of slump with shutout of Earthquakes
Eduard Lowen and Hosei Kijima scored first-half goals and St. Louis City halted a nine-match winless stretch with a 2-0 victory over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.,Indiana Vassilev had two assists for St. Louis City (4-7-10, 22 points), who controlled the match in their first ...
Andrew Abbott, Reds take down spiraling Yanks
Andrew Abbott allowed one run in 6 1/3 solid innings, Alexis Diaz retired Juan Soto for the final out in the ninth and the visiting Cincinnati Reds hung on for a 3-2 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Wednesday night.,Noelvi Marte hit a two-run homer in the second and Stuart Fairchild als...
Alonso Martinez's brace carries NYCFC past CF Montreal
Alonso Martinez scored in both halves and host New York City FC won its second straight match, defeating CF Montreal 2-0 on Wednesday.,Hannes Wolf assisted on both goals and James Sands also was credited with an assist as NYCFC (11-8-2, 35 points), playing at Citi Field instead of its normal venue o...
Brewers place INF Nick Ortiz, RHP Enolis Paredes on injured list
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Joey Ortiz, after playing in only two of six possible games from June 26 to Tuesday, was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday because of neck inflammation.,The Brewers also placed right-hander Enoli Paredes on the 15-day IL because of right forearm tendinitis.,...
Red Wings sign F Vladimir Tarasenko
The Detroit Red Wings signed free agent forward Vladimir Tarasenko to a two-year, $9.5 million contract on Wednesday. ,Tarasenko, 32, is coming off a Stanley Cup championship with the Florida Panthers, and he also won the Cup in 2019 with the St. Louis Blues.,In 76 games with the Ottawa Senators and...
Sepp Straka still boasting underdog mindset heading into John Deere
Embracing his role of defending champion is the last thing Austrian Sepp Straka is doing heading into this week's John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill. ,Straka posted a 21-under 263 at last year's tournament to beat Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley by two strokes. He put together a stunning final round, c...
Diamondbacks call up RHP Cristian Mena to face Dodgers
The Arizona Diamondbacks recalled right-hander Cristian Mena to make his major league debut Wednesday on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers.,In a corresponding move, the Diamondbacks optioned right-hander Gavin Hollowell to Triple-A Reno.,Mena, 21, is 3-2 with a 4.90 ERA over 16 starts at Reno...
Twins place INF Royce Lewis on IL, call up prospect Brooks Lee
The Minnesota Twins placed infielder Royce Lewis on the injured list with a right adductor strain and selected the contract of one of their top prospects, shortstop Brooks Lee, from Triple-A St. Paul.,To make room on the 40-man roster for Lewis, right-hander Brock Stewart (right shoulder tendinitis)...
Report: G/F Alec Burks agrees to 1-year deal with Heat
The Miami Heat are in agreement on a one-year deal with former first-round pick Alec Burks, ESPN reported Wednesday. ,Financial terms were not reported. The Heat will be his eighth team. ,The swingman averaged 10.4 points per game off the bench this past season with the Detroit Pistons and New York ...
Ducks sign F Carson Meyer to one-year deal
The Anaheim Ducks signed forward Carson Meyer to a one-year, two-way contract Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not announced.,Meyer, 26, has played in parts of three seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, with the right wing recording six points (two goals, four assists) in 41 career games.,Meyer ...
Sens acquire F Jan Jenik from Utah for F Egor Sokolov
The Ottawa Senators acquired Jan Jenik from Utah HC on Wednesday in exchange for fellow forward prospect Egor Sokolov.,Jenik, 23, recorded four goals and two assists in 22 games with the Arizona Coyotes over the past four seasons.,Arizona drafted the Czech Republic native in the third round in 2018....
Kemba Walker named to Hornets coaching staff
Kemba Walker was named to the Charlotte Hornets coaching staff on Wednesday, one day after announcing his retirement from the NBA.,A four-time All-Star point guard, Walker was named player enhancement coach on new head coach Charles Lee's staff.,The Hornets announced Lamar Skeeter, Josh Longstaff, C...
Kraken's Jessica Campbell is NHL's first female assistant coach
The Seattle Kraken hired Jessica Campbell as the NHL's first full-time female assistant coach on Wednesday.,Campbell, 31, was added to new head coach Dan Bylsma's staff along with fellow assistant Bob Woods.,Campbell was an assistant on Bylsma's staff with the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds for th...
Kemba Walker Is Now an NBA Coach, We’re All Really Old
The Charlotte Hornets hired Kemba Walker as a developmental coach, and we're all really old if he's already on the sideline....
Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France record for stage wins
Mark Cavendish broke a long-standing Tour de France record Wednesday with his 35th stage win.,The 39-year-old sprint specialist dashed to the milestone victory in the fifth stage in Saint-Vulbas, France.,Five-time champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium established the record with 34 stage wins from 1969-75...
Report: Lakers hiring assistants Scott Brooks, Nate McMillan
The Los Angeles Lakers are adding a ton of experience to first-time head coach JJ Redick's staff.,ESPN reported Wednesday that longtime head coaches Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks are coming aboard as Redick's top assistants for 2024-25.,McMillan and Brooks have a combined 1,281 victories in the NBA...