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Cardinals aim to keep flexing muscles in clash vs. Cubs
For two nights, the St. Louis Cardinals have beaten the Chicago Cubs at their own power-hitting game.,The Cardinals hit seven homers while defeating the Cubs 8-2 and 8-7 in the first two contests of the four-game series in St. Louis. They have won seven of their past eight games to move within 2 1/2...

Royals face surging Rays, look to turn around home skid
The surging Tampa Bay Rays are the latest team adding to the Kansas City Royals' current misery at home. ,After opening this series with a fourth straight road win, the Rays will try to send the Royals to their ninth consecutive home defeat Wednesday night. ,Amid a 23-9 stretch, Tampa Bay cranked ou...

Max Scherzer returns as Blue Jays bid for series win vs. Guardians
The long wait is over for Toronto Blue Jays fans.,After spending three months on the injured list with right thumb inflammation, Max Scherzer will return to action Wednesday night against the Guardians in Cleveland.,Scherzer (0-0, 6.00 ERA) has made only one appearance since signing as a free agent ...

'Execution' remains key as Tigers' Jack Flaherty prepares for A's
Jack Flaherty's ERA has taken a beating in his last two starts. ,The veteran Detroit Tigers right-hander will look to move past those ugly stats when he faces the visiting Athletics on Wednesday night.,Flaherty had a 3.41 ERA after four consecutive quality outings. He lost his control on June 14, as...

D-backs 2B Ketel Marte in tears after fan's verbal assault
Arizona's victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night was marred by a fan yelling derogatory comments about Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte's deceased mother.,Marte was visibly upset and in tears while on the field in the seventh inning following the incident during his at-bat t...

Padres' Nick Pivetta out to reverse his fortunes vs. Nats
The San Diego Padres played Tuesday night's game against the Washington Nationals almost like a postseason game by default. ,Starter Ryan Bergert left in the fourth inning after absorbing a 103 mph liner off his pitching elbow, and Padres manager Mike Shildt, trailing 2-0, used all his top arms.,Cha...

Rangers finding different ways to succeed, go for series win at Orioles
The Texas Rangers are finding different ways to fight through challenges and now they're in position to win a road series for the second time in less than a week.,They'll take on the Baltimore Orioles in the rubber game of the three-game series Wednesday night.,"It's so important to keep fighting," ...

Red Sox RHP Richard Fitts gets a second chance against Angels
The Boston Red Sox will send right-hander Richard Fitts to the mound Wednesday afternoon when they visit the Los Angeles Angels for the final contest of a three-game series. ,It will be Fitts' second career start against the Angels, and he's undoubtedly hoping it turns out better than his first one....

Vicente Salas leads final 93 laps to win eNASCAR race at Dover
Vicente Salas became the fifth different driver to win a race this season in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, celebrating in victory lane Tuesday at a virtual Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.,Salas, 22, edged Ryan Luza by 0.720 seconds to earn his first win of the year. A part-time NASCAR Xfinity S...

Report: Kyrie Irving will decline option, sign 3-year, $119M contract
Nine-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving will decline his $43 million player option and instead plans to sign a three-year, $119 million contract to remain with the Dallas Mavericks, ESPN reported on Tuesday night.,Irving, who will have a player option for the 2027-28 season, per the report, is r...

Marlins top Giants as Justin Verlander's winless streak continues
Eric Wagaman doubled in a run and later scored in a two-run second inning that gave Miami the lead for good as the visiting Marlins extended Justin Verlander's season-opening winless streak to 12 games with a 4-2 triumph over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday nigh...

Angels sink Red Sox in 10 on Christian Moore's 2-run HR
Christian Moore hit two home runs, including a two-run shot in the bottom of the 10th inning, to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night., ,Moore's second home run of the game came against Justin Wilson (2-1) with one out and drove in automatic ...

Gold Cup: Canada blanks El Salvador, wins Group B
Jonathan David and Tajon Buchanan scored three minutes apart early in the second half as Canada shut out short-handed El Salvador 2-0, clinching the top spot in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B play on Tuesday in Houston.,Canada (2-0-1, 7 points) advances to the knockout round, while El Salvador (0-2-1, 1 ...

Padres overcome early deficit, ride 'pen to win over Nationals
Martin Maldonado homered and the San Diego Padres' bullpen pitched six scoreless innings Tuesday night as they rallied for a 4-3 win over the visiting Washington Nationals.,Jason Adam (6-3) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless work and Robert Suarez tied Kansas City's Carlos Estevez for the M...

Gold Cup: Luis Palma's late tally vs. Curacao sends Honduras to knockouts
Luis Palma roofed an unlikely goal early in second-half stoppage time to hand Honduras a 2-1 victory over Curacao and lock up the country's place in the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday in San Jose, Calif.,After a series of headers that moved the ball jaggedly through Honduras' att...

Sirens select Colgate F Kristyna Kaltounkova No. 1 in PWHL draft
After spending their No. 1 overall pick in the PWHL draft on Colgate forward Kristyna Kaltounkova, the New York Sirens traded up to acquire the No. 3 pick and selected Wisconsin center Casey O'Brien on Tuesday.,With the Sirens' roster depleted by the expansion draft, general manager Pascal Daoust wo...

Chelsea trounce ES Tunis, lock up second in Club World Cup group
Tosin Adarabioyo and Liam Delap scored two minutes apart to end the first half with a bang, and Chelsea rolled past Esperance Sportive de Tunis 3-0 on Tuesday in Philadelphia to punch their ticket to the knockout round of the FIFA Club World Cup.,Chelsea (2-1-0, 6 points) finished second in Group D,...

Group D winner Flamengo rally late in draw vs. LAFC
Wallace Yan scored in the 86th minute to delight most of the 32,933 on hand and help Flamengo salvage a 1-1 draw against LAFC in both teams' Group D finale on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla.,Denis Bouanga gave already-eliminated LAFC (0-2-1, 1 point) the lead only two minutes earlier against Flamengo...

Tigers ambush Athletics to make up for Skubal's slow start
Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer during a five-run third and Tarik Skubal overcame a slow start to win his ninth straight decision as the host Detroit Tigers rolled past the Athletics 11-4 on Tuesday.,Skubal gave up two-run homers to Brent Rooker and Denzel Clarke in the first two inni...

Cooper Hummel's HR breaks up pitching duel, Astros edge Phillies
Cooper Hummel slugged an opposite-field home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the host Houston Astros claimed a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a three-game interleague series on Tuesday.,Hummel ruined the shutout bid of Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez (6-2)...