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A's seek sweep vs. Royals, who will try to avoid winless homestand
The Athletics have taken advantage of the scuffling Kansas City Royals to find some needed road success. ,On Sunday afternoon, the A's will try to sweep a three-game set and send the Royals to a winless six-game homestand. ,The Athletics entered the series mired in a 14-game road skid but won 6-4 o...
Marlins visit Nationals, seek first series sweep of season
The Miami Marlins will go for their first series sweep of the season when they visit the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.,For the second consecutive game in the set, the Marlins fended off a late rally Saturday, holding on for 4-3 win after the Nationals scored twice in the ninth inning and...
Phillies' Zack Wheeler looks for elusive win vs. Blue Jays
Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler has won 109 games in his major league career, but not one of those has come against the Toronto Blue Jays. ,He'll try to change that Sunday afternoon when the host Phillies go for a sweep of the three-game series.,Wheeler (6-2, 2.85 ERA) is 0-2 with a ...
Orioles vie for series sweep vs. Mike Trout, Angels
There's less gloom and doom around the Baltimore Orioles these days.,They'll look to make their situation even brighter when they host the Los Angeles Angels in Sunday afternoon's series finale.,The Orioles will aim for their third sweep in their last five series. Baltimore beat Los Angeles 6-5 on S...
MCWS: Kade Anderson's gem lifts LSU over Arkansas
Kade Anderson allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings and No. 6 national seed LSU defeated No. 3 national seed Arkansas 4-1 in a Men's College World Series opener on Saturday night in Omaha, Neb.,On Monday, the Tigers (49-15) will face UCLA, which defeated Murray State, 6-4, earlier Sat...
FaZe Clan, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere in BLAST.tv Austin Major playoffs
FaZe Clan, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere advanced to the BLAST.tv Austin Major playoffs with victories on Saturday in Texas.,In Round 4 high matches of Group Stage 3, FaZe Clan swept The Mongolz 2-0, Team Vitality routed Virtus.pro 2-0 and Natus Vincere defeated G2 Esports 2-1.,In three eliminatio...
Kamaru Usman snaps Joaquin Buckley’s streak at UFC Fight Night
Kamaru Usman returned to the win column Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Atlanta, Ga., securing a unanimous decision over Joaquin Buckley 49-46, 49-46, 48-47., ,"Those knockouts will come," Usman said after the win. "I just needed to get that monkey off my back.", ,The first tw...
Mexico edges Dominican Republic in Gold Cup opener
Edson Alvarez registered a goal and a assist to help Mexico post a 3-2 victory over the Dominican Republic in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Saturday night in Inglewood, Calif.,Defending champion Mexico (1-0-0, 3 points) also got goals from Raul Jimenez and Cesar Montes.,Peter Gonzalez and Edison...
Real Salt Lake blanks D.C. United to end winless streak
Johnny Russell and Zavier Gozo scored in each half to give Real Salt Lake a 2-0 win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday in Sandy, Utah.,The result ended Salt Lake's seven-match (0-4-3) winless streak. While the victory was paramount, it was also just the sixth time that low-scoring RSL (5-10-3, 18...
Jordan Ta’amu leads Defenders over Panthers in UFL title game
Jordan Ta'amu passed for 390 yards and four touchdowns and the DC Defenders cruised to a 58-34 victory over the Michigan Panthers in the United Football League Championship game on Saturday night in St. Louis.,Deon Jackson rushed for two touchdowns as DC took control with a 31-point second quarter. ...
Martin Ojeda scores 9th goal as Orlando City blank Colorado
Martin Ojeda scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season and visiting Orlando City earned a 1-0 victory over struggling Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.,Pedro Gallese made two saves for Orlando (8-4-6, 30 points) to keep his eighth clean sheet in league play. Five of those have come in the Li...
Luciano Acosta's brace gives FC Dallas win over Sporting KC
Luciano Acosta scored a brace, leading FC Dallas to a 4-2 win over the host Sporting KC on Saturday night.,Petar Musa and Bernard Kamungo also scored for Dallas (5-6-6, 21 points), which won in MLS play for the first time since a victory on April 27 over Inter Miami, snapping a six-match winless str...
Panthers top Oilers to move one win away from second straight Cup
Brad Marchand scored twice for the Florida Panthers, who moved a win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions with a 5-2 win in Game 5 against the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.,Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves for the Panthers, who can clinch the ...
Kayla Thornton paces Valkyries past Storm
Kayla Thornton highlighted a 22-point performance with a rally-stopping 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter and the Golden State Valkyries continued their surprising expansion-season success by holding on for a 76-70 victory over the visiting Seattle Storm on Saturday night in San Francisco....
Prince Owusu nets a pair in CF Montreal's stunner in Houston
Prince Owusu's first half brace Saturday night enabled visiting CF Montreal to win for just the second time in 18 matches this year with a 3-1 verdict over the Houston Dynamo.,Jalen Neal also scored for Montreal (2-11-5, 11 points), while Ondrej Lingr had the only tally for Houston (5-8-5, 20 points...
Brandon Vazquez makes up for earlier mistake to lift Austin FC over Red Bulls
Brandon Vazquez made amends for an own goal by booting home the game winner in the 51st minute as host Austin FC did just enough to beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 on Saturday in just the third ever meeting between the interconference rivals.,Vazquez ran to the near post to take a perfect pass from ...
Hany Mukhtar, Sam Surridge score to help Nashville blank Fire
Hany Mukhtar scored in the 56th minute and Nashville SC went on to extend its unbeaten streak to nine matches by defeating the host Chicago Fire 2-0 on Saturday night.,Sam Surridge added a goal in the 75th minute. Andy Najar assisted on both goals.,Joe Willis made eight saves for Nashville (9-4-5, 3...
Al Ahly, Inter Miami tie in Club World Cup opener
Goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy tipped aside a high-arching shot by Lionel Messi late in stoppage time, and Inter Miami FC and Al Ahly FC played to a 0-0 draw in the opening game of the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday night in Miami Gardens, Fla., ,El Shenawy and Al Ahly escaped with the draw after de...
MCWS: Kade Anderson's seven-inning gem lifts LSU over Arkansas
Kade Anderson allowed just three hits in seven innings and No. 6 national seed LSU defeated No. 3 national seed Arkansas 4-1 in a Men's College World Series opener on Saturday night in Omaha, Neb.,On Monday, the Tigers (49-15) will face UCLA, which defeated Murray State, 6-4, earlier Saturday, and t...
Al Ahly, Inter Miami play to tie in CWC opener
Goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy tipped aside a high-arching shot by Lionel Messi late in stoppage time, and Inter Miami FC and Al Ahly FC played to a 0-0 draw in the opening game of the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday night in Miami Gardens, Fla., ,El Shenawy and Al Ahly escaped with the draw after de...