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After blowing late lead, White Sox walk off A’s to end home losing skid
Andrew Benintendi hit a walk-off homer as the Chicago White Sox halted their franchise-record home losing streak at 16 games with a 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.,Gavin Sheets also homered for Chicago (34-115), which won at home for the first time since Aug. 12. The White Sox re...
Nashville SC break out of scoreless spell, blank Atlanta United
Alex Muyl scored in the fifth minute, Hany Mukhtar ended a personal drought and Nashville SC defeated host Atlanta United 2-0 on Saturday night to halt their eight-match losing streak.,Nashville (7-13-8, 29 points) had not won a league match since June 22 and had been shut out in four straight outin...
Jaxson Dart helps No. 5 Ole Miss trounce Wake Forest
Jaxson Dart had two scoring passes and a touchdown run and Henry Parrish Jr. ran for two touchdowns as No.5 Mississippi rode a strong start to a 40-6 road victory against Wake Forest on Saturday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,The Rebels (3-0) scored 20 first-quarter points and that set the tone for an...
Nationals hit 3 homers to top struggling Marlins
Jose Tena had two hits, including a homer, and scored twice, and Joey Gallo and Juan Yepez also hit home runs to lead the host Washington Nationals to a 4-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon.,It marked the seventh time this season that Washington (67-81) hit three or more home run...
Janine Beckie, Louisville rally for 2-1 win over Angel City
Janine Beckie scored the go-ahead goal in the 68th minute and Katie Lund made four saves as host Racing Louisville rallied for a 2-1 victory over Angel City FC on Saturday night.,Bethany Balcer also scored for Racing Louisville (5-8-7, 22 points) which closed to within three points of eighth-place B...
Virginia Tech runs wild for win over Old Dominion
Bhayshul Tuten ran for 115 yards and scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Virginia Tech ran away from Old Dominion and exorcized a demon on Saturday in a 37-17 victory in Norfolk, Va.,Kyron Drones rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. He also completed 15 of 26 passes for 176 yards ...
Orlando City dominate early, tally clean sheet vs. Revolution
Orlando City completed the season sweep of the New England Revolution with a 3-0 victory in Florida on Saturday.,Rafael Santos and Facundo Torres scored first-half goals and Duncan McGuire scored in the second half as Orlando (11-10-7, 40 points) improved to 6-1-1 over its last eight matches.,Pedro ...
CF Montreal top Charlotte FC, halt winless streak
On a night when it honored all-time goals leader Ignacio Piatti, CF Montreal used first-half goals from Caden Clark and Bryce Duke to end a four-match winless streak, defeating visiting Charlotte FC 2-1 on Saturday.,Raheem Edwards added an assist as Montreal (7-12-9, 30 points), who entered 0-3-1 in...
Duke takes control late, tops UConn to improve to 3-0
Maalik Murphy passed for three touchdowns Saturday as Duke remained unbeaten with a 26-21 home victory over UConn in Durham, N.C.,Murphy finished 28-of-43 for 267 yards with scoring strikes to Que'Sean Brown (11 catches, 87 yards), Jordan Moore (five catches, 73 yards) and Eli Pancol (four catches, ...
Omarion Hampton stars as North Carolina pulls away late vs. NC Central
Omarion Hampton rushed for three touchdowns and 210 yards, but North Carolina had a surprisingly difficult time pulling away from visiting North Carolina Central in a 45-10 victory Saturday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,The Tar Heels scored 21 points in an eight-minute stretch of the fourth quarter to ...
Cam Ward (5 TDs), No. 10 Miami demolish Ball State 62-0
Cam Ward passed for 346 yards and a career-high five touchdowns as the No. 10 Miami blasted Ball State 62-0 on Saturday night in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Lightning in the area on Saturday delayed the start of the game by 2 1/2 hours, but that didn't stop Miami (3-0), which set a school record with 750 ya...
Cal Stevenson caps Phillies' comeback win over Mets
Cal Stevenson delivered a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning then robbed a home run in the eighth as the host Philadelphia Phillies notched a 6-4 win over the New York Mets on Saturday.,Bryce Harper hit two home runs for Philadelphia (89-59), which moved eight games ahead of New York (81-...
O's nip Tigers behind Gunnar Henderson's 37th HR, Corbin Burnes' gem
Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings, Gunnar Henderson blasted his 37th home run and the visiting Baltimore Orioles topped the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Saturday night.,Burnes (14-8) gave up two hits, walked one and struck out seven for the Orioles (84-65). Henderson had two hits, scored two runs ...
Connor Zilisch wins from the pole in Xfinity Series debut at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Introducing. ... Connor Zilisch.,The 18-year-old North Carolina native made his formal entree into big time NASCAR racing with a major statement holding off the field on a pair of thrilling overtime restarts at the historic 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International road course to cl...
Michael Wright takes 1-shot advantage at Sanford International
Aussie Michael Wright shot a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to grab a one-shot lead at the Sanford International in Sioux Falls, S.D.,Wright credited a faster green, akin to the courses he's used to in Australia, for helping with his comfort level.,"Back in Australia, we play a lot of our big tournament...
Marcel Reed stars as Texas A&M sinks Florida, ends road skid
Marcel Reed engineered and scored on a 99-yard drive and threw two touchdowns in his first career start Saturday, leading Texas A&M to a thorough 33-20 Southeastern Conference win over Florida in Gainesville, Fla.,With Conner Weigman (shoulder sprain) unavailable, Reed was impressive in going 11-for...
Sporting Kansas City’s Peter Vermes will hit milestone in game at Seattle
Sporting Kansas City's Peter Vermes will coach in his 500th regular season match Sunday at Seattle, becoming the first in Major League Soccer history to do that with one team.,But Vermes won't dwell on the milestone, as Sporting KC (7-14-7, 28 points) enters the weekend eight points shy of the final...
Down 14, Taylen Green and Arkansas rally past UAB
Ja'Quinden Jackson ran for 147 yards and a touchdown as Arkansas overcame an early two-touchdown hole to upend UAB 37-27 on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns and finished 11-for-26 passing for 161 yards. His main target was Andrew Ar...
Jon Rahm shoots 64, takes one-shot lead at LIV Chicago
Jon Rahm of Spain fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of LIV Golf Chicago on Saturday at Bolingbrook (Ill.) Golf Club., ,Rahm started his round on the fourth hole and sank six birdies, including the last hole to fend off countryman Sergio Garcia, who is one ...
Down 17, No. 16 LSU storms back to upend South Carolina
Caden Durham rushed for two touchdowns and Josh Williams ran 2 yards for a winning touchdown with 1:12 remaining as No. 16 LSU rallied to edge South Carolina 36-33 on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C., ,Garrett Nussmeier passed for 285 yards and two touchdowns and drove the Tigers (2-1, 1-0 SEC) ...