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Zach Eflin dominant as Orioles down Rockies
Zach Eflin took a perfect game into the sixth inning, James McCann homered and doubled, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 in Denver on Sunday.,Eflin retired the first 15 Colorado batters, needing just 49 pitches to get through five innings, before Jake Cave led off the sixth an...

Lars Nootbaar, Cardinals overwhelm Yankees' pitching
Lars Nootbaar hit a tiebreaking bases-clearing double in the seventh inning as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals blew a five-run lead before earning a 14-7 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.,Nootbaar snapped a 7-7 tie when he lifted a 2-2 changeup from Tommy Kahnle (0-2) over righ...

St. Louis City upends Galaxy on Marcel Hartel goal
Marcel Hartel scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the second half to help St. Louis City post a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday afternoon in St. Louis.,Hartel's goal in the 68th minute allowed St. Louis City (5-10-12, 27 points) to halt a five-match winless stretch (0-3-2) i...

Royce Lewis slugs Twins past Blue Jays
Royce Lewis hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.,Minnesota (74-62) took two of three from Toronto (67-72) to complete a 3-6 homestand.,Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, ...

He’s No. 1: Scottie Scheffler caps dominant year with FedEx Cup title
ATLANTA -- The inevitable became official Sunday afternoon at East Lake Golf Club: Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship and clinched the 2024 FedEx Cup, the first season-long championship of his PGA Tour career.,Scheffler finished a whopping 30 under par and defeated Collin Morikawa by four s...

Yordan Alvarez displays power as Astros sweep Royals
Yordan Alvarez produced the 21st multi-home run game of his career and his sixth this season and Ronel Blanco logged five scoreless innings as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 victory on Sunday.,Alvarez blasted leadoff homers in the fourth ...

Paula Badosa reaches quarterfinals of US Open
Paula Badosa, the 26th seed, dispatched Yafan Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to advance to her second career Grand Slam quarterfinal at the U.S. Open in New York.,The Spain product and former top-five player went 8-for-8 in saving break points and 4-for-5 in converting break points to prevail in o...

Cubs' offense explodes in sweep of host Nationals
Dansby Swanson had four hits, Isaac Paredes had two hits and drove in three runs and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 on Sunday for their sixth straight win.,Pete Crow-Armstrong added three hits and scored twice for the Cubs, who scored 26 runs in sweeping the three-game ...

Alex Cobb flirts with perfect game, leads Guardians past Pirates
Alex Cobb took a perfect game into the seventh inning and Kyle Manzardo clubbed the first two homers of his career, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Sunday.,Cobb (2-1) retired the first 18 batters after missing two starts before coming off the 15-day injury-list...

Angels return LHP Reid Detmers after Triple-A demotion
The Los Angeles Angels returned left-hander Reid Detmers to their expanded roster Sunday, while infielder Charles Leblanc also was recalled.,Major league rosters can expand by two players for the remainder of the regular season, starting Sunday.,Detmers, 25, was sent down to Triple-A Salt Lake in Ju...

Storm can't overcome Sun as Brionna Jones stars
Brionna Jones scored a season-high 26 points Sunday as the Connecticut Sun won their second game in less than 24 hours, stopping the visiting Seattle Storm 93-86.,Jones was 9 of 13 from the field and 8 of 13 from the foul line as Connecticut improved to 24-8 and maintained the second-best record in ...

Dodgers add LHP Justin Wrobleski after Clayton Kershaw IL move
The Los Angeles Dodgers adjusted their pitching by recalling left-hander Justin Wrobleski and right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday.,The moves came one day after the Dodgers placed ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw (toe) and right-handed reliever Joe Kelly (shoulder) on the ...

Padres add 2023 All-Star Game MVP C Elias Diaz
Catcher Elias Diaz, the 2023 All-Star Game MVP, is back in the major leagues after the San Diego Padres selected his contract from Triple-A El Paso.,The Padres also reinstated left-hander Wandy Peralta (thigh) from the injured list, recalled left-hander Tom Cosgrove, optioned right-hander Randy Vasq...

Orioles send INF Ramon Urias to IL, activate RHP Zach Eflin
The Baltimore Orioles placed hot-hitting infielder Ramon Urias on the 10-day injured list and activated right-hander Zach Eflin to start Sunday's game against the Colorado Rockies.,With rosters expanding Sunday, the Orioles also added top infield prospect Coby Mayo, while the club purchased the cont...
Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers Were College Football's Biggest Disappointment in Week 1
Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers were humiliated on Saturday against Georgia, and that was the most embarrassing thing that happened in Week 1....

Royals add four with MLB experience as rosters expand
The playoff-contending Kansas City Royals took roster expansion to the next level, adding four players Sunday who have major league experience: Yuli Gurriel, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Alec Marsh.,Major league teams can expand rosters by two players for the final month of the regular season, with ...

Stampeders aim to take down provincial-rival Elks
Both teams will look to make a move in the tightly bunched CFL West as the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders meet twice in six days, starting Monday night in Calgary.,The Elks (3-8) will host the Stampeders (4-6) in a rematch next Saturday night, and the division rivals will close their season se...

Abilene Christian bus crash leaves 4 injured
Four people were injured late Saturday when the bus carrying members of the Abilene Christian football team crashed following its game with Texas Tech, the university said Sunday.,The bus had just left the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, Texas, when the accident occurred around 11:45 p.m. local time. ...

Eagles coach on game in Brazil: 'Control the things you can control'
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni had no control over where his team was scheduled to open the season.,Sirianni, however, was quick to note -- multiple times, in fact -- that the Eagles must "control the things (they) can control.",That's the mindset that Sirianni wants out of his players...

Cardinals LHP Steven Matz (back) returns after 4 months
The St. Louis Cardinals activated left-hander Steven Matz from the 60-day injured list on Sunday after the veteran starter missed four months with multiple back issues.,Matz went on the injured list with a back injury at the end of April and aggravated the issue during his rehab in June.,Matz, 33, w...