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Jose Siri's walk-off single gives Rays win vs. A's
Jose Siri ripped a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to send the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,After Siri made a leaping catch at the wall in left-center with two outs and a man on second in the top of the ninth, A...
Nelson Velazquez (2 HRs), Royals overpower Twins
Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals pulled away for a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Salvador Perez doubled, homered and drove in two runs for Kansas City, which snapped a three-game skid. Bobby Witt Jr. we...
Saba Lobjanidze scores twice as Atlanta United upends Inter Miami
Saba Lobjanidze scored a pair of goals to lift Atlanta United to a 3-1 victory over the returning Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Jamal Thiare also tallied and Tristan Muyumba, Brooks Lennon and Caleb Wiley each notched an assist to help Atlanta United (4-7-4, 16 p...
CF Montreal defeat D.C. United, halt 7-match winless streak
Sunusi Ibrahim netted two goals, Ariel Lassiter had a goal and two assists and host CF Montreal ended a seven-match winless drought by beating D.C. United 4-2 on Wednesday night., ,CF Montreal (4-7-4, 16 points) had not won since April 13, losing four and drawing three in the interim. They held a 3-...
Nashville SC halt FC Cincinnati's 7-game win streak
Hany Mukhtar assisted on first-half goals four minutes apart from Jack Maher and Jacob Shaffelburg as visiting Nashville SC ended FC Cincinnati's club-record seven-match winning streak with a 2-0 victory Wednesday night. ,Off a Mukhtar corner, Maher's header in the mixer bounced home in the 25th min...
O's only need Gunnar Henderson's grand slam to top Red Sox
Gunnar Henderson hit a grand slam during Baltimore's five-run second inning and the Orioles went on to defeat the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday night.,Starter Corbin Burnes gave up one unearned run in seven innings as the Orioles took the rubber match of the three-game series and improved...
Report: Bronny James officially staying in NBA draft
Southern California guard Bronny James, son of NBA star LeBron James, will give up his remaining college eligibility and stay in the 2024 NBA Draft, ESPN reported Wednesday. ,Players who previously declared for the draft can bow out until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, but Bronny James won't be one of ...
Helio Castroneves replacing benched Tom Blomqvist for two races
Helio Castroneves will take over for struggling IndyCar rookie Tom Blomqvist for the next two races at Detroit and Road America, Meyer Shank Racing announced Wednesday in a team release.,Castroneves, 49, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and MSR's newest co-owner, finished 20th in last Sunday's 108...
Is door open for Oklahoma to get knocked off at Women’s College World Series?
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A few weeks ago, it looked like the door was wide open for a team other than Oklahoma to win the Women's College World Series.,While this season's WCWS, which begins Thursday in Oklahoma City, features several teams capable of winning the title, the Sooners are looking more and more...
Red Sox place OF Tyler O'Neill (knee) on 10-day injured list
The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Tyler O'Neill on the 10-day injured list because of right knee inflammation on Wednesday, the same day he had an MRI exam that showed no structural damage, the team said.,The move is retroactive to Sunday.,In a corresponding move, the Red Sox recalled infielder E...
Reminders of stunning win surrounding Nick Taylor at RBC Canadian Open
It hasn't been hard for Canada's Nick Taylor to remember what went down at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open. ,Taylor became the first Canadian since 1954 to win the event when he sank a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to down Englishman Tommy Fleetwood last year. Following that stunning make...
Will Smith powers Dodgers past Mets with pair of homers
Will Smith hit two homers Wednesday afternoon, including the tie-breaking solo shot in the eighth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the slumping New York Mets 10-3 to complete a three-game sweep.,The Dodgers outscored the Mets 18-5 in the series, which was played over a 27-hour span due to a r...
Marlins' 16-hit attack sinks Yu Darvish, Padres
Josh Bell collected three of the visiting Miami Marlins' 16 hits and Jesus Sanchez homered in a 9-1 rout of the San Diego Padres on Wednesday that prevented a three-game sweep.,Miami starter Braxton Garrett (2-0) scattered six hits and a run over five innings with no walks and two strikeouts. Four r...
Lynx F Diamond Miller (knee) has surgical procedure, out indefinitely
Minnesota Lynx forward Diamond Miller will be out indefinitely after undergoing a successful surgical procedure on her right knee, the team announced Wednesday.,Miller, 23, injured the knee in her third game (all starts) this season and averaged 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in 14.0 minutes per game. ...
Phillies top Giants to avoid sweep
Kyle Schwarber sent the fourth pitch of the game over the left-center-field wall, Cristopher Sanchez logged six scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies salvaged one win in their three-game series against the host San Francisco Giants with a 6-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,After getting s...
Paul Skenes gets plenty of support as Pirates earn split against Tigers
Paul Skenes struck out nine in six innings on his 22nd birthday as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.,Skenes (2-0) allowed two runs and three hits in his fourth major league start.,Andrew McCutchen blasted a three-run hom...
Surging Storm vist Caitlin Clark, fading Fever
On Thursday, veteran guard Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm (4-3) will seek to extend a three-game winning streak -- and continue a challenging rookie campaign for Caitlin Clark. ,Clark comes in off her best scoring game as a pro, but the Indiana Fever (1-7) are still reeling heading into this matc...
Mets 1B Pete Alonso (hand) exits after HBP
New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso left Wednesday's game in the first inning after he was hit on the right hand by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher James Paxton.,Alonso checked his swing on the pitch and initially appeared to foul the ball off. But Alonso yelled in pain and fell to his knees before ...
UConn F Alex Karaban withdraws from NBA draft
Two-time defending champion UConn will have one starter returning after forward Alex Karaban announced Wednesday afternoon that he is withdrawing from the NBA draft and staying with the Huskies.,Karaban, a rising junior, made the announcement on social media before the deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET Wedn...
Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving try again to push Mavs past Wolves
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving disagreed on one thing after the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in what could have been a series-clinching victory in the Western Conference finals., ,"I think that game's on me," Doncic said. "I just didn't give enough energy.", ,Irving thought othe...