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Gavin Williams fans 11 in gem as Guardians stifle O's
Brayan Rocchio hit a three-run homer and Gavin Williams pitched seven strong innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.,Bo Naylor also homered for the Guardians, who won for just the second time in the past five games. Cleveland had just...
Keith Horne surprise leader of Senior PGA Championship
Keith Horne finds himself in an unexpected position -- leading the Senior PGA Championship with 18 holes to go.,Horne, 54, fired a 5-under 66 during Saturday's third round to seize a one-shot lead over four players at Concession Golf Club at Bradenton, Fla.,Sitting at 11-under 205 is a surreal feeli...
Brice Turang and Brandon Woodruff lead Brewers past Marlins
Brice Turang slugged a go-ahead, two-run homer, and Brandon Woodruff pitched seven brilliant innings as the Brewers beat the host Miami Marlins 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Abner Uribe inherited a bases-loaded, one-out mess in the ninth. However, he got both batters he faced on only four pitches to re...
Sabres' first postseason since 2011 starts with confident Bruins
The Boston Bruins have won 11 Stanley Cup playoff rounds since the last time the Buffalo Sabres made the postseason.,That experience seems to have Boston coach Marco Sturm oozing with confidence heading into Game 1 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday night in Buffalo...
Dane Myers' hit in 9th lifts Reds past Twins
Pinch hitter Dane Myers' bloop single scored Spencer Steer in the top of the ninth inning as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday in Minneapolis. ,Kyle Nicolas (1-0) struck out all three batters in the eighth inning to earn the win. Tony Santillan pitched a ...
Cody Bellinger homers twice, as Yankees eclipse Royals
Cody Bellinger homered twice and collected five RBIs Saturday afternoon, and the New York Yankees easily recorded a 13-4 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon.,The Yankees notched their most lopsided win this season after their previous five victories were decided in the...
Experienced Lightning face young Canadiens in first round
The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning will meet in the postseason for the first time since 2021 and this matchup will come under much different circumstances.,Game 1 in the first-round series is set for Sunday at Tampa, Fla.,Holding the Atlantic Division's second spot, the Lightning clinche...
Fresh off play-in win, Suns take on top-seeded Thunder
The Phoenix Suns come into their first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder with some momentum after knocking off the Golden State Warriors in the play-in finale Friday to earn the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.,The Thunder haven't played in a week heading into Sunday's Game 1 of th...
'Underappreciated' Pistons open playoffs against Magic
The Detroit Pistons had the best record in the Eastern Conference for most of the season. They ride into the playoffs as the conference's top seed after winning 60 games.,There's still plenty of doubt whether the Pistons can live up to that status. Boston, with star forward Jayson Tatum back in acti...
Report: Puerto Rico gets bowl game, Poinsettia Bowl back
Next season's bowl schedule will feature the first college football game in Puerto Rico and the return of San Diego's Poinsettia Bowl after a 10-year absence, On3 reported Saturday.,Both of those games reportedly will feature teams from the Group of 6, with the Poinsettia Bowl potentially pitting th...
Now, positivity surrounds Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson as Guardians await
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jeremiah Jackson hit the foul ball that caused manager Craig Albernaz to suffer a broken jaw and seven facial fractures on Monday.,Jackson gave fans something more pleasant to talk about Friday night when he hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning off re...
Brewers work to overcome injuries in rematch vs. Marlins
Injuries have slowed Milwaukee's offense.,The Brewers, who will play the middle contest of this weekend's three-game series at the Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon, are without three of their top hitters. On the injured list are first baseman Andrew Vaughn (fractured left hamate), center fielder ...
Reds' bullpen geared up for another look at Twins
The stout Cincinnati bullpen appears to be at full strength as the Reds prepare for the middle contest of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Connor Phillips (2.25 ERA), Graham Ashcraft (1.64 ERA), Tony Santillan (0.00 ERA) and Emilio Pagan (six save...
Jalen Green, Suns shoot past Warriors, charge into playoffs
Jalen Green's 36 points helped lift the Phoenix Suns into the playoffs with a 111-96 play-in win over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Friday.,The Suns earned the Western Conference's eighth postseason seed. They will visit the defending champion and top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday t...
Emmanuel Sabbi, Whitecaps cruise to victory over Sporting KC
Emmanuel Sabbi scored one goal and assisted on another as the Vancouver Whitecaps continued the best start in club history with a dominant 3-0 victory over visiting Sporting Kansas City on Friday night.,Bruno Caicedo added his first MLS goal in the 21-year-old's third appearance -- and first start -...
Reds on winning end of pitchers' duel against Twins
Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run double and Brandon Williamson pitched into the sixth inning to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Williamson (2-1), a Fairmont, Minn., native, earned the win in the opener of a three-game set. He threw 5 1/3 inn...
Three-run 10th-inning rally sends Brewers past Marlins
Garrett Mitchell stroked a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.,Milwaukee, which has won three straight games, scored three times in the 10th against Calvin Faucher (1-2). Abner Uribe (1-0) earned the win with one ...
Sei Young Kim grabs lead at midpoint of LA Championship
World No. 10 Sei Young Kim of South Korea carded a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 on Friday and took a one-shot lead after two rounds at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Tarzana, Calif.,Kim sits at 14-under 130 at El Caballero Country Club, just ahead of first-round leader Chizzy Iwai of Japan. Coming off...
Orioles do all their damage in the eighth, stun Guardians 6-4
Jeremiah Jackson hit a three-run homer off Connor Brogdon as part of a six-run eighth inning, rallying the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.,Jackson's fifth home run of the season came with two outs, capping a wild turn of events that saw the O...
Surging Flyers, Sidney Crosby-led Pens bring rivalry back to playoffs
For the first time in eight seasons and the eighth time overall, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will meet in the Stanley Cup playoffs, with the opening game of their first-round series taking place Saturday night in Pittsburgh.,The latest chapter of the Battle of Pennsylvania featur...