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Dominic Smith's 3-run double rallies Braves past Marlins
Dominic Smith launched a three-run opposite-field double with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,The rally came against reliever Pete Fairbanks (0-1), who allowed a leadoff single to Drake Baldwin. Two outs later, Mike Y...
Bruins blank Devils, wrap up East's top wild card
Mark Kastelic scored two of the Bruins' four first-period goals as Boston wrapped up the first Eastern Conference wild card with a 4-0 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.,Boston's Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves in the regular-season finale for both teams.,Morgan Geekie and Viktor Arvid...
Cubs unleash 15-hit attack, even series with Phillies
Carson Kelly belted a three-run homer and Nico Hoerner and Alex Bregman also drove in three runs apiece, fueling the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,Hoerner recorded an RBI single in the third inning, Bregman had one of his own in the fifth and both...
Flyers beat Canadiens for third staight win before playoff opener
Matvei Michkov had a goal and two assists for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 4-2 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.,Porter Martone and defenseman Oliver Bonk, in his NHL debut, each had a goal and an assist. Samuel Ersson made 27 saves for the Flyers (43-27-12, 98 points), w...
Hurricanes take down Islanders in final pre-playoff tune-up
Mark Jankowski scored the tie-breaking goal with 5:22 left Tuesday night for the visiting Carolina Hurricanes, who tuned up for the playoffs with a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders in the regular season finale for both clubs.,Nikolaj Ehlers scored in the first for the Hurricanes (53-22-7, 113 poi...
Bruins blank Devils, wrap up East's first wild card
Mark Kastelic scored two of the Bruins' four first-period goals as Boston wrapped up the first Eastern Conference wild card with a 4-0 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.,Boston's Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves in the regular-season finale for both teams.,Morgan Geekie and Viktor Arvid...
Caps edge Jackets in Alex Ovechkin's potential final game
Alex Ovechkin had an assist in what might have been his final NHL game, Jakob Chychrun scored the go-ahead goal and the Washington Capitals beat the host Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in the season finale for teams that will not be in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.,Chychrun took a pass at the center point fr...
Ildemaro Vargas, Diamondbacks hold off Orioles
Ildemaro Vargas hit a three-run homer and Merrill Kelly pitched into the sixth inning in his season debut to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the host Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Tuesday night.,Kelly, a veteran right-hander who was dealing with a back injury since spring training, logged 5 1/3 inning...
Tigers prevail over Royals in low-scoring pitchers' duel
Dillon Dingler drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the eighth and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.,Detroit, which swept Miami over the weekend, scored both of its runs in the eighth...
Reds SP Brady Singer handcuffs Giants in 1-run decision
Brady Singer threw six strong innings, Spencer Steer and Sal Stewart hit early home runs off Robbie Ray, and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.,Bouncing back from his worst outing of the young seaso...
Vitality, Falcons, FURIA, MOUZ move on at IEM Rio
Team Vitality, Team Falcons, FURIA and MOUZ qualified for the playoff stage at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2026 with victories Tuesday in Brazil.,Those four teams moved into the upper-bracket final of their respective groups, where they'll vie for playoff seeding. Vitality will face Falco...
Transfer roundup: Villanova’s Acaden Lewis picks Miami
Acaden Lewis, considered one of the best guards in the portal, will transfer from Villanova to Miami, he announced on Tuesday.,Lewis decommitted from Kentucky last spring and was pursued by Miami before he chose Villanova, where he went on to average 12.2 points, 5.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 st...
Stars, Sabres meet on stellar runs ahead of playoffs
The Buffalo Sabres wrap up the regular season Wednesday at the Dallas Stars, and for the first time since the 2010-11 season, the regular-season finale will not be Buffalo's last game.,Coach Lindy Ruff's team has been one of the NHL's hottest over the past four months, winning 39 out of 52 games sin...
WTA roundup: All seeded players advance in Stuttgart, Rouen
Seventh-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and Russian eighth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova both advanced in routine fashion to the Round of 16 on Tuesday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.,Muchova cruised past qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovic of Russia, 6-2, 6-4, while Al...
Shooter's delight as Clippers face Warriors in play-in
California counterparts meet Wednesday in a do-or-die start to the Western Conference play-in, as the No. 9 seed Los Angeles Clippers welcome the 10th-seeded Golden State Warriors to Inglewood, Calif.,Los Angeles finished 42-40 in the regular season and fell into the 9/10 matchup by virtue of droppi...
ATP roundup: Arthur Fils saves 2 match points, prevails in Barcelona
No. 9 seed Arthur Fils saved two match points and overcame fellow Frenchman Terence Atmane 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the Round of 32 at the Barcelona Open on Tuesday.,Fils, looking for his first win since he picked up two ATP 500 titles in 2024, lost a 4-1 lead in the tiebreaker but saved match point dow...
UFC 330 to take place at Philadelphia in August
Philadelphia will host its first UFC event in 15 years when UFC 330 is held at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Aug. 15, UFC president and CEO Dana White and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday.,It will be UFC's first trip to Philadelphia since the same venue hosted UFC 133 on August 6, 2011.,Th...
Opposite trajectories landed Magic, Sixers in faceoff for No. 7 seed
The Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic took different paths to the same record this season.,On Wednesday night, they'll be occupied with the same high-stakes task when the 76ers host the Magic in an Eastern Conference play-in tournament game.,Both teams finished 45-37 during the regular season, bu...
Mariners place Rob Refsnyder on paternity list, promote Patrick Wisdom
The Seattle Mariners placed infielder/outfielder Rob Refsnyder on the paternity list Tuesday and selected the contract of infielder Patrick Wisdom from Triple-A Tacoma.,The Mariners designated right-hander Blas Castano for assignment to create a spot on the 40-man roster for Wisdom.,Refsnyder, 35, s...
Lightning aim to lock up 1st-round home ice vs. Rangers
When the Tampa Bay Lightning host the New York Rangers in their regular-season finale Wednesday, they know a matchup against the Montreal Canadiens is ahead in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. ,Whether or not the series begins in the United States or Canada remains in question. ,Occupyin...