Recap Page 1079 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Guardians eke out win over Tigers, force Game 5
DETROIT -- David Fry blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning and added a run-scoring sacrifice bunt in the ninth Thursday to help the Cleveland Guardians keep their season alive with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.,Relievers Hunter Gaddis...
Adam Svensson posts 60, leads inaugural Black Desert Championship
Canada's Adam Svensson fired an 11-under-par 60 to grab the lead in the first round of the inaugural Black Desert Championship on Thursday in Ivins, Utah.,Svensson, who started his day on the back nine at Black Desert Resort, holed a 31 1/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 seventh hole to jump to 10 und...
HEROIC among four to reach semis at PGL Wallachia Season 2
HEROIC, Tundra Esports, Team Falcons and Nouns Esports all won their upper-bracket quarterfinal matches on Thursday at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.,HEROIC swept Infinity 2-0, while Tundra Esports did the same to Natus Vincere. Team Falcons topped beastcoast 2-1 and N...
Top Esports dump Dplus at Worlds
Top Esports swept Dplus in their Round 4 High Match at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Swiss Stage on Thursday in Berlin.,Top Esports recorded a 33-minute win on blue and a 36-minute victory on red to dispatch Dplus at the $2.225 million championship event.,Also on Thursday, Hanwha Lif...
Coco Gauff reaches Wuhan quarters, Jessica Pegula out
Coco Gauff extended her winning streak in China to eight matches and advanced to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 13th-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.,The fourth-seeded Gauff is trying to become only the second player to sweep the WTA 1000 events in Beijing and Wuhan i...
Jannik Sinner jolts Daniil Medvedev, moves on to semis in Shanghai
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner breezed to a 6-1, 6-4 win over fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev on Thursday to advance to the semifinals at the Shanghai Masters.,Sinner, of Italy, recorded nine aces and benefited from four double faults to defeat Medvedev for the seventh time in their last eight matches. The R...
Fast start propels Sei Young Kim to early lead in Shanghai
Sei Young Kim carded a course-record 28 on the back nine and finished with a 10-under 62 on Thursday to seize a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament.,Starting on the back nine, Kim bolted to a fast start with five consecutive birdies on holes Nos. 10-14 at the ...
FURIA, HEROIC sail into IEM Rio semifinals
FURIA Esports and HEROIC charged into the semifinals of the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 event by emerging as group champions on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro.,Natus Vincere, Team Vitality, Virtus.pro and MOUZ all wrapped up quarterfinal berths as group play concluded.,FURIA swept Natus Vincere 2-0 ...
Flames rally from down 3 to top Canucks in OT
Connor Zary scored at 1:33 of overtime for the visiting Calgary Flames, who rallied from a pair of three-goal deficits to win 6-5 against the Vancouver Canucks in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night.,Zary weaved through the slot before sliding the puck past goalie Arturs Silovs for t...
Golden Knights hammer Avs in high-scoring opener
Ivan Barbashev had two goals and two assists, Mark Stone and Victor Olofsson also scored twice, and the host Vegas Golden Knights overcame a hat trick from Mikko Rantanen to beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-4 on Wednesday night in the opener for both teams.,Jack Eichel contributed four assists, Zach Wh...
Jets pile on Oilers in one-sided opener
Mason Appleton scored a goal and added two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves as the visiting Winnipeg Jets rolled to a season-opening 6-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.,Adam Lowry and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist while Rasmus Kupari, Dylan Samberg and Kyle C...
Dodgers' power display stops Padres, sends NLDS to Game 5
SAN DIEGO -- Mookie Betts and Will Smith homered in the early innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers used a makeshift lineup to keep their season alive with an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.,Gavin Lux added a home run and eight Dodger...
Sam Montembeault stops 48 shots as Habs blank Leafs
Sam Montembeault made 48 saves, Cole Caufield scored and the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,The Maple Leafs had gone 227 consecutive regular season games without being shut out, the longest active streak in the NHL, but ...
Giancarlo Stanton's homer gives Yankees 2-1 edge on Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Giancarlo Stanton hit a long go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Wednesday night, leading the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.,The Yankees lead the best-of-five set two games to one, and they can...
Igor Shesterkin, Rangers shut down Penguins in opener
Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves to help the visiting New York Rangers to a 6-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night.,It was the first shutout in an opener for a Rangers goalie since Oct. 12, 1956, when Gump Worsley stopped 31 shots in a 3-0 victory...
Sam Montembeault stops 45 shots as Habs blank Leafs
Sam Montembeault made 45 saves, Cole Caufield scored and the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,The Maple Leafs had gone 227 consecutive games without being shut out, the longest active streak in the NHL, but Montreal spoile...
Francisco Lindor hits grand slam, Mets eliminate Phils in NLDS
NEW YORK -- The amazin' ride continues for the New York Mets.,Francisco Lindor hit the go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning Wednesday for the Mets, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 to win their National League Division Series three games to one.,The Mets, who were 11 games under .500 in ear...
Francisco Lindor hits grand slam, Mets eliminate Phillies in NLDS
NEW YORK -- The amazin' ride continues for the New York Mets.,Francisco Lindor hit the go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning Wednesday for the Mets, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 to win their National League Division Series three games to one.,The Mets, who were 11 games under .500 in ear...
Tigers twirl second straight shutout, lead ALDS 2-1 over Guardians
DETROIT -- Riley Greene, Matt Vierling and Spencer Torkelson each drove in a run and six pitchers combined on a second straight shutout Wednesday to give the Detroit Tigers a 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.,Starter Keider Montero and relieve...
Nouns, beastcoast, Infinity advance at PGA Wallachia Season 2
Nouns Esports, beastcoast and Infinity each advanced to the playoffs with a victory Wednesday at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.,Nouns notched a 2-0 win over Invictus Gaming, beastcoast did the same against Azure Ray and Infinity posted a 2-1 triumph versus Alliance in ...