Recap Page 1093 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
MAD Lions, GAM Esports punch tickets to Swiss Stage of Worlds
MAD Lions KOI and GAM Esports each recorded a victory Friday to qualify for the Swiss Stage of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship in Berlin, Germany.,MAD Lions posted a 2-1 win over PSG Talon after sandwiching 36- and 33-minute wins on blue around a 35-minute decision. David "Supa" Martin...
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula triumph in Beijing
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula posted wins Friday at the China Open to move on to the third round in Beijing.,Bpth defeated opponents from France. Gauff, the fourth seed, topped Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3, while the second-seeded Pegula rallied from a break down in the second set to defeat Diane Parry 6-1,...
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers top Padres, seal NL West title
Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead single in a five-run seventh inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 11th National League West title in 12 seasons with a 7-2 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Thursday.,Will Smith had a game-tying two-run homer and Mookie Betts added a two-run singl...
13-inning loss to Marlins dims Twins' playoff hopes
Griffin Conine hit a two-run single in the top of the 13th inning and the Miami Marlins outlasted the Minnesota Twins for an 8-6 win on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Otto Lopez also had an RBI double during a three-run 13th for the Marlins (59-100), who won the decisive game of the three-game serie...
Cowboys hold Giants to 5 FGs, edge past New York
Dak Prescott tossed two touchdown passes and the Dallas Cowboys held New York out of the end zone en route to a 20-15 victory over the Giants on Monday night at East Rutherford, N.J.,CeeDee Lamb caught seven passes for 98 yards and a touchdown and Rico Dowdle also had a scoring reception for the Cow...
Aaron Judge hits No. 58 as Yankees top O's, clinch division
Aaron Judge hit his major-league-leading 58th homer and went deep for the fifth straight game as the host New York Yankees clinched the American League East title with a 10-1 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.,The Yankees (93-66) wrapped up their second division title in three seasons and th...
Athletics edge Rangers in raucous Oakland farewell
J.T. Ginn recorded his first major-league win, Mason Miller threw the Oakland Athletics' final pitch in their Oakland Coliseum history, and the A's completed their home schedule with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon.,On a celebrity-filled day in which Rickey Henderson and Dave ...
Rockies mount eighth-inning rally to beat Cardinals 10-8
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies used a two-out rally to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 on Thursday in Denver.,Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs for Colorado, which began the comeback after Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez...
U.S. sweeps International team 5-0 on Day 1 of Presidents Cup
The U.S. team clicked at almost every turn in sweeping five four-ball matches to open Presidents Cup competition by blitzing the International team Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club.,The 5-0 count marked the first sweep of a four-ball session for the U.S. since the 1994 Presidents Cup.,The most d...
NaVi, Vitality qualify for semifinals at BLAST Premier: Fall Final
Natus Vincere and Team Vitality clinched first place in their respective groups Thursday and advanced straight into the semifinals of the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Natus Vincere swept G2 Esports 2-0 in Group A's winners match, and Vitality defeated Team Liqui...
White Sox blank Angels, staying on 120 losses for third straight day
Andrew Vaughn and Lenyn Sosa both delivered two RBIs during a seven-run fifth inning and Chris Flexen pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings as the host Chicago White Sox topped the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 on Thursday to earn a series sweep.,Chicago (39-120) again avoided surpassing the expansion 1962 New Yor...
Adam Frazier's 2-run single lifts Royals over Nationals
Pinch hitter Adam Frazier delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth as the visiting Kansas City Royals inched closer to a wild-card berth by completing a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 7-4 victory on Thursday afternoon., ,Hunter Renfroe hit a home run and Sa...
Tigers rally past Rays for fifth straight win
Colt Keith drove in two runs, Justyn-Henry Malloy knocked in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and the streaking Detroit Tigers rallied past the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, on Thursday afternoon.,The Tigers (85-74) moved closer to an American League wild card playoff berth with their fifth str...
Brewers use Aaron Civale's strong start to beat Pirates
Aaron Civale logged six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series., ,Civale (8-9) yielded three hits while walking one and striking out five. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA over his past nine starts.,...
GAM Esports victorious in opening match of World Championship
GAM Esports recorded a 2-0 sweep of Fukuoka HAWKS gaming in an opening match of the League of Legends World Championship play-in round on Thursday at Berlin, Germany.,GAM Esports posted a 28-minute win on blue and 27-minute victory on red to advance to face Rainbow7 in a qualification match Friday. ...
Sara Sorribes Tormo wins marathon match in Beijing
Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo outlasted China's Xinyu Gao in the fourth-longest match of the Open Era on Thursday at the China Open in Beijing.,One of several players to overcome a first-set stumble in the first round, Sorribes Tormo completed her 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5 victory in four hours and 15 minutes...
Wyatt Langford-led Rangers win final night game in Oakland
Wyatt Langford ignited a three-run first inning with a home run and the Texas Rangers turned out the lights on 57 years of night baseball at the Oakland Coliseum with a 5-1 victory over the host Athletics on Wednesday night.,The Rangers needed just six pitches to take the lead for good in the final ...
Dodgers top Padres, close in on NL West title
Shohei Ohtani drove in two runs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers moved to the cusp of another National League West title after a 4-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Wednesday.,Teoscar Hernandez and Gavin Lux each drove in a run as the Dod...
Wyatt Langford-led Rangers win in final night game in Oakland
Wyatt Langford ignited a three-run first inning with a home run, Cody Bradford combined with three relievers on a nine-hitter and the Texas Rangers turned out the lights on 57 years of night baseball at the Oakland Coliseum with a 5-1 victory over the host Athletics on Wednesday night.,The Rangers n...
Zac Gallen fans 11 as D-backs salvage finale vs. Giants
Zac Gallen struck out a season-best 11 in six innings and pinch hitter Pavin Smith slugged a three-run homer to help the Arizona Diamondbacks record an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night at Phoenix.,Gallen (14-6) gave up one run, two hits and two walks while winning his fif...