Recap Page 1119 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Yanks lean on Austin Wells to clobber Royals
Austin Wells hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees opened a three-game series against the visiting Kansas City Royals with a 10-4 win on Monday.,Alex Verdugo added a two-run homer for New York (83-61), which tallied 12 hits and won for...
Rob Refsnyder, Tyler O’Neill power Red Sox past Orioles
Rob Refsnyder and Tyler O'Neill hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning and did the same in the eighth inning to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 12-3 Monday night.,After Refsnyder's two-run homer broke a 1-1 tie in the third, O'Neill hit a solo shot to extend Bos...
Mets scratch out win over Jays, snag wild-card lead
The visiting New York Mets scored on a wild pitch and then on a passed ball in a two-run eighth inning and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Monday night.,The Mets (79-65), who had a nine-game winning streak end on Sunday, took a one-game lead over the Braves in the race for the last National Le...
Kody Clemens' walk-off hit lifts Phillies over Rays
Kody Clemens grounded an RBI single through the right side with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.,Clemens had been hitless in his previous 13 at-bats before delivering against Garrett Cleavinge...
Paul Skenes shines, propels Pirates past Marlins
Rookie right-hander Paul Skenes allowed one run and six hits over six innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 win against the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series. ,Skenes (10-2) struck out nine and walked one in his 20th start of the season. He lowered...
Nick Martinez, Reds two-hit Braves for makeup-game win
Nick Martinez fired seven sharp innings on Monday, pitching the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Braves.,The game was the makeup of a postponement from July 24.,The Reds (70-75) scored the game's only run in the second inning. TJ Friedl was hit by a pitch, the 18th batter plunk...
BetBoom Team wins twice at The International 2024
BetBoom Team won twice on Monday in order to charge through the opening portion of the lower bracket at The International 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.,The lower bracket of the double-elimination playoffs began Monday, and BetBoom escaped the first round with a 2-1 win over Talon Esports before sweep...
David Montgomery's TD powers Lions past Rams in overtime
David Montgomery scored on a 1-yard run in overtime to give the host Detroit Lions a 26-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night.,Montgomery carried five times for 45 yards during the winning drive. He finished with 91 yards on 17 carries.,Jared Goff passed for 217 yards with a touchdown and...
Sun silence Sparks down stretch, earn 79-67 win
Alyssa Thomas recorded a triple-double and the Connecticut Sun held the host Los Angeles Sparks to one point in the final 6:43 to come away with a 79-67 victory on Sunday night. ,Thomas had 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Brionna Jones had a team-high 21 points for Connecticut before fouling ...
D-backs get 3 HRs, 8 RBIs from Pavin Smith, blast Astros
Pavin Smith homered in each of his first three at-bats and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night.,Smith recorded his first career multi-homer game and collected a career-high eight RBIs to power Arizona (8...
Wave fall to Courage in Alex Morgan’s farewell match
Alex Morgan said one last goodbye to professional soccer Sunday evening, but the visiting North Carolina Courage spoiled Morgan's farewell by defeating her San Diego Wave 4-1.,Morgan announced Thursday that she was retiring after Sunday's match to cap a decorated playing career at the international ...
HEROIC, G2, MongolZ qualify for ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs
HEROIC won the lower bracket final of Group A, while G2 Esports and The MongolZ advanced via wins in Group B, as all three teams clinched playoff berths at the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.,MIBR also qualified despite dropping the 2-0 contest to G2.,In a win-or-go-home scenario,...
Upper bracket semis decided at International 2024
Four teams emerged as winners in the quarterfinals of The International Sunday, as Team Liquid, Cloud9, Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators all advanced to the upper bracket semifinals in Copenhagen, Denmark.,The losing teams -- nouns, Team Falcons, Aurora and Xtreme Gaming - all fell into the lowe...
Without Angel Reese, Sky handle Wings with ease
The day after losing All-Star rookie Angel Reese for the rest of the season with a wrist injury, the Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings 92-77 on Sunday in a dominating home performance., ,Chennedy Carter led Chicago (13-22) with 28 points and six assists. Starting in place of Reese, Isabelle Harr...
Cowboys blast Browns after Dak Prescott lands new contract
Hours after agreeing to the richest contract in NFL history, Dak Prescott threw for 179 yards and one touchdown and the visiting Dallas Cowboys overwhelmed the Cleveland Browns' punchless offense in a season-opening 33-17 rout Sunday.,Prescott, who agreed to a four-year, $240 million extension, comp...
Y.E. Yang beats Bernhard Langer in playoff to win Ascension
Y.E. Yang of South Korea sank his birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat the hard-charging Bernhard Langer and win his first PGA Tour Champions title at the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday in St. Louis.,Yang led the tournament after 18 holes and shared the 36-hole lead with Stewart Cink...
Baker Mayfield (4 TDs), Bucs spoil Jayden Daniels' Commanders debut
Baker Mayfield threw four touchdown passes and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers never trailed in defeating visiting Washington 37-20 on Sunday at Tampa, Fla., spoiling the Commanders debuts for coach Dan Quinn and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels., ,In the season opener for both teams, Mayfield completed 2...
Seahawks overcome sloppy first half, run past Broncos
Kenneth Walker III rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Denver Broncos 26-20 on Sunday.,Geno Smith passed for one touchdown and rushed for another as the Seahawks won Mike Macdonald's debut as a head coach.,Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix, a first-roun...
Tigers blast Athletics with big eighth inning
Trey Sweeney homered as part of the first four-hit game of his career, Parker Meadows ignited a six-run eighth inning with a two-run double and the Detroit Tigers won a second straight over the host Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday afternoon.,Ty Madden pitched effectively in a bulk-innings reliever r...
Giants slug four homers to edge Padres
Matt Chapman, Jerar Encarnacion and Luis Matos each homered in a six-run fourth inning Sunday as the visiting San Francisco Giants squeaked past the San Diego Padres 7-6.,Erik Miller (4-5) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the win after starter Spencer Bivens was hooked two o...