Recap Page 1141 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Aaron Nola leads Phillies over Justin Verlander, Astros 5-0
Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings and Nick Castellanos supplied a three-run homer to guide the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-0 home victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night., ,Nola (12-6) yielded just four singles and a walk while striking out six en route to his first victory since Jul...
Naomi Osaka upsets 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko in U.S. Open return
Naomi Osaka put on a vintage display in her return to the U.S. Open as she took down No. 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 in one of the highlights of the first round Tuesday in New York.,The four-time major winner and two-time U.S. Open champion (2018, 2020) from Japan notched her first win over a ...
Jannik Sinner stumbles, then steps on gas in U.S. Open first round
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner surprisingly dropped his first set of the U.S. Open before rallying for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over Mackenzie McDonald in the first round Tuesday in New York.,McDonald, an American ranked No. 140 in the world, had the home crowd on his side as he broke the Italian's serve ...
FURIA, paiN win groups at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
FURIA Esports and paiN Gaming won their groups' grand finals Tuesday at the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event in Serbia.,FURIA advanced to the Group B grand final with a 2-0 win against 9Pandas in the lower-bracket final, winning 13-6 on Inferno and 16-12 on Dust II.,FURIA then outlasted Eternal Fire ...
Brittney Sykes' late free throws lift Mystics past Storm
Brittney Sykes scored 20 points, the final two coming on a pair of game-winning free throws, as the Washington Mystics scored consecutive wins for the first time since June with their 74-72 defeat of the host Seattle Storm on Monday.,In the final seconds of a fourth quarter in which neither team led...
Liberty peak late to knock off Mercury
Breanna Stewart scored 21 points as the New York Liberty survived some sluggish moments on offense and pulled away down the stretch for an 84-70 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Monday night.,The Liberty (26-5) won for the ninth time in 10 games after seeing their eight-game winning streak e...
Randy Arozarena burns ex-team as M's top Rays
Randy Arozarena hit a tiebreaking three-run homer against his former team as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Monday.,Jorge Polanco also homered and Bryce Miller pitched seven strong innings for the Mariners, who improved to 3-1 under new manager Dan Wilson and pulled...
Matt Olson's 5 RBIs propel Braves past Twins
Matt Olson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves pulled away for a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins in a rain-soaked series opener Monday night in Minneapolis.,Whit Merrifield finished 5-for-5 for Atlanta, which earned its seventh win in the past nine games. T...
Ryan McMahon's blast powers Rockies past Marlins
Ryan McMahon homered and singled, Jake Cave also had two hits and the Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 in Denver on Monday.,Jake Bird (2-2), recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day, got the win with an inning of scoreless relief. Tyler Kinley struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to ...
Ty Madden pitches well in debut as Tigers complete sweep of White Sox
Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run, Parker Meadows also homered and Ty Madden pitched effectively in his major league debut as the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Monday.,Detroit outhit Chicago 13-6 to cap a four-game sweep of the White Sox, who le...
Manny Machado knocks in 3, leads Padres past Cardinals
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and an RBI double to power the visiting San Diego Padres past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday.,Jackson Merrill also had two hits and knocked in three runs for the Padres, who won for the third time in four games.,Recalled from Triple-A El Paso earlier in the d...
George Springer helps Blue Jays beat Red Sox in nightcap
George Springer went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer that highlighted Toronto's five-run fifth inning, leading the visiting Blue Jays past the Boston Red Sox 7-3 to sweep the day-night action on Monday.,The Blue Jays also received a strong pitching performance from Jose Berrios (13-9), who worked 7 2...
Speedy Cubs put up 18 runs, blow out Pirates
Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong headlined a historic night on the basepaths for the visiting Chicago Cubs, who pummeled the Pittsburgh Pirates 18-8 on Monday to open a three-game series.,Crow-Armstrong had three of Chicago's eight stolen bases, the most steals in a game for t...
George Springer helps Blue Jays beat Red Sox twice
George Springer went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer that highlighted Toronto's five-run fifth inning, leading the visiting Blue Jays past the Boston Red Sox 7-3 to sweep day-night action on Monday.,The Blue Jays also received a strong pitching performance from Jose Berrios (13-9), who worked 7 2/3 i...
Huge crowd watches Fever hold off Dream
Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 29 points, helping lead the visiting Indiana Fever to an 84-79 win over the Atlanta Dream on Monday.,Caitlin Clark added 19 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Fever (14-16), who have won three of four. Aliyah Boston chipped in 14 points and a game-hig...
Bryce Harper's RBI single gives Phils win over Astros in 10th
Bryce Harper delivered a walk-off single in the 10th inning on Monday to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the visiting Houston Astros, 3-2, in the opener of a three-game series.,Harper grounded a first-pitch sinker from Josh Hader (6-7) into right field, past a diving Jose Altuve at second base. ...
Nestor Cortes backed by 3 homers as Yankees edge Nationals
Nestor Cortes pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight start as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Monday night.,Gleyber Torres, Austin Wells and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the Yankees, who have won five of their last six games. Anthony Volpe and A...
Salvador Perez drives in 6 as Royals cap sweep of Guardians
Salvador Perez hit a sixth-inning grand slam for his second homer of the game and had six RBIs as the visiting Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Guardians with 9-4 nightcap victory on Monday.,Perez broke a 4-4 tie with his solo homer in the fifth off Cleveland starte...
Falcons, Eternal Fire, FURIA move on at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
Team Falcons advanced to the Group A grand final at the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event by defeating 9z Team on Monday in Serbia.,Team Falcons got revenge on 9z, who had beaten them 2-1 on the first day of competition. That sent Falcons into the lower bracket of Group A, where they met 9z in the fin...
Red Sox C Danny Jansen makes history, but Jays come away with win
George Springer homered and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run double in the late innings as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays went on to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in Monday's historic completion of a June 26 suspended game.,Boston catcher Danny Jansen made major league history as the first pl...