Recap Page 1146 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Cardinals' Sonny Gray back in Minnesota to face old mates
Sonny Gray will return to the ballpark he called home for the past two seasons when the St. Louis Cardinals play the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night in Minneapolis. ,Gray, who signed a three-year, $75 million contract with the Cardinals as a free agent during the offseason, said he is looking forw...
Dignitas eke out win over NRG in LCS playoffs
Dignitas squeezed past NRG on Friday in a dramatic first-round lower-bracket matchup at the League Championship Series Summer Split playoffs in Los Angeles.,The winner in each map played on blue. Dignitas prevailed on the first map in 29 minutes, on the third map in 41 minutes and on the fifth map i...
Marina Mabrey torches ex-team for 24 points as Sun edge Sky
Alyssa Thomas canned two foul shots with 4.1 seconds left Friday night and the Connecticut Sun rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 82-80 in Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas, who finished with 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and four steals, drew Chennedy Carter's sixth foul and delivered the points that en...
Leo Rivas' RBI single in 10th caps Mariners' rally past Giants
Rookie Leo Rivas lined a run-scoring single to center field with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 6-5 victory against the visiting San Francisco Giants on Friday night in Dan Wilson's managerial debut.,Luke Raley homered and drove in the tying run in the...
Shohei Ohtani hits walk-off slam, joins 40-40 club as Dodgers stun Rays
Shohei Ohtani delivered Major League Baseball's sixth 40-40 season in dramatic fashion with a walk-off grand slam to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday., ,After stealing his 40th base in the fourth inning, Ohtani went deep against Rays left-h...
Rhys Hoskins, Joey Ortiz power Brewers to victory over A's
Rhys Hoskins and Joey Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs in a five-run second, the Milwaukee bullpen threw five shutout innings and the Brewers opened a three-game road series against the Oakland Athletics with an 11-3 triumph Friday night.,Gary Sanchez chipped in with his third career triple, a bases...
Joe Musgrove, Padres fire two-hit shutout vs. Mets
Luis Arraez and Kyle Higashioka homered Friday night while Joe Musgrove fanned nine in seven shutout innings as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting New York Mets 7-0.,Musgrove (4-4) allowed just one hit, Starling Marte's one-out double in the fifth, and issued no walks. He retired the first 13...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx down Aces for second straight game
Napheesa Collier outdueled A'ja Wilson in a battle of Most Valuable Player candidates as the Minnesota Lynx held off the Las Vegas Aces 87-74 on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Collier extended her red-hot return from the Olympic break by scoring 27 points on 11-for-15 shooting from the floor and colle...
Paige Monaghan's 1st goal of season helps Utah edge Bay FC
Paige Monaghan scored her first goal of the season early in the second half to help lift the Utah Royals to a 2-1 victory over Bay FC in Sandy, Utah, on Friday night.,Utah (3-11-3, 12 points) beat Bay FC for the second time this season and is unbeaten in four of its past five regular-season matches....
Ryan Truex wins at Daytona for 2nd Xfinity victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ryan Truex claimed his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season -- the second of his career -- leading the field to the yellow and checkered flags on the final lap of overtime in the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway., ,With limi...
Salvador Perez homers, drives in 3 as Royals down Phillies
Salvador Perez homered and drove in three as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 7-4, in Friday's series opener.,Perez put Kansas City on the scoreboard with a two-out, first-inning double , his 27th go-ahead RBI, matching New York Yankees' Aaron Judge for the majors' lea...
Tigers stay hot, slip by woeful White Sox
Matt Vierling had two hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead, run-scoring single in the seventh inning, to lift the visiting Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday.,Detroit won for the eighth time in 11 games. Riley Greene added a pair of hits while four pitchers combined ...
Cardinals wear down Twins for third straight win
Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn drove in two runs apiece, and the St. Louis Cardinals pulled away for a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis., ,Brendan Donovan hit a solo home run for the Cardinals, who won their third game in a row. Victor Scott II also notched an RBI., ,Aus...
Pride remain unbeaten, edge Dash on Summer Yates goal
Summer Yates' goal in the 67th minute was the difference as the Orlando Pride beat the host Houston Dash 1-0 on Friday night.,For the Pride (12-0-5, 41 points), the result maintains their status as the only unbeaten team in the NWSL this season -- stretching a streak that's the longest in league his...
Braves beat Nationals thanks to 10th-inning error
Pinch runner Luke Williams scored the winning run on Washington shortstop CJ Abrams' 10th-inning throwing error, helping the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday.,After Braves closer Raisel Iglesias (3-1) threw two scoreless innings, Williams advanced to third on Gio U...
Four-run second inning carries Rangers past Guardians
Leody Taveras and Corey Seager each recorded two-run hits in the second inning as the visiting Texas Rangers won 5-3 over the reeling Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.,Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) allowed three runs and seven hits, but completed six innings for the Rangers, who have won four of five. He ...
Marina Mabrey torches former team for 24 points as Sun edge Sky
Alyssa Thomas canned two foul shots with 4.1 seconds left Friday night and the Connecticut Sun rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 82-80 in Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas, who finished with 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and four steals, drew Chennedy Carter's sixth foul and delivered the points that en...
Pete Crow-Armstrong's inside-the-park HR helps Cubs top Marlins
Speedy Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an inside-the-park homer -- which culminated in a spectacular dive to the plate from several feet away -- as the Chicago Cubs defeated the host Miami Marlins 6-3 on Friday night.,Chicago's Isaac Paredes also had a key hit, smashing a tiebreaking double in the eighth in...
Eugenio Suarez grand slam highlights Diamondbacks' rout of Red Sox
Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the Boston Red Sox 12-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Arizona had a three-run lead until Suarez homered against Josh Winckowski to give the Diamondbacks a 9-2 advantage in the...
Anthony Santander's slam fuels O's comeback win over Astros
Anthony Santander drilled an eighth-inning grand slam to give the Baltimore Orioles a 7-5 comeback victory against the visiting Houston Astros on Friday night., ,The first three Orioles batters in the inning reached base before Santander's team-leading 38th home run of the season gave Baltimore its ...