Recap Page 1169 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Justin Turner's grand intro lifts Seattle past Philadelphia
Justin Turner hit a grand slam in his home debut as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 10-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game interleague series between division leaders.,Victor Robles, Luke Raley and Mitch Haniger also went deep and Bryan Woo (5-1) pitched seven scorel...
Rockies extend season's dominance over Padres
Brendan Rodgers homered and Austin Gomber worked seven strong innings as the visiting Colorado Rockies stopped the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Friday night.,Gomber (3-7) beat the Padres for the second time this year, permitting five hits and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts. Tyler Kinley pitche...
Athletics belt three home runs, down Dodgers
The Oakland Athletics picked up in August where they left off in July, parlaying three home runs and steady pitching from Joey Estes into a 6-5 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.,Shea Langeliers, Seth Brown and Brent Rooker went deep for the...
Blue Jays hammer Marcus Stroman in beating Yankees
Ernie Clement drove in three runs and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base four times as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays knocked off the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday night.,The start of the game was delayed by rain for 86 minutes, and then the Blue Jays overcame Aaron Judge's major-league-leading 40t...
White Sox fall in opener vs. Twins for 18th straight loss
Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and four RBIs as the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 10-2 win over the White Sox on Friday in Minneapolis, sending Chicago to its 18th consecutive loss.,Willi Castro finished 2-for-5 with a two-run homer for Minnesota, which took the opener of a thre...
Red Sox get early lead, keep adding on, beat Rangers
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each hit a two-run home run to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,Rafael Devers added a solo home run and Connor Wong collected four singles for the Red Sox. Boston second baseman Nick Sogard added a two-...
Yusei Kikuchi fans eight straight as Astros edge Rays
Yainer Diaz recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and Yusei Kikuchi matched a franchise record in his debut with the Houston Astros, who rallied for a 3-2 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.,Kikuchi fanned a franchise-record-tying eight consecutive batters late in his 5 2/3-i...
Pitching guides Guardians past Orioles for 5th straight win
Cleveland pitchers held the Baltimore Orioles to one hit through the first six innings as the host Guardians posted an 8-4 victory on Friday night in a matchup of teams that began the night as American League division leaders.,Josh Naylor's third hit of the game was a two-run double that expanded on...
Giants' Blake Snell no-hits Reds, fans 11
Blake Snell hurled the first no-hitter of his career and the 18th in Giants franchise history as visiting San Francisco blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday.,Snell (1-3), coming off a career-best 15-strikeout performance against the Colorado Rockies on July 27, was again overpowering, striking ...
Cleveland bullpen shuts down Orioles, Guardians win 5th straight
Cleveland pitchers held the Baltimore Orioles to one hit through the first six innings as the host Guardians posted an 8-4 victory on Friday night in a matchup of teams that began the night as American League divisional leaders.,Josh Naylor's third hit of the game was a two-run double that turned a ...
D-backs bash five homers, outslug Pirates 9-8
Geraldo Perdomo ripped a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, helping the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks overcome squandering an early five-run lead in a 9-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Ketel Marte and former Pirate Josh Bell each homered twice, including joining Joc Pederson as p...
Frankie Montas beats Nationals in Brewers' debut
Sal Frelick had two hits and scored three times to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-3 win against the Washington Nationals in the opener of their three-game series on Friday night.,William Contreras homered, Willy Adames had two hits and a run, and Garrett Mitchell and Blake Perkins each ...
Dewi Weber makes statement with 62, leads in Portland
Dewi Weber of the Netherlands scorched Columbia Edgewater Country Club with a 10-under-par 62 to take the halfway lead at the Portland Classic on Friday in Oregon.,Weber finished her round with five straight birdies to leap ahead to 16-under 128. She is two shots in front of Andrea Lee, who shot 63 ...
Marcell Ozuna, Braves rally past Marlins
Marcell Ozuna's long sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run and sent the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 come-from-behind win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Friday and extend their winning streak to four games.,The Braves have won the first two games of the four-game set and improv...
Royals pile on Tigers to win fifth straight
Salvador Perez had a home run among his three hits and drove in two runs as the visiting Kansas City Royals won their fifth straight game with a 9-2 romp over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Perez also scored three runs while Vinnie Pasquantino and Paul DeJong drove in two runs apiece, each cont...
Denis Shapovalov defaults in controversial ending in Washington
Facing match point, Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost by default and was disqualified from the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open quarterfinals in an ending that left fans booing Friday in Washington.,Shapovalov's opponent, No. 2 seed Ben Shelton, had just won a point and was about to serve for the match, up 7-6 ...
Christian Bethancourt's home run carries Cubs past Cardinals
Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run homer to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon.,Michael Busch also hit a home run for the Cubs, who won their third straight game, including the first two of this four-game series.,Chicago starting pitc...
Frenchman Leon Marchand grabs fourth gold of Paris Games
PARIS -- France's Leon Marchand brought the host nation to a standstill once again on Friday with his fourth gold of the Paris Olympics, while Australian Kaylee McKeown wrote history of her own as the first woman to retain both backstroke titles.,Marchand did it in style, roared to the rafters by a ...
Group grand finals set at BLAST Fall Groups
Complexity Gaming, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere won the lower-bracket finals in their respective groups on Friday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Complexity swept HEROIC in Group A, winning 13-5 on Anubis and 13-11 on Ancient, and will face Team ...
Caeleb Dressel finishes sixth in 50 free
PARIS -- Australia's Cameron McEvoy took his first Olympic gold medal when he won the men's 50 meters freestyle at the Paris Games on Friday, denying Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel of the United States another medal.,Dressel finished sixth, off the pace kept by McEvoy and Britain's Ben Proud, who t...