Recap Page 14 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Chris Sale, Braves top Cristopher Sanchez, Phils, boost NL East lead
Chris Sale outdueled Cristopher Sanchez in a battle of aces and Mauricio Dubon hit a late two-run homer as the visiting Atlanta Braves topped the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Friday.,Sale (14-9) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking one. Sanchez (16-5) also tos...
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz continues strong U.S. Open return with 3rd-round sweep
Second-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz continued to show little rust from his four-month layoff due to a wrist injury, sweeping China's Wu Yibing 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open on Friday in New York.,This victory extended Alcaraz's Grand Slam winning streak to 17 matches...
Brayan Rocchio's second HR is a walk-off as Guardians stun Tigers
Brayan Rocchio hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Cleveland Guardians a 7-6 come-from-behind win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in the first half of a day/night doubleheader on Friday afternoon.,Rocchio belted a grand slam in the fourth inn...
No. 3 Jessica Pegula rallies from slow start to reach US Open fourth round
After easing through the first two rounds, No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula overcame her first bout of adversity with aplomb, rallying for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat of No. 31 seed Canadian Leylah Fernandez to advance into the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open Friday in New York.,Pegula, the runner-up in the 2024 U...
U.S. opens FIBA World Cup with blowout against China
The United States opened its quest for a record-extending 12th FIBA Women's World Cup title with a 94-61 rout of China on Friday in Berlin.,Caitlin Clark tallied 14 points and 11 assists to lead the favored American squad as action in Group D got underway. Paige Bueckers and Rhyne Howard also scored...
Cal Quantrill tosses 7 shutout innings as Rangers blank Rays
Cal Quantrill delivered another strong performance for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, blanking the Tampa Bay Rays on two hits over seven innings in a 6-0 win at Arlington, Texas.,It was the third time in his past four outings that Quantrill (7-5) tossed at least six shutout innings. He struck ...
Teoscar Hernandez's walk-off 2-run double lifts Dodgers past Cardinals
Teoscar Hernandez delivered a game-ending two-run double in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers found some offense just in time to pull out a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.,Without Shohei Ohtani, who received the day off following a four-strikeout game Wednesday while...
Athletics pitchers rack up 18 strikeouts in win over Mariners
Zack Gelof and Donovan Walton homered as the Athletics defeated the host Seattle Mariners 7-4 on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.,Scott Blewett (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief and struck out four as the A's (55-86) logged their second win in a row. Hogan Harris fanned two ...
Devon Dampier throws for 3 TDs as No. 21 Utah demolishes Idaho
Devon Dampier threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns while leading No. 21 Utah to a 66-14 victory over Idaho in Salt Lake City on Thursday night.,Dampier completed 13 of 18 passes and added 31 yards on six carries to help the Utes (1-0) run away from the Vandals (0-2). Wayshawn Parker churned out ...
Pre-halftime Hail Mary sparks Illinois to victory over UAB
Buoyed by Katin Houser's 54-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to end the first half, Illinois gradually pulled away for a 42-23 season-opening victory over UAB on Thursday in Champaign, Ill.,Houser completed 13 of 17 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns and scrambled for a score in his Illini debut...
Julian Lewis' late TD pass lifts Colorado over Georgia Tech
Julian Lewis hit Charlie Williams with a 20-yard touchdown pass with 37 seconds left, Boo Carter blocked Aidan Birr's 45-yard field goal try on the final play, and the Colorado Buffaloes rallied to beat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 14-13, in Atlanta on Thursday night.,Lewis had 60 of his 124 pas...
Austin Simmons shines in debut as No. 25 Missouri handles Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Austin Simmons threw four touchdown passes in his debut for No. 25 Missouri, a 54-14 victory Thursday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.,A transfer from Ole Miss, Simmons completed 17 of 19 passes for 252 yards in the first half as the Tigers built a 40-0 lead in their season opener.,Also in the fir...
Punt-return touchdowns propel Minnesota to blowout of Eastern Illinois
Darius Taylor rushed for three touchdowns, Javon Tracy returned two punts for scores, and Minnesota cruised to a 59-7 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday in Minneapolis.,Drake Lindsey completed 19 of 24 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown for Minnesota (1-0), which never trailed. The junior quart...
Gio Lopez (3 TDs) dazzles in Wake Forest debut rout of Akron
Gio Lopez threw for three touchdowns and 350 yards in his Wake Forest debut as the Demon Deacons rolled to a 38-16 season-opening victory over Akron on Thursday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Lopez, who played for North Carolina last year, completed 21 of 32 passes. Two of the TD passes were 70-plus y...
Cal Quantrill tosses seven shutout innings as Rangers blank Rays
Cal Quantrill delivered another strong performance for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, blanking the Tampa Bay Rays on two hits over seven innings in the 6-0 win in Arlington, Tex.,It was the third time in the past four outings Quantrill (7-5) tossed at least six shutout innings. He struck out f...
Royals take finale vs. Marlins behind Carter Jensen's 3 hits, 3 RBIs
Carter Jensen hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning, had three RBIs and finished a single shy of the cycle as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Miami Marlins 7-3 on Thursday.,Jac Caglianone added two hits with two RBIs for the Royals (63-78), who salvaged the finale of a three-game...
Adley Rutschman torments former team as Red Sox rally past Orioles
Adley Rutschman homered twice against his former team and then scored on Nick Sogard's go-ahead two-run blast as the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Thursday night to begin a four-game series.,Sogard's fourth homer of the year broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning. Roman...
Pete Crow-Armstrong's homer leads Cubs past Brewers in pitchers' duel
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Kevin Gausman tossed seven innings of one-run ball as the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday to earn a split of a four-game series.,Gausman (9-11) allowed five hits and one walk while striking out nine. Rya...
'Pop' Watson-led UMass routs Rutgers to end 16-game skid
William "Pop" Watson III tossed three touchdown passes to help visiting UMass end the program's 16-game losing streak by beating Rutgers 37-21 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams at Piscataway, N.J., ,Watson, a transfer from Virginia Tech, completed 19 of 22 passes for 197 yards. Runn...
Madison Keys staves off 5 match points, advances to US Open third round
If 22nd-seeded Madison Keys makes a deep run in the U.S. Open, tennis fans might refer to Thursday's match on raucous Court 17 as "The Madison Miracle.",The 2017 runner-up rallied from a 5-2 third-set deficit, staving off five match points to edge Hungary's Anna Bondar, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a second...