Recap Page 24 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
George Springer's 4-hit performance powers Blue Jays past Mariners
George Springer went 4-for-4 with a solo homer Friday night as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 8-1.,Nathan Lukes and Kazuma Okamoto added solo shots for the Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series. Okamoto had three RBIs.,Dylan Cease (9-5) allowed one run, four hi...
Ravens rout Commanders to finish preseason unbeaten
Tyler Huntley threw for a first-quarter touchdown to open the scoring, Joe Fagnano threw a TD pass and added a scoring run and the host Baltimore Ravens completed an unbeaten preseason by thrashing the Washington Commanders 41-3 on Friday night.,Huntley's 25-yard touchdown pass to Chris Moore highli...
Carla Leite sparks Fire's upset of Dream
Carla Leite scored 26 points on Friday night to help the Portland Fire pull off a surprising 101-83 victory over the Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga.,Emily Engstler added 25 points and six rebounds and Megan DiLeo scored 16 points for the Fire (16-23), who snapped a three-game losing streak. Holly...
Rays ride 5-run fourth to pull away from Padres
Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, and the American League East-leading Rays produced a five-run fourth inning Friday night to breeze past the San Diego Padres 9-4 in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Rays, who were 2-5 on their previous homestand, became the first AL squad to ...
Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell combine for 68 as Fever trounce Sun
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each scored 34 points, carrying the Indiana Fever past the Connecticut Sun for a 111-91 runaway on Friday night in Indianapolis.,Clark, who distributed 12 assists, and Mitchell both shot 12-for-19 from the field. Clark connected on 6 of 12 3-point shots, while Mitch...
Michael Wacha fans 10 in 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians
All-Star Michael Wacha struck out 10 over eight innings and Carter Jensen hit a two-run homer in the ninth, sending the red-hot Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.,Wacha (8-8) allowed four singles and did not issue a walk in tying his longest start ...
Freddie Freeman lifts Dodgers past Tigers in Tarik Skubal’s return
Freddie Freeman drove in the go-ahead run during the eighth inning in Tarik Skubal's return to Comerica Park as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers edged the slumping Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Friday.,Skubal gave up one run on four hits while striking out seven in six innings. The two-time Cy Young Award w...
Jackson Kent fires 7 strong innings for first win as Nats rout Marlins
Brady House smacked a three-run homer, Jackson Kent pitched seven innings of one-run ball to earn his first major league win and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday.,Harry Ford also homered and Abimelec Ortiz had two hits for the Nationals, who have won consecutive...
Ignacio Buse, Arthur Fery to meet for Winston-Salem title
Third-seeded Ignacio Buse and fourth-seeded Arthur Fery advanced in distinct fashions on Friday and will meet in the Winston-Salem Open final on Saturday in North Carolina.,Buse, a 22-year-old from Peru, edged France's Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, while Fery advanced when Australia's James Duckwort...
Allisen Corpuz joins 3-way tie for lead at FM Championship
Allisen Corpuz rode a bogey-free 67 into a share of the lead at the FM Championship on Friday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.,Corpuz sits at 9-under-par 135 and is tied with South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim, who also posted a 67, and Japan's Miyu Yamashita, who shot a 70.,They are one stroke ahead of a trio...
Vaughn Taylor takes 1-stroke lead as field blisters Warwick Hills
PGA Champions Tour rookie Vaughn Taylor birdied his final four holes and carded a 9-under-par round of 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc, Mich.,John Rollins also closed in fine fashion, going from 3-under to 8-under on his 13th throug...
Ryan Gerard, Viktor Hovland move in front at Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Ryan Gerard and Viktor Hovland share the halfway lead at the Tour Championship, but Scottie Scheffler is still near the top of the leaderboard.,What did you expect?,Scheffler is 8 under par and two strokes off the lead after the second round Friday at East Lake Golf Club. He remains tied ...
Sal Stewart sets franchise rookie RBI record as Reds top Cubs
Tyler Stephenson belted a three-run homer and Sal Stewart drove in two runs to set the franchise rookie record for RBIs in a season, fueling the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon.,Stewart went deep in the fifth inning for his team-leading 29th homer...
Falcons fly past Lynn Vision Gaming at BLAST Open Fall
Team Falcons pushed past Lynn Vision Gaming 2-1 on Thursday as Group B play began at the BLAST Open Fall event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,In the other Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals, Legacy toppled FUT Esports 2-0, MOUZ dumped 9z Team 2-0, and IC Esports downed Team Vitality 2-0.,The $1.1 million ...
Nikola Bartunkova gets through all-Czech quarterfinal in Monterrey
Nikola Bartunkova is through to her second semifinal of the year after a 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win in an all-Czech matchup against Darja Vidmanova at the Abierto GNP Seguros on Thursday in Monterrey, Mexico.,Bartunkova survived eight double faults in part by saving nine of the 11 break points she faced....
Cardinals jump out in front, fend off Orioles to halt 5-game skid
Rookie Blaze Jordan blasted a three-run homer before leaving with an injury and right-hander Gordon Graceffo tossed three perfect innings in a spot start Thursday afternoon, helping the St. Louis Cardinals snap a five-game skid with a 7-5 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.,Former Orioles i...
Arthur Fery pulls off quarterfinal comeback at Winston-Salem Open
Arthur Fery, who made a memorable run to his first ATP Tour semifinal appearance last month, is headed to his second semifinal after advancing at the Winston-Salem Open on Thursday in North Carolina.,The fourth-seeded Briton rallied to beat Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.,Fe...
Drew Gilbert homers as Giants shut down Diamondbacks
Drew Gilbert led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run, Landen Roupp combined with three relievers on a six-hitter and the host San Francisco Giants handed the playoff-contending Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-1 defeat in the opener of a four-game series Thursday night.,The loss dropped the D...
Georgia Amoore puts up career-best 25 as Mystics overtake Mercury
Georgia Amoore had career highs with 25 points and six 3-pointers and the Washington Mystics overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the host Phoenix Mercury for the second time in three days, prevailing 80-73 on Thursday.,Amoore scored 16 points in the fourth quarter. She recorded eight ...
Top QBs sit out as Bills overtake Steelers in preseason finale
Ian Wheeler ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 1:06 remaining and Dante Pettis caught the subsequent two-point-conversion pass from Shane Buechele as the Buffalo Bills rallied for a 28-27 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday in Orchard Park, N.Y.,Buechele played the entire game in the preseason...