Recap Page 39 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Tigers grab big lead, cruise past Pirates as playoff push continues
Hao-Yu Lee and Zach McKinstry each had three hits while Kevin McGonigle added two -- including a two-run home run -- to help the Detroit Tigers outlast the host Pittsburgh Pirates for an 8-5 win on Monday night.,Lee drove in two runs and Max Clark also had two hits as the Tigers snapped a three-game...

Bobby Witt Jr. powers Royals past Athletics with 4-hit night
Bobby Witt Jr. singled, doubled, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times for the Kansas City Royals in a 9-5 win against the visiting Athletics in the opener of their four-game series on Monday night.,Jac Caglianone had three hits, two RBIs and scored a run for the Royals, who have won th...

Red Sox rip through Diamondbacks 11-1 to open series
Mickey Gasper and Willson Contreras each hit a solo home run as part of a 16-hit attack that propelled the Boston Red Sox to an 11-1 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.,Caleb Durbin and Ceddanne Rafaela each collected three hits for the Red ...

Cristopher Sanchez earns league-leading 16th win as Phillies edge Marlins
Cristopher Sanchez worked six effective innings to become the majors' first 16-game winner as the Philadelphia Phillies nipped the visiting Miami Marlins 6-5 on Monday.,Sanchez (16-4) allowed one run while working around eight hits and three walks. He struck out six before the Phillies' bullpen held...

Elly De La Cruz knocks first walk-off hit, Reds split twin bill with Cards
Elly De La Cruz got his first walk-off hit with a 10th-inning RBI double to help the Cincinnati Reds come from behind and beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Monday to split a day-night doubleheader.,De La Cruz finished 2-for-4. He led off the frame and hit a hard ground ball on a 3-2 sweep...

Behind 3 outfield assists on plays at plate, Mets edge Padres
Nolan McLean tossed six eventful innings and earned the win after benefiting from three outfield assists Monday night, when the New York Mets stayed hot by edging the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the opener of a three-game series.,Right fielder Carson Benge threw out two runners at home in the first inni...

Late rally lets Rays eke out series finale against Orioles
Jonathan Aranda and Jonny DeLuca had run-scoring hits in a three-run, seventh-inning rally as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 on Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla., salvaging the finale of a four-game series.,Aranda delivered a single to left off Yennier Cano (2-3) that pulled Tamp...

Flavio Cobolli rallies from brink to advance in Cincinnati
Seventh-seeded Flavio Cobolli was two points from defeat Monday before mounting a comeback to defeat No. 28 seed Alexander Blockx 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 in the third round of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.,Blockx appeared poised to repeat his victory over Cobolli from Monte Carlo earlier this season whe...

Resurgent Iga Swiatek advances to 4th round in Cincinnati
Iga Swiatek's struggles early in the 2026 season seem like a distant memory the way she is competing this summer.,The seventh seed and defending Cincinnati Open champion shook off a stellar first set by Greece's Maria Sakkari and rallied to edge the No. 29 seed, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday in Mason, Ohi...

Cardinals' pitching staff stifles Reds to win doubleheader opener
Six pitchers combined to limit the Cincinnati Reds to three hits as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals claimed a 2-1 victory Monday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.,The Cardinals pitchers also struck out 15 batters in the win. That was one away from the team's season high, which also cam...

Team Falcons breeze to Esports World Cup Rocket League crown
Seemingly getting stronger as the tournament wore on, Team Falcons swept their way through the semifinals and grand final Sunday to win the Rocket League event at the Esports World Cup on Sunday in Paris.,The 1,000 points that came with the win vaulted the Falcons to the top of the Esports World Cup...

Whitecaps score twice late to extend Sounders' losing streak to 7
Rayan Elloumi and Thomas Muller scored goals late in the second half to lift the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 2-0 victory over the host Seattle Sounders on Sunday night.,The late tallies allowed Vancouver (11-3-4, 37 points) to move back into first place in the Western Conference.,Vancouver also clinche...

Sentinels hand LYON first loss at LCS Summer Split
Sentinels knocked LYON from the ranks of the unbeatens on the final day of Week 4 regular-season action at the League Championship Series Summer Split on Sunday.,Sentinels came away with a 2-1 win, leaving Team Liquid as the only undefeated team. Cloud9 beat FlyQuest 2-0 in the other match of the da...

Ben Shelton stunned by Jaime Faria in first match of Cincinnati Open
Ben Shelton couldn't lose in Montreal. He couldn't win in Cincinnati.,Three days after winning the title at the National Bank Open, the sixth-ranked player in the world lost his opening match at the Cincinnati Open on Sunday, falling to Portugal's Jaime Faria 6-4, 6-4 in one of the final hardcourt t...

England's Jack Whaley storms back to win US Amateur
Nothing was keeping Jack Whaley from the U.S. Amateur Championship. Not weather, not a 2-hole deficit heading into the final session -- not even a wasp sting that left his ankle throbbing.,The 22-year-old native of Doncaster, England and rising senior at Florida State stormed back through less-than-...

Petar Musa takes MLS goal lead with game-winner as Dallas beats Austin
Petar Musa scored his MLS-leading 14th goal in the 73rd minute to lift visiting FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory over Austin FC on Sunday night.,Musa's emphatic, left-footed strike off the left post and in from just inside the 18-yard box sealed Dallas' first MLS win since a 2-1 triumph at Colorado on May...

Mariners take series in Houston behind Cal Raleigh, Bryan Woo
Cal Raleigh homered for the first time in two weeks and Bryan Woo produced a rare quality start on the road as the visiting Seattle Mariners held on for a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Raleigh delivered the deciding blast in the top of the ...

Kamilla Cardoso, Natasha Cloud carry Sky across finish line to beat Storm
Kamilla Cardoso had 22 points with 12 rebounds, Natasha Cloud scored 20 points and recorded her 1,900th career assist, and the visiting Chicago Sky edged the Seattle Storm 82-80 on Sunday.,Courtney Vandersloot had 15 points, while Cloud added eight rebounds for the Sky (13-22), who nearly blew a 21-...

Fire storm back to beat Mercury, continue late-season run
Carla Leite scored 15 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter, Megan DiLeo added 15 points, and the Portland Fire overcame a nine-point deficit to beat the host Phoenix Mercury 88-85 Sunday on the night the Mercury honored WNBA career leading scorer Diana Taurasi.,Bridget Carleton scored nine points ...

Rockies score 7 unanswered runs to rally past Giants
Adael Amador and Brett Sullivan, the bottom two hitters in the Colorado batting order, smacked three-run home runs and the visiting Rockies completed a season-series win over the San Francisco Giants with a 13-7 victory Sunday afternoon.,The Rockies took advantage of 10 walks to take two of three in...