Recap Page 44 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Mets rally in sixth, top Nationals in series opener
Carson Benge laced a tie-breaking, run-scoring single in the sixth inning Friday night for the host New York Mets, who beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 in the opener of a three-game series.,Francisco Lindor hit a game-tying homer earlier in the sixth for the Mets, who snapped a two-game losing stre...
Padres hold off Guardians for 6th straight win
Xander Bogaerts slugged a two-run homer and Fernando Tatis Jr. added a solo shot as the visiting San Diego Padres beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-5 on Friday for their sixth straight win.,Luis Campusano doubled twice and drove in three runs for San Diego, which has won 16 of its last 20 games to move...
Caitlin Clark heats up in second half to pace Fever past Wings
Caitlin Clark scored 29 points as her second-half offense sparked the Indiana Fever to a 98-87 victory against the visiting Dallas Wings on Friday night in Indianapolis.,Kelsey Mitchell poured in 23 points, Aliyah Boston had 16 points and Tyasha Harris drained all five of her 3-point attempts for 15...
Diamondbacks blank Braves as Brandon Pfaadt outshines Chris Sale
Brandon Pfaadt outdueled 10-time All-Star Chris Sale as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Atlanta Braves 2-0 on Friday in the opener of their three-game series.,Pfaadt (7-1) allowed only two hits over seven scoreless innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. The right-hander owns a 7-...
Alejandro Kirk delivers as Blue Jays knock off Yankees
Alejandro Kirk hit the go-ahead double in a two-run sixth and added a homer Friday night to help the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the visiting New York Yankees 3-1.,The Blue Jays have won four of five on a seven-game homestand after taking the opener of a three-game series.,Shane Bieber (4-2) allowed on...
Rafael Flores Jr., Brandon Lowe power Pirates past Red Sox
Rafael Flores Jr. and Brandon Lowe each homered to propel the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-4 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday night.,Flores, who had two three-run home runs during Thursday's 13-1 triumph over Miami, hit a solo home run in the second, and Lowe smashed a Jovani Moran c...
Rory Sabbatini rides bogey-free 65 to Boeing Classic lead
Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to take the first-round lead at the Boeing Classic on Friday in Snoqualmie, Wash.,Sabbatini turned 50 on April 2 and made his PGA Tour Champions debut two weeks later. Now he enters the weekend in fine position for his first win on the se...
Miguel Vargas homers twice to lead White Sox over Tigers
Miguel Vargas homered twice in four hits, scored three runs and drove in three more as the visiting Chicago White Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 9-5 on Friday night.,Braden Montgomery had three hits and three RBIs for the White Sox, who pushed their lead in the American League Central Division to 3 1...
Chase Burns fires 7 shutout innings as Reds edge Marlins
Chase Burns threw seven shutout innings for the Cincinnati Reds in a 1-0 win over the visiting Miami Marlins in the opener of their three-game series on Friday evening.,Burns (14-2) allowed four hits, struck out eight and didn't walk a batter for the third time this season. The right-hander avoided ...
Former Cincinnati runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to 2nd round
The results have started to turn a little for Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.,The former World No. 3 has dropped all the way back to No. 49 in the ATP Tour rankings, but he did win a title in Gstaad, Switzerland last month and took Alex de Minaur to three sets soon after.,On Friday, the 2022 runner-up ...
Emiliano Arango defeats Venus Williams in Cincinnati opener
Colombia's Emiliana Arango outpaced Venus Williams on her way to a 6-2, 6-2 victory in first-round action at the Cincinnati Open on Friday in Mason, Ohio.,It marked just the second WTA 1000-level match win this year for Arango, and it came against a seven-time Grand Slam champion and one of the most...
Scottie Scheffler fires 61 to jump into FedEx St. Jude lead
Scottie Scheffler fired a 9-under-par 61 to rocket into the lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the playoffs, on Friday in Memphis.,The World No. 1 birdied the first five holes at TPC Southwind and added a sixth at No. 7. Bogeys at Nos. 8 and 12 around one birdie at No. 10 took...
B8, FUT move on to playoff stage at CS:GO Esports World Cup event
B8 and FUT Esports punched their tickets to the playoff stage by emerging from Group C at the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition at the Esports World Cup on Friday in Paris.,Following four teams to advance out of Groups A and B Thursday, B8 defeated Team Vitality 2-1 and FUT Esports won by...
Strong pitching, Seiya Suzuki's blast help Cubs beat Cardinals
Clay Holmes allowed one hit over 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Seiya Suzuki belted a three-run homer, fueling the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon.,Making his second start since being acquired from the New York Mets on Aug. 3, Holmes (5-5) retired the...
VISION, Spirit still unbeaten in The International group stage
TEAM VISION and Team Spirit remained unbeaten after the second day of group stage action at The International 2026 on Friday in Shanghai.,Sixteen teams are competing in the 15th annual Dota 2 tournament. The crowd-funded prize pool has a base of $1.6 million and a current value of $2.97 million.,The...
Jackie Young powers Aces to playoff-clinching win over Mystics
Jackie Young pumped in a season-high 32 points with a stellar start and a clutch late-game stretch as the Las Vegas Aces fended off visiting Washington for an 83-76 victory on Thursday, topping the Mystics for the second time in three nights.,With the result, Las Vegas (24-11) clinched a playoff ber...
Walbert Urena (6 IP), Mike Trout (3 hits) lead Angels past Rangers
Mike Trout went 3-for-5, drove in a run and scored another while rookie Walbert Urena allowed two hits over six innings, leading the Los Angeles Angels to their third straight win, a 7-0 drubbing of the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was Trout's second consecutive three-hit ga...
Brewers rally for 3 runs in ninth, overtake Dodgers in series opener
Jackson Chourio, Garrett Mitchell and Jake Bauers delivered RBI singles in the ninth inning as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers struck the first blow in a key four-game series by rallying for a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.,The National League Central-leading Brewers rebounded ...
Walbert Urena, Mike Trout's 3 hits lead Angels past Rangers
Mike Trout went 3-for-5, drove in a run and scored another, and rookie Walbert Urena allowed two hits over six innings en route to his eighth victory to help lead the Los Angeles Angels to their third straight win, a 7-0 drubbing of the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was Trou...
Payton Tolle, Caleb Durbin lead Red Sox in shutout of Blue Jays
Payton Tolle pitched gave up two hits over eight innings, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam and the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Thursday afternoon.,Durbin's second career slam broke open a tight 1-0 game in the eighth inning to help the Red Sox salvage the finale of the...