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MLB roundup: Ryan O'Hearn's six-RBI effort powers Pirates past A's
Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in a career-best six runs while leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an easy 12-4 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.,O'Hearn had a two-run double in the first inning, a two-run blast in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh.,Marcel...
WTA roundup: Paula Badosa bounces Coco Gauff in Berlin
Spain's Paula Badosa, the 142nd-ranked player in the world, shocked No. 5 seed Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the Berlin Tennis Open quarterfinals.,Gauff, the world's No. 7 player, owned a 12-4 advantage in aces, but Badosa went 4-for-5 on break points in the last two sets while...
ATP roundup: Alex de Minaur cruises into London quarterfinals
Top-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia committed just 11 unforced errors while cruising to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the second round on Wednesday at the HSBC Championships in London.,de Minaur needed just 63 minutes to win the match at the Queen's Club and land a quarterf...
MLB roundup: Dodgers top Rays 1-0 on Shohei Ohtani's homer
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run in the sixth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed in a pitchers' duel, earning a 1-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.,Justin Wrobleski (8-2) gave up just three singles over six scoreless innings as the Dodgers improved to 11-2 at home s...
WTA roundup: Serena Williams loses first-round doubles match in Berlin
Unseeded Serena Williams and Czechia's Karolina Muchova came up short in their opening-round doubles match on Tuesday in the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open.,Williams, playing in her second tournament since announcing her comeback, and Muchova fell 6-4, 6-4 to New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Mexico's Gi...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev wins in first match since Roland Garros crown
French Open champion Alexander Zverev returned to action Tuesday and the top seed delivered 16 aces while posting a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Czech Vit Kopriva in a first-round match at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle in his native Germany.,Zverev was on the grass court nine days after beating Ita...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider falls in Berlin opener
Czech qualifier Nikola Bartunkova knocked off No. 9 seed Diana Shnaider of Russia 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in a back-and-forth first-round match at the Berlin Tennis Open on Monday.,Bartunkova fell behind 3-0 in the second set, rallied for a 5-4 lead and served for the match before Shnaider saved double ma...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe knocks off Flavio Cobolli in Halle
Frances Tiafoe notched his first top-10 win since 2024 by taking down French Open finalist Flavio Cobolli of Italy 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the opening round at the Terra Wortmann Open on Monday in Halle, Germany.,Tiafoe, who was stopped in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros, told the ATP website he wanted to ...
MLB roundup: Rockies batter Athletics with 23 runs on 24 hits
Willi Castro hit two home runs and drove in seven runs to lead the visiting Colorado Rockies, who set a franchise records for runs in a game in routing the Athletics 23-9 on Sunday in Las Vegas.,Castro hit a two-run homer in the second and a grand slam in the eighth to finish 4-for-6. Hunter Goodman...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton tops Taylor Fritz in Stuttgart final
The BOSS Open trophy was passed from one American to the other when Ben Shelton won the final with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory Sunday at Stuttgart, Germany.,Shelton went to three sets during all four of his victories in the grass-court event and finished off his first career grass-court title against th...
WTA roundup: Donna Vekic sweeps Emma Raducanu in London final
Donna Vekic swept local favorite Emma Raducanu 6-0, 7-6 (6) to become the first lucky loser to ever win a WTA 500-level title at the HSBC Championships on Sunday in London.,The 29-year-old Croatian won her fifth career singles title -- her first at the 500 level -- with a dominant opening set and a ...
MLB roundup: Guardians spoil return of Tigers ace Tarik Skubal
Daniel Schneemann hit a two-run homer off Tarik Skubal, spoiling the American League Cy Young Award winner's return from left elbow surgery, as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Skubal (3-3), making his first start since April 29, pitched 4 2/3 innin...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz to square off in Stuttgart final
Top-flight Americans Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz will oppose each other in the BOSS Open championship match after winning their respective semifinal matches on Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany.,The top-seeded Shelton played twice on Saturday, beginning the day by winning the final two sets of a suspe...
MLB roundup: Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski fans 15 Phils in 1-hit gem
Jacob Misiorowski struck out a career-high 15 batters in his first career complete game, a one-hit gem, as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Friday.,Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer for Milwaukee, but the standout star for the Brewers was clearly Misiorowski (...
WTA roundup: Katie Boulter stuns Elena Rybakina to reach London semis
Home favorite Katie Boulter continued her run through the HSBC Championships with a pair of wins Friday in London -- including a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 defeat of No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina to reach the semifinals.,The British wild card followed a Tuesday upset of No. 8 seed Leylah Fernandez with a 6-1, 6-3 de...
ATP roundup: Kamil Majchrzak notches upset to reach Libema semis
Poland's Kamil Majchrzak notched a stunning upset quarterfinal victory on Friday, taking down top-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-3 in 69 minutes in the Libema Open at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,Majchrzak won 85.1% (40 of 47) of his service points while earning his second career Top...
MLB roundup: Juan Soto's homer powers Mets past Cardinals
Juan Soto went 2-for-4 and hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning as the New York Mets avoided a sweep against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-4 win on Thursday.,Bo Bichette and Jared Young homered in the first inning for the Mets.,After New York starter Christian Scott allowed fo...
WTA roundup: No. 3 seed Elise Mertens upset in Netherlands
Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-...
ATP roundup: Defending champ Taylor Fritz survives in Stuttgart
Defending champion Taylor Fritz received a big test in his first match at the BOSS Open, surviving 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3) over Spain's Martin Landaluce in second-round play at Stuttgart, Germany while notching his 350th career tour-level victory.,The second-seeded Fritz was two points away from losin...
MLB roundup: Giants cap rally from 8-run deficit with walk-off slam
Bryce Eldridge launched a walk-off grand slam with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the San Francisco Giants rallied from an eight-run deficit with 10 runs over the final two innings to shock the visiting Washington Nationals 11-10 on Wednesday.,Matt Chapman and Rafael Devers homered as ...