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MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani (HR, 5 shutout innings) dazzles Padres
Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch Wednesday night and tossed five scoreless innings to lead the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Diego Padres 4-0.,Ohtani (4-2) permitted three hits and walked two while striking out four in an 88-pitch effort. Four relievers finished up the five-hitte...
ATP roundup: Aleksander Kovacevic stuns top seed in Hamburg
Lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic rallied to stun No. 1 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Hamburg Open on Wednesday in Germany.,Kovacevic trailed 4-1 in the deciding set before winning five straight games to beat the fifth-ranked player in the world and become the first Americ...
WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat
Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco.,Kabbaj is just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, convertin...
MLB roundup: Nats ride inside-the-park slam to comeback win over Mets
James Wood's three hits included an inside-the-park grand slam as the host Washington Nationals rallied from a five-run deficit for a 9-6 win against the New York Mets on Tuesday night.,With the bases loaded in the second, Wood sent a shot to the wall in left-center that hit off Mets rookie Nick Mor...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton among upset victims at Hamburg
Second-seeded Ben Shelton and defending champion Flavio Cobolli, the fourth seed, both were upset victims on Tuesday at the Hamburg Open in Germany.,Home favorite Daniel Altmaier stunned World No. 6 Shelton 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in two hours, 51 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals. Altmaier, who ent...
WTA roundup: Ann Li delivers upset in Strasbourg
Ann Li rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in second-round action Tuesday at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Li finished the victory in just under two hours after tallying 10 aces, converting five of 14 break chances and taking advantage of eig...
MLB roundup: Angels end J.T. Ginn's no-hit bid in 9th, get walk-off HR
Zach Neto walloped a two-run homer with no outs in the ninth inning, giving the Los Angeles Angels a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Athletics on Monday night at Anaheim, Calif.,The Angels didn't record a hit through eight innings against J.T. Ginn before breaking through in the ninth to end their six...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur win tough openers at Hamburg
World No. 6 Ben Shelton and No. 9 Alex de Minaur both survived opening-round tests at the Hamburg Open in Germany on Monday, winning in three sets over unseeded opponents.,Facing lucky loser Marcos Giron, second-seeded Shelton prevailed 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) for his first win since capturing the title i...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina beats Liudmila Samsonova at Strasbourg
Daria Kasatkina of Australia served four aces and saved 9 of 12 break points while recording a 7-5, 6-3 victory over sixth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova in the first round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Kasatkina also converted 5 of 7 break points and will play American Peyton Stearns on...
MLB roundup: Mets rally from 4 down to stun Yankees in extras, win series
Carson Benge drove in the winning run in the 10th inning for the second time in a week as the New York Mets stormed back from a five-run deficit to stun the visiting New York Yankees 7-6 in the deciding game of this season's first Subway Series on Sunday.,The Mets' Luis Torrens had a two-run pinch-h...
MLB roundup: Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez K's 13 Pirates in CG shutout
Cristopher Sanchez struck out a career-high 13 in his second career shutout to guide the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.,Bryce Harper hit a mammoth three-run homer and Trea Turner went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for Philadelphia, which e...
MLB roundup: Astros blank Rangers as Spencer Arrighetti flirts with no-hitter
Spencer Arrighetti carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Isaac Paredes provided early offensive support with a solo home run as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Texas Rangers with a 2-0 victory on Friday.,Arrighetti (5-1) was exceptional thro...
MLB roundup: White Sox move above .500 for first time since 2023
Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener.,Grichuk hit a two-run home run in the first inning and then drove in two more with a single in third as C...
MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani lowers ERA to 0.82 as Dodgers blank Giants
Shohei Ohtani pitched seven scoreless innings, Santiago Espinal and Mookie Betts hit back-to-back home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.,Teoscar Hernandez and Alex Call also drove in runs in a new-...
MLB roundup: Pirates' Paul Skenes takes no-hitter into 7th vs. Rockies
Paul Skenes flirted with a no-hitter for the second consecutive start, striking out 10 and allowing two hits over eight scoreless innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-1 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday., ,Skenes (6-2), the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, hel...
MLB roundup: Yankees lose no-hit bid, fall to O's on Coby Mayo's 3-run HR
Coby Mayo hit a three-run home run and the Baltimore Orioles, who didn't have a hit until the seventh inning, beat the visiting New York Yankees 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night.,Mayo's homer came on the third pitch from reliever Brent Headrick after Ryan Weathers had silence...
MLB roundup: Rookie Gage Workman's first HR powers Tigers past Royals
Gage Workman was the hero in his Tigers debut, hitting his first major league home run, a tiebreaking, pinch-hit, two-run shot in the sixth inning, and Detroit snapped a five-game skid with a 6-3 win over the host Kansas City Royals on Sunday night.,Workman, a rookie infielder with 12 previous games...
MLB roundup: Rangers pitch shutout to end Cubs' 10-game win streak
Josh Jung and Justin Foscue each hit solo homers and the Texas Rangers ended the Chicago Cubs' 10-game winning streak with a 6-0 victory on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Jung went 3-for-4 with two runs, Alejandro Osuna had two hits and two RBIs, and Joc Pederson added two hits and an RBI for the Ran...
MLB roundup: Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski fans 11 in win over Yankees
Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, pacing the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-0 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,The hard-throwing Misiorowski (3-2) allowed just two singles and walked two in a dominant 95-pitch outing. Each...
MLB roundup: Cubs sweep Reds for 15th straight home win
Shota Imanaga struck out 10 across six innings as the Chicago Cubs completed a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds with an 8-3 victory on Thursday for their 15th straight home win.,Unlike the first three games of the series, the Cubs did not need to walk it off. Instead, they used a seven-run fou...