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MLB roundup: Paul Skenes, Pirates complete sweep of Dodgers
Paul Skenes tossed six shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out eight to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 win and a three-game sweep over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.,Skenes (10-9) further solidified his case for his first National League Cy Young Award with another...

MLB roundup: Giants' Matt Chapman appeals suspension, homers twice
Matt Chapman went deep twice to extend San Francisco's home run streak to 17 games as the visiting Giants beat Colorado to sweep a three-game series.,Chapman, who earlier Wednesday appealed a one-game suspension from MLB for his actions in a benches-clearing incident a day earlier, also doubled and ...

MLB roundup: After benches-clearing incident, Giants top Rockies
Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer in the first inning that led to the benches emptying and three ejections in the San Francisco Giants' 7-4 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Tuesday.,Colorado starting pitcher Kyle Freeland and San Francisco's Matt Chapman and Willy Adames were ejected after...

MLB roundup: Juan Soto's slam boosts Mets past Tigers
Juan Soto drove in six runs, including a grand slam, and the visiting New York Mets held off the Detroit Tigers 10-8 on Monday.,Soto, who reached base four times, also had a two-run triple in the series opener. Luis Torrens supplied three hits, scored two runs and drove in two more for New York. Ryn...

MLB roundup: Will Smith's walk-off HR lifts Dodgers over D-backs
Will Smith hit a pinch-hit walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-4 victory on Sunday., ,Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and tied a s...

Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Ohio State shuts down Arch Manning, No. 1 Texas
Ohio State's defense held Texas quarterback Arch Manning in check, and the No. 3 Buckeyes pulled off a 14-7 victory over the top-ranked Longhorns at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.,CJ Donaldson Jr. scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and the Bucke...

MLB roundup: Yankees top White Sox in 11th for 7th straight win
Clay Bellinger blooped a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning and Aaron Judge and Austin Wells homered as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday for their seventh straight win.,The Yankees moved within two games of the American League East-leading Toronto Blue...

MLB roundup: Jonah Tong wins debut as Mets make history
Jonah Tong tossed five solid innings and earned the win in his major league debut Friday night, when the New York Mets provided him a historic burst of run support in a 19-9 rout of the visiting Miami Marlins.,The 19 runs scored were a club record in a home game for the Mets, whose 12 runs in the fi...

NWSL roundup: Dash get late equalizer vs. Racing
Evelina Duljan scored her first NWSL goal at the perfect time, striking three seconds into second-half stoppage time to help the visiting Houston Dash tie Racing Louisville 1-1 on Friday night.,Duljan received a pass from Yazmeen Ryan on the right side of the box and masterfully dribbled toward her ...

MLB roundup: Kyle Schwarber blasts 4 homers in Phillies' win
Kyle Schwarber became the 21st player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game, highlighting the Philadelphia Phillies' 19-4 rout of the visiting Atlanta Braves on Thursday.,Schwarber belted a solo homer in the first inning, a two-run shot in the fourth, a three-run blast in the fifth...

MLB roundup: Rangers ring up 20 runs in rout of Angels
Adolis Garcia, Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Kyle Higashioka all had home runs as the surging Texas Rangers took advantage of a dearth of pitching from Los Angeles while pounding the reeling Angels 20-3 on Wednesday to capture a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers took the final two ...

MLB roundup: Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox overtake O's
Ceddanne Rafaela drilled a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.,Jarren Duran singled to lead off the ninth and set up Rafaela's heroics for the Red Sox, who have gone 6-1 on their road trip.,Boston's Rom...

MLB roundup: Parker Messick, Guardians blank Rays
Parker Messick struck out six over seven innings for his first win in the majors as the Cleveland Guardians snapped their six-game losing streak by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Tuesday night.,Kyle Manzardo and Brayan Rocchio each had RBI singles and Bo Naylor added a sacrifice fly in t...

NFL roster roundup: Giants waive QB Tommy DeVito
Undrafted underdog story Tommy "Cutlets" was reduced to Tommy Cuts by the New York Giants on Tuesday.,Backup quarterback Tommy DeVito is the odd man out in New York, but the Giants could bring him back as part of their practice squad prior to Week 1 of the regular season next week. New York has 10-t...

MLB roundup: Cal Raleigh hits No. 50, M's top Padres
Cal Raleigh became the first player whose primary position is catcher to hit 50 home runs in a major league season as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting San Diego Padres 9-6 Monday night.,Raleigh went deep into the second deck in left field in the first inning off San Diego starter JP Sears ...

ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz posts straight-set win at U.S. Open
Sporting a closely shaved head while taking the court for his first-round match at the U.S. Open, second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz had a close shave in all three sets while prevailing late Monday night.,The Spaniard defeated the United States' Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, finishing just before midnight ...

WTA roundup: Venus Williams, 45, falls in 3 sets at U.S. Open
Venus Williams, returning to the Grand Slam singles stage for the first time since 2023, competed well but fell short on Monday in the first round of the U.S. Open in New York.,The 45-year-old star lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to 11th-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in exactly two hours.,William...

NFL roster roundup: Eagles waive QB Kyle McCord
Quarterback Kyle McCord's time with his hometown Eagles was short, with Philadelphia waiving the rookie just months after picking him in the sixth round of the NFL draft.,NFL teams have until 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday to reduce their active rosters to 53 players.,A native of nearby Mount Laurel, N.J., Mc...

WTA roundup: Madison Keys falters in opening round at U.S. Open
No. 6 seed Madison Keys was bounced from the U.S. Open in the first round when she fell 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5 to unseeded Renata Zarazua of Mexico on Monday in New York.,The match was on serve in the third set until Zarazua broke Keys for a 5-3 advantage. Keys broke back in the next game and brough...

Canadian teen Victoria Mboko ousted by Barbora Krejcikova
Two-time major champion Barbora Krejcikova ousted No. 22 seed Victoria Mboko in straight sets with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday.,Mboko, the 18-year-old Canadian who won her first WTA title of any kind at the National Bank Open in her home country earlier this mont...