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MLB roundup: Kyle Schwarber's 3 HRs lift Phils past Dodgers
Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs and tied a career high with seven RBIs as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies rolled to a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday to win two out of three in a series between the top two teams in the National League.,Schwarber hit his 11th leadoff homer...
MLB roundup: Surging D-backs sweep DH vs. Guardians
Josh Bell homered in back-to-back innings and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks won 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a doubleheader and three-game series sweep of the Cleveland Guardians, who have lost a season-high five straight.,Bell connected for an opposite-field solo homer against Carlos Carrasco (...
MLB roundup: White Sox lose 21st straight to tie AL record
The Chicago White Sox tied the American League record for consecutive losses with their 21st straight Monday night, succumbing to seven strong innings from left-hander JP Sears in a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the host Oakland Athletics.,The White Sox, who haven't won since July 10, matched the AL re...
MLB roundup: White Sox 7th team to lose 20 straight
Royce Lewis hit a three-run homer to highlight a six-run second inning on Sunday as the Minnesota Twins sent the Chicago White Sox to their 20th straight loss with a 13-7 win in Minneapolis.,The White Sox are the seventh team in modern baseball history to lose 20 straight games. The 1988 Baltimore O...
MLB roundup: Giants' Blake Snell no-hits Reds
Blake Snell hurled the first no-hitter of his career and the 18th in Giants franchise history as visiting San Francisco blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday.,Snell (1-3), coming off a career-best 15-strikeout performance against the Colorado Rockies on July 27, was again overpowering, striking ...
MLB roundup: Cubs rally to walk off Cardinals
Pinch hitter Mike Tauchman doubled home the winning run to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the host Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 walk-off victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.,Tauchman sliced a 2-2 fastball by Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley (4-...
MLB roundup: Jazz Chisholm Jr. helps Yanks outast Phillies
Gleyber Torres hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning, Jazz Chisholm Jr. belted two more home runs and the New York Yankees defeated the host Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Tuesday.,Aaron Judge added three hits and Anthony Volpe had two hits for the Yankees, who won their fourth game in a row. Chishol...
Trade deadline roundup: Dodgers add Jack Flaherty for final flourish
The Los Angeles Dodgers made their final splash minutes before the trade deadline arrived Tuesday, acquiring ace right-hander Jack Flaherty from the Detroit Tigers and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier from the Toronto Blue Jays.,The Dodgers sent two prospects to the Tigers -- catcher Thayron Liranzo and i...
MLB roundup: Royals send White Sox to 15th straight loss
Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 and drilled a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the White Sox 8-5 on Monday, sending Chicago to a single-season, franchise-record 15th straight loss.,Kansas City erupted for six runs in the eighth, sending nine batters to...
MLB roundup: Padres’ Dylan Cease no-hits Nationals
Dylan Cease pitched the second no-hitter in the majors this season, lifting the visiting San Diego Padres to a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday., ,Cease, 28, struck out nine batters and walked three while throwing a career-high 114 pitches to complete San Diego's three-game swee...
MLB roundup: 20-run barrage lifts Rockies past Red Sox
Brenton Doyle hit his first career grand slam while Ezequiel Tovar, Jacob Stallings and Ryan McMahon also homered as the Colorado Rockies matched their single-game franchise run record in a 20-7 rout over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in Denver.,The Rockies banged out a season-high 21 hit...
ATP roundup: Seeded players, rain fall in Atlanta
No. 6 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia and No. 7 seed Brandon Nakashima were shown the door in the first round of the Atlanta Open on Tuesday.,Australian lucky loser Adam Walton saved all three break points he faced and took down Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-4. Mackenzie McDonald needed just 72 minutes to win ...
ATP roundup: Seeded players start to fall in Atlanta
No. 6 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia and No. 7 seed Brandon Nakashima were shown the door in the first round of the Atlanta Open on Tuesday.,Australian lucky loser Adam Walton saved all three break points he faced and took down Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-4. Mackenzie McDonald needed just 72 minutes to win ...
MLB roundup: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with cycle in Royals' win
Bobby Witt Jr. collected three hits for the fourth consecutive game, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 10-4 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.,Witt tripled in the first inning, doubled in the third and blasted a three-run homer in the fourth.,Attempting Kansas City's first cycle...
ATP roundup: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina starts strong in Atlanta
Fifth-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina delivered 30 winners on Monday while recording a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over France's Arthur Cazaux in the opening round of the Atlanta Open.,Davidovich Fokina had an 11-8 edge in aces and saved all five break points he faced while advancing. Cazaux 16 unforced...
WTA roundup: Milestone for 3-time winner Diana Shnaider in Budapest
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia won her third title on a third different surface this year in defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in Budapest.,Shnaider, of Russia, needed 95 minutes to beat Sasnovich of Belarus on the clay court. Shnaider, ...
ATP roundup: Nuno Borges jolts Rafael Nadal in Nordea Open final
Seventh-seeded Nuno Borges captured his first ATP Tour title by posting a 6-3, 6-2 win over Rafael Nadal on Sunday at the clay-court Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden.,Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, was making his first appearance in a final since winning the French Open in June 2022. Borges, of ...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider advances to final of Hungarian Grand Prix
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia advanced to the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany's Eva Lys on Saturday in Budapest.,Shnaider, 20, saved all three break points she faced and benefited from four double faults by her foe to dispatch Lys in 1 hour and 25 minutes. ,S...
WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng returns to Palermo semifinals
Defending champion and top seed Qinwen Zheng of China defeated Romania's Jaqueline Cristian for the first time in three career matches in the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals on Friday in Italy.,Zheng didn't have to save a break point in the 6-1, 6-1 victory over seventh-seeded Cristian, who saved ...
ATP roundup: Rafael Nadal wins 4-hour match to reach Bastad semis
Rafael Nadal held on to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal round in two years by defeating Mariano Navone 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-5 in a grueling four-hour match on Friday at the Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden.,Nadal had a 5-2 lead in the third set before Navone, of Argentina, twice broke his serve to tie th...