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Super Regional roundup: FSU lays record-breaking rout on UConn
No. 8 seed Florida State set a pair of NCAA Baseball Championship Super Regional records with its 24-4 annihilation of UConn in Game 1 of their series Friday in Tallahassee, Fla.,The Seminoles' 24 runs and 20-run margin of victory both were the most in the round's history. The Seminoles (46-15) rack...
Super Regional roundup: FSU lays record-breaking beatdown on UConn
No. 8 seed Florida State set a pair of NCAA Baseball Championship Super Regional records with its 24-4 annihilation of UConn in Game 1 of their series Friday in Tallahassee, Fla.,The Seminoles' 24 runs and 20-run margin of victory both were the most in the round's history. The Seminoles (46-15) rack...
MLB roundup: Red Sox send White Sox to record 14th straight loss
Ceddanne Rafaela had four hits and drove in four runs Thursday as the visiting Boston Red Sox handed the Chicago White Sox their 14th consecutive defeat, 14-2.,The 14 straight losses represent a White Sox franchise record within a single season.,Tanner Houck (6-5) limited Chicago to two runs on thre...
MLB roundup: Pirates' Paul Skenes beats Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani hit a home run off of Paul Skenes, but the touted right-handed rookie and the Pittsburgh Pirates prevailed 10-6 over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.,Nick Gonzales matched his career high with four RBIs for Pittsburgh, including a two-run double that ignited a seven-run s...
MLB roundup: Pavin Smith's walk-off HR lifts D-backs
Pavin Smith clubbed a pinch-hit, walk-off two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Phoenix in the opener of a three-game series.,Jake McCarthy doubled to left field off Randy Rodriguez...
MLB roundup: Nats' Trevor Williams beats Braves, stays undefeated
Trevor Williams continued the visiting Washington Nationals' streak of stellar starting pitching by throwing 5 2/3 strong innings in a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, their third win of the four-game set between the National League East rivals., ,Williams (5-0) allowed one run on four h...
WCWS roundup: Texas, Oklahoma open with convincing wins
Teagan Kavan threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout and top-seeded Texas defeated Stanford 4-0 in the first game of the Women's College World Series on Thursday in Oklahoma City.,Kayden Henry hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to double the lead for the Longhorns (53-8), who also scored twice ...
MLB roundup: Pirates' Paul Skenes turns 22, tames Tigers
Paul Skenes struck out nine in six innings on his 22nd birthday as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.,Skenes (2-0), the No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball, allowed two runs and three hits in his fourth major league start...
MLB roundup: Giants slide past Phillies 1-0 in 10
Tyler Fitzgerald raced from second to third, then third to home on consecutive fly balls in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.,Starting with the extra-innings courtesy baserunner on second, the Phill...
UFL roundup: Panthers rally past Roughnecks, win 5th straight
Quarterback Bryce Perkins scored two fourth-quarter rushing touchdowns as the Michigan Panthers rallied from a 10-point deficit to post their fifth straight win, a 26-22 victory over the host Houston Roughnecks on Sunday.,After his 11-yard scamper cut the deficit to 22-19 early in the fourth, Perkin...
ATP roundup: Casper Ruud wins twice to take Geneva title
Second-seeded Casper Ruud recorded a pair of victories on Saturday to capture his third Gonet Geneva Open title in four years in Switzerland. ,Ruud advanced to the final with a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over Italian Flavio Cobolli to complete a match delayed on Friday because of heavy rain. The 25-year-...
NWSL roundup: Barbra Banda’s two goals power Pride
Barbra Banda scored her seventh and eighth goals of the season to power the host Orlando Pride to a 2-1 victory over the Portland Thorns on Friday night.,Banda notched her second brace in as many matches by scoring in the 30th and 40th minutes for the Pride (8-0-3, 27 points), owners of the best rec...
WTA roundup: Danielle Collins, Madison Keys to meet in Strasbourg final
Red-hot Danielle Collins continued her torrid run with a semifinal victory Friday and will face fellow American Madison Keys in the championship match of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Saturday.,The third-seeded Collins had 31 winners while cruising to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory in 99 min...
WTA roundup: Two Americans reach Strasbourg semifinals
Americans Danielle Collins and Madison Keys are on to the semifinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg after matching 6-1, 6-3 victories on Thursday in France.,Collins, the No. 3 seed, eased past France's Clara Burel in 63 minutes by winning a tidy 22 of her 29 first-service points (75.9 percent)....
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud on Geneva collision course
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway both reached the semifinals of the Gonet Geneva Open with victories Thursday in Switzerland.,At the tune-up for Roland-Garros, Djokovic remained on a roll by saving all seven break points he faced during a 7-5, 6-1 win over No....
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic marks birthday with 1,100th win
Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday Wednesday with his 1,100th tour-level victory, becoming just the third player in the Open Era to reach the milestone.,The top-seeded Serbian defeated Germany's Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerlan...
WTA roundup: Top seeds advance in Strasbourg
Top seed Marketa Vondrousova dropped the first set but recovered to squash qualifier Magdalena Frech 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Wednesday.,Frech, from Poland, was striving for her first win ever over a Top-10 player, but the Czech prevailed in two hours, 13 minute...
WTA roundup: Sara Sorribes Tormo endures marathon in Rabat
No. 3 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain advanced to her first quarterfinal of the year when she defeated Argentina's Nadia Podoroska 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem on Tuesday in Rabat, Morocco.,In a match that lasted just shy of three hours, Sorribes Tormo broke her op...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe ends slide with Lyon victory
No. 5 seed Frances Tiafoe got off the schneid by finishing a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Spaniard Jaume Munar in the first round of the Open Parc on Tuesday in Lyon, France.,Tiafoe was on a three-match tour-level losing streak, dropping his openers in Madrid and Rome after losing the final of the U.S. Men...
WTA roundup: Top two seeds go down in Rabat
Italian qualifier Camilla Rosatello dug deep to pull out an upset of No. 1 seed Yue Yuan of China, winning 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem on Monday in Rabat, Morocco.,Rosatello trailed 5-3, 40-30 in the first set before saving 12 set points acros...