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Five Astros left-handers shut down Phillies in 2-0 win
Jeremy Pena scored following his leadoff double in the first inning and Victor Caratini added a critical insurance run in the bottom of the eighth for the Houston Astros, who topped the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Wednesday to claim the three-game interleague series.,Before Caratini slugged his six...
Diego Segui, who pitched milestone games for Seattle teams, dies at 87
Diego Segui, a 15-year journeyman pitcher in the major leagues who made his mark in Seattle baseball history, has died. He was 87.,The death of Segui, a native of Cuba, was announced Tuesday on social media by Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The Seattle Mariners and Bos...
ATP roundup: Learner Tien upsets top seed Ben Shelton in Mallorca
Top-seed Ben Shelton fell to fellow American Learner Tien 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday as the 19-year-old Tien advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships in Spain.,Tien, ranked No. 67 in the world, had 16 fewer unforced errors (38-22) than No. 10 Shelton, who led 4-1 in the second set ...
Northwestern adds former Oklahoma QB commit Gavin Frakes
Quarterback Gavin Frakes is transferring to Northwestern after previously committing to Oklahoma, On3 reported Wednesday.,Frakes, who did not see any action at Virginia last season, made a verbal pledge to his hometown Sooners out of the spring transfer portal on May 22.,The 6-foot-4, 232-pounder fr...
Report: Rockets G Fred VanVleet signing 2-year, $50M deal
Houston guard Fred VanVleet will sign a two-year, $50 million contract to remain with the Rockets, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,In conjunction with the new deal, the Rockets are declining the $44.9 million team option in VanVleet's contract for the 2025-26 season.,VanVleet, 31, has played the past tw...
MLB All-Star Voting Snubs: Byron Buxton, James Wood Lead Biggest Snubs
Byron Buxton and James Wood headline MLB's biggest All-Star voting snubs as fan outrage builds ahead of the first-phase deadline....
Morehead State renaming stadium after Phil Simms
Morehead State is renaming its stadium for alumnus Phil Simms, who quarterbacked the New York Giants to a win in Super Bowl XXI.,The official dedication will take place at the stadium in Morehead, Ky., during homecoming weekend on Oct. 18.,Simms played for the program from 1974-78. The Kentucky nati...
Astros, thriving without missing slugger, seek another win vs. Phillies
Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez missed his 48th game on Tuesday with a right hand fracture, an extended stint on the injured list that seemingly should have undermined the Astros' hopes.,But when Cooper Hummel bashed an opposite-field home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night against ...
Red Sox RHP Richard Fitts gets a second chance against Angels
The Boston Red Sox will send right-hander Richard Fitts to the mound Wednesday afternoon when they visit the Los Angeles Angels for the final contest of a three-game series. ,It will be Fitts' second career start against the Angels, and he's undoubtedly hoping it turns out better than his first one....
Marlins top Giants as Justin Verlander's winless streak continues
Eric Wagaman doubled in a run and later scored in a two-run second inning that gave Miami the lead for good as the visiting Marlins extended Justin Verlander's season-opening winless streak to 12 games with a 4-2 triumph over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday nigh...
Cooper Hummel's HR breaks up pitching duel, Astros edge Phillies
Cooper Hummel slugged an opposite-field home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the host Houston Astros claimed a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a three-game interleague series on Tuesday.,Hummel ruined the shutout bid of Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez (6-2)...
Mystics upset league-leading Lynx in final minute
Shakira Austin's putback and Sug Sutton's strip-and-score led the host Washington Mystics to a last-minute 68-64 victory over the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday.,The Lynx had to battle without league-leading scorer Napheesa Collier, but held a 64-62 lead with a minute to play.,Austin followe...
WTA roundup: Iga Swiatek earns milestone win at Bad Homburg
Fourth-seeded Iga Swiatek overcame a slow start against another former World No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, to win 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,Poland's Swiatek notched her 300th career tour-level win and first of the grass-court season after being down 4-1 in the first set to ...
Coming off hat trick, Joao Klauss leads St. Louis City vs. Orlando City
St. Louis City SC interim coach David Critchley said Joao Klauss has many good attributes as a player, but values one above all others.,"We want our No. 9 scoring goals," Critchley said of Klauss.,Klauss did that in the team's last match on June 15, scoring a hat trick in St. Louis City's 3-3 home t...
Report: Hawks acquire Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis in 3-team trade
The Boston Celtics are sending Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team trade also involving the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN reported on Tuesday.,Atlanta will receive the 7-foot-2 Porzingis and a second-round draft pick; the Nets get Hawks guard/forward Terance Mann and their No. 22 p...
ATP roundup: Brit Jacob Fearnley pulls off early upset in Eastbourne
Jacob Fearnley of Great Britain needed just 65 minutes to take down Italian fifth seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round of the Lexus Eastbourne Open on Tuesday in England.,Fearnley, ranked No. 51 in the world, won four ATP Challenger Tour titles last year, but he remains in search of his first ATP ...
Aurora, NAVI and Liquid advance to playoffs at PGL Wallachia
Aurora, Natus Vincere and Team Liquid booked their spots in the PGL Wallachia Season 5 playoffs with group stage wins on Tuesday in Bucharest, Romania.,All three teams improved to 3-1 with Round 3 wins, with Liquid rallying from a first-match loss to beat Team Tidebound, NAVI also besting BetBoom Te...
LSU earns most-watched sweep in best-of-three MCWS era
LSU not only added to its resume as a college baseball power, the program also continued to be a solid television viewing draw with ratings numbers for the Men's College World Series released Monday.,LSU's championship series against Coastal Carolina at Omaha, Neb., was the most-watched two-game swe...
Canada coach Jesse Marsch cleared after investigation
CONCACAF has cleared Canada coach Jesse Marsch of any wrongdoing following an investigation into an alleged use of abusive language toward Gold Cup officials.,The governing body released the ruling of its disciplinary committee late Monday, including an undisclosed fine for Canada Soccer "for breach...
Andy Murray to be honored with statue at Wimbledon
A statue to honor British tennis great Andy Murray is in the works with installation at the All England Club in London planned for 2027.,The club is the home of Wimbledon, which Murray won twice. When he won his first title in 2013, he became the first British man to be victorious there since Fred P...