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Athletics stay hot in Las Vegas with win over scuffling Rockies
Zack Gelof homered and singled to extend his hitting streak to 17 games and the surging Athletics beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.,Alika Williams had three hits, Henry Bolte had two hits and Jose Suarez (1-2) tossed 1 2/3 innings of relief for the A's, who have won four ...

John McGinn lifts Scotland past Haiti in World Cup opener
John McGinn scored a goal just past the midway point of the first half and Scotland moved to the top of the Group C standings with a 1-0 victory Saturday in the opening match of the World Cup for both teams at Foxborough, Mass.,Angus Gunn made two saves to record the clean sheet as Scotland came awa...

Brazil manager: 'Nerves were all over the place' in opening Morocco draw
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- World Cup pressure can get to anyone. Even Brazil.,That was Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti's explanation for an uneven first-half performance by the five-time World Cup champions, who nonetheless rode Vinicius Junior's 32nd-minute leveler to a 1-1 draw against Morocco in bo...

Royals 1B Vinnie Pasquantino (hand) exits vs. Astros
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino left after five innings Saturday night against the Houston Astros with a right hand/hamate injury.,Pasquantino, who extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single earlier in the contest, appeared to injure himself on a swing in the bottom...

Justin Allgaier captures first Pocono victory after wild late-race restart
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' MillerTech Battery 250 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway Saturday featured a record 18 lead changes and a record 10 cautions -- including a seven-minute red flag period -- but in the end, it was a very familiar scenario in Victory Lane: championship leader Justin Allgaier an...

Luis Garcia Jr. homer helps rescue Nationals from Mariners comeback attempt
Luis Garcia Jr. hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the fifth inning and the Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on Saturday in Washington.,CJ Abrams had three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice for Washington, which had lost two straight.,Starter Cade Cavalli (4-4) picked up the win, ...

Liberty look to keep hot streak going, host Mystics
If the New York Liberty win their next two games, they will clinch a spot in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final on June 30.,The Liberty -- who are 9-4 overall and 4-0 in the Cup standings -- will play host to Washington on Sunday afternoon. After that, the Liberty will visit Chicago on Wednesday in t...

Ticket prices soar for US match vs. Australia
How much are tickets for the United States' World Cup bandwagon?,According to the resale market, they start at $1,735.,That was the "get in price" for the U.S. men's national team's second World Cup group stage match against Australia on the secondary market by Saturday afternoon, according to Ticke...

All-Star G James Harden arrested on misdemeanor gun charge
Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden was released from a Houston jail after he was arrested earlier Saturday morning on a misdemeanor gun violation.,Harris, 36, was traveling through downtown Houston when the group of five with which he was driving was stopped by police at approximately 3:40 a.m. ...

Fans weigh record ticket costs vs. rare chance to attend World Cup
CHESTER, Pa. -- A toasty breeze blew in off the Delaware River as several hundred people strolled into Subaru Park in anticipation of seeing the Ivory Coast national team.,It wasn't a World Cup match but rather a community training session, something every competing nation holds prior to its first m...

Feeling at home in Las Vegas, A's eager to put heat on Rockies
The Athletics are making themselves at home in Las Vegas and will look to stretch their winning streak to four games when they battle the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night in the middle contest of a three-game series.,The A's are 3-1 during a six-game excursion to the city they will call home in 20...
NBA Finals Best Bets: Back Brunson, Knicks to Finish Off Spurs in Game 5
The Knicks are one win away from their first NBA title since 1973. Check out the top bets, props and predictions for Game 5 against the Spurs....
Eight MLB Teams Already Facing the Harsh Reality of a Lost 2026 Season
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Dominic Canzone 'in a really good spot' as M's continue series with Nationals
Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson liked what he saw from his team Friday night -- especially the hot-hitting Dominic Canzone -- and will look for a repeat performance on Saturday afternoon in the second game of a three-game series against the host Washington Nationals.,Seattle took the series open...

Lawrence Butler caps Athletics' rally past Rockies
Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz slugged back-to-back mammoth homers and Lawrence Butler scored the tiebreaking run on an error and later added an RBI single as the Athletics recorded a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Las Vegas.,Butler crossed the plate in the seventh inning a...

Lawrence Butler caps A's rally past Rockies
Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz slugged back-to-back mammoth homers and Lawrence Butler scored the tiebreaking run on an error and later added an RBI single as the Athletics recorded a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Las Vegas.,Butler crossed the plate in the seventh inning a...

Dominic Canzone, Bryce Miller push Mariners over Nats
Dominic Canzone homered for the second straight game to go with a two-run triple, Bryce Miller pitched eight strong innings and the visiting Seattle Mariners beat the Washington Nationals 10-2 on Friday., ,Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor also homered for the Mariners, who had lost two straight., ,Mille...

Christian Pulisic offers positive injury update: 'I don't think it's anything'
Christian Pulisic exited at halftime of the United States' 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Friday in Inglewood, Calif., due to a minor left calf injury, but the star winger offered assurances afterward that he would be OK.,With the U.S. ahead 3-0, Pulisic was a surprise scratch to open the second half,...

Dominic Canzone, Bryce Smith push Mariners over Nats
Dominic Canzone homered for the second straight game to go with a two-run triple, Bryce Smith pitched eight strong innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Nationals 10-2 Friday night in Washington., ,Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor also homered for the Mariners, who had lost two straight., ,Miller (3...

Fielding error dooms Reds against Diamondbacks
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Blake Dunn dropped a fly ball with two outs in the ninth to score the go-ahead run and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks went on to a 5-2 win in the opener of the three-game series on Friday evening.,Geraldo Perdomo came up with runners on first and second against Cincin...