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TJ Friedl leads Reds past Cubs, win streak at 7
TJ Friedl belted a tiebreaking two-run homer and drove in three runs while Andrew Abbott allowed just one run over five innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to their seventh straight win Saturday, 4-3, over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,Dansby Swanson and David Bote each had three hits for the Cubs, who...
Nick Senzel, Nationals hold off Braves
Nick Senzel had three hits including a two-run home run and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Saturday.,Eddie Rosario had two hits and drove in three runs and Lane Thomas had two hits and scored twice as Washington won its second straight.,Senzel drove in three runs, w...
Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman has career day in shutting out A's
Kevin Gausman pitched the first nine-inning complete game of his career and the Toronto Blue Jays rebounded from a walk-off loss the night before to thump the host Oakland Athletics 7-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Gausman (5-4), who pitched the 2020 and 2021 seasons across the San Francisco Bay for the G...
Scottie Scheffler overcomes terrible hole to keep lead at Memorial
Scottie Scheffler recovered from a disastrous hole midway through the third round of The Memorial and regained control with a 1-under par 71 on Saturday in Dublin, Ohio., ,Scheffler, the world's No. 1 golfer, will take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club. He's 1...
Iowa's Ava Jones medically retiring from basketball
Iowa's Ava Jones is medically retiring from college basketball, two years after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash that killed her father.,Jones, from Nickerson, Kan., was with her parents and brother on July 5, 2022, standing on a sidewalk when they were struck by an allegedly intoxicated d...
Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres bid for repeat performance vs. D-backs
Fernando Tatis Jr. extended the longest current active hitting streak in the majors on Friday night.,And this time, it was enough to help the San Diego Padres end a season-high-tying five-game losing streak.,Tatis got a 14-hit attack rolling with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning of San...
Blue Jays aim to shake off difficult day in Oakland
The Toronto Blue Jays hope to put an all-around shocking day behind them when they get an early wake-up call for an afternoon contest against the host Oakland Athletics on Saturday.,The A's won the series opener 2-1 on Friday, taking advantage of a team that not only had flown across the country the...
Charlie Morton, Braves look to solve Nationals
Atlanta right-hander Charlie Morton will be looking for a measure of revenge when the Braves visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday.,Morton (3-2, 3.88 ERA) faced the Nationals in Atlanta on May 27 and it did not go well. In his worst outing of the season, Morton allowed eight runs on 12 hits in ...
JJ Bleday's walk-off blast lifts A's past Blue Jays
JJ Bleday hit Chad Green's first pitch for a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, delivering the Oakland Athletics a walk-off, 2-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,Green was summoned to begin the ninth after Toronto starter Chris Bassitt threw eight innings of...
Caitlin Clark goes for 30 as Fever top winless Mystics
Star rookie Caitlin Clark tied her career high of 30 points and made a personal-best seven 3-pointers to help the Indiana Fever post an 85-83 victory over the host Washington Mystics on Friday night.,Clark also had eight rebounds, six assists and four steals, the latter matching another career high,...
Jake Irvin's sharp start leads Nationals past Braves
Jake Irvin pitched six scoreless innings and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 2-1 Friday night.,Jesse Winker had two hits for Washington, which snapped a four-game losing streak by leveling the four-game series at one win apiece. Winker has two or more hits in four of his pa...
Terrence Shannon Jr.'s lawyers allowed to use video evidence
Lawyers for former Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. learned Friday that they can use video evidence they believe will back their contention that another man, not their client, might have raped a woman in Lawrence, Kan., in September.,The defense team for Shannon, who was suspended from the team fo...
Sounders seek consistency, take on struggling Sporting KC
Two clubs on the wrong side of the red line in the MLS Western Conference standings will try to change course as the Seattle Sounders travel to Kansas City, Kan., to play Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.,Seattle (4-6-6, 18 points) is in 10th place, one spot out of the playoffs nearing the hal...
Yankees star Juan Soto day-to-day with forearm inflammation
New York Yankees star right fielder Juan Soto is dealing with inflammation in his left forearm and is day-to-day, manager Aaron Boone confirmed to reporters on Friday.,Soto underwent an MRI on Friday, one day after being pulled from Thursday night's game amid a rain delay due to forearm discomfort. ...
Report: Yankees' Juan Soto dealing with inflammation in forearm
Yankees star right fielder Juan Soto is dealing with inflammation in his left forearm after undergoing an MRI exam, the New York Post reported on Friday.,Soto was not in the starting lineup for New York in its series opener versus the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. Aaron Judge was listed to play in r...
Hall of Fame Game highlights nationally televised NFL preseason slate
The NFL released its 2024 preseason schedule Friday, also revealing the five games that will be televised nationally. ,Each of the NFL's five primary media partners will take a turn to get its crews ready for the season, starting with ESPN/ABC airing the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio, on Aug. ...
Revolution look to be more aggressive against streaking Red Bulls
The New York Red Bulls look like one of the better MLS teams this year. The New England Revolution are looking to improve.,It's time for each club to keep building when they meet Saturday night at Foxborough, Mass.,"I am proud that we have this fighting spirit, this mentality," Red Bulls coach Sandr...
Mavericks' Irving credits Celtics, not crowd, for Game 1 loss
BOSTON -- Getting back at the Celtics -- or more specifically, their fans -- has been no easy task for Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving.,Dallas' 107-89 loss to Boston in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night dropped Irving to 0-11 in his past 11 games against the Celtics, who were the victim...
Top teams tangle as unbeaten Sun host Liberty
The teams with the top two records in the WNBA meet Saturday afternoon at Uncasville, Conn.,The unbeaten Connecticut Sun are looking to bolster their stellar start to the season, while the New York Liberty have won five consecutive games.,The Liberty have a relatively quick turnaround after Thursday...
Blue Jays set sights on .500 mark in visit to A's
The Toronto Blue Jays take their pursuit of the .500 mark on the road as they open a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.,The Blue Jays packed a two-game winning streak when they embarked on a trip that will also see them visit the Milwaukee Brewers for three games to sta...