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Strong finish carries Mystics to upset of league-best Lynx
Sonia Citron scored 21 points on Sunday to help the visiting Washington Mystics earn an 84-79 victory over the league-best Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis.,Kiki Iriafen added 17 points and Cotie McMahon had 15 for Washington (8-7), which won its fourth game in five outings. The Mystics outscored the L...

Leviatan avenge loss to Paper Rex, win Valorant Masters London title
Leviatan completed their run through the lower playoff bracket and rallied for a 3-2 victory over Paper Rex in the grand final of the $1 million Valorant Masters London on Sunday.,Leviatan, a club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will take home the $350,000 grand prize and earn eight Valorant Champ...

Logan Gilbert fans 8 as Mariners top Red Sox to avoid sweep
Dominic Canzone homered and Logan Gilbert pitched 6 1/3 solid innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 3-1 Sunday afternoon to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Nate Eaton went deep for Boston's only run.,Canzone made a diving catch that started an inning-ending ...

Matt Vierling delivers 10th-inning winner as Tigers sweep White Sox
Matt Vierling hit a bases-loaded single in the 10th inning to drive in the game-winning run, as the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 5-4 victory on Sunday.,Detroit scored two runs in the 10th after Tristan Peters' sacrifice fly gave Chicago the lead in...

RHP Jordan Hicks returns to White Sox from injured list
The Chicago White Sox reinstated right-hander Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list on Sunday ahead of their series finale with the Detroit Tigers.,In a corresponding move, right-hander Tyler Davis was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte. ,Hicks, 29, is in his first season with the White Sox and has ...

Family matters to Red Sox P Payton Tolle ahead of game vs. M's
Payton Tolle comes from a close-knit family.,That was evident when the Boston Red Sox left-hander made an emotional start May 10, on Mother's Day, and honored his late mom, Jina, who died two years earlier at age 48 due to cancer.,This Sunday, Tolle is scheduled to start against the Seattle Mariners...

White Sox RHP Davis Martin looks to bounce back against Tigers
Chicago White Sox right-hander Davis Martin rarely gives up home runs. That's what made his last start such an anomaly.,Martin was tagged for three long balls by the New York Yankees in his worst outing of the season. He will try to get back on track as his team attempts to salvage the finale of a t...

Spacestation Gaming move atop OWCS Stage 2 standings
Spacestation Gaming moved atop the standings with another convincing victory on Sunday in Stage 2 of North American qualifying for the Overwatch Champions Series.,Spacestation, which played just one match in the opening week, beat The Kafe 3-1 in its first of two Week 2 matches. They hold a narrow e...

FURIA, Team Falcons set to clash for IEM Cologne crown
Team Falcons and FURIA will meet in Sunday's grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major after semifinal victories Saturday in Germany.,FURIA swept Aurora Gaming 2-0, while Team Falcons edged Team Spirit 2-1 in the other semifinal playoff. Both first-place Team Spirit and second-place FUR...

Connelly Early, Red Sox handle Mariners for second straight win
Wilyer Abreu homered and Connelly Early overcame a shaky first inning to make a quality start as the Boston Red Sox defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Saturday night.,The Red Sox have won the first two games of the series and will go for a sweep Sunday afternoon.,Early (6-5), who had lost his...

Tigers' Dillon Dingler homers, drives in 2 in win over White Sox
Dillon Dingler had two hits, including his team-high 17th homer, and drove in two runs as the host Detroit Tigers downed the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Saturday afternoon.,James Outman and Jake Rogers drove in the Tigers' other runs in support of Troy Melton (4-0), who didn't allow a hit in six inning...

Manny Machado's 10th inning homer lifts Padres over Rangers
Manny Machado hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in the tenth inning to lift the visiting San Diego Padres to a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Joe Ross (0-1) threw the tenth for Texas, walking Samad Taylor to place runners on first and second. Machado then crushed a 408-foot blas...
