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Reeling Red Sox draw Tigers ace Tarik Skubal for second time in '26
Tarik Skubal racked up a season-high 10 strikeouts against Boston last month. The Red Sox have the misfortune of facing the two-time Cy Young Award winner in the opener of a three-game series in Detroit on Monday night.,Skubal held the Red Sox to one run and four hits in six innings on April 18 whil...
Tigers break open close game, earn series win vs. Rangers
Spencer Torkelson smacked a two-run homer, Kevin McGonigle supplied a pair of run-scoring hits and the host Detroit Tigers downed the Texas Rangers, 7-1, on Sunday in the rubber game of a three-game series.,Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Hao-Yu Lee added an RBI single. Tyler Holton was used ...
Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single helps Padres top White Sox, snap skid
Xander Bogaerts' RBI infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday was enough for the winning run as the San Diego Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 decision over the visiting Chicago White Sox., ,Ramon Laureano started the winning rally by coaxing a leadoff walk from Ty...
Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single helps Padres' snap skid over White Sox
Xander Bogaerts' infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday was enough for the winning run as the San Diego Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 decision over the visiting Chicago White Sox., ,Ramon Laureano started the winning rally by coaxing a leadoff walk from Tyler ...
Chase Elliott nips Denny Hamlin in Texas for second win of '26
Chase Elliott had the best car at high-speed Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday and won a four-lap sprint over Denny Hamlin to capture the Wurth 400 in Fort Worth, Texas.,Elliott, who took the lead with 29 laps left after a cycle of pit stops, had a lead of more than a second over Hamlin before Corey He...
Nelly Korda rolls to Riviera Maya title for third win of '26
Nelly Korda didn't take long to return to the winner's circle, posting a final-round, 3-under-par 69 to win the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba by four strokes Sunday in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.,Korda continued her victorious ways at El Camaleon Golf Course seven days after capturing the Chevron Cham...
Cam Smith drives in 2 in 10th, Astros edge Red Sox
Cam Smith had three hits, including a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning, to help the visiting Houston Astros earn a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.,Smith's two-out single came against Zack Kelly (0-2) and drove in Braden Shewmake and Jose Altuve.,Boston had the bases loaded...
Kimi Antonelli wins Miami Grand Prix for third straight victory
Italian wunderkind Kimi Antonelli won from the pole for the third consecutive race, claiming the Miami Grand Prix to tighten his hold on the Formula 1 drivers' championship lead with a strong performance Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Antonelli, 19, lost the lead to Charles Leclerc on the first lap, ...
Jannik Sinner wins Madrid, shatters record for consecutive ATP Masters 1000 titles
Jannik Sinner became the first player to capture five straight ATP Masters 1000 titles when he breezed past Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in the Mutua Madrid Open final.,The 24-year-old Italian, who ranks No. 1 in the world, started his unprecedented streak in France by winning the P...
76ers' Joel Embiid to home fans: 'Don't sell your tickets'
It's just a little more than 100 miles from Madison Square Garden in New York to Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia -- a relatively short car ride or train trip for Knicks fans who wanted to see their team in action against the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.,But 76ers star Joel ...
White Sox pursue sixth straight victory, sweep of Padres
While the Chicago White Sox's power duo of Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery didn't homer on Saturday night, their ability to hit the long ball has fueled the team's longest winning streak in four years.,Chicago beat the host San Diego Padres 4-0 on Saturday night for its fifth straight victor...
Astros, Red Sox eye series win after tough first month
The Houston Astros are not used to looking up in the American League West standings.,While their first two games of a three-game road set against the Boston Red Sox have been a microcosm of an up-and-down season, a series win will be on the line when the teams return to the field on Sunday afternoon...
Vancouver's late equalizer earns draw at LA Galaxy
Mathias Laborda equalized in the 81st minute Saturday night and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps salvaged a 1-1 draw with the LA Galaxy in Carson, Calif.,Vancouver (8-1-1, 25 points) owned major advantages in possession time and shots but couldn't convert that into anything tangible until the closin...
Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
Sean Burke tossed six scoreless innings Saturday night and the visiting Chicago White Sox stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres.,Burke (2-2) allowed only four hits and a walk while fanning eight, including Xander Bogaerts three times. Three relievers fini...
Joel Embiid, 76ers knock out second-seeded Celtics
Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-100 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series Saturday night.,The 76ers won the final three game...
Joel Embiid, 76s knock out second-seeded Celtics
Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-100 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series Saturday night.,The 76ers won the final three game...
Report: Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby hires attorney to protect NCAA eligibility
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, under investigation for sports gambling, has hired attorney Jeffrey Kessler to protect his college eligibility, ESPN reported on Saturday.,Sorsby, who transferred to Texas Tech from Cincinnati this offseason, is entering a treatment program for a gambling addic...
Brice Matthews' 3-run blast, leaping catch help Astros handle Red Sox
Brice Matthews and Christian Walker homered in back-to-back innings and combined for five RBI to lead the visiting Houston Astros to a 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.,Matthews' three-run shot in the fourth helped the Astros build a 5-0 lead they would not relinquish. Spencer Arrighetti ...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum (knee) out for Game 7 vs. Sixers
The Boston Celtics will have to face the Philadelphia 76ers in a do-or-die Game 7 without star Jayson Tatum, who will be sidelined for Saturday night's game with left knee stiffness.,Tatum did not play in the last 15 minutes of Thursday's Game 6 -- a 106-93 loss to the Sixers in Eastern Conference f...
Carson Hocevar rides the wave to NASCAR Cup pole at Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas -- In a manner of speaking, Carson Hocevar called his shot at Texas Motor Speedway--and wound up on the pole for Sunday's Wurth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Before Saturday's time trials at the 1.5-mile track, Hocevar said he hop...