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Alex Palou wins at Monterey to take over IndyCar points lead
Alex Palou won the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey by nearly two seconds Sunday in Monterey, Calif., to take over the NTT IndyCar Series championship points lead.,The two-time IndyCar Series champion outpaced Colton Herta by 1.978 seconds at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Alexander Rossi fini...

Tennessee uses two 2-run blasts to beat Texas A&M, even MCWS
Dylan Dreiling and Cal Stark smacked two-run home runs as top-seeded Tennessee knocked off No. 3 Texas A&M 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., to even the Men's College World Series at one win apiece.,Aaron Combs (3-1) struck out five and allowed three hits and two walks over four-plus scoreless...

Tennessee uses two 2-run blasts to beat Texas A&M, even MCWS
Dylan Dreiling and Cal Stark smacked two-run home runs as top-seeded Tennessee knocked off No. 3 Texas A&M 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., to even the Men's College World Series at one win apiece.,Aaron Combs (3-1) struck out five and allowed three hits and two walks over four-plus scoreless...

Connor Wong, Rob Refsnyder homer to guide Red Sox past Reds
Connor Wong and Rob Refsnyder each hit a two-run home run to propel the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.,Wong (No. 7 of the season) homered in the fourth inning, and Refsnyder (No. 3) belted his home run in the sixth. Jarren Duran had three hits and two RB...

Colt Keith, Tigers roll over White Sox
Colt Keith had four hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers pounded the Chicago White Sox, 11-2, on Sunday afternoon.,Keith also scored three runs as the Tigers took two games in the three-game weekend series from their American League Central Division opp...

Max Verstappen wins Spanish Grand Prix, increases F1 lead
Max Verstappen passed George Russell on the third lap and cruised to a win at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday in Barcelona, Spain. ,Verstappen recorded his seventh victory of the season and third straight at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalonia.,He passed pole sitter Lando Norris into Turn One before...

Marlins LHP Braxton Garrett (forearm) on 15-day IL
Miami Marlins left-hander Braxton Garrett was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a forearm flexor strain.,Garrett, 26, was slated to start on Sunday against the visiting Seattle Mariners but the Marlins scratched him on Saturday due to elbow discomfort. The move is retroactive to Thu...

White Sox activate DH Eloy Jimenez from 10-day IL
Oft-injured Chicago White Sox designated hitter Eloy Jimenez was activated from the 10-day injured list and placed in the starting lineup Sunday against the host Detroit Tigers.,Jimenez is batting third against the Tigers.,In a corresponding move, the White Sox optioned outfielder Oscar Colas to Tri...

Reds turn to Nick Lodolo in series finale vs. Red Sox
The Cincinnati Reds will send one of the National League's hottest pitchers to the mound Sunday afternoon when they try to win the rubber match of a three-game series against the visiting Boston Red Sox., ,Left-hander Nick Lodolo (8-2, 2.76 ERA) is listed as Cincinnati's starter for Sunday's matchup...

Young pitchers square off as Tigers, White Sox close series
The Detroit Tigers don't have an imposing lineup and it's been quite apparent over the past week.,They've scored just six runs in the past six games, losing all but one of those outings. They'll look to get their bats going in the finale of a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox on S...

Gabriel Pec, Galaxy cool off Real Salt Lake
Gabriel Pec scored in the 74th minute and the LA Galaxy earned a 1-0 victory in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday night to end Real Salt Lake's 15-match unbeaten streak. ,Pec's sixth goal of the year also marked his 10th goal contribution in his past nine matches after a relatively slow start to his first ML...

Texas A&M outslugs Tennessee, one win from first MCWS title
Kaeden Kent went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead No. 3 Texas A&M to a 9-5 victory over top-seeded Tennessee in Game 1 of the Men's College World Series on Saturday night at Omaha, Neb.,Gavin Grahovic also homered and Caden Sorrell had two RBIs for the Aggies (53-13), who can win their fir...

Mexico loses Edson Alvarez, still tops Jamaica 1-0
Mexico overcame an early injury to captain Edson Alvarez to defeat Jamaica 1-0 to open their Group B play in Houston on Saturday.,The West Ham midfielder and one the most experienced players on the Mexican team was sprinting in pursuit of a Jamaica counter when he grabbed his leg and immediately wen...

Mexico lose Edson Alvarez, but top Jamaica 1-0
Mexico overcame an early injury to captain Edson Alvarez to defeat Jamaica 1-0 to open their Group B play in Houston on Saturday.,The West Ham midfielder and one the most experienced players on the Mexican team was sprinting in pursuit of a Jamaica counter when he grabbed his leg and immediately wen...

Mexico loses Edson Alvarez to apparent hamstring injury
Mexico captain Edson Alvarez was helped off the field in the first half of Saturday's Copa America match against Jamaica on Saturday due to an apparent left hamstring injury. ,The West Ham midfielder, who has been linked to a move to Manchester United, was sprinting downfield when he grabbed the bac...

Lynx top Mercury, push winning streak to 6 games
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx held on for a 73-60 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Alanna Smith contributed 14 points for Minnesota (13-3), which won its sixth game in a row. Courtney Williams finished with 12 points an...

Jarren Duran does it all as Red Sox edge Reds
Jarren Duran had two hits and scored the game-winning run as the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Saturday., ,The Red Sox trailed 3-2 after seven innings but tied the score on Rob Refsnyder's RBI single in the eighth. Boston took a 4-3 lead when Rafael Devers hit a sacrifice f...

Wyatt Langford, Jon Gray lead Rangers over Royals
Wyatt Langford hit a grand slam and Jon Gray allowed two hits over six innings to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon in Arlington, Tex.,Josh Smith also homered and had two hits for Texas, which won its third straight game.,Gray (3-3) allowed jus...

Drew Thorpe earns first career win, White Sox down Tigers
Drew Thorpe pitched six scoreless innings and notched his first career win as the Chicago White Sox topped the host Detroit Tigers, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon.,Thorpe (1-1) gave up two hits and walked four while striking out five. Thorpe, who was making his third career start, gave up eight runs in ...

Rangers RHP Max Scherzer to make season debut Sunday
Texas Rangers right-hander Max Scherzer will make his season debut on Sunday against the visiting Kansas City Royals.,The three-time Cy Young Award winner will be activated from the 60-day injured list prior to the series finale.,Scherzer has been working his way back after he underwent surgery on D...