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With help on the way, Astros look to top Red Sox again
Immediately after announcing that veteran right-hander Justin Verlander would return to the rotation for the first time in more than two months to start the Wednesday finale of a three-game series against the visiting Boston Red Sox, Astros manager Joe Espada on Monday closed the book on another pot...
Kyle Harrison's quality start propels Giants past White Sox
Kyle Harrison threw six strong innings, Tyler Fitzgerald doubled and scored in a four-run fifth and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox with a 5-3 victory Monday night.,Matt Chapman homered for the Giants, who won a second straight in their effort t...
Yainer Diaz hits walk-off HR as sloppy Astros top Red Sox
Yainer Diaz belted his first career walk-off home run with one out in the ninth inning as the Houston Astros overcame an error-prone performance and claimed a 5-4 win over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday.,Diaz drilled a first-pitch cutter from Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen (3-2) 401 feet to lef...
Report: Chargers releasing QB Max Duggan
The Los Angeles Chargers are releasing quarterback Max Duggan, NFL Network reported Monday.,Duggan, 23, was their seventh-round draft pick in 2023 but did not see any NFL action as a rookie.,With incumbent starter Justin Herbert dealing with a foot injury, the Chargers now have two healthy signal-ca...
Facing lowly White Sox, Giants aim to move up wild-card race
Fresh off one of their most emotionally draining wins of the season, the San Francisco Giants will seek to avoid a letdown when they open a three-game interleague series against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Monday night.,The Giants survived a tense finish to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on th...
Recently swept at home by Astros, Red Sox eye revenge
In advance of a critical three-game series starting Monday against the visiting Red Sox, Houston received exactly what it needed from starters Hunter Brown and Framber Valdez over the final two games of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox.,After Brown matched his season high of seven inni...
Reports: QB Maddux Madsen to start in opener for Boise State
Quarterback Maddux Madsen will get the start in Boise State's opener against Georgia Southern on Aug. 31, according to several reports.,The redshirt sophomore, who has played 10 games over the past two seasons, beat out the touted Malachi Nelson, who transferred from USC.,Madsen played in nine games...
Nick Dunlap in, Tom Kim out as FedEx Cup playoffs down to 50
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- South Korean Tom Kim's loss was Nick Dunlap's and Keegan Bradley's gain on Sunday, when the results of the FedEx St. Jude Championship helped finalize the top 50 players in the FedEx Cup playoffs.,Japan's Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament by birdieing his final two holes, and he ...
Hideki Matsuyama birdies final two holes to win FedEx St. Jude
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Japan's Hideki Matsuyama survived a shaky back nine to shoot even-par 70 Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and win the opening leg of the PGA Tour's season-ending playoffs at TPC Southwind.,Matsuyama finished at 17-under 263, two strokes better than World No. 2 Xander Schau...
Team Vitality take down Natus Vincere to win IEM Cologne title
Team Vitality used a triple-overtime win on their third map to take the lead for good en route to a 3-1 victory over Natus Vincere in the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event on Sunday in Germany.,Vitality did not drop a match the entire tournament, winning Group B before sailing t...
Albert Suarez blanks Red Sox for six innings in O's win
Gunnar Henderson homered for the fourth time in five games and Albert Suarez threw six shutout innings as the Baltimore Orioles ended a homestand by defeating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Adley Rutschman also homered as the Orioles forged a split of the four-game series between Americ...
Framber Valdez, Astros fluster White Sox
Framber Valdez recorded his fourth scoreless start of the season and Yainer Diaz snapped a deadlock with a leadoff home run in the sixth inning as the host Houston Astros claimed the rubber match of a three-game series with a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.,Valdez (13-5) improved to 8-...
LLWS roundup: New York, Mexico keep hopes alive
New York scored all of its runs in the fourth inning and shut out Illinois for a 4-0 victory in an elimination game Sunday at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,Starter Vincent Ruggiero allowed two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts in five innings, and Dean Scarangello yielded...
Report: 76ers sign French Olympian Guerschon Yabusele
Forward Guerschon Yabusele agreed to a one-year, $2.1 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, ESPN reported on Sunday. ,Yabusele, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound power forward, helped host France capture the silver medal at the Olympics earlier this month. He scored 20 points in the gold-medal match aga...
Astros' Framber Valdez aims to continue torrid stretch in matchup vs. White Sox
In addition to a 6-1 win Saturday over the Chicago White Sox that squared the three-game series, the host Houston Astros could get an additional helping of good news along with a victory in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon.,Veteran right-hander Justin Verlander (neck discomfort) appears poised t...
Red Sox set sights on another road win vs. Orioles
The Boston Red Sox might have found an unexpected venue to get their season to another level.,The Red Sox seek their third straight victory at Camden Yards when they take on the host Baltimore Orioles in the series finale Sunday afternoon.,Boston won 5-1 on Saturday night after a weather delay, rema...
Red Sox score late, dump Orioles for 2nd straight night
Jarren Duran's two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning broke a tie and Rafael Devers added a two-run home run as the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Saturday night.,Starter Brayan Bello (11-5) and four relievers combined on a five-hitter as Boston won its sec...
Astros beat White Sox for 9th win in past 10 games
Hunter Brown recorded his 14th quality start while matching his single-season high for victories to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Saturday.,Brown (11-7) logged seven innings for only the second time this season and allowed one run on four hits and two wa...
Astros beat White Sox for 9th win in last 10 games
Hunter Brown recorded his 14th quality start while matching his single-season high for victories to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday.,Brown (11-7) logged seven innings for only the second time this season and allowed one run on four hits and two walks w...
Hideki Matsuyama surges to 5-stroke lead at St. Jude
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama pulled away from his challengers on the back nine at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Saturday and will carry a five-stroke lead into Sunday's final round in Memphis, Tenn.,Matsuyama shot 6-under-par 64 during a steady round at TPC Southwind marred by an early bogey, but b...