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Prolific HR hitters face off as White Sox, Nationals open series
After winning both series on a six-game road trip, the Chicago White Sox will aim to stop a six-game home losing streak when they face the Washington Nationals on Friday night in the first contest of a three-game set.,Chicago swept the reigning American League champion Toronto Blue Jays in the first...
Orioles get first look at AL East as slumping Red Sox visit
The Baltimore Orioles will face an American League East rival for the first time this season when the Boston Red Sox visit to begin a three-game series Friday night.,Baltimore is 3-6 across its past nine games, so the Orioles are looking for consistency. Manager Craig Albernaz believes his players h...
Cody Bellinger's pinch-hit 2-run single propels Yankees past Red Sox
Cody Bellinger drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single to help the visiting New York Yankees extend their winning streak to six games by beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Thursday night.,Bellinger singled against reliever Greg Weissert with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inni...
Andrew Benintendi hits tiebreaking 3-run HR as White Sox down Diamondbacks
Andrew Benintendi hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon.,Chase Meidroth walked off Paul Sewald (0-3) to open the ninth and took second on a sacrifice bunt before pinch-hitter Edgar...
Rangers place LHP Robert Garcia (shoulder) on 15-day injured list
The Texas Rangers placed left-handed reliever Robert Garcia on the 15-day injured list on Thursday due to left shoulder inflammation.,The move is retroactive to Monday. In other moves, the Rangers selected right-hander Peyton Gray's contract from Triple-A Round Rock and designated catcher Willie Mac...
Louisville, Jeff Brohm reach 8-year, $64.8M extension
Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm agreed to an eight-year, $64.8 million contract extension Thursday that runs through the 2033 season.,The University of Louisville Athletic Association Board of Directors approved the deal for Brohm, who will receive an annual base salary that starts at $6.3 mill...
Galaxy leading scorer Joao Klauss to have foot surgery
Los Angeles Galaxy striker Joao Klauss will undergo surgery to repair ligament damage on a foot on Friday and will be sidelined until after the break for the World Cup, head coach Greg Vanney announced.,The Galaxy will return from the break on July 17 against Los Angeles FC.,Klauss has recorded a te...
Reports: Ravens give WR Zay Flowers 5th-year, $27.3M extension
The Baltimore Ravens picked up wide receiver Zay Flowers' option for his fifth NFL season, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,He will play the 2026 season on the final season of his four-year, $14 million rookie contract, with the $27.3 million option covering the 2027 season.,The two sides still a...
Texas Tech adds UNLV transfer Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn
UNLV transfer guard Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn committed to Texas Tech, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,Gibbs-Lawhorn led the Mountain West by averaging 20.7 points per game last season and also shot 41.4% from 3-point range. He averaged 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2025-26 for the Runnin' Rebels. ,Gi...
Yankees' Cam Schlittler to face Red Sox, Fenway faithful
Massachusetts native Cam Schlittler takes the Fenway Park mound for the first time in his major league career as the New York Yankees aim to complete a three-game series sweep of the Boston Red Sox and extend their season-long win streak to six on Thursday night.,Schlittler (2-1, 1.95 ERA), who hail...
Spotlight shines on D-backs' Michael Soroka, White Sox's Munetaka Murakami
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Michael Soroka is putting up numbers reminiscent of his 2019 All-Star season.,The only thing that has changed is everything else.,Using a new "drop and drive" style that generates power from his lower half, plus featuring a slurve he developed in 2025 and has refine...
Ildemaro Vargas blasts 2 homers as Diamondbacks defeat White Sox
Ildemaro Vargas hit two homers and drove in a career-high five runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks withstood Munetaka Murakami, who homered in a fifth straight game, to hold off the Chicago White Sox 11-7 in Phoenix on Wednesday.,Murakami leads the American League with 10 homers, eight on the road, an...
After weather delay, Crew defeat Galaxy for first home win of season
Daniel Gazdag and Diego Rossi scored as the Columbus Crew downed the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 on Wednesday for their first home win of the season.,Gazdag in the 41st and Rossi in the 47th staked the Crew (2-4-3, 9 points) to the lead before Gabriel Pec countered for the Galaxy in the 86th minute on th...
Max Fried dominates as Yankees nearly blank Red Sox again
Amed Rosario had four RBI in just two plate appearances and Max Fried pitched eight shutout innings, leading the visiting New York Yankees to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night., ,Rosario's three-run shot in the first inning was all that New York needed, as Fried (3-1) allowed just...
Spurs swingman Keldon Johnson wins NBA's Sixth Man award
The NBA announced Wednesday that San Antonio Spurs swingman Keldon Johnson has been voted the league's Sixth Man of the Year by a 100-member global media panel.,The seventh-year veteran earned the John Havlicek Trophy for delivering 13.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while shooting 51.9% from the...
Rangers place OF Wyatt Langford (forearm) on 10-day injured list
Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford has a Grade 1 flexor strain and was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday.,Langford, 24, exited Tuesday's 5-1 home victory over Pittsburgh after the fourth inning due to a right forearm strain. He went 0-for-1 with a walk, extending his on-base streak to...
D-backs' Eduardo Rodriguez carries stellar season into start vs. White Sox
When left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez struck out the United States' Byron Buxton with a two-strike changeup in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, the Diamondbacks came to attention.,"I thought, ‘Well, we got it,'" said Arizona manager Torey Lovullo, who was texting with D-backs pitchi...
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton feels right at home vs. Red Sox at Fenway
Teams at opposite ends of the American League East standings will meet Wednesday when the visiting New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox in the second game of a three-game series., ,The Yankees have a five-game lead over the last-place Red Sox following Tuesday night's 4-0 victory. It was the ...
Munetaka Murakami extends HR streak as White Sox pound D-backs
Rookie Munetaka Murakami homered for the fourth straight game, Colson Montgomery went deep for the third straight and the Chicago White Sox slugged four homers in an 11-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Tuesday.,Murakami, Michael Vargas and Montgomery hit consecutive solo shots w...
VJ Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey propel Sixers past Celtics to even series
VJ Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey combined to make 11 3-pointers and score 59 total points as the Philadelphia 76ers bounced back to even their Eastern Conference playoff series with the host Boston Celtics in a 111-97 decision on Tuesday.,Seventh-seeded Philadelphia (1-1) shook off a dismal Game 1 perf...