By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The All-Star break did little to slow down the resurgent Boston Red Sox. Now they'll take on another streaking AL East team as the race for postseason spots begins to simmer. The Red Sox completed a sweep of division-leading Tampa Bay on Sunday, ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and five Yankees pitchers combined on a four-hitter as New York edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 to split their day-night doubleheader Sunday. Cody Bellinger had an ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Max Kepler hit a walk-off RBI double in the 10th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 on Sunday. Kepler drove in automatic-runner Jorge Barrosa to match Arizona's largest comeback victory in franchise history ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez's strong start to his major league career is showing no signs of slowing down. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder's two-run homer in the ninth inning of Sunday's 7-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians made him the ...
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Johnson struck out five and allowed one run in five solid innings, Jorge Soler and Zach Neto delivered RBI hits and the Los Angeles Angels snapped a four-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Johnson ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Tyler Stephenson went deep twice, Hunter Greene struck out seven over six innings and the Cincinnati Reds weathered a three-homer afternoon from Hunter Goodman to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 on Sunday. It was the third career multi-homer ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Shota Imanaga pitched seven shutout innings and Nico Hoerner had a bases-loaded triple and four RBIs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the first and Imanaga (6-8) took over from there, allowing ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Paul Skenes allowed one run and struck out eight in seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Sunday. Skenes (9-8) went at least seven innings for the first time since May 12. The All-Star right-hander ...
By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off closer Pete Fairbanks to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday. Fairbanks (3-4) was trying to protect a one-run lead, and instead ...
By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nolan McLean struck out 10 and allowed just two hits in six scoreless innings, Francisco Lindor homered and drove in three runs and the New York Mets won a series in Philadelphia for the first time in nearly four years, beating the ...
BOSTON (AP) — Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer, Sonny Gray gave up one run and five hits over six innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Sunday for their 13th win in a row. The streak is tied for the second-best in franchise history with a 13-game run in July ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley and Drake Baldwin each hit two home runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Texas Rangers 8-5 on Sunday to win the three-game series in a matchup of first-place teams. Baldwin had a career-high five hits and became the first ...
PLATEAU DE SOLAISON, France (AP) — Remco Evenepoel held off Tadej Pogacar and his teammate Isaac Del Toro to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France, while Pogacar kept his commanding overall lead and saw his main rival Jonas Vingegaard crash out of the race. Vingegaard fell about 20 ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers. And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears. Spain is back atop the soccer world for a second ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — The hard work for Ryan Fox was just getting to the 18th hole in the British Open with a share of the lead. Still to come was the toughest hole at Royal Birkdale, which had yielded only four birdies to the 76 players who had ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer Lionel Messi has quite a climb to catch Kylian Mbappé for the Golden Boot. The Argentina superstar has won just about everything in soccer except for the award for being the leading scorer at the World Cup, and he's now two behind Mbappé after the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lionel Messi and Argentina on one side. Lamine Yamal and Spain on the other. The World Cup final is finally here. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. EDT at MetLife Stadium. Argentina is seeking its fourth title, Spain its second — and ...
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Athletics routed the Washington Nationals 15-1 to end their 10-game losing streak Saturday night. Jacob Wilson, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes homered to ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie All-Star Travis Bazzana hit a two-run homer to center field in the ninth inning for his first career walk-off hit and the Cleveland Guardians rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday night to split in a ...
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tarik Skubal pitched seven dominant innings, Spencer Torkelson homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Skubal, winner of the past two AL Cy ...