By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones understands the plan. He totally gets that the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing what they can to protect the future — both his and theirs — by being cautious with the precocious 22-year-old's electric right arm.
In time, the ...
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ethan Champlin had 15 saves and six blocks, Merrick McHenry added 10 kills on .818 hitting with five blocks and No. 1 seed UCLA beat Long Beach State 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, 25-21 Saturday to win its second consecutive NCAA men's volleyball championship.
UCLA (26-5) ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cole Irvin extended his scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday night.
Irvin (3-1) allowed two hits — both by Elly De La Cruz — through 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked none.
"He's pitching with a ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Soriano pitched six innings for his first career win as a starter and Mickey Moniak hit a three-run homer, powering the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.
Soriano (1-4), who pitched strictly in relief last season, allowed five ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero and the rapidly maturing Orlando Magic are growing up fast in the NBA playoffs.
The 21-year-old All-Star forward scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter Friday night, helping one of the NBA's youngest teams overcome Donovan Mitchell's 50 points ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — John Means pitched seven shutout innings in his season debut and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Saturday night.
Means (1-0) underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on April 27, 2022. He returned to make four starts last September before landing ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With a frenzied Philly crowd clamoring for defense, Josh Hart hesitated for just a second after Jalen Brunson passed him the ball from the left wing before Hart realized the 76ers weren't playing any D on him.
Left alone at the top of the arc, Hart let it fly.
"I was ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an RBI single, Brandon Marsh drove in two runs and the surging Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Friday night.
Trea Turner had two hits for Philadelphia, which has won 14 of 17 and leads ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning and Jurickson Profar had four hits for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 Wednesday to take two of three in the series.
Cronenworth hit his third career grand slam and the second for the ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Steven Kwan gave Cleveland the lead with his RBI double in the 10th inning and made a diving catch to start a double play in the bottom of the inning to lead the Guardians to a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
Shawn Dubin (0-1) walked Brayan Rocchio to start ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jack Suwinski singled home Connor Joe with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
Joe led off the ninth against Nick Mears (0-3) with a single and ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beginning with Tyler Seguin on a breakaway, the shots came in waves at Vegas goalie Adin Hill.
He stopped Seguin at point blank, saved Evgenii Dadonov's rebound and then stopped Seguin again.
This was the Hill of last year's Stanley ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell pushed himself to his physical limits, leaving everything he had on the floor while trying to close out the precocious Orlando Magic.
Cleveland's star came up short. He gets another shot.
One more. Game 7.
"Best two ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell $25,000 for verbally abusing a game official shortly after the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets earlier this week.
Joe Dumars, the league's executive vice president and head of basketball ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — More than three hours before Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever in a preseason game against the Dallas Wings on Friday night, some fans among the sellout crowd were lined up outside the arena dressed in No. 22 University of Iowa jerseys.
And ...
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Pages had a walkoff single in the 11th inning for his fourth hit of the game and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Friday night.
Gavin Stone pitched well and Teoscar Hernandez homered in a matchup ...
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic struggled with his shot again thanks to his ailing right knee, and Kyrie Irving spent a bunch of energy playing defense.
Through all that, the co-stars of the Mavericks tag-teamed for a second-half surge that sent Dallas to the ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
"I've been really pleased with my process, been pleased with how my ...
By BYRON KERR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis Garcia Jr. hit a three-run shot deep to center field in the seventh inning for his first career pinch-hit home run, helping the Washington Nationals rally for a 9-3 victory over the reeling Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Garcia ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The only American driver in Formula One had a somewhat decent showing in the Saturday sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. Then Logan Sargeant totally tanked in qualifying at a time his seat with Williams seems in ...