Month: August 2021

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jackie Bradley Jr. scampered home with the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning and Christian Yelich followed with a run-scoring infield single, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Avisail Garcia homered twice for Milwaukee, including a

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder and chairman of Public Storage has died. B. Wayne Hughes died at home in Lexington, Kentucky, at his Spendthrift Farm. He was 87. His colt, Authentic, won the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic. Hughes purchased the historic 700-acre farm in 2004

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert had three hits and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2. Eloy Jiménez had a run-scoring double for AL Central-leading Chicago, which earned its third consecutive victory. Seth Brown homered for Oakland, which lost its fourth straight. Paul Blackburn (0-1)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — C.J. Sapong scored his fourth goal in the last three games and helped Nashville to a 1-1 tie with Orlando City. The 32-year-old Sapong, who has nine goals this season, did a 360-degree turn and then fell to the ground as he ripped a low ball inside the post to open

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Brian White had a sliding finish in the 74th minute to help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Austin FC 2-1. Vancouver entered having drawn five straight matches — one shy of tying a MLS record. Austin avoided a shutout for just the fourth time in its last 15 matches. Jakob Nerwinski tied

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a two-run home run on the game’s third at-bat and Marco Gonzales pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Rangers 3-1. Gonzales (5-5) followed up a two-hitter against Texas on Aug. 12 by holding the Rangers to six hits and one walk, striking out

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals earned their third straight win over Houston, beating the Astros 3-2 Wednesday night. Dozier homered off reliever Blake Taylor to help the Royals post their 31st come-from-behind

MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle for the second time and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 11-9. The reigning NL MVP doubled in the first, tripled in the fourth, singled in the fifth and hit his 27th homer, a two-run blast, in the sixth. Freeman became the first Braves

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Heaney pitched seven smooth innings, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run single in his return from COVID-19, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to match a season best with their sixth straight victory. Substitute shortstop Andrew Velazquez, who grew up