Month: August 2021

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning, Joc Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out and the Atlanta Braves rallied to beat San Francisco 6-5 to end the Giants’ five-game winning streak. Wilmer Flores led off the

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Body camera video shows a Los Angeles police officer briefly pressing a knee to the neck of New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes as he struggled with them last month. Police video released Friday shows Hayes gasping “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer uses a

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami and Orlando City played to scoreless tie, marking the first time neither team scored a goal against the other. All seven matches between the pair have either been drawn or decided by a one-goal margin. Miami missed a chance to win three straight matches for the first time in

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paolo Espino struck out a career-high seven while also singling and scoring a run for the first time in the majors, leading the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the free-falling New York Mets. The loss was the 19th in 25 games this month for

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sam Darnold completed 19 of 25 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns, and the Carolina Panthers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-9 in the preseason finale for both teams. Darnold, who saw his most extensive action of the preseason, spent most of the first quarter

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Mikael Ymer and Ilya Ivashka won semifinal matches at the Winston-Salem Open on Friday and will meet for Saturday’s championship. Ymer beat 15th-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 7-5, 6-3, with the 22-year-old from Sweden was playing in his first semifinal at the ATP level. Ivashka had a strong performance to beat Emil Ruusuvuori

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Edman hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. J.A. Happ improved to 3-0 with a 2.22 ERA in five starts with the Cardinals since being acquired from Minnesota

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Jonathan Araúz hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning after being recalled before the game due to Boston’s COVID-19 case, sending the Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Araúz drove a 3-2 pitch from James Karinchak over the wall in right

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Rookie Sam Ehlinger was knocked out of the preseason finale with a knee injury, delivering another hit on the Indianapolis Colts’ depth chart at quarterback in a 27-17 win over the Detroit Lions. Carson Wentz is recovering from foot surgery. Ehlinger is competing with second-year quarterback

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Victor Reyes hit a pinch-hit tiebreaking inside-the-park home run in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1. Reyes, hitting for Zack Short, led off the inning with a sinking drive to center. Josh Palacios missed a diving attempt

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 27 points and Diana Taurasi added 19 to help the short-handed Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 80-64. Phoenix was missing star center Brittney Griner, who sprained her left ankle with just over a minute left in the meeting Wednesday between

MIAMI (AP) — Wade Miley pitched six-hit ball over seven innings, Tyler Naquin homered and extended his major league-leading hitting streak, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins 6-0. Miley struck out five, walked one and hit a run-scoring double. The 34-year-old left-hander lowered his ERA to 2.74 and hasn’t lost since May 19,