Month: June 2022

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Left-hander Kyle Freeland pitched six strong innings and the Colorado Rockies knocked out heralded rookie lefty MacKenzie Gore in the third inning to beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 and split a doubleheader. The Padres won the first game 2-1 when automatic runner Manny Machado

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jared Walsh had the ninth cycle in franchise history, Mike Trout returned to the lineup and had his 23rd career multi-home run game and the Los Angeles Angels rolled to a 11-6 victory over the New York Mets Saturday night. Walsh went 4 for 5

SINGAPORE (AP) — Jiri Procházka stopped Glover Teixeira by submission with 28 seconds left in the fifth round to claim the UFC light heavyweight title in a grueling bout at UFC 275. Valentina Shevchenko kept her flyweight title with a narrow split-decision victory over Taila Santos at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Earlier, former strawweight champion Joanna

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Walker Buehler won’t throw for six-to-eight weeks because of a flexor strain in his right elbow, making late this season the most optimistic timetable for his return to a major league mound. Buehler left Friday night’s start at San Francisco after four innings when his elbow began

By JOE STIGLICH Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw gave up a go-ahead home run to Thairo Estrada in a two-run second inning as the three-time Cy Young Award winner returned from the injured list, and the San Franciso Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. Los Angeles outhit the Giants 13-5 but

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning’s bid for a three-peat is alive and well. With captain Steven Stamkos leading the way, the two-time defending champions beat the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final Saturday night, securing a berth in the Stanley

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored a season-high 35 points on 13-of-23 shooting, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked three shots to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Los Angeles Sparks 89-72. Dearica Hamby had 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals, Kelsey Plum added 17 points and eight assists and Chelsea Gray scored

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Busch emphatically hung on to his lead after a late restart to claim his first NASCAR Truck Series victory of the season in the circuit’s long-awaited return to Sonoma Raceway. Busch roared away from Zane Smith and the field to win a two-lap dash

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit two of the Yankees’ six solo homers off rookie Matt Swarmer, and New York routed the Chicago Cubs 8-0 for its 10th win in 11 games. Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino and former Cub Anthony Rizzo also went deep against the 28-year-old

By The Associated Press Ozzie Albies and the Atlanta Braves have won 10 straight going into their home game Sunday against Pittsburgh, while rookie Bryson Stott and the Phillies have a nine-game winning streak as they host Arizona. This marks just the third time since divisional play started in 1969 that two teams began a

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joe Willis made six saves for Nashville and JT Marcinkowski had five saves for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 0-0 draw. Nashville is now 6-4-5 and the Earthquakes are 3-6-6.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin and bench coach Ryan Christenson entered COVID protocols in between games of a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies. That forced quality control coach Ryan Flaherty to serve as acting manager for the second game. The Padres made the announcement about 40 minutes before first pitch