Month: June 2022

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green believes that he’s the NBA’s best at playing defense. Except on Twitter. There, he plays offense. This explains why, on Friday night between Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals, the Golden State forward opened up his Twitter page and let the

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Umpires barred Dodgers manager Dave Roberts from using a position player to pitch the ninth inning against the New York Mets, enforcing a rule that prevents teams from using non-pitchers with a deficit of five runs or fewer. Roberts said he did not realize the

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Alonso homered twice for the second time this season, drove in five runs and bounced back from a costly error as the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-4. Francisco Lindor and Eduardo Escobar also went deep for the Mets, who bounced

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Robert Moore hit two home runs and Arkansas scored eight runs — including a grand slam by Jalen Battles — in the eighth inning as the Razorbacks rallied to beat Oklahoma State 20-12 at the Stillwater Regional. Arkansas (40-18) advances to the title game against the winner of an elimination game

By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinals rookie Brendan Donovan hit a two-run double in the 10th inning and St. Louis overcame a baserunning mistake to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-4 and split a doubleheader. Ian Happ had two doubles for the Cubs, who won the first game 6-1. Donovan doubled after Michael

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Skyler Messinger’s RBI double capped a three-run bottom of the seventh inning and No. 9 overall seed Texas went on to beat LouisianaSte Tech 5-2 in the Austin Regional. Texas (44-19) advances to the title game on Sunday. The Longhorns will play the winner of Sunday morning’s elimination game between Louisiana

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Adam Duvall capped a four-run 11th inning with a two-run homer and the Atlanta Braves spoiled the debut of Colorado’s new “City Connect” uniforms by beating the Rockies 6-2. Marcell Ozuna and William Contreras each hit a two-out, run-scoring double off Jhoulys Chacín to set the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American boxer Devin Haney has retained his WBC lightweight title and added three more from the weight class after a unanimous points decision over Australian George Kambosos. The 23-year-old American won three of the first four rounds and was well ahead at the halfway point of the 12-round bout to become

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Zack Prajzner hit a game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and drove in the go-ahead run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh to help Notre Dame rally for a 6-4 victory over No. 16 overall seed Georgia Southern

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Brody Moore went 5-for-5 with a double, a triple and five RBIs and Auburn set its season high for runs in a 21-7 win over Florida State to clinch a spot in the Auburn Regional final. Auburn (39-19), the No. 13 national seed, plays the winner a loser-out game between Florida

By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinals rookie Brendan Donovan apologized for tweets he sent with homophobic language as a teenager that surfaced during St. Louis’ game against the Chicago Cubs. Twitter users directed Donovan’s tweets to the attention of reporters during a doubleheader in Chicago, including at least one that used an

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Six of the top eight seeds were unbeaten through two days of an NCAA baseball tournament marked by potent offenses and few surprises until Arkansas staged a dramatic comeback against No. 7 Oklahoma State. No. 1 Tennessee, No. 3 Oregon State, No. 4 Virginia Tech, No. 5 Texas A&M

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Tanner Schobel had three hits, scored three times and drove in three runs and No. 4 overall seed Virginia Tech used a 14-run inning to coast to a 24-4 win over Columbia, landing a spot in the championship game of the Blacksburg Regional. The Hokies were trailing 2-1 heading into the

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Austin Bost and Kole Kaler hit late home runs to rally No. 5 overall seed Texas A&M to a 9-6 win over Louisiana-Lafayette in the semifinals of the College Station Regional. After scoring four runs in the first inning the Aggies fell behind 6-4. Troy Claunch had an RBI double