Month: June 2022

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The top seeds that played their NCAA baseball regional openers went unbeaten, and most won easily. No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Stanford, No. 4 Virginia Tech, No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 8 East Carolina each scored in double digits. No. 3 Oregon State was the only team among

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole pitched perfectly into the seventh inning a night after teammate Jameson Taillon lost his bid in the eighth, Aaron Judge homered and had four hits on his bobblehead night, and the New York Yankees thumped the Detroit Tigers 13-0. The Yankees are the

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joe Musgrove held Milwaukee hitless for 7 2/3 innings and outpitched reigning Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes as the San Diego Padres snapped a four-game skid with a 7-0 victory over the Brewers on Friday. Musgrove pitched the only no-hitter in Padres history last season.

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Megan Faraimo pitched a complete game and hit a solo homer, helping No. 5 UCLA beat No. 9 Northwestern 6-1 in a Women’s College World Series elimination game. Faraimo gave up five hits and struck out 10. Maya Brady had three hits for the Bruins,

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — San Diego’s Joe Musgrove has held the Milwaukee Brewers hitless through seven innings as he bids for his second no-hitter in as many seasons. He has thrown 98 pitches. The Padres lead the Brewers 6-0. Musgrove has thrown the only no-hitter in Padres history. It came

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber each homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies won in interim manager Rob Thomson’s debut, 10-0 over the Los Angeles Angels. Bryson Stott hit his first big league shot to back Zach Eflin in sending the Angels to their ninth straight loss,

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Alek Thomas hit two of Arizona’s five home runs and the Diamondbacks opened a long road trip by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6. Ketel Marte homered while extending his hitting streak to 15 games and Christian Walker and Jake McCarthy also connected for Arizona. Thomas hit

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian boxer George Kambosos has made the weight on his second attempt for his unification world lightweight title fight against American Devin Haney. The U.S.-based Kambosos missed the 135-pound limit initially after weighing in at 135.36 pounds. He had two hours  to return to the scales to ensure Sunday’s fight before

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Nolan McLean hit two solo home runs, Jake Thompson had two run-scoring singles among his three hits and No. 7 overall seed Oklahoma State doubled up Missouri State 10-5 in the Stillwater Regional. Oklahoma State (40-20) advances to play the winner of Friday’s nightcap between Grand Canyon and Arkansas on Saturday.

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Garlick and José Miranda each hit two home runs, Byron Buxton also went deep and the Minnesota Twins beat the Blue Jays 9-3, snapping Toronto’s winning streak at eight. Jharel Cotton and four fellow relievers combined for six innings of no-hit relief behind right-hander Chi Chi

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Lane Thomas had a three-homer game for the first time in his career, and Nelson Cruz and Juan Soto also went deep, leading the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Thomas became the first Nationals player to hit three homers in a game