Month: July 2022

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins 9-7. Semien had earlier been part of back-to-back homers with Corey Seager for the first time since the Rangers committed a half-billion dollars in

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have retired Keith Hernandez’s number 17 jersey in a pregame ceremony at Citi Field. A rock-steady leader for the Mets’ last championship team in 1986, Hernandez received the rare honor Saturday before New York played the Miami Marlins. The only other

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched six effective innings, Josh Rojas had three RBIs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-2. Bumgarner gave up Kris Bryant’s third homer in two games in the first inning, and was sharp after that. He allowed two runs on six hits

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jaroslaw Niezgoda scored in the 24th minute, Santiago Moreno and Dairon Asprilla both scored late in the second half, and the Portland Timbers remained unbeaten in their past seven regular season games in Seattle with a 3-0 win over the Sounders. The victory continued a run

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley homered off Patrick Corbin, Kyle Wright pitched seven-plus innings to win his 10th game, and the surging Atlanta Braves held on to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3. The defending World Series champion Braves, moving a season-high 16 games over .500, improved to 28-8 since

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics were held to four hits for a fourth consecutive game and made it hold up for for rookie Zach Logue in a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros. Logue pitched five innings of three-hit ball after being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Three-time champion Mark Mulder eagled the par-5 16th hole Saturday and scored 25 points to take a three-point lead in the American Century Championship. Mulder, the former major league pitcher who won the event three straight times from 2015-17, received six points for the eagle under the modified Stableford scoring system.

NEW YORK (AP) — A report says World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity. The Wall Street Journal report called that amount significantly larger than previously known. The Journal says four women formerly affiliated with WWE

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Needing depth at behind the plate, the Tampa Bay Rays acquired catcher and infielder Christian Bethancourt from the Oakland Athletics for a pair of minor leaguers.The A’s received right-hander Christian Fernandez and outfielder Cal Stevenson in the deal.  Bethancourt carried a .249 average with four home runs and 19 RBIs in

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City was awarded a Major League Soccer record three penalty kicks in the first half and beat New England 4-2 behind a pair of Valentín Castellanos goals to stop the Revolution’s 10-game league unbeaten streak.Castellanos took over the MLS scoring lead with 12 goals. Gustavo Bou scored twice for

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will miss the next two games against the New York Yankees because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit. Boston manager Alex Cora says the team will see how Devers is feeling on Monday. On Friday, the 25-year-old Devers was

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — The Netherlands has opened its Women’s European Championship title defense by drawing with Sweden 1-1. It took Jill Roord’s goal on the turn in the 52nd minute to cancel out Jonna Andersson’s strike for Sweden. Also in Group C Portugal conceded twice in the opening five minutes against Switzerland before staging

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Gibson kept the ball in the park against St. Louis this time, Alec Bohm broke a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0. Gibson, who allowed four straight home runs by St.