Month: August 2022

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mets reliever Nate Fisher pitched three scoreless innings of relief in his major league debut after working at a Nebraska bank a year ago, Mark Canha hit two homers and drove in five runs and New York rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 10-9. Canha’s second homer was

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Caroline Garcia has generated momentum going into the U.S. Open in a week, capturing the Western & Southern Open women’s championship with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova. On the men’s side, Borna Coric completed a rankings jump from 152 to 29 with a 7-6 (0), 6-2 win over No.

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Josh Bell showed he’s out of his slump by slugging his second home run in two games against his former team to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Starter Sean Manaea pitched seven strong innings for the Padres,

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Robert Lewandowski left his mark with a pair of goals on his 34th birthday and Barcelona’s high-profile attack finally clicked in a 4-1 win at Real Sociedad for its first victory of the season. Lewandowski also set up Ansu Fati’s goal as Barcelona quickly rebounded from

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — Four-time defending Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence raced to his first victory of the season Sunday, defending his event win at Brainerd International Raceway in the 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Beating eight-time season champ Tony Schumacher in the final round, Torrence picked up his 52nd victory — and first

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Keston Hiura homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 to salvage the finale of their weekend series. Rowdy Tellez also connected and Willy Adames hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly for Milwaukee, which had dropped three of four.

SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, Sue Bird added season highs of 18 points and 10 assists, and the Seattle Storm beat the Washington Mystics 97-84 to sweep their opening-round series. No. 4 seed Seattle plays top-seeded Las Vegas in the second round. The best-of-five series begins next

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Semien and Nathaniel Lowe homered, Kohei Arihara pitched a career-high six innings and combined with Taylor Hearn for the shutout, and the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-0. Minnesota starter Joe Ryan held Texas hitless for the first three innings before Semien led off the

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday, building a 5-up lead over Ben Carr and holding on for a 1-up victory at Ridgewood Country Club. Bennett is No. 3 in the world amateur ranking and had to get past three straight players ranked in the top 10

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles spent most of Sunday meeting kids from around the globe playing in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Players from both teams signed autographs, snapped pictures and a few brave ones raced on cardboard slides down

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) — Padraig Harrington won the DICK’S Sporting Goods Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year. Harrington closed with a 5-under 67 at En-Joie Golf Club for a three-stroke victory over Mike Weir and Thongchai Jaidee. A stroke behind Weir entering the day, Harrington birdied Nos. 2,

ROME (AP) — Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum’s participation at the World Cup appears in doubt after he fractured the tibia in his right leg. Serie A club Roma said Wijnaldum suffered the injury in training and that “the player will undergo further assessments in the coming days.” The 31-year-old Wijnaldum joined Roma on loan from

ROME (AP) — Atalanta has held defending champion AC Milan to a 1-1 draw in their Serie A clash. Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice in his second league game to lead Napoli to a 4-0 win over promoted Monza. The 21-year-old Kvaratskhelia also scored on his league debut in Napoli’s 5-2 win at Hellas

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — NASCAR’s Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International is underway after a weather delay of about two hours. Lightning strikes in the area of the track in New York’s Finger Lakes caused the delay and rain then moved in at Watkins Glen. The track was wet when the green flag