Month: August 2022

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the Tampa Bay staff made it stand up, leading the Rays over the skidding New York Yankees 3-1. Starter Jeffrey Springs and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the crowd of

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Charlie Morton was dominant on the mound, Matt Olson and Robbie Grossman went deep, and the Atlanta Braves made it eight straight with a 5-0 victory over the NL East-leading New York Mets. After dropping four of five in New York less than two weeks ago,

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cedric Mullins and Adley Rutschman hit back-to-back home runs, Ramón Urías drove in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2, giving surging Baltimore its 10th win in 14 August games. Dean Kremer (5-4) matched his career high by

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A monitor in Arizona’s dugout at Oracle Park showed a live television feed during the first inning of Monday night’s game between the Diamondbacks and Giants. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said a day later that he quickly informed umpires about the technical snafu. Arizona lost

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston Astros left fielder Aledmys Díaz has exited the game against the Chicago White Sox because of discomfort in his left groin. Diaz caught Yasmani Grandal’s line drive to end the third inning. He was replaced by Chas McCormick in the bottom of the fourth. Diaz came into the game batting .254

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Pivetta pitched one-hit ball for seven innings for his first win since June 24, and the Boston Red Sox scored four runs in the first inning on their way to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates’ only hit off Pivetta came on Ben

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed no regret for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics half a century ago. Eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer died after the Black September group took hostages at the Olympic Village in

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller has left his start against the Boston Red Sox after two innings because of right shoulder fatigue. The Red Sox scored four runs off Keller in the first inning and added an unearned run in the second to take a 5-0 lead. He wound up allowing five

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The U.S. women’s basketball team will have a lot of new faces when the Americans play in the FIBA World Cup next month in Australia. South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the lone college player among the 29 invited to the USA Basketball training camp that will begin in Las