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By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson doubled twice in his home debut, Jorge Mateo had a two-run single in a three-run eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2. Adley Rutschman put the Orioles in front with a bases-loaded walk as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. Dean Kremer

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cal Raleigh homered twice, Luis Castillo pitched six solid innings and the Seattle Mariners pushed their winning streak to five by beating the slumping Cleveland Guardians 6-1. Raleigh hit a solo homer in the second inning off rookie Cody Morris and connected for a three-run shot

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India drove in Spencer Steer from third base with a game-ending chopper against Colorado’s five-man infield, sending the Cincinnati Reds past the Rockies 3-2. Steer, who hit his first career home run in the fifth in his major league debut, led off the ninth with a double against Alex Colomé and

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Connor Watkins was 11-of-15 passing for 298 yards and three touchdowns, and Villanova scored the opening 24 points in routing Lehigh 45-17. Villanova, which has won 10 straight in the series, is coming off a 10-3 season that ended in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Watkins took over for three-year starter

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants first baseman Brandon Belt will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Saturday in San Francisco. Belt had surgery on the same knee in 2015 and 2018. The 34-year-old has faced multiple stints on the injured list with knee inflammation this season, missing 23

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Tutu Atwell didn’t get to play for the Los Angeles Rams during the preseason and that’s how he knows his second NFL season is off to an excellent start. Coach Sean McVay shows his disdain for the injury risks in the NFL’s exhibition schedule

By MARK DIDTLER TAMPA, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo will miss a pivotal three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend after getting an epidural shot for lingering lower back pain. DJ LeMahieu started in place of Rizzo, who got the injection Thursday in California where

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — California teenager Lucy Li has the 36-hole lead on the LPGA Tour. The 19-year-old Li had another bogey-free round in the Dana Open. She shot a 64 for a two-shot lead over 19-year-old Ruoning Yin of China and Carlota Ciganda. Li is playing with a lot more freedom than some of

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks signed forward J.T. Miller to a seven-year, $56 million contract Friday. The 29-year-old Miller was Vancouver’s leading scorer last season with 99 points on 32 goals and 67 assists in 80 games. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2022-23

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns say team owner Merritt Paulson was contacted in 2019 about former coach Paul Riley’s interest in becoming head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, and he disclosed that Riley had had been fired by the team for cause. But the team maintains Riley didn’t try to shape

BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Matthew Wolff is now a footnote in LIV Golf history. He has the first hole-in-one in the Saudi-funded league. Wolff shot a 63 and has a one-shot lead in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. A pair of newcomers are one shot back. Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are among six players to

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Paul Stoll had 15 points and nine assists and Mexico defeated the U.S. 73-67 on Friday in the opening game of Group C play for both teams at the FIBA AmeriCup. Fabian James added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mexico. Jeremy Pargo led the U.S. with 14 points. Norris Cole

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Matteo Berrettini has ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating the the three-time major 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 at the U.S. Open. Murray hasn’t reached the round of 16 in one of tennis’ four

By The Associated Press Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close friend Kenny Rainford told The Associated Press in a telephone call from Liverpool, England, that his close friend died on Thursday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home women’s basketball series with BYU over a recent racial incident involving Duke women’s volleyball. The national champion Gamecocks were scheduled to play its season opener against BYU on Nov. 7. The Gamecocks would go to the Utah campus next

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has been given a six-spot penalty on the starting grid of Sunday’s race at Portland International Raceway. The penalty is for an unapproved engine change and is an early setback in the Team Penske drivers’ bid to win a

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek soccer club Olympiakos has signed Brazilian star Marcelo. Marcelo has spent the past 16 seasons playing for Real Madrid. There he accumulated 25 tropies, the most in the club’s history. The terms of the contract were not announced by Olympiakos but Greek sports sites reported it is for one year

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Trying to hang on to their slim lead in the AL Central, the Cleveland Guardians lost two starting pitchers to injury. Zach Plesac has a broken hand and Aaron Civale is dealing with forearm inflammation. Cleveland leads Minnesota by just one game. Plesac was supposed to

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon were unsure of their playoff plans until the very end of NASCAR’s regular season. Now both will switch from fighting to reach the postseason to chasing a Cup Series title. The chase begins Sunday with the Southern 500 at Darlington

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Colton Herta says he’s not listening to any of the speculation about a potential move to Formula One next season. In fact, the American driver has told his father to not even discuss any 2023 possibilities with him until the IndyCar season has ended.