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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Gerrit Cole struck out 11 in his first win since July 17, Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer for No. 49 on the season and the Yankees’ 200th, and New York beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2. Cole allowed one run on three hits over 7

By JASON L. YOUNG Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Strider pitched six strong innings and William Contreras hit a three-run double as the streaking Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 11-4. Atlanta has won four straight, seven of eight and 15 of its last 17 games. The defending World Series champions remained

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ian Happ hit two two-run homers for Chicago’s only hits, and the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 10 innings. Happ hit a drive off Matt Bush in the seventh and a tiebreaking shot against All-Star Devin Williams in the 10th. Both homers sailed over

By MIKE COOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gilberto Celestino hit a bases-clearing double and Gary Sánchez added two-run home run, all in a six-run third inning, as the Minnesota Twins snapped a six-game skid with a 9-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Carlos Correa and Kyle Garlick also homered for Minnesota. Joe Ryan

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Kyle Bradish pitched a gem, throwing eight strong innings before two relievers completed the four-hitter to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros. Bradish (2-5) limited Houston’s powerful offense to just a pair of singles and struck out six in

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Rojas hit a three-run double and Emmanual Rivera had a two-run homer in a six-run inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2. Chicago product Alek Thomas hit a deep sacrifice fly to score Christian Walker to start Arizona’s frenetic second inning. White

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chase Garbers was 12 of 22 for 141 yards and the Las Vegas Raiders finished the preseason undefeated after Friday’s 23-6 victory over the New England Patriots. It marked the first time in franchise history the Raiders (4-0) finished undefeated in the preseason. Las Vegas scored

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donovan Solano hit a two-run double off Cade Cavalli in the pitching prospect’s big league debut, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Nationals 7-3. Aristides Aquino drove in three runs for Cincinnati, which had dropped four in a row. Mike Minor pitched seven sparkling innings for

By SCOTT ORGERA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Canha hit two clutch doubles and Pete Alonso singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 7-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Brett Baty launched his second major league homer and Starling Marte had

By BRENDAN McGAIR Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer, and the Boston Red Sox stopped Tampa Bay’s six-game win streak with a 9-8 victory over the Rays. Kevin Plawecki had three hits and two RBIs for the Red Sox, who had dropped four in a row. Michael Wacha struck out

MIAMI (AP) — Mookie Betts homered twice and hit a go-ahead double in the in the 10th and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 10-6. Freddie Freeman, Justin Turner and Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI each for the NL-West leading Dodgers, who are 27-7 since the All-Star break. Automatic runner

By The Associated Press Maximiliano Urruti scored twice to lead Austin past Los Angeles FC on Friday, 4-1. After the win , Austin moved to 15-6-6, while LAFC dropped to 18-6-3.

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit a two-run single in his first at-bat after a 52-game absence due to a broken left thumb, helping the streaking Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harper grounded out twice and lined out sharply in his three other at-bats in

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Things got sticky when a fan at a Philadelphia Phillies game caught Oneil Cruz’s bat and didn’t want to give it back. Cruz’s bat slipped out of his hands and went flying into the stands after the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie struck out Friday night. The lumber landed

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddy Peralta threw six hitless innings for Milwaukee before Ian Happ homered against Matt Bush in the seventh, breaking up the Brewers’ no-hit bid against the Chicago Cubs. Happ connected for a two-run shot with one out, lifting Chicago to a 2-1 lead. Peralta struck out

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers backup quarterback Sam Darnold and kicker Zane Gonzalez were both carted off the field in the third quarter of Carolina’s preseason game Friday night against the Buffalo Bills. Darnold’s left ankle twisted awkwardly after Bills defensive tackle C.J. Brewer landed on him as the

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus moved within one win of her first WTA Tour title, rallying to beat eighth-seeded Alizé Cornet 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 on Friday in the semifinals at Tennis in The Land. Sasnovich, ranked 36th in the world, won the final three games in

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Narin An shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to top the leaderboard Friday in the suspended second round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. An had her second straight bogey-free round at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after opening with a 64 on Thursday. An LPGA Tour rookie after winning twice