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NEW YORK (AP) — Valentine Castellanos converted a pair of point-blank shots on exquisite feeds from Maximiliano Moralez to lift New York City FC to a 2-0 win over the league-leading New England Revolution. The winner, in the 31st minute, was a brilliant header flicked over the keeper after Moralez floated the ball over the

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit three doubles, Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0. Jean Segura and Odúbel Herrera homered for the Phillies, who entered play 5 ½ games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East. Eight of Philadelphia’s

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Cabral scored in the 86th minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 3-3 tie with Los Angeles FC on Saturday. Dejan Joveljic scored twice for the Galaxy. He chipped the ball over goalkeeper Tomas Romero to open the scoring in the 20th and tied it at 2 in 64

By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara, buoyed by uncharacteristic run support, had a career-high 12 strikeouts in seven innings to help the Miami Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds for the first time in six meetings this year, 6-1. Alcantara allowed one run and achieved a career high in strikeouts for

By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — J.D. Martinez broke out of an 0-for-20 slump with three hits, including a three-run homer in the 10th inning, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Martinez drove a 2-1 pitch from Nick Wittgren to right for his 24th home run

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens lost running back J.K. Dobbins to a knee injury early in their preseason finale at Washington. They beat Washington 37-3 to extend their exhibition winning streak to an NFL-best 20 games and pass the mark set by Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Ilya Ivashka beat Mikael Ymer 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday in the Winston-Salem Open to become the first player from Belarus to win an ATP Tour singles title in 18 years. Ranked 63rd in the world, the 27-year-old Ivashka is the lowest-ranked champion in the event’s 10-year history, and the sixth player

By The Associated Press A day after ending their longest winning streak in nearly 60 years, the Yankees try to get back in the win column against Oakland. New York ended a 13-game string of victories with a 3-2 loss to the A’s on Saturday, with Frankie Montas pitching seven shutout innings. Oakland had lost

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Santoso didn’t take long to leave an impression on the Carolina Panthers coaching staff and steal a roster spot from the slumping Joey Slye. The Panthers cut Slye on Saturday in favor of the 6-foot-5, 258-pound Santoso, who was acquired in a trade Thursday

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Koosman became the fifth player or coach to have his jersey retired by the New York Mets, with his No. 36 unveiled alongside placard’s honoring Mike Piazza, Tom Seaver, Gil Hodges and Casey Stengel. The 78-year-old Koosman was supposed to be honored last season, but

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Robert Beric scored in the 32nd minute and the Chicago Fire held off the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Saturday night to end a 19-game road winless streak. A long throw in by Carlos Teran landed amid three defenders but, after multiple deflections, Beric found the ball behind the defense

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Salvador Perez homered for the fourth straight game, lining a two-run shot off the top of the fence for his 37th of the season to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Seattle Mariners 4-2. Whit Merrifield also homered for Kansas City, which won its third

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR presented Wendell Scott’s family a custom trophy commemorating his historic 1963 victory prior to Saturday’s Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Scott was the first and remains the only Black driver to win a race at NASCAR’s top level. NASCAR President Steve

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Sergio Garcia shot a 5-under 67 and finished the third round of the BMW Championship four strokes behind the leaders. He’s tied for fourth, which is the type of showing he needed after he came into this event ranked 44th in the FedEx Cup

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The New York Yankees’ 13-game winning streak ended as Frankie Montas pitched seven shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 3-2 victory. Matt Chapman homered to help stop the Yankees’ best run in nearly 60 years. The A’s had lost six straight and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Zach Charbonnet rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns in his UCLA debut as the Bruins rolled to a 44-10 season-opening victory over Hawaii Saturday at the Rose Bowl. UCLA scored on its first five possessions as it snapped an eight-game losing streak to teams

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia won the Tennis in the Land final Saturday for her second WTA Tour title, beating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 7-6 (5), 6-4. The 30th-ranked Kontaveit entered the tournament on a four-match losing streak, then won five matches in six days in the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Running back J.K. Dobbins injured his left knee early in the Baltimore Ravens preseason finale at Washington. Dobbins was carted off after being injured on his third touch of the game. He was tackled on a screen pass from Lamar Jackson in the starting quarterback’s

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Belmont States winner Essential Quality won the 152nd running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, holding off Midnight Bourbon in a stirring stretch duel. The sleek gray 3-year-old son of Tapit has never had a bad race, winning all but one of

PARIS (AP) — The timing of Lionel Messi’s eagerly awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain continues to get nearly all the attention in France. That debut could be on Sunday when PSG visits modest Reims. PSG was waiting until Sunday to name its squad. Nice got on with the business of winning with a 4-0 rout