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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — C.J. Sapong scored his fourth goal in the last three games and helped Nashville to a 1-1 tie with Orlando City. The 32-year-old Sapong, who has nine goals this season, did a 360-degree turn and then fell to the ground as he ripped a low ball inside the post to open

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Brian White had a sliding finish in the 74th minute to help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Austin FC 2-1. Vancouver entered having drawn five straight matches — one shy of tying a MLS record. Austin avoided a shutout for just the fourth time in its last 15 matches. Jakob Nerwinski tied

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a two-run home run on the game’s third at-bat and Marco Gonzales pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Rangers 3-1. Gonzales (5-5) followed up a two-hitter against Texas on Aug. 12 by holding the Rangers to six hits and one walk, striking out

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals earned their third straight win over Houston, beating the Astros 3-2 Wednesday night. Dozier homered off reliever Blake Taylor to help the Royals post their 31st come-from-behind

MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle for the second time and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 11-9. The reigning NL MVP doubled in the first, tripled in the fourth, singled in the fifth and hit his 27th homer, a two-run blast, in the sixth. Freeman became the first Braves

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Heaney pitched seven smooth innings, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run single in his return from COVID-19, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to match a season best with their sixth straight victory. Substitute shortstop Andrew Velazquez, who grew up

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dániel Sallói scored in second-half stoppage time for his 12th goal of the season and Sporting Kansas City tied the Portland Timbers 1-1. Kansas City has earned just two points in its three home matches since the start of July. Portland is 1-6-2 on the road this season. Sallói was

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Raúl Ruidíaz scored his MLS-leading 14th goal of the season and the Seattle Sounders beat FC Dallas 1-0 on Wednesday night. Seattle is unbeaten in its last three games — following a stretch of four losses in five games — and moved a point ahead of Sporting Kansas City atop the

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Yarbrough came off the COVID-19 injured list and worked five scoreless innings as the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays handed the Baltimore Orioles their 14th consecutive loss, 8-4. Baltimore also had a 14-game skid from May 18-31. The Orioles joined the Boston Braves as

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — John Tolkin scored in the 33rd minute for his first MLS goal and the New York Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on Wednesday night. New York snapped a seven-game winless streak. Columbushas lost five straight matches — the longest losing streak by a defending champion since the LA Galaxy

CINCINNATI (AP) — Sebastian Breza made three saves for his first MLS shutout and Montreal finished a man down in a 0-0 tie with FC Cincinnati on Wednesday night. Rudy Comacho was shown a yellow card in the 68th minute and then another in the 74th and Montreal played with 10 men the rest of

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rodolfo Pizarro in second-half stoppage time to give Inter Miami a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. Pizarro one-touched Victor Ulloa’s pass inside the far post in the 93rd for his first goal of the season.  Miami won its third straight home game, while Chicago had its

MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman became the first Atlanta Braves player to hit for the cycle twice by accomplishing the feat against the Miami Marlins. The reigning NL MVP doubled in the first, tripled in the fourth, singled in the fifth and hit his 27th homer, a two-run blast, in the sixth. Freeman also completed

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th homer and pitched eight sharp innings, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers 3-1. The crowd of 27,282 was hoping to see Cabrera hit his 500th career homer, but the slugger went 1 for 4 with a

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Alejandro Bedoya scored his first goal of the season to help the Philadelphia Union beat New York City FC 1-0 on Wednesday night. Andre Blake had two saves for Philadelphia to tie Nashville’s Joe Willis and Colorado’s William Yarbrough for the MLS shutout lead with eight. Bedoya banged home a header

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tommy McNamara and Tajon Buchanan scored four minutes apart in the second half and the New England Revolution beat D.C. United 3-2. New England has won seven of its last eight games — with a draw — to stay atop the Supporters’ Shield race. D.C. United lost to New England for