Month: June 2023

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Tre Richardson hit two grand slams among his three home runs and tied an NCAA postseason record with 11 RBIs to lead TCU to a 20-5 rout of Arkansas in a winner’s bracket game of the Fayetteville Regional. Richardson hit a grand slam in the first inning and another in the

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Josh Lester drove in two runs with his first major league hit during his season debut, and Tyler Wells won for the first time in his last four starts as the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 8-3. James McCann reached base three times for

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Alex Palou started and finished first in the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday, winning his second IndyCar race in less than a month and for the sixth time of his career. The Spaniard won the Indianapolis Grand Prix in May. He led 74 of 100 laps

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Uruguay and South Korea advanced to the semifinals of the Under-20 World Cup on Sunday. The South Americans beat the United States 2-0 in Santiago del Estero, dominating the match from start to finish. The Asian team, which also played in the previous U-20 World Cup final, secured its spot

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Hovland is a playoff winner at the Memorial. The Norwegian star made a clutch birdie on the 17th hole and a big par on the 18th hole for a 70. That got him into a playoff with Denny McCarthy. Hovland won with a 7-foot

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien’s hitting streak, Nathan Eovaldi’s nearly untouchable pitching, Travis Jankowski’s leaping catches. The AL West-leading Texas Rangers are doing just about everything right. “Everybody I feel like is groovin’ right now,” Eovaldi said. Semien extended MLB’s longest hitting streak this season to 23 games,

MILAN (AP) — Veteran AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimović has announced his retirement from soccer in an emotional night at San Siro. Ibrahimović is out of contract with the club at the end of the season and Milan had already announced there would be a special ceremony after its match against Hellas Verona to bid

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Candace Parker made two free throws with 24 seconds left and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 84-80 to extend its franchise record for consecutive wins to open a season to six games. Las Vegas used an 11-1 run capped by

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights were flying high after Game 1 in the 2018 Stanley Cup Final. They just beat Washington and believed they were en route to the championship. Then reality hit in a big way. The Capitals won the next four games. It’s a

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stanford’s NiJaree Canady outlasted Washington’s Ruby Meylan in a battle of Pac-12 freshman pitchers to push the Cardinal into the national semifinals. Canady threw a one-hitter, and No. 9 seed Stanford beat No. 7 Washington 1-0 on Sunday in a Women’s College World Series elimination

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Belt broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 for a three-game sweep. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead but quickly recovered. Toronto has won