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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick went 3 for 3, drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and made two outstanding catches for a spectacular major league debut as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3. Austin Riley homered for the fifth straight game in

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams homered on his bobblehead night, Josiah Gray earned his first win since June 30 and the Washington Nationals routed the San Francisco Giants 10-1. With a victory Sunday, Washington can complete its first series sweep since taking both games from Toronto in August 2021. The

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Vázquez drove in the tying run and Michael A. Taylor followed with an RBI single, all in the seventh inning, as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Saturday night. Jordan Balazovic (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning and earned his first big

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Luis Campusano had four hits, including a home run, and the San Diego Padres routed the Detroit Tigers 14-3 for the 4,000th win in franchise history. Manny Machado and Ha-Seong Kim also homered for the Padres, who trailed 3-0 after two innings. Jackson Wolf won his major

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 12 of her 25 points in the third quarter as Dallas pulled away from the Los Angeles Sparks and the Wings won 98-84 for their fifth victory in a row. Satou Sabally added 26 points, 11 rebounds and six assists while Natasha Howard had 28 points and 11

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Tanner Bibee struck out eight in seven dominant innings and Amed Rosario scored on a misplayed pop-up in the sixth, sending the Cleveland Guardians to a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Bibee limited the Phillies to two hits and one walk in his second-longest start

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Kiara Romero won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Saturday, outlasting Rianne Malixi 1-up with a 7-foot par putt on the 36th and final hole at the U.S. Air Force Academy Eisenhower Golf Club. “My heart was racing,” Romero said. “I didn’t really think about how it was going

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol held off Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan by a stroke Saturday to win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s lone team event. Knight and Szokol closed with a 5-under 65 in better-ball play at Midland Country Club, waiting out a delay of 1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the Women’s World Cup drew 6.26 million viewers, making it the most-watched soccer telecast in the U.S. since last year’s men’s World Cup final. It is also the largest combined English- and Spanish-language audience for a U.S. women’s group stage match. Saturday afternoon’s

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A pair of 13-year-old Australian skateboarding prodigies won their first gold medals at the X Games. A 10-year-old Canadian also became the youngest medalist in the action sports event’s history. Chloe Covell won the women’s street competition a few hours before Arisa Trew claimed the

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger drove in four runs and Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago’s 15 hits, helping the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 in a wet and wild matchup of NL Central rivals. Chicago trailed 1-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before moving in front for

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered twice and Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez also went deep as the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Texas Rangers 16-3. The Dodgers matched their season highs with 18 hits and five homers. Their last long ball was Jonny Deluca’s three-run

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Rodgers scored eight points Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — There seems enough evidence at this point that the expectation should be when Seattle and Toronto get together, it’s likely to have some wild swings of momentum and be tightly contested. It was that way in the regular season and playoffs last year. And it’s continued

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Austin Hill survived a wild restart in the final overtime laps at Pocono Raceway and earned his fourth Xfinity Series victory on Saturday. Hill won the season opener at Daytona and added two more early season wins at Las Vegas and Phoenix, but hadn’t

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, piling them up as the sport grew and became a Grand Slam event. Now, her accomplishments will be on display forever after she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles rebounded after blowing a five-run lead to beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in three days, 6-5. The Orioles, who have won 11 of 14,

OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Geaux Rocket Ride won the $1 million Haskell Stakes in a mild surprise, beating Kentucky Derby winner Mage by 1 3/4  lengths on Saturday at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. It was another Haskell win for the Hall of Fame duo of trainer Richard Mandella and jockey Mike Smith. Mandella is

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis García has exited a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after the All-Star slugger got hit by a pitch on his right hand. García, who leads the American League with 80 RBIs, was struck in the fourth inning by a pitch from Bobby Miller. García initially

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory. Diamondbacks rookie right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (0-4), just recalled from Triple-A Reno, retired 16 in a row