AP National Sports

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night in the first boxing card at Little Caesars Arena. Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) with a score of 100-89 on one card and 100-90 on the other two. Shields

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Senior Zane Denton hit two home runs — his second career multi-homer game — Maui Ahuna scored the go-ahead run on Hunter Ensley’s RBI double and Tennessee beat top-seeded Clemson 5-4 to advance to the regional championship. No. 2-seed Tennessee awaits the winner between UNC-Charlotte and Clemson, both of which would

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Hany Mukhtar scored late in the second half to rally Nashville SC to a 2-1 victory over FC Dallas. Mukhtar, the reigning league MVP, took a pass from Daniel Lovitz and scored the winner in the 77th minute. It was his 10th goal of the season, tying Los Angeles FC’s Dénis

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Campbell’s two-run home run in the top of the first inning got Texas headed in the right direction, Lebarron Johnson threw a complete game, and the No. 2 regional seed Longhorns defeated top-seeded Miami 4-1 in the winner’s bracket of the Coral Gables Regional. Johnson scattered seven hits and

By SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Sophia Smith and Christine Sinclair scored for the Portland Thorns in a 2-0 rivalry win over OL Reign. The National Women’s Soccer League match was part of a doubleheader with the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Houston Dash earned its fourth

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The NCAA tournament baseball game between Oregon State and LSU scheduled for Saturday night in the Baton Rouge Regional has been moved to Sunday at 2 p.m. Central Daylight Time. A lightning storm delayed the elimination game between Tulane and Sam Houston in the seventh inning with Sam Houston leading

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge knocked open the door of the visiting bullpen at Dodger Stadium while making a spectacular running catch in the eighth inning. Judge might have saved a run for the Yankees with his sprinting catch on J.D. Martinez’s liner into

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Julián Carranza scored a goal in each half to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal. Carranza staked the Union (9-4-3) to a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Matt Real in the 12th minute and scored. Philadelphia increased its lead to 2-0 on Mikael

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Will Brennan hit the first homer allowed this season by Sonny Gray in the seventh inning and Logan Allen pitched six strong innings for the Cleveland Guardians in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Twins. Steven Kwan added a solo homer in the ninth for Cleveland. Allen

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Justin Steele on the 15-day injured list with strained left forearm. Steele, who turns 28 on July 11, has been one of Chicago’s best pitchers so far this season. He is 6-2 with a 2.65 ERA in 12 starts. He has 58 strikeouts and 16 walks

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3. Aaron Judge hit his 19th homer and made an outstanding catch in the corner in right, Jake Bauers had a pair of two-run homers and Gerrit Cole pitched six innings of four-hit ball before leaving

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Nick Parker allowed five hits and a run over seven innings, Jake Berry threw two no-hit innings of relief and Ethan Anderson hit the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning to help Virginia beat East Carolina 2-1. at the Charlottesville Regional. Top-seeded Virginia plays the winner between No. 2 seed

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang moved into position to win in her professional debut, shooting a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Mizuho Americans Open. The former Stanford star had six birdies in a bogey-free

CINCINNATI (AP) — Luciano Acosta scored late in the second half to propel FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire. Acosta scored his seventh goal of the season when he took a pass from defender Santiago Arias and found the net in the 83rd minute. Cincinnati (12-1-3) has collected 39 points through

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Adin Hill made perhaps the save of the playoffs in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Vegas Golden Knights goaltender reached back and extended his stick to keep Florida’s Nick Cousin from scoring. Hill got his blade in front of the puck just

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cole Custer pulled into the lead after a late caution for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win this season on the road course at Portland International Raceway. Custer earned his 11th overall victory on the series in the No. 00 Haas Automation Ford, besting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ethan Bosacker allowed four hits with six strikeouts in a complete game shutout, Andrew Walker went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to help Xavier beat Eastern Illinois 7-0 in an elimination game at the Nashville Regional. No. 3 seed Xavier plays the loser between Oregon —

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien and Corey Seager had a hit apiece on the first two pitches of Bryan Woo’s major league career, sparking the Texas Rangers to a 16-6 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. Semien doubled on the first pitch from Woo on his way

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes homered for the second straight game, Connor Joe hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. Hayes, whose three-run homer in the previous game helped the Pirates rally from a five-run deficit, tied it