SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Backup quarterback Will Hammond stepped into a stagnant Texas Tech offense in the third quarter and put together four scoring drives to lead the 17th-ranked Red Raiders to a 34-10 win over No. 16 Utah on Saturday. Hammond threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns and ...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — BYU's Evan Johnson had a goal-line interception followed by a short pick-6 on East Carolina's next throw to help the Cougars beat the Pirates 34-13 on Saturday night. Johnson's takeaways highlighted the win for BYU (3-0), which had allowed just three points through ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Alec Bohm had three RBIs in his return from the injured list, Walker Buehler delivered 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Friday night. It was a costly loss for the D-backs, who fell three games behind the New ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Bubba Chandler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, and Nick Yorke and Bryan Reynolds hit home runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Athletics 2-0 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak. Chandler allowed only Jacob Wilson's two-out double in ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen held the Phillies to four hits over seven innings, James McCann scored the go-ahead run in the sixth after a double and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated Philadelphia 4-3 on Saturday night. Arizona went back over .500 at 78-77 and moved within two games of the final ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — José Ramírez homered for his third career 30-30 season and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-0 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Bo Naylor homered twice, George Valera and Daniel Schneemann also went deep, and Cleveland won its ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Spencer Steer hit his fourth home run in four games and the Cincinnati Reds gained ground in the National League wild-card race with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night. The Reds (79-76) are one game behind the New York Mets, who lost to Washington on ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Steven Kwan tied a season high with four RBIs, Logan Allen pitched a career-best eight innings and the Cleveland Guardians made it 10 straight wins by beating the Minnesota Twins 8-0 on Saturday to sweep a day-night doubleheader without giving up a run. Winners in 15 of ...
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Connor Ingram and the Utah Mammoth have agreed to part ways, and the veteran goaltender will not participate in training camp. General manager Bill Armstrong said Ingram will be placed on waivers, clearing the way for him to sign with another team before the regular season ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Busch greeted Paul Skenes with the fourth leadoff home run of his career and the Chicago Cubs moved to the brink of their first playoff berth in five years with a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The Cubs winnowed their magic number to one ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After Shohei Ohtani pitched five hitless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies' Rafael Marchon hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Blake Treinen with two outs in the ninth inning for a 9-6 win on Tuesday night. Brandon Marsh had a two-run homer ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ian Happ homered and drove in three runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their first postseason berth since 2020 with an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Chicago has won four in a row and seven of eight overall. It leads the NL wild-card standings with an ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael McGreevy pitched seven sharp innings, Thomas Saggese hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Tuesday night. It was another costly defeat for Cincinnati, which has lost four of five and dropped three games behind the New York ...
DETROIT (AP) — Steven Kwan, Angel Martinez, José Ramírez and Kyle Manzardo combined to give Cleveland four extra-base hits in an extra inning for the first time in 64 years, and the Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 in the 10th on Tuesday night for their 10th win in 11 ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Steer homered and drove in five runs, helping Brady Singer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Wednesday. The Reds (76-76) used 11 hits to take the rubber game of the three-game series. They are hoping to rally into the third NL wild card in ...
DETROIT (AP) — Gavin Williams struck out nine in five innings, Bo Naylor hit a two-run single and the Cleveland Guardians won their season-best sixth straight game, 4-0 over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. Cleveland, which has won 11 of its last 12, is now 4 1/2 games behind the ...
Willie Fritz began his coaching career more than four decades ago at Pittsburg State, a Division II school tucked into the corner of Kansas, where he had played defensive back in the late 1970s and early '80s. In other words, the current Houston coach has seen just about everything in college ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood scored the go-ahead run from first base when center fielder Oneil Cruz misplayed Dayton Lile's eighth-inning double, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Pittsburgh (65-85) finished ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — George Holani saw the ball bouncing toward the Pittsburgh end zone, wondered why Steelers kick returner Kaleb Johnson turned his back on a live football, and kept right on running. All the way to the first touchdown of the Seattle Seahawks special teamer and running back's ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their fourth straight postseason berth despite wasting a two-run lead Sunday in a 10-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals, who got a three-run homer and five RBIs from Salvador Perez. Philadelphia became the second team assured of a playoffs ...