By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in three runs and Juan Soto hit a two-run homer in the first inning and drove in five to power the New York Yankees to an 8-1 rout over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night. Judge hit a two-run ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy's three-run double highlighted a five-run fifth inning, Shohei Ohtani stole his 39th base of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 8-4 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. Ohtani is just ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Iowa State improved from four to seven wins last season, and the Cyclones are in position to build on that number with a manageable schedule and a bevy of experienced players. The Cyclones bring back 19 starters, tied with Iowa for third most in ...
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Elly De La Cruz homered and became the fifth player since 1901 to have at least 20 home runs and 60 stolen bases in a single season and the Cincinnati Reds overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 on Wednesday ...
TORONTO (AP) — Former NL MVP and six-time All-Star Joey Votto announced his retirement from baseball in a short video posted to social media Wednesday. After recording the video outside Buffalo's Sahlen Field, where he'd been playing for the Blue Jays' Triple-A team, Votto drove across the ...
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Riley Greene, Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter homered, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night. Detroit won for the seventh time in nine games, bouncing back nicely after losing 3-1 to Chicago in the series ...
By BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Marsh's tie-breaking, pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. The win pushed the Phillies' lead in the National League East to seven ...
By JAY PARIS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Wallner's three-run homer highlighted a seven-run fourth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 11-4 on Wednesday. With the win, Minnesota snapped a three-game skid and avoided a sweep in San Diego. The Twins completed a ...
By HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitchell Parker gave up one run and five hits in seven innings, Luis García Jr. hit a three-run homer and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Wednesday night. James Wood had three hits for the Nationals, who ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All-Pro receiver Tyreek Hill likely won't play in Miami's preseason finale due to a thumb injury that also kept him out of drills during Wednesday's joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The injury is not considered serious. But Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Taulia Tagovailoa brought Maryland four years of stability at the quarterback position — and gave coach Mike Locksley a boost as he guided the program back to respectability. Now the Terrapins have to show they can keep winning ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Ceddanne Rafaela doubled twice with two RBIs and fellow rookie David Hamilton added a solo homer in the ninth inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Rafaela's first double off Justin ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson is dealing with "general arm soreness," a development that could impact whether Cleveland's quarterback makes his preseason debut this week. The Browns stopped Watson from throwing during Wednesday's practice. "Deshaun was ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie Wyatt Langford's single scored pinch-runner Ezequiel Duran with two out in the ninth inning, giving the Texas Rangers a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Jonah Heim and Adolis García singled off David Bednar (3-6) to open Texas' half of the ...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Linebacker Markus Golden announced his retirement Wednesday after nine NFL seasons, mostly with the Arizona Cardinals. Golden, a second-round pick by Arizona out of Missouri in 2015, had 51 career sacks, including a career-best 12 1/2 for the Cardinals in 2016. He spent ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Brooks Koepka picked up his second LIV Golf League victory of the year Sunday when he shot 7-under 63 at The Greenbrier and beat Jon Rahm with a par on the first playoff hole. Rahm, who lost a four-shot lead on the back nine at the Olympics two weeks ago, ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Monday night. Seager's nine homers in August are tied for the major league lead with Miami's Jake Burger. He also went deep twice on Aug. 2 against ...
TORONTO (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Cincinnati's four-run sixth inning, and the Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Monday night to stop a three-game slide. TJ Friedl hit his 10th homer and finished with three hits for Cincinnati in the opener of a seven-game ...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and women's No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka earned straight-set victories in the finals of the Cincinnati Open on Monday, the first titles at the tournament for both players. Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 for her first title since the Australian ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Judge sure got the rock-star treatment from hundreds of Little Leaguers who went wild for the New York Yankees slugger — holding out baseballs for autographs, pleading for selfies, even asking him about the size of his ...