Month: September 2022

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Oscar Gonzalez hit two home runs and drove in five runs, and Austin Hedges added a solo homer as the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 7-6 win against the Minnesota Twins after rain delayed the start by 1:16. Gonzalez, the surprise rookie, had three hits and

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking double against his former team with two outs in a five-run ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox — hitless until the seventh — rallied past the Oakland Athletics 5-3. Eloy Jiménez started the comeback from a 3-0 deficit with

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek tries to win her third Grand Slam title, while Ons Jabeur gets a second straight chance to win her first in Saturday’s U.S. Open women’s final. The top-ranked Swiatek won her second French Open title in June, part of her stretch of nine consecutive finals won in straight sets.

By CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Elías Díaz hit a game-ending, three-run homer to give him seven RBIs, C.J. Cron had a 504-foot home run that was the second-longest since tracking began and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-10 Friday night after wasting a seven-run lead. Arizona took a 10-8 lead

By The Associated Press Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it. The well-traveled pitcher, who spent 17 seasons in the majors, announced his retirement on Instagram on Friday — his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his big league debut. Jackson played for a record 14 clubs, most recently in 2019 with Toronto

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Haase hit two solo homers, Jeimer Candelario had a three-run shot and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 10-2 on Friday night. Haase opened the second inning by blasting Daniel Lynch’s second pitch 444 feet to the seats above the left-field fountains

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette went deep again for the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays, who then beat Texas with some small ball late. Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, but the Blue Jays got the deciding run on Danny Jansen’s RBI single in

By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — TJ Friedl homered to lead off a five-run first inning, left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched eight strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 on Friday night. In a matchup of rookie starters, Lodolo (4-5) easily outperformed Brewers right-hander Jason Alexander (2-3). Lodolo had career

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit a bases-loaded single in the sixth inning to cap a big Baltimore rally, and the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2. It was a much-needed victory for the Orioles after they lost three of four to Toronto in their previous series to

MONTREAL (AP) — Victory Wanyama scored in the 89th minute and Zachary Brault-Guillard scored in stoppage time as Montreal rallied for a 2-2 draw against the Columbus Crew that secured the team’s first playoff spot since 2016. Montreal is second in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference at 16-9-5 with four games left in the regular

MIAMI (AP) — The New York Mets fell out of first place for the first time since early April, unable to erase an early deficit despite Pete Alonso’s 33rd home run in a 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. New York, which dropped a half-game behind Atlanta in the NL East, squandered a pair of

By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz finished a home run short of the cycle, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis 8-2 to keep the Cardinals from stretching their lead atop the NL Central.  Cruz had a two-run triple, a double and an RBI single to extend his hitting streak to