Carlos Alcaraz kept his Caja Magica streak alive at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4) in a rematch of the 2023 final to reach the quarterfinals. The former world No. 1 has won the title in Madrid for the last two years, and continued to shake off injury concerns—and a second-set blip—to win a 14th straight match and defeat his German rival on his fifth match point in just under three hours on Manolo Santana Stadium. Alcaraz last faced Struff on...
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Knizner hit a three-run homer, Adolis García added a two-run shot and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.
No. 13 seed Danielle Collins extended her career-best run of consecutive victories to 15 with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Romania's Jaqueline Cristian on Sunday to reach the round of 16 at the Matua Madrid Open in Spain. Collins had eight aces and won 76 percent of her first-serve points while keeping her winning streak alive. Collins dropped the first set before never trailing in the second and dominating in the third. She won the final five games of the match. The 30-year-old American began...
Just two years removed from their last NBA championship title, the Golden State Warriors have missed the playoffs. This is now the third time in the last five years that the Warriors have not made the postseason, with the team failing to qualify after losing to the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the play-in tournament.Frankly, it wasn't even close. While the Warriors had a shot thanks to qualifying for the play-in tournament, they were routed 118-94 by the Kings. Klay Thompson failed to...
The Mets’ six-game winning streak came to a decisive end this afternoon in LA, as the Dodgers shellacked the Amazins 10-0 to avoid the sweep. It was a crisp first couple of innings for both Adrian Houser and Tyler Glasnow, but the warning signs were there early for Houser. A ground ball pitcher who traditionally does not walk many batters was getting all of his outs via fly balls and walking too many batters. Eventually it caught up to him in a big way. In the bottom of the third, Houser issued...
Ryan Gallagher throws a gem as UCSB extends win streak to six games.
On a day with exasperating pitching, extreme wildness, and an almost comical aversion to cashing in run-scoring opportunities, the Dodgers dropped their third game in a row, 6-4 to the Mets in what might be the most frustrating loss in a growing string of them. On offense the Dodgers could capitalize, on the mound they couldn’t get clean innings, and any time they seemed to get themselves back into the game, the Mets would respond. That’s how it’s gone lately for the Dodgers, who have lost seven...
Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto, Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-bet six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani,
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto, Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-best six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on
The Sacramento Kings are still alive. Led by huge performances from Keegan Murray (32 points, nine rebounds, 8-of-13 from three) and De'Aaron Fox (24 points,
It's win or go home Tuesday night for the Golden State Warriors and
No.3 seed Coco Gauff recorded the first tour-level 6-0, 6-0 win of her Hologic WTA Tour career in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open over Arantxa Rus.