It's been a rough season for three-time major winner Jordan Spieth. Spieth has just one top-10 finish in his past seven events, a stretch that has also featured a disqualification and three missed cuts. The 30-year-old finished tied for 39th at the RBC Heritage on April 21 in his most recent outing. But Spieth believes it is often darkest before the dawn, and he hopes to begin turning things around at this week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas. "Sometimes that can be disguised right...
Ross Stripling won for the first time since 2022, Abraham Toro and Tyler Nevin hit home runs and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-0 victory Wednesday afternoon. T.J. McFarland, Austin Adams, Dany Jimenez, Michael Kelly and Mason Miller extended the Oakland bullpen's run of consecutive scoreless innings to 27 2/3 with three more, capping off a four-hit effort that produced the A's season-best fourth straight win. Stripling (1-5), who...
Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning to help the San Diego Padres win the rubber contest of the three-game series 6-2 against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon. Jurickson Profar went 4-for-4 in the leadoff spot with two RBIs and a run scored for the Padres, who beat the Reds 6-4 on Tuesday to snap a five-game losing streak. Padres starter Joe Musgrove allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, striking out a season-high nine batters without...
Preparing for his first title defense of a PGA Tournament in five years, Australian Jason Day said that he hadn't been "pleased" with his game of late, saying his iron play had been "letting me down." Day made the comments Wednesday at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, ahead of this week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Day ended a five-year winless drought last year, a "little too long if you ask me," and is now a defending champ for the first time since winning the Wells Fargo Championship almost...
Former United States Women's National Team star Carli Lloyd announced Wednesday that she is expecting her first child with husband Brian Hollins. Lloyd, 41, acknowledged that she has undergone multiple rounds of in-vitro fertilization treatments in a bid to have a child. "It has been a rollercoaster of a journey to get to this point. We are beyond excited to be parents!" Lloyd said on Instagram. " My story is currently a happy one, but I know there are other women who are facing challenges in...
Hours after the Astros made the shocking move of optioning veteran first baseman Jose Abreu to allow him to work on his swing at its Florida spring training facility, his replacements played a role in Houston's 10-9, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Astros claimed the opener of this three-game series, set to continue on Wednesday in Houston, by erasing a three-run, first-inning deficit and later getting a two-run, walk-off homer from pinch-hitter Victor Caratini....
Tempers might still be high when the Milwaukee Brewers and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays play the rubber match of a three-game series on Wednesday. Milwaukee snapped a three-game skid with a wild 8-2 victory over Tampa Bay on Tuesday, winning despite starter Freddy Peralta and reliever Abner Uribe getting ejected. Peralta was tossed after hitting Jose Siri with a pitch with one out in the sixth inning and Milwaukee up 6-1. Siri, whose 452-foot solo homer in the third inning was the only hit off...
Wenceel Perez is making it impossible for the Detroit Tigers to send him back to Triple A. Perez is giving the Detroit offense a huge jolt. He blasted his second and third career home runs in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday, leading the Tigers to an 11-6 win over visiting St. Louis. The Cardinals won the opener 2-1 with a ninth-inning rally. The teams will play the rubber match of the series on Wednesday afternoon. Perez is batting .302 with six extra-base hits in 15 games since...
Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings. The victory came after a 1-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the cluster to a standing ovation, and he stayed to throw out the first pitch before play ultimately...
Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers by picking up a 4-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings as the Diamondbacks won for just the second time in their past six games. The victory came after a one-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the...
The host Miami Marlins — who trailed by five runs entering the ninth inning — got a walk-off single to right by Dane Myers in the 10th inning as they rallied to defeat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Tuesday night. Miami snapped a seven-game losing streak, which had been the longest active skid in the major leagues. Myers went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. He entered the game in the seventh after Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected for arguing a strikeout on a close pitch. Bryan De La Cruz, who tied the...
LIV Golf's 2024 individual champion will be crowned at the Sept. 13-15 LIV Golf Chicago event at Bolingbrook Golf Club. "The passionate sports fans of Chicago have embraced the intense competition and fan-first experience that LIV Golf delivers, and this year it will be an incredible setting for a high-stakes event as players battle it out for the individual title and a roster spot for 2025," LIV Golf commissioner and CEO Greg Norman said in a formal statement Tuesday. "We're thrilled to return...