Even though the New York Yankees are off to a decent start with 15 wins in their first 23 games, their offense is showing some similarities to the version that experienced difficulties last season. After being shut out for the fourth time so far, the Yankees will attempt to get their offense rolling again Tuesday night when they continue a four-game series with the visiting Oakland Athletics. New York has been shut out three times at home so far, the latest a 2-0 defeat against the A's on...
Keaton Winn pitched four-hit ball over six-plus innings, Michael Conforto homered against his former team and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game home series against the New York Mets with a 5-2 victory on Monday. Nick Ahmed and Matt Chapman contributed two-run hits, helping the Giants respond to a loss with a win for the sixth consecutive time. Pete Alonso hit his seventh home run of the season in the fifth inning to account for the New York scoring until a Camilo Doval wild pitch...
Dylan Cease pitched seven dominant innings for his third straight win as the San Diego Padres edged the Colorado Rockies 3-1 in Denver on Monday night. Cease (3-1) gave up just one hit and one run. He didn't issue a walk and recorded eight strikeouts, firing a 98-mph fastball past Elias Diaz on his 90th and final pitch of the night. Enyel De Los Santos worked a scoreless eighth and Robert Suarez got the final three outs of the game for his eighth save. Suarez got Ryan McMahon to ground into a...
Bo Bichette's three-run triple led the Toronto Blue Jays past the host Kansas City Royals, 5-3, on Monday evening. The Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead in the third after a pair of walks and Cavan Biggio's opposite-field double loaded the bases. With one out, Bichette's slicing liner to right-center tipped off the glove of diving center fielder Garrett Hampson, clearing the bases. Daulton Varsho took Kansas City starter Brady Singer's 1-2 slider out to right for a two-run homer in the sixth,...
More than a part of the long-term plan for the Packers, quarterback Jordan Love is the long-term plan in Green Bay. Following the path of his scouting predecessors, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst plans to place contract negotiations with Love on the frontburner as soon as the 24-7 focus on the draft passes this weekend. Gutekunst holds a league-high 11 draft picks and wants to add to his playoff roster behind Love, who is first eligible for a contract extension on May 3, one year...
World No. 1 Nelly Korda fired a final-round 69 to win her LPGA record-tying fifth straight event — and second major title — at the Chevron Championship on Sunday in The Woodlands, Texas. Korda, 25, who finished with a 13-under 275 and defeated Sweden's Maia Stark by two strokes, had to play 25 holes on the final day to make up for a weather delay Saturday, but still captured her 13th LPGA Tour event win. Korda, who won her first major in 2021 at the Women's PGA Championship, joined Hall of...
Ryan McMahon singled against a pulled-in infield to cap a two-run 10th inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Seattle Marines 2-1 in the first game of a split doubleheader in Denver on Sunday. Ezequiel Tovar had three hits, including an RBI single to tie the game in the 10th, and Jake Cave and Brenton Doyle had two hits each for Colorado, which snapped a six-game skid. The game was scoreless heading into the 10th after a wild finish to the bottom of the ninth. With two outs Jacob Stallings...
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was ruled out for Game 1 of Sunday's first-round playoff series against the visiting Dallas Mavericks with inflammation in his right knee. The injury forced Leonard out of the Clippers' final eight regular-season games and continues a trend of knee issues keeping the two-time NBA champion out of recent playoff series. Knee injuries knocked Leonard out of the 2021 and 2023 playoffs, with the Clippers quickly eliminated after his departures. When knee...
The Philadelphia Phillies are on the verge of a second consecutive three-game sweep. The Phillies defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Saturday and can record the sweep with a win when the teams battle in the series finale on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. The Phillies entered this series after three straight victories over the Colorado Rockies. Philadelphia will hand the ball to right-hander Aaron Nola (2-1, 3.47 ERA), who will have a tough act to follow after Zach Wheeler flirted with a...
Luis Castillo pitched seven scoreless innings for his first victory of the season and Cal Raleigh had four hits, including a homer, as the Seattle Mariners blanked the Colorado Rockies 7-0 on a chilly Saturday night in Denver. Julio Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two stolen bases for the Mariners, who extended their winning streak to four games. Colorado lost its sixth straight. The Rockies' grounds crew had to clear the field of snow earlier in the day after Friday's game was...
Cody Bellinger and Alexander Canario homered and Michael Busch delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth to help the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 win against the visiting Miami Marlins to earn a split of the doubleheader on Saturday night. Cubs rookie left-hander Shota Imanaga (3-0) allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits in six innings. He struck out five with no walks. Imanaga did not allow an earned run in his first three MLB starts and extended his scoreless streak to 18 2/3 innings...
With the NBA playoffs getting underway, it is time for the annual tradition of Kawhi Leonard health updates with the Los Angeles Clippers and questions about how far Luka Doncic can take the Dallas Mavericks. In a matchup of teams desperate to make their mark on the postseason after recent disappointments, one will be headed home early as the host Clippers and Mavericks begin their best-of-seven first-round series on Sunday. Leonard again is dealing with knee issues, with inflammation keeping...