Aaron Judge became the first player this season to reach 40 homers and then capped an eight-run eighth inning with a grand slam for No. 41 as the New York Yankees rallied for an 11-5 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Judge reached 40 homers by hitting a 449-foot two-run shot to left field in the third. The slugger then slammed his fourth career grand slam when he hit a first-pitch changeup to
The Seattle Mariners acquired Cincinnati Reds ace right-hander Luis Castillo in exchange for four minor-leaguers on Friday. In return for the 29-year-old Castillo, who won't be a free agent until after the 2023 season, the Reds will receive shortstops Noelvi Marte and Edwin Arroyo and right-handers Levi Stoudt and Andrew Moore. Marte, Arroyo and Stoudt were ranked first, third and fifth, respectively among Mariners pros
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The Chicago Sky took a sweet revenge on the New York Liberty with an 89-81 victory at home in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) on Friday.
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Seth Brown homered twice and Stephen Piscotty and Elvis Andrus also went deep to back six strong innings from James Kaprielian and boost the visiting Oakland Athletics to a 7-3 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Oakland stretched its winning streak to a season-high four games while improving to 7-2 since the All-Star break. Once more, a power surge boosted the A's, who have clubbed 33 of their 87 home
Justin Verlander won his sixth consecutive start while Aledmys Diaz hit two of Houston's four home runs in the Astros' 11-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday. Verlander (14-3) took sole possession of the major league lead in wins by shackling the Mariners, who have dropped five consecutive games to Houston since the All-Star break. The right-hander tossed 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits an
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): After a thunderous Day 1 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Team India looks to retain momentum on the second day with all eyes on Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Tokyo Olympic silver-medallist and 2018 CWG gold medallist on Saturday. Badminton and Table Tennis teams looking to make a progress into the knockouts and the women's hockey team will enter their second group-stage tie. Th
Aaron Judge became the first player this season to reach 40 homers and then capped an eight-run eighth inning with a grand slam as the New York Yankees rallied for an 11-5 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Judge reached 40 homers by hitting a 449-foot two-run shot to left field in the third. The slugger then slammed his fourth career grand slam when he hit a first-pitch changeup to the short p
Christian Yelich's seventh-inning single proved to be the difference as the Milwaukee Brewers opened their first series in Boston since 2014 with a 4-1 win over the Red Sox on Friday night. Willy Adames went 3-for-5 and drove in a run, and Yelich was 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and an RBI for Milwaukee, which has won three straight games and six of seven since the All-Star break. The Brewers scored first in the si
Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning Friday night to give the visiting Philadelphia Phillies a 4-2 comeback win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Garrett Stubbs pinch-running for automatic runner Kyle Schwarber, Hoskins, who was 4-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs, hit his 20th homer, to center, off Duane Underwood Jr. (0-3). Schwarber hit an RBI single for the Phillies, who erased a two-run def
Willi Castro homered, Harold Castro hit a two-run single and the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Friday night. Victor Reyes added three hits and an RBI for the Tigers, who gained a split of the first two games of a four-game series. Five Detroit relievers combined for 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Toronto's Matt Chapman hit a solo homer. Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah (11-5) allowed four ru
Cedric Mullins' two-run single with one out in the top of the ninth began a four-run rally as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Friday night. The Orioles' fourth pitcher, Dillon Tate (2-3), worked out of a seventh-inning jam and pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win. Benches briefly cleared in the ninth when Cincinnati reliever Dauri Moreta hit Anthony Santander with a pitch after the O
Brandon Nimmo pulled a two-run, tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, leading the New York Mets to a 6-4 win over the host Miami Marlins on Friday night. Edwin Diaz picked up his 23rd save of the year, striking out all three batters he faced. He threw 10 pitches -- all of them for strikes. The Mets, who have won four straight games, drilled eight extra-base hits, including a double by Nimmo, who had a three-RBI night.
Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar hit back-to-back home runs and Miles Mikolas tossed seven strong innings as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals opened a three-game series against the Washington Nationals with a 6-2 victory on Friday. St. Louis improved to 3-3 on its eight-game road trip behind Mikolas (8-8), who bounced back from his worst start of the season. He allowed two runs on six hits, walked one and struck out four.
Austin Riley had three hits, including his 29th home run, and Kyle Wright won his National League-leading 13th game to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series. Riley, who had his 18-game hitting streak end on Wednesday, hit a solo homer off Madison Bumgarner in the first inning. He went 3-for-4 with two doubles and upped his batting average to .2
Aaron Judge belted his major-league-leading 40th home run of the season on Thursday, joining an exclusive club of New York Yankees who have reached that milestone by the end of July. Judge hit a two-run shot against the Kansas City Royals' Kris Bubic in the third inning at New York. Only Babe Ruth, who had 41 homers before August in 1928, and Roger Maris, who had 40 by the end of July in 1961, previously accomplished th
The San Francisco Giants placed All-Star outfielder Joc Pederson on the seven-day concussion list prior to Friday night's game against the Chicago Cubs. Pederson was injured one night earlier when he banged his head into the left-field wall in the seventh inning while trying to catch a two-run homer by Patrick Wisdom of the Cubs. Pederson appeared dazed in left field after the collision and was removed from the game. "
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Northrop Grumman has won a more than USD 3.2 billion contract to design, manufacture and deliver the next-generation Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor for the US Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Department announced. "Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation [of] Huntsville, Alabama is being awarded a ... contract with a maximum amount of USD 3,286,745,005," the Defense Department s
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US Secretary Antony Blinken on Friday said that he held a discussion with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in a phone call and pressed him to respond to an offer Washington has made to secure the release of American citizens detained by Moscow. Blinken said that he held a "frank and direct conversation," with Sergey Lavrov and "pressed the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal t
Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who was fired as Europe's Ryder Cup captain after joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series, enjoyed a strong debut on the Saudi-backed tour on Thursday in Bedminster, N.J. Stenson shot a 7-under-par 64 at Trump National Bedminster to share the first-round lead with Patrick Reed. Stenson carded four birdies on each nine and a lone bogey at the par-3 seventh hole. "It is a tough golf course, and
The San Diego Padres and right-hander Joe Musgrove agreed to a five-year extension worth $100 million on Friday, according to multiple reports. Musgrove, 29, was slated to become an unrestricted free agent following the season. The deal will put him under contract with his hometown Padres through the 2027 season. He is making $8.625 million this season. Musgrove made the National League All-Star team for the first time
The NBA has begun an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers' moves in free agency searching for possible tampering violations, ESPN reported Friday night. The inquiry revolves around James Harden, who was open about his decision to decline a $47 million player option for next season and take a pay cut to allow the 76ers more cap room to improve their team. According to ESPN, it would have been a violation of the coll
FC Dallas and the Los Angeles Galaxy will look to build on crucial victories when they square off on Saturday in a key Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas. FC Dallas (8-6-8, 32 points) head to the weekend in fifth place in the West but are just two points ahead of the seventh-place Galaxy (9-9-3, 30 points) and eighth-place Portland and only three points ahead of ninth-place Seattle. Portland and Seattle are the n
A pair of title fight rematches headline Saturday night's UFC 277 in Dallas. The main event at American Airlines Center is a runback of one of the most shocking results in UFC history, as bantamweight champion Julianna Pena (11-4) of Spokane, Wash. puts her newly won crown on the line against featherweight titleholder Amanda Nunes (21-5) of Brazil. Widely regarded as the greatest women's fighter in MMA history, Nunes ha
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - After a decade in the NFL, including eight memorable years in Denver, Super Bowl 50 champion defensive end Derek Wolfe has decided to retire.
Drafted in 2012, Wolfe became one of the most fearsome players in recent memory for the Broncos, racking up 33 career sacks, 299 tackles, 46 tackles for loss and 77 quarterback hits in Denver.
And just as memorabl
Canadian Taylor Pendrith birdied the first four holes of his round Friday and turned in a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. Pendrith and Finau were tied for the lead after Thursday. After the second round, Pendrith reached 15-under 129 and Finau's 66 got him to 14 under par. They'll play in the final pairing Saturday afternoon at Detroit Golf Club and see i