Sandy Alcantara struck out 10 and scattered just six hits, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. Alcantara got Joey Gallo to ground out with the bases loaded in the ninth, ending the game. One pitch before the final out, Alcantara nearly hit him, which would have brought in the tying run. Mookie Betts led the Dodgers with a homer, his 30th of the season. In the first
THE HAGUE -- At least three people were killed on Saturday after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, according to local media reports.
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The New York Yankees placed relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman on the 15-day injured list Saturday evening after a recent tattoo caused an infection in his leg. The move was retroactive to Wednesday. Chapman, 34, hasn't appeared in a game for New York since Aug. 19, when he gave up a run on two walks and a hit in 1/3 of an inning. The slumping left-hander previously lost the Yankees' full-time closer job and also spent a st
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DENVER - As the Broncos prepare for their final preseason game, there's still plenty on the line.
Denver must trim its 80-player rosters to 53 players by Tuesday at 2 p.m. MT, and there's likely still a handful of roster spots up for grabs.
The Broncos' starters aren't expected to play, but several players in the thick of position battles will suit up in hopes of proving
Scottie Scheffler led Xander Schauffele by one stroke and several more stars were gaining ground when third-round play at the Tour Championship was suspended Saturday evening at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Scheffler stood at 19-under par and Schauffele was at 18 under with six holes left to complete, the most of any of the 14 golfers remaining on the course. Those 14 will resume their third rounds at 9:45 a.m. Sunday
Climate change has drastically affected water levels in famed rivers across Europe. Whole territories are vanishing with the current drought - possibly the worst in 500 years, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.
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The PGA Tour halted play at the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday due to lightning strikes near East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta and will resume play Sunday morning. The tour announced that play on Sunday will begin at 9:45 a.m. ET. Play was suspended twice on Saturday before the PGA Tour moved to stop play for the day. The first delay began at 1:27 p.m. ET, also due to lightning nearby, and lasted 58 minu
Australian Cameron Smith and Harold Varner III are among the next wave of golfers planning to defect to the upstart LIV Golf Series, multiple outlets reported Saturday. The pair, along with Aussie Marc Leishman, Joaquin Niemann of Chile, Cameron Tringale and Anirban Lahiri of India, are expected to play in next week's LIV event outside Boston, per the reports. Chilean Mito Pereira is also expected to make the move but wi
Scott Dunlap finished with a flourish Saturday by recording birdies on five of the last six holes to notch a 9-under 63 and hold a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Ally Challenge at Grand Blanc, Mich. The 63 matches the low round in Ally Challenge history and marked the fifth time Dunlap hasturned in that personal-best round. Scott McCarron shot 63 in the second round in 2018. The strong showing leaves Dunlap at 11
Right-hander Shohei Ohtani struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, Andrew Velazquez hit a solo homer and the visiting Los Angeles Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Angels have not given up a run while winning the first two games of the three-game series, outscoring the Blue Jays by a combined 14-0. Ohtani (11-8) allowed two hits and one walk on the mound and also walked twice at
The PGA Tour suspended play at the third round of the Tour Championship for the second time Saturday due to lightning strikes near East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The first delay began at 1:27 p.m. ET, also due to lightning nearby, and lasted 58 minutes. The final several pairings of golfers had their tee times moved back by one hour. The second delay hit at 6:36, with 14 out of the field of 29 still playing their round
Rich Hill struck out 11 batters over seven shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox offense scored four times in the first inning of a 5-1 victory Saturday over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. Hill (5-4) became the first Red Sox pitcher to strike out as many as 11 batters in a game at the age of 40 or older. The 42-year-old southpaw allowed just three hits and one walk as he completed seven innings for the first time this sea
Liudmila Samsonova won 80.8 percent of her first-serve points while notching a convincing 6-1, 6-3 victory over seventh-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Saturday to win the Tennis at the Land final in Cleveland. It was the second straight title for Samsonova, who has won 10 consecutive matches. The Russian also won at Washington D.C. earlier this month and Saturday's triumph represents her third career WTA title. Sasnovi
Luis Amarilla scored in the 84th minute as Minnesota United rallied for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday afternoon. Amarilla's finish of Alan Benitez's low cross lifted Minnesota (13-9-5, 44 points) to an eighth win in 11 matches only five minutes after they tied the game through an own goal. It was Amarilla's ninth of the season Emanuel Reynoso took a free kick from just outside of the penalty
The St. Louis Cardinals activated star third baseman Nolan Arenado from the paternity list prior to Saturday night's home game against the Atlanta Braves. Arenado departed the team Thursday at Chicago to return to St. Louis for the birth of a child. He missed games on Thursday and Friday. The seven-time All-Star was in the lineup at third base and batting fourth for Saturday's game. Arenado, 31, is batting .300 with 26
The Milwaukee Brewers placed Jonathan Davis on the injured list with right elbow swelling and called up fellow outfielder Garrett Mitchell to the majors for the first time. Davis, 30, is batting .224 with four RBIs and seven stolen bases in 37 games during his first season with the Brewers. In parts of five major league seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays (2018-21), New York Yankees (2021) and Brewers, he is a career .18