(Photo credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) After managing the Los Angeles Dodgers to a playoff berth in each of his first seven seasons, Dave Roberts can treat this immediate stretch after the All-Star break like any other stretch. The skidding New York Mets don't have that luxury -- and consecutive discouraging losses to the Dodgers haveincreased the urgency for a team in danger of falling out of the playoff race. Th
(Photo credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) The Baltimore Orioles have so many things to be happy about as they take aim at a series sweep of the visiting Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon. But there also is one big concern for the Orioles, who rallied from four runs down to secure their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday night.Center fielder Cedric Mullins departed the eventual 6-5 victory with what has been ca
(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports) San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. is day-to-day with a twisted left ankle suffered during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the host Philadelphia Phillies. Tatis hurt the leg while playing defense in the early innings of the game. In the sixth inning, he was heavily favoring the leg as he jogged to first base after hitting a pop-up. Brandon
(Photo credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) The Atlanta Braves will continue their march on the all-time record for consecutive games with a home run on Sunday when they host the Chicago White Sox in the rubber game of their three-game set. The Braves have homered in 28 consecutive games dating to June 10. They are three games shy of matching the all-time record of 31 straight games set by the 2019 New York Yankees. The
(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports) Johan Rojas had quite a memorable debut for the Philadelphia Phillies. Rojas was called up from Double-A Reading and contributed an outfield assist, three hits, two RBIs and a number of stellar defensive plays in center field as the Phillies swept a doubleheader from the San Diego Padres on Saturday. The Phillies will now look for their third straight victory when they hos
(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) The San Francisco Giants have come out of the All-Star break strong and at the expense of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants, chasing the National League West top spot, will go for a three-game series sweep Sunday after 6-4 and 3-1 wins in Pittsburgh. Their win Saturday came after right fielder Michael Conforto's two-run single in the eighth inning broke a 1-1 tie and wa
Texas [USA], July 16 (ANI): Heinrich Klaasen produced a sizzling 53 off 31 balls to help the Seattle Orcas defeat the San Francisco Unicorns by 35 runs in the fourth match of Major League Cricket (MLC) at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Saturday. The Orcas posted 177/4 in their 20 overs before bowling out the San Francisco Unicorns for 142 runs within 18 overs, as per an MLC press release. The Seattle Orcas won the toss
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): Following her historic Wimbledon women's singles title win, Czech tennis player Marketa Vondrousova said that she did not even think of winning the tournament since it was the most "impossible Grand Slam" for her to win and added that there was a point in the match where she could not even breathe out of nervousness. Vondrousova clinched her maiden Wimbledon title, defeating No.6 seed Ons Jabeu
(Photo credit: Barbara Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) Brazil's Mayra Bueno Silva pulled off a stunning upset Saturday night, submitting former UFC champion Holly Holm in the second round of their bantamweight main event at UFC Fight Night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old Silva, ranked No. 10 in the division, turned a clinch by Holm into a guillotine chokehold, forcing the former champion to t
(Photo credit: Albert Cesare / The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK) Freddy Peralta and three relievers combined on a one-hitter and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers used three solo home runs to record their third straight shutout over the Cincinnati Reds, posting a 3-0 victory on Saturday night. Peralta (6-7) only allowed a one-out, broken-bat infield single by Jake Fraley in the fourth inning, striking out six while issuing
(Photo credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) Trey Cabbage scored on a throwing error in the 10th inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 13-12 win against the Houston Astros on Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif. With runners on first and second and Phil Maton (2-3) on the mound, Taylor Ward hit a grounder to second baseman Mauricio Dubon. Dubon flipped the ball to Grae Kessinger,
(Photo credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports) Ryan Gauld had two goals and Brian White and Sergio Cordova also scored to lead the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 4-2 victory over the visiting LA Galaxy on Saturday. Ryan Raposo had an assist for the Whitecaps (8-7-7, 31 points), who scored three times in the first 23 minutes to win their second straight match after dropping the previous two. Gaston Brugman and Mark Delgado
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): Following her loss to Marketa Vondrousova in the final of the Wimbledon women's singles final, number six seed Ons Jabeur termed the loss as "painful" and shared how words from Belgian tennis legend Kim Clijsters offered her some comfort. Vondrousova clinched her maiden Wimbledon title, defeating Number six seed Jabeur of Tunisia 6-4, 6-4 in the 2023 Wimbledon final on Saturday. In a major upse
(Photo credit: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports) Michael Lorenzen pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Kerry Carpenter hit two homers and drove in four runs as the Detroit Tigers defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-0 on Saturday night. The Tigers have won the first two games of the series, which concludes Sunday afternoon. The showdown between All-Star pitchers, who both appeared in Tuesday's game in Seattle, was no co
(Photo credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports) The Colorado Rapids and visiting Houston Dynamo both struggled throughout the night to create chances Saturday night, playing to a 0-0 draw at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. Houston's Steve Clark mad three saves and Colorado's William Yarbrough two, with Yarbrough arguably making the more difficult saves. But neither was worked particularly hard on a night
(Photo credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports) Gyasi Zardes and Ethan Finlay scored early in the first half and Austin FC held on for a 2-1 win over visiting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in a Western Conference match played in searing conditions. It was the final MLS match for the sides before a monthlong break for the Leagues Cup, a series of 77 matches between the teams of MLS and Mexico's Liga MX. Austin (9-9-5,
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Shaun Pollock, a legendary South African all-rounder that played in the golden age of Proteas Cricket, turned 50 on Sunday. Son of South African cricketer Andrew Pollock and nephew of legendary batter Graeme Pollock, cricket was in the DNA of his family. So it was not surprising that since his international debut in 1995, he went on to become one of the most genuine bowling all-rounders i
(Photo credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports) Diego Luna scored a goal in each half to lead Real Salt Lake to a 3-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah. Luna's scoring helped Salt Lake extend its unbeaten run to nine matches. Jefferson Savarino added a third goal late in the second half. RSL (10-7-7, 37 points) have tallied seven goals over their last two home matches, garnering a victory ag
(Photo credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports) Brendan Donovan, Nolan Gorman and Nolan Arenado drove in two runs apiece as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 9-6 Saturday night. Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 with a solo homer for the Cardinals, who rebounded from a 7-5, 10-inning loss to the Nationals earlier Saturday in the completion of Friday night's suspended game. Cardinals starting pitcher S
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MOSCOW, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The 2023 Silk Way Rally concluded on Saturday evening on the Red Squar
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen bowed out of the ongoing US Open tournament after a loss in the semifinal on Saturday. Sen, the Commonwealth Games champion lost to the world number seven and All-England Champion Li Shifeng by 17-21, 24-22, 17-21 in a hard-fought match that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. Sen did not have a very good start as he lost a very close first game by just four points. H
(Photo credit: Albert Cesare / The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK) Freddy Peralta and three relievers combined on a one-hitter and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers used three solo home runs to record their third straight shutout over the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0, Saturday night. Peralta (6-7) allowed only a one-out, broken-bat infield single by Jake Fraley in the fourth inning, striking out six while issuing two walks to record
(Photo credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) David Peralta collected the tie-breaking RBI by beating out the back end of a potential inning-ending double play in the eighth inning Saturday night, and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers went on to beat the skidding New York Mets 5-1. Peralta added an RBI single during a three-run ninth, while Mookie Betts went 4-for-4 with a third-inning homer for the Dodgers, who have won s
(Photo credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports) Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in four runs, and Clarke Schmidt tossed six-plus strong innings to lift the visiting New York Yankees to a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday in Denver. Gleyber Torres had an RBI single and former Rockie DJ LeMahieu recorded his second three-hit performance of the season for the Yankees, who posted just their second win
(Photo credit: Matt Blewett-USA TODAY Sports) Carlos Vela and Emanuel Reynoso traded first-half goals as Los Angeles FC and Minnesota United played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn. It was Reynoso's fourth goal in just seven games this season for Minnesota United (7-8-7, 28 points), which has won just twice (2-2-6) in 10 home games. Dayne St. Clair finished with one save. Vela scored for the second st