Seattle — Janelle Salaun scored 20 points and tied a career high with five 3-pointers as the Golden State Valkyries beat the Seattle Storm 91-80 on Friday night in the WNBA season opener in Seattle, with Veronica Burton adding 16 points and Golden State connecting on 15 of 37 three-point...
San Francisco — Rafael Devers homered and Robbie Ray delivered six strong innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Friday night at Oracle Park. Devers connected for his fourth home run of the season and extended a hitting streak while Ray limited Pittsburgh to one run...
Chicago — Luke Raley drove in a career-high seven runs on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field, launching his first major-league grand slam and later hitting a three-run homer to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox; Munetaka Murakami also homered, tying the major-league lead...
Philadelphia — Jalen Brunson scored 33 points and late baskets on Friday night to lead the New York Knicks to a 108-94 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 3, giving New York a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Brunson finished 11 of 22 in 38 minutes and...
Kansas City. Kyle Isbel hit a walk-off single in the ninth Friday at Kauffman Stadium, capping a two-run eighth-inning rally and delivering a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers; earlier in the eighth Isbel and Maikel Garcia produced consecutive RBI singles and Isbel made two catches that likely prevented runs. The...
Arlington, Texas. The Chicago Cubs recorded their second 10-game winning streak of the season with a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night, as Ian Happ extended his on-base streak and Michael Busch drove in runs, marking the franchise's first pair of 10-game streaks in a season since...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. UCLA senior Megan Grant set the Division I single-season home run record when she hit her 38th homer on Saturday, following a game-tying 37th home run in a 19-5 semifinal the previous day. The record surpassed the 1995 mark of 37 set by Arizona’s Laura Espinoza and...
Athens, Ga. — Georgia rallied from a 6-2 deficit to beat LSU 11-8 on Friday, as the Bulldogs' fourth home run of the evening supplied the decisive margin. The teams combined for seven home runs, but Georgia’s late power proved decisive. LSU opened the scoring with a 2-0 lead in...
Cleveland — The Guardians defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Friday night at Progressive Field, securing their third straight victory. Rookie Travis Bazzana hit his first major league home run, and starter Parker Messick allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings while keeping the Twins' lineup largely in check. The...
Milwaukee. On Friday Jacob Misiorowski reached 103.6 mph and held the New York Yankees to two hits over six innings as the Brewers blanked the Yankees 6-0, and on Saturday William Contreras tied the game in the eighth and delivered a game-ending sacrifice fly in the 10th to give Milwaukee...
