ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit through seven innings, Cedric Mullins drove in the only run of the game on a bunt single and the Tampa Bay Rays finished off a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians with a 1-0 victory on Sunday. Rasmussen (9-5) allowed a ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sal Stewart drove in the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit single in the 10th inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Sunday. The victory capped a 6-3 road trip for Cincinnati coming out of the All-Star break. Since the break, the Reds, in last place in the NL Central, have won two of three against Colorado, Seattle and St. Louis. Stewart's line drive to right field against Matt Svanson (2-3) scored automatic runner Tyler Stephenson and pushed Cincinnati to its third straight road series win for the first time since 2023. After Eugenio ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Vilade and Richie Palacios hit home runs, Nick Fortes had four hits, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-3 on Friday night. Shane McClanahan (9-6) allowed one run on two hits while striking out three and walking a pair in five innings. He ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ryan Fox arrived back in New Zealand on Friday after carrying the British Open championship -winner's claret jug from one side of the world to the other, hankering for some sleep and a gourmet pie. Fox was embraced at Auckland airport by his father, former All Blacks rugby player Grant Fox, as he arrived with his wife Anneke and two children. Fox birdied the final hole at Royal Birkdale last Sunday for his first major win. "It's good to be back," he said. A few hours later, media found the 39-year-old Fox at his local bakery, enjoying his favorite ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland's WNBA team doesn't play its first game until May 2028. However, the framework is steadily being put in place. The franchise announced on Tuesday that Progressive Insurance will be the jersey patch sponsor. It will also be the first time in the WNBA that a sponsor has bought both spots on a jersey. Teams are allowed to sell jersey patch placement on the upper left corner of uniforms as well as a larger spot under the numbers on the front of the jersey. The Phoenix Mercury were the first WNBA team to have a jersey sponsor in 2009. "We have a smaller ...
John Tortorella hasn't closed the door on coaching at 68, some two months after his latest, brief stint ended two wins short of a Stanley Cup and not being rehired by the Vegas Golden Knights. "Oh, I want to coach," Tortorella told The Athletic this week in a story posted on Friday. "I want to coach now. I'm not sure if that happens, and that's where I am in my career. But I wanted to coach that Vegas team. I told (general manager Kelly McCrimmon) that." Tortorella's tenure in Vegas began with him replacing the fired Bruce Cassidy with eight games left in the regular season. And it ...
