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Brent Rooker hits a go-ahead double in the 10th to carry the Athletics past the Orioles 3-2
Brent Rooker doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning to cap a late comeback that carried the Oakland Athletics past the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Friday night. After Oakland rallied from a 2-1 deficit to pull even in the ninth against Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel, Rooker put the A's in front with a two-out liner into the left-field corner off Jacob Webb (0-1). Mitch Spence (2-1) worked the ninth and Mason Miller got three outs for his seventh save.
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Australia's Grace Kim opens 4-stroke lead in LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship
Grace Kim opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a 5-under 66 in tricky afternoon conditions at Wilshire Country Club. Maja Stark was second after a 69, also in the afternoon. The Swede finished second last week in Texas in The Chevron Championship, two strokes behind top-ranked Nelly Korda in the first major of the year.
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Shōta Imanaga continues impressive MLB start, raising record to 4-0 as Cubs beat Red Sox 7-1
Shōta Imanaga continued an impressive start to his major league career by pitching one-run ball into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Signed to a $53 million, four-year deal during the offseason after spending his eight-year, professional career in Japan, the 30-year-old Imanaga (4-0) beat Boston right-hander Kutter Crawford in a matchup of two pitchers with impressive ERAs. Coming off a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field over
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Shohei Ohtani responds to Toronto boos by hitting 7th homer as the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 12-2
Shohei Ohtani responded to boos from the Toronto crowd by hitting his seventh home run, Max Muncy and Will Smith also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games with a 12-2 rout of the Blue Jays on Friday night. Smith had four hits and three RBIs as the Dodgers won in their first trip to Canada since 2016. Muncy's fifth homer of the season was a three-run shot off Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt (2-4) that highlighted the Dodgers' six-run third innin
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Sale, Ozuna lead Braves past Guardians 6-2 in matchup of MLB's two best teams
Chris Sale shook off a homer on the seventh pitch of the game and Marcell Ozuna kept up his torrid start with two more RBIs, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 Friday night in the opener of a series matching MLB's two best teams. The reigning NL East champion Braves won for the 10th time in 11 games to improve to 18-6, pushing them a game ahead of the AL-leading Guardians (18-8). Sale (3-1) surrendered a homer to the very first hitter, Steven Kwan, whose 389-foot shot
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Pirates' Joey Bart enjoying new team as Giants' former top prospect returns to San Francisco
When the San Francisco Giants cut Joey Bart in late March and began shopping for trades for their once-heralded top prospect, the catcher had an inkling about the Pittsburgh Pirates as a destination. Better yet, he had family ties — his father, Tommy, grew up near Pittsburgh in Lower Burrell, and instilled a love of Pittsburgh sports in Bart. “I had a weird feeling about Pittsburgh,” said Bart, who returned to San Francisco on Friday for the first time since being dealt this month, as the Pira
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Cherry-Evans, Olakau'atu face bans as Eels fume
Manly pair Daly Cherry-Evans and Haumole Olakau'atu both face two-match bans for a dangerous throw on Shaun Lane, with Parramatta fuming over several calls.
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